Rebirth after the college entrance examination

Chapter 213 Celebrate the New Year happily

Twice in a row, Zuo You dragged her weak legs back to the opposite door.

Within half an hour, both sets of parents went home.

The next day, the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, Zuo You and Xia An did not go out. From the morning, when the parents went downstairs to do chores, the two of them also took the opportunity to start doing chores.

After finishing my work, I washed up and went downstairs to help out at the restaurant and supermarket.

Basically, every two hours or so, once their energy had recovered and their interest was piqued again, they would secretly send each other a text message and arrange to go upstairs together.

Their youthful bodies and intense emotions made them like wind-up wild horses; even in the brief moments after they ended, there were no moments of tranquility, no emptiness, only complete satisfaction.

During the busiest time of the afternoon at the supermarket, Zuo You became bolder and agreed to let Xia An do whatever she wanted in her living room.

Afterwards, he even danced naked for Xia An.

The air was thick with the smell of hormones.

Two pairs of eyes met, a hint of affection reflected in the intense sunlight.

Sister Yuzi was completely gone. She leaned against Xia An like a little girl, humming the first song Xia An wrote for her.

After finishing one song, I started on the second.

Xia An prepared two songs for her for the "Supernova" stage after the start of spring.

"Have you been tired these past few months?"

"Not tired."

Zuo You shook her head on his shoulder and smiled with her eyes half-closed, "It feels like I've suddenly started living a completely different life, shuttling back and forth in someone else's life every day. It's very interesting."

"If you become famous and get more roles, you might be rushing to three different film sets a day. Can you handle that?"

"Want to try."

Xia An held her foot in his hand and smiled, "It'll be soon."

Zuo You asked him, "Are you particularly rich now?"

Xia An nodded: "If I don't gamble or do drugs, I'll have more money than I can spend."

Zuo You checked the time and said, "Go take a shower. Mom and Dad will be coming up to call us for dinner soon."

Zuo You washed up first, and Xia An went back to her room to call Tang Wan, intending to discuss New Year's Eve plans with her, but Tang Wan didn't answer.

Zuo You came out wrapped in a bath towel, and while Xia An helped her blow-dry her hair, she put on her underwear.

When Xia An went to take a shower, she carefully inspected the sofa.

Wipe away the water stains, pick up a few crooked hairs, and then mop the floor while humming a song.

Just then, Xia An's phone vibrated.

Zuo You saw that the caller's contact name was "Tang Xiaowan".

She blinked and continued mopping the floor.

The phone rang three times in a row, and finally a text message arrived.

Zuo You held the mop and stood quietly in the backlight.

When Xia An came out, drying her hair and wearing shorts, Zuo You laughed and said, "Your phone just rang."

Xia An was taken aback for a moment, then calmly smiled and said, "There's a lot going on at the end of the year. Who was it? Why didn't you answer it for me?"

"It was washing the mop, and then it stopped making noise when it came out."

Xia An walked over and saw three missed calls and one text message.

The text message was not viewed.

"She's the richest woman in our province, and also a senior from our school, Tang Wan, do you know her?"

While bending down to mop the floor, Zuo You said with a smile, "I know, I saw the news. My parents were talking about it a couple of months ago too."

[Su Su said the family reunion dinner starts at 8 pm, which is perfect for watching the Spring Festival Gala. Whether you come or not is up to you.]

“Their group is now cooperating with Weibo. It’s called a cooperation, but actually I’m using their supermarket to drive traffic. She’s much richer than me.”

I'll definitely be there; we're having a family reunion dinner at my house this afternoon.

Zuo You went to the bathroom to rinse the mop, then turned around and asked, "The news said she's an orphan. It must be so pitiful for her to spend the New Year alone."

Xia An walked over, hugged her from behind, and laughed, "Rich people are surrounded by friends. Besides, maybe they're traveling for the New Year."

"Yeah, that's right."

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Restaurants and supermarkets were closed at noon on New Year's Eve.

But only the restaurants were truly closed; the supermarkets were just closed but had their signs lit up.

Yuzu's mother is kind-hearted and said that if any of the neighbors need anything, there should always be a place to buy it.

Zuo Dashu and Xia's parents were all busy in the kitchen.

Chicken, duck, fish, eggs, and fresh seafood—everything was available. Zuo Dashu even learned how to cook lobster a week in advance.

Now that the family is well-off, a huge Australian lobster sits in the center of the New Year's Eve dinner table.

Before dinner, Wei Xiaofang called Lin Jiajia and called back after hanging up, saying, "It's strange, Jiajia took the old lady on a trip during the Chinese New Year."

Xia Kangning said, "She made a lot of money on stocks. She used to suffer, but now it's great to be able to take care of her grandmother and enjoy a comfortable life."

Wu Sufeng, who also knew Lin Jiajia, chimed in, "Life is getting better and better. Going out is fine too; it's better than the old woman and the young girl spending the New Year alone."

Xia An is peeling shrimp for Xiao Youzi, and Xiao Youzi is serving Xia An a pig's trotter.

The adults beamed with joy as they watched the two children being so affectionate.

The pomelo restaurant was filled with a cheerful atmosphere as the sun set.

The tragedy of the original world will never happen again.

Although Xia Kangning was the groom's father, the host was Zuo Dashu, so Xia Kangning asked Zuo to offer a toast first.

Zuo Dashu didn't know what to say, he just looked at Xia An and said, "There's no end to making money, so take care of your health and live a good life."

Xia An smiled and held Youzi's little hand, agreeing.

Then, Xia Kangning picked up his glass, cleared his throat, and began his long speech. He started with the principles of managing one's family, governing the state, and bringing peace to the world, took the continuation of the family line by having children as his purpose, and concluded with the wish for family reunion and harmony, thus bringing the Lunar New Year of 2006 to a close in the orange-red light.

