Chapter 584 Getting married?!
January 1, New Year's Eve.

Early in the morning, Li Luo woke up slowly, opened his eyes and looked at the ceiling. After a while, he gradually came back to his senses from the confused state of just waking up.

After taking a look at the quilt that was snatched away by Ying Chanxi, Li Luo reached out to pull the quilt back and covered Yan Zhusheng on the other side.

Then he sat up straight, got out of the quilt, tiptoed out of bed, and went to the bathroom to wash up.

It was a little late last night, so he simply didn't wake Ying Chanxi and Yan Zhusheng up, letting them sleep a little longer and have some rest.

After finishing washing up, Li Luo went downstairs to the living room on the second floor.

Grandma had already cooked the porridge, and when she saw her precious grandson coming downstairs, she immediately scooped a bowl for him, peeled a century egg, cut it in half, put it into the soy sauce bowl, and then went to the kitchen to fry an egg.

Li Luo slurped the steaming hot porridge, eating it with preserved eggs and fried eggs. After drinking the refreshing bowl of porridge, his whole body immediately felt warm and comfortable.

At this time, grandma said with a smile: "Go next door and call Xixi and Zhusheng to come and have some breakfast."

"They both slept late, I'll call them later, grandma, you go first."

"also."

Li Luo's grandmother goes to recite Buddhist scriptures every week, and she has to recite more before the Chinese New Year. She has to meet up with other old ladies early in the morning, and her schedule is very busy.

After watching his grandmother go downstairs and leave the yard, Li Luo stretched on the second-floor balcony and saw his parents coming down from upstairs.

"So early?"

Lin Xiuhong yawned, made herself a bowl of porridge, sat down, and said to Li Luo on the balcony, "Where are Xixi and Zhusheng?"

"Still sleeping."

"Why don't you ask them to go for a morning run together today?"

"It's Chinese New Year, it's okay to take a day off."

"So you're going for a morning run alone?"

"Yeah, warming up, getting ready to go."

"Then go ahead. I'll go and call Xixi Zhusheng to get up and have breakfast."

"Don't bother me. I'll just call you on the way home after I finish my run."

"Okay." Lin Xiuhong nodded without thinking too much, "Then your dad and I will go to visit relatives around to wish them a happy new year. You can just take Xixi and Zhusheng out to play."

"receive."

After listening to Lin Xiuhong's explanation, Li Luo went downstairs to run.

After running slowly around Lijia Village, Li Luo went upstairs and glanced at the living room. Seeing that his parents were not at home, he returned to the bedroom on the third floor and patted his little butt under the quilt.

"Get up, the sun is shining on your butt."

As he spoke, Li Luo had already walked to the window and pulled open the curtains.

The bright sunshine outside suddenly poured in, making the two girls' sleeping faces look white and translucent. You could faintly see the fine hair around their lips, which was so cute.

Yan Zhusheng had woken up at this time and opened his eyes to look at Li Luo.

Ying Chanxi struggled a little, then rubbed his eyes reluctantly, barely squinted his eyes, and opened them with difficulty.

"I want a hug." Yan Zhusheng stretched out his hands towards Li Luo and spoke in a serious tone that should have been full of coquettish words.

"What do you want a hug for?" Ying Chanxi inside immediately reached out and slapped Yan Zhusheng's arm away, "Can't you get up by yourself?"

"Sister, you are so bad." Yan Zhusheng turned her head and looked at Ying Chanxi, "After Li Luo hugged me, he can hug you."

"I, I don't want him to hug me." Ying Chanxi said stubbornly and pushed Yan Zhusheng off the bed.

Yan Zhusheng not only didn't get a hug, but was also pushed down by Ying Chanxi. He had no choice but to put on his slippers, walk out of the room, and go to the bathroom to wash up.

As a result, after Ying Chanxi moved to the bedside, he did not get down on his own initiative. Instead, he blinked and glanced at Li Luo.

Li Luo looked at her with amusement: "Want a hug?"

"I didn't say..."

"Then why don't you get up yourself?"

"I'm just a little cold, and it's still brewing."

"Oh, I'll go out first then."

"Hey!" Ying Chanxi reached out and grabbed a corner of Li Luo's clothes, "Why are you leaving?"

"So what should you say?"

"Hold, hold me for a moment..."

"wrong."

"Then what do you want me to say..."

"What did Zhu Sheng say just now?"

"You——" Ying Chanxi was anxious and glared at Li Luo, but then he softened and turned his head to look inside. His lips moved and he whispered, "I want a hug..."

The next second, Ying Chanxi felt himself floating in the air.

She let out a cry and subconsciously wrapped her arms around Li Luo's neck. When she came to her senses, her cheeks immediately turned red with shame. She gently hit Li Luo's chest a few times and buried her face in his arms.

