novelraw Chapter 92: Are You Clueless About Your Parents?
Chapter 92: Are You Clueless About Your Parents?
The next morning, Jiang Qiuqiu had just woken up.
Meimei sent her a frantic message. "Qiuqiu! You’ve blown up!"
"You’re a huge deal! You’ve officially broken into the mainstream!"
"What happened?" she asked, still in a fog.
Things always blew up so quickly on the internet.
A post made by someone in one of Jiang Qiuqiu’s online communities was so heartfelt and witty—and his interactions with his grandfather so sweet—that many people had shared it in the Federation’s most popular forums.
Family dynamics are a timeless topic.
Some young people who saw the poster’s conversation with his grandfather commented with envy, saying they’d never received such treatment. Their own grandfathers were stubborn and old-fashioned. One said his grandfather always wore a stern expression whenever he visited home. And while it was true he hadn’t gotten into Federation University, it wasn’t for lack of trying—it was just beyond his abilities... He had worked hard in the past.
His heartfelt complaint also drew a great deal of attention.
The original poster of the popular thread followed the conversation and chimed in with a passionate reply: [To be honest, at first, I also thought my grandfather was boring—just a stuffy old man. But once I made an effort to get to know him, I discovered things were completely different! You should try getting to know him too. You might just see a whole different side of him!]
The best part was, the commenter actually did it.
He’d gone expecting to start a new Chapter in his long history of getting chewed out.
To his surprise—
[Maybe I should have just laid everything out on the table from the start. I realized that because we never really communicated, we had completely different ideas about each other. He thought I had no plan, that I wanted to stay in the Federal Main City without any real skills. He wanted me to come back home but didn’t know how to say it...]
[He told me he also tried to make it in the Federation when he was young, and it was tough back then, let alone now. My grandfather told me so much. Even though he doesn’t surf the Star Network, my mom said he’s picked up his old trade again and started doing woodworking. (He originally built his business on woodworking.) He said he wants to save up and help me get a small home in the Federation. I feel so guilty.]
Admittedly, some parents show little love for their children, but the love that most parents and elders have for the younger generation is the purest and most selfless of all.
It is a love as weighty as a mountain and as constant as a flowing stream—a love that is profound, pure, and everlasting.
In an instant, the hashtag #DoYouKnowYourFamily shot to the top of the Star Network’s trending charts.
Do you really know your family? Now that you’re an adult, do you remember your parents’ birthdays? Your grandparents’ birthdays? Your family’s anniversaries? Have you ever taken your parents to a doctor’s appointment? Can you name even a few of the more important moments from your parents’ lives?
Most people drew a complete blank.
But on the other hand, most parents knew the details of their children’s lives by heart.
Many netizens felt guilty about how little they knew, but they also felt that contacting their parents out of the blue would be awkward. With nothing specific to say, everyone was a little too embarrassed to reach out.
At that moment, an anonymous Level 7 account popped up and explained the story from Jiang Qiuqiu’s broadcast—how the younger generation had tried to turn their elders into "useful tools," only to be "put in their place" by those same "tools." The user then made a suggestion: If you really don’t know what to say, you can invite your parents and family to watch our Juju’s broadcast together.
—You get to share delicious food with your family, and you can all eat and chat while watching the stream.
With that suggestion made, someone in the replies naturally asked, "Is the food on the stream really that good?"
The anonymous account didn’t say a word, simply dropping a screenshot in response.
It was, of all things, a screenshot from a discussion forum for a seniors’ community.