Chapter 167: Final Chapter: Farewell to the Old and Peaceful: Inkstone Calligraphy to Express Emotion

Lunar New Year's eve.

Early in the morning, Shang Yanci, his grandfather, Pei Jinyan, his second uncle and his second aunt went into the kitchen to prepare the reunion dinner for lunch.

Old Madam Pei and grandma dressed aunt and granddaughter in festive red jackets with the pattern of blessings and put bows on them.

Grandpa Pei and Grandpa Shang put the fruits, snacks, candies and dry goods on plates.

The rest of the Shang family did not come, Yi Huan proposed a divorce, and went to Gangcheng to spend the New Year with Shang Heng the night before New Year's Eve. After the incident with Song Xi, Shang Xuan was devastated, and he was ill for a long time and didn't want to see anyone.

The three Pei siblings and Shen Qingshu put up couplets and hung red lanterns.

Shen Qingshu accepted Pei Yuchen's proposal, and their four-year love affair came to an end. They planned to hold their wedding in the spring of next year.

Pei Yuning: "It's crooked, brother, move a little to the left."

Pei Yunzhi held the banner in his hand and moved it slightly to the left: "Like this?"

Pei Yuning: "Okay, it's in the center now."

The couplets are posted and the red lanterns are hung.

Pei Yuning and Shen Qingshu went to paste window paper-cuts indoors.

The main dishes for the reunion dinner were prepared one after another. Pei Yunzhi and Pei Yuchen brought them out and placed them on the table.

Pei Yuchen: "Brother, you are the only one left among the three of us. In the new year, you must work hard to catch up with me and my sister."

Pei Yanzhi glanced at him indifferently, turned around and left without saying a word.

Pei Yuchen was so proud that he went out and spread firecrackers all over the front yard.

Shen Qingshu accompanied him and looked at the countdown in her hand: "It's twelve o'clock."

Pei Yuchen lit the firecrackers and they exploded with a "crackling" sound. He smiled and covered Shen Qingshu's ears and walked into the main house.

The round table was full, the steam from the food was rising, and there was a hot and noisy smell of fireworks.

Everyone stood up and raised their glasses, smiling: "Let's get rid of the old and welcome the new, and have a safe and smooth new year!"

The restaurant has a nice wine list.

Shang Yanci toasted to every elder.

Pei Yuning frowned slightly, this was a sign of him getting drunk.

In previous years, it was boring for Pei Yuchen to drink alone, but now that he had Shang Yanci, he of course had to keep him company, so he poured him glass after glass of wine.

Pei Yuning: "Brother, that's enough. Drinking is harmful to your health."

Shang Yanci took her hand and pinched her fingertips affectionately: "Ningning, it's okay."

Pei Yuchen: "Yanci has a good alcohol tolerance, I know that."

Had lunch.

Shang Yanci fell drunk on the dining table.

Pei Yuchen stretched out his hand and pushed him: "Come again, come again."

Shen Qingshu pinched him under the table.

Pei Yuchen cried out in pain, fell onto the dining table and fell asleep.

Pei Yanzhi helped Shang Yanci up, and his second uncle helped Pei Yuchen up, and they went upstairs and sent him back to the bedroom.

Pei Yuning and Shen Qingshu looked at each other and reached a consensus: "We can't let them drink a drop of alcohol tonight!"

Pei Yunzhi helped Shang Yanci lie down on the bed and pulled the quilt over him.

Pei Yuning lifted the quilt and said, "Brother, there's no need to cover him. A little cold will make him more awake."

The bedroom is air-conditioned, so it's okay not to cover yourself with a blanket.

Pei Yunzhi: "Okay, I'll go to the kitchen and bring up a bowl of sobering soup."

Hearing this, Pei Yuning was stunned. What on earth did Shang Yanci do that his brother actually took the initiative to "serve" him?

Pei Yuning: "No need, brother, you go downstairs to accompany grandpa and grandma first, I will come down later."

"Okay." Pei Yunzhi left the bedroom.

