"Father and daddy are both so great!" Qingtian rushed over and cheered for them, jumping up and down. The silver-white fox fur on her clothes fluttered up and down in the wind, making her little face look especially rosy and her smile even brighter.
Prince Rui put down his bow and arrow, took advantage of the sunny day and ran away with the other children, and whispered to Boss Ye: "Thank you!"
Boss Ye also knew that Prince Rui could not fail to notice that he had shown mercy.
But I really didn't expect that he would actually thank me.
Prince Rui saw his look of surprise and confusion, smiled, and said self-deprecatingly: "Thank you for not letting me lose face in front of Qingtian.
"We're both fathers, so you should understand. Who doesn't want their daughter to admire them?"
Prince Rui's sudden words almost brought Boss Ye to tears.
Fortunately, a servant came to report that the New Year's Eve dinner was about to start, which finally diverted Boss Ye's mood.
When everyone gets together to eat the New Year’s Eve dinner, they are bound to feel a little awkward at first.
But Prince Rui and his wife have always been very easy-going.
After three rounds of drinks, everyone relaxed and was no longer as nervous as at the beginning.
The New Year's Eve dinner lasted for more than two hours, with everyone eating and drinking.
After we finished eating, it was dark outside.
The adults took the children out to set off firecrackers.
Prince Rui's palace even sent a whole carriage of firecrackers. When ten strings of firecrackers were set off at the same time, the sound was earth-shaking.
Qingtian covered her ears with her little hands, but there was no fear in her eyes, only a happy smile.
Afterwards, a group of adults accompanied the children outside to build snowmen and have snowball fights, and only reluctantly returned to the warm house when it was time to go back to make dumplings.
At midnight, when the old year turns to the new, the hot dumplings are served on the table.
As the clock rang, everyone, regardless of status or age, sent their most sincere blessings to those around them.
"Happy New Year!"
"Happy New Year!"
Everyone held their bowls and started eating dumplings together. Qingtian frowned as soon as he took the first bite.
"Oh, what's so hard?"
After she said that, she opened her mouth and spit out a small golden ingot.
"Sunny's luck is incredible!"
"We only packed one like this in there, and Sunny could eat it in one bite."
"I've said it before, Sunny is our little lucky treasure!"
The little gold ingot was eaten by Qingtian, but everyone else in the family was happier than him.
After eating dumplings, the adults continued to stay up all night, but the children couldn't bear it any longer and their eyelids started to droop.
When Ye Lao Da saw Qingtian dozing off on the kang, he was about to carry her back to her room to sleep, but was stopped by Ye Dasao.
"Go ask Prince Rui to come hold the child!" said Mrs. Ye, "They were able to do this today because of Qingtian.
"Having such a pair of biological parents, I can rest assured even if the child grows up and becomes alienated from us."
Boss Ye could understand his wife's feelings. With mixed feelings, he picked up Qingtian and handed her to Prince Rui.
"I'm so sleepy on a sunny day, let's take the kids to bed!"
Prince Rui took Qingtian from Boss Ye, feeling indescribably complicated.
He hesitated for a moment and said, "Well, do you want to come together..."
Boss Ye was stunned by his words.
Prince Rui quickly made up for it, "What I mean is...what if the child wakes up in the middle of the night and wants to look for you..."
"Then, let's go together..."
So, Prince Rui held Qingtian in his arms and walked side by side in front with Princess Rui, while Boss Ye and his wife followed a few steps behind.
After Prince Rui carried Qingtian into the house and put him on the bed, he found it a bit ridiculous and funny.
Princess Rui brought warm water, washed Qingtian's face, wiped her hands and feet, and tucked her into bed.
Qingtian quietly opened his eyes a little and looked at them secretly.
She watched as Prince Rui and Princess Rui tucked in the corners of the quilt for her and prepared to go out.
Qingtian suddenly said, "Daddy, Mommy, can you stay with me?"
As soon as she finished speaking, she embarrassedly pulled up the quilt to cover her head.
Prince Rui and Princess Rui could hardly believe their ears.
The couple stared at each other for a long while, frantically using their eyes to confirm that what they had just heard was not hallucination.
"Qingtian called you daddy and me mommy?" Princess Rui burst into tears of excitement.
Prince Rui grabbed her hand and took her back to the bed. The two of them gently lifted the quilt, revealing a little Qingtian with a red face and red eyes.
"Good boy, can you scream again for us to hear?" Prince Rui could hardly control his voice.
"Dad! Mom!" Qingtian finally plucked up the courage and shouted loudly this time.
“Hey! Hey!”
Prince Rui and Princess Rui agreed at the same time, and then looked at each other with tears in their eyes with a smile.
In the outer room separated by a door, Boss Ye and Sister Ye listened to the noise in the house and smiled with relief.
Boss Ye extended his hand and whispered, "Come on, wife, let's go back and stay up with everyone!"
Mrs. Ye nodded and put her hand on his.
The two were about to leave when the inner door was suddenly opened a crack.
Sunny's little head popped out and said, "Dad, Mom, why don't you come in? Let's stay up together to celebrate the New Year!"
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