The living room fell silent for a moment. Shen Jiazhou slowly looked away, tightened his grip on Cancan's arm, and walked towards the bedroom.
Happy New Year, Jia Zhou.
A response came from behind him, and Shen Jiazhou's lips curled up slightly. He didn't turn around, but simply said, "Going to sleep, goodnight."
Can Can, perched on her uncle's shoulder, lifted her head and said, "Goodnight, Auntie, mwah!"
Wen Shuqiao smiled and replied, "Okay, goodnight."
After Shen Jiazhou and Cancan went inside, Wen Shuqiao took out her phone from her pajama pocket, glanced at the time—12:01 AM.
The new year has arrived.
*
New Year.
Early in the morning, Can Can put on his festive new clothes, a slightly Chinese-style padded jacket. Wen Shu Qiao had bought it for him a while ago when she passed by a new Chinese-style store and thought it looked cute. The jacket was lined with soft, thick fur. After Can Can put it on, he couldn't help but keep looking at himself in the mirror.
Even the system couldn't help but complain: "Why do you love looking in the mirror so much?"
Who are they copying?! Neither my aunt nor my uncle like looking in the mirror!
Can Can was in a very good mood. Hearing the system speak like that, she calmly replied, "[Because I like looking in the mirror! I'm so pretty, I want to look at myself more often. I also want to look at my mom and dad's photos, and my aunt and uncle. We're a pretty family.]"
"You seem to be leaving no one out." The system snorted softly.
"Baby, it's time to go out, come out quickly."
Shen Jiazhou called out from outside. After hearing this, Cancan straightened her clothes in front of the mirror, then ran out of the room in her slippers with the cake in her hands.
The weather was nice today, so Wen Shuqiao put on the horse-face skirt she and Cancan had bought together, and changed into little leather shoes, a style completely different from her usual casual look.
Shen Jiazhou also changed out of his usual suit and put on a dark coat from the closet.
Can Can walked over and first showered Wen Shu Qiao with compliments on how beautiful she was. Then, she looked up at Shen Jia Zhou and said, "Uncle, you look so good! So young!"
He always wore suits, and he felt that his uncle was no longer young.
Shen Jiazhou bent down and mischievously pinched his chubby cheek: "Thank you for the compliment. Also, I'm still young, I'm not even thirty yet."
It's as if he's already in his seventies or eighties.
Wen Shuqiao put a rope around the cake, and Milk stood on the sofa, tilting her head to look at them.
Can Can changed into her own shoes, turned around and waved to Milk: "Milk, you have to watch the house!"
Then, she took the cake rope and excitedly opened the door: "Let's go! Let's go see a stage play!"
After watching it, he wanted to share it with An'an!
Wen Shuqiao followed behind, saying helplessly, "Slow down."
Can Can had already pressed the elevator button: "Hurry up, Auntie and Uncle! Come on!"
Wen Shuqiao turned to look at Shen Jiazhou, who said, "I've put on my shoes, let's go."
The three of them then happily left the house.
Today is New Year's Day, the weather is nice, and there are many people out and about. It usually only takes forty minutes to drive to the theater, but due to traffic, it took an hour to get there.
After Shen Jiazhou parked his car, staff members came over and led them through the VIP passage.
Wen Shuqiao thought it would be like watching a movie, with a group of people sitting in chairs watching the stage, until the staff led them upstairs to the second floor. Pushing open the door, they found themselves in a small private room with floor-to-ceiling windows facing the stage, offering a clear view of the stage and the first floor.
The private room was fully equipped with everything: fruit platters, snacks, and water, and there was even aromatherapy on the table.
Wen Shuqiao sighed, "The lives of the rich are so...simple and unpretentious!"
The staff thoughtfully closed the door behind them when they left.
Shen Jiazhou bent down and untied the cake's rope. The cake then ran around the room, overjoyed.
Can Can let out a small "wow" and then tugged at Wen Shu Qiao's finger: "Auntie, give me your phone, I want to send a video to An An."
Wen Shuqiao handed his phone to Cancan from his bag. Cancan quickly unlocked it. To make it easier for him to contact An'an, Wen Shuqiao had specially pinned Xie Chuying's WeChat to the top of his chat list so that he could find her as soon as he opened it.
Can Can first picked up her phone with both hands and snapped away, not caring what the photos looked like, and sent them all out.
She looked down at her phone and said, "An'an, my aunt, uncle, and I went to see a stage play~ I'm sharing this with you!"
Shen Jiazhou walked up to Wen Shuqiao and said, "You're quite the talker."
Wen Shuqiao chuckled softly: "He's always been good at talking and coaxing people."
She had seen Can Can coax Shen Jia Zhou several times, making Shen Jia Zhou very happy.
Shen Jiazhou took off his coat: "Do you want to take off your coat? It's very warm in the private room."
The temperature inside the private room was set to 28 degrees Celsius, so it was already a bit warm when I came in.
Wen Shuqiao nodded and took off the Chinese-style cloak she had put on. Just as she was about to find a place to hang her clothes, Shen Jiazhou took the cloak from her and folded it together with his coat. He then called out to Can Can, "It's hot in the room, take off your coat."
Can Can looked down and, not really wanting to take it off, replied, "Uncle, I'm not hot. Can I take it off when I get hot?"
He wants to stay beautiful a little longer!
[Fool.] The system looked up at the sky: [Sometimes I wonder, what is the meaning of my being here?]
Can Can replied, "My aunt said that existence itself has meaning!"
While replying to the system, he opened the photos An'an had sent. An'an had taken many identical pictures of the snowy scenery, and he could hear her excitement in the voice message: "Wow! So much snow! I've never seen so much snow at home! My mom, uncle, and I were skiing and just came up. Let's come and play together next time! It was so much fun! My uncle even fell flat on his face, hahaha (Lu Shengyue, don't talk nonsense)."
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