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Published at 12th of December 2023 08:23:09 AM


Chapter 16

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On the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, Yan Xingzhi took a vacation and the holiday began.

 

Bai Xiaoxi also rested. In fact, she was not tired at all, but Sister Lin and Su Yingru couldn’t bear to think she was a little pitiful, and there was also Yan Xingzhi who persuaded her, so she had to stop work for a while.

 

Su Yingru called on the same day and asked her and Yan Xingzhi to go to the Yan House one day in advance to celebrate the New Year. In previous years, Yan Xingzhi only returned on New Year’s Eve.

 

Although she have only seen her once, Su Yingru has already figured out the character of the little girl after several contacts. She is a child who has not grown up and likes delicious and fun things.

 

So she said on the phone that there is a reservoir near the house. Every year the fish on the New Year’s Eve dinner table is fished by her family in the reservoir breeding area. This year’s fish hasn’t been caught yet. When she comes, you can call Yan Xingzhi to follow her.

 

She also said that dozens of strawberries in the flower room are ripe, and she can pick the freshest and eat them as soon as she comes. Also, she made a lot of jam at home a while ago, and she is preparing to make desserts in the past two days…

 

Sure enough, Bai Xiaoxi took the bait, put down her phone and went to find Yan Xingzhi.

 

Yan Xingzhi was in the study. Although he took a vacation, he just didn’t have to go to the company. Occasionally, there were some official business to deal with.

 

His study, Bai Xiaoxi, seldom took the initiative to approach, just like before on Mingshan, where there were paw prints left by her. Only the master study, she did not dare to go in and make trouble, and she felt a sense of awe inexplicably.

 

She squatted outside Yan Xingzhi study room and waited, took out her mobile phone and started playing the game, but she stopped playing the stars, and instead connected two identical fruits together, as long as there were no obstacles between them. Can be eliminated.

 

This kind of game that does not need to use brains, only tests eyesight and hand speed, she plays much easier.

 

When Yan Xingzhi opened the door and came out, he saw her sitting on the carpet against the wall, her legs crossed, and a white and delicate ankle exposed under her trousers.

 

“Are you finished?” Bai Xiaoxi didn’t look up, and moved her thumbs quickly, poking and poking, and the game was over within ten seconds, before raising her head and looking at him, “When shall we go to Uncle and Auntie to celebrate the New Year?”

 

“Tomorrow afternoon, why?”

 

He stood at the door with the study door half opened, and Bai Xiaoxi glanced inward, always feeling that places like “study heavy ground” were darker than other places.

 

“Because you still have work to do today?” She thought, if he is really busy, then don’t mention the matter of going back for the New Year in advance.

 

Yan Xingzhi had already guessed her thoughts, most likely his mother called her and asked the two of them to go back earlier.

 

Although he guessed it, he didn’t give a positive answer. Instead, he said, “It’s not even today’s work. Some of them are for next year, but now it’s okay if you are idle you can check it in advance.”

 

When Bai Xiaoxi heard it, she felt that there was a way, so she stood up and said eagerly: “Well, you can let it go. Don’t be so diligent. You have been working hard for a year. Of course you have to take a good rest when you are on vacation.”

 

Yan Xingzhi felt a bit funny, and he deliberately said: “I think staying at home is considered a break.”

 

“Then how to calculate it, when you rest you must at least leave work related things, if you are like this, this…this is not called a rest at all!”

 

“Then what do you suggest I should do?” Yan Xingzhi asked.

 

Bai Xiaoxi’s eyes sparkled, and Yan Xingzhi’s heart was very obvious, “For example, you can go fishing and pick strawberries…”

 

Yan Xingzhi smiled and shook his head.

 

Bai Xiaoxi thought he disagreed, and begged softly: “Can we do it? If we don’t go, the strawberries will be overripe.”

 

Yan Xingzhi looked down. When she begged, she unconsciously moved closer, her face almost touching his arm, her moist lips closed, and her black and white eyes reflected his figure.

 

He nodded when he saw his reflection.

 

“Yeah! Great!” Bai Xiaoxi jumped up excitedly, and ran away, “I’m going to change clothes! Aunt Lin, Aunt Lin…We are going to the mountains to celebrate the New Year, we are going to pick strawberries!”

 

Su Yingru was more happy than Bai Xiaoxi when she heard the news.

 

You know, since moving out, Yan Xingzhi only occasionally goes back to eat dinner on weekends and Chinese New Year holidays. At most, stay at home for one night on New Year’s Eve, and leave the next day, alienated and polite, almost like strangers, not like family.

 

Now the situation has finally changed, even if the son just goes home a day earlier, the meaning is different.

 

They packed their things and set off in the afternoon.

 

The streets are crowded with people, cars coming and going, and many shops have big red lanterns hanging on the doorways, with characters of blessing and couplets posted, and the flavor of the New Year is already very strong.

 

The Yan house has also been decorated, and red blessings can be seen everywhere, and the deserted house is a bit more cheerful and lively.

 

When they were on the road just now, Yan Xingzhi told Bai Xiaoxi that the people who celebrated here, in addition to their family of three, there are other members of the Yan clan who are relatively close, and they will come back in the next few days.

 

“Then when I see them, do you want me to take the initiative to say hello?” Bai Xiaoxi asked, she was a little worried, if seven or eight people came at once, what would happen if she confuses who is who.

 

Yan Xingzhi shook his head lightly and said, “I have a higher seniority. Except for some obviously older people, you can take the initiative when you meet them, and don’t care about anything else.”

 

Yanhong is a middle-aged person. Now he has an older sister, the aunt of Yan Xingzhi, are left in the same generation. This aunt is in poor health and has been living in a nursing home for several years and will not go home during the Chinese New Year.

 

But Yan Xingzhi is an old man who looks young, but his seniority is not low. It can be said that in the family, people younger than him must be his junior, and those older than him may not be his elder.

 

Bai Xiaoxi nodded to express understanding.





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