That's my bet tonight.

"Aunt, sister, happy new year."

"Uncle, aunt, sister and brother, happy new year."

As the Spring Festival Gala performances go on, mobile phones also become busy. New Year greetings and greetings come one after another, which are the deepest blessings to relatives in other places.

Dudu

"Happy New Year, Qiyue."

"Ayi, Happy New Year."

Time waits for no one, and it passes so fast that we cannot keep up with the pace of time.

Fireworks outside the window bloomed one after another. Qi Yue, standing by the window, looked at the colorful scene and felt as if she was in another world.

"It's been a long time since I've really watched these gorgeous fireworks. It seems like it's been ten years. Actually, it's been ten years."

Lin Lei, who was far away, was also looking at the fireworks outside the window, and his thoughts were brought back to the past. It was the New Year when they first met after graduation, the Spring Festival when he first expressed his feelings, but it was also a year destined to be fruitless.

"Don't miss it this time. Don't make a mistake this time."

Just as Qi Yue was busy serving the dishes, there was a knock on the door. The moment she opened the door, a familiar face came into view.

"fifteen?"

Qi Yue's words were full of curiosity.

"Why are you back? Don't you have the key?"

"Auntie, I'm back."

"Hey, come in quickly, it's cold outside." Lan's mother's voice came from the kitchen.

"My mother saw that I couldn't sit still at home, so she sent me back." Yi Shiwu's face was full of embarrassment, but he didn't feel shy at all.

It is said that girls cannot be kept at home when they grow up, and it seems that this saying also applies to men.

"Tell me, on the fifteenth of this year, if we don't have a relationship, then we shouldn't. But if we do, it will make us old couple quite nervous."

"He's been here all day, and we've been like thieves, with no time for our own private time. If I'd known, I should have told Yueyue not to let him come back. When the child is missing, I think about him coming back so often, and it's getting annoying."

As soon as the words fell, Yi's mother's cell phone rang again. The old couple's cell phones had been ringing intermittently all day, with calls from students wishing them a happy new year, and greetings from relatives. Every holiday season was the busiest time at home, and they had no time to take care of Yi Shiwu at all. Instead of not being able to take care of him, it would be better to send it to their future daughter-in-law to save themselves the trouble.

I have to say that Yi Shiwu’s family atmosphere is really good and open-minded.

"So, you were sent to me by your family at eight o'clock. You are really independent."

"I'm used to it. My parents were busy before, so I was often alone at home. So when I grew up and moved out, it wasn't difficult to adapt. Also, my aunts, uncles, brothers and sisters are all at home, and I'm too old, so there's a generation gap."

Listening to Yi Shiwu's lame excuse, Qi Yue couldn't bear to expose it.

"Then celebrate the New Year at home. Come on, go to the kitchen and do your old job."

"Old job?" Yi Shiwu didn't react for a moment and thought that he was asked to report to the studio.

Soon, ten dishes were placed on the small table. Lan's mother said that even a small family of two cannot be careless and must be perfect, which also implies that the future life of their children will be fulfilled.

"Happy New Year to us." The three people raised their glasses and welcomed the New Year together with the Spring Festival Gala.

Eating dumplings is Qiyue’s favorite part of the day, because according to custom, dumplings during the Spring Festival must be wrapped with coins. Qiyue usually gets one, but since Qiyue’s emotional problems, she hasn’t eaten a coin for a long time.

As expected, Blue's mother was the first to eat it.

"The first coin of the new year, I wish my aunt good health and a worry-free life."

Yi Shiwu was good at reading Lan Mu's expressions and made her very happy. People with sweet words were always favored. Yi Shiwu took the second coin into his arms.

"We wish our fifteenth child good health and everything goes smoothly." Mother Lan expressed her best wishes to her new child.

At this time, Qi Yue was still fighting and said that she was only eating the last one.

"Yueyue, give me the half in your bowl." Yi Shiwu was worried that Qiyue would get hurt.

"No, how can you cheat like that?"

There was a table full of dishes, but Qi Yue only focused on eating the dumplings, her purpose clearly written on her face.

"Yueyue, you picked up the first one, why don't you eat it?"

"That's what I'm going to eat last. That's what I'm betting on tonight."

In the end, Qi Yue, who really couldn't eat anymore, could only pin her hopes on her "good bet", but she didn't expect that she would be disgusted after just a small bite.

Looking back suddenly, that person was at the end of the street where the lights were dim. At this moment, Qi Yue couldn't help but think of this sentence. What she wanted most had already arrived at the beginning, and she had spent a lot of effort to get it. After going around in circles, it turned out to be you.

Normally, Mother Lan and Qi Yue would go to bed before the New Year's bell rang, because since Father Lan passed away, the Spring Festival made no difference to the mother and daughter.

But this year is different. To borrow Lin Lei’s words, there is a new addition to the family, so this year’s bells are particularly different. They are a welcome and recognition of the new family members, as well as expectations and wishes for the future.

"Five, four, three, two, one."

"Auntie, Yueyue, happy new year."

"Mom, fifteen, happy new year."

"Happy New Year, children."

In Lan's mother's eyes, everyone around her is a child, no matter how old they are.

