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Chapter 1021 - 1018: Happy New Year, My Love!

Chapter 1021: Chapter 1018: Happy New Year, My Love!

And at this moment, Yan Bo, who had been plotted against, was sitting on the cushion, embracing Tong Xiaohua.

"There’s one minute left until the countdown, are you ready?"

After Yan Bo asked, he bowed his head and carefully straightened the clothes he had disheveled on Tong Xiaohua. Soon, only her face was left exposed.

She rolled her eyes at Yan Bo, "I’ve been ready for a while; it’s you who kept fooling around."

Yan Bo cupped her face and planted a quick kiss on her puckered lips.

"It’s not fooling around; it’s being romantic!"

Tong Xiaohua didn’t say a word, suddenly recalling the questions her best friend, Xiao Mi, had asked her a few days ago.

A few days earlier, because she had classes in both the morning and afternoon, Tong Xiaohua didn’t go home for lunch and just got food from the school dining hall.

Xiao Mi, her best friend, naturally joined her.

After they finished eating in a corner of the dining hall, they walked outside sipping hot milk tea.

"Xiao Hua, how far have you and Teacher Yan gone now?"

With her experience in a few relationships, Xiao Mi would talk about these matters quite openly and bluntly.

Tong Xiaohua, caught off guard, blushed fiercely and stuttered without answering for a while.

Xiao Mi then looked at her with a peculiarly teasing smile, "Oh... I see, so Teacher Yan is such a tender and considerate man, huh? Until now, he still hasn’t made a move..."

So it seems, in most people’s eyes, once a couple gets together, kissing, and even going all the way, are perfectly natural things.

For her and Yan Bo, having dated for nearly half a year and still only at the kissing stage, it was either abnormal or the man was intentionally restraining himself.

"That... I will try to get used to it slowly..."

Tong Xiaohua’s face was so hot it felt like it could fry a few batches of dumplings if placed on it.

Yan Bo hadn’t expected her to still be dwelling on this matter, and from the looks of it, her thoughts seemed quite pleasing.

He was both surprised and delighted, leaning in to nibble on her burning cheek.

"Mm, I will wait patiently!"

After Tong Xiaohua said this herself, she felt overwhelming embarrassment. She gently pushed him away, feeling quite shy, and reminded him.

"Aren’t we supposed to be doing the countdown?"

Yan Bo hummed in agreement, lifted his wrist, and showed her his watch.

"15 seconds left, get ready..."

"Mm!"

As the second hand hit the 10, they both started counting down in unison.

10, 9... 2, 1!

"Happy New Year, my love!" Yan Bo was the first to press his lips gently against hers.

"Happy New Year!" Tong Xiaohua murmured in response.

...

When they hand in hand made their leisurely way back to the Tong Family Mansion, lights were still on in the living room.

And Tong’s mother, who usually would have gone to bed by this time, was sitting on the sofa eating sugar water, accompanied by Tong’s eldest brother.

Seeing the pair entering hand in hand, both Tong’s eldest brother and Tong’s mother were quite surprised.

They exchanged astonished glances, and ultimately, it was Tong’s mother who stood up first.

"You’re back, come sit, I’ll have the servants prepare sugar water for you two. It’s cold outside, isn’t it?"

As Tong’s mother spoke, she came over to touch her daughter’s face before heading to the kitchen.

"Drinking sugar water this late?"

Yan Bo was aware of the lifestyle habits of Tong’s parents; the pair usually ate little after nine o’clock.

"Aunt Tong said that for New Year’s, you must have sugar water, so that your whole year will be sweet and honeyed,"

Yan Bo chuckled, "So that’s how it is. Then we must have a big bowl, striving for sweetness throughout the whole year."

Tong Xiaohua couldn’t stand it and gave him a glare before flouncing off to sit on the sofa by herself.

Old Master Tong also looked at him with disdain, "So cheesy!"

Watching Yan Bo sit down next to his precious daughter, Old Master Tong added, "I thought you two weren’t going to come back to stay the night!"

Yan Bo and Tong Xiaohua exchanged a glance, then, turning to Old Master Tong, he said, "Uncle Tong, Xiao Hua is still young!"

Old Master Tong snorted, "Oh, so you remember that! Don’t you start thinking I said you could get engaged and do whatever you like!"

As a father who cherished his daughter deeply, Old Master Tong was actually quite conflicted at this moment.

On one hand, he highly appreciated and liked Yan Bo, so he hoped his daughter could secure him by her side as soon as possible.

On the other hand, he felt his precious daughter was still too young and some things really shouldn’t be rushed.

Yan Bo, who had roughly grasped Old Master Tong’s conflicted feelings during their recent communications, thus assured him with a smile.

"Uncle Tong, rest assured, I won’t do anything reckless."

Old Master Tong of course knew that such verbal promises were as good as farts—holding no constraint whatsoever.

But since the promise was from Yan Bo, he was still willing to reluctantly trust him.

"Hmm... you’d better remember what you’ve said..."

Tong Xiaohua, who had been silent all this while, finally couldn’t help but speak up.

"Dad, can we talk about something else?"

If they wanted to talk, couldn’t they go somewhere else and not discuss such embarrassingly ridiculous matters in front of her, the person concerned?

Old Master Tong gave her a look, "Silly girl, your dad is doing this for your sake!"

There, having finished instructing the servant, Mother Tong came out.

"Xiao Yan, I heard you wanted a big bowl, so I’ve already asked someone to serve you more. If it’s not enough, just add more."

The appearance of Mother Tong finally shifted the awkward topic to a regular one.

"Alright, thank you, Aunt Tong."

Tong Xiaohua turned to Yan Bo with a pout, "Don’t you not like sweet things?"

Yan Bo smiled and replied, "That’s different. I can eat less on regular days, but today I must eat my fill, right, Aunt Tong?"

Mother Tong smiled and returned to Old Master Tong’s side, picking up the bowl she had set down earlier.

"Of course!"

Saying this, and about to continue eating her sugar water, Old Master Tong grabbed her bowl away.

"Since that’s the case, you eat more as well. I’ll go get you a big bowl."

Mother Tong obediently let go and waited for Old Master Tong to enter the kitchen, then Tong Xiaohua said to Yan Bo,

"My dad, he just can’t admit it plainly. He clearly doesn’t want Mom to eat cold sugar water, but insists on saying it’s to get her a big bowl."

Yan Bo, still doubtful, saw that after a while, Old Master Tong returned with the same bowl, only half-filled with sugar water.

He and Tong Xiaohua exchanged a knowing smile, but neither pointed it out. They took the sugar water served by the servant and started eating.

As the four of them sat in the living room eating sugar water, Old Master Tong asked Yan Bo, "Xiao Yan, do you have any plans during the day?"

Yan Bo shook his head, "No, we get a two-day holiday for New Year’s Day."

Old Master Tong nodded, "Hmm, tonight I was thinking of asking my buddies to have dinner together, would you like to come?"

Yan Bo was caught off guard, then quickly nodded in agreement.

"I’ll come, what would you like to eat? Otherwise, shall I make a reservation?"

Yan Bo’s cooperation pleased Old Master Tong greatly, "That’s the way, you go make the reservation. We’re all simple folk, love to eat big fish, big meat and drink wine, just arrange whatever you see fit!"