As the new week began, Song Yunshen's life returned to its monotonous routine.
High school life is rather uneventful, and even during summer vacation, it's not very exciting because of tutoring classes.
Compared to others, Song Yunshen's summer vacation was already quite fulfilling.
From morning until 3 p. m., it's all Xia Yunuo's time.
Song Yunshen ate breakfast with her, rode their electric bikes to school together, attended math class together, and shared snacks.
After school in the morning, she would ride her electric bike to her uncle's house for lunch, and then Xia Yunuo would give Yingying a lesson.
Song Yunshen lay on the sofa to keep her company, either chatting with Xia Kening, flirting with Xia Jinshu, or going over to the coffee table to ask Teacher Xia for hearts.
From 3 PM until 6 PM, it was Xia Jinshu's time.
Mama Xia would sit on the back of his electric scooter, go to the market with him to buy groceries, then come back to prepare the food, quiz him on English vocabulary, and then take him to class.
After class ends at five o'clock, she goes into the kitchen to cook, with Song Yunshen helping her. Once she's finished, she can hear Mama Xia say, "Dinner's ready!"
Xia Jinshu will leave before 6 PM.
After that, Xia Kening would come to Song Yunshen's house to play games together.
Previously, Song Yunshen had even ordered that they must arrive at 7 o'clock and leave after playing for an hour.
But gradually, Xia Kening started to coax him, so every evening around six o'clock, Xia Kening would come over.
If Xu Zhuoyue and Zhong Long have time, they team up to play PUBG together.
If neither of them was available, Song Yunshen would play Genshin Impact with her online and explore the open world.
Xia Kening returned home promptly at 8 PM.
Song Yunshen would use his remaining time to edit videos. Around Thursday, he finished editing the first video of Xia Kening getting into PUBG and uploaded it to the website.
Although many fans said they only wanted to see his cousin play Genshin Impact, Song Yunshen didn't care about that; he didn't care whether he watched it or not.
Anyway, the first video about getting into PUBG got pretty good stats. Although it wasn't as good as the first Genshin Impact video, it was much better than the stats of the subsequent Genshin Impact videos.
Xu Zhuoyue, in particular, is quite entertaining when he's playing games, and combined with Xia Kening's loud and outgoing personality, the audience finds it amusing.
Song Yunshen becoming more and more proficient with video editing software, and his video editing speed has increased significantly. He can now handle the editing of footage from two games simultaneously.
He would send a message to Xia Jinshu promptly at 9 p. m.
Then Xia Jinshu would go to the rooftop to call him on WeChat and supervise his memorization of vocabulary.
Listening to Xia Jinshu's voice while memorizing vocabulary is also a kind of enjoyment.
I feel that efficiency has indeed improved a lot.
After repeating the same monotonous and tedious life day after day, Song Yunshen finally waited for Friday.
At 9:30 p. m., after taking a shower and returning to his bedroom, he finished writing his diary entry for the evening as usual, and then eagerly took out the Future Diary from the drawer.
Song Yunshen Shen solemnly placed the Future Diary on his desk, carefully unfolded it, and slowly turned to the latest page. Finally seeing the refreshed new diary, he couldn't help but perk up, rubbing his hands together as he began to read it carefully.
[Sunday, July 20, 2025]
Today is my birthday.
[Actually, I had completely forgotten that I got up early this morning to work part-time at a bubble tea shop, and then switched shifts with someone and went home at 6 PM.]
[As soon as I got home, Ningning was waiting at the door with a small cake. Xiao Nuo had lit the candles for me, giving me a surprise.]
[My mom even took time off work to come home and cook for us, making all my favorite dishes.]
[Steamed egg with minced meat, shredded pork with green peppers, braised beef brisket with potatoes, and even garlic chicken cutlet!]
To be honest, I was very touched, and almost cried.
Although the cake was small, only the size of my palm, and the four courses weren't very large, it was still a birthday that I would never forget.
