Chapter 528: New Year's Eve
With more people, it's easier to get things done. Four people made dumplings, and in less than an hour, they had made one or two pot lids.
After all the dumpling filling was used up, only a few wrappers were left. Bai Zhi said, "That's enough. We still need to cook some dishes. We can cook these wrappers together with the dumplings later."
"It's still early, let's rest for a while before cooking."
It's not even 5 o'clock yet. We can have our New Year's Eve dinner a little later, so we can watch the Spring Festival Gala while we eat.
During a break while sitting down, Lu Ye asked,
What happened to Lu Ya?
Lu Ye wasn't home, so he missed out on a lot, and he wasn't quite aware of what happened afterward.
"It's still about Li Wei." Bai Zhi roughly recounted to him how Lu Ya severed ties with her family and ran away from home in order to be with Li Wei.
After hearing this, Lu Ye's handsome face darkened, unsure of what to say.
Bai Zhi added, "However, she wasn't completely hopelessly infatuated with love. She cut ties with her family to make Li Wei reveal his true colors."
Lu Ye said in a deep voice, "You've all presented the evidence to her. If she's still fooled, then she's truly a fool."
Ye Qingbai commented from the side, "Actually, she's just a bit rebellious. With proper guidance, she'll be fine. Young people are always impulsive at times."
Ye Qingbai felt that compared to Lu Ya, her mother Wang Shufen had a more peculiar thought process.
Not only is he narcissistic, but he also enjoys indulging in unfounded fantasies.
He took the gift to the Lu family, and she could imagine a scenario where he secretly loved her daughter.
That's incredible.
He wanted to complain about it in his heart, but Bai Zhi looked at him with a smile and teased, "Speaking of which, your second aunt is quite satisfied with you and wants to match you up with Lu Ya."
Ye Qingbai's lips twitched slightly, and he shuddered in fright. "Stop, I'm not worthy of this."
It's not that Lu Ya is bad, but they are not on the same path.
Putting aside whether he can spark a romance with Lu Ya, just having a mother-in-law like that would drive him crazy.
Bai Zhi smiled and stopped teasing him.
He and Lu Ya are definitely not on the same path.
but........
The couple sat together, looking at the two handsome men and beautiful women sitting opposite them.
They look like a perfect match.
Unfortunately, they all had someone else in their hearts and didn't have that idea at all.
Now, Shen Qian has let go of her obsession.
As for Ye Qingbai, she told him everything she should and shouldn't have said.
He should also understand that he and Lu Shan could never be together.
It's time to let it go.
I don't know what he's really thinking.
Are you willing to break out of this dead end and start a new life?
Although the couple shared the same thoughts, they wisely refrained from trying to bring them together.
In matters of the heart, outsiders should not interfere too much.
It depends on fate.
We can only let nature take its course.
Bai Zhi rested for a moment, glanced at her watch, and then got up and went into the kitchen. "You two watch TV for a while, I'll go cook."
Shen Qian wanted to help, but she had absolutely no cooking skills. Not to mention Bai Zhi making braised chicken and fish, she even found it difficult to cook the most basic noodles.
Shen Qian asked Ye Qingbai, who was eating sunflower seeds, "Do you want to go help?"
Ye Qingbai shrugged, "I can't cook."
“When I was little, I lived with my grandparents, and they spoiled me a lot. They took good care of my food, clothing, and shelter. Later, I went to military academy, and I had even less chance to go into the kitchen.”
Ye Qingbai looked towards the kitchen, where Lu Ye, dressed in a skirt, was busy serving customers, looking quite virtuous.
He dreamed, "I'll learn to cook after I get married. I don't have a chance to show it now, since I don't even have my own house."
Perhaps, when he has his own family in the future, he will be like Lu Ye.
"When are you getting married?" Shen Qian asked him casually.
A hint of melancholy flashed across Ye Qingbai's eyes. "It's a long way off. No one can possibly get this done."
"Is there someone in your heart?" Shen Qian didn't miss the emotion that flashed in his eyes.
"Hmm?" Ye Qingbai didn't expect Shen Qian to ask him such a question. His first reaction was that Bai Zhi must have said something to Qian.
But then I thought again, Bai Zhi wasn't such a person who didn't know her place.
If Bai Zhizhen really told her, then Shen Qian's question would probably become, "Do you like Lu Shan?"
"What makes you say that?" Ye Qingbai feigned composure, trying to keep his tone relaxed and casual.
Shen Qian smiled and said, "Just asking. After all, we're not young anymore."
If you're not in a relationship at this age, it's either because you have someone in your heart, or because your standards are outrageously high.
Besides, his eyes told a story.
"No, I only have work on my mind." Ye Qingbai was also cunning, shifting the topic to her, "What about you?"
Shen Qian was naturally being disingenuous, saying, "Just like you, I only have work."
"come on."
"mutual encouragement."
......
"What are you two doing?" Bai Zhi called out from the kitchen doorway. "Cousin, come in and get some garlic. You two can help peel it; we'll use it for dumplings later."
"Okay." Ye Qingbai took out two cloves of garlic and quickly peeled them with Shen Qian.
Bai Zhi was in charge of cooking, and Lu Ye assisted her. The couple worked together seamlessly, and around seven o'clock, the sound of firecrackers outside was deafening and lively.
Ye Qingbai and Shen Qian went outside out of curiosity after hearing the firecrackers. They stood by the railing and watched the many children in the family compound setting off firecrackers and small fireworks.
The two of them couldn't help but feel sentimental, recalling the New Year celebrations of their childhood.
Before they knew it, they were all adults.
I can no longer run around like a child, carefree, lighting all sorts of firecrackers.
Looking at the parents who were nagging behind their child out of worry, Ye Qingbai seemed to see a shadow of his own father in the past.
At the same time, without realizing it, that person's appearance seemed to have become his own again.
When he becomes a father in the future, will he be like the father downstairs, and like his father when he was young, following behind his child and protecting him?
Father.......
He was shocked because the word suddenly popped into his head.
How could someone who is all alone become a father?
Shen Qian was deeply moved as she looked at the heartwarming scenes in the courtyard below.
There will always be a moment when a deeply ingrained idea is suddenly overturned.
...
After two hours of effort by the couple
The New Year's Eve dinner is finally served, with chicken, duck, fish, and meat all included.
Quite abundant.
The dumplings were served last.
The four of them sat down together, and the Spring Festival Gala was about to begin.
"Happy Lunar New Year's Eve, everyone." Bai Zhi looked at the three people at the dinner table, deeply moved. "I'm so glad to spend Lunar New Year's Eve with you all this year. I have love, family, and friendship right now."
Ye Qingbai brought over some Jianlibao (a type of Chinese liquor), and the four of them clinked glasses, saying, "Happy New Year."
"Wishing us all a successful career and a happy life in the new year."
After Shen Qian finished speaking, Ye Qingbai chimed in, "Then I wish my cousin and her husband a happy and fulfilling life together, turning their life as a couple into a family of three next year."
Bai Zhi watched Ye Qingbai and Shen Qian offer their blessings, "I also wish you two will find true love soon... the kind where you love each other back."
"Come on, cheers!"
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