The next day. True to form, everyone slept in past 10 o'clock. Mom had prepared a lavish lunch. As we sat down to eat, Mom repeatedly urged me to treat Lu Xuehan well. Dad, meanwhile, told Murong Shanshan she should frequently bring me back here to visit. Xu Lin looked back and forth between us, completely lost as to what was going on, and simply buried her head in her food.
After the meal, Dad went into his room to get some locally grown sweet potatoes for us to take along. I felt rather depressed. There wasn't even a place to cook at the company—were we supposed to gnaw on these raw potatoes? Still, I couldn't brush off his good intentions. Xinyu immediately walked over to my side and softly said, "Just take them. Whenever I have time, I'll go to the cafeteria and cook sweet potato soup for you. Go on, help Dad carry the things. Also..."
Xinyu suddenly shoved a black paper-wrapped package into my hand. When I felt it, it was clearly a thick stack of banknotes. Seeing my puzzled look, Xinyu smiled and explained, "You're all grown up now, it's time you started giving allowance money to Mom and Dad. Look, I knew you were too scatterbrained to prepare cash, and they aren't very comfortable going to the bank to withdraw money anyway. It's much better to just leave some pocket money with them. I've already prepared it for you—88,000 in total, a nice auspicious number. We can talk about the rest when you come back next month."
Chapter 432