I Start with a Mysterious Island-Chapter 61: One Never Goes to the Temple for Nothing

Chapter 61: Chapter 61: One Never Goes to the Temple for Nothing

After chatting with his old classmate for a bit, Lin Li locked his phone and set it aside.

He turned off the light and lay down to sleep.

Lin Li closed his eyes and thought for a moment. He realized he had quite a lot to do tomorrow.

First thing in the morning, he needed to go to the hospital for a check-up. He had to find out if his sudden increase in appetite meant something was wrong with him.

Then, he would go to the wet market to sell the large white radishes he had harvested on the Mysterious Small Island.

In the afternoon, he had to make a trip to the Flower and Bird Market to buy some fruit tree saplings, and in the evening, he would attend his old classmate’s birthday party.

’Man, why does it feel like my life has gotten so busy ever since my cheat ability came online...’ 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

In the dim bedroom, Lin Li lay on his bed with his eyes closed, his thoughts drifting.

Before long, exhausted from a busy day, Lin Li drowsily fell asleep.

「...」

"CHIRP CHIRP CHIRP..."

Although the glass blocked some of it, the crisp chirping of birds outside still filtered into the room.

"YAWN~"

Having slept soundly until dawn, Lin Li yawned, rubbed his eyes, and then got out of bed. He walked to the window and pulled open the curtains.

The sky was clear and vast. Golden sunlight flooded the bedroom, and a new day began.

"SPLASH, SPLASH..."

After washing up, a refreshed Lin Li walked out of the bathroom.

He couldn’t eat breakfast this morning because he had to go to the hospital for a check-up on an empty stomach.

"CLICK."

"THUD."

He put on the new athletic shoes he had spent 1,500 yuan on, went out the door, and pressed the elevator button.

"DING."

The elevator doors opened, and a man and a woman stepped out.

They were both around forty-six or forty-seven years old and didn’t have very kind faces. The man looked weaselly, and the woman looked sharp and mean.

As they exited the elevator, they immediately walked toward the door of his neighbor across the hall.

In a hurry to get to the hospital for his check-up, Lin Li glanced at the pair but didn’t give them a second thought. He stepped into the elevator and went downstairs.

"This is the place, right? Don’t get it wrong," the woman said to the man beside her, looking at the number 602 on the door.

The weaselly-faced man took his phone out of his pocket, opened WeChat, and glanced at a message. After checking the number on the door again, he said to the woman,

"Ping’an Garden District, Building Three, Apartment 602. This is it. Xia Qing and her daughter live here."

Once she was sure they were in the right place, the sharp-faced woman stepped forward and rang the doorbell.

"DING-DONG..."

Shortly after the doorbell rang, the door opened.

Xia Qing, her hair tied up and wearing a white house dress, looked at the man and woman at her door with a stunned expression. "Brother, Sister-in-law, what are you doing here?"

"Well, I heard you and Tongtong moved, didn’t I? So I brought your sister-in-law to come visit you and Tongtong and see if you’re settling into your new home okay," the weaselly-looking Zhou Dazhuang said to Xia Qing with a chuckle.

"Where’s Tongtong? I haven’t seen her in ages, I miss her so much!" Zhou Dazhuang’s wife, Wang Haiyan—the woman with the sharp, mean face—walked right into Xia Qing’s home as she spoke, not waiting for an invitation.

Seeing his wife enter Xia Qing’s home, Zhou Dazhuang immediately followed.

’Sigh...’ Xia Qing thought, glancing back at the couple walking into her living room and sighing inwardly.

"THUD."

Xia Qing closed the door and turned to walk toward the living room.

Zhou Tongtong, who had just finished breakfast and was watching cartoons, heard footsteps behind her. She turned her head and saw Zhou Dazhuang and his wife.

"Tongtong, long time no see! You’ve gotten so tall! Do you remember who I am?" Wang Haiyan greeted Zhou Tongtong with a chuckle and sat down on the living room sofa.

"Hello, Uncle and Auntie." Zhou Tongtong’s eyes widened. She studied Zhou Dazhuang and his wife, trying hard to remember them, then greeted them politely.

"The last time Tongtong saw us, she was only three or four. It’s been so long, yet she still remembers us.

"With a memory this good, this child will be just like her mother—she’s definitely college material," Zhou Dazhuang said with a laugh as he sat down next to his wife.

"The first time I met this child years ago, I could tell right away that Tongtong was a smart girl. Her future is boundless," Wang Haiyan chimed in, agreeing with her husband.

Zhou Tongtong was just a child, after all. She was thrilled to hear her elders praise her like that. Her little face flushed slightly, shy from the compliments.

Hearing Zhou Dazhuang and Wang Haiyan praise her daughter this way, Xia Qing wore a faint smile, but her heart was calm.

Based on what she knew of the couple, they were the type who only visited when they wanted something. Their visit today definitely meant they had something to discuss with her.

Sure enough, after showering Zhou Tongtong with praise, the two fell silent and began exchanging glances, as if urging each other to speak first.

Seeing them act this way, Xia Qing knew what was coming. She turned to her daughter and said,

"Tongtong, go to your room and do some homework for a bit. Mommy needs to talk about something with your uncle and auntie."

"Oh." Although she wanted to stay in the living room and watch cartoons, the well-behaved and sensible Zhou Tongtong nodded when she heard her mom had to discuss things with her uncle and auntie. She stood up and went to her bedroom.

"CLICK."

"THUD."

Seeing her daughter close the bedroom door, Xia Qing turned back to Zhou Dazhuang and his wife. With a slight smile, she asked them, "Brother, Sister-in-law, is there something you wanted to talk to me about?"

Zhou Dazhuang and his wife, who were in the middle of exchanging looks, stopped when they heard Xia Qing’s question.

"AHEM."

When her husband wouldn’t speak first, Wang Haiyan shot him a glare. She then cleared her throat and said to Xia Qing, "Xia Qing! Dazhuang and I came all the way from town to Rongcheng to find you because... well, we wanted to shamelessly ask you for a favor."

"Brother, Sister-in-law, what kind of favor do you need?" Xia Qing’s expression didn’t change. She had already expected that this couple had come to ask for her help.

"Well, it’s like this. Our Zhou Qiang has a girlfriend, and they’re going to get married soon."

"Zhou Qiang is getting married soon? Congratulations! It won’t be long before you two are grandparents," Xia Qing said, offering a sincere blessing upon hearing that Wang Haiyan’s eldest son was about to be married.

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