Meanwhile, Yan Bo, who had been tricked, was sitting on the cushion with Tong Xiaohuai in his arms.
"There's only one minute left in the countdown, are you ready?"
After asking the question, Yan Bo bent down and helped Tong Xiaohuai tidy up the clothes that he had messed up. Soon, Tong Xiaohuai was back to having only her face showing.
She rolled her eyes at Yan Bo. "I was prepared a long time ago. You've been the one making a scene."
Yanbo cupped her face and gave her a quick kiss on her pouting lips.
"It's not fooling around, it's fun!"
Tong Xiaohuai remained silent, then suddenly remembered the questions Xiao Mi had asked her a few days ago.
A few days ago, Tong Xiaohuai had classes in the morning and afternoon, so she didn't go home for lunch and ate at the school cafeteria instead.
Xiaomi, her best friend, naturally accompanied her.
The two finished their meal in a corner of the cafeteria, then took a walk outside, sipping their hot milk tea.
"Xiao Huai, what base are you and Teacher Yan at now?"
Xiaomi has had several romantic relationships, so she's always been very open and straightforward when it comes to these things.
Caught off guard, Tong Xiaohuai blushed deeply and stammered for a long time before finally managing to speak.
Xiaomi then looked at her with an extremely strange smile, "Oh... so our Teacher Yan is such a chivalrous person, he hasn't been able to bring himself to do it yet..."
Therefore, in most people's eyes, once you're together, kissing and even going all the way are perfectly natural things.
If a couple like hers and Yanbo have been dating for almost half a year but have only been at the level of kissing, it's either abnormal or the man is deliberately restraining himself.
"Um... I'll try to get used to it gradually..."
Tong Xiaohuai's face was burning hot, like a frying pan that had been heated up. If you put dumplings on it now, you might be able to fry several batches.
Yan Bo hadn't expected that she was still thinking about this matter, and moreover, the direction she was thinking about seemed quite promising.
He was both surprised and delighted, and leaned over to kiss her burning face.
"Yes, I'll wait patiently!"
After saying that, Tong Xiaohuai felt extremely ashamed. She then nudged him gently, a little embarrassed, to remind him.
"Didn't they say it was going to be a countdown?"
Yan Bo hummed in agreement, raised his wrist, and handed the watch to her.
"15 seconds to go, get ready..."
"Um!"
As the second hand moved to the 10 o'clock position, the two spoke in unison.
10, 9... 2, 1!
"Happy New Year, my love!" Yanbo immediately pressed his lips to hers.
"Happy New Year!" Tong Xiaohuai murmured.
...
When the two of them slowly strolled back to the Tong family mansion hand in hand, the lights were still on in the living room.
Tong's mother, who should have been asleep long ago, was sitting on the sofa with her eldest son, eating sweet soup.
Both Tong Laoda and Tong Ma were quite surprised to see the two of them walk in hand in hand.
They exchanged surprised glances, and finally, it was Tong's mother who stood up first.
"You're back! Please sit down. I'll have someone get you some sweet soup. It's cold outside, isn't it?"
As she spoke, Tong's mother leaned over and touched her daughter's face before turning and going to the kitchen.
"Drinking sugar water so late?"
Yanbo knew the lifestyle of Tong Laoda and his wife; the two of them rarely ate anything after nine o'clock.
"Your Aunt Tong said that during the New Year, you must eat sweet soup, so that the whole year will be sweet and happy."
Yan Bo smiled and said, "I see. Then we should eat a big bowl and try to have a sweet and happy year."
Tong Xiaohuai couldn't stand him glaring at her, so she shook him off and sat down on the sofa by herself.
Tong Laoda gave him a disdainful look, "So sour!"
Seeing Yanbo sit down next to his beloved daughter, Boss Tong said again, "I thought you weren't coming back to stay the night!"
Yan Bo and Tong Xiaohuai exchanged a glance, then Yan Bo turned to Tong Laoda and said, "Uncle Tong, Xiaohuai is still young!"
Tong Laoda snorted, "Oh, so you still remember! Don't think that just because I said I'd let you two get engaged, you can do whatever you want!"
As a father who loves his daughter very much, Tong Laoda is actually very conflicted at this moment.
On the one hand, he admires and likes Yanbo very much, so he hopes that his daughter can quickly tie Renren to his side.
On the one hand, he felt that his precious daughter was still too young, and there were some things that were indeed not suitable to do too early.
Yan Bo had figured out most of his conflicted feelings during their conversations, so he smiled and assured Boss Tong.
"Uncle Tong, don't worry, I won't do anything reckless."
Of course, Boss Tong knew that such a verbal promise was just like farting; it had no binding force whatsoever.
But since the person in question was Yan Bo, he was still willing to reluctantly believe him.
"Hmm...you'd better remember what you said..."
Tong Xiaohuai, who had been silent all along, finally couldn't help but speak up.
"Dad, can we talk about something else?"
If they want to talk, they should go somewhere else. Can't they just not talk about such embarrassing things in front of her?
Tong Laoda glared at her, "You brat, Dad's helping you!"
Over there, Aunt Tong came out after giving instructions to the servants.
"Xiao Yan, I just heard you say you wanted to eat a big bowl. I've already told someone to give you more. If it's not enough, you can ask for more."
The appearance of Tong Ma finally shifted the topic from the bizarre to the normal.
"Okay, thank you, Aunt Tong."
Tong Xiaohuai pouted at Yan Bo, "Don't you dislike sweets?"
Yan Bo laughed, "That's different. You can usually eat less, but today you have to eat your fill, right, Aunt Tong!"
Tong's mother smiled and returned to Tong's eldest son's side, picking up the bowl she had put down again.
"Of course!"
As she spoke, she picked up her spoon and tried to continue eating the sweet soup, but Tong Laoda snatched her bowl away.
"In that case, you should eat more. I'll get you a big bowl."
Tong's mother obediently let go of his hand, and only after Tong's eldest son went into the kitchen did Tong Xiaohuai speak to Yan Bo.
"My dad is just stubborn. He clearly just didn't want my mom to eat the cold sweet soup, but he insisted that he was giving her a big bowl."
Yan Bo remained suspicious. After a while, Boss Tong brought out the same bowl again, which now only contained a small amount of sugar water.
He and Tong Xiaohuai exchanged a smile, but neither of them said anything. They accepted the sweet soup brought by the servant and began to eat it.
The four of them sat in the living room eating sweet soup. Tong Laoda asked Yan Bo, "Xiao Yan, what are your plans for the day?"
Yan Bo shook his head. "No, we have two days off for New Year's Day."
Boss Tong nodded. "Yeah, I'm thinking of having dinner with my brothers tonight. Do you want to come?"
Yan Bo paused for a moment, then nodded quickly in response.
"Hey, what do you guys want to eat? Or should I make a reservation?"
Yanbo's understanding pleased Boss Tong. "Is that so? Alright then, you go and make the reservation. We're all roughnecks who love to eat big fish and drink alcohol, so just make the reservation as you see fit!"
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