Song Yunshen was unaware that he was being followed by paparazzi.
After all, when riding an electric bike, all her energy was already focused on seeing the road ahead and feeling Mama Xia's embrace; she had no time to even notice what the two men on the roadside looked like.
A few minutes later, the two arrived at the market.
While Xia Jinshu was buying groceries, she remembered reading in her diary about Song Mingyuan's discharge date, so she Song Yunshen, "You said Uncle Song would be discharged after half a month in the hospital. Judging by the time, it should be about time, right?"
"Yes, he'll be discharged tomorrow," Song Yunshen nodded and said, "He should be back in the afternoon."
"Then I'll buy more groceries tomorrow," Xia Jinshu said. "We'll cook a big feast tomorrow night to welcome Uncle Song back and celebrate his successful discharge from the hospital."
"Then I'll have to trouble you, senior."
"No trouble at all," Xia Jinshu said with a smile.
The two of them went to their grandfather Zhao Lisong's stall together. As usual, Xia Jinshu picked out vegetables Song Yunshen chatted with her.
"Your dad is really something, having such a big surgery and not even letting us know," Zhao Lisong complained to Song Yunshen, having heard about it from somewhere.
"Did Jianjian tell you?" Song Yunshen asked curiously. "What? That kid didn't tell me at all." Zhao Lisong curled his lip. "The orchard next door told me, your cousin."
When did you say that?
"About three days ago." "Oh, oh." Song Yunshen suddenly realized, thinking to himself that the news really traveled fast.
Grandpa only found out on Monday; it was only Tuesday, three days ago, and it had already reached his maternal grandfather's ears.
"Is he alright?" Zhao Lisong asked.
"It's alright, it's alright. You'll be discharged tomorrow, don't worry."
"Alright, it's good that you're alright," Zhao Lisong said. "Since you're being discharged tomorrow, you should treat yourself to something nice at home, right? I'll bring a grass carp over tomorrow."
"Sure, let's have dinner together then." Song Yunshen pointed to Xia Jinshu standing beside him, "Would you like to try some of the food your senior made?"
"Yes, Grandpa can eat with us too." Xia Jinshu smiled slightly upon hearing this and extended an invitation.
"Never mind, it's not good to leave your grandmother alone at the fishpond," Zhao Lisong waved his hand and politely declined.
"Then why don't you two come together? It's been a while since you've seen Yingying, you can see her while you're at it," Song Yunshen said casually.
Hearing this, Zhao Lisong was immediately tempted: "Isn't this a bit inappropriate? Xiao Shu works hard cooking too." "What's wrong with that? You all come and help out, so Grandpa and Grandma can also try my cooking," Xia Jinshu chimed in with a smile.
Since Xia Jinshu had already said so, Zhao Lisong didn't refuse anymore. "Alright, I'll go back and ask your grandmother."
After buying groceries, Song Yunshen rode his electric scooter, carrying Xia Jinshu, home.
On the way, Song Yunshen suddenly remembered something, so he tentatively asked, " Teacher Xia, do you remember our agreement?"
Hearing this, Xia Jinshu, who was holding Song Yunshen, immediately realized what he meant and nodded with a smile, "I remember, as long as you can complete the memorization task seriously, I will grant you one wish every week."
"Let's do the math. How many weeks has it been since your birthday?" While waiting at a red light, Song Yunshen counted on his fingers. "Almost five weeks, right?"
"That's five things," Xia Jinshu nodded in agreement. "Have you decided what you want me to do?"
"I hadn't thought of that before, but I've thought of something for now," Song Yunshen said with a smile. "School starts on the 31st of this month. How about we change our learning environment the day before school starts on the 30th?"
"A change of learning environment?" Xia Jinshu couldn't help but chuckle, thinking, "It's just a cat cafe, why all the secrecy?" But she still played along and asked curiously, "Where are you taking me?"
"It'll be a secret for now," Song Yunshen said with a mysterious smile, feigning profundity. "You'll find out when you go at the end of the month."
"Alright then, I'll look forward to it."
