Chapter 114: Her Family Reunion

But Huanyue came back to stab her father: "Dad, you are the oldest."

Zhou Xu: “…”

Several people were defeated by Zhou Jibai, and they took out the big red envelopes they had prepared and handed them to Shi Huai.

Shi Huai showed off the red envelope his family gave him in front of Zhou Jibai: "I'll save it for you first, and I'll give it to you when you grow up."

Zhou Jibai smiled and said, "Okay, I'll trouble the future mother then."

…

During the Chinese New Year, when there was nothing to do, the family got together to play mahjong.

Zhou Chaolu went out early in the morning these days, and couldn't find anyone to play mahjong with since she went out early and came back late, so she could only pull Zhou Xu or Zhou Jibai over.

But under Zhao Yang's strong protest, Zhou Xu played mahjong with them most of the time.

Zhou Xu is also good at playing cards, but because of his wife sitting opposite him, he will at least be humble and give in a little.

Unlike Zhou Jibai, there are no relatives, no mother, no sister-in-law, no wife at the poker table, only winning or losing.

Zhou Jibai is good at counting cards, and I don’t know if he is deliberately targeting Shi Huai, but he always makes Shi Huai angry.

After losing all his chips to Zhou Jibai, Shi Huai glared at him fiercely! His eyes seemed to say, "Am I your wife?"

She closed her eyes and leaned against the back of the chair, stroking her belly and smiling with a look of despair: "I will not let my child recognize a thief as his father."

The next moment, Zhou Jibai waved his hand and gave all the chips he had won to Shi Huai.

Zhaoyang: “…………”

She was suppressed by Zhou Jibai and only had one bargaining chip left.

Ruoyu also had five scattered around in her hand.

Now all of them were presented to Shi Huai by Zhou Jibai.

Shi Huai's expression changed instantly when he saw the mountain of chips in front of him. He immediately hugged the person sitting next to him and said, "Wow, my husband, you are so powerful!"

Zhou Jibai raised his eyebrows, let Shi Huai hold him, and smiled easily.

Zhao Yang: "Okay, okay, just show off that you have a husband."

As he spoke, Zhao Yang set his sights on Zhou Baichen who was standing beside him.

Zhou Baichen coughed lightly and said, "It's not nice for me to bully a child."

"Have you ever seen a cunning child?" Zhao Yang curled his lips.

Zhou Jibai: "Tsk, you're just attacking me when you can't win?"

"Hey! How dare you talk to your mother like that, you little brat!"

Zhao Yang rolled up his sleeves and was about to jump onto the mahjong table to scold this brat.

But Zhou Jibai was very clever and hid behind Shi Huai.

Now Shi Huai is a national treasure in everyone's eyes, and Zhou Jibai has found a protective umbrella.

The family was having a great time, and the chess and card room was filled with laughter. Shi Huai took in all these scenes, and his heart was filled with warmth.

She had never had such a lively New Year.

Ever since my mother passed away, everyone in the family has always disliked this family reunion festival.

My grandparents will give me red envelopes, but they won’t stay up with me to celebrate the New Year, nor will they say Happy New Year, and they won’t make dumplings. The fact that they can put up Spring Festival couplets means that they are in a good mood this year.

The gorgeous fireworks blooming outside the window on New Year's Day have nothing to do with her.

This year, she has a family.

Enjoy the fireworks together with your family for a family reunion.

Zhou Chaolu brought Lang Shuxuan back.

"I'm back!"

Everyone was surprised to see that Zhou Chaolu was accompanied by Lang Shuxuan.

"Hey! Xiaolang, why are you here!" Zhao Yang stood up from his seat, smiling happily.

Lang Shuxuan first greeted these people politely.

Shi Huai was also puzzled: "Shu Xuan, why didn't you go back for the New Year?"

Zhou Jibai raised his eyelids and glanced at Lang Shuxuan, then looked at Zhou Baichen.

He said calmly, "Black-hearted boss, he won't even let me go home for the New Year."

Zhou Baichen: “…………”

Seeing his old boss being embarrassed by the young boss, Lang Shuxuan smiled faintly and explained, "I'm spending the New Year with my brother in Changjing today. My boss is very good, he doesn't exploit me, and he even gave me a year-end bonus."

Zhou Baichen became proud, pointing at Lang Shuxuan and sighing repeatedly: "Xiao Lang is still the best! Look at him, not only is he handsome, but he is also honest."

Lang Shuxuan chuckled modestly.

Zhou Chaolu was laughing secretly on the side.

Zhou Baichen invited Lang Shuxuan to sit next to him, and the four men began to play mahjong together.

The four men were talking and fighting at the same time, fighting back and forth.

Initially, we focused on a game project about Lang Shuxuan. The game is currently in beta testing, and the response has been very good. It's basically a hit game that can be pre-ordered.

At the beginning, Zhou Xu won a few games, and then they talked about this year's charity dinner.

It has been the Zhou family’s custom to hold a charity dinner after the New Year, and this year is no exception.

When Shi Huai heard the words "charity dinner", he instantly became extremely excited.

She sat next to Zhou Jibai, pretending to watch his card game, but actually she was eavesdropping on what they were talking about.

Zhou Jibai lowered his eyes to look at Shi Huai, who had a serious expression on his face, and asked in a deep voice, "Are you afraid that I will lose?"

Shi Huai shook his head: "I'm not afraid."

“Games are fun only when there are wins and losses.”

Zhou Jibai chuckled and casually threw out a Dongfeng, waiting for the card.

"Really?"

His wife was watching him from the side. Zhou Jibai still looked calm on the surface. He looked nonchalant and lazy, as if he really didn't take this game seriously.

But after a while, he won the game with all the same color.

Zhao Yang laughed angrily: "The peacock has spread its tail, right?"

Zhou Jibai shrugged: "Games are fun only when there are wins and losses. If you can't afford to lose, don't play."

Zhaoyang: "..."

She was so angry that she rolled up her sleeves again and wanted to jump up and beat her son.

How could she give birth to such a thing!

Shi Huai muttered to himself, why didn't they talk about the charity dinner...

So she fixed her eyes on Zhou Jibai's handsome face and whispered in his ear, "Hubby, when will the charity dinner be held?"

Zhou Jibai leaned back lazily, his eyes flickering for a moment before he looked at Shi Huai gravely: "Want to join?"

"Yeah." Shi Huai nodded.

Zhou Jibai: "According to usual practice, it should be five days later."

The invitation letters have been distributed to all family partners, and they just need to show up on the same day.

Shi Huai: "Who are the invited guests?"

Zhou Jibai narrowed his eyes into a slit and stared at Shi Huai's face for a long time.

Shi Huai felt uncomfortable being stared at by him, as if Zhou Jibai had discovered something he was guilty of.

After a while, Zhou Jibai didn't doubt why she asked for the list of people attending the banquet. Instead, he accepted it happily and said calmly, "I'll give you a copy of the list when the time comes."

"Okay~"

Shi Huai held his chin, his eyes involuntarily drifting to Zhao Yang who was diagonally opposite him.

In his previous life, he hadn't attended the charity dinner, and didn't know what had happened. He only knew that the Zhou family had kept the scandal surrounding Zhao Yang a secret. No one could dig up even a single thing about Zhao Yang.

Shi Huai in her previous life was too lazy to ask about it. She only knew that her mother-in-law was so autistic that she would not even leave the bedroom. She was deeply shocked by the news of her daughter's death and never recovered from it.

Shi Huai was in deep thought.

What on earth happened to make the optimistic and cheerful Zhao Yang become like that?