I want to come over and spend New Year's Eve with you

  Zi Chengyue thought about it and wondered if it was because of the saying "blood is thicker than water"?

  "He usually performs well in the company, and his ability is indeed strong. I also appreciate him as a person. As for private matters, I don't have any dealings with him, nor do we have any conflicts, so what's there to like or dislike?" Qi Chengzhi crossed his legs, picked up his tea cup, and took a leisurely sip.

  Qī Zhòng Xūn heard Qī Chéng Zhī's evaluation and didn't expect him to praise Jiàn Yì so highly, as people that Qī Chéng Zhī appreciates are not many.

  "He's an employee of your company, you have some understanding of him, so to speak, do you really think he's not bad?" asked Qi Zhonghuan, his body also leaning forward slightly.

  Qī Chéngzhī slowly sipped his tea, his deep black eyes gazed at Qī Zhòngwǔn for a moment, and nodded: "It's not bad."

  Qī Chéng Yuè was beaming with pride on the side, "Dad, I told you the man I chose is perfect!"

  "Alright, then you discuss with Jian Yi and check when his parents are free. Set a time and we'll talk about the marriage at the Wang's place. We can't let them think that we don't take them seriously," said Qi Zhonghuan.

  "What's there to discuss, just go by your schedule. His parents are ordinary working-class people, it's easy for them to take a day off, unlike you guys who have packed schedules and can't easily cancel." Qi Chengyue said nonchalantly.

  "Did you forget what your brother said just now?" Qi Zhongxun glared at Qi Chengyue, "It's fine to say this in front of us, but put away that attitude when facing Jian Yi's parents! If you look down on them, then don't be with Jian Yi from the start! Especially if Jian Yi sees your disdainful attitude, how will he think of you?"

  "Got it." Qi Chengyue's face sank, and she pouted.

  ……

  ……

  Jian Yi drove his car home, passing by a health food store. He suddenly changed direction and stopped the car at the side of the road. Not long after, he came out of the health food store with four large bags of things and put them in the back seat of the car.

  The dumplings are wrapped, Yu Qianying is picking up the dumplings, and sends Song Yu to wash his hands. Hearing the doorbell, she loudly instructs: "Song Yu, go open the door."

  Song Yu responded with a sound and walked to the door, opened it to see Jian Yi standing in front of him with big and small bags, without saying a word, he wanted to close the door.

  "Song Song, are we going to be strangers for the rest of our lives? Can't even be friends? I came this time just to see Uncle and Auntie."

  "Who's here?" Yu Qianying was just carrying a package of dumplings to put in the kitchen, which was right next to the front door. As she walked over, she saw Jian Yi standing outside the door.

  "Auntie, I was just on my way home and thought I'd drop by to see you." Jian Yi's gaze passed over Song Yu and landed on Yu Qianying.

  "Don't just stand at the door, come in quickly." Yu Qianying ran into the kitchen and put down the dumplings, then immediately ran out again. "Song Yu, let Jian Yi in, what's going on with him being blocked at the door?"

  "No need, I was just about to leave, I just came over to deliver some things." Jian Yi put all the health products he bought into the doorway.

  Yu Qianying looked and said, "Tsk", "You kid, why do you always buy such expensive things!"

  "It's not expensive either," Jian Yi said, "I'm leaving then."

  "Come on in, you've come all this way!" Yu Qianying pushed Song Yu aside and invited Jian Yi to enter.

  "No, I'll head back a bit earlier too, to keep my parents company." Jian Yi smiled.

  "Right, it's already late into the new year, I should head back early. Then I won't keep you any longer." Yu Qianying said, suddenly remembering something, "Wait a minute, hold on."

  She ran into the kitchen and brought out two more packages, "You take these two things back home, one box is Tieguanyin tea that someone gave us, and the other is a ceramic knife. Although the ceramic knife isn't very practical, it's exquisite and looks good when placed outside."

  "Auntie, this..." Jian Yi was about to decline, but Yu Qianying glared at him, "You can send me things, but I'm not allowed to send you things? Besides, these two are for your parents, nothing to do with you."

  "Alright, then I won't be polite." Jian Yi smiled and accepted the gift.

  "Song Yu, go see Jian Yi off." Yu Qianying gave her a push.

  Song Yu reluctantly pursed his lips and only went out of the door under Yu Qianying's persistent gaze.

  As he walked to the entrance of the unit, Song Yu didn't go out again and said coldly: "You can take your time." Then turned around and went upstairs.

  Just as she turned around, her arm was caught from behind and he pulled her back again.