Ningning and Xiao Nuo sang me a birthday song, Mom told me to make a wish.
I clasped my hands together and closed my eyes, but at that moment I couldn't think of any wishes.
Finally, I hope to graduate from university soon, find a good job, and start earning money so that my family can live a better life.
I don't know if I'm being too greedy; it feels like I'm asking for too much.
[I'll get my salary in two weeks, and next month is my mom's birthday. I really want to take them out for a meal.]
[But I haven't told my mom about my part-time job at the bubble tea shop yet, and I don't know if she'll be angry.]
Actually, I think working in a bubble tea shop is pretty good. Although it can be tiring when there are a lot of orders, and sometimes dealing with difficult customers can be troublesome and give you a headache, the money you earn is real.
Unlike studying, although I know studying is important and the college entrance examination is a major opportunity that can change one's life, its actual impact is too distant, so distant that it makes one feel lost.
[In contrast, working part-time at a bubble tea shop can provide timely feedback and earn money in the shortest amount of time, offering considerable support to the family.]
Sometimes I think, maybe I should just drop out of high school and start working; that would definitely make things much easier for my mom.
[ Xiao Nuo doesn't have to eat vegetables at school every day like me, and Ningning can buy more snacks to eat.]
[It even allows the younger sisters to go out and play with their classmates more often, without worrying about not having enough pocket money.]
[But I only mentioned this to my mother once.]
My mother got really angry that time and gave me a good scolding. I haven't dared to mention it again since.
[Sigh... but Mom looks so tired]
She took half a day off today for my birthday, which might reduce her income this month.
[Perhaps she'll grit her teeth and do even more work the next day just to get this half-day off.]
I'm really afraid she'll collapse from exhaustion before I even graduate from university.
[As I write this, I feel a little regretful. When I made my wish tonight, I should have prayed for my mother's good health.]
I hope God can see this diary entry and help me fulfill this little wish.
After reading Xia Jinshu's diary entry for July 20th from the original timeline, Song Yunshen felt a pang of melancholy and let out a soft sigh.
If she hadn't taken matters into her own hands, Xia Jinshu could still have earned some money during the summer vacation, but it would undoubtedly have been much more tiring than it is now.
One is a part-time laborer at a milk tea shop, working at least eight hours a day; the other is teaching English for an hour in an air-conditioned study.
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Which is easier is obvious.
Moreover, Xia Yunuo also got a good part-time job, and Yan Zhenxia successfully escaped from simple manual labor and entered a short drama studio to earn money with her brainpower.
Since arriving in this Future Diary, only a little over a month has passed, but the changes I've made have subtly improved the lives of Xia Jinshu's family.
Everything is moving in a positive direction.
Song Yunshen felt that this was quite good.
Based on the previous entries in the Future Diary, it can be deduced that in the original timeline, although he became the de facto landlord of Xia Jinshu's family during high school, he did not have a deep connection with Yan Zhenxia's daughters.
At least not like now, where we're together every single day.
There was only Xia Yunuo, because she was his classmate, so they would only meet on their way to school.
But if it weren't for being able to hear Xia Yunuo's inner thoughts, and because of Xia Jinshu's Future Diary, he probably wouldn't have had much contact with Xia Yunuo during high school.
At least during the summer vacation, Xia Yunuo would have gone to tutoring classes for physics and math, while I would most likely only choose English. It would be completely impossible for us to be deskmates during math tutoring classes like this.
Not to mention hiring her to tutor Yingying.
In the original timeline, he neither had Future Diary nor could he hear Xia Yunuo's inner thoughts, and most likely there was no soul swap with Xia Kening.
Without any superpowers, I estimate that I would only be able to gradually connect with the three Xia sisters, just like Xia Jinshu wrote in her diary, until college, through ways like introducing me to part-time jobs at milk tea shops.
Therefore, the closer Future Diary is to the present moment, the less valuable its content becomes.