Xia An took Xiao Youzi to the door to set off firecrackers. Xiao Youzi was scared, but she covered her ears and didn't run away.

Crackling sounds.

Zuo You returned to the table and poured herself a full glass of baijiu.

Around 5 p.m., families began their reunion dinner, with firecrackers going off one after another.

Wu Sufeng and Wei Xiaofang were going to make dumplings later, so they didn't drink much, but everyone else drank freely.

Little Yuzu seemed particularly happy; she became sleepy before seven o'clock.

Wu Sufeng and Wei Xiaofang left the table a little earlier and chatted while eating melon seeds.

Little Yuzu, half asleep, asked Xia An to take her upstairs to bed. Lying in bed, she tilted her head back, pouted, and asked Xia An to kiss her. Then, she chuckled and said, "Little brat, when we welcome the gods at midnight, you have to wish me a Happy New Year. I've prepared lucky money for you."

While she was asleep, Xia An washed her face, grabbed her car keys, and went downstairs again.

Xia Kangning and Zuo Dashu, two old comrades-in-arms, were still drinking and bragging when Xia An told his two mothers, "I'm going to deliver a gift. I'll be back in a bit for dumplings," and left.

There were no cars on the road, and everywhere were red, festive firecracker wrappers. A cold wind carrying the smell of gunpowder blew in through the windows. Xia An arrived at the villa just in time.

Bright red lanterns hung high in the courtyard, paper-cuts were pasted on the windows, and bright lights shone inside.

Entered the door.

Two orphans, one homeless child, and three girls who weren't at the table sat down. They placed the dishes on the coffee table, facing the TV in a row. They were all wearing bright red sweaters, had their hair styled, and were made up; each one was more eye-catching than the last.

Xia An began with auspicious words, clasping her hands in greeting and saying, "Happy New Year to the three of you sisters."

Then, three tiny, white hands were immediately offered up, palms facing upwards…

The same longing expression.

Xia An took out three thick envelopes from his pocket and slapped them one by one.

"Graduate as soon as possible." That's what I said to Su Yi.

"Be healthy." That's what I said to Zhou Zhou.

"My darling," he said to Tang Wan.

It's just put together, like I told everyone.

At home we drink baijiu (Chinese liquor), but here we drink red liquor.

Tang Wan leaned against Xia An and peeled shrimp for him.

Xia An pretended the other two didn't exist and said to her, "This is the first year, it will get more and more lively in the future."

Tang Wan smiled, shook her head cutely, and stuffed a shrimp into his mouth.

Su Yi said meaningfully, "Yes, that's true, I believe it. What about you, Zhou Zhou?"

Zhou Zhou has a particular fondness for braised pork knuckle. For some unknown reason, she was slurping up the skin of the braised pork knuckle delivered by Marriott when she nodded cutely, "I believe you."

A bottle of red wine was quickly finished, and Su Yi opened another bottle.

Tang Wan said to Xia An, "Don't drink anymore, we have to drive back in the middle of the night."

Xia An said, "It's okay, I'll sip it slowly and keep you company."

Zhou Zhou looked at him and said, "I've arranged for someone to come on the sixth day of the lunar new year. Do you have time to see them?"

It refers to three female bodyguards who came from the Philippines.

Tang Wan will definitely become a billionaire woman after the tenth day of the month. The security team is still the company's security guards, which is too poor. A regular bodyguard team must be put in place as soon as possible. In addition to the four people she keeps herself, Xia An plans to hire another team in Macau.

The only security company allowed to operate firearms in mainland China is the one in Macau.

He Zhenzhen had also thought of this for Tang Wan. A few days ago, she told Xia An that she knew someone who could offer a discount.

Even with discounts, it only drops from five million to four and a half million per year.

Besides, Xia An doesn't intend to ask for a discount on this kind of thing. Can you give a discount on matters of life and safety?
He nodded to Zhou Zhou and said, "Come anytime, see you anytime."

Zhou Zhou was very happy, feeling that she was finally making a difference, having received too much favor during this period.

The 07 Spring Festival Gala was not bad, and perhaps because Xia An had almost forgotten about it, she watched it with great interest.

He had eaten his fill at home, and the three girls didn't have big appetites either, so they didn't cook much food and started eating fruit with their drinks.

Zhou Zhou peeled a whole red dragon fruit, took a big bite, and his lips turned bright red.

The TV was showing a skit called "The Test," in which Huang Hong kept flicking Guo Donglin's forehead.

"Who owes you money?"

"Old Tan."

"Look at my name! Wang Biao Diao! Wang Biao Diao!"

It was really funny; everyone was laughing, but Zhou Zhou was laughing so hard he was almost rolling on the floor laughing.

Seeing everyone looking over, she chewed on a dragon fruit and said, "My boss abroad is named Wang Biao Diao, and he's also bald."

Su Yi, Tang Wan, and Xia An exchanged glances and burst into laughter.

But Zhou Zhou suddenly stopped laughing and muttered, "This dragon fruit tastes so fishy."

The others stopped laughing.

Xia An saw purplish-red liquid continuously flowing from the corners of Zhou Zhou's mouth, dripping from his chin onto his red sweater, turning the bright red yarn into a deeper color.

It dripped onto my pants, the sofa, and the floor.

Zhou Zhou wiped his mouth blankly, looked at his hands, and then looked at Tang Wan and Su Yi, who were both covering their mouths and staring wide-eyed. In his hazy state, he saw Xia An jump over, frown, and pick him up.

With her last vestiges of consciousness, Zhou Zhou gripped Xia An's arm tightly and weakly uttered:

"It's fishy."

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No girl will get into trouble.

(End of this chapter)