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Chapter 16: Infatuated sister vs. revengeful brother (17)
For Ning Chenyu, this should be the most complete New Year's Eve dinner.
He was very happy and satisfied.
At the dinner table, Grandpa and Father Ning, who were chatting happily, started to drink white wine and got drunk. Grandma and Mother Bai were with the two men and their eyes were wet.
When Mother Bai got divorced, Grandma and Grandpa were worried that she would not be able to find a good home with Shi Yi. But their daughter was still so young, what would she do in the future?
Even Mother Bai, who had experienced a failed marriage, was very depressed and felt that all men in the world were equally bad.
But she didn't expect that after being with Father Ning, her life would become more and more prosperous. The two bought a house in the city, and now they have bought a car. The relationship between the couple is getting better and better. The biological daughter is well-behaved and sensible, and the stepson is also obedient and sensible. When she just got divorced, she didn't dare to think about it.
But all this happened to her. She really cherishes it and feels very lucky.
"My daughter, don't be fooled by her gentle personality. She is actually very stubborn." Grandpa was a little drunk.
"Yes." Father Ning raised his glass and agreed.
"When she wanted to marry you, your mother and I refused to agree." Grandpa poured himself a glass of wine. Grandma snatched his bottle and hit him on the back of his hand, "Why do you say everything?"
"One of them is my daughter and the other is my son-in-law. What can't be said?" Grandpa snatched the bottle from her again.
"Yes, yes, drink, drink, I will take your surname if you let me sleep with you tonight." Grandma couldn't control her and simply ignored her.
The drunken grandfather became bolder and said a little arrogantly: "Sleep alone, sleep alone, we are an old couple, who cares about you."
Mother Bai sat next to Father Ning, watching her parents quarreling, and felt that life could not be happier than now. Everything she liked and cared about was around her.
Father Ning gently held his wife's hand. He was a little drunk and looked at his wife attentively. Half of everything he has now is thanks to her. It was she who gave him a new and motivated life.
Shi Yi and Ning Chenyu took advantage of the two couples at the table being busy with their own things, quickly cleaned up the food in the bowl, and went upstairs.
On the rooftop, they could see the nearby scenery.
Shi Yi held the pineapple beer he took from the refrigerator, and sat on the ground with Ning Chenyu, one can each, to enjoy the night view.
It was not yet midnight, and no one set off fireworks and firecrackers, so the mountain was still very quiet, so quiet that there was no sound.
Ning Chenyu held the can and sipped it one mouthful after another. Shi Yi
did not speak either, enjoying this rare peace.
Suddenly, a bunch of fireworks rose and exploded in the sky, and Shi Yi's face appeared clearly in front of Ning Chenyu.
He couldn't help but stretch out his hand and touch her face.
"Brother, you are drunk." Shi Yi gently took his hand from his face and held it tightly in his palm.
At this time, countless fireworks began to explode in the sky, one bunch fell, and another bunch quickly rose and bloomed, gorgeous and incomparable.
The sound of fireworks exploding drowned out Shi Yi's voice.
"Shi Yi, are you telling the truth?" Ning Chenyu asked as he got close to her ear.
His hot breath hit her ear, burning Shi Yi's body and shaking for a moment.
"Brother, what did you say?" Shi Yi, who was disturbed by the sound of fireworks exploding one after another, didn't hear it clearly.
"Shi Yi, is it true that you will be my girlfriend after you get into college?" Ning Chenyu raised his voice and continued to ask.
He was actually a little uneasy. It was obviously she who fell in love with him first, but now it was him who confirmed her feelings. This showed that he cared more than he thought.
"Brother, what do you think?" Shi Yi heard his question clearly, sat up straight, and looked at him with curved eyebrows.
Ning Chenyu shook his head, "I don't know."
He was afraid that what he heard before was an illusion.
"Brother, can you promise me that you will wait for me after you go to college without falling in love?" Shi Yi tilted her head and stared into his eyes, as if asking a very simple question.
The boy in front of him had grown up. The immaturity between his eyebrows and eyes has begun to disappear, replaced by his three-dimensional handsome features like tailored features and clear and vivid eyes. She even thought that if he was willing, a lot of girls would definitely come around and actively pursue him.
There is no bone that people don't miss, unless this bone shows that the heart belongs to her alone.
Ning Chenyu lowered his head and looked at her, shaking his head gently.
"It turns out that it's not possible." He saw that the bright eyes dimmed instantly.
In fact, as early as when he was in junior high school, there were already many girls around him who took the initiative to show their affection to him. After transferring to the No. 1 Middle School in the city, he thought that the situation would improve, but it didn't get much better. There were still a lot of girls where he was.
He didn't understand what those girls liked about him specifically. But he was very unimpressed by such good intentions, and used his alienated actions to draw a clear line between himself and them. If he really met the kind of shameless pursuit, and he refused many times but still didn't wake up, he would take the initiative to tell the teacher and let the teacher solve it.
In his impression, he didn't seem to have the idea of falling in love. But in the yard, when Shi Yi said she wanted to be his girlfriend, he could clearly feel his heart beating.
"Why don't you ask what's wrong?" He raised his eyebrows and looked at her, with a teasing look in his eyes, but the night was too dark and she was completely drowned in the hustle and bustle of the night.
"Brother is a liar." Shi Yi did not follow his question, but took a big gulp of pineapple beer.
In fact, she was not good at drinking, even such a low alcoholic beverage made her blush.
"If you can't drink it, don't drink it." Ning Chenyu used all his strength to pry her hand open and took the pineapple beer.
"Liar," Shi Yi murmured, but it fell on his shoulder.
"You are a little liar." Ning Chenyu put one hand gently on her back to steady her body, and said angrily: "It will take another three years for you to go to college. What should I do if you like someone else during these three years?"
"No." Shi Yi suddenly moved closer to his ear, and his gentle breathing touched his neck, "Brother, I like you the most."
"Why do you like me?" he asked.
Shi Yi raised his head and glanced at the night sky full of fireworks, and said drunkenly: "Of all the people I have met, I only like you. It was the same in the past and it will be the same in the future."
Ning Chenyu obviously did not drink a sip of wine, but he seemed to be drunk. He only felt that the lights on the distant mountains were floating towards him, and the fireworks that were supposed to explode in the sky exploded in front of his eyes and in his heart with a "bang".
For this kind of emotion, we generally call it "heart-pounding".
(End of this chapter)