Chapter 213 Hamburger Bro...I want him...Waaah...
Time flies, and it's New Year's Eve.
Li Yuan parked the car and carefully helped Yun Yang put on a fluffy white rabbit hat. The two long ears hung down on both sides of her cheeks, making her already small face even cuter.
"Beautiful," he exclaimed sincerely.
Yun Yang picked up the same black rabbit hat from his seat and pretended to put it on his head.
Li Yuan suddenly shrank back and reached out to stop her.
"No, no."
"Yangyang can wear it herself, I'd rather not wear it."
"I'm already younger than you, and having a rabbit on my head makes me look too childish."
Yun Yang paused when she saw his slightly reddened ears, then gently pinched his tense cheeks.
"Are you nervous?"
Li Yuan didn't dodge, letting her pinch him, and nodded honestly.
"How can I not be nervous?"
"I didn't leave a good impression on my parents last time we met."
Don't worry.
She comforted him.
“You’ve already called them Mom and Dad, so they’ll definitely love you just as much as they love me.”
As she spoke, she tossed the black bunny hat she was holding back onto the back seat.
"If you don't want to wear it, then don't. We'll wear it together when we go out on a date."
Li Yuan went around to the back of the car, opened the trunk, and found it stuffed full of New Year's gifts he had carefully prepared.
"I'll take it, I'll take it."
As he spoke, he carried large and small gift boxes out.
Yun Yang wanted to lend a hand, but he immediately stopped her.
"no."
He was resolute, protecting a box that looked quite heavy behind him.
"Your parents will definitely feel sorry for you if they see you carrying things. I can manage on my own."
Yun Yang watched him hang the gift box around his neck, his careful yet feigned composure was incredibly adorable.
Unable to resist, I tiptoed and quickly kissed him on the cheek.
"Relax, I've got your back."
Li Yuan was taken aback by her sudden kiss, then broke into a big smile.
Unable to free his hands, he could only rub his cheek against hers.
"Okay, sister."
The sweet atmosphere between the two was abruptly interrupted by the sound of a door opening.
"cough."
The Yun family's gate opened, and Yun's father and mother stood side by side at the entrance like two door gods, their faces as black as the bottom of a pot.
Li Yuan's smile froze instantly, and he panicked, wishing he could stand at attention on the spot.
Hello, Uncle! Hello, Auntie!
Yun's parents merely glanced at him indifferently and let out a barely audible "hmm" through their noses.
"It's cold outside, come in."
Yunyang was also a little nervous because of her parents' low mood.
She quickly grabbed Li Yuan's arm and led him into the house.
Yun's parents sat down on the sofa with expressionless faces, their posture as if they were about to conduct a joint trial.
Li Yuan frantically tried to put the gifts in his hands on the coffee table.
"Uncle and Aunt, I..."
Yun's mother coldly interrupted him.
"Take it back, we don't need anything."
The air seemed to freeze at that moment.
Yun Yang's heart skipped a beat. She quickly went over, smiled, and took her mother's arm, leaning against her as if she had no bones.
"Mom, this isn't something you can just buy anywhere."
She playfully shook Yun's mother's arm.
"Li Yuan's cooking skills have improved so quickly. There's braised beef he made himself, and also some mini cakes he baked himself."
Dad picked up the teacup, blew on the steam, and didn't even lift his eyelids.
“I have high blood pressure, and your mother has diabetes, so we can’t eat these greasy and sweet things.”
Yun Yang was shocked.
"When did this happen? How come I didn't know?"
Yun's father slowly took a sip of tea, cleared his throat, and looked slightly unnatural.
"Incubation period".
That reason is just too outrageous.
Yun Yang was both amused and exasperated. She wanted to say something more, but was interrupted by her father's stern gaze.
His gaze passed over Yun Yang and landed directly on Li Yuan, who stood to the side, at a loss for what to do.
"It's a holiday, if you don't have anything to do, you should go back first."
This was a very strong statement, practically a blatant order to leave.
Li Yuan's face paled, and his lips moved, but before he could speak, Yun Yang preemptively stood up from the sofa and grabbed his hand.
Her palms were warm, and she held his cold fingers tightly.
"Dad! Mom! He's spending Chinese New Year at our house today!"
Yun's father's brows furrowed into a deep, knotted "川" shape.
"Doesn't he have a home of his own? Why isn't he going home for the New Year? What is he doing here?"
Yunyang answered confidently, "He has a home, but none of his family members are home."
Li Yuan nodded immediately, like a chicken pecking at rice, and added in a low voice, "Yes, my parents went on vacation."
Upon hearing this, Yun's mother showed an expression of disbelief.
"You're not even taking me out for Chinese New Year?"
Li Yuan answered honestly, "They've never taken me with them when they go out to play."
Yun's mother was stunned.
He muttered to himself, "That's strange. When we go to the supermarket, there are always three of us."
Looking at Li Yuan's tall, imposing figure standing there all alone, her heart softened in the end.
Just as he was about to ask Li Yuan to sit down, Yun's father coughed heavily twice.
He glared at Li Yuan with annoyance.
"What are you still standing for? Sit down. You're so tall, you're blocking the light."
Actually, they didn't really mean to make things difficult for the child.
However, as parents, they always want their partner to feel that being with their precious daughter is not an easy thing.
We cherish what we have all the more because it is hard-won.
This is human nature.
Yun's father stood up and prepared to go to the kitchen to prepare the New Year's Eve dinner.
Upon seeing this, Li Yuan immediately sprang up from the sofa like a spring.
"Uncle, let me help you!"
Yun Yang also stood up and naturally took his hand.
"Let's do it together."
Yun's father waved his hand and refused outright.
"Please all sit down."
His gaze fell on Li Yuan, and his tone was serious.
