The moon sets and the stars fade.

As a faint ray of dawn appeared on the horizon, the starlight in the night sky gradually dimmed.

A cold breeze seeped into the living room from outside the window and slipped into the gaps in the blankets, making one feel chilly.

Chen Lu opened his eyes in a half-awake state and glanced at the time—it was already six o'clock in the morning.

"What a terrible year..." he sighed inwardly.

Last night, he saw Liang Zhirou asleep and planned to wake her up when it was almost time. However, he didn't expect that sleepiness was contagious, and he inexplicably fell asleep soon after.

I wonder if this silly boy will be sad.

Feeling a bit cold, he thought of getting up to carry Liang Zhirou into the bedroom, only to find himself being held tightly.

The girl nestled lazily in his arms like a cat, her head resting on his shoulder, revealing her fair and beautiful neck and collarbone.

He barely moved before Liang Zhirou pulled him back into her arms and then pinned him down again.

Chen Lu then noticed that Liang Zhirou was staring at him with her eyes half-open. Under his gaze, the girl reached out and touched his forehead, seemingly relieved only after sensing that his temperature hadn't risen again.

"Did I wake you up?"

"I've been awake for a while now," Liang Zhirou said groggily, yawning slightly.

"You've been awake for a while, why are you still here? Aren't you cold?"

Liang Zhirou snuggled closer to him, the soft little white rabbit clinging tightly to him, "I don't want to leave..."

Chen Lu smiled and kissed the girl's forehead, "Even Duoduo, a cat, isn't as clingy as you."

Liang Zhirou hummed softly. Perhaps because she was still half asleep, she was unusually bold at this moment. She groggily leaned over and rubbed her lips around Chen Lu's chin, searching for his lips.

"I haven't brushed my teeth yet."

“I swiped it.” Under Chen Lu’s surprised gaze, the girl added, “After I woke up, I washed up and came back.”

"I said I didn't brush my teeth..."

"I know, it's okay."

Liang Zhirou's unusual initiative was exactly what Chen Lu wanted, and the two of them were affectionate on the sofa for a while.

Duoduo was woken up by the noise of the two people. She glanced at them sleepily, then jumped off the sofa and left.

Strange humans, they don't even know how to knead breasts, all they know is how to squeeze them.

It was born with this ability.

When the two woke up again, the living room was completely bright, with golden light shining through the glass onto the floor, which was a little dazzling.

"If you ever argue with me again, please don't kick me out to sleep on the sofa," Chen Lu said, swinging his arms. "Sleeping on it makes my back and legs ache, it's so uncomfortable."

He even suspected that he had sleepwalked out and gotten into a fight last night, and now his whole body ached.

"I won't."

Liang Zhirou stood in front of the refrigerator and immediately retorted.

After she finished speaking, she took out her phone and checked the date; it was already January 1st.

Although most Chinese people believe that the new year begins after the Spring Festival, and even Mr. Lu Xun said that the end of the lunar calendar is the most like the end of the year, she still has a different feeling about this day.

At that exact second when the old and new years intersected on the calendar, she was in Chen Lu's arms, spending the moment with him. She'll likely remember that night for every New Year's Day to come.

The thought of this made her incredibly happy.

"Did you accidentally fall asleep last night too?" the girl asked softly, coming back to her senses.

"I'm sorry, I promise I won't fall asleep next New Year's Eve." Chen Lu said earnestly. If it were just a simple matter of staying up all night, it would be quite easy; he could play on his phone all night. But with Liang Zhirou by his side, the comfortable and reassuring atmosphere made it particularly easy to fall asleep.

Liang Zhirou pursed her lips, and a charming smile appeared on her face.

"It's okay, I think it's fine this way..."

Chen Lu brushed his teeth and washed his face, then petted the cat for a while before breakfast was ready.

This silly boy seemed afraid that his son wouldn't eat breakfast properly, so he put a lot of effort into making it.

"Are you going back to the company later?" Liang Zhirou took off her apron and gently tugged at her hair tie, letting her long, flowing black hair cascade down again.

She put the hair tie on her wrist and sat down next to Chen Lu.

Today is New Year's Day, which also happens to be the day of the public beta test for Chen Lu's company's new game.

Chen Lu slowly shook his head. "No need, I'll just wait and see the first day's revenue. I'll spend New Year's Day with you today."

Generally speaking, the first day's revenue cannot determine whether a game can survive, but it can show the upper limit of a game.

However, this is not a reason for him to go to the company, since the revenue will not increase just because he is there watching over it.

He has played all the cards he could; now he just needs to leave the rest to fate.

Thinking about all this, he picked up his phone again and checked the trending topics. The video of him acting had dropped several places in the rankings, but right next to it was the news of their new game's public beta launch.

This is a newly climbed one.

For Chen Lu, this was a completely unexpected bonus. Clearly, both suing the other party for stealing data and going to court against the Lin Group had served as a significant form of advertising for the new game, both overtly and covertly.

"This person has been waiting for almost half a year." Liang Zhirou couldn't help but exclaim when she saw the post Chen Lu was reading, "Wouldn't you call this a true fan of your company?"

"It's not that exaggerated. This person's acting is so bad. It's obvious that he's a paid shill hired by my company."

Chen Lu took a bite of the fried egg, which was just the right amount of salt, and smiled slightly. "On the internet, we are all self-righteous blind people. Never believe everything you see in the future."

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