Looking at Shang Yanci lying on the bed, Pei Yuning angrily pulled the quilt over him and covered him tightly: "Sleep, sleep, sleep, you are the only one who knows how to sleep!"

Shang Yanci raised his lips, opened his eyes, reached out and clasped her wrist, turned over and pushed her into the bed, kissed her forehead with his burning lips: "It's hard to sleep alone, baby, let's sleep together."

Pei Yuning: "Are you not drunk?"

You drank so much, but you’re not drunk?

Shang Yanci: "I can drink quite well."

Pei Yuning realized belatedly that on the day of Mr. Shang's birthday party, Shang Yanci did not drink as much as he did today, but he said he was drunk, so he was pretending to be drunk that time.

She said meaningfully: "Mr. Shang is really an excellent actor."

Understanding what she meant, Shang Yanci chuckled, "Baby, I have all the emotions that people have. I've been jealous of him for so many years, so it's his turn to be jealous of me this time. It's fair and just."

Pei Yuning: "Childish."

Shang Yanci buckled her soft waist and asked gently, "Princess, can you take a nap with me, a childish girl?"

Pei Yuning: "Cici, are you really not drunk?"

"I'm sober." Shang Yanci reached his hand in, "Baby, don't go downstairs, stay with me, okay?"

Pei Yuning's eyelashes trembled, and he said softly, "Okay."

In the bedroom, spring is in the air, with excitement and ambiguity intertwined and noisy.

There was heavy snow outside the window. Shang Yanci kissed the sleeping Pei Yuning. He opened his phone to check the weather forecast. Tonight he should be able to build the snowman she had been dreaming about for a long time.

In the evening, we had the New Year’s Eve dinner.

The whole family sat on the sofa and watched the Spring Festival Gala together.

Pei Yuning was playing Landlord on her mobile phone. She lost three games in a row, so she turned off her phone and decided not to play again this year.

The snow stopped at this time. Shang Yanci leaned close to her ear and whispered, "Baby, do you want to go out and make a snowman?"

Pei Yuning: "Is there enough snow now?"

Shang Yanci: "That's enough."

Pei Yuning took his hand and said, "Let's go!"

Shang Yanci picked up the teddy bear hat that had been placed aside and put it on her to protect her head, ears, and neck. Then he put on gloves, took the tools and decorations for making a snowman, and led her out.

Wearing gloves was of no use. As soon as Pei Yuning walked out and saw the yard full of snow, she immediately took off her gloves, grabbed a handful of snow and threw it into the air. She ran happily, leaving a string of her footprints on the ground.

Shang Yanci: "Run slowly, be careful not to fall."

"I won't!" Pei Yuning ran faster, as if to prove to him that she would definitely not fall.

“Pah—”

The next moment, Pei Yuning slipped and landed on her buttocks. She lay on the snow in a "big" shape, with her arms and legs swinging back and forth like a child.

If she was really hurt, she wouldn't be like this now.

Shang Yanci walked over, knelt down beside her, reached out and covered her nose tip which was red from the evening breeze, and asked with a low smile: "Ningning, little friend, are you hurt from the fall?"

Pei Yuning deliberately said: "If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have fallen at all."

"Well, it's my fault." Shang Yanci raised his lips and asked gently, "Princess, can you give me a chance to make amends?"

Pei Yuning looked at the stars in the night sky, and patted the place beside him: "Lie down and watch the stars with me."

"Okay." Shang Yanci lay down instantly, lifted her head and rested it on his arm, and watched the stars with her.

Pei Yuning was surprised: "Ci Ci, where is your cleanliness habit?"

"Not as important as you." Shang Yanci coaxed her, "Baby, let's lie down and look at the stars for another minute, then get up and make a snowman, okay? If we do this for too long, the down jacket will get wet."

Because of his words, Pei Yuning was so happy that she was bubbling with joy and obeyed him very obediently: "Okay!"

As strict as Shang Yanci, he said one minute, and it was just one minute. When the time was up, he picked up Pei Yuning, took out the handkerchief from his pocket, and wiped the snow off her back.

Pei Yuning also wiped it for him.