  "Song Song, sometimes I think that you still love me, so now you especially hate me. If you had no feelings for me at all, why would you treat me like this?"

  Song Yu swung his hand open, let out a somewhat mocking snort, "Do you think my current behavior is hatred towards you, rather than just indifference?"

  Jian Yi pursed his lips tightly, and warm breath formed a white mist that escaped from his nostrils.

  "Are you with Qi Chengzhi? He told his family today that he has a girlfriend." Jian Yi's voice was tense, staring at Song Yu's face.

  Her face is still as beautiful, but now looking at his eyes no longer has the warmth of familiarity, cold like looking at a stranger, and even with a hint of disgust that he does not want to admit.

  Jian Yi's words caused Song Yu's expression to change slightly, and Qi Cheng said so?

  A warm current surged into her heart, thinking of that man who had so openly and frankly acknowledged her, although she was nervous and didn't know how to face the Qi family and her parents in the future, but being acknowledged by him like this still felt especially good.

  The originally cold expression became gentle, and Song Yu's eyebrows, eyes, and lips didn't seem to have any obvious changes, so Jian Yi couldn't tell either.

  "Zi Cheng had only been playing with you before, he didn't intend to be serious with you. Now he even has a girlfriend and has acknowledged it to his family, can't you understand?!" Jian Yi's gaze tightened on her, "Have you forgotten that when your family went bankrupt, the Qi family broke off the engagement?"

  "They are that kind of family, they only recognize money not people, they can't possibly accept you." Jian Yi felt a bit annoyed, Song Yu had always been the most beautiful memory in his mind, he didn't want this beauty to be tarnished by Qi Cheng.

  What's more, he couldn't bear to see Song Yu with any other man besides him.

  "Qī Chéng yī miàn zhuō zhe nǐ, kě lìng yī fāng miàn yòu qù zhǎo le yī gè mén dàng hù duì de nǚ péng yǒu, nǐ bú yào bèi tā piàn le." Jiǎn Yì zhuā zhù tā de gē bo, kàn Sòng Yǔ yī liǎn de mó rán, hǎo xiàng běn zhěng méi bǎ tā de huà tīng jìn qù, biàn gèng jiā xīn,"Nán dào hái děng zhe dào shí hòu kàn dào tā jià le bié rén, nǐ cái xiāng xìn?"

  "Song Yu, I don't want to see you get hurt."

  Song Yu felt that no matter who said it, it was not as hypocritical as Jian Yi's words. She shook off his arm and smiled coldly, "Congratulations on successfully entering the Qi family."

  From Jian Yi's words, how could she not hear that he had already been brought into the Qi family and met those people in the Qi family.

  This sentence made Jian Yi's face pale, and he no longer had the courage to catch her.

  Song Yu sneered and smiled, turned around and went upstairs. He still heard Jian Yi say behind him: "Song Song, I'm really doing it for your own good, I won't harm you!"

  Song Yu stopped in his tracks and didn't take another step, returning home to find Yu Qianying busy in the kitchen preparing dinner for New Year's Eve. She walked out of the kitchen and asked, "Have you sent Jian Yi off?"

  "Hmm." Song Yu nodded expressionlessly.

  "Jian Yi that child..." Yu Qiangying wanted to say something but stopped herself, still couldn't help but advise a sentence, "You two can't be together is no fate, you also don't hate him like this. All along, he has helped us a lot, even if you can't be lovers, you can still be friends. He came all the way here today, bringing things, look at your face drooping down. Jian Yi's past good deeds, have you forgotten them?"

  "If it's a problem with one's character, then it's better not to be friends." Song Yu said softly.

  "What?" The sudden burst of firecrackers outside made Yu Qianying unable to hear Song Yu's words.

  "Nothing." Song Yu shook his head and walked away.

  ……

  ……

  In the evening, the Song family finished their New Year's Eve dinner and gathered in front of the TV to watch the Spring Festival Gala.

  Since the Song family went bankrupt, their New Year's celebrations have been much more subdued.

  Yu's family was afraid that Song's family would come looking for them to ask for money, so they simply cut off their relationship with Yu Qianying.

  So the Song family went bankrupt for a few years and Yu Qianying also didn't return to her mother's home for several years, and she also cut off contact with those brothers and sisters at her mother's home.

  Outside, the sound of firecrackers and fireworks mixed together, ringing non-stop, especially when a string of firecrackers would suddenly go off with a loud "bang" and scare people, drowning out the TV's volume, which was already turned up very high by Yu Qianying.

