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In the villa district of the capital, Fu Yibai enjoyed a few rare days of peace and quiet.

Fan Binbin and Li Dabai, both pregnant women, are starting to synchronize their schedules. They wake up naturally in the morning, watch TV on the sofa in the living room after lunch, and feel sleepy at 3 pm sharp. They go back to their room to sleep until 5:30 pm before getting up for dinner.

The two of them have surprisingly similar tastes; they've both recently become obsessed with snail rice noodles.

The villa reeked, and since no one else was home, Fu Yibai had to endure it and serve his two masters at home.

That noon, Fu Yibai, with his nose stuffed up, was making snail rice noodles for two pregnant women in the kitchen.

Fan Binbin leaned against the kitchen doorway, holding a glass of warm milk in his hand.

"Are you serious? Does it really smell that bad?"

What do you think?

I almost threw up. I don't know how you two could like this kind of thing.

Fan Binbin chuckled, carried the milk to his side, and tiptoed to kiss him on the cheek.

"This is a reward for you."

"this one?"

Fu Yibai turned his head to look at her.

"What else do you want?"

Fan Binbin raised an eyebrow.

"What can you do for me now?"

Fu Yibai glanced down at her protruding belly and shook his head helplessly.

Fan Binbin smiled and pinched his waist before carrying the milk back to the living room.

When the snail rice noodles were served, Li Dabai moved over from the sofa as soon as he smelled the aroma.

The three people sat around the dining table, where the afternoon sun streamed in through the floor-to-ceiling windows, making the entire restaurant warm and inviting.

Looking at the two women across from him slurping their noodles, Fu Yibai suddenly felt that this kind of life was pretty good.

But this tranquility did not last long.

Starting from the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, people gradually returned.

The first to return were Jing Tian and Liu Yifei. They arrived on the afternoon of the fourth day of the Lunar New Year. Liu Yifei was wearing a beige down jacket, and the first thing she did upon entering was to move closer to Li Dabai.

"Have you missed me?"

"Oh, why are you back so early? Why don't you spend more time with your aunt?"

"My mom kicked me out."

She's going on another trip abroad, and I'm not really bored at home.

She crouched down in front of the sofa, carefully placing her hands on Li Dabai's stomach, and looked up to ask, "Can I hear you?"

"Listen, he's moving right now."

Liu Yifei pressed her ear against the glass, remained silent for about ten seconds, then suddenly raised her head, her eyes wide open.

"He moved! I felt him!"

"Let me hear it!"

Jing Tian squeezed over from the side, nudged Liu Yifei to the side, and pressed her ear against Liu Yifei's.

The two women jostled around in front of Li Dabai's stomach. Li Dabai leaned back on the sofa, looking at them with a gentle smile that could melt the snow outside the window.

On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, Tang Yan returned.

When she came in, she was carrying large and small bags, all of which were New Year's goods she had brought back from Shanghai.

She piled her things on the coffee table, then collapsed onto the sofa, muttering, "I'm exhausted."

Liu Yifei handed her a cup of hot water from the side. She took it and drank a sip, then suddenly seemed to remember something and pulled a box out of her bag and threw it to Fan Binbin.

"Sister Binbin, this is for you. I asked my mom to pray for it at the temple to ensure your safety."

Fan Binbin took it and opened it; it was a string of blessed Buddhist prayer beads. She glanced at Tang Yan, and the corners of her mouth curved into a smile.

Thanks.

"Don't mention it."

"This belongs to Sister Da Bai, and it's been blessed."

She opened another box and personally put it on Li Dabai.

On the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, Wang Ou returned.

When she entered, Fu Yibai was cutting fruit in the kitchen.

After changing into slippers and greeting the others, she went to the kitchen.

He naturally took the fruit knife from Fu Yibai's hand and said, "I'll do it."

Fu Yibai stood beside her watching her slice the apple into even, thin slices, arrange them on a plate, and then take out a toothpick box from the cabinet and stick the toothpicks into the apple slices one by one.

Fu Yibai wrapped his arms around her waist from behind and rested his chin on her shoulder.

"Did you miss me?"

"think."

Wang Ou leaned back a little.

On the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, Yang Mi and Zeng Li returned one after the other.

Yang Mi stamped the snow off her feet in the entryway, then opened her arms and called out to the women in the living room, "Sisters, I'm back."

Jing Tian jumped up from the sofa and hugged her. The two of them hopped around in the entryway like two penguins.

Zeng Li was much quieter. She changed into slippers and came in, greeted everyone present, and then sat down next to Li Dabai, asking her how she was feeling lately.

On the eighth day of the lunar new year, Yang Rong and Liu Yan returned with their two children.

As soon as Zhao Ning entered the room, she broke free from Yang Rong's hand and ran towards Fan Binbin with her short legs.

She ran to the sofa, stopped, and carefully touched Fan Binbin's stomach.

"Big, big."

"Yes, it's bigger now, because there are younger siblings inside."

Fan Binbin affectionately ruffled the little guy's hair.

"Sister Rong, come help me play a couple of rounds, I'm losing terribly."

Over at the mahjong table, Yang Mi waved to Yang Rong with a wronged expression.

"How did you lose again? Let me change my clothes."

Yang Rong said with a hint of helplessness.

She wriggled out of Liu Yan's arms, wobbled over to Liu Yifei, and stretched out her little hands for a hug.

Liu Yifei picked him up, and he wrapped his arms around her neck and smeared saliva on her face.

"This child is friendly to everyone." Liu Yan shook her head helplessly.

The house suddenly became lively again.

Zhao Ning and Jing Chen were playing with building blocks on the playmat, while the women were playing mahjong or cards.

On the same day, the box office figures for the first week of the four films released during the Spring Festival were officially released that evening.

"Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" grossed 7.6 million yuan in its opening week, firmly holding the top spot in its release period, once again proving Stephen Chow's box office appeal.

"Detective Chinatown" grossed 7.1 million yuan in its opening week, closely following behind.

"Brotherhood of Blades 2" grossed 5.3 million yuan in its opening week.

Although it didn't reach the box office of the previous two films, Lu Yang and the creative team were already very satisfied.

After all, the audience for martial arts films is getting smaller and smaller, so this achievement is quite remarkable.

"Boonie Bears: Fantasy Space" grossed 4.2 million yuan in its opening week, maintaining its unshakeable dominance in the family-oriented film market. Li Mo of Xingmeng Animation posted a box office poster on his WeChat Moments with the simple and direct caption: "The next one is already on its way."

The four films grossed over 24 billion yuan in their opening weekend.

Industry insiders' comments on social media went from "Dawn is too strong" to "Who can stop Dawn", and then to "Forget it, don't even think about it".

During this Spring Festival season, Chenxi used four films to once again show the entire industry who is the leader.

In the following days, Hu Jing, Jiang Yan, Shu Chang, Gulnazar, Huang Mengying, Guo Zhenni and others also returned one after another.

The chatter and clatter of mahjong tiles inside the villa were so loud they seemed to bulge the roof.

The days after the New Year alternate between busy and leisurely.