Start building a snowman.

Shang Yanci: "What shape of snowman do you want?"

Pei Yuning pointed at the hat on his head and said, "How about a little bear hat?"

Shang Yanci: "Yes."

The two of them worked together to build the bear's body.

Shang Yanci refined the bear's ears and the roundness of its body.

Pei Yuning decorated the bear's facial features, applied blush and put a scarf on it.

It took more than an hour to build the snowman. Pei Yuning's hands were red. Shang Yanci unzipped his down jacket and put her hands inside to warm them.

Pei Yuning: "Ci Ci, you can also put it in my clothes to warm it up."

Shang Yanci: "I'm not cold."

Pei Yuning retracted his hand and took out the phone from his pocket: "Let's go inside after taking the photos. It's so cold outside."

Shang Yanci: "Okay."

"You take a picture of me first, then I'll take a picture of you, and then we'll take a selfie with the snow bear." Pei Yuning handed him the phone.

"Okay." Shang Yanci took the phone.

Pei Yuning leaned against the snow bear, made a "V" sign with a smile, and then walked behind it and hugged it.

Shang Yanci took several photos of her from different angles.

When it was time to take the photo of him, Shang Yanci stood straight without any posture.

Pei Yuning didn't say anything, but took a few steps back, framing his entire body in the screen, with his long legs filling the entire screen.

When the two of them took a selfie together.

Shang Yanci stretched out his hand and made a half heart shape: "Baby, make a heart shape."

Pei Yuning raised the corners of her lips, and together with him, they formed a complete heart.

Then, Shang Yanci asked her to pinch her face, make a “yeah” sign, wink, and lift her face…

Finally, there are far more photos of the two of them together than of them individually.

After entering the main house, Pei Yuning walked to the air conditioner to warm her hands. Shang Yanci charged the hot water bottle and poured a cup of hot water for her.

The two warmed each other's hands and kissed secretly.

Half a minute before midnight, the family walked out and found the front yard filled with fireworks.

Pei Yuning held hands with Shang Yanci and counted down with their family: "Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one. Happy New Year!"

As the New Year’s bells rang, colorful fireworks exploded in the night sky.

Shang Yanci looked at the colorful fireworks in front of him. It turned out that the fireworks were so beautiful from this angle.

Pei Yuning smiled with a smile on her face: "Goodbye, happy new year."

Shang Yanci looked at her lovingly: "Happy New Year, baby."

He is so lucky that he can watch fireworks with her every year from now on.

Although the colorful fireworks are beautiful, the night breeze is really cold.

Grandpa Pei said: "We old people can't endure the same hardships as you young people. Let's go in and take a family photo first. After we give you some New Year's money, you can go and have fun."

Everyone smiled and said "OK".

Entering the hall, the elders were sitting and the younger ones were standing, the whole family was gathered together in neat rows.

The camera captured this beautiful moment.

Pei Yuning approached Shang Yanci and whispered in her ear: "Cici, this is our first family photo. There will be many more in the future."

"Okay." Shang Yanci looked at the family photo with a gentle smile on his brows.

After the family portrait was taken, the younger ones in the family wished the elders a happy new year.

Pei Yuning was the youngest child in the family. She received the most, twelve thick red envelopes, from her elders and peers.

After giving the New Year's money, the elders went upstairs to rest while the younger ones went out to continue watching the fireworks.

Pei Yuning replied to the New Year's greetings on her phone.

The unknown number that wished her happiness on her wedding day sent her a text message:

[Ningning, from the moment I was born, I was destined to live in the shadow of the previous generation, destined to compete with Song Jingyu all my life.

In Shang Xuan's eyes, my mother is not as good as Song Xi. When I learned that you and Song Jingyu went to the same university, I felt in my heart that I could not compare to him, so I never went to the UK to see you in those years. I booked and canceled the flight tickets. I admit that I am a coward.

The moment I learned that Song Jingyu was not Shang Xuan's biological son, I felt that I had been making a fool of myself all these years. If I had known his background earlier, maybe I would have been less self-abased, maybe I would have taken the initiative towards you, and maybe our ending would have been different.

