Chapter 62 No one responded Happy New Year

Ye Man's reaction of being afraid of others knowing that he had done something extremely shameful made the system speechless.

"Why are you so scared, Lu Junxing..." The system read out the name and found that Ye Man was shivering with sweat just by hearing the name, and was even more speechless.

"It's just seven burgers. Don't you trust your ancestor? Do you think he would break up with you just because you stole seven burgers?"

It remembered correctly that these two were in love. Is that true?

Ye Man lowered her eyelashes, her tone quite depressed: "If he knew, he would definitely break up with me."

"Who talks about love like you do? Do you really like Xu Huaiting? You don't trust him at all, do you?"

"I like it." Ye Man muttered even more depressedly.

The system is suspicious.

It carefully considered Ye Man's reaction and cautiously tried to confirm: "It should be different from your love for Royal Blue, right?"

Then it saw Ye Man had a confused expression.

The system host was chilled at that time.

It's bad, this greedy little liar simply accepts whatever is given to him. Xu Huaiting confessed to him, and he grabbed her without thinking, while he is still confused and a mess!

Not only was Ye Manyan in love feeling anxious now, even the system was hanging on the edge of a cliff.

If Xu Huaiting knew about this, he would know that this little liar who was full of lies and lies liked him just as much as he liked Royal Blue! Don't even think about whether Ye Man would be dumped or not, he would be held accountable later!

The system wanted to kneel down to its host again: "Just wanted to say that you are timid, seven burgers scared you so much, how come you are so brave about this matter, is Xu Huaiting someone you can easily provoke!"

Isn't this much more serious than stealing seven burgers? If one day Xu Huaiting finds out that Ye Man has played a trick on him, that would be the end of him!

The system just wanted to say that it could rest assured, but now it can't rest assured anymore.

"I don't know all this... This is my first time to fall in love..." Ye Man replied with a guilty conscience. The living ancestor was good to him, so he wanted him to be good to him all the time, and he didn't want him to be as good to others as he was to him. The living ancestor wanted to be his, and Ye Man wanted to occupy him. No one could take him away from him, not even the living ancestor himself.

He is really scary.

Ye Man said stubbornly: "Then I don't want to break up either."

The system really doesn't know what to say to him.

"How can I feel at ease with you like this..."

Ye Man didn't hear the second half of the sentence. Chi Jue came and knocked on the door, asking him to go for dinner.

The Chi family has their New Year’s Eve dinner early, and they will have another meal before midnight to celebrate the new year.

The Chi family hadn’t celebrated the New Year in such a lively manner for many years. Grandma Ye Man personally cooked a few dishes and put the chopsticks in his hand: "Try it. It tastes different from what the chef at home makes."

Maybe it was a psychological effect, but Ye Man really felt that there was an indescribable aroma of food, even though the ingredients were similar, shrimp, fish, meat and the like.

He nodded vigorously. His grandmother was very happy to see that he liked the food. She touched his head and told him to call her if he missed her cooking in the future.

Ye Man thought of Lu Junxing, the little girl who was very happy even though she only had her grandmother by her side. She felt a little dislocated and suspected that she was dreaming.

He squinted his eyes hard, trying to see the surrounding scene clearly - it would be great if he could see at this time. However, after trying for a while, he found that he couldn't, and finally gave up.

Until the end of dinner, the surroundings were lively and noisy. Chi Jue and Chi Yan sat on his left and right, responsible for looking after him at all times.

After the meal, the elders asked about the younger ones’ situation. Ye Man blushed and showed everyone her origami skills.

In his hands, a piece of paper deftly changed into various shapes, and soon, a cute rabbit appeared vividly in his hands. He felt that he was not up to the standard, but he received warm praise from the elders.

Grandma Chi took the rabbit from his hand and looked at it again and again: "How come our little Man is so skillful. He can fold something so complicated so well."

Grandma took pictures of the rabbit again and again and posted it on her Moments.

Ye Man always flatters others. Now that she is flattered, she also becomes arrogant. Her head is flushed with excitement. She is surrounded by her grandparents and grandmother, holding a tissue and struggling vigorously: "Me! I can also fold roses!"

Received enthusiastic support from people around.

Chi Jue was watching from the sidelines, laughing and shaking his head. He said to Chi Yan, who was still busy on the computer during the Chinese New Year, "Look, four children."

Chi Yan looked up, a barely perceptible smile on the corner of his mouth.