"You just need to take good care of our Yangyang, you don't need to come here to fawn over us."
Yun's mother urged, "Yes, yes, Lao Yun, hurry up and cook, it's already so late."
Once Yun's father entered the kitchen, Yun's mother's attitude softened considerably.
"I'll go get you some food."
As soon as Yun's mother entered the kitchen, Yun's father pulled her aside: "Professor Lin, didn't we agree that we would not give him a good look today?"
"That's enough." Yun's mother shook off Yun's father's arm. "She's still just a child. Put yourself in her shoes. If your daughter went to the Li family and was treated like this, wouldn't you be heartbroken?"
She works at a university and comes into contact with many young people, so she's very perceptive.
For Li Yuan to have such qualities and temperament at his age is already extremely rare among his peers, one in a million.
However, what they originally thought was that their daughter should find a boyfriend who was two or three years older than her, mature and stable, and who could pamper her like a treasure.
...
Li Yuan sat on the sofa, his body still a little stiff. He whispered in Yun Yang's ear and asked.
"Do I really not need to help in the kitchen?"
Seeing his nervous expression, Yun Yang secretly squeezed his palm.
"You're still a guest now, but once you become my rightful family member, you'll have to do it whether you want to or not."
Li Yuan's eyes lit up, and the corners of his mouth curved into a beautiful smile.
"Then I'll try my best to grow up quickly."
Yun's mother came out of the kitchen carrying a fruit platter.
The plate was piled high with pistachios, all shelled and revealing their bright green kernels.
There was also a small dish of orange segments next to it. They looked like mandarin oranges, but the white pith and thin inner peel on each segment had been carefully peeled off, leaving only the crystal-clear flesh.
Yun's mother placed the fruit plate on the coffee table and said to Li Yuan meaningfully.
“My daughter has been spoiled by us since she was little, she’s very delicate.”
"I don't even eat the thin peel on the orange segments."
After saying that, she pushed the plate of peeled oranges in front of Yunyang.
"Baby, eat up, Mom has peeled it for you."
Yun Yang stared blankly at the plate of translucent orange segments, feeling as if something had gently bumped into her heart.
After a while, she picked up a small spoon, scooped out a piece, and put it in her mouth.
The sweet and sour juice bursts in your mouth.
She looked up and gave her mother a big smile.
"It's delicious, thank you, Mom."
Yun's mother smiled with satisfaction, then turned to look at Li Yuan, her tone filled with undisguised pride.
"Xiao Li, it's not that I'm bragging, but our Yangyang is actually very outstanding."
"It's just that we, as her parents, couldn't bear to see her suffer the hardships of studying, so she didn't go to Tsinghua University like you."
Yunyang, who was stuffing pistachios into her mouth, almost choked.
She looked up awkwardly and glanced quickly at Li Yuan.
Is that so?
Can you get into Tsinghua University just by enduring hardship?
As if to verify her words, Yun's mother enthusiastically picked up her phone and projected the video onto the TV.
“Perfect timing, let me show you a video of Yangyang when she was little. Our baby has been very talented since she was a child.”
The TV screen lit up, showing a little girl with a princess hairstyle.
The little girl, dressed in a pure white ballet dress, stood in front of the magnificent Eiffel Tower, tiptoeing and awkwardly yet earnestly spinning and jumping to the music.
Yun Yang froze on the sofa.
She stared at the unfamiliar version of herself on the screen, her mind blank.
"I went abroad when I was a child?"
Yun's mother chuckled: "You don't even remember things from when you were eight years old?"
"Besides, it's not like this is the only time we've been here. Haven't we taken you all over those developed countries?"
Yunyang looked at her mother and gave a dry smile.
"yes."
A warm, large hand reached out silently and grasped her slightly cool hand, which was resting on her knee.
It is Li Yuan.
He didn't say anything, but gently stroked the back of her hand with his fingertips, transferring warmth to her.
...
In the early morning, a few muffled firecracker sounds occasionally drifted from afar outside the window.
Yunyang lay alone on her bed in her room, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep.
What I was thinking about was summer after summer, when my mother would use a spoon to squeeze out the sweet juice from the watermelon and lovingly serve it to my younger brother.
Then, he pushed the tasteless, dried-out melon pulp in front of her.
And then there was her coming-of-age ceremony, where her classmates all wore pretty little dresses carefully prepared by their parents as they walked through the school's adult gate.
She could only stand awkwardly in the corner, wearing her faded school uniform, listening to other parents tell their children that after the college entrance exam, the whole family would go on a trip abroad.
She buried her face in the soft pillow, her eyes stinging with tears.
A soft "click" sound.
The door was gently pushed open a crack.
A tall figure walked in silently, illuminated by the dim floor lamps in the corridor.
"Yangyang".
It was Li Yuan's voice, deep and gentle.
Yun Yang was startled and suddenly propped herself up halfway on the bed.
"Why are you here? Not tonight..."
Li Yuan walked straight to her bedside, lifted a corner of the blanket, and lay down.
A familiar and warm aura instantly enveloped her.
He stretched out his strong arms and hugged her tightly, resting his chin on the top of her head.
I want to hug you.
Yun Yang was stunned for a moment.
The next second, it felt as if all the strength in my body had been drained away.
She could no longer hold back and buried her face deep into his warm, strong chest, clutching his pajamas tightly to his chest.
The emotions that had been suppressed all night finally burst forth at this moment.
Li Yuan gently stroked the top of her head, letting her vent her emotions.
Yunyang suddenly spoke up: "Hamburger Bro... I want him... Waaah..."
Li Yuan: "!?"
He loosened his grip on Yunyang slightly: "Why bring up that stutterer out of the blue?"
Yun Yang choked back tears: "I want his magic potion..."
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