After all, the closer the time distance, the more of the future he can alter.
Especially during high school, the original self in the timeline was not familiar with Xia Jinshu, so the original contents of the diary could provide very little useful information.
The only useful thing is that when the real timeline arrives at the day of the Future Diary, the original diary content is overwritten by Xia Jinshu's new diary content in the current timeline.
At this point, Song Yunshen would be able to know Xia Jinshu's inner thoughts that day.
This is also why Song Yunshen chose July 20th as the date.
After all, it was his birthday, and also the day he had arranged to go to the fishpond with Mama Xia.
This is a good opportunity to see what Mama Xia thinks about on her birthday.
Unfortunately, the "Future Diary" feature has a very long cooldown period; you can only select one entry per week.
Now that the diary entry for July 20th has appeared, he's a bit conflicted about whether to choose a specific future date and wait a week before looking at it again.
Or should we slow down the plan for now and try our luck with the gacha pulls first?
After all, under normal circumstances, if the Future Diary is allowed to generate diaries randomly, one entry will be generated every one to three days, which is much faster than setting a specific date.
If we're lucky, like with that divorce diary entry, wouldn't it be great to just pull one out?
Thinking of this, Song Yunshen hesitated for a moment, then decided to try his luck with the card draw.
Only three draws!
If the results of three card draws are not ideal, then he will consider choosing a specific date to try his luck again.
After making this decision happily, Song Yunshen put away his diary and lay down on the bed to rest.
I took out my phone and saw that Xia Kening and Xia Yunuo had both sent me bedtime messages.
When I call roll, I'll answer whoever's name is called first.
Song Yunshen's index finger skipped back and forth between the two people's WeChat profile pictures, finally stopping at Xia Yunuo's profile picture.
Okay, let's choose Nuonuo first.
[ Xia Yunuo ]: What time should I go to your house tomorrow morning?
[ Song Yunshen ]: What time would you like?
[ Xia Yunuo ]: What time will you wake up?
[ Song Yunshen ]: I usually sleep in late on weekends, and it's not uncommon for me to sleep until nine or ten o'clock.
Lies!
Xia Yunuo was lying in bed, holding the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in her arms. She angrily tapped its head, thinking that Ningning had left early every morning last weekend.
How could Song Yunshen possibly sleep in late!
If Song Yunshen can sleep in until after nine o'clock on weekends, does that mean Ningning goes over early in the morning to sleep in with him?
Xia Yunuo blushed at the thought, imagining herself running to Song Yunshen's house and sleeping in with him...
She immediately shook her head and began typing a rapid reply.
[ Xia Yunuo ]: It's so late! Didn't we agree to watch a movie together first?
[ Song Yunshen ]: Yeah, I didn't say I couldn't get up. If I'm just sleeping, I can sleep until after nine o'clock if there's nothing else going on.
[ Xia Yunuo ]: What if something happens?
[ Song Yunshen ]: That depends on what it is.
[ Song Yunshen ]: For example, if I want to watch a movie with Nuonuo, I can get up no matter what time it is.
Upon seeing this, Xia Yunuo's previously angry expression instantly transformed into a smile, and her anger vanished immediately.
She rolled over in bed, pinning the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Turtle to her chest, and continued replying with her two cute little feet sticking out.
[ Xia Yunuo ]: You said you could wake up at any time, so what about six o'clock?
[ Song Yunshen ]: Are you sure? This is way too early. We're only going to watch a movie for two hours at most. We can start at 7:30.
[ Xia Yunuo ]: Well, we need to leave some time for that. After getting up, we need to wash up and have breakfast. Getting up at six is about right, isn't it?
[ Song Yunshen ]: Six o'clock is too early, I can't get up.
[ Xia Yunuo ]: You just said you'd get up no matter what time it is!
Xia Yunuo angrily tapped Song Yunshen's profile picture twice, snorted, and then felt her phone vibrate.
