"Mingming, Xiaxia and Yanwan are getting engaged. What about you? Do you have a girlfriend yet?"
After teasing Jiang Xia and Lin Yanwan for a while, the parents shifted the topic to Wang Ming, since he was the only one still single.
"Not...not yet, Aunt Xia," Wang Ming stammered, his face flushed.
"Is it that you don't have a girlfriend, or that you don't have someone you like?" Ji Wanqiu chimed in, her tone teasing.
Old Wang was at a loss for words.
He likes Shen Ying, but Shen Ying is not his girlfriend yet. Speaking of which, why is Jiang Xia so shameless? Doesn't he feel embarrassed to tease him about his love life?
"Oh, if you're not answering, does that mean you have a girl you like? A college classmate, or...?" Ji Wanqiu continued to tease.
Li Weiya ate her food in small bites, glancing at her son with a gentle smile in her eyes.
She only knew one female college student who had caused a scene at the company before; her name was something like Zhang Yuanyuan. However, A-Ming said she was a scheming green tea bitch and treated her with disdain, so it couldn't be her.
So, if the son really has a girl he likes, there's a high probability that it's the one who rejected him before.
Li Weiya couldn't help but think of Shen Ying. The group of them had known each other since high school and had a very good relationship in private. Jiang Xia and Yan Wan had become a couple, so were the other two just ordinary friends?
Furthermore, the son took advantage of the opportunity to come home early some time ago and secretly went to see Shen Ying. The two of them went home together, which is quite intriguing.
Not to mention these last few days before the Lunar New Year, he spends every day glued to his phone, grinning like an idiot. Does he really think his mother is blind?
Not to mention running around every day, in this city, with Jiang Xia accompanying Yan Wan, who else can he go to besides Shen Ying?
You can't just go out and surf the internet for no reason, can you? It's not like we don't have a computer at home.
Therefore, barring the least likely factor, the person his son likes is most likely Shen Ying.
Li Weiya was starting to feel certain.
She was considering whether to help her son out, since she really liked Shen Ying.
Seeing that Wang Ming hesitated and didn't answer, the two old women joked around for a while before changing the subject.
After finishing their New Year's Eve dinner, the family sat around the TV watching the Spring Festival Gala. Jiang Xia used his mobile phone to send New Year's greetings to his employees in the company group chat.
Looking back now, during the 2014 Spring Festival Gala, Tencent leveraged the Gala's popularity to launch the "Shake to Win Red Envelopes" and "Red Envelope Grab" activities, making WeChat red envelopes an overnight sensation and contributing to the issuance of hundreds of millions of personal bank cards.
Then, WeChat red envelopes quickly became popular.
Jiang Xia lamented that in this era without WeChat red envelopes, it was impossible to even give employees some New Year's red envelopes to improve their sense of belonging to the company.
After joking around with her employees for a while, Jiang Xia received several more New Year's greetings from her university classmates. Meanwhile, Lin Yanwan was exchanging New Year's wishes with her roommates in dormitory group chat.
The sound of fireworks exploding could be heard outside from time to time. Jiang Xia saw that it was almost time, so he prepared to take his wife and sister-in-law out to set off fireworks.
"Be careful when setting off fireworks. Don't point them at people or into crowds," Xia Shanshan reminded her.
After all, there are many people during the Lunar New Year, and every year there are several news reports of accidents caused by setting off firecrackers.
“I know, Mom.”
"Keep an eye on Xiaoman."
"Uh-huh!"
After saying goodbye to their elders, the four of them left home carrying a lot of fireworks and firecrackers.
"Those cannons are for you," Jiang Xia said to Wang Ming after they left the residential area.
Wang Ming was stunned for a moment. He looked at the bag he was carrying, which was almost entirely filled with fireworks that could create a strong pyrotechnic effect. Jiang Xia had already thought of this for him when he was distributing the bags at the beginning.
"Thanks," Wang Ming said.
Jiang Xia smiled faintly, "Good brothers need no further words."
"Old Wang, keep going, muster up some courage, don't miss out again."
Wang Ming took a deep breath, nodded slightly, then picked up his bag and hailed a taxi to leave.
"Where is he going?" Lin Yanwan asked.
"What is he planning to do, looking at him like that?" Jiang Xia couldn't help but laugh.
Lin Yanwan blinked: "Did you go to find Yingying?"
"Hmm, I hope he succeeds in confessing today." Jiang Xia smiled, then took his sister-in-law's hand, "Xiaoman, let's go! Your brother-in-law will take you to set off some beautiful fireworks~"
"Waaaaah!"
Seeing the two of them looking so happy, Lin Yanwan turned around to look in the direction of her home, then looked at the festive atmosphere around her, and a smile unconsciously appeared on her face.
In this second life, I will have a happy family, fulfilling relationships, smooth academic progress, and a successful career.
That's great.
"You two wait for me!"
She hurried to catch up, chasing after her own happiness.
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In the taxi, Wang Ming chatted with Shen Ying on his phone.
"Shen Ying, have you had dinner?"
"We've eaten, how about you guys? Was it lively at Aunt Ji's place today? *spins around.jpg*"
"I've already eaten."
Wang Ming pondered how to ask Shen Ying out, repeatedly backspaced and deleted his ideas one by one, finally deciding to be direct: "Want to hang out?"
"Now?"
"Hmm... I heard that the new square will be very lively."
"You're with Jiang Xia and Yan Wan?"
"No, we broke up. That guy took his sister-in-law to set off firecrackers. I don't want to be seen being a dog."
"So you're the one who got left out, right?" Shen Ying couldn't help but type with a laugh, "And then you thought of asking me out?"
"I've always wanted to," Wang Ming typed, his heart pounding.
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