In the cheerful singing, everyone drinks one glass after another, and everyone counts down to Christmas Eve on this Christmas Eve.
"Merry Christmas!"
"Merry Christmas!"
Chen Yuanyuan suddenly felt that time passed very quickly. More than a year had passed since she came back from rebirth.
Although some familiar faces are no longer around this year, it is very rare to be able to have a relaxed gathering with friends after experiencing the apocalypse.
It was already early in the morning after the festival, and many people began to drink too much and went back to their rooms to rest early.
The first one to leave was He Yuehua, who was going back to accompany Grandma He. Then Zheng Jiamei and her fiancé also left the ktv room.
By the end of the drink, only Zheng Jiayu, Chen Yuanyuan Locke and Zheng Jiayu, a quiet young man, were left in the room.
"Sister-in-law, your drinking capacity is too good!" Locke couldn't help but admire Chen Yuanyuan's expression when he saw it.
From the moment Chen Yuanyuan felt tipsy, she quietly touched her hand into the glass while drinking, and unknowingly moved a lot of wine away.
There was nothing she could do about relying on alcohol. After all, she had brought everyone here, so she still shouldn't get too drunk and should stay awake to avoid emergencies.
"Sister-in-law?" Zheng Jiayu always thought that Locke was Chen Yuanyuan's friend, and was a little surprised to hear him call Chen Yuanyuan sister-in-law.
"Well! She is my brother Chen's wife, so she must be called sister-in-law!" Locke said happily.
Locke has known Shen Yichen for nearly five years, and he was very happy to see Shen Yichen, who had never been a womanizer, blossom.
"Are you together? Congratulations." Zheng Jiayu raised his glass to greet Chen Yuanyuan, but there was a hint of loneliness in his eyes.
"Well, thank you." Chen Yuanyuan smiled slightly and killed Zheng Jiayu in one go.
Seeing that the situation was a bit awkward, Locke quickly put his arm on the shoulder of the young man beside him to change the subject.
"This little guy has a good drinking capacity, too!" Locke said.
"Hahaha, don't look at his young age, but he is my cousin." Zheng Jiayu said with a smile.
"Disrespect, it turns out it's my cousin!" Locke raised his glass to greet the young man.
"Just call me Ah Xing. Calling me cousin is too old, haha!" Zheng Lixing laughed.
Zheng Jiayu introduced Zheng Lixing. It turned out that his mother was a popular singer in the 1980s. She married late and had children late because of her acting career, so she had a 19-year-old cousin.
After they drank for a while, Zheng Jiayu and Zheng Lixing sent Locke and Chen Yuanyuan back to the guest room.
Locke and Zheng Lixing tried to support each other and staggered while walking. Chen Yuanyuan and Zheng Jiayu who were walking behind couldn't help but laugh as they walked.
Seeing that Zheng Lizing was about to collapse, Zheng Jiayu simply let Zheng Lizing and Locke live in the same room. After settling the two, Zheng Jiayu said goodbye to Chen Yuanyuan.
After returning to the room, Chen Yuanyuan entered the space and took a shower before taking an early rest.
Early the next morning, Zhang Linlin came and knocked on Chen Yuanyuan's door.
"Are you up? Let's go have breakfast together!" Zhang Linlin shouted.
"You go ahead, I'll be back in a minute." Chen Yuanyuan looked at the clock on the wall. It was eight o'clock in the morning, stretched out and replied.
After freshening up, Chen Yuanyuan went out and met Locke and Zheng Lixing who had just woken up.
"Good morning, sister-in-law!" Locke greeted Chen Yuanyuan warmly as soon as he saw her.
"Can you guys get up so early?" Chen Yuanyuan thought for a moment before returning to the room at nearly two o'clock last night. She was so energetic because of the effects of the spiritual spring water.
"I'm okay, but he's a bit worse, haha." Locke said with a smile.
"You guys?" Chen Yuanyuan's eyes flickered between the two of them.
Chen Yuanyuan immediately misunderstood when she saw Zheng Lixing looking like he had a sore back and lack of sleep.
"No, no, no, sister-in-law, don't get me wrong, I'm straight!" Seeing that Chen Yuanyuan had misunderstood, Locke hurriedly explained.
"I'm straight too. I slept well last night but he kicked me out of bed." Zheng Lixing said.
"I was shocked when you suddenly hugged me!" Locke said.
"I thought it was a pillow, but you kicked it so hard that I slept on the floor all night." Zheng Lixing said aggrievedly.
Chen Yuanyuan couldn't help laughing when she thought of this scene.
The two of them followed Zheng Lixing's lead to the restaurant where they had breakfast last night. When they arrived, most people were already eating, and some of Zheng's elders who had finished eating had already left.
Different from the Western food last night, the chef prepared Cantonese dim sum breakfast today, and the chef was waiting aside pushing an old-fashioned steamer cart.
"Yuanyuan, are you up? There are some snacks over there. Amway, you can try the crystal shrimp dumplings, they are great!" Chu Man said happily when she saw Chen Yuanyuan.
Chu Man, who was relatively reserved last night, became more outgoing after getting acquainted with everyone. Chen Yuanyuan was relieved to see that she was having a good time.
Chen Yuanyuan walked to the steamer cabinet to choose breakfast. There were so many styles of dim sum in the steamer that it was dazzling.
Fortunately, in order not to waste food, the portions of each box of dim sum are still relatively small, which is just suitable for tasting each item.
Chen Yuanyuan got shrimp dumplings, vegetarian rice rolls, custard buns, cotton chicken and a bowl of double skin milk. After the servant brought the snacks to the table for Chen Yuanyuan, he asked Chen Yuanyuan what drink he wanted.
"Just warm the soy milk, thank you." Chen Yuanyuan said.
"Yuanyuan, would you like to try Lianzi Lily Soup? This is very good for your stomach." Zheng Jiayu recommended.
"Okay, then drink this." Chen Yuanyuan said to the servant.
A few people were eating breakfast and discussing their plans for the afternoon.
"Would you like to take a bath in the hot spring? We built a glass shed in the outdoor hot spring on the rooftop. It is very comfortable to soak in the hot water at minus one or two degrees!" Zheng Jiamei recommended.
"Not bad, I haven't had any hot springs since my trip to Guicheng!" Zhang Linlin said happily when she heard about the hot springs.
Although you can take a bath on the twelfth floor, in order to save water, Zhang Linlin and He Yuehua have not taken a bath since the end of the world, let alone Chu Man, who lacks water.
"Great! But I don't have a swimsuit." Chu Man said.
"It's okay. I'll ask the servants to guard the stairs. We girls can just take a bath together." Zheng Jiamei said.
In the past, when Chen Yuanyuan traveled to Xiaori Country, she did not wear clothes while soaking in the hot springs there, so Chen Yuanyuan didn't think it mattered.
"But" Zhang Linlin is not confident about her fat figure.
"What are you afraid of? I'm not shy even as an old woman!" Grandma He said with a smile.
Although others were hesitant, they didn't care anymore when they thought of being able to soak in the hot springs.
"What? Can't we men have sex?" Locke said regretfully.
"Let's go to the sauna and then arrange a massage." Zheng Jiayu said with a smile.
"Okay, it's up to you." Liu Feiyang said.
When a group of girls heard that there was a massage, they all looked enviously. Zheng Jiamei waved her hand, and all the ladies arranged for essential oil massage and beauty treatment after taking a bath in the hot spring.
After breakfast, the group of men and women set out separately under the leadership of Zheng Jiayu and Zheng Jiamei. When they went to the rooftop, Zheng Jiamei also provided some facilities for everyone along the way.
I have to marvel that the Zheng family does not look like they are living in the apocalypse, but are vacationing on the island.
(End of chapter)