Li Luo hugged her for a while, lowered his head and gave her a good morning kiss, then put Ying Chanxi on the ground and squatted down to put on her slippers.

I pinched the cute and tender pink feet.

Then Ying Chanxi ran to the bathroom to wash up.

At this time, Yan Zhusheng had finished brushing his teeth and simply washed his face. Then he gave his seat to Ying Chanxi and left the bathroom, and very considerately helped close the door.

So when Li Luo walked out of the bedroom, Yan Zhusheng pushed him against the wall.

"After washing up, let's go downstairs to eat." Li Luo held Yan Zhusheng's slender waist and said with a smile.

But Yan Zhusheng said nothing, just buried herself in his chest for a hug, smelling the familiar and reassuring scent, and immersed herself in it for a long time.

Li Luo hugged Yan Zhusheng and gently stroked her waist-length hair.

It was not until the sound of washing water in the bathroom stopped that Yan Zhusheng raised his head and whispered in Li Luo's ear: "Sister didn't let me hug her, but secretly asked you to hug her. Sister is bad, but I don't mind sister hugging me, so I'm good."

After saying that, Yan Zhusheng broke away from Li Luo's arms. Just then, Ying Chanxi pushed open the bathroom door and came out, and saw the two people who had been waiting at the door.

"Let's go downstairs to eat." Ying Chanxi didn't notice anything unusual and turned around and walked downstairs.

Li Luo glanced at Yan Zhusheng with a smile, thinking that this girl's train of thought was always simple and direct, yet interesting and cute.

It's really hilarious.

However, Yan Zhusheng's adaptability is too strong, and she can call me sister so easily.

I don’t know when Ying Chanxi will be able to call Zhu Sheng “sister”.

It would be even better if he shouted this when both of them were in his arms.

Li Luo imagined such a scene in his mind, and when he went downstairs, he almost missed a step and rolled all the way down.

Fortunately, nothing happened. After the three of them came to the second floor, Li Luo went to the kitchen and fried two eggs for them.

After drinking the porridge, Li Luo took them to a nearby convenience store to buy fireworks and firecrackers in preparation for the New Year's Eve.

...In the afternoon, Li Luo and his whole family became busy.

Li Luo's uncle Chen Hailin was in charge of cooking in the kitchen, and several aunts and Lin Xiuhong were all helping in the kitchen. Dishes were quickly served to the dining table in the living room.

Li Guohong and Li Dao prepared all the things needed for worship on New Year's Eve.

Candles, wine glasses, yellow paper, silver ingots, and a big black pot for burning paper money.

Starting from around four o'clock in the evening, Li Luo's family members had to kneel down in front of the candles one by one to perform the ceremony, and then worship again before the candles went out.

After the worship here is over, they will go to the balcony with a big black pot and start burning yellow paper, silver ingots, and the Buddhist scriptures that grandma had just recited this morning.

By the time this process was completed, it was already past six in the evening.

About twenty people sat around two tables. Lin Xiuhong and others were busy running back and forth between the kitchen and the living room, reheating the dishes that had just gone cold.

The New Year’s Eve dinner began.

The men drinking sat at one table, and the women and children sat at another table.

Because Li Luo was already an adult, he was pulled to the main table next door, poured a glass of beer and sat next to his grandfather.

It was a rare opportunity for the old man to see his grandson during the Chinese New Year, so he happily poured a small glass of white wine, clinked glasses with Li Luo, and drank it all in one gulp.

The grandmother at the next table saw this and immediately raised her eyebrows and shouted, "Drink less! How can you finish it in one gulp?"

"It's Chinese New Year, so many things to worry about." Grandpa said helplessly, "I'm just happy."

"Li Luo, drink less too," Grandma reminded him, "Don't learn from your grandfather."

Competing with grandma in wits and courage is also a little hobby between the old couple.

Li Luo watched this scene with a smile on his face, feeling extremely warm.

However, considering his grandfather's health, he still said, "Grandpa should drink slowly and eat more vegetables to fill his stomach."

The New Year’s Eve dinner starts at around 6:00 in the evening and lasts until 8:00 in the evening, when the Spring Festival Gala begins on TV.

Everyone's attention was attracted by the opening ceremony of the Spring Festival Gala, and then some people turned to look at Yuan Wanqing and asked her why she didn't go to the Spring Festival Gala this year.

"The director did invite me, but I'm feeling very tired this year, so I declined." Yuan Wanqing said modestly.

Chen Lu and others nodded after hearing this. After all, they had held more than ten concerts in a row since October, and would continue after the New Year until the summer vacation. They must be exhausted.

But what they didn't know was that Yuan Wanqing rejected all invitations not only from the Spring Festival Gala, but also from some local TV stations.

