An Xi sighed as she looked at the table full of dishes…
In her previous life, she had never stayed home properly during the New Year and never knew that Li Wan’s cooking skills were so good…
“Sister! Sister! Gong xi fa cai!”
After this period of time, Jiang Xin was no longer as afraid of his sister as before. He was truly just a child who didn’t hold grudges at all.
At this moment, he finished speaking and looked at An Xi with round eyes, his expression serious. His chubby little hands nervously clenched into fists and then loosened… as if preparing to reach out.
“Oh! Thank you for the blessing, Xiao Xin.”
An Xi blinked, deliberately playing dumb.
“Sister… Gong xi fa cai!”
Jiang Xin persistently tugged at An Xi’s clothes and repeated, stretching out his little hand.
“Haha! Xiao Xin is so good! Come…”
An Xi stroked Jiang Xin’s soft hair and took out a red envelope from her pocket to hand to him.
“Aiya, Qian Qian… there’s no need to give a red envelope to a child!”
Li Wan, who was slowly walking over with a plate of rice, couldn’t help but glare at Jiang Xin.
“It’s nothing, Auntie… just for good luck!” An Xi smiled and answered. Jiang Xin cleverly hid behind An Xi, carefully looking at Li Wan. Turning to hold Jiang Xin’s hand, An Xi continued: “Xiao Xin will grow tall in the new year! Quickly grow up to protect your sister, okay?”
“Okay!”
Jiang Xin waved his little fist and shouted fiercely.
“Hahaha, Xiao Xin is so cute!”
An Xi couldn’t help but pinch his chubby little face. She had never really noticed before that this child looked just like a big Monkey D. Luffy!
Li Wan saw An Xi playing with Jiang Xin and showed an exceptionally gentle smile. An Cheng came out of the kitchen and hugged her shoulders, gently patting them.
They had all waited a long time for this kind of life. Fortunately… they finally waited for it.
The New Year’s Eve dinner was particularly harmonious, and An Xi was constantly smiling.
Li Wan and An Cheng together gave An Xi a big red envelope, which felt substantial when she took it… of course, Jiang Xin also received one. As soon as he got it, he immediately pulled out a bill and handed it to An Xi, his eyes sparkling. An Xi praised him for being sensible and then secretly put the money back when he wasn’t paying attention…
Actually, happiness is really simple. She was just too stubborn before… dying once made everything seem more acceptable. Taking a step back, the world really does open up…
In her memories, she couldn’t remember how long it had been since the family sat together watching the Spring Festival Gala. Although An Xi wasn’t very focused, she felt a warm atmosphere at home, which felt quite nice.
She secretly touched the phone in her pocket and looked at the time again… there were still two hours before the new year… she could hardly wait!
Like a kitten scratching her heart, An Xi’s eyes would occasionally look at the wall clock, and she simply held her phone in her hand.
“…Bidding farewell to the old and welcoming the new, the New Year’s bell is about to ring, let’s countdown… ten… nine… eight… seven…” Finally, the voice she had been waiting for came from the TV.
An Xi suddenly stood up, shouted “Father, Auntie, Xiao Xin, Happy New Year! I’m going to my room to send messages to friends,” and then quickly ran to her own room.
An Cheng and Li Wan didn’t stop her. They were already quite happy that An Xi had watched the Spring Festival Gala with them for so long… older people and young children should rest by midnight.
“Tap, tap, tap, tap, tap…”
An Xi ran quickly into the room, but unexpectedly, her phone suddenly vibrated. An Xi nervously opened her flip phone, and the caller displayed on the screen was… Ding Yu.
Actually, every year, no matter where An Xi and Ding Yu were, they would always make the first call of the new year to each other. Thinking that Ding Yu, who was still in the United States, had called long-distance, An Xi was quite touched.
She was too excited today… An Xi slightly curved her mouth. She wasn’t the type of person who only wanted a boyfriend and not girlfriends, so she decisively pressed the answer key.
“Hello? Ding Yu, Happy New Ye-“
Before she could finish, the call was cut off at the word “year”…
Then An Xi received a new QQ message from her best girlfriend Ding Yu: “I say, An Xi… you actually answered! International long-distance call! I was just calling to show some intention.”
“…” An Xi was speechless…
Forget it, she’d rather have a boyfriend…
“But, Happy New Year! Hope the new year goes smoothly and safely! o(n_n)o!”
Ding Yu immediately sent another message.
“Happy New Year! You too should go smoothly and safely! o(n_n)o!” An Xi replied.
Actually, every year they would bless each other with these eight words, and in life, these eight words were indeed the most important.
Then messages from Dai Xue and Ye Ling arrived. An Xi sincerely replied to each of them, hoping they would have a smooth and safe new year.
Then came some messages from general friends.
An Xi looked at these messages, feeling a bit deflated… Yan Qing hadn’t even sent her a message… and she had just been preparing to call him.
While spacing out, her phone suddenly vibrated again.
It was a message from Yan Qing, in his usual concise style – five words: “Come to the balcony.
An Xi was stunned, then immediately felt a surge of joy and disbelief. She quickly ran to the balcony and looked down to see Yan Qing holding his phone.
Under the night sky, he quietly looked up at her, his pitch-black eyes seeming to light up the moment he saw An Xi. The corner of his mouth curved into a beautiful arc, as if pleased by the appearance of the person he had been thinking about.
Then, he dialed An Xi’s phone…
“Happy New Year,” he said.
“Happy New Year…” An Xi replied with a sense of emotion.
“I just hoped to be the first person you’d see this year… so I didn’t send a text message and came a bit late.”
His voice was slightly hoarse, mixed with some complex emotions, “From now on, we’ll do many ‘firsts’ together, okay?”
“…Okay.” Not sending a text message, yet it surprised her.
After hearing Yan Qing’s words, An Xi clearly felt her face grow warm. She couldn’t help but think of some “embarrassing things”… However, when she saw Yan Qing’s clear eyes, she quickly pushed those thoughts away…
Looking at Senior Yan Qing, how sincere he was! She should be just as upright and noble!
“Hehe… Come inside quickly! It’s cold outside.”
A certain clear-eyed guy, seriously thinking about some “embarrassing things”, added very gentlemanly, and the latter felt deeply touched…
“Then… Senior Yan Qing should go home early too!” An Xi answered happily, enjoying this feeling of being cared for.
“An Xi.”
His tone suddenly seemed unhappy.
“…Yes?”
Dazed…
“Why are you still calling me senior?”
Seemingly with a hint of grievance, like he’d been bullied… Hey? Is this really Senior Yan Qing? That aloof Yan Qing?!
“Yan… Yan Qing, go home quickly!”
An Xi was so used to calling him “Senior Yan Qing” that she was now consciously trying to correct this “bad” habit…
“Okay, good night.”
Yan Qing, having heard what he wanted, nodded satisfiedly.
“Okay… good night.”
Just after saying “good night”, An Xi suddenly noticed a bright white light not far from where Yan Qing was, swaying in her direction. Looking closer, wasn’t that Yan Ji sitting in the car parked by the roadside?
He was holding a flashlight, waving it directly at her…
An Xi: What are you doing, big brother?! =口=!
Seeing An Xi look over, Yan Ji instantly gave her a deeply aggrieved look… Well, he was probably unhappy that his precious younger brother Yan Qing came to see An Xi on New Year’s Eve. An Xi felt she understood immediately…
Of course, Yan Ji’s aggrieved look didn’t last long, as he noticed his brother, radiating a black aura, return to the car… The car window quickly rolled up, and the car left An Xi’s house with a wobbly trajectory…
“Pfft…”
