Xia Wensheng felt immense pressure being watched by three pairs of eyes.
He could only say helplessly, "I hope there can be some boundaries between family members."
"All right."
—Five minutes later
Ke Shurong leaned closer quietly, "Son, can't you really tell Mom?"
"cannot."
Xia Wensheng sternly refused, but he compromised with his own mother.
"I haven't decided on the time yet, but I'll let you know when the time comes."
He has a rough timeline planned out, but who knows what unexpected things might happen, like both of them suddenly becoming unavailable...
Moreover, Xia Wensheng firmly believed that things should be done in secrecy, so he still felt that the matter should be kept secret to the end.
Although she didn't know the exact time, Xia Wenxi felt that since they had already ordered the ring, the proposal must be coming soon, and since the proposal was coming soon, the wedding must be coming soon too.
I'm suddenly so excited!
After Xia Wenxi spoke her mind, Xia Wensheng looked at her strangely, "Why are you so excited about my wedding? Save your excitement for your own wedding."
Xia Wenxi smiled brightly, "From now on, I can call Minghuan 'sister-in-law,' hehe. Just thinking about it makes me happy, is that not allowed?"
"You don't have any improper thoughts about my wife, do you, Xia Wenxi?"
"You've already proposed to me, so why are you calling me 'wife'? Have you no shame? Can I be your bridesmaid?"
Xia paused upon hearing this, "You called me shameless and still want to be a bridesmaid?!"
"There's no conflict."
——
The next day was another packed schedule. When Xia Wenxi got home in the evening, she was exhausted. Her WeChat steps had jumped to second place among her friends.
The top three are Ke Shurong, Xia Wenxi, and Ming Huan. Xia Hengyuan and Xia Wensheng are probably ranked third and fourth because of their long legs.
So after getting home, she took a shower and went straight to bed, too exhausted to even turn on her phone.
On Monday, Xia Wenxi rested at home, while Xia Wensheng went to work.
The energetic Ke Shurong and Xia Hengyuan decided to go to the farm with Minghuan and her parents to spend the day with them and introduce them to the so-called pig-raising service.
Originally, it was agreed that Minghuan would accompany her parents. Fortunately, she was able to take a few days off before the Lunar New Year. After the Lunar New Year, when everyone is on holiday, it will be her busiest time. So, she can spend some time alone with her parents and also get some rest.
However, during their previous conversation, Minghuan's parents showed great interest in raising pigs, and Ke Shurong immediately patted her chest and said she would take them to choose pigs.
When Xia Wenxi woke up on Monday, there were dozens of videos of pigs in her WeChat group.
She discovered that her mom could actually tell which pig was Peppa and which was George! It was absolutely amazing.
However, the couple returned after one night. Otherwise, it wouldn't be good for them to stay there without playing with Minghuan's parents, but if they stayed together, it would disturb the family of three.
Perfect timing, the Lunar New Year is almost here, time to head home for the next activity – shopping for New Year's goods!
Because Xia Wenxi is too weak to walk and doesn't like shopping, she wasn't allowed to participate in this activity. She just stayed at home and occasionally put up a couple of paper-cut window decorations.
She watched as her parents spent three days shopping for New Year's goods, and even Xiaoyuer was wearing a scarf with the auspicious greeting "Wishing you prosperity." The trees in the yard were also covered with various New Year's decorations.
Of course, Xia Wenxi and Xia Wensheng were also fortunate enough to have the same item as Xiaoyuer.
Monday was New Year's Eve. On Friday, Ke Shurong instructed her son, "Ask Huanhuan if she wants to come to our house with her parents to celebrate the New Year together."
Xia Wensheng shook her head. "She wants to stay at her own home. There will be plenty of opportunities in the future. Why are you in such a hurry?"
"Why am I in such a hurry? Isn't it polite for someone to ask me a question?"
"Okay, I'll shut up."
After finishing that, Ke Shurong talked about her plans for the new year.
"On the second day of the Lunar New Year, your father and I went back to my hometown. Wenxi didn't want to go. Wensheng, what about you?"
Xia Wensheng didn't feel anything about going to his uncle's house. He was quite close to his maternal grandparents before, but he only saw his uncle once or twice a year, so their relationship wasn't very deep.
"If Wenxi doesn't go, I won't go either."
Since Xia Wenxi wasn't there, Xia Wensheng spoke frankly, "You can go with Dad. If I go too, people will say that you only bring your own child and not Wenxi, which is not good."
"Go if you want to, don't go if you don't want to. Why care what others say? People will talk about anything you do."
"Okay, I won't go. You go with Dad. I finally have a little vacation time, and I want to rest. Besides, we're all going to visit relatives, so it wouldn't be good to leave Wenxi alone at home."
Upon hearing this, Ke Shurong said, "Xiao Bao won't overthink it."
But they didn't discuss it further.
Xia Wenxi wasn't home at the moment; she had gone to Lin Shen's place. Her parents had bought too much New Year's goods, and Xia Wenxi was helping the family use some of them up.
When Lin Shen heard the knocking, he thought it was a deliveryman. He looked through the peephole but didn't see anyone, so he assumed the deliveryman had left.
As soon as he opened the door, a figure he had been longing for suddenly jumped up from the ground and caught his eye.
Are you stupid?
Xia Wenxi waved her hand in front of Lin Shen, who was in a daze.
"Why did you come today? Aren't you busy at home?"
Xia Wenxi pointed to the things on the ground, "I brought you something. I've finished with everything at home."
Lin Shen pulled Xia Wenxi inside and brought all the things in.
Xia Wenxi looked around Lin Shen's house and said to him, "It seems I came to the right place today. There's no festive atmosphere at all here."
Lin Shen laughed and said, "So you've come to bring me the New Year's atmosphere?"
Xia Wenxi nodded seriously, "I guess so."
After saying that, she reached out and took off the scarf from her neck and hung it around Lin Shen's neck.
The scarf is bright red, with "Congratulations" written on one end and "Get Rich" on the other, and there are two gold ingots on it, making it very festive.
"The same style as Little Fish, everyone in my family has it."
Lin Shen's home was almost entirely black, white, and gray, with the only difference being the green plants that Xia Wenxi had brought over earlier.
Even Lin Shen himself was wearing gray loungewear, but now with the red scarf on, he looked much more cheerful and lively.
Lin Shen glanced down at the scarf around his neck, and his smile deepened because of Xia Wenxi's words "family members" earlier.
Even though the room was very warm, his pajamas and scarf looked somewhat mismatched, but he didn't take them off. Instead, he reached out and wrapped the scarf around his neck twice to put it on properly.
Xia Wenxi had already squatted down and started rummaging through the things she had brought.
Seeing Lin Shen squat down, he casually stuffed something into Lin Shen's hand.
"You go put up the couplets." Then he pointed to himself, "I'll go put up the paper-cut window decorations."
Lin Shen held the couplets without moving them, and said to Xia Wenxi, "I want to go and put up the couplets later."
"Why?"
Xia Wenxi, who was looking down at the paper-cut window decorations in the bag, looked up and asked Lin Shen when she heard his words.
As soon as I raised my head, my mouth was pressed against it.
Okay, she knows why.
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