Three more days of classes passed, and everyone was finally on holiday.
"I'm off first, see you in 5 days." Qiu Xi was the first to leave.
"Okay, bye."
"Bye, travel safe!"
After meeting Hua Linglong at the airport, the flight was delayed, and the two had to wait quite a while before boarding.
After a sleep, the next thing she knew, they were about to arrive.
Upon disembarking the plane and exiting the airport, the two each got into their respective cars and headed home.
In the car, Qiu Dad was chatting with Qiu Xi, "Xiao Xi, how are things at school?"
"Pretty good, especially my roommates, we get along really well."
"That's good. How's your studying?"
"Naturally, it's a given. You don't know who my daughter is?" Qiu Xi joked with her father.
"Hahahahahaha~"
They continued laughing and chatting all the way home.
"Mom, Xiao Ge, I'm back!" As soon as she entered the house, Qiu Xi habitually called out.
"Sis, stop calling, Mom knows you're back and went out to buy groceries."
"Xiao Ge, it's been over a month, come here, give me a hug."
Choosing to ignore the look of disdain on her brother's face, Qiu Xi made her move.
"Hahahaha~ Alright, I won't tease you anymore." The more Qiu Xi looked at her brother's expression, the more she wanted to laugh.
After sitting down, Qiu Xi began to ask, "Tell me, how has your studying been recently?"
Qiu Dad watched this scene and found it somewhat familiar.
"It's been okay."
This answer was also familiar.
After asking the question, she started to chat, "Well, what about things at home?"
"Everything at home is fine too. It's just that the other day Mom and Auntie seemed to have gone to pay respects to Grandma." Qiu Ge, who only returned home once every half a month, could only notice so much.
"Ah, it's not a special occasion!" Qiu Xi thought hard but couldn't figure out any recent special days.
Perhaps her aunt and mother were just missing their parents.
"Alright, Xiao Ge, you go do your thing. I'm going upstairs to unpack." With that, Qiu Xi took her luggage and went to her room to tidy up.
Although she hadn't been home, her room was cleaned on schedule, which showed Qiu Mom's wifely virtues.
After tidying up and coming downstairs, she saw her mother had just returned.
"Mom, what did you buy?" Qiu Xi went up and took the bags from Qiu Mom's hands.
"No need to look, it's definitely all your favorites." Qiu Ge, not even lifting his head from the sofa, spoke out.
Qiu Xi shot her brother a glare. "You know everything, don't you."
"But it's true. I love you so much, Mom." Saying this, she carried the groceries into the kitchen.
The first meal at home, of course, was to help Mom in the kitchen!
It wasn't that she didn't want to cook, she just genuinely missed home-cooked meals.
The result was a very satisfying dinner, so much so that she ate until she was stuffed.
Qiu Family post-dinner tea time-
"Sis, how many days are you staying?"
"5 days, why?"
"No reason, just curious."
"…Alright."
"Do you two want to go out and have some fun these few days?" Qiu Mom, seeing her son and daughter chatting merrily, joined the conversation.
"I don't think so, I have a lot of homework." Qiu Ge refused directly.
Qiu Xi thought about it. High school was indeed like that, so she didn't say much more.
"Then we won't go out. I can take this time to go visit Grandpa and Grandma. I'll go over there."
Qiu Dad heard this and said, "That's fine too. Your Grandpa and Grandma miss you quite a bit."
"Mhm, mhm."
The next day, Qiu Xi spent the whole day at her grandparents'. She returned home after dinner in the evening.
Back home, tidied up, and lying in bed, Qiu Xi suddenly heard the familiar system broadcast again.