CHAPTER 800: CHAPTER 800: PREPARING FOR THE COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAM

The restaurant business was booming, and Xu Niannian had been there several times and was quite satisfied.

However, on several visits, she saw familiar faces inside.

For instance, Elder Master Jin, Jin Nanxi, Wu Lan... basically all the members of the Jin Family had gone there to freeload meals.

As a result, the kitchen at home was rendered completely redundant.

The family most missed Xu Niannian’s cooking, but they couldn’t let her cook every day.

After all the trouble Xu Niannian had gone through to open her own restaurant, these chefs were all trained by her.

The family wasn’t short on money, so when mealtime came around, they all arrived punctually to freeload their meals there.

The most terrifying of them all was Xu Qiang, this foodie would eat his fill and still pack food to go every time.

The old lady and Xu Wentian had also been there several times.

Xu Niannian knew that they went through the trouble and joy of queueing up, so she helplessly told the store’s manager, Xiao Liu, to reserve two private rooms; whenever these people came by, they should be directly taken there without the need for reservations or queueing.

The whole family knew about her battles with high school exams and were very supportive.

However, their expressions of support were quite exaggerated.

Big Bao and Little Bao had been completely taken over by Wu Lan and Nanny Zhao; Xu Niannian could hardly catch a glimpse of her own children.

When she read books in the living room, the family tiptoed around, deeply afraid of making the slightest noise to disturb her.

Xu Niannian felt both helpless and amused, as she wasn’t that easily distracted and they didn’t need to be this cautious.

However, when Xu Niannian looked up, she saw Elder Master Jin cautiously testing the stairs with his walking stick, tiptoeing like a thief and hunched over.

Xu Niannian said exasperatedly.

"Grandpa, you don’t have to do this; it’s not bothering me."

Seeing that Xu Niannian spoke up, Elder Master Jin thought that even with his efforts to be quiet, he was still distracting her.

Elder Master Jin wondered if he should disappear for a while.

To avoid causing any disturbance to Xu Niannian at home.

After all, Gao Lihong, that calamitous wife of Xu Wentian, had said that if her precious granddaughter didn’t get into university, she would definitely hold him accountable.

She said that Baby Nian had excellent grades, and if she didn’t get in, it would either be because the feng shui at his place was bad, or they were an eyesore, impacting her granddaughter.

Thinking of Gao Lihong’s fierceness, Elder Master Jin shivered.

He had won a game of chess against her once and had been berated for months.

Saying he wasn’t a real man.

"Go and study hard, don’t worry about grandpa, Niannian, pretend grandpa is just air, you have to get into university, understand?"

Grandpa’s life is all in your hands now.

Despite Xu Niannian’s earnest persuasion, it was useless; the whole family treated her like a Level One protected species.

The most memorable time was when Wu Lan was feeding Big Bao, and acting a little too slowly, the gluttonous Big Bao was about to howl impatiently at the delay.

Xu Niannian only managed to hear the start of the howl, and when she looked toward the source of the sound, she saw Big Bao’s face turn red from being held back.

Elder Master Jin was firmly covering Big Bao’s mouth.

Big Bao responded by chomping down on Elder Master Jin’s hand, causing him to yell out in pain.

Wu Lan, not wanting to disturb Xu Niannian, found her greatest pleasure in taking the two grandchildren out to play mahjong, mainly to show off her precious grandsons, playing the game was secondary.

Whenever it was time to draw or discard tiles, she let Big Bao, the silly boy, decide.

Whichever tile Big Bao pointed to, that was the one she discarded.

This left her mahjong partners helplessly wanting to cry, and Wu Lan would tell them with a smile, "Oh, sorry everyone, my grandson is just too lively, can’t help it."

Her bragging tone was as if no one else had grandsons, which left everyone feeling amused and pitiful.

Thinking to themselves that Wu Lan was crazy about her grandsons.

At night, when Big Bao wanted to sleep next to Xu Niannian, he would howl insistently on the bed. Wu Lan resorted to strapping Big Bao to the bed with a harness, while Little Bao covered his ears and turned his backside toward Big Bao.

Time flew by in this chaotic fashion until the eve of the high school exams arrived.

That day, the old lady and Xu Wentian brought Xu Sisi over to the Jin Family’s place.

Xu Niannian saw the old lady from a distance and ran over with a smile, "Grandpa and Grandma, what brings you here?"

The old lady smiled affectionately as she held Xu Niannian’s hand, "Our Baby Nian has her exams tomorrow, how could Grandma not come?"

The old lady loved educated people; she had originally fallen for her husband’s scholarly demeanor.

In her eyes, educated people were impressive and awesome.

She was particularly fond of them, especially university students - she adored them even more.

Seeing Gao Lihong smiling so broadly her wrinkles showed, Xu Wentian knew her fondness for university students and thought of something she once said, "I just love it when you study; you look better than any other man."

Reflecting on the past, Xu Wentian gazed at Xu Niannian with tender eyes, "Girl, you’ve got to give it your all."

"Thank you, Grandpa, Niannian will work hard," Xu Niannian said with a smile.

On the side, Xu Sisi, watching this harmonious trio, raised her hand sadly, "Sister Niannian, did you forget I’m here too?"

And yeah, did Grandma forget that she’s also taking exams? Wow, why won’t anyone praise her even just a little?