The New Year’s bell took away the fatigue of the year. After the Spring Festival, Lan’s mother would go back to continue accompanying her children in their studies, and Qiyue and Shiwu would also go to a new city to start a new journey. They had rested for too long and had been silent for too long. Isn’t life only more than 30,000 days?

Lan Qiyue doesn't want to waste her time, and she can't waste her time.

On the sixth day of the New Year, Xiao Ziyi changed trains at Yangbin, and Qi Yue met a friend whom she hadn't seen for a long time.

"Ayi, did you say you would stay here for a few more days? Why did we just meet so quickly?"

"We have to work. We are the cattle and horses of the new era."

"Even cows and horses need to relax."

"You have relaxed. I see you have been very idle these past few months." After saying that, he looked left and right, as if trying to confirm whether Qi Yue had fully recovered.

"What are you looking at?"

"I noticed you didn't bring your boyfriend. No, to be more precise, your fiancé."

I have to say, Xiao Ziyi is as smart as ever.

"I took my mother to the station. It was an important task."

On the fifth day of the New Year, the two families met formally at Yi Shiwu's house. Lan's mother and Yi's mother hit it off immediately. They added each other on WeChat and left their contact information, as if they were old friends who hadn't seen each other for a long time.

Because it was a family meeting between both parties, Qi Yue's uncle and aunt, Damei, Qi Jia, and Qi Wang also rushed back from all over to express their importance of this family meeting.

Yi Shiwu's uncles and aunts also attended the party to express their recognition of the Yi family's daughter-in-law.

The parents of both sides had wanted to discuss their son's engagement, but Yi Shiwu's words cancelled the elders' usual procedure.

"I'm very happy that all the elders here can witness Yueyue and I's important moment, but we've said before that if we want to let nature take its course, there's no need for an engagement. Who knows, maybe one day we can just get the marriage certificate."

Yi Shiwu's opening speech left everyone confused, and it was Yi Shiwu's aunt who spoke first.

"How can this be? Yueyue is here in our home, so we must be courteous and polite. We can't let Yueyue suffer any injustice."

"Aunt, can I let the one I love be wronged? It's just that our lives are our own, and we want to always have the right to choose in our own hands. We are grateful for your kindness, but we want to be more free."

After saying that, he looked at Qi Yue. Qi Yue didn't say anything, but her expression told everyone present that what Yi Shiwu said was what he wanted to express.

If you are not from the same family, you will not enter the same house.

"Yueyue is the apple of our Lan family's eye. As long as they are happy, we, as the elders, will naturally support them."

"But, Brother Lan, we also need a form to show how much we value it." Yi Shiwu's uncle said immediately.

"Niece, what are you talking about?"

Qi Yue's uncle looked at the child he had loved for half his life.

"Uncle, what Fifteen said is exactly what I wanted to say. The days are our own, and we want to take the helm of our own lives."

After hearing his niece's answer, Qi Yue's uncle understood.

In the end, since the two sides still couldn't reach a consensus, Yi's father had to step in to take charge of the situation.

"Just listen to the kids. We are all old now and we need to learn to accept new things."

"Anyway, Yueyue, I'm determined to be your daughter-in-law."

As Yi's mother spoke, she took out a red velvet box from her bag and handed it to Qiyue.

"Yueyue, this was given to me by my mother-in-law when I first came into the family. Now I give it to you."

Just when Qi Yue was thinking about whether to take it, Yi Shiwu took it first and put it in Qi Yue's hand.

After Qi Yue opened it, she found a jade bracelet. Although she didn't understand it, she could tell that it must be an old item passed down from ancestors.

"Auntie, this is too valuable. I can't accept it." He said as he was about to return it.

Yi's mother pushed the bracelet over again.

"Yueyue, don't think too much. What's given to you is yours. I've decided to marry you as my daughter-in-law for the rest of my life, or do you not want me to be your mother-in-law?"

Qi Yue naturally liked this mother-in-law. Not only did she love Qi Yue very much, even more than her own son, but she was also very polite and rarely caused problems. It was obvious that there would be no conflicts between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

Qi Yue looked at her mother at a loss, and only accepted it after seeing her mother nod.

"Thank you, Auntie. I will keep it well."

"This child still calls me aunt?" Qi Yue was stunned by what Yi's father said, and she didn't understand either.

Yi Shiwu immediately called out "Mom" to Qi Yunyi.

Only then did Qi Yue react and shyly called out "Mom", but when she wanted to say it to Yi's father, Qi Yue couldn't utter that word at all, or maybe it was because she hadn't called out that word for a long time.

"What? You don't even recognize your father-in-law?" Yi's father teased to ease the awkwardness.

Qi Yue heard Yi's father coming to her rescue, and followed his instructions, calling out "father-in-law".

Everyone present was immersed in joy, so they didn't notice anything different and just thought it was the new daughter-in-law's shyness.

Only Shiwu, Damei, and Qi Jia knew that this was still a forbidden zone that could not be touched deep in Qi Yue's heart.

Time has made the memories no longer clear, but the feelings of the past are unforgettable. Every day that you are not around, I have never forgotten the feeling of "love".

As long as I am here, love is here, and you are always here.