After dinner, Song Yunshen was conscripted to accompany Song Wantang to the supermarket to buy things.
Sitting in the passenger seat next to Song Wantang, Song Yunshen rubbed his full stomach and reminded her, "Auntie, food delivery is so convenient now, you can just order online."
"What do you know?" Song Wantang had no intention of letting him go so easily. "Shopping offline is also a kind of fun. Otherwise, what can you do at home? Scrolling through your phone all day is boring."
"Fine," Song Yunshen said casually, "Then why did you have the store's employees spying on me? I feel like my privacy has been violated."
"You brought a young girl to my restaurant, and I'm not allowed to know?" Song Wantang chuckled. "Aren't you good friends? Are you feeling guilty?"
"How could that be?" Song Yunshen immediately denied, "These are two different things."
"I haven't even complained about your dad selling me off yet," Song Wantang pouted. "I should have known better than to tell him."
"Didn't my sisters come back for summer vacation?" Song Yunshen asked again.
"Your Sister Xuanxuan doesn't have time; she's at home taking care of the kids," Song Wantang said. " Yaoyao insists on finding an internship in the city, saying it's required by the school. I figured we could just get someone to stamp it for her when we get back; why bother with all that trouble?"
"Everyone's busy, it's good that they're busy," Song Yunshen remarked.
Since Sister Xuanxuan got married, I've basically only seen her during holidays and festivals.
Sister Yaoyao is still in college. I used to be able to see her during summer vacation, but this year she's going to do an internship, so we won't be able to meet.
Song Wantang was often alone in her empty room, which was quite boring. She could only barely make ends meet by playing mahjong with her girlfriends every day.
"I think," Song Yunshen said with a mischievous grin, "Auntie, you're just lacking a man. Why don't you find a boyfriend?"
"Get lost." Song Wantang rolled her eyes. "These days, no man is any good. Besides, how old am I? Do you think I'd bring an old man home to make myself miserable?"
"You could also find a male college student," Song Yunshen said. "Young and healthy, preferably someone who can cook and provide emotional support."
"I think you're asking for trouble."
My aunt and I chatted and joked all the way in the car, and soon we arrived at the underground parking lot of Wanda Plaza.
Song Yunshen accompanied Song Wantang as they entered Yonghui Supermarket. They walked and stopped along the way, and when he remembered about buying seasonings, he simply sent a WeChat to Xia Jinshu.
[ Song Yunshen ]: I'm shopping at the supermarket with my aunt. If you can tell me what seasonings we need for the kitchen, I'll buy them for her.
[ Xia Jinshu ]: OK, wait a moment.
A short while later, Xia Jinshu sent over a list.
Song Yunshen picked out items from the list, and sometimes when he couldn't find something, he would ask Song Wantang for help.
What are light soy sauce and dark soy sauce?
"It's all soy sauce." Song Wantang rolled her eyes at him. "You're so stupid, why did you buy this stuff?"
"We need it for cooking at home."
"You've learned to cook?"
No, someone else will do it.
"Who?"
"It cannot be spoken of."
You think I can't access your home security cameras?
"----The girl who tutored me."
"Why does she still have to cook?" Song Wantang, somewhat surprised.
"She sees me either eating out or ordering takeout for dinner, and says it's unhealthy," Song Yunshen said. "She said it was okay."
Cook for me.
"Are you paying them wages?"
"No, she won't give it to me," Song Yunshen said. "She said it's free."
"Oh, oh, oh, oh~" Upon hearing this, Song Wantang immediately perked up and asked with a teasing look, "The little girl is interested in you, isn't she?"
"What are you thinking about?" Song Yunshen waved his hand. "Auntie, you're too nosy. I'm still a child."
"You're kidding me." Song Wantang rolled her eyes.
After buying the seasonings, Song Yunshen passed through the supermarket's household goods section and saw that they were selling slippers. An idea struck him.
He walked to the shelf, looked around, and then chose three pairs of slippers.
One pair was off-white, one pair was navy blue, and one pair was orange.
Why did you buy so many slippers?
"The hermit has his own ingenious uses."
"Bought for three little girls?"
"Auntie, sometimes being too smart isn't a good thing."
"Hehe."
After shopping, Song Wantang took him home. Song Yunshen carried two bags of things to the 18th floor.
First, Song Yunshen put the slippers by the door, then carried the seasonings into the kitchen. After putting the seasonings away, he went back to the door, took out the slippers, and placed them in an easily accessible spot in the shoe cabinet.
