Chapter Nineteen (Half 1)

Translated by trungtnguyen123

On New Yr’s Eve there was a small snowstorm. On the An family, Miss Chen cooked a sizzling pot dinner for New Yr’s Eve.

An Xiao Li beloved New Yr’s Eve dinner essentially the most. The entire evening she obtained to listen to Miss Chen lovingly spar with each her dad and herself. Often An Bu San obtained to interject a couple of questions, however at any time earlier than he obtained to complete ‘the so-called’ dialog starter of his, Miss Chen would intimidate him to maintain his lure shut.

Since yesterday afternoon, Chen Yu Bai didn’t say quite a bit and his complexion was colder than the snowstorm outdoors. Each An Bu San and Miss Chen seen Chen Yu Bai was quieter than regular, however they weren’t nosey folks in order that they didn’t ask about it.

Miss Chen took out two New Yr crimson packets for her daughter and her nephew. ‘It’s time to want us a Pleased New Yr!’

Chen Yu Bai and An Xiao Li obtained their crimson packets. An Xiao Li glanced at Chen Yu Bai’s greater crimson packet and wasn’t blissful. ‘Why is his crimson packet greater than mine?’

Chen Yu Bai ignored An Xiao Li and he calmly put his crimson packet on the desk. ‘Thanks Miss Chen, thanks uncle. Pleased New Yr.’

Miss Chen knocked An Xiao Li’s head. ‘I’ve raised you myself, however why are you so unhealthy? Like a little bit dummy lady. You’ll be turning twenty-three years previous, how can I marry you off in your unhealthy state?’

‘I’m nonetheless younger!’ An Xiao Li mumbled. She was nonetheless sad about Chen Yu Bai’s greater crimson packet.

‘Twenty-three remains to be younger? I’m letting , aunty Zheng is setting you up together with her nephew who’s a senior supervisor of an actual property firm. After New Yr, you’ll go on an organized date with him so that you higher be in your greatest behaviour and don’t embarrass your mum! If he rejects you, wait and see how I cope with you!’

Miss Chen warned her daughter and on the similar time glanced at her nephew to see what his response was. Chen Yu Bai calmly ate his dinner and pretended like he didn’t hear their dialog.

‘I don’t wish to have an organized date…’ An Xiao Li protested.

‘Don’t fear, it’s not sure he’ll reject you,’ Miss Chen stated.

An Bu San felt his spouse’s pointless interference of their daughter’s life was laughable. An Bu San patted their daughter’s shoulder sympathetically, he knew what it was prefer to be bullied by his spouse into doing one thing in opposition to his will. Even Chen Yu Bai smiled at Miss Chen’s antics.

It was apparent the ambiance in the home was heat, however An Xiao Li didn’t know what pricked her coronary heart as a result of tears fell down her cheeks. In that second An Xiao Li snapped out of her daze and realised she was heartbroken.

An Bu San and Miss Chen each didn’t perceive why their daughter was crying and thought their daughter was sulking. Chen Yu Bai was quiet for a very long time then he handed his crimson packet to Xiao Li. ‘Don’t cry anymore.’

An Xiao Li heard Chen Yu Bai’s tone seemed like an older cousin teasing their youthful cousin. She gripped the crimson packet and her coronary heart was extra depressed.

‘Yu Bai, you’ll be turning twenty-nine years previous. Is your Chen Yin Jiang arranging your marriage but?’ Miss Chen requested her nephew to deflect the eye off her daughter.

‘I’m chargeable for making my very own life selections,’ Chen Yu Bai stated.

‘Oh? You even have a girlfriend already? Who’s she? How’s her character? When are you two getting married?’ Miss Chen requested.

‘Was planning to get married subsequent yr, however…’ Chen Yu Bai stated and paused to look at Xiao Li who was bending her head and wiping her nostril. ‘She’s mad at me in the mean time. Subsequent time I’ll introduce her to you. She’s a little bit dummy, her character… just lately I realised she’s a little bit unreasonable.’

An Xiao Li threw the tissue she used to wipe her nostril onto the eating desk and glared at Chen Yu Bai. ‘Who’s the one which’s unreasonable?’

‘Xiao Li! Don’t you understand how to be well mannered?’ An Bu San scolded.

Chen Yu Bai quietly smiled. An Xiao Li glared at Chen Yu Bai and turned away and met Miss Chen’s accusatory look and it made An Xiao Li extra upset that her eyes stung.

After dinner, the city’s occasion organisers invited everybody within the city from academics to college students to go to the varsity’s discipline to observe fireworks. The An family all went to see the fireworks. It was a giant crowd and a number of youngsters have been working and enjoying round. There was a chubby little boy who knocked over a dazed An Xiao Li, the chubby little boy made a face at An Xiao Li and ran away laughing.