According to the company's original plan, even if I didn't go to the CCTV Spring Festival Gala this year, I should have accepted the invitation to the evening party from Qianjiang TV Station.

However, Yuan Wanqing signed the studio model, which gives her relatively large autonomy, and she was brought up by Ying Zhicheng.

So as long as she doesn't want to go, no one in the company can force her.

For Yuan Wanqing, compared to participating in any evening party performance, it is obviously more important to go back to her hometown with Ying Zhicheng to celebrate the New Year.

Especially this year, it is extremely critical.

However, just as Yuan Wanqing was responding to other people's curious questions and picking up food to eat, she suddenly saw a pair of chopsticks next to her picking up a piece of braised pork that was a little out of her reach.

Yuan Wanqing subconsciously said thank you, then looked in the direction of the chopsticks and found that it was Ying Chanxi who picked it up for her.

This made her stunned for a moment.

Ying Chanxi turned his head away and did not meet Yuan Wanqing's eyes, but such an active show of goodwill made Yuan Wanqing feel warm in her heart.

Certain memories came to her mind, and Yuan Wanqing even felt a mist brewing in the corners of her eyes.

It really looks like...

Sister Ruqing, your daughter is just like you, always so considerate.

Yuan Wanqing lowered her head and picked up the piece of braised pork in the bowl, chewing it carefully and tasting it, finding it extremely delicious.

The slight uneasiness that I had felt about eating the New Year's Eve dinner at the Li family disappeared at this moment.

Looking at Chen Lu and the other children who had already run to the coffee table and started playing poker, he then looked at Ying Chanxi and Yan Zhusheng who were having dinner with them.

He turned his head and looked at Ying Zhicheng and Li Luo who were drinking at the next table.

A smile appeared on Yuan Wanqing's face.

The stable life she once dreamed of is now within reach.

At this time, she even had the thought of quitting while the going was good.

It would be great if I could just choose to retire now.

But Ying Zhicheng has not yet completely established his foothold in the company. Both Ying Zhicheng and Li Luo are in the rising period of their careers.

So Yuan Wanqing just thought about it and quickly put the idea behind her. She just wanted to take advantage of the short time of the New Year to enjoy this peaceful and happy life as much as possible.

……

As the Spring Festival Gala ended after 10 o'clock in the evening, my grandparents could no longer bear it, and after finishing the drinking party, they went downstairs to wash up and go to bed.

It’s not good for the health of the elderly to stay up late, so they won’t join these young people in celebrating the New Year.

As time gradually approached early morning, Li Luo and his friends brought fireworks and firecrackers and went to the yard downstairs, ready to set off the fireworks later.

Ying Zhicheng, holding a wine glass in his hand, went to the second-floor balcony with Li Guohong, watched the children playing with firecrackers and fireworks below, and took a sip.

"Time flies so fast... Another year has passed." Li Guohong looked at the heartwarming scene under the night sky and couldn't help but sigh, "After this year, these little guys will take the college entrance examination and then go to college. They will be considered real adults."

"In my impression, they were all tiny."

"In the blink of an eye, it has soared so high."

"Yeah." Ying Zhicheng shook the glass, raised his head and drank it all in one gulp, exhaling a long breath as if he had finally unloaded a heavy burden. "We've all grown up, and after so much time, we can talk about some things now."

"Hmm?" Li Guohong originally thought that Ying Zhicheng was just expressing his feelings, but he felt something was wrong as he listened, "What did you say?"

Ying Zhicheng glanced at his childhood friend, then laughed a little embarrassedly, raised his hand and patted Li Guohong on the shoulder, and breathed a sigh of relief: "Want to know?"

"Why are you keeping me in suspense?" Li Guohong rolled his eyes. "Just fart if you have to."

"I'm getting married." Ying Zhicheng said.

As soon as these words came out, it was like a bolt from the blue, which shocked Li Guohong so much that he stood there in a daze, unable to react.

"No, no... why... are you suddenly getting married?" Li Guohong's brain was about to shut down. "I haven't seen you doing this before. Why is it so sudden?"

"It's not that sudden. It's been several years." Ying Zhicheng lowered his head and laughed, "It's just that I kept it a secret from you guys before. I only told Xixi yesterday."

"So who is it? You never mentioned it to me before!" Li Guohong was puzzled and looked at Ying Zhicheng in confusion.

"Here." Ying Zhicheng pointed towards the house, with a hint of boasting in his eyes, and said with a smile, "Aren't you sitting inside?"

This moment.

Li Guohong turned his head abruptly, staring at a slender figure in the room, and was completely stunned.

What the hell!

Ying Zhicheng, you son of a bitch!

(End of this chapter)