Chapter 553: Left

"Look, Dad won’t even let you into his study. How can you compare him to Mingxue? That means her room is even more off-limits."

Qin Wenying’s words startled Mrs. Qin.

"Fine, I won’t go in. And I never have—I only went in a few times before they moved here. When they weren’t living at home, I had to clean the room, didn’t I? But since Mingxue moved in, I haven’t just gone in unannounced. Do you really think I have no sense of boundaries?"

She wouldn’t just enter her daughter-in-law’s room for no reason.

Her earlier offer to pack the clothes was just a momentary lapse.

It was only because time was so short; she was afraid her daughter-in-law wouldn’t have time to pack when she got back.

At this point, Mr. Qin spoke up. "From now on, when Mingxue is away, just keep that door locked. Also, tell Yu Yu and Qiaoqiao not to go into their aunt’s room."

"They wouldn’t just wander in." Mrs. Qin had that much faith in her grandchildren.

Her grandson and granddaughter weren’t the type of kids to cause trouble.

Qin Wenying didn’t stay any longer. "I’m going back upstairs for a bit."

They had an hour anyway, so she went upstairs to take a shower.

Meanwhile, Mrs. Qin had begun to worry about something else.

"If Mingxue leaves tonight, what are we going to do tomorrow morning when the twins wake up and their mother is gone?"

Just today, the two of them had been at the front gate, staring longingly down the road for her.

And just a moment ago, it had been a real struggle to get them to sleep.

They had insisted on fighting to keep their heavy eyelids open, wanting to wait for their mother to come home before they slept.

Thankfully, they were eventually coaxed to sleep.

When Mr. Qin heard this, he just said, "We’ll comfort them tomorrow."

Mrs. Qin supposed he was right.

’What else could they do?’

Luckily, the two children weren’t the type to be particularly fussy.

"You should boil some eggs for Mingxue and the others. Other things will get cold easily, but eggs won’t. They’ll be perfect to eat on the road tonight."

Mr. Qin’s words made his wife’s eyes light up.

’That’s right! Why didn’t I think of that?’

’I’ll go boil them right now.’

Luckily, there were plenty of eggs in the kitchen—a good twenty or so.

So, Mrs. Qin put all the eggs on to boil.

The eggs had barely been in the pot for a few minutes when Fu Mingxue returned.

She was surprised to see her father-in-law still in the living room and called out, "Dad. Why are you still up? It’s so late."

"It’s still early. Right, you and Wen Ying are leaving soon, so you should go pack your bags. Are you hungry? I had your mother start cooking something for you—"

"Dad, I’m not hungry. There’s no need to cook. I’ll just go upstairs and pack."

Fu Mingxue was carrying a good-sized toolbox.

She had made a special trip to her courtyard residence just to get it.

This set was a special reward she’d received for repairing an airplane last time.

She had been keeping it in her storage space all this time.

Although she knew the base wouldn’t be lacking tools, it was always better to bring her own. You never knew when they might come in handy.

After all, the base might not have some of the items the system provided.

Coming home was just a pretext; she couldn’t very well make the toolbox appear out of thin air in front of everyone.

Mr. Qin nodded. "All right, you’d better get going."

Fu Mingxue hurried upstairs.

She took a quick shower and changed into a clean, practical outfit.

Then she grabbed a few articles of clothing and stuffed them into a small suitcase.

With that, she carried it downstairs.

Qin Wenying was already downstairs. When she saw Fu Mingxue, she pointed at the toolbox and asked, "What’s that?"

"Some tools. We’ll take them with us. By the way, when are we leaving?"

"As soon as the car gets here." The words were barely out of Qin Wenying’s mouth when a car horn honked twice outside.

She immediately said, "That’s our ride. Let’s go!"