Because her parents and Shi Qi wanted to stay a few more days, they stayed here for two weeks.

They stayed until New Year's Eve.

Shi Muqing worked overtime every day to handle business. After finally finishing the deadline, she took a long vacation and managed to snag a plane ticket several days in advance.

Since everyone is in China, it's natural to have a family reunion for the New Year, so he specially bought a plane ticket to come over.

He arrived at their place yesterday and is currently catching up on sleep in his room.

Shi Xing leaned lazily against the rocking chair, closing her eyes to rest. She had been seeing so much snow these past two days that she was getting a little visually fatigued.

She prefers the heart of spring and summer to winter.

The lush green grass and trees, the azure sky, and the spotless white clouds are a sight to behold.

Full of energy, Shi Qi sat on the sofa with her laptop, typing away furiously.

There's so much footage from the last two days, I can't even finish editing it all, especially the ones I filmed for her sister and Xu Bai.

She has so many cuts she could make!

She has more footage to record for New Year's Eve today, and she'll be working overtime tonight to edit it into a usable video.

Shi Xing glanced at her lazily, then closed her eyes again. The warm room made her drowsy.

I have absolutely no motivation. I can't shop here, so I can only stay indoors.

099 spoke up: "Let's go skiing! Didn't we check in at a ski resort today?"

"Who would be so kind as to go skiing during the Lunar New Year?"

Yes, this morning the check-in system rewarded me with a ski resort, the newly built private ski resort "Wet Light Ski Resort".

There are two ski resorts in Weiguang. One is a natural one, and the other is an indoor ski resort in the first-tier city of Furong.

Furong City is not far from Shanghai; it only takes an hour by high-speed train.

This indoor ski resort cost over 40 billion yuan to build and is the world's largest indoor ski resort.

It is expected to open in April this year. During the recent Spring Festival holiday, Shi Xing did not send anyone to hand over the work. She will send someone to the local area to hand over the work at the end of February.

The ski resort here had already been open for some time and was doing very well.

Mother Shi knocked on the door and came in: "My dear sons, do you want to go to the supermarket to buy some New Year's goods? I asked, and they close at one o'clock in the afternoon. It's still not too late to go now."

Shi Qi didn't even look up: "I'm not going, I'm a bit busy right now."

Shi Xing, who was lying in the rocking chair, opened her eyes: "Wow, I'm going to go on a shopping spree!"

She quickly got up, put on her shoes, and Xu Bai took her coat and helped her put it on, then took her scarf and put it on for her.

"Let's go." Shi Xing pulled Xu Bai out the door. "Mom, let's leave now, we won't have enough time later."

The group rushed out; the large supermarket was quite far away, so they drove there.

The road was too slippery, so we were moving slowly and there was some traffic. It took us more than half an hour to get there.

Upon arriving at the supermarket, Xu Bai consciously pushed the shopping cart and followed behind her.

"Mom, let's split up. Me and Xubai, you and Dad."

“Okay, I’ll buy the groceries, you buy the fruit and snacks.” Shi’s mother nodded and pulled Shi’s father away.

Shi Xing headed towards the snack section, grabbing whatever he saw, leaving nothing behind like a whirlwind, and soon filled his shopping cart.

The truck was piled high with imported fruits and snacks.

"Let's go buy some more fireworks. It's no fun if we don't set off fireworks during the New Year."

Xu Bai took out his phone and checked: "There's a fireworks store nearby, shall we go there now?"

"Okay, let's go out first." Shi Xing nodded.

After paying the bill and putting everything in the car, Shi Xing sent a WeChat message to her parents and then walked with Xu Bai to buy fireworks.

When they arrived at the sales point, they were surprised to find that there were quite a lot of people. Shi Xing and Xu Bai pushed a shopping cart and bought a lot of all kinds of fireworks, including the essential sparklers.

Back at their residence, the two parents busily went to the kitchen to prepare the New Year's Eve dinner.

Shi Muqing also got up, feeling refreshed, went out for a walk, and came back to help in the kitchen.

Shi Qi arranged the decorations she had bought in the house: small red lanterns, zodiac pendants—instantly filling the room with the festive atmosphere of the New Year.

The whole family was busy, and although they weren't at home, at least they were together, so it didn't matter where they were.

Shi Xing wasn't very good at cooking, but Xu Bai was, so the cooking duties were assigned to him and Shi's father.

Xu Bai mostly made dishes according to Shi Xing's taste, but he also made dishes to the tastes of many other people.

Light snow began to fall outside again. Shi Xing looked out the window and said, "It will stop soon; it won't snow for too long."

Shi Muqing asked in confusion, "How did you know?"

"After living there for a while, you can find patterns by observing more. Most of the time, my guesses are pretty accurate."

Shi Muqing gave her a thumbs up.

At 6:30, the food was served one by one. Although it was not made by a professional chef, every dish was delicious and visually appealing, and the presentation was equally beautiful and exquisite. There was also a wide variety of dishes.

Shi Xing could tell at a glance which ones were made by Xu Bai and which ones by Shi's father.

This was the first time Xu Bai had spent the New Year with her, but nothing particularly special. Perhaps she was just used to having Xu Bai around.

Shi Xing sat down and pulled out the chair next to her: "A Xu, come and sit down."

Mr. Shi raised his drink: "Wishing us a better and better new year! Good health, all the best, and may all your wishes come true!"

The family raised their glasses and clinked them together: "Cheers!"

The evening news was playing on TV, mixed with the noisy chatter of the women.

Xu Bai put on gloves and peeled shrimp for Shi Xing, then started dismantling crabs for her. Shi Xing looked at the plate of dismantled crab meat in front of her and squinted her eyes with pleasure.

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