Chapter 461 New Year Greetings

late at night.

The lights in the hospital corridor flickered.

"Dean, if you stay in the imperial capital, you may still be able to..."

"Professor Ye, forget it. I'm old and want to go back to my hometown. I've been away for so many years..." As he spoke, the man on the other side choked up a few times, "Don't tell Yuanyuan about my illness. Maybe I'll be back in a few days."

She tried to sound relaxed later in her words, but she couldn't hide the sadness in them.

Ye Jinqian frowned, not knowing what to say for a moment, and his heart was extremely heavy.

"That's all, Professor Ye. It's getting late. I'll hang up now."

The blinding sound rang out, he put away his phone and looked out the window at the heavy snow.

Zhao Yuanyuan slept soundly all night.

Early the next morning.

She got up, washed, and dressed.

"Professor Ye, I want to go to the welfare home to visit the director and the children today."

She was cautiously seeking his consent.

Ye Jinqian slowly raised his eyes: "No need."

"It's Chinese New Year, so we should go and pay New Year's greetings. In previous years, I always celebrated the New Year with the dean..."

"The dean has returned to the countryside."

The man's words made her voice stop abruptly.

"Back to the country?"

Ye Jinqian nodded: "The children in the welfare home have all been placed in new families. The director called last night and said that he went back to the countryside to celebrate the New Year and has not been back for a long time."

She opened her mouth, a look of disappointment flashing across her eyes: "So that's how it is. The dean really hasn't been back for many years. The children have been properly placed, and she should go back and take a look."

She just felt empty inside.

Everything happened so suddenly.

There are about a dozen children in the welfare home, and in previous years, not many people came to adopt them. But just a few days after moving back, all of them were adopted.

Even the formalities were a bit ridiculously fast.

The days on vacation always go by quickly.

After the fifth day of the New Year, Ye Jinmo collapsed on the sofa, touched her round belly, and sighed to the sky.

In just a few days, she ate a lot.

These days, I went with Zhong Shaoqing to pay New Year's greetings, and many people also came to the Zhong family to pay New Year's greetings.

She rubbed her face and almost laughed herself to death.

Zhong Beichi wasn't much better.

The brother and sister sat on the sofa.

This was the scene that Tan Qinghuan saw when she came out holding Tangtang.

Zhong Shaoqing was shaking the bottle, looking speechless: "Can you two get up and move around?"

The two people on the sofa turned over and continued to snuggle together.

"Brother, we have been very active today. We need to rest well."

"Yes, that's right." Zhong Beichi agreed.

"I'm really exhausted these days." Tan Qinghuan said with a smile. Because of Tangtang, she only visited a few of her close uncles and aunts.

At this time, Zhong's mother came out from the backyard, followed by the housekeeper.

"Jinmo, go to the Ji family today. According to etiquette, you should go to pay New Year's greetings to the old lady."

After all, Ji Sichen came to pay New Year's greetings on the second day of the Lunar New Year.

Ye Jinmo opened his eyes and rubbed his eyes: "Shall I go with my second brother?"

"You go with your eldest brother."

She nodded in agreement.

I went back to the room, took a hot shower, changed clothes, and when I went downstairs, Zhong Shaoqing was already counting the New Year gifts.

Ever since Ji Sichen and Ye Jinmo got engaged, whenever there was a day that required gift-giving, a constant stream of gifts would be sent to the Zhong family.

The two of them brought four gift boxes in total.

Knowing that they were coming, the Ji family's housekeeper had been waiting for them.

It has been snowing recently and the weather is cold, so the old lady stayed in the main hall and didn't come out.

They arrived at the main hall, Ji Sichen stood up and came forward, taking the things from Ye Jinmo's hand.

"Are you cold?" he asked in a low voice. When he saw her red fingers, he frowned and felt distressed.

After putting the things away, he pulled her to sit down, and held her hand in his palm to keep it warm.

Everyone in the room was looking at them and laughing.

Ye Jinmo felt embarrassed.

Ji Sichen was puzzled: "What's wrong?"

He turned his head and looked at her again: "Are your hands still cold?"

Ji Minghua asked the servant to pour tea and said with a teasing look: "I didn't expect our Si Chen to be so considerate."

Old Madam Ji also laughed: "Yes, he has a stern face every day, and he only becomes like this when he sees Miss Jinmo."

Ye Jinmo felt her face getting hot and quickly withdrew her hand.

"Grandma Ji, you're teasing me again!"

At this time, the housekeeper came in.

"Madam, Princess Sudai is here."

Hearing this, Ye Jinmo's face froze and she looked at Ji Sichen.

The man didn't have time to wipe away the smile on his face before his eyes darkened.

Old Madam Ji didn’t know what happened between them, but she knew the royal family of the Independent State.

"Then please come quickly."

Su Dai was dressed much more normally today, with her servants following behind her. As she walked in slowly, she looked straight at the old lady.

"Madam Ji, happy new year to you!"

Old Madam Ji smiled politely: "Happy New Year, Princess."

"Are there guests today? Looks like I came at an unfortunate time."

Su Dai looked at Ye Jinmo and smiled slightly, with a provocative look in her eyes.

"She's not a guest, she's my granddaughter-in-law, Ye Jinmo. We are all family." Old Mrs. Ji introduced.

Su Dai's expression changed slightly, she nodded and said nothing.

She waved her hand and asked the servant to put down the gifts they brought.

"I've been in China these few days, and I heard that there is a custom of New Year's greetings. The old lady shouldn't blame me for coming here without permission, right?"

"Of course, since you are here, you are a guest. As it happens, you can stay for lunch at noon."

Old Mrs. Ji glanced at the housekeeper, who understood and told the servant to bring tea while he went downstairs to prepare the meal.

Su Dai smiled and turned her head to look at Ji Sichen: "Mr. Ji, long time no see, I hope you are well."

Ji Sichen glanced at her indifferently, nodded, and said nothing.

"Do you know each other?" the old lady was curious.

"During the last cruise annual meeting, I accidentally fell into the sea, and it was President Ji who saved me."

“It’s a piece of cake.”

Ji Sichen didn't want to talk to her any more, so he turned around and handed the snacks on the table to the girl next to him.

Ye Jinmo took it with a smile, and their eyes exchanged, showing that they had a good relationship.

Su Dai felt jealous, but she clenched her fingers.

Susan had told her to hold it in.

She can no longer be a yelling woman, she must defeat Ye Jinmo with gentleness!

Little did she know that her expression was seen by Ji Minghua.

It turns out that he is not an easy person to deal with.

"Princess Su Dai, I heard that you are coming to China to develop your career?"

Su Dai nodded: "Yes, I have applied for the qualification to study abroad at the Imperial University, and I will come here when school starts."

"In this case, I would be a classmate of Miss Ye Jinmo."

Ji Sichen was playing with the fingers of the girl next to him, feeding her snacks from time to time.

"What is Princess Su Dai's major?" Ye Jinmo asked with a smile.

Su Dai raised her head proudly: "Design."

"I'm in the School of Medicine, the Design Institute is in the North Campus, and our School of Medicine is in the South Campus."

What this means is that they can only be considered classmates at the Imperial University, not real "classmates".

She wanted to distance herself from the matter.

It seemed that Su Dai was about to stick close to him.

She will be very busy next semester as she has to follow up on several projects and also make arrangements for studying abroad.

"If that's the case, can I go play with Miss Ye? I'm not familiar with Imperial University!"