Chapter 26

Welcome back! When we last left off, the 8th generation heir was to be chosen. You voted, and Nate was chosen! Excuse him for not seeming more excited; he expresses his emotions through art.

Unfortunately, my game became horribly corrupted. Try as I might, I couldn’t continue in Sunset Valley. I think it had something to do with trying to move Farid’s brother in with the family. Long story short, dozens of game hours lost, I decided to pack the family up and move them to a new ‘hood. Thus, Riverview became the family’s new home. Sadly, I lost all the other extended family; but, that’s nothing that can’t be rebuilt!

No one seemed to mind the move; they remained in their old house, and settled in quickly.

Charlie moved out quickly, and found new love immediately. In fact, he became somewhat of a player. Maybe he was trying to smother his loss of Sylvia de Santos.

Nate, as always, transferred Charlie’s hidden grief into a choice piece of art.

Charlie called each member of the family every day. It was kind of cute.

Rose was glad to be in a new neighborhood: always the adventurous one, change made her happy. Unfortunately, she was spending all her nights alone. Farid had been a hair away from his final promotion before the move, but sadly his performance was reset when they landed in Riverview.

Charlie stopped by every day.

This day, however, was Nat’s birthday to young adulthood.

The family gathered to see the 8th heir age up.

Nate grew up very well. He immediately ran down to the school to get a job. Yes, I downloaded the education career mod. I like variety.

The other family members were a bit neglected at this point. I’d played through so many days, over and over again, in the old neighborhood that I just wanted to rush and get this over with. Salah and Aaron grew inseparable.

Aaron’s birthday finally arrived, and was barely celebrated.

Being a bit outdoorsy, Aaron went for a more “natural” look as he aged.

Rose, who hadn’t travelled in ages and still had yet to reach visa level 3 in any country, headed off to China along with Farid and Nate.

While Rose quickly set off to business, Nate wandered around and met the locals. It was then that he laid eye on Xi Yuan.

Xi shooed her children in order to talk to Nate. They immediately hit it off.

Although Xi was married, she felt a strange need to impress Nate.

Nate stayed at Xi’s all of that first night, just talking.

Soon, Nate had developed feelings for Xi. He asked if she was single, only to find that she was married. Obviously, I mean where did her two kids come from?

In fact, Nate had the pleasure of meeting Xi’s husband the next day.

Nate didn’t let a thing as small as a husband deter him, though. He had developed fairly strong feelings for Xi and had to let them be known. She didn’t seem to feel the same, unfortunately.

Nate was persistent, though.

Soon, Xi gave in.

In the mean time, Rose had finally reached Visa Level 3.

The family returned home with yet another gnome. At least this one is a bit different.

Nate, completely smitten with Xi, invited her to come visit the next day.

Nate immediately asked Xi to leave her husband and move in. Of course, she said yes.

Ziyi, Xi’s daughter, also moved in. She immediately made herself right at home.

Xi and Louisa immediately bonded. They both had the same lifetime want: to max out both the athletic and martial arts skills.

I decided Xi needed a little… sprucing up. She’s actually quite pretty without that awful haircut.

Xi and Louisa went out and practiced, to achieve their lifetime wants.

Nate soon settled in and got back to painting.

Xi and Lousia did nothing but practice.

During this time, Ziyi was largely neglected. Rose stepped in to ensure the child was getting everything she needed. She didn’t complain once, though; at least her mom was happy.

One night, Nate woke up and knew there was something he had to do.

He immediately proposed to Xi. Will she marry him? Will they have children? Will Ziyi, Arron, and Louisa ever grow up and move out? Will Salah ever pass on to the next world? Find out in the next chapter!