This was their first time spending New Year's Eve together. On the last day of the year, Bai Xiaoruo wanted to make it special and meaningful.
Instead of sitting at home doing nothing, bored like this.
"You've forgotten what we agreed on last night." Bai Xiaoruo puffed out her cheeks in anger, not wanting to say anything more.
He really is a busybody. Even when he attended Annie's wedding today, he was absent-minded and kept staring at his phone. He didn't have any sincerity in spending time with her at all.
"Don't worry, I haven't forgotten. Go upstairs and change your clothes. I'll take you somewhere tonight."
"Huh? Where are we going? My clothes are perfectly fine, why do I need to change?" Bai Xiaoru looked at her clothes and saw that they weren't dirty at all.
"You'll like it. Change your skirt; it's getting cold at night, and you'll catch a cold wearing a skirt."
"Okay, I'll change my clothes and then we'll set off."
"Um."
Bai Xiaoruo got up and went upstairs.
She was curious about where Xuan Mingyu would take her tonight.
What kind of place would she like?
......
Ten minutes later.
Bai Xiaoru changed her clothes and skipped downstairs.
"I'm done changing..." As soon as she came downstairs, Xuan Mingyu was not sitting on the sofa in the living room.
He was standing by the floor-to-ceiling window, talking on the phone with someone, looking rather serious, and even arguing with the person on the other end of the line.
Xuan Mingyu noticed Bai Xiaoruo had already come downstairs, hurriedly hung up the phone he was on, and walked towards her.
"All changed, let's go out."
"Um."
Bai Xiaoruo didn't dare ask him whose phone call it was. Perhaps it was related to his company, and she didn't want to say too much.
***
There are many people traveling tonight, and more cars than usual. Every short stretch of road is congested, and sometimes it can take more than ten minutes to get moving.
Traffic police are already trying to clear the road, but the entire road is completely paralyzed, showing no sign of moving forward.
Xuan Mingyu was getting impatient, so he parked the car in the nearest underground parking lot and got out with Bai Xiaoruo to walk over.
For many couples, the New Year's Eve celebration is like a different kind of Valentine's Day.
Xian Mingyu held Bai Xiaoruo's hand tightly as they strolled through the bustling streets of L City. Most of the people passing by them were sweet young couples.
The crowd was huge, a sea of heads, and it wasn't easy to move quickly through the crowd.
Where are we going?
Even after being out for so long, he still maintains his mystery, and Bai Xiaoru's curiosity is almost at its limit.
It seems like the place we're going to is quite far. We've driven for so long and walked for so long, and we still haven't arrived.
"arrive."
"Hmm? This is..."
After crossing the road, Xuan Mingyu suddenly stopped, while Bai Xiaoruo almost wanted to continue walking.
She looked at the building in front of her, somewhat bewildered.
The place he's taking her tonight is the aquarium?
Along the way, Bai Xiaoruo kept thinking about whether it was a restaurant or an amusement park, and she never expected that Xuan Mingyu would bring her here.
"Although I can't take you to see the real sea, you can still see all kinds of marine life here."
Bai Xiaoruo glanced at Xuan Mingyu beside her, unsure of what to say.
Yes, isn't it just like being in a container-sized ocean world in an aquarium? There's no seawater you can touch, but you can get up close and personal with many fresh and interesting marine creatures.
It turns out that he really did remember everything, including all her preferences.
"Let's go." He took her hand.
Bai Xiaoruo was so stunned just standing at the door that she forgot to go inside.
"Oh...right, shouldn't we go buy the tickets first?"
"Tonight is an exception, no need to buy anything."
"Are there any exceptions like this? If you could get in for free without buying a ticket, it would definitely be packed with people."
"Why don't you go in and take a look?"
"oh."
When they reached the entrance, a staff member bowed politely to them, gesturing for them to go straight in; it really was true that no tickets were needed.
As soon as she entered the aquarium, Bai Xiaoruo relaxed a lot. It was her first time in such a place, and everything seemed new and exciting. She broke free from Xian Mingyu's hand and couldn't help but want to touch and examine everything she saw.
As she walked and looked around, Bai Xiaoruo suddenly had a question: why were there only her and Xuan Mingyu along the way? Not only were there no passersby, but there weren't even any staff members. It was too deserted.
She walked back to Xuan Mingyu's side, looked around, and whispered to him, "Is this place about to close down? Or is the service really bad?"
Why do you say that?
"Otherwise, why is no one coming even though the entrance fee is free? Keeping so many animals and needing so much water must cost a lot of money. Let's pay for the tickets when we go out later. Everything is free. I feel so sorry for them."
What?
Xuan Mingyu was also impressed by Bai Xiaoruo's imagination.
Are these people pitiful?
In fact, Hsien Ming-yu had notified people to book the entire place well in advance. Starting at 5 p.m., the aquarium began clearing out all the people and cleaned it again, making it look cleaner.
He paid far more than just the price of two tickets; it was hundreds of times that amount.
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