[Lu BoXiao]: All he did was post an article in his friend’s circle. Why are you all so excited?
[Second Fool of the Lu’s]: Oh dang! Boss showed up!
[The Handsomest of the Lu’s]: +1. I thought you are over in Nepal for a project, Boss?
[Lu BoXiao]: The notifications from your chat disturbed me. Is that a problem?
[Lu BoYang]: I thought you’ve opted out of our group chat a long time ago.
[Lu BoYang]: Boss, you may not be aware of this. The last time Third Uncle posted anything was a year and five months ago. And he was reposting the Lu’s new year congratulatory words.
[The Handsomest of the Lu’s]: I can smell there’s something unusual going on with Third Uncle!
[Foolish Son of the Lu’s]: His hand slipped?
[Second Fool of the Lu’s]: Lao Si. Are you stupid? Why would there be a caption if his hand slipped?
[Foolish Son of the Lu’s]: Make sense. Then, what’s the meaning of the article that he shared?
[Lu BoXiao]: It’s just an article. /sweating
[The Handsomest of the Lu’s]: Boss, you don’t understand! When one is in front of the Dark Lord, it’s important to try to read his mind at all times.
[Xiao Liu of the Lu’s]: He is right about that!
[Xiao Liu of the Lu’s]: What’s with “The contribution of genetic materials in the path of the children’s future development”? Do you think maybe Third Uncle was trying to praise us in a roundabout way through this thesis? After all, we are all part of the Lu’s. Hahaha.
[Foolish Son of the Lu’s]: That could explain it.
[The Handsomest of the Lu’s]: That might be able to explain it, but do you really think Third Uncle is someone who’d praise us?
[Second Fool of the Lu’s]: Impossible. Unless Third Uncle is in a good mood?
[The Handsomest of the Lu’s]: @Lu XiaoYang, is Third Uncle in a good mood?
Lu BoYang, sitting on the couch, carefully recalled about yesterday. From when Third Uncle had arrived home, then the arrival of Zhou Fu, to Third Uncle coming downstairs for dinner.
He did seem to be in a pretty good mood!
It wasn’t obvious but when he cussed over a work call from his assistant over the dinner table Third Uncle didn’t even look up at him.
That ought to show that Third Uncle was in a relatively good mood yesterday.
[Group Chat: The Landlord’s Family]
8:58
[Lu XiaoYang]: Per my observation and analysis, that just might be the case.
[Xiao Liu of the Lu’s]: OMG! For real?? I have earned recognition from Third Uncle in this lifetime, albeit a not-so-straightforward one??
[The Handsomest of the Lu’s]: How do you know he was referring to you? /look of disdain
[Xiao Liu of the Lu’s]: who else could it be? Who has genetic composition closer to Third Uncle than me?
[Xiao Liu of the Lu’s]: I’ve got to read through that article carefully. Hahaha.
[Foolish Son of the Lu’s]: Me too!
……
Lu BoYang left the group chat and clicked open the article that Lu Shao shared yesterday while thinking about what he might have done recently that may have pleased Third Uncle particularly.
Could it because he switched out the air-conditioning unit at home?
On the other end, all the fools of the Lu’s were stuck in the cycle of refreshing their friend’s circle.
And, on the other side, Su Ran, who had once again become an unemployed person, was also refreshing her friend’s circle.
Not about the article that Lu Shao had shared, of course.
Su Ran didn’t have a lot of friends on her WeChat, but the parents in her friend’s circle were all very passionate.
Just in one night, the article that Lu Shao had posted was already long buried.
Originally, there were some offers to purchase items or soliciting votes for their relatives’ kids in the friend’s circle, but they have mostly turned into camping-related topics as of late. Some of them showing off their gear and others sharing camping guides.
Su Ran had gotten into the habit of swiping her WeChat once a day.