A tapping feature popped up on the chat page.
I patted " Song Yunshen " and called him "Dad."
[ Xia Yunuo ]:???
[ Xia Yunuo ]: What is this?!
Xia Yunuo blushed instantly upon seeing the message about patting someone on the screen, feeling utterly ashamed and indignant.
When Song Yunshen saw her pat him, he scratched his head awkwardly and then decided to take the initiative.
[ Song Yunshen ]: Why are you taking pictures of me? This is something I specially set up for Xu Zhuoyue.
[ Xia Yunuo ]: Oh? Is that so?
Upon hearing Song Yunshen's explanation, Xia Yunuo Nuo immediately accepted it.
After all, normal people wouldn't do this kind of thing; they only do it when friends are being silly.
Xia Yunuo is now somewhat able to accept this kind of teasing between boys, but she never expected to step on a landmine herself.
Even so, she still blushed a little. She couldn't retract the message, and every time she looked at it, her cheeks felt hotter.
So Xia Yunuo quickly sent several emojis to push away the "tap" message above, finally catching her breath a little.
[ Xia Yunuo ]: You still haven't told me what time you'll be up?
Xia Yunuo steered the conversation back on track.
Song Yunshen rolled his eyes, then replied.
[ Song Yunshen ]: It's up to you now.
[ Xia Yunuo ]: What do you mean?
[ Song Yunshen ]: I can't get out of bed this morning, you have to come and wake me up.
[ Xia Yunuo ]: Huh?
When Xia Yunuo saw the message from Song Yunshen, her head buzzed, and her ears felt like they were burning.
Should I go to Song Yunshen's house early in the morning, then proactively go to his bedroom and wake him up?
This... this... this...
Isn't this a bit too lacking in boundaries?
I'm not Ningning!
wrong!
Thinking of her younger sister, Xia Yunuo couldn't help but recall that last weekend, Ningning had also left home very early in the morning.
If what Song Yunshen said is true, and he really can't get up this early on his own, then wouldn't that mean...?
Thinking of this, Xia Yunuo suddenly felt a surge of emotion.
[ Xia Yunuo ]: You said it! I promised!
Huh?
Song Yunshen was somewhat surprised. He had thought he could tease the fish a little longer, but the little fish had taken the bait on its own.
[ Song Yunshen ]: Okay, then it's decided then.
[ Xia Yunuo ]: But I still don't know your door lock code, how am I going to get into your house tomorrow?
[ Song Yunshen ]: That's easy. When is your birthday?
[ Xia Yunuo ]: January 10th.
[ Song Yunshen ]: Then you must be younger than me, born in 2009?
[ Xia Yunuo ]: Mm.
[ Song Yunshen ]: OK, I've set it up for you.
[ Xia Yunuo ]: Huh? What?
[ Song Yunshen ]: The visitor password for the door lock is 20090110. I can just use this password to open the door tomorrow.
[ Xia Yunuo ]: Is that so? This password can be used freely? Isn't that a bit inappropriate?
[ Song Yunshen ]: It's okay, I set permissions so that the lock can only be opened between 6 and 7 in the morning, and it's invalid at other times.
[ Xia Yunuo ]: Oh, I see.
[ Song Yunshen ]: Then it's happily decided.
[ Xia Yunuo ]: Okay, no problem.
[ Song Yunshen ]: If there's nothing else, I'll go to sleep now.
[ Xia Yunuo ]: Okay, goodnight~
[ Song Yunshen ]: (Goodnight. jp)
[ Xia Yunuo ]: (Goodnight. jp)
After saying goodnight to Xia Yunuo, Song Yunshen turned around and opened Xia Kening's WeChat.
[ Xia Kening ]: I've researched a brand new way to wake you up! I'll let you try it out tomorrow!
[ Song Yunshen ]: Tomorrow won't work, come back the day after tomorrow morning.
[ Xia Kening ]:???