Leisurely Traveler with Check-in System

Chapter 318 - 137: Early Spring

"Brother, are you okay? Does your leg still hurt today?" Liu Li finally managed to get a word in amidst Liu Yu’s talking.

Liu Yu frowned slightly: "Don’t interrupt, I’m not finished yet."

"Brother, I want to eat McDonald’s tomorrow, maybe we shouldn’t have Aunt cook for us just yet."

"Changing the subject?"

"Brother..."

Ultimately, Liu Yu sighed with some resignation: "Alright, I’ll tell Aunt Zhao tomorrow."

We have a housekeeper.

After all, even if this accident hadn’t happened, Liu Yu wouldn’t be able to stay home all the time to take care of Liu Li’s daily needs, so having a housekeeper is necessary.

Fortunately, Liu Li didn’t have any strong reactions to having a housekeeper at home; she just continued trying her best not to interact with outsiders.

Aunt Zhao would make the meals every day and then leave, and Liu Li would come out of her room to eat afterward.

Liu Yu has a surveillance app on his phone and can check the home monitors at any time.

Right now, it’s mealtime; the aunt finished cooking and left, Liu Li opened her room door, sat down to eat, and waved at the camera to reassure Liu Yu.

Liu Li asked again: "By the way, brother, does he still not know I’m a girl?"

Liu Yu replied calmly: "He doesn’t know."

Liu Li said: "That’s good..."

Liu Yu added: "But I told him what you look like."

Liu Li’s expression turned a bit odd: "Did you explain clearly?"

But Liu Yu said: "No, I told him you’re ugly, five feet tall, and weigh 150 pounds."

Liu Li was taken aback, her mouth twitching slightly: "Huh? What are you doing!"

Liu Yu, however, nonchalantly said: "Just a joke."

Liu Li said with some resignation: "You’re really something... But how did he react?"

Liu Yu found it somewhat amusing: "He was initially stunned, then actually had a somewhat expected expression."

"Uh?"

Liu Yu’s tone turned serious: "Of course, you can always send him a photo and show him what you actually look like... I originally thought he would be skeptical, and then I’d explain, but he didn’t follow up, so I didn’t bother explaining."

Liu Li just chuckled: "No need, brother, I don’t even know if I want to meet him."

She sighed softly, "With my illness, I’ll probably be stuck in this room for life. What does it matter if anyone knows what I look like!"

Liu Yu said sincerely: "Your illness can definitely be cured, don’t think too much about it."

Liu Li smiled again: "If I really get better, I’ll treat Li Younan to a meal, and maybe scare him a bit face-to-face—he might be startled when he sees me, hahaha..."

Liu Yu also laughed: "So you have to focus on getting better and have faith."

"Hmm!"

...

Some time later, Liu Yu was finally discharged from the hospital.

In fact, before he was discharged, Li Younan no longer needed to check in at the hospital.

The main reason for doing this was to put Liu Li at ease, and eventually, she adapted on her own.

But this whole incident did frighten the little girl.

As for Liu Yu’s description of Liu Li as a chubby little ball, Li Younan naturally didn’t believe it at all.

Even if Liu Li isn’t an absolute beauty, it’s highly unlikely she looks like that.

On one hand, Li Younan believes the probability of genetic mutation is quite small, with a brother like Liu Yu, there’s no reason for the sister to be very unattractive; on the other hand, it’s just a gut feeling.

A gut feeling derived from every conversation he had with Liu Yu.

But this matter didn’t weigh on Li Younan; he didn’t care about Liu Li’s appearance.

Currently, his relationship with Liu Li is merely that of collaborators, and since she doesn’t interact with outsiders due to her special condition, her appearance doesn’t matter at all... Maintaining this online communication while not disturbing each other offline is just fine.

The weather has become increasingly colder, and after some time, the Spring Festival finally arrived.

This Spring Festival had a particularly special significance for Li Younan.

It was his first Spring Festival after resigning, and also his first Spring Festival since leaving Shanghai, allowing him to focus all his energy on being with his family.

The day of New Year’s Eve was spent very simply, with only Younan and his mother celebrating together.

According to the customs here, New Year’s Eve is a time for each small family to reunite on their own, if there are three in a family, then three reunite, if four, then four do.

New Year’s Eve dinner was also particularly simple, with soup stewing and the mother and son making dumplings together.

Dumplings, homonymous with ’jiao zi’, eating dumplings on New Year’s Eve was always a tradition in Li Younan’s family.

This year, naturally, Younan was in charge of the housework.

After eating the dumplings, there was no rush to clean up, and Younan accompanied his mom to watch TV.

Although the Spring Festival Gala has been quite unappealing in recent years, just having the sound of the Gala on TV creates a warm feeling.

While watching TV, his mom unexpectedly asked: "Son, don’t you feel bored watching TV with mom here?"

Such a question is normal, given the increasingly apparent generation gap between parents and children these days; it’s rare even to patiently chat or tolerate each other’s words.

At that moment, Li Younan was busy grabbing red envelopes in the family group chat, Lu Xiaolan generously sent several, and Younan managed to get the biggest one.