It’s my first time celebrating the New Year away from home, and the customs are slightly different from those in my hometown.

In my hometown, we get up early on New Year's Eve to put up couplets, then prepare food for our ancestors. After a simple lunch, we start to cook the New Year's Eve dinner. In the evening, we set off firecrackers and then have the dinner.

But in the city, you can skip a lot of steps and just have some simple food and wine to show your appreciation when you eat.

So, after putting up the Spring Festival couplets, it seemed that there was nothing to do except eating breakfast.

Making the New Year’s Eve dinner is also done in the afternoon.

Lin Jingbei received a call from Gu Yun. After knowing that he had returned home, he asked if he wanted to go there to have a New Year's Eve dinner with him.

Her master was truly kind to her, and when Lin Jingbei called her on New Year's call a few years ago, she was aware of his downfall.

It seemed that the master always kept to himself. No matter what festival it was, Lin Jingbei had never seen his family.

"Okay, but I also need to go home and eat with my family, so let's eat as early as possible, okay?"

After all, he is the only child in the family...

Gu Yun naturally agreed, asked him to put on his clothes, and sent someone to pick him up later.

After hanging up the phone, Lin Jingbei looked at his parents who came out of the room yawning and said, "Mom and Dad, Master asked me to go over and have New Year's Eve dinner with him."

Song Chen: "Then why don't you eat at home? It would be bad to leave us old people empty-handed."

He also needs his son's company, okay?

Lin Lu was understanding: "It's okay, you can go over and have dinner with him in the afternoon, and come home to eat in the evening. We will wait for you."

Lin Jingbei nodded obediently to his mother: "Okay, Mom."

Lin Lu: "It's very cold today. Wear more clothes when you go out. Don't catch a cold. Also wear a hat and scarf."

Lin Jingbei: "I made an appointment with Master to be back before six o'clock."

Lin Lu took the warm water Song Chen handed over and took a sip. "Don't worry, it's better to spend more time with your master."

Song Chen sincerely felt that this kid was lucky. He didn't even have such a good fortune.

Nowadays, people are picked up and dropped off in luxury cars when they travel.

He also took a flight, something Song Chen had never done in his life.

After I’m done with this, I’ll take my wife to experience it and go to Kyoto for a visit.

…

The family had just finished lunch when the driver sent by Gu Yun arrived. Not only that, he also brought a lot of gifts to the door, saying that they were specially sent by Gu Yun.

In the first two years, it was sent in advance, but this year it was delivered directly to your door.

Gifts were exchanged for the children.

When Lin Jingbei arrived at the Gu family, it seemed that there was no difference from before. If there was any difference, it was probably just a few new couplets.

The garden is still deserted.

Aunt Wang had already brought the food to the table. There was only one person sitting at the table. The dark figure made people feel sad.

Lin Jingbei didn’t know what his master had experienced, but he felt that this state was familiar. Before his mother woke up, his father seemed to be like this too.

So, Master also has someone he loves very much.

"Master, I'm here."

Gu Yun waved for him to sit next to him.

A slight smile appeared on his indifferent face: "Have you grown taller?"

When Lin Jingbei joined the training camp, he needed to fill out a height and weight form, so he took another test. He had grown to 180cm. "I'm two centimeters taller. Master, are we the only ones eating? No one else?"

Gu Yun: "Yes, take whatever you like to eat, don't be restrained."

Lin Jingbei: "I won't be polite to Master."

Both of them talk very little, but they don't feel awkward. Gu Yun would ask Lin Jingbei about his life in Kyoto, and Lin Jingbei would also share with him things that he found interesting.

Gu Yun asked, "Have you decided what major you want to study in college?"

Lin Jingbei: "There are so many things I want to learn, I don't know how to choose."

It’s easy to choose a school, but it’s a bit difficult to choose a major.

Gu Yun leaned back in his chair and said, "Tell me about it."

Lin Jingbei pursed his lips and said, "I want to study law, physics, finance, and computer science."

These are all what he likes. If he can only choose one as his major, he really doesn't know how to choose.

He was admitted to the university through a physics competition, so it is likely that the school will assign him to the physics major.

But his previous idea was to become a big lawyer. However, he didn't want to give up what he had learned from his master for so long. After teaching himself programming, he found that computers were also very interesting.

So... it's really difficult!

Gu Yun was more casual and suggested, "Then study both. You can get a double degree in college. Choose two subjects first, and then go to the teachers in those majors for more classes. Take the exams for the other two. If you pass, you'll get a certificate."

Lin Jingbei: "I just like it. The certificate is not that important to me."

Gu Yun: "Interest is very important. If you like it, then learn it."

Lin Jingbei covered his mouth and laughed.

Children are always curious about certain things, so Lin Jingbei asked, "Master, aren't you having a reunion dinner with your family today?"

Today should be the day for the whole family to reunite. If he doesn’t come, Master will have to eat the New Year’s Eve dinner alone. Master is so pitiful, Lin Jingbei thought to himself.

Gu Yun: "I'll eat with those people tonight, but I still prefer to eat with you."

Lin Jingbei: "Why? Master, don't you like your family? Are they not good to you?"

Gu Yun raised the wine in his left hand and drank it down in one gulp, saying with a rather uninhibited boldness, "I don't like it."

Children born in their family have learned from a young age to fight for resources for themselves and have no emotions at all.

So this is why he likes Lin Jingbei.

In addition to Lin Cheng, it is more because of my love for this smart and kind child.

When I first met him, he didn't have the flattery on his face like other children at such a young age. I only saw sincerity on his face.

Lin Jingbei's family situation is already relatively complicated in the village. He didn't expect that there is a family more complicated than his. He simply couldn't imagine the scene of not spending the New Year with his family. He would cry to death.

After holding it in for a while, he managed to utter: "Master, do you have someone you like? Are you married?" Realizing that he seemed to have touched upon someone else's privacy, he immediately made amends: "Sorry, Master, I'm just asking out of curiosity."

His grandmother said that everyone should get married and have children when they reach a certain age.

But even after being with his master for so long, he still didn't know much about his master.

The child asked seriously, but Gu Yun wanted to laugh when he heard it: "Not everyone needs to get married and have children. There are many things in life that you can choose."

His eyes seemed to be focused on a certain point, and then he looked at Lin Jingbei with a serious look, and he said: "Xiaobei, listen to Master, if you meet someone you like, you must hold on to her tightly, and never let her go no matter what method you use.

Only marry someone you love, never marry just for the sake of getting married."

Lin Jingbei felt that this topic was a bit too much for him, but the master seemed to be drunk: "Okay, I understand, Master."