After finishing, Song Yunshen went to his study, opened his video editing software, and started searching for tutorials while trying to edit the video.
Midway through, Xia Yunuo and Xia Kening sent messages respectively, and Song Yunshen chatted with them while editing the video, so time passed quickly.
Around 9 PM, Xia Kening suddenly sent a screenshot.
[ Xia Kening ]: I noticed this game is also available on mobile? Are the accounts shared across platforms?
[ Song Yunshen ]: Hmm? You're quite clever for your little head.
[ Xia Kening ]: Of course!
[ Song Yunshen ]: But don't use your account on your phone to progress through the story.
[ Xia Kening ]: Why?
[ Song Yunshen ]: Aren't we still making a video? If you've already done it on your phone, where am I supposed to record the footage?
[ Xia Kening ]: Oh, okay, so can't I play now?
[ Song Yunshen ]: You can use my account later. It'll be a good opportunity to familiarize yourself with the daily process of boosting for others.
[ Xia Kening ]: Yay!
[ Song Yunshen ]: I'm going to take a shower first.
[ Xia Kening ]: Go ahead, go ahead.
Song Yunshen talked more with Xia Kening.
The main thing is that Xia Kening can chatter on and on, as if she always has endless topics to talk about.
In contrast, Xia Yunuo was much more reserved, and the two would only chat for a short while occasionally.
Intermittently, Song Yunshen teased her a little, and Xia Yunuo became too shy to reply, finally managing to get away with just a cute emoji.
As for Xia Jinshu, she sent him a list at the supermarket and they haven't talked since.
It's okay, though.
After taking a shower, Song Yunshen returned to his bedroom, took out his Future Diary from the drawer, and flipped back to the last update on July 5th.
That diary entry from that day.
Upon closer inspection, sure enough, the content had changed.
It seems Xia Jinshu has already written today's diary entry.
[Saturday, July 5, 2025]
Today is my first day tutoring Song Yunshen.
To be honest, I was a little nervous at first, especially since Song Yunshen seemed like he wanted to slack off, and I didn't have any good ideas.
Fortunately, his father stepped in to help, which made the course proceed smoothly.
Uncle Song also said that for every 10 points Song Yunshen semester, he will give me a bonus of 1,000 yuan.
[He's currently scoring 90 points. If he could get 150 points, wouldn't that be 6000 yuan?]
[That's equivalent to two months of my salary!]
[However, the possibility is extremely slim, but getting 120 points is still something we can try.]
[I still can't understand why some people can't get 120 points.]
[If he can get a good score on the exam when school starts, he'll get a 3000 yuan bonus, which is pretty good.]
[However, he doesn't seem to like memorizing vocabulary. Should I think of another way?]
[For example, setting up some rewards to stimulate his initiative]
[But what kind of suitable reward would I like? I can't think of one right now.]
[After all, he probably doesn't lack pocket money, so buying him small prizes probably won't have much of an incentive effect.]
[A bit troubled]
Oh, by the way, I also promised him I could cook dinner for him from now on.
Eating takeout is still too unhealthy.
This wasn't for any other reason, it was simply because he helped me, and I reciprocated in kind.
[If it weren't for him, I wouldn't have gotten this job.]
[Of course, there was also an element of testing the waters.]
[ Xiao Nuo has been getting very close to him lately, and I'm a little worried. If he's some kind of bad person, I hope that if I find out sooner, I can warn Xiao Nuo sooner.]
It's hard to tell much about him during class, but perhaps we can get a clearer picture of his character through our time together over dinner.
[ Xia Jinshu, Xia Jinshu, you must not let your guard down just because he is handsome!]
He even took advantage of me today; this guy actually touched the back of my hand.
[I don't know if it was unintentional or deliberate.]
[Considering he might also come from a divorced family, let's forgive him this time, but don't let it happen again.]
[By the way, he wasn't wearing his school uniform today, which gave him a rather different vibe compared to when we met before.]
[He seems to look more mature.]
Would it be inappropriate for me to wear my school uniform every time I visit someone's home?
[How about I change my clothes tomorrow?]
[It's been a long time since I've worn casual clothes, I wonder if they fit.]
[When I get my salary next month, besides buying new clothes for my mom and the others, should I also get a new outfit?]
Wearing a school uniform to school still seems unnecessary; maybe we should save the money.
[If Song Yunshen's exam scores improve and I get the bonus, then I'll consider buying new clothes.]
[ Xia Jinshu, keep up the good work tomorrow!]