  Song Yu held her mobile phone and chatted with Ruan Dan Chen while watching the Spring Festival Gala, when a call came in.

  Seeing the name of Qi Chengzhi, Song Yu glanced at Yu Qianying beside her, found that her attention was all on the sketch being broadcast, and walked into her own room with her mobile phone, closed the door, and answered it.

  One hand covering her ear, the other holding her phone, she hadn't spoken yet when she heard Qi Chengzhi's voice that made her feel safer and safer, "I'm under your building."

  You just came this morning, why did you come again?

  Song Yu glanced at the time and it was already past eleven o'clock.

  Knowing that there was no use saying anything else except going down, Song Yu said "I'll go down right away", then put on a down jacket, took her phone and keys and quietly left the door.

  She went downstairs and didn't see Qi Chengzhi's car, but instead many people were setting off firecrackers, probably occupying the whole area, so Qi Chengzhi couldn't get in either.

  She walked out and saw Qi Chengzhi's Range Rover next to the outermost building.

  Zi Chengzhi wore a deep blue woolen coat, unusually without an undershirt underneath, but instead wearing a V-necked black and white striped sweater. His long legs, clad in khaki trousers, were stretched out and leaning against the back door of the car.

  With gloved hands holding a cigarette between long fingers, he stood there quietly, exhaling faint wisps of smoke that were quickly dispersed by the cold wind.

  Song Yu's footsteps also slowed down, his eyes fixed on his face.

  He and Jian Yi are so different, with an aura that no one else can imitate from the very bones.

  She didn't know when it started, but whenever she saw him from afar, she felt especially calm, yet whenever she got close to him, she became particularly nervous.

  She never knew that a man quietly smoking could be so beautiful.

  Sensing her approach, Qi Chengzhi turned to look at her, his eyes rippling with warmth.

  His gaze made her stomach twist involuntarily, and her heart skipped a beat.

  Standing in front of him, Qi Chengzhi also straightened up, her figure suddenly lengthening, as if she had blocked out a lot of the wind.

  She slightly lifted her head, but her gaze only reached his chin, and even now, she didn't dare to really look him straight in the eye.

  "Why aren't you waiting in the car?" she asked softly, standing for just a moment before her pale cheeks were blown red and her hair was blown into disarray.

  Song Yu felt a bit frustrated, thinking that he should have tied up his hair before coming down, it was all because he walked too quickly.

  She just thought so, but didn't realize that when a woman starts to care about her image in front of a man, it means she has started to care about him and put him in her heart.

  Zi Chengzhi's hand, wearing a leather glove, helped her smooth out her hair, and in the process, she could still smell the scent of leather on the glove.

  He opened the rear door of the car and said, "Get in first."

  Song Yu found it strange that this time she was allowed to sit in the back.

  Still in doubt, he sat down and the car door opposite him also opened. Qi Chengzhi followed suit and got in as well.

  The car was cramped and lit up, unlike the darkness outside. Song Yu suddenly felt a surge of pressure and was at a loss for what to do.

  A whiff of cold wind carrying a refreshing scent wafted over from Zhen's body, and Song Yu's face, which had just been frozen stiff, began to burn with heat.

  "How come you're out now and not staying home for New Year's Eve?"

  Qī Chéng yī zhī yī gēn de jiāng shǒu tào cóng shǒu shàng chōu guò lái, lù chū tā gān jìng ér fēn míng de shǒu, "Wǒ xiǎng guò lái gēn nǐ yī qǐ shǒu suì."

  Translation:

  Qicheng pulled his gloves off one by one, revealing his clean and distinct hands. "I want to come over and spend New Year's Eve with you."

  He tossed his gloves aside and reached out to grasp Song Yu's icy hand, sandwiching her hands between his palms to warm them up with his own body heat.

  Before long, Song Yu's originally stiff fingers felt much more comfortable.

  The man who should have spent New Year's Eve with his family, instead abandoned his entire family and ran out to spend it with her.

  As for Chinese New Year, how important it is to stay up late doesn't need others to tell her, this is something done with family together, yet he came looking for her...

  Song Yu's heart was still racing, and he didn't dare to look at him, but suddenly lifted his head, staring steadily at his elegant face, only to collide with his deep and focused gaze.

  She had just looked down at his white and clean hands when he was staring at her like that.

  Song Yu's heart skipped a beat, her face flushing slightly red, "You wait here for a moment, I'll be right back."

  "Wait a minute." Qi Chengzhi's voice was low and smooth as he took his gloves off and put them on her.

  His hands were large, and when he put gloves on her hands, there was empty space at the fingertips, about a finger joint in length.

