Genius Club-Chapter 193 - 34 Good Night_2

The extravagance on the outside was even comparable to Chu Shanhe’s private club, of course, the interior was definitely quite inferior.

"How about it, impressive, right?"

After getting out of the car, Zhou Le chuckled and pointed at the magnificent castle:

"Now Zhou Duanyun’s family’s status in the village is nothing like it used to be. After becoming well-off, Zhou Duanyun didn’t forget his fellow villagers, helped a lot of them, built roads and temples for the village, and even led them to make money. Now in everyone’s eyes, Zhou Duanyun’s status is even higher than the village head!"

"That’s for sure." Lin Xian thought to herself, in such a materialistic place, who helps everyone make money is the boss, that’s just how reality is.

As Lin Xian and Zhou Le approached, they found that inside the vast courtyard of the castle, there was almost no trace of decoration, all were even and fertile lands, where a skinny old woman with white hair was bending over working.

"Auntie!"

Zhou Le was obviously very familiar with her, walking to the side of the wall and shouting directly.

The white-haired woman was wearing clean but slightly faded clothes, her hair neatly combed, as she lifted up her head.

Seeing Zhou Le, her smile squeezed the wrinkles on her face together:

"Ah, Le Le."

"Lin Xian, this is Zhou Duanyun’s mother." After introducing her to Lin Xian, Zhou Le then turned to Zhou Duanyun’s mother:

"Auntie, this is a high school classmate of mine and Zhou Duanyun’s, just passing by and wanted to say hello to you!"

Upon hearing it was Zhou Duanyun’s classmate, the old mother’s eyes immediately lit up!

She quickly stood up, wiped her hands on her apron, and opened the courtyard gate:

"Ah, it’s Zhou Duanyun’s classmate! Quick, quick, come in and sit down!"

"No need, Auntie," Lin Xian waved her hand...

She had only intended to sneak a peek and have a chat with Zhou Le, never thinking of entering Zhou Duanyun’s house.

But to her surprise, Zhou Le just had to go ahead and greet her.

Zhou Duanyun’s mother was very enthusiastic, so Lin Xian and Zhou Le had no choice but to enter and sit down.

The house was very clean, just too large and devoid of any signs of life.

"Auntie, weren’t there a lot of servants before?" Zhou Le turned his head and asked.

"I’m not accustomed to having so many at home." Zhou Duanyun’s mother smiled and brought two cups of water for them:

"After the New Year, I let them go, and I’m more at peace by myself. It’s just that the house is too big... cleaning is very inconvenient."

Lin Xian held her cup of water, looking around the living room.

Indeed very luxurious, it must have cost a lot of money.

The walls were hung with various kinds of paintings, calligraphy, but in the most conspicuous place in the living room... what was framed turned out to be a wrinkled A4 printout, clashing with the luxurious atmosphere of the house.

Lin Xian stood up and walked over...

Looking closely, it was just as she suspected.

Inside the frame, was a photocopy of "Hunan University Admission Notice."

This was probably the most precious item in the mother’s eyes among all the masterpieces in the house... because Lin Xian noticed, on the frames of other paintings, a layer of fine dust had settled, clearly not cleaned for a long time.

But the glass frame containing the admission notice was spotless and clear, not a speck of dust was on it, evidently it was carefully wiped every day.

Lin Xian stood there, looking at the admission notice she knew was fake...

She wondered how long Zhou Duanyun’s mother would stand there looking at it every day, and for how many years she had felt proud.

"Which university did you graduate from?" Zhou Duanyun’s mother asked Lin Xian.

"Auntie, I graduated from East Sea University."

"East Sea... that must be quite far from Hunan University, right?"

Lin Xian nodded her head.

That distance, for some people, is very short, but for Zhou Duanyun’s mother, it’s very far.

Perhaps she never left the village.

Perhaps in her eyes, Hunan University was the best university in the world.

"Did Zhou Duanyun come back for the New Year?" Lin Xian turned her head and asked.

"Not this year."

Zhou Duanyun’s mother shook her head:

"The main reason is that he’s been quite busy this year, so he hasn’t had time to come back. Actually, he usually comes back every year, not just during the New Year, but often to see me as well."

When mentioning Zhou Duanyun, this elderly woman with white hair was very proud:

"My son is very filial. He often calls me, buys things for me, and even sends me messages every night before going to sleep to say goodnight... I’ve asked around the village, and no one’s child insists on sending a goodnight message every day!"

"Every day?"

Lin Xian was somewhat surprised to hear this:

"He sends one every day?"

This was something Lin Xian admitted he couldn’t do...

Of course, he was well aware that if he sent his mother a goodnight message every day, she would certainly not find him bothersome and would definitely be happy.

But... for some reason, it just felt a bit awkward.

In this regard, Lin Xian still held Zhou Duanyun in high esteem.

He thought that, in some ways, insisting on sending his mother a goodnight message every night was even more difficult than building her a nine-story castle.

"Yes, really! Look!"

Seeing Lin Xian’s surprised expression, Zhou Duanyun’s mother was even happier. She promptly took out her mobile phone from her pocket, opened the WeChat conversation with Zhou Duanyun, and handed it to Lin Xian:

"Look~ It’s true that he sends one every day!"

Lin Xian took the phone, and on the interface, within Zhou Duanyun’s white chat bubble, there really was a "Mom, goodnight." being sent every day.

Sometimes it was "Go to sleep early, Mom." and other times it was "I’m going to sleep, Mom."

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Lin Xian swiftly scrolled up through the chat history.

Perhaps it was because Zhou Duanyun’s mother wasn’t very skilled with the phone, the conversation between the two of them was actually quite formulaic, basically just exchanging goodnights and not much else.

The format was also very neat.

Basically one line on the left, one on the right.

Probably WeChat served just as a machine for saying goodnight to each other, and if there was really something important, they would call directly... Who would chat on WeChat with their mom all day long? At any rate, Lin Xian wouldn’t.

"It really is a goodnight every day..."

Lin Xian’s speed scrolling up the chat history was already very fast, fast enough that after-images appeared and the specific content was unclear.

But since these chat bubbles were very short, they were definitely still exchanges of goodnight.

He had scrolled up to July and August of 2022, and the screen was still full of goodnights.

Lin Xian was quite curious about how far back this started?

It was as if there was some magic involved, and he continued rapidly scrolling up through the chat history, wanting to see when the exchanges of goodnight had begun.

"I always wait for his goodnight before I go to sleep!"

Zhou Duanyun’s mother smiled blissfully, clasping her hands as she looked at Zhou Le:

"So, I often tell Lele... Zhou Duanyun is really the best child in the whole world!"

On Lin Xian’s end, the chat history had reached 2021...

And it was still full of goodnights!

It seemed... there was no end in sight.

Suddenly.

Among a series of swiftly scrolling short chat bubbles, two lengthy rectangular chat bubbles emerged!

Lin Xian abruptly stopped his fingers and scrolled back.

He was very curious.

After only brief exchanges of goodnight, why was there suddenly such a long message?

Scrolling back a few notches, Lin Xian found the two long messages sent by Zhou Duanyun—

October 17, 2021, 16:26

[Mom, I can’t get away... Call the police quickly to protect you! The person who is going to kill me is Ji Xinshui!]