Chi Jue: "Xiao Man's rabbit is very cute. He gave me two of them. I put them on my desk in my office. My assistant always takes a second look at them every time he comes."

Chi Yan turned around and looked at Chi Jue.

Chi Jue slapped his forehead, looking surprised: "No way, could it be that Big Brother has never received a paper rabbit from Xiao Man?"

The smile on Chi Yan's lips fell.

"Oh, really not." It looks like the eldest brother will be depressed for the whole night.

Chi Jue laughed secretly.

At 11:30 in the middle of the night, Ye Man was so overheated that his head felt dizzy. He planned to go to the balcony to get some fresh air to cool down.

"The CPU temperature is too high and it doesn't work well. I don't want to be fooled." Ye Man muttered, but his tone was light.

Everything was good, almost too good to be true.

"......"

"Brother Tong?"

"......"

Ye Man's heart sank.

"Brother Tong? Why don't you say anything?"

"Shh...said...in..."

"Brother Tong? Are you okay?"

Ye Man tilted his ears and listened carefully, feeling a little nervous. Fortunately, the system was offline for a short time and was quickly restored.

"...The signal is not very good. I adjusted it. What did you say just now?"

"It's nothing," Ye Man said, "Brother Tong, you have to stay with me forever."

"......good."

Ye Man breathed a sigh of relief.

The door behind her was opened, and Qin Fangrui came out wearing a shawl, holding a thick sweater in her hand: "Your grandma was afraid that you would catch a cold, so she asked me to bring you a coat."

"Thank you, Mom."

After delivering the coat, Qin Fangrui did not leave. She lay on the railing in the same position as Ye Man.

It was very quiet and neither of them spoke.

After a long while, Ye Man heard the person next to him say in a casual tone: "I am fifty-two years old this year. To be honest, I have already lived most of my life."

The woman's voice sounded more like a whisper.

As it approached twelve o'clock, a burst of firecrackers came from far away outside. She couldn't tell where they came from, and they almost drowned out her voice.

"When they suddenly told me that the child was wrong and I had to change my son, I felt..."

She took a deep breath, and the cold air poured straight into her lungs, making her feel as if she was frozen.

"It's such a hassle." The tone sounded a little cold.

"Why did this happen to me? Why didn't it happen to someone else? Why did I have to deal with this at my age?" She complained, rubbing her arms, not daring to look at the people around her.

He whispered, "...I'm sorry, that sounds hurtful."

Ye Man didn't feel much unexpectedly, and shook his head: "It's okay."

Qin Fangrui looked at the shadow under the lamp and said, "I have thought about this. If a mother lost her child and had been looking for him for decades, and finally reunited with her child, she would probably cry bitterly while hugging her child on the spot, and would regard the child as her own eyeball."

She finally turned to look at Ye Man, sizing up the young man beside her, and muttered in a dream: "It seemed to be very painful when I gave birth to you. I thought I would remember it for the rest of my life."

He leaned against the railing, his waist becoming more and more bent, and suddenly he buried his whole body in his arms and burst into tears.

She cried and said, “Now I don’t remember anything at all!”

Ye Man was startled and patted her back in panic. He didn't know what she was crying about, it seemed like a small matter, but also seemed like a very painful matter.

On the other side of the wall, Chi Jue sat on the ground with his back against the wall, his head lowered.

Chi Yanrong walked over, sat next to him, patted his shoulder, and sighed silently.

"I'm sorry..." Qin Fangrui cried, "I have already... missed the time to love you unconditionally..."

Ye Man paused as he patted Qin Fangrui's back.

He pursed his lips stubbornly and said seriously: "I won't love you unconditionally either."

He felt that Qin Fangrui, or the Chi family, might have always misunderstood something about him.

He wasn't some kid sitting in an empty room, waiting for them to love him back.

It's not the case that once someone tells you that these people are your real relatives, you will immediately run up to them happily and eagerly to show affection and love them.

Ye Man has grown up.

He has his own past and lifeline, and he has long been a complete and independent person. They were originally two parallel lines that did not intersect, but they intersected at a certain moment. After that, Ye Man still had to be Ye Man.

When he is unhappy, he will fight back against those who bullied him in his own way; he may fail, or get hurt, but he will still stand up after that; his methods are not smart enough, but he never thinks that he has completely failed, he will clean up next time and try again.

"We vicious cannon fodder are all like this." Ye Man said to the system in a sinister and proud tone, "Even after everything has settled, we will still keep jumping out to cause trouble!"