  The glove still held the warmth of Wei Zi Qi's hand.

  Wearing his gloves, Song Yu ran quickly into the corridor.

  At the entrance of her home, she took off her gloves and stuffed them into the pocket of her down jacket.

  As soon as she entered the house, she saw Yu Qianying cooking dumplings in the kitchen. Hearing the sound of the door closing, she turned her head to see Song Yu walking in from outside. She asked curiously: "Where did you go just now?"

  "Downstairs people are setting off fireworks." Song Yu didn't take off his down jacket, and walked directly into the kitchen, "I'll cook, you go watch the Spring Festival Gala with Dad."

  "No need, I've already started cooking. You go take a look." Yu Qianying was afraid that the dumplings would sink to the bottom and stick to the pot, so she stirred the water from time to time.

  Song Yu took the spoon and pushed her out, "I'm not very interested in the Spring Festival Gala, you go watch it, come back to eat dumplings after 12 o'clock."

  "Alright, alright, don't push it." Yu Qianying smiled and shook her head as she returned to the living room.

  Song Yu took out a larger fresh-keeping box and another one that was only the size of his palm, poured some vinegar into it, and closed the lid tightly.

  Put the cooked dumplings into a large fresh-keeping box and took two pairs of chopsticks before hugging them out of the door.

  Song Yu sat back in the car, and Qi Chengzhi saw her bring over steaming dumplings, no wonder she took so long to "go and come back".

  "Wait a minute," said Song Yu, leaning forward and turning on the radio. He didn't even bother to change the channel; every station was broadcasting the Spring Festival Gala anyway.

  Song Yu sat back down, and from the radio came the host's cheerful countdown voice.

  Just as the final bell rang, Song Yu happened to open the lunchbox too.

  "Did you wrap it yourself?" Qi Chengzhi took over the chopsticks and picked up a dumpling.

  "My mom made the filling, and then we wrapped them together." Song Yu picked one up, smiling awkwardly, "The ones with especially big ears on both sides are the ones I wrapped."

  Qī Chéngzhī quietly put down the originally white and plump dumpling, directly took over Sōng Yǔ's one, dipped it in vinegar and ate it.

  Outside the car, the fireworks rose into the air and burst into a radiant light that shone in, casting a faint haze on Qi Cheng's face.

  Two people squeezed in the car eating hot dumplings, accompanied by the sound of the radio program, but it feels especially warm.

  He's not afraid of being scalded either, dipping in vinegar one by one, yet it doesn't look rough at all, still able to eat elegantly and beautifully.

  ……

  ……

  Yu Qianying heard the New Year's countdown bell ringing, but didn't see Song Yu bringing over dumplings, so she called out: "Song Yu, are the dumplings done yet?"

  After waiting for more than a minute without getting a response from Song Yu, Yu Qianying stood up and muttered to herself: "This kid."

  Walking into the kitchen, there was still Song Yu's shadow. The pot of dumplings from before had disappeared without a trace, and the rest of the dumplings were still raw, arranged in their original positions, untouched.

  "This girl, said she would cook dumplings but ended up cooking who-knows-what!" Yu Qianying muttered to herself as she re-boiled the water to cook the dumplings.

  ……

  ……

  After the two finished eating dumplings, the Spring Festival Gala also ended.

  Zi Chengzhi put the empty lunchbox on the passenger seat and turned off the radio.

  The ambiguity that was temporarily alleviated by the lively program has returned once again.

  As Zicheng sat back, a firework exploded in the air at the right time, and the dazzling light shone in, printing on Song Yu's face, outlining her delicate and elegant features.

  "That... I'll go back first, be careful on the road." Song Yu was looked at by him and felt nervous, just about to turn around and leave, Wei Ziqi grasped her arm and pulled her into his embrace.

  "Haven't wished you a happy new year yet." His low, husky voice came in close to her ear, his lips brushing against her earlobe as he trailed down along the curve of her ear to her ear tip.

  A warm breath caressed her ear and neck, Song Yu's hands pressed against his chest, her heartbeat lost its rhythm.

  "Spring... Ah..." The next three words didn't have time to come out, her lips were already covered by his.

  He tightly grasped her back with both hands, his right hand slid down, and suddenly lifted her up, letting her slide onto the leather chair. He squeezed between her legs and pressed a forceful kiss on her.

  A hand slipped under her down jacket and into her sweater, the palm burning against her smooth skin as it slid upwards. Song Yu suddenly took a deep breath, her lower abdomen caving in while her chest arched outwards.

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