After the two returned home, Xia Jinshu first prepared the food, then put on the glasses that Song Yunshen had given her and began to teach Song Yunshen. After dinner, Song Yunshen took the lunchbox that Xia Jinshu had prepared for him and went to the hospital to deliver the meal to Song Mingyuan.
Unexpectedly, my aunt Song Wantang, was also there.
Song Wantang had clearly already heard Song Mingyuan mention that Song Yunshen had brought him food. Seeing him come in, she chuckled and teased, " Xia Jinshu's cooking smells so good; I could smell the aroma as soon as I entered the room."
"Why is Aunt here too?" Song Yunshen coughed, pretending not to hear, and greeted her after putting the lunchbox on the table.
"We need to come tomorrow to handle your dad's discharge procedures. I'm coming first to ask about the specific process and help him pack his things," Song Wantang said. "You'll come with me tomorrow afternoon to help move things."
Song Yunshen, then asked instead of immediately agreeing, "Can you get home before 3 p. m.?"
"It should be fine, the discharge procedures shouldn't take long." Song Wantang nodded. "What about 3 PM?"
" Xia Jinshu said Dad's being discharged from the hospital tomorrow, so we can have a big celebration," Song Yunshen said simply. "When I went grocery shopping today, Grandpa happened to be at the market. After finding out, he said he'd bring a fish tomorrow and come over with Grandma."
"I see." Song Wantang nodded in understanding. "There are quite a few people here. Isn't it a bit inappropriate for her to cook alone? After all, your grandparents are here. Shouldn't we also invite your neighbor Jianjian and the others?"
"Uh..." Song Yunshen hadn't thought of this before, and now he scratched his head in a bit of a predicament.
If it were just him, his father, his maternal grandparents, and maybe an aunt, making a total of six people including Xia Jinshu, then it wouldn't be so bad.
If you include the family of three next door, that makes a total of nine people. It's really unreasonable for Xia Jinshu to cook all the meals by herself. "Couldn't you have asked for my opinion first?" Song Mingyuan said, somewhat exasperated, from the bed. "It's not a big deal, why are so many people here?"
"So what do we do now?" Song Yunshen asked.
"Since your maternal grandparents have already invited us, let's have dinner together tomorrow," Song Mingyuan said. "Don't invite your uncle's side; after dinner, you can have your maternal grandparents visit the neighbors next door."
"That works too." Song Yunshen nodded in agreement.
After Song Mingyuan finished dinner, Song Yunshen packed up the lunchbox and prepared to go home.
Seeing this, Song Wantang also stood up to say goodbye, saying, "Let me take you back. There's nothing else here, so I'll be going now."
Song Yunshen nodded, followed his aunt out of the hospital, and got into her car.
On the way home, Song Wantang couldn't help but start gossiping. "What's going on with you lately? I heard from your dad that you've brought three girls to the hospital. Are you really planning to have all three?"
"Auntie, what nonsense are you talking about?" Song Yunshen said seriously and sternly, "Right now, all I want to do is study hard, improve every day, and strive to get into a good university. I'll worry about everything else after I get to university."
Song Wantang glanced at her nephew, not believing a word he said.
If he really had no ulterior motives, why would he bring a girl to the hospital?
However, seeing Song Yunshen's smooth-talking manner, Song Wantang was actually quite pleased. Without his silver tongue, he might not have been able to win the hearts of three beautiful girls.
And look at their Yaoyao, so what if she's good at studying? She still can't find a boyfriend.
She should learn more from her younger brother.
On the other side.
After taking a shower that evening, Xia Yunuo returned to her room and secretly placed the second set of new clothes she had bought earlier on the bedside table, planning to wear them to Song Yunshen the next morning.
Xia Kening had already slipped out the door to find Song Yunshen to play games with.
Xia Jinshu sat at her desk, doing her homework while quietly waiting for Song Yunshen's diary to be updated that evening.
At 9 p. m., Xia Jinshu went out to the rooftop and spent half an hour helping Song Yunshen memorize vocabulary. After returning home, she took a shower first.
When I returned to my desk and opened my diary, it had already been updated with tonight's entries.
Xia Jinshu breathed a sigh of relief, then quickly began reading.
