The next day, Mu Xiaocheng woke up very early, because she was cold.

She kicked off the blanket while sleeping at night, leaving half of it exposed. It was chilly.

After waking up, she wrapped herself in the blanket again and snuggled up inside to play on her phone.

As soon as she opened her phone, she went into WeChat and the first thing she did was check if Ji Huaishen had replied.

A night passed, and Ji Huaishen still hadn't replied to her message.

Mu Xiaocheng puffed out her cheeks, feeling a wave of disappointment wash over her again.

She angrily exited the WeChat interface, too lazy to look at it.

Feeling the cold air rushing in from outside the blanket, Mu Xiaocheng shrank her neck and covered herself completely under the blanket.

She glanced at today's weather forecast.

Light rain.

No wonder it's so cold.

A cloudy and rainy day is often the perfect time to sleep!

Today is Christmas. When Mu Xiaocheng opened Weibo, all she saw were people showing off their love and gifts.

There's nothing to see here; it'll only make single people angrier.

She was about to reply to the comments from her fans last night when she received a text message from Meng Xunqian.

Brother: "It's cold outside today, so don't go out wandering around if you don't have anything to do. I'll bring you something delicious when I get back tonight. What do you want to eat?"

Mu Xiaocheng smacked her lips and quickly replied, "I want to eat the spicy crayfish from the street across from your hospital. Extra spicy."

Brother: "Okay. The Christmas presents are still in the same place, go get them yourself."

Oh yeah!

Upon seeing the word "gift," Mu Xiaocheng immediately jumped out of bed, put on slippers, casually wrapped herself in a down jacket, and went to the front door.

Two large Christmas trees stood at the entrance, adorned with twinkling fairy lights.

Of course, a few Christmas stockings were also hung up.

Mu Xiaocheng deftly took a gift box from under the Christmas tree.

I couldn't wait to open it and take a look...

It's a set of paints.

She had wanted to buy paint for a long time, but because it was so expensive, she hadn't been able to bring herself to buy it.

A thoughtful and kind older brother.

Comrade Meng Xunqian is really savvy.

Mu Xiaocheng was happily preparing to go upstairs with the gift when she saw Uncle Yuan, who was dressed in thick clothes, rubbing his hands as he walked towards her.

"Miss, Madam and Master won't be back tonight. It's rare for the matriarch of the Han family to return to Yundu, and since none of the younger members of her family are here, they need to go and keep the old lady company for a while."

"Oh." Mu Xiaocheng nodded. So, she's become a left-behind child again.

Uncle Yuan pulled out several more bags from somewhere; they were all gift bags.

He handed it to Mu Xiaocheng: "This morning, Young Master Shen and Young Master Song sent someone to deliver your Christmas presents."

Mu Xiaocheng took the two gift bags and pointed to the one in Uncle Yuan's hand.

She raised an eyebrow slightly: "And this one?"

Uncle Yuan scratched his sparse hair and said with difficulty, "This was sent by the Lu family's little tyrant, the Second Young Master Lu."

"Young Master Lu said he had something to do at his unit, so he left the gifts here and left."

As he spoke, Uncle Yuan secretly began to observe Mu Xiaocheng's expression.

Then, tentatively, he asked, "Miss, would you... would you accept this?"

Mu Xiaocheng sighed silently.

Since they delivered it in person, she couldn't refuse it.

She took the gifts from Uncle Yuan and carried them all upstairs.

Lu Chi's Christmas gift to Mu Xiaocheng was quite typical of a straight man.

It's a very girly silver bracelet, with small pink diamonds set in it.

Mu Xiaocheng watched for a while and thought Lu Chi's taste was not bad.

that is……

She put the bracelet back into the box and then into the small storage cabinet in the room.

She doesn't need it.

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After dealing with the CASO mole and giving the military an explanation, Ji Huaishen prepared to return home.

Unexpectedly, just as she stepped out of the hotel, Lu Beicheng called out to her.