For the next month, Gu Zixiao and Lan Yao went to various places to buy New Year's goods whenever they had free time, afraid that they wouldn't buy enough to eat.
After all, Gu Zixiao knows a lot of people and has many friends, and his friends, like him, are all big eaters.
Grandma Yu also has a few close girlfriends, and Lan Yao also prepares a lot of things for Grandma Yu's banquets, such as snacks and the like.
Lan Yao also asked Grandma Yu if she wanted to treat everyone to a meal.
Grandma Yu refused.
Grandma Yu said, "Besides Old Li, who is the best person on my side, the others are just for show, there's no need for them."
Besides, food is precious these days. There's no need to let them benefit from it for nothing.
Gu Zixiao's situation is different. He buys things with his own money, and the people he treats to meals are his comrades-in-arms who have shared life and death with him, as well as his close friends who grew up with him.
Both out of courtesy and reason, Gu Zixiao should treat them to a meal.
Lan Yao said she understood, but she still bought all the necessary items.
During this time, Gu Zixiao told Lan Yao about Wang Lei's affair with the Lan family.
Wang Lei was sent back to his hometown, and as soon as he got back, he went directly to the factory there and joined the security department.
Gu Zixiao wasn't going to let Wang Lei get away with this so easily, so she had someone leak some information to Wang Lei's parents.
Wang Lei's parents and brothers did indeed go looking for him, but Wang Lei was no pushover either.
He may not be able to deal with Lan Yao, but that doesn't mean he can't deal with his own parents.
Wang Lei was still arguing with his parents about the time they broke off their relationship.
In those days, severing ties meant that people who weren't on the same household register were truly no longer considered family.
He actually won the argument.
Gu Zixiao told Lan Yao about it, but Lan Yao waved her hand dismissively.
"You don't need to worry about his affairs. He'll just stay the same after that."
Lan Yao is a good person, how could she not do kind things?
Whether Wang Lei lives or dies now depends on his luck.
As for Lan Yuzhu, she gave birth prematurely to a baby boy.
However, she will no longer be able to have children.
Moreover, her brother-in-law's family also ran into trouble because of other things, and the whole family was sent down to the countryside.
Her sister got divorced and returned home, calling Lan Yuzhu a jinx.
Lan Baogui also thought Lan Yuzhu was a jinx, and on a dark and windy night, he hardened his heart and sold Lan Yuzhu.
He was reported shortly after selling Lan Yuzhu.
Then, his whole family was also sent down to the countryside.
After Gu Zixiao finished talking about these two things, she looked at Lan Yao and asked, "How are you feeling? Are you in a better mood?"
As Lan Yao rolled out the dough, she said casually, "I've never really thought about them. If you hadn't mentioned them, I would have almost forgotten about them."
Gu Zixiao reacted quickly and smiled at Lan Yao: "My dear is indeed broad-minded."
Lan Yao: "However, I still want to thank you. If you hadn't gone out of your way to find out for me, I wouldn't have known there was such an interesting truth. So, come here, I want to reward you."
Gu Zixiao reflexively moved her face closer.
Lan Yao planted a kiss on his lips, and Gu Zixiao's brain instantly went blank.
Oh no! This is different from before!
He used to kiss my cheek all the time.
Gu Zixiao's cheeks instantly turned bright red, and she stammered, "You, you, how could you..."
"Don't you like it?" Lan Yao asked with a smile.
Gu Zixiao: "I like it."
Lan Yao: "That's good. After all, Gu Zixiao, you look so delicious, you have no idea how long I've been holding back."
Gu Zixiao's cheeks flushed bright red, and she asked softly, "Do you want another kiss?"
"Hmm. Can we do this later? After all, Grandma Yu has been glaring at us for quite a while."
Gu Zixiao glanced at Grandma Yu casually and snorted inwardly. Sure enough, it's inconvenient not being at home.
Grandma Yu: ...
It's like this every day, I've had enough.
Grandma Yu brought up a topic and asked, "Tomorrow is New Year's Eve, how many dishes should we prepare?"
Lan Yao quickly wrapped a dumpling: "Let's prepare ten dishes. And three kinds of fillings?"
Gu Zixiao: "So the ones we wrapped today weren't for tomorrow?"
Lan Yao: "It's because I wanted to eat it today."
Today, Lanyao prepared a filling: cabbage filling.
Gu Zixiao: "...Okay then. What kind of filling do you want to eat tomorrow?"
Lan Yao: "Look at you two. What kind of filling do you want?"
Grandma Yu: "Chives and eggs. But, chives must be hard to find, right?"
Lan Yao: "...I'll try to figure something out."
She then looked at Gu Zixiao: "And you?"
Gu Zixiao: "Pure meat. Add less chopped green onions."
Gu Zixiao looked at her: "What about you? What kind of filling do you want?"
Lan Yao: "Pickled cabbage, I guess. The pickled cabbage at home is almost ready. We can try it now."
Lan Yao had made it a few times before, but the sauerkraut wasn't quite right back then.
Gu Zixiao nodded: "Okay, let's do it that way then. But what should we make for the ten dishes?"
Lan Yao: "Lion's head meatballs, braised pork belly, steamed fish, pickled cabbage and pork belly, scrambled eggs with tomatoes, sweet and sour pork ribs, um, what should we make for the other four dishes?"
Gu Zixiao added: "Stir-fried mutton, and beef stew with persimmons."
Grandma Yu added, "Spicy and sour cabbage, plain cabbage."
Lan Yao nodded: "Okay. Ten dishes exactly. We'll be busy tomorrow."
Grandma Yu was also very happy: "I haven't had such a lively and festive Chinese New Year in many years. I'm still quite excited about it."
Lan Yao chuckled: "As long as Gu Zixiao and I are around, Grandma Yu, I guarantee that every New Year will be lively and festive."
Grandma Yu said she understood.
The Yu family was bustling with activity, while Lan Jiaojiao, who had just gotten out of the car with the man, was shivering from the cold wind.
She couldn't help but lean closer to her man, "Brother Gu, is Beijing really this cold? If you hadn't reminded me, I would definitely have caught a cold."
Gu Nan touched her little face and adjusted the scarf around her neck slightly: "You won't be cold when we get home."
Lan Jiaojiao nodded and asked, "So, will we go back to Shenzhen in the future?"
Gu Nan: "Probably not. But you never know, let's talk about it when we get home."
Lan Jiaojiao hummed in agreement, looking at the still relatively prosperous capital city. She couldn't help but curl the corners of her lips. So what if the Lan family fell?
Isn't she living a good life now?
However... it's still different from what she dreamed of.
In her dream, she became a wealthy socialite in a Hong Kong tycoon family.
Therefore, she still needs to find a way to leave the mainland and go to Hong Kong.
Gu Nan had no idea what Lan Jiaojiao was thinking. He put his arm around Lan Jiaojiao's slender waist, got into the car that the Gu family had sent to pick him up, and headed to the Gu family home.
On the way, Gu Nan asked the driver about Gu Zixiao's situation.
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