Chen Yu Bai adopted behind the An family however rushed to Xiao Li when he noticed her fell onto the snowy floor. He helped her arise. She pushed him away, brushed snow off her physique and prevented eye contact with him. ‘Thanks.’

‘Don’t be well mannered,’ Chen Yu Bai stated in a colder tone than An Xiao Li’s chilly tone of voice.

Chen Yu Bai and An Xiao Li each stood frozen on the spot and later the fireworks exploded within the sky. It was the a part of the evening that An Xiao Li anticipated essentially the most on New Yr’s Day. However in that second she stood shoulder to shoulder with Chen Yu Bai, she momentarily felt remorse, if he was nonetheless her little Bai it’d have been one thing to rejoice, watching the attractive sky of fireworks with the person of her goals.

‘Yesterday I used to be too sizzling headed, I’m sorry,’ Chen Yu Bai stated too quick.

‘Huh?’ An Xiao Li requested.

‘It’s nothing,’ Chen Yu Bai stated.

Chen Yu Bai wore a black jacket and he tilted his head up like he was watching the fireworks, however his eyes have been distant and chilly.

Within the midst of the loud applause and cheers, the radio via the varsity’s speaker system performed Pleased New Yr songs.

‘Do you have fun New Yr like this yearly?’ Chen Yu Bai requested.

‘What different means is there to have fun New Yr? How do you have fun New Yr?’ An Xiao Li requested reluctantly.

‘Work,’ Chen Yu Bai stated.

‘You’re employed on New Yr’s Day?’ An Xiao Li requested.

‘For me it’s simply time, there’s no distinction,’ Chen Yu Bai stated.

‘Chilly-blooded,’ An Xiao Li stated.

‘Um,’ Chen Yu Bai stated calmly. ‘Previously I used to assume I didn’t want any heat.’

‘After I was a child, my household hosted fireworks at house that was much more lovely than the fireworks right here, however I didn’t trouble watching the fireworks. When Chen Yin Ren was nonetheless residing in our household house, we celebrated New Yr’s Eve and New Yr’s Day collectively, again then she didn’t know how one can cook dinner but so she made immediate noodles for me. That was how I used to have fun New Yr’s Eve dinner with Chen Yin Ren, as a result of we didn’t like spending it with all our kin and a bunch of outsiders invited to our house for dinner,’ Chen Yu Bai stated.

An Xiao Li seen when Chen Yu Bai spoke slower, his breath was colder and it appeared to offer off a way of loneliness that contrasted to the vigorous ambiance round them. His face was chilly as regular, however she felt that he was opening his protecting layer that he saved closed for many of his life and it revealed his susceptible coronary heart.

An Xiao Li felt that the majority issues had onerous shells on the surface, as a result of on the within have been vulnerabilities like concern of being damage.

‘The primary time I met you, I felt that Chen Yin Ren was really a dummy. You received’t an angel like how she described. You have been a rustic bumpkin, timid and I didn’t get to scare you however you have been already crying and your nostril was runny. You have been troublesome,’ Chen Yu Bai stated.

Chen Yu Bai solely spoke that a lot about his previous to An Xiao Li that evening. Instantly he turned away from her and smiled to himself. Underneath the intense fireworks, she felt that his handsomeness choked her breathless.

An Xiao Li didn’t bear in mind what she was like when she met Chen Yu Bai. That far-off afternoon, Miss Chen simply obtained secretly married to her dad and Miss Chen introduced her and her dad house to fulfill Miss Chen’s household. Miss Chen’s household had guards stopped An Bu San from coming inside Miss Chen’s household house. Miss Chen introduced An Xiao Li inside her household house and upstairs into Chen Yu Bai’s room. Then Miss Chen went downstairs and had a screaming match together with her mother and father. After that day, Miss Chen’s coronary heart was coldly set and she or he by no means talked about something concerning the Chen family in entrance of An Bu San or An Xiao Li.

‘An Xiao Li, if again then I may predict my future, I wouldn’t bully you. If I may predict what occurred now, I wouldn’t… have completed so many issues that induced you to hate me,’ Chen Yu Bai stated.

Chen Yu Bai’s voice step by step light. An Xiao Li’s eyes launched a flood of tears and he slowly wiped her tears. He gently held her face and regarded into her eyes. ‘I’m actually sorry, I made you this unhappy. I’m sorry.’

The fireworks bloomed and half the sky was dyed in vivid colors. The loud applause and cheers on the varsity’s discipline have been steady. Within the midst of the vigorous pleasure, everybody tilted their heads up and regarded up on the sky. Aside from An Xiao Li who lined her mouth and cried silently and Chen Yu Bai who bent his head and quietly bypassed the group of individuals and left An Xiao Li behind.

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Finish of Chapter Nineteen (Half 1)