On New Year's Eve, every household is busy pasting spring couplets, buying food and preparing New Year's Eve dinner. Beautiful red lanterns with the word "Fu" (good fortune) are hung at the doorsteps of many shops on the street.
The children wore new clothes and gathered together holding firecrackers bought by their families, and their laughter could be heard from far away.
The atmosphere in the Gu family was unusually depressing.
In the kitchen, Wang Luo, Aunt Gu II and Aunt Gu San were busy.
In the living room, Gu Qingyong sat on a mahogany chair with an expressionless face. Gu Hongbin and his three brothers as well as Gu Yunhai and others sat around him, all with their heads down, and no one dared to speak.
Gu Yunyun, Liu Xinyue and several other young girls were sitting not far away, cutting window flowers with red paper, and looking over here from time to time.
This year's New Year's Eve dinner was cooked unusually quietly. Wang Luo even lifted the lid of the pot gently, for fear that he might accidentally make a noise and make the old man irritated and angry.
Despite the solemn atmosphere, everyone seemed to be in unison, secretly glancing towards the gate from time to time.
Today is New Year's Eve. According to the Gu family's previous rules, all members of the Gu family must come back today to reunite.
But today, several dishes for the New Year’s Eve dinner had already been served, but Gu Yunzhou was still nowhere to be seen.
Time passed by minute by minute, 5:30, 12:00, 12:30, 7:00.
The dishes on the table were served one by one, the bowls and chopsticks had been placed on the table, and the neatly arranged seats seemed to be inviting everyone to take a seat.
But no one dared to speak.
Aunt Gu gently pushed Wang Luo and said, "Sister-in-law, what are you doing here? Go and ask Dad to take a seat."
Wang Luo lowered his voice and replied expressionlessly, "If you have the ability, go ahead."
Second Aunt Gu rolled her eyes at Wang Luo and said, "Go ahead, I haven't done anything immoral!"
After saying this, Second Aunt Gu walked towards everyone.
Gu Yunhai and his companions, fidgeting with anxiety, looked at Second Aunt Gu eagerly, as if they had seen a savior.
Second Aunt Gu forced a smile on her face, looking helpless, "Dad, the New Year's Eve dinner is ready, and my sister-in-law didn't dare to invite you, so she asked me to come. Do you think you should take a seat or wait a little longer?"
After Second Aunt Gu finished speaking, Wang Luo widened his eyes in disbelief.
"Dad, I didn't..."
Before he could finish his words, Gu Hongbin's cold eyes had already swept towards Wang Luo.
Wang Luo felt a lump in his throat and dared not explain any further. He could only glare at Second Aunt Gu angrily.
She remembered the bitch Qiuping.
Gu Qingyong kept his eyelids drooped and said nothing.
Gu Hongbin and Gu Hongwu both winked at Second Aunt Gu.
Second Aunt Gu curled her lips. The old man was obviously unhappy, so she didn't want to get into trouble.
She glanced at her uncle Gu Hongbin, meaning, if you have the ability, go ahead and do it.
The depressing atmosphere in the house formed a sharp contrast with the joyous sound of firecrackers outside.
Just when everyone didn't know what to do, there were footsteps at the door.
Gu Yunzhou, wearing combat boots, walked in carrying a bag.
As soon as he walked out of the door, Gu Yunzhou saw that everyone was looking at him, and some of them even stood up.
Just as Gu Hongbin breathed a sigh of relief, he saw Wang Luo, who was shrinking his head and daring not to speak, jump out.
During this period of time, she was beaten and scolded because of her son. She had been keeping her tail between her legs and dared not say a word the whole day. Now that she had seen the culprit, how could she bear it any longer?
"What's wrong with you, kid? You're so old, but you don't understand anything. Don't you know that today is New Year's Eve?
The whole family is waiting for you, can't you come back earlier?
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