"Brother Tong! Extra points!"

The system sighed, and never before had it said to him so sincerely: "Beep."

It said in the same grim tone as Ye Man: "I declare, Ye Man, you are an outstanding graduate of our Vicious Cannon Fodder Class!"

"Great!"

Qin Fangrui stared at him in a daze. The child who always behaved well and obediently now raised his eyebrows happily, proudly, and bursting with a fiery vitality.

He has grown up well.

She cried and laughed, and said softly, "That's good too."

He looks good now.

The phone vibrated.

Ye Man answered the phone.

Xu Huaiting's voice came from the phone, and there was a strange sound next to it.

"Woo woo woo~"

The sound came through the receiver and from outside the wall.

"Happy New Year, Xiaoman."

Ye Man was surprised and asked, "Why are you here?"

"I just want to spend New Year's Eve with you where I can see you. I'll be leaving soon."

"Then wait a moment!" Thinking of Qin Fangrui beside him, he lowered his voice and said, "Don't go. Wait for me."

After saying hello to the people at home, Ye Man went back to the room to get his things and took them to find Xu Huaiting.

After walking out of the courtyard, Ye Man jumped forward happily and threw himself into Xu Huaiting's arms, "This is for you."

The boy blushed and raised the glass jar in his hand towards Xu Huaiting. The jar was already filled with colorful origami rabbits.

"I've been breaking one every day since I came back from the boat. I've saved a lot. I'm giving them all to you!" He tiptoed to him as if presenting a treasure.

For a while, Xu Huaiting felt like something in his chest was so full that it was about to overflow, sour and soft, and making him feel uncomfortable.

He couldn't help but hold the person who came to him, kissed him, and bit him: "micio."

"Woo woof——"

Something was calling at Ye Man's feet.

Xu Huaiting was still kissing Ye Man's face. This man would kiss him endlessly. Ye Man was originally very shy and enjoyed it, but he had to push away the man who was almost sticking his mouth to his face, "Did you bring a puppy?"

"Yes," Xu Huaiting took his hand and led him to touch the big golden retriever: "Guide dog."

Ye Man uttered an "ah" and turned his head away blankly.

The golden retriever licked his palm, which was itchy.

Xu Huaiting: "I brought it here for you to see. I just finished the training not long ago. Well, I was trained as well, so I will be the one to train you from now on."

The process of hiring a guide dog is very complicated. Not only the dogs but also the people need to be trained.

Ye Man said nothing. Xu Huaiting pinched his ear dangerously: "Not willing?"

"No..." Ye Man replied, "Ricardo, will you always like me?"

"Hmm..." Xu Huaiting pondered.

Ye Man puffed up his face unhappily, "You don't have any regret medicine, do you know that?"

Xu Huaiting pinched his face and said, "Stupid."

"Woof!"

Ye Man felt that he was being bullied by both humans and dogs.

But the whole night was still very enjoyable.

I don’t know if it was because I was too happy, or maybe it was because I hadn’t heard Lu Junxing’s name for the first time in a long time during the day, but when I went to bed at night, Ye Man had the same dream again.

He hasn't had a dream for a long time.

In the dream, it was still that dark, old and narrow corridor.

The air smells very dusty.

Ye Man ran with a limp and sweat all over his forehead. He ran very fast, as if something was chasing him from behind.

In the distance, he saw a small figure standing ahead on the road.

Ye Man heard himself calling the other person's name, but that name was mixed up in his chaotic dream.

He finally grabbed the person and he even felt that he could see the pattern on the other person's skirt.

Ye Man could hear his heartbeat like thunder. His heartbeat was stuck in his throat. He squeezed out a sound from his throat: "Quick... report... jin..."

A huge hand suddenly stretched out from behind, covering his entire face and instantly dragging him into the darkness behind him.

He used one eye to peek at the figure that was getting farther and farther away through the gap between his fingers.

A voice was heard saying to him, "Hush, be quiet."

......

Ye Man suddenly opened his eyes.

Sweat dripped down his neck.

He reached for his cell phone with his throat smoking.

"Current time: 3:15"

He hadn't woken up in the middle of the night for a long time.

The room was breathtakingly quiet.

After a while, he realized that the system's story-reading voice, which always rang throughout the night, had stopped.

Ye Man remained in a half-sitting position, holding a cell phone in his hand.

He uttered a very soft and weak voice: "Brother Tong?"

Time passed by minute by minute.

......

No one responded.