At night, a table of people gathered together, and Zu Qinyao sighed: "Since my grandfather passed away, I haven't had a lively New Year again in many years!"

Xi Jincheng frowned, looked up at him, and turned his head to look at Shu Ran.

Shu Ran lowered her head, gave Mu Chen a soup, and whispered to him if he wanted duck meat.

He couldn't see what kind of emotions Shu Ran was on her face at this moment, and he didn't know if she remembered her mother because of Zu Qinyao's words.

Mu Chen didn't understand why his father suddenly looked at his mother for a moment, and he didn't dare to answer for a long time that he wanted to eat duck meat.

Shu Ran still picked up a duck leg for him, put the bowl in front of Mu Chen, and smiled slightly: "Eat it! Didn't you just shout that it was fragrant in the afternoon?"

Mu Chen said "Oh" and looked at Xi Jincheng timidly again.

"Dad, do you want to eat duck meat too? Do you want mom to add a piece to you too?" Mu Chen asked carefully.

Mu Chen's words made everyone's attention focus on Xi Jincheng, and Xi Jincheng then calmed down.

Nodded, handed Shu Ran the bowl as if nothing had happened and said, "Put a bowl of soup for me, I don't want meat!"

Shu Ran took it, smiled at him, and said, "I have tasted it, it tastes very good. How do you make it?"

"Ask Chef Fang." Xi Jincheng held his chin with one hand and quietly watched her serve soup into his bowl.

"Can you call?" Shu Ran asked in surprise.

"I ran two hundred kilometers away, found a public telephone, and paid two dollars."

Xi Jincheng answered in a slight manner, lying without blinking, and calming down without changing his expression.

Shi Yuyan raised his eyelids and pursed his thin lips into a curve that looked like a smile.

Zu Qinyao and Li Huihuang all sprayed the soup, while the other was choked and coughed.

Even Shu Muran couldn't help but raise the corner of her mouth, and finally picked up a bowl of rice to hide her emotions.

Shu Ran saw the reactions of the other people and knew that Xi Jincheng was teasing her.

He put half a bowl of soup in front of him, and did not expose his smile in person: "Drink it! You should be exhausted when you run so many times. This duck soup is hard to come by. Drinking more duck soup to nourish your body will not be in vain. You ran so far to ask about the recipe you came here!"

Xi Jincheng said "yes" with peace of mind, without any guilt.

The indifference and coldness of the past were removed from the eyebrows and eyes, and it seemed much more gentle and elegant.

Shu Ran always thought his lips were particularly beautiful, neither thin nor thick. When he pursed it slightly, he seemed to have a faint smile.

I felt that my eyes fell on his lips for a long time, and when she was so long that she turned red, she hurriedly lowered her eyelids and ate to hide her discomfort.

Xi Jincheng picked up the spoon and stirred it, scooped it up, but brought it to her mouth: "Here you try it for me first, will it still be hot?"

Upon hearing this, Shu Ran turned her head in surprise and looked at him without reaction for a long time without opening her mouth or pushing her away.

Everyone at the table wished they could be invisible now. If they disappeared, they should not appear on this dining table. They did not want to watch these two people show their love so unrestrainedly.

Shu Ran turned her head and looked around the others.

The others took back their bets and kept their eyes open.

"This dish is really good!" Zu Qinyao picked up a chopstick dish for Shu Muran next to him.

"This soup is good, drink more." Zu Linyao said, handing the spoon to Li Huihuang's mouth.

Li Huihuang glanced at her and opened his mouth and drank it without thinking.

But Xi Jincheng treated Shu Ran well after all, coughed twice, left his face and ignored him.

Xi Jincheng was not angry either. He took his hand back without being affected and took the sip of soup himself.

"Let's go and look for where the street is tomorrow. It's New Year's Eve, so it's time to buy it well." Shu Ran said to everyone as she finished her meal and put down her chopsticks.

Shu Muran paused, and a dimness flashed through her lower eyes.

In previous years, my mother was buying it, so he and Shu Ran followed their mother to help carry things.

This is the first time when there is no mother. I don’t know how sad Shu Ran felt when she mentioned New Year’s Eve.

I couldn't help looking at Shu Ran worriedly, but Shu Ran was naturally discussing with Zu Linyao what to cook on New Year's Eve.

After dinner, the few people chatted together for a while, played for a while, and then went back to their rooms to rest.

Muchen chose his uncle among Shi Yuyan and Shu Muran.

Back in the room, Shu Ran took two sets of pajamas, one set of his and one set of hers.

She handed him pajamas, put her set on the bed, turned around and looked at Xi Jincheng who was taking off her clothes and said, "You go and wash first, I'll send Mu Chen's pajamas to him."

"You go and take a shower, don't go up and down the stairs." Xi Jincheng grabbed her, threw her pajamas onto the bed, and after saying something, he walked out.

Shu Ran didn't stop him, and he quickly disappeared outside the door as he watched his figure.

Walking to the window and looking out the window, the street lights in the yard emitted a fluorescent white light, adding a hint of soft chill to the dark night and covering the bamboo forest with a layer of poetry.

There were stars in the sky, as if they were very close to her, and they could be touched with just raising their hand.

But she reached out and was still a bit short.

The cold wind swept across her fingers, and she smiled and murmured to the brightest star in the sky:

"Mom, it's the New Year, this is the first New Year I haven't spent with you. I'm so used to it, I miss you so much! I miss you very much! But don't worry, except for missing you, I'm having a good life!

Xi Jincheng is very kind to me, considerate and gentle. He suddenly thought of bringing me here. Such a person who doesn’t like lively but lets so many people spend the New Year together, how can I not know his intention?”

After saying that, he sighed lightly.

Taking her to such a place where even the signal was blocked, except for Yuan Xiang's Zhong who didn't want her to know that he probably didn't want her to spend this unhappy year because she remembered her mother.

She was grateful for his good intentions and could not repay him, let alone give him a grudge. She would not let him feel sad for her.

When people live, they always need to adapt to the changes in life and accept passing and coming.

There is no way to change the reality, so you can only grit your teeth and adapt as soon as possible.

Otherwise, can she really follow her mother and leave?

That wasn't something she would do after all.

Xi Jincheng sent his pajamas back to the room, and Shu Ran was taking a bath in the bathroom. The sound of water was dripping, the door on the balcony was not closed, and the wind was blown in, and the indoor heating was replaced by the chill.

Xi Jincheng walked over and closed the door, turned the air conditioner to the highest level to make up for the warmth dispelled by the cold, afraid that she would be cold after taking a shower later.

Sitting at the end of the bed, facing the bathroom door, recalling her forced appearance of pretending to be relaxed and happy in front of others.

Others don’t understand and can’t see through it, but he is too clear.

Maybe through a door, how could I know there was no tears she shed in the sound of water?
Chapter completed!