#18 - Chapter 18 Xu Mengyao is here!

Chen Mei looked a little helpless.

She had tried her best, but the gap between her skills and Lin Chen's was too large, so the taste of the food she made was definitely much worse.

"Mom, the food you make is still good. I've been eating it for so many years, and I still like your cooking the best."

Lin Chen said with a smile, "Xiaoxi, it's okay to eat less. If children want to be healthy, they need to be a little hungry and cold."

"Okay."

Chen Mei nodded.

"Qianqian, Grandma will practice hard when she gets home, and when you go to Grandma's house in the future, Grandma will definitely cook better."

Lin Xiaoxi said in a childish voice, "Grandma, Mom said that children shouldn't be picky eaters. Grandma's food is also delicious."

"Our Qianqian is so good."

Chen Mei said with a face full of smiles.

"Daddy, teach me how to fold paper airplanes."

Lin Xiaoxi still remembered the paper airplanes she wanted to give to Chen Mei and the others.

"Okay, sure thing."

Lin Chen hugged Lin Xiaoxi and went to the balcony to teach her seriously.

Two hours later, after taking a bath and listening to a story, Lin Xiaoxi fell asleep. Lin Chen went to the living room, where Chen Mei and the others were watching TV.

"Son, how did the contract go?"

Lin Hai asked.

They knew that Lin Chen went out to sign a contract with the publishing house.

Lin Chen smiled and said, "I even treated them to dinner, of course it's signed. The first print run is 300,000 copies, and the copyright fee for the first print run, a little over a million, should be wired to me soon."

Lin Hai and the others looked at Lin Chen in shock.

They had never earned so much money in their entire lives.

"Dad, I'll find a good company online for the house construction. They'll take care of everything, so it will be much easier for you then."

"You just need to supervise."

Lin Chen said.

Lin Hai asked in surprise, "Aren't you going to hire local people to build it?"

Lin Chen shook his head, "The construction team from our place is good at building the old-fashioned houses from before. Even if you give them blueprints, they'll probably build something that's neither fish nor fowl."

"Hiring a professional company to build it, other than potentially costing a little more, there's nothing wrong with it."

Lin Hai nodded.

"Son, we plan to go back tomorrow."

Lin Chen said in surprise, "So soon?"

Lin Hai said, "We have to go back to handle the procedures for building the house. If we hurry, we can finish it before the end of the year, otherwise we'll have to borrow a place to stay at someone else's house during the New Year."

"Maybe you can bring Xiaoxi back for the New Year when the house is built."

Lin Chen guessed that the latter was the main point.

Lin Hai and the others probably wanted him to bring Lin Xiaoxi back for the New Year.

"Son, it would be best if you could bring Mengyao back together."

Chen Mei said.

The next day, Lin Chen and Lin Xiaoxi sent Chen Mei and the others to the airport.

"Grandpa, Grandma, I'll give you a gift."

"Close your eyes, okay."

Lin Xiaoxi said mysteriously.

Chen Mei and Lin Hai closed their eyes.

Lin Xiaoxi took out a paper airplane she had folded herself: "Grandpa, Grandma, look, this is a paper airplane I made."

"When you see it, you'll think of Xiaoxi."

Lin Chen said in surprise, "Xiaoxi, you said before that if Grandpa and Grandma's plane flew away, they could ride your plane. Why are you changing your tune now?"

Lin Xiaoxi giggled and said, "Silly Daddy, this is a paper airplane, it's not real, it can't carry people."

Lin Chen: "…"

Lin Hai and Chen Mei laughed heartily.

"Thank you, Xiaoxi."

Chen Mei hugged Lin Xiaoxi and kissed her.

"Goodbye, Grandpa, Grandma."

Chen Mei and the others entered the airport, and Lin Chen drove away.

An hour passed.

"Host, you have accumulated twenty hours of driving, and your driving skills have been upgraded to Grandmaster level."

The system's voice sounded in Lin Chen's mind.

Lin Chen's parents came for three days, and during those three days, he took Lin Xiaoxi and his parents to many places in Modu.

He spent a lot of time driving.

"It's Grandmaster already, that's great!"

A smile appeared on Lin Chen's face.

Grandmaster level has reached the world's top level.

The world's top racers are now about the same level as Lin Chen. But Lin Chen's level can continue to improve.

He can still reach Legendary level, Mythical level!

"System, what level are all my skills at?"

Lin Chen asked in his mind.

He hadn't really paid attention to this.

Anyway, improving these skills happened naturally while taking care of Lin Xiaoxi. Doing it deliberately wouldn't improve the abilities.

The system said, "Host, you have thirty hours of cooking experience, which is equivalent to other people studying hard for thirty years."

"Cooking skills are at Grandmaster level."

"Fairy tales Grandmaster level, driving Grandmaster level, painting and calligraphy Master level, the rest have not yet reached Master level."

"In addition, your physique is ninety-five points."

"You are fluent in four languages: English, German, French, and Russian."

A faint smile appeared on Lin Chen's face.

He hasn't had the system for long, but he has already undergone a complete transformation.

"Daddy, I miss Mommy."

"When will Mommy come back to see Xiaoxi?"

"Does Mommy not want Xiaoxi anymore?"

Lin Xiaoxi started crying as she spoke.

Lin Chen quickly coaxed her, "Xiaoxi, how could Mommy not want you? Mommy will be back soon."

"How about you call Mommy when we get home, okay?"

Lin Xiaoxi nodded.

"Daddy, how long until we get home?"

"I miss Mommy so, so much."

Lin Chen said, "Soon, we'll be there after we pass the intersection ahead."

Half a minute passed, Lin Xiaoxi looked out the window, and she said in surprise, "Daddy, I saw Mommy's car."

"That car just now was Mommy's."

Lin Chen said in surprise, "Xiaoxi, are you sure? Other people might also drive the same car as your mommy."

"Daddy, that's Mommy's car."

Lin Xiaoxi said very definitely.

Lin Chen thought to himself, Xu Mengyao didn't tell him, could it be that she wanted to make a surprise attack to see how well he was taking care of Xiaoxi?

Soon Lin Chen drove into the residential area.

"Beep beep!"

His phone rang as soon as he got out of the car. Xu Mengyao was calling.

"Lin Chen, where did you and Xiaoxi go?"

"I'm outside the apartment you rented, but no one answered the doorbell."

Xu Mengyao asked as soon as the phone connected.

Lin Chen: "We're in the underground garage, we'll be right up."

Soon Lin Chen and the others went upstairs.

"Mommy."

"Mommy, I miss you so much."

Lin Xiaoxi shouted excitedly when she saw Xu Mengyao.

"Xiaoxi, Mommy misses you too."

Xu Mengyao said with a smile as she took Lin Xiaoxi.

Lin Xiaoxi asked with a naive look, "Mommy, do you miss Daddy too? Daddy misses you very, very much."

Lin Chen: "…"

When did he say that he missed Xu Mengyao?

Xu Mengyao looked at Lin Chen.

Lin Chen was a little embarrassed.

Although he and Xu Mengyao had a relationship and even had a child, they really weren't that familiar.

"Mommy, do you miss Daddy?"

Lin Xiaoxi asked again.

"Um… I do."

Xu Mengyao nodded.

If she said she didn't, it would affect Lin Xiaoxi if her parents weren't getting along.

Lin Xiaoxi said expectantly, "Mommy, then don't leave, okay? Xiaoxi wants to sleep with Mommy and Daddy at night."

"Good girl."

Lin Chen secretly gave Lin Xiaoxi a thumbs up.