On the Lantern Festival, Xu Xiu slept until noon before getting up. How cold-hearted people are! No one brought him breakfast so early in the morning.
This wasn't the case before I brought my girlfriend home.
No one woke me up, that doesn't make sense.
When Xu Xiu got up and went downstairs, he found the house empty. Wasn't today the Lantern Festival? Could he have remembered the date wrong?
When he took out his phone, he saw that Xiao Ruoyan had sent a photo, which included pictures of his elders.
They asked him why he hadn't come, and when they called him, no one answered. Only then did Xu Xiu realize that he had accidentally turned on Do Not Disturb mode on his phone the day before.
Xu Xiu was speechless at these old fogies. They didn't know there was someone living upstairs, and they didn't even bother to call him.
After washing up, he rushed to Xiao Ruoyan's apartment complex as quickly as possible. Upon entering, he saw a house full of people and heard Xu Zhiyuan shouting inside, "The new house must be lively; people are very important."
Xu Xiu craned his neck, searching for Xiao Ruoyan in the crowd, only to be patted on the back.
Turning around, she saw a small head bobbing around. "Ruoyan, what's going on?"
"I don't know either. Your uncle, aunt, and elders from your family came over early this morning."
They said that when we move into a new house, we need to have a lively celebration so that things will prosper in the future.
Xu Xiu: "......"
At noon, everyone made dumplings together in the house. This was the first time Xiao Ruoyan had such a lively Lantern Festival since her father left.
While making dumplings, she and Xu Xiu played with the flour, roughhousing and bickering like little kids.
In the end, they were driven out by the elders from both sides.
After being kicked out of their home, the two walked hand in hand along the pedestrian path by the river in the county town.
"School will start soon."
Xu Xiu looked into the distance and whispered.
"Yes, time flies."
"Maybe in the blink of an eye we'll get married and have children."
Xiao Ruoyan was taken aback when she heard this, but she didn't call him a scoundrel like she used to.
Instead, she stopped and said solemnly, "Xiu, I will work hard to make myself worthy of you."
"You are already very talented, a future great designer."
"Stop joking, I'm serious."
"I'm serious too."
"Whether our clothes sell well in the future depends on your designs."
Can I do it?
Xu Xiu pointed to himself, "Even God said you could do it."
"Didn't the wish you made last time come true ahead of schedule?"
"We were able to spend the Lantern Festival together, so we'll definitely be able to spend the New Year together next year."
Xiao Ruoyan thought excitedly:
"Yes, I made my wish not long ago, and Xu Xiu made it come true for me."
Seeing Xu Xiu's smug expression, she held back this time and didn't punch him.
Xu Xiu glanced around and, seeing no one, prepared to pull Hanhan to the nearby grove for a little cuddling.
Before they had taken more than a few steps, their phones rang almost simultaneously. They could tell from the numbers that it was a call for them to come back for dumplings.
Left with no other choice, Xu Xiu could only sneak a kiss on Hanhan while she was on the phone.
"rogue!"
Xiao Ruoyan blurted out instinctively, forgetting that the call hadn't ended. On the other end of the line, Zhang Aixiang said regretfully, "Ruoyan, what hooligan?"
"Oh, Mom, it's nothing, it's nothing, I'll be right back, I'm hanging up now."
She hung up the phone quickly after speaking, a blush creeping onto her face.
While Xu Xiu was returning a phone call, she secretly kissed him.
Therefore, couples in the throes of passionate love either kiss zero times or countless times.
Back in the neighborhood, there wasn't enough room at the table, so everyone ate standing up.
Xu Xiu couldn't understand why his uncles and other relatives were coming over to join in the fun. Were they all so idle?
My cousins don't have girlfriends, shouldn't they be focusing their attention on their own children? Why are they so concerned about his affairs?
Little did they know that after seeing Xu Xiu bring his girlfriend home, these elders would go back and start criticizing his cousins, using Xu Xiu as an example, and telling them that they had to find girlfriends as soon as possible.
After the meal, everyone left without disturbing the Xiao family's Lantern Festival celebration.
Xu Xiu sat lazily on the sofa, showing no intention of leaving.
Fang Xueting walked to the sofa and kicked Xu Xiu, "What are you still sitting there for? Aren't you leaving?"
"Mom, can a mother's love also disappear?"
"You weren't like this before Ruoyan came to our house."
The other elders and relatives had already left, but Fang Xueting and Xu Tinglong did not leave immediately.
Xiao Liang couldn't help but laugh when he heard Xu Xiu's words.
"Sister Fang, if Xiao Xu wants to stay here a little longer, then let him stay. The three of us actually really hope he can stay."
Xu Xiu stood up and slowly walked behind Xiao Ruoyan, muttering to himself:
"I really don't know who my real mother is."
"You little rascal, say that again if you dare! You're really something else, aren't you? You'll be climbing on the roof if you're not disciplined for three days!"
"I'll show you what I'm made of when we get home today."
After Fang Xueting finished speaking, she smiled and said something to everyone before leaving. Her change of expression was seamless. When Xu Tinglong walked out the door, he even turned back and made a throat-slitting gesture towards Xu Xiu.
Like father, like son.
In the afternoon, Xu Xiu accompanied Xiao Ruoyan to tidy up the house. He did a lot of the heavy and tiring work, so the family really couldn't be without a man.
Xu Xiu was almost done and it was time to head back. If he didn't go back for dinner, he probably wouldn't even see the sun rise the next morning.
Xiao Ruoyan escorted him all the way to the entrance of the residential area before reluctantly turning back.
Grandpa's house was especially lively this year. The reason was that his youngest grandson had found a girlfriend, and the old man invited everyone over.
My maternal grandparents also came to celebrate the holiday this year. My paternal grandfather's house is a large one, built by himself, and has a yard. My maternal grandparents live in an apartment building with an elevator.
Xu Xiu was video chatting with Xiao Ruoyan in the yard, holding a bowl of glutinous rice balls. The two of them were eating the rice balls, one bite at a time.
Fang An and Xu Lin watched from the side, their skin crawling with goosebumps.
"Hey Xiu, stop video chatting, let's play cards together."
Xu Lin couldn't stand Xu Xiu showing off their love here. He was already full from eating dog food, so he couldn't possibly eat glutinous rice balls.
After finishing his glutinous rice balls and ending the video call, Xu Xiu finally paid attention to these annoying people.
Xu Xiu lost all night playing cards. The four of them played a fierce double-deck card game, where skill was worthless in the face of luck.
Xu Xiu was so bombarded with explosions that he questioned his very existence overnight...
On the sixteenth day of the lunar month, Xu Xiu and Xiao Ruoyan went to the pet store to pick up Ah Huang. After that, neither of them had anything to do. Less than a week into the new semester, the two decided to go to the factory first.
On the drive back to Jincheng, Xu Xiu suddenly spoke seriously to Xiao Ruoyan.
"Ruoyan, have you noticed a very serious problem?"
"What's wrong, Xiu?"
"We didn't seem to receive any news or calls from Ning Bufan or Wang Mengqi during the Chinese New Year, did we?"
"It seems so..."
"I'm driving now, could you tag me in the group chat?"
"Um."
Xiao Ruoyan took out her phone and sent a message to the group chat of the four of them.
"Xiao Fan, Happy New Year, Meng Qi."
More than ten minutes passed after the message was sent, and there was still no response.
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