After getting in the car, both of them were silent. Zhu Lingling turned the steering wheel and drove attentively.
"Where's Lan Xi?" This atmosphere made Qin Xiangnan feel a little uncomfortable, and he couldn't help but find a topic to talk about.
"She's staying at Mr. Lan's place today and won't be back. The two of us will have to prepare our New Year's Eve dinner by ourselves!"
Zhu Lingling tightened her grip on the steering wheel. This was the only time in all the years she had been with Lan Xi that she had not stayed up all night with her.
Fortunately! Second Master is here!
Qin Xiangnan's gaze stayed on her hands holding the steering wheel, and he didn't ask any more questions.
【Come to my house for dinner! 】
In the parking lot, Zhu Lingling had just parked the car when she received a message from Bai Yun. She locked the car, took Qin Xiangnan to the first floor in the elevator, and left the building.
"Aren't you going home?" Qin Xiangnan asked Zhu Lingling since it wasn't the route home.
Pointing to the nearby villa complex, Zhu Lingling replied, "Aunt Bai said we should go to her house for dinner!"
Ding Dong!
The doorbell rang, and soon the door opened from the inside. Bai Xingtang stood at the door, leaning on his crutches, "Finally, you're here! I'm starving!"
Zhu Lingling looked down at her watch, 7:30!
"What nonsense are you talking about? I haven't even finished yet!"
Bai Yun stood at the door across the yard, wearing an apron and gloves, and scolded her son with a smile. When she saw Zhu Lingling, she nodded and greeted her, "You're here! Come in!"
After changing her shoes, Zhu Lingling rolled up her sleeves and walked over to Bai Yun: "Do you need help, Aunt Bai?!"
Bai Yun was wrapping dumplings and shook her head to chase them away:
"No, no, it will be done in a moment. You guys go sit outside! Let Bai Xingtang come in and do the work. A man should never be lazy!"
"Mom! Why are you still mistreating the wounded? My leg isn't even healed yet!"
Bai Xingtang complained with a bitter face, but still walked into the kitchen obediently.
Bai Yun decorated her home beautifully, with strips of warm yellow lights hanging on the window grilles, pendants, carpets on the floor, and even the tree at the door.
Qin Xiangnan took off his slippers and stepped on the carpet. The outer circle was red, the middle was white, and it was dotted with red dots. The pillow was also changed to dark red.
She looked around the living room. There was a small "Fu" character on the vase, covered with irregular gold foil, and some red couplets written by Bai Yun in some unexpected places.
Festive and cozy, the warm yellow lights made people feel a little dazed. Qin Xiangnan was surrounded by this environment and felt at a loss.
"What's wrong?" Zhu Lingling walked to Qin Xiangnan at some point and saw her strange expression.
Qin Xiangnan didn't know what to say. He just looked at Zhu Lingling blankly, then began to look around.
Zhu Lingling looked around the living room with her, and she understood Qin Xiangnan's mood at a glance.
There was an atmosphere in this house that they had never seen before, an atmosphere that they had never seen since they were young, an atmosphere that made people unconsciously fall into and unable to extricate themselves.
"What are you daydreaming about?" Bai Xingtang came out with a plate, put the dishes on the coffee table, and brought a box of drinks with him.
Zhu Lingling turned around, a little puzzled: "Aren't you eating in the restaurant?"
"The restaurant is boring! Let's eat in the living room. I set up a projector, and we can even watch a show later. Isn't that nice?"
He picked up the remote control and turned on the projector, looking quite proud.
"Bai Xingtang! Come in and boil some water! The dumplings are almost ready, where's the water you boiled?" Bai Yun's voice could be heard from the kitchen.
Bai Xingtang's face fell, and after responding loudly to his mother, he said to the two people standing in the living room:
"Aunts, please help me and consider my illness!"
As he spoke, he clasped his hands together, holding his crutches, with a look of distress on his face!
Qin Xiangnan and Zhu Lingling looked at each other, ignored Bai Xingtang and walked towards the kitchen.
8 o'clock!
The four people sat in the living room, or to be more precise, on the carpet, watching the New Year programs that Bai Xingtang had found, and started eating the New Year's Eve dinner.
This year...the atmosphere seems to be different!
The Lan family also started their New Year's Eve dinner. Lan Xi still sat in the main seat with her grandfather. Lan Tingxu and Lan Ting, who had returned, sat on the old man's right, and Li Yulan sat next to Lan Xi.
Unlike lunch, dinner is a lively affair where adults and children sit together and there is no longer any need to eat quietly.
Lan Xiangfu looked at his granddaughter and remembered that the housekeeper came to report in the afternoon that he saw the second son and her talking in the pavilion.
"This is a gift from me. Please help me deliver it tomorrow!" The old man took two red envelopes from the housekeeper and handed them to Lan Xi, saying this without any reason.
The voice was not loud and only a few people around him heard it. They didn't know what the old man meant and looked at Lan Xi.
Li Yulan didn't look at the two of them, and her hand holding the chopsticks tightened. She knew who the old man was talking about.
Bai Yun mother and son!
"I understand, Grandpa!" Lan Xi accepted the red envelope and agreed.
The old man was old and not very energetic, so he went to rest early.
As soon as the head of the family left, everyone relaxed completely and started chatting with each other. Several men went to the second floor to drink and talk about projects.
"Xixi is becoming more and more powerful now. With the old man's favor, the position of the head of the family is a foregone conclusion!"
The younger sister-in-law pulled Li Yulan and looked enviously at Lan Xi who was directing the servants to clean up the restaurant not far away.
The elders around Li Yulan also nodded. The older aunt, Huahua's great-grandmother, sat aside and drank tea:
"Lan Xi is not young anymore. Daughters of other families would have already been engaged by this time. I've heard a lot of rumors these past few days. This child has a bad reputation!"
This was not a pleasant thing to say, and no one dared to respond casually.
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