[Friday, August 22, 2025]
[The school changed classrooms today, and Nuonuo successfully persuaded Lao Bao to move her seat next to mine. We'll be deskmates from now on.] Xia Jinshu couldn't help but sigh slightly when she saw the first sentence.
She didn't know why she sighed, but the thought of her younger sister being able to sit next to Song Yunshen made her feel vaguely uncomfortable.
Only a sigh could slightly alleviate the delicate feelings I was experiencing.
After changing classrooms, school was over. A few of us went to Sister Xuanxuan's pet hospital, picked out a few cats, and took them to the cat cafe to live with us, like overworked office workers.
[I picked out the blue cat and the tabby cat that I had already decided on. In the afternoon, I first confirmed the time to go to the cat cafe with Mama Xia, planning to give her a surprise.]
Upon seeing this, Xia Jinshu smiled slightly, a sweet feeling welling up in her heart.
But she also felt a little regretful, thinking that if she hadn't seen it in her diary beforehand, she would have been happier on the day she went to the cat cafe.
But there's nothing we can do about it...
She's become addicted to Song Yunshen's diary and can't quit even if she wants to. She can't bear to miss a single day of reading it. What can she do?
She didn't even dare to imagine how painful it would be if one day she suddenly couldn't read Song Yunshen's diary anymore.
After lunch, I went back to the neighborhood with Lao Xu and the others to play basketball.
[As a result, Yingying insisted on coming down to watch me play basketball, and Nuonuo couldn't refuse her, so she had to take her downstairs.] [Then those guys even joked, "How come we even have a child? How could they even think of that?"]
[ Yingying is only three or four years old. If she were our child, wouldn't I be a dad right after starting middle school?]
Wow, that sounds kind of exciting!
You think you're provoking me?
Bad son!
Xia Jinshu frowned upon seeing this, feeling quite uncomfortable.
But the source of this discomfort is a bit off.
Logically speaking, if other boys made jokes about her younger sister like that, Xia Jinshu would definitely be very angry.
But when it was Song Yunshen, the reason she was angry was completely different.
Xia Jinshu stole a glance at Xia Yunuo beside her, wondering what her younger sister was thinking when she heard her classmates teasing her like that that afternoon.
[While grocery shopping this afternoon, my senior mentioned that she was going to cook a welcome-back feast for her dad tomorrow, and it turns out her maternal grandparents are coming too.]
[When I went to the hospital in the evening, my aunt was there too. When she heard about this, she asked me if we should invite my maternal grandparents and uncles from next door since they were also there. She felt a little embarrassed to have my senior cook such a big meal.] [Luckily, my dad intervened, and in the end, there were only six people, all of whom my senior knew, so it didn't make her too embarrassed.]
[Otherwise, if we really invite my uncles and aunts, what about my grandparents? And my other uncles too?]
[Thinking about it this way, it's like turning it into a family dinner. It just feels a bit strange to have my senior eat with us too.]
When Xia Jinshu saw this, she imagined the scene and her cheeks flushed slightly. At first, she felt very embarrassed, but then she secretly began to look forward to it.
That seems like a good idea...?
It feels like... it feels like...
The more Xia Jinshu thought about it, the redder her face became. In the end, she didn't dare to think any further and quickly stopped her fantasies.
My dad's coming home tomorrow, and I don't know when he'll go back to work. It's a little awkward if he stays home all day.
Hopefully, he won't be ungrateful and will go back to work as soon as he's better.
[After all, I've been away from the company for two months. What if it affects the company's operations? That would be such a bad thing.]
I'm still waiting to graduate from university, then tearfully go home and inherit the family fortune.
After reading the last paragraph of the diary, Xia Jinshu shook her head helplessly, almost bursting out laughing. Song Yunshen was really something; Uncle Song had finally been discharged from the hospital, and he still said such things.
That's really naughty.
Xia Jinshu read the diary twice more, and only after she was satisfied did she put the diary away, get up, and go back to bed to sleep.
Xia Yunuo, however, did not rush to bed. Instead, she picked up the new clothes from the bedside, got up, walked out of the bedroom, went to the living room to find Yan Zhenxia, and discussed it with her.
Yan Zhenxia then nodded and walked into the bedroom with her laptop.
Xia Yunuo carried the new clothes to the double bed in the living room, put the clothes on the headboard, and then lay down next to her younger sister.
"Second sister, what are you doing?" Xia Kening asked, looking puzzled.
"I'll sleep with you, so I can discuss tomorrow's plans with you." Xia Yunuo pulled the covers over herself and blinked as she spoke. "You go see Song Yunshen tomorrow morning, but after 9:30 you're mine, okay?"
"You could have just said it on WeChat," Xia Kening pouted, still a little unaccustomed to sleeping with her second sister.
After all, it was Song Yunshen who slept with Xia Yunuo before, not her.
"What if you have a problem with that? If we're going to sleep together, let's be clear about it," Xia Yunuo said.
Her purpose was certainly not to bring up such a trivial matter; it was simply to prepare for the future. After all, the soul swap between Song Yunshen and Xia Kening was unlikely to happen only once, and they would definitely swap again in the future.
If I happen to come and sleep with my sister every time we switch places, they'll definitely notice something's wrong.
That's why Xia Yunuo decided to lay the groundwork in advance to avoid them discovering anything amiss.
Xia Kening clearly hadn't expected this, and thought Xia Yunuo really just wanted to discuss the allocation of tasks with her, "Then why don't you come a little later, around 10 o'clock? Anyway, you don't go to class until 1 pm, isn't 3 hours enough?"
"But weren't the previous times all at 9:30?" Xia Yunuo didn't expect her to actually try to bargain with her, and immediately retorted.
"If I don't have any objections, wouldn't it seem like you came for nothing?" Xia Kening snorted. "It's only half an hour, can't you let me have it?"
"No, unless you come up with a reason that can convince me," Xia Yunuo said firmly.
"Second sister~" Xia Kening launched the first attack with her coquettishness, taking the initiative to hug Xia Yunuo's arm and shaking it, "You're the best~ It's only half an hour~"
"You work from 6:00 to 9:30, and I work from 9:30 to 1:00. We both get three and a half hours, which is already fair." Xia Yunuo pushed her away with a look of disgust.
If it were a soul swap, it would be one thing, but now she definitely doesn't want Xia Kening to hug her.
"Then you still have two hours from 1 to 3 o'clock," Xia Kening argued.
"Those two hours were spent teaching Yingying, okay?" Xia Yunuo retorted. "Besides, you go to his place at night too, and it's getting more and more outrageous; you stay for two hours at a time." "I'm there to cover for him; it's my job, okay?" Xia Kening echoed her retort.
"That settles it, we're even now."
"Why don't you come a little later?" "No."
"If it were my older sister, she would definitely let me have it."
"Then go find her."
"You little rascal! I don't want to sleep with you anymore. Go call Mommy back."
"You've already come all this way, do you still want to kick me out?"
"Hmph!" Xia Kening snorted, her gaze shifting to the pile of clothes on the bedside table. She reached out and pulled the clothes onto the bed, spreading them out to reveal, "New clothes! Were they specially prepared for Song Yunshen? You bought such nice clothes, I'm going to tell Mom you're wasting money!"
"Don't touch that!" Xia Yunuo immediately snatched the clothes back and put them away, then retaliated by reaching out and pulling over the clothes Xia Kening was supposed to wear tomorrow, only to find a pair of stockings falling out. "How dare you say that to me? Wearing white stockings, aren't you ashamed?!"
"I like it, it's none of your business!" Xia Kening puffed out her chest. "I even let Song Yunshen touch me, has he ever touched yours?"
"You're talking nonsense! Song Yunshen would never touch other people like that." Xia Yunuo's face turned red with anger. She didn't believe Xia Kening's words at all and thought she was lying.
The two sisters started arguing loudly on the bed, almost to the point of pulling each other's hair. Yan Zhenxia, who was in the bedroom, heard the noise and couldn't help but come out to remind them, "You two, be quiet. If you're going to talk, just talk. Don't be so loud. What are you talking about that's making you so agitated?"
The living room fell silent. The two sisters looked at each other, silently stopped talking, and temporarily ceased their fighting, though their eyes were still glaring at each other.
Yan Zhenxia shook her head helplessly, then turned and went back to her bedroom to sleep.