Though Fang Qijun wasn’t keen on buying a house in Qingcheng County right now, Qin Yi held the opposite view. He argued that once he started working—even if stationed elsewhere—he could bring his grandparents over during holidays. That way, the whole family could live together.
Hearing their grandson’s thoughtful words, Fang Qijun and Tian Deming felt their hearts swell with warmth. After all, those fifty-plus thousand yuan were saved for him. Naturally, they’d spend it as he wished.
After breakfast, Fang Qijun headed straight to Lin Hanzhang’s home.
Inside the small bedroom, Comrade Fang Qijun and Comrade Lin Hanzhang held a secret summit. They exchanged in-depth views on Qin Yi and Lin Jin’s relationship, reaching preliminary consensus on the "Three Safeties": safe college entrance exams, safe university years, and safe career launches. Both sides pledged to foster harmonious, stable, and lawful development of the relationship. Any hint of misconduct, they agreed, must be nipped in the bud—swiftly and firmly.
As the meeting drew to a close, they still hadn’t settled on specific "import-export quotas." They decided to revisit the matter later.
Tian Deming, former director of Qingcheng County’s Development Committee and Qin Yi’s grandfather, attended the talks.
Guided by this spirit, Tian Deming drove the party of five into town.
Lin Jin, her mother, and Grandpa Tian went to the Education Bureau to transfer school records. Qin Yi and Grandma Fang toured nearby apartments. Once the purchase was finalized, they checked out of the hotel, packed up, and moved the two kids into their new home—all in one seamless sweep.
To minimize disruption to the children’s studies, house-hunting, buying, collecting the property deed, and moving in happened like clockwork. Of course, Tian Deming’s old connections in Qingcheng County made such swift efficiency possible.
By dusk, everything was done. After a shared dinner, the three elders departed.
The moment the door clicked shut behind them, Lin Jin bounced up excitedly.
"Amazing!"
The Kitten Girl kicked off her slippers and rolled across the tatami floor like a child.
This place was heaven compared to that cramped hotel room!
*Eeeee~!* This happiness was almost too much to bear~
A flush of peach-blossom pink spread across the little cat girl’s face.
Having followed her mother through years of rootless wandering, Lin Jin had never seen true comfort—despite her mother’s best efforts to keep her fed and clothed. Such beautiful decor made her giddiness impossible to contain.
After wriggling on the tatami for a while, she finally sat up—and met Qin Yi’s steady gaze.
"W-why are you staring like that?"
He didn’t answer. Didn’t look away.
His eyes held a tenderness that brushed her skin like sparrow down.
In their deep, pure-black depths, she felt herself sinking.
Dusk’s last light slipped through the window, catching in the boy’s eyes until they shimmered like liquid gold.
Lin Jin froze, mesmerized. Seconds stretched—maybe a minute, maybe longer—before she snapped back to reality. She jerked her eyes away, fixing them on a corner of the room. A faint blush bloomed on her cheeks.
"You’re so boring!"