I'm sorry if this news has affected your mood at the moment.

I wish you a happy new year for the last time. I will not bother you again in the future. I wish you peace and happiness for the rest of your life. ]

Pei Yuning: [Happy New Year, nephew.]

After replying to the text message, she covered the part where Shang Heng confessed his inner feelings with her hand and handed the phone to Shang Yanci to read: "Don't be jealous, it's just a polite reply. The covered content involves Shang Heng's privacy, so I won't show it to you."

Shang Yanci turned off her phone and said gently, "Don't be jealous. I am your legal owner now, and no one can shake my position."

"Well, no one can." Pei Yuning curved her eyebrows and whispered to him, "Ci Ci, let's go back to the bedroom and kiss."

Shang Yanci's lips curled up: "Okay."

After returning to the bedroom, the two went into the bathroom to wash up.

Pei Yuning's body was covered with bath bubbles, making her already delicate skin even smoother and harder to hold.

Shang Yanci bit and rubbed her rosy earlobe, his voice low and elegant: "Baby, call me husband and say you love me."

Pei Yuning's fingers softened and her heart beat fast: "Hubby, I love you. I love you the most."

"Hold on tight." Shang Yanci held her slender waist and leaned over to lick and bite her neck. "Good girl, you behaved very well tonight. I'll make you a strawberry cake tomorrow."

The hot air is rising and the mist is spreading.

The cool air invaded the window, and colorful fireworks exploded continuously in the night sky, as if it were daytime. Pei Yuning's eyes also rose and fell.

Lying on the soft bed, Pei Yuning felt drowsy.

Shang Yanci lifted her head, placed the red envelope under her pillow to ward off evil spirits, and said gently, "Ningning, may you be safe and sound for years to come."

Pei Yuning opened his eyes, put his hand on the back of his neck, and kissed his cheek: "Ci Ci, I wish you peace and happiness every year."

Shang Yanci: "I have already bought the garden in France. When spring comes, we will go together to see the flowers bloom."

Pei Yuning: "Is my name written on the property certificate?"

Shang Yanci chuckled softly, "It's yours, little money man."

Pei Yuning bit his face and said in a coquettish tone: "It's your little money fan."

Shang Yanci smiled, his voice gentle and affectionate: "Yes, it belongs to me alone."

March twenty-first.

On Pei Yuning's 21st birthday, he went to Lingyin Temple in H City with Shang Yanci and knelt down to worship.

She asked for the fortune from Yue Lao, and the same fortune that Shang Yanci had asked for was the 100th fortune: beautiful flowers, full moon, and long life.

Pei Yuning: "Ci Ci, we are really a match made in heaven!"

Shang Yanci's lips curled up: "Of course it is."

Pei Yuning: "What else did you do when you came to Lingyin Temple before?"

The Shangyanci refers to the wish-making tree in the courtyard: "A red silk ribbon was written on it."

As if guided, Pei Yuning saw Shang Yanci's handwriting at a glance. The red silk ribbon moved in the wind, and it contained the secret lover's true wish -

"We will be together forever."

Pei Yuning looked at the red silk ribbon for a long time. She picked up a brand new red silk ribbon beside her, stood in front of the stone table, and wrote a line of words.

After finishing writing, she handed the red silk ribbon to Shang Yanci and said, "Cici, tie it together with your red silk ribbon."

"Okay." Shang Yanci took it and lowered his eyes to look at the eight words written on the red silk ribbon. His eyebrows and eyes were gentle, even more beautiful than spring.

Shang Yanci stood under the wishing tree and tied the red ribbon in his hand and the red ribbon he had written before to the same branch.

Lingyin Temple is very effective, so her and his wishes will definitely come true.

The spring scenery was beautiful, and the two left Lingyin Temple hand in hand.

The branches of the wishing tree are lush and green, and the red ribbons are in sync with the spring, writing the most sincere wishes of the two people who love each other -

"We will be together forever."

"The inkstone represents love, and the promise is made in old age."

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