Chapter 184 New Year's Flavor
Xu Di has been discharged from the hospital. After receiving the news that Xu Qingsui has returned, he and Lin Wan arrived at the airport in advance to pick her up.
So when Xu Qingsui left the airport, she saw two people standing at the airport entrance looking around, and she quickly walked over: "I'm here!"
"Oh, why do I feel like you've lost weight again?" As soon as Lin Wan met Xu Qingsui, he looked him up and down and asked with a sigh.
"Really? I don't think there is any change." Xu Qingsui was not fat before, and she didn't feel that she had lost weight.
She looked at Brother Xu. After being discharged from the hospital, he was in much better health than when he was in the hospital. His previously sunken cheeks had gained flesh, and he looked a lot more sunny and handsome.
Xu Qingsui couldn't help but sigh: "He has really grown into a big boy."
"Sister!" Brother Xu greeted Xu Qingsui happily and asked, "Is the north fun? I'm in much better shape now. Sister Lin Wan and I are planning to go on a domestic self-driving tour in the spring of next year!"
Brother Xu was so happy when he thought about going on a long journey.
"It's fun." Recalling the time he spent with Huo Xilin, Xu Qingsui couldn't help but feel sweet: "It's just a little cold, not suitable for you, but you should still be able to go after the spring."
"Then when you return to work, we'll take you there and take you out for some fun." Brother Xu said as the three of them walked out of the airport.
Sitting in the car, Xu Qingsui looked at the scenery outside the window. The whole city was already filled with the atmosphere of the New Year. Big red lanterns were hung on the street lamps, and colorful lights were hung on the trees. People who had been busy for a year were taking holidays one after another. The streets were crowded with people coming and going, carrying large and small bags of New Year's goods, and chatting and laughing in groups of three or five.
Xu Qingsui suddenly asked, "Have you bought the New Year's goods for your family?"
"Not yet. We're waiting for you to come back and choose together." Lin Wan said.
"Okay, let's go together tomorrow. We must have a lively New Year this year. I heard that we can go to the countryside to set off fireworks now that the policy has been opened up."
"Great, great!" When Xu Di heard that he could set off fireworks, he became very excited.
Xu Qingsui looked at him and smiled, then asked Lin Wan, "Are you going back to your hometown this year?"
Lin Wan shook her head: "I won't go back. If I go back, I'll be an outsider. My parents have already remarried and have their own families and children. I'm just redundant."
When she was in school, she went back home every year. Her father and stepmother disliked her and wouldn't let her into the house. She went to see her mother. Although her mother was nice to her, her stepfather disliked her and thought she was a burden. He would give her a cold shoulder every time she went back. Later, her mother gave birth to a younger brother and they treated her even less. Gradually, she was unwilling to cause trouble for either her father or her mother.
Anyway, she didn't go back, and they never took the initiative to call to ask about her. After a long time, everyone tacitly lived their own lives, as if they had become strangers.
Xu Qingsui knew Lin Wan's difficulties and quickly said, "It would be great if you didn't go back. Our family will have a happy New Year this year! We will be together every year from now on!"
Hearing Xu Qingsui's words, Lin Wan's face also showed a hint of smile, and she nodded repeatedly: "Yes!"
After arriving home, they took a simple rest for a day. Early the next morning, the three of them swept through all kinds of New Year goods like bandits entering the city, including all kinds of fireworks, decorative lanterns, food, drinks and entertainment.
Finally, the trunk and back seat were filled and the three of them returned home with a full load.
After returning, they cleaned the yard. Xu Qingsui and Lin Wan decorated the yard with the colorful lanterns they had purchased. They also hung star and moon lanterns on the trees and hung four big red lanterns on the gate of the yard and the door of the living room. Finally, they put up couplets. The originally deserted yard suddenly became festive, and the New Year atmosphere became even stronger.
Such a scene, in Xu Qingsui's memory, seemed to have been decorated like this when his grandparents were still alive. After so many years, he finally had the feeling of childhood again.
A smile appeared on her face as she watched Lin Wan and Xu Di taking intimate photos in the yard. She unconsciously recalled the time she and Huo Xilin spent together in Ice and Snow City. She wondered what he was doing at this moment?
She couldn't help but take out her cell phone and look at their call records. It turned out that they had no contact since she came back.
It's always like this. After the extreme intimacy, there is endless coldness. This hot and cold feeling always makes her suffer.
Once trust collapses, there will be a gap in the heart. Xu Qingsui was no longer willing to believe Huo Xilin's promise. When he said he would come back to spend the New Year with her, she just smiled and didn't take it to heart.
In the blink of an eye, it was New Year's Eve. Xu Qingsui prepared the things for worship early in the morning, and took Xu Di and Lin Wan to the cemetery to worship his grandparents and parents. After coming back in the afternoon, the three of them went to the vegetable market to buy ingredients for barbecue. They decided to go to the countryside with fireworks and firecrackers tonight and set them off while barbecuing.
I took a nap in the afternoon and heard Xu Di's excited voice: "Sister, come out and see who's here."
Xu Qingsui opened her sleepy eyes, walked out in slippers and with disheveled hair, and saw Huo Xilin standing at the door, looking at her with a smile on his face.
She was stunned for a moment, then suddenly came to her senses, turned around quickly, and ran into the room. Looking at her unkempt appearance in the mirror, she couldn't believe that he had seen her like this just now?
She had completely forgotten about his promise to come back and spend the New Year with her, but she didn't expect that he would keep his word and actually come.
Her mind was a mess and her heart was beating very fast. Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. She was startled and walked around the room twice. She ran to the mirror, simply combed her messy hair, took a deep breath, prepared herself mentally, and then opened the door.
Huo Xilin came in with a lot of things and said, "I brought you a gift. See if you like it."
After saying that, he put the things on the ground, then naturally took Xu Qingsui's hand and sat on the edge of the bed.
"Why is it so cold?" Huo Xilin felt Xu Qingsui's hands were cold, and quickly took off his coat and covered her: "Even at home, you should wear thicker clothes, don't catch a cold."
After saying that, he turned around and found a box from a pile of things. He opened it in front of Xu Qingsui and found a dolphin diamond necklace.
Xu Qingsui looked at it. The necklace was made of platinum and the pendant was a chubby dolphin. Its eyes and tail were inlaid with diamonds. The style was very small and beautiful.
Seeing her eyes light up, Huo Xilin knew that he had chosen the right gift.
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