Zhong Lingyu and Chen Tinglan didn't go home until eight o'clock in the evening.
They drank some wine and their faces were red.
They talked and laughed along the way. After returning home, Zhong Lingyu could smell the aroma of the food.
She remembered that when she and Chen Tinglan went out to play, she had already told Mrs. Fu that there was no need to cook New Year's Eve dinner and they would eat it outside.
Why is the smoke from fireworks suddenly so strong?
Zhong Lingyu took off her shoes and walked to the kitchen.
When she reached the door, she froze.
Shen Huaizhou was wearing an ill-fitting apron and busy in the kitchen.
He held a kitchen knife in his hand and cut vegetables with neat movements.
As if there were eyes behind his back, he said: "Wash your hands and eat."
"Lingyu, who is cooking? I remember..." Chen Tinglan ran to Zhong Lingyu's side and froze.
After being frozen for three seconds, Chen Tinglan quickly ran upstairs.
When she saw Shen Huaizhou, she was like a mouse meeting a cat.
Shen Huaizhou asked: "Chen Tinglan stays here to celebrate the New Year?"
Zhong Lingyu hummed.
"Ask her to come down and eat together." Shen Huaizhou was talking while his hands were busy.
Zhong Lingyu knew that Chen Tinglan was a coward, and she would definitely not be used to eating at the same table as Shen Huaizhou.
She refuted Shen Huaizhou's kindness for Chen Tinglan, "Tinglan drank a lot of wine, so she went upstairs to rest."
"Well, let's eat."
Shen Huaizhou brought the food to the table.
Zhong Lingyu followed him and helped him.
After the dishes were served, Shen Huaizhou sat at one end of the long table and Zhong Lingyu sat at the other end.
The two of them ate quietly.
The sound of firecrackers outside kept going off, making the dinner table seem even quieter.
Zhong Lingyu was a little absent-minded.
She always thought that Shen Huaizhou would celebrate the New Year at the Shen family.
I never expected that he would come back suddenly on the night of the first day of the new year.
Zhong Lingyu took a sip of soup and asked in a low voice: "Why didn't you celebrate the New Year at Shen Mansion? You didn't tell me when you came back, so I could let Mrs. Fu prepare the meals in advance."
"I decided to come back temporarily." Shen Huaizhou didn't even look at her, he just lowered his head and ate his meal.
Zhong Lingyu bit her chopsticks and said, "Over there with the handsome man and the old lady..."
As he said that, there was a sudden loud knock on the door outside.
Mrs. Fu went to open the door, and Adjutant Li ran over panting.
There was quite a movement, and Shen Huaizhou frowned in displeasure, "What's the matter?"
"Young Marshal, the old lady and the Marshal were very angry when they knew you were not at Shen Mansion to celebrate the New Year. They asked me to ask you to go back." Adjutant Li was a little crazy.
God knows how angry the old lady and Marshal Shen were when he just said that Shen Huaizhou could not return to the Shen Mansion to celebrate the New Year because of the military government's emergency.
He was so frightened that he drove over in a hurry.
After Adjutant Li finished speaking, Shen Huaizhou did not speak immediately.
There was another strange silence.
In the end, Zhong Lingyu saw that Adjutant Li was in trouble and said reasonably: "Shen Huaizhou, I have Tinglan here to celebrate the New Year with me, so you don't have to worry about me."
"Are you trying to persuade me to go back to Shen Mansion?" Shen Huaizhou raised his eyes and stared at her without blinking.
Zhong Lingyu stirred the soup with chopsticks and said nothing.
Shen Huaizhou frowned even more tightly, "Jin Shihong and Wen Qingyu are both there."
The hand holding the chopsticks froze for a few minutes, and Zhong Lingyu hummed, "No matter who is here, the old lady and the handsome man value the rules very much. It would be inappropriate for you not to go back."
With a stabbing sound, Shen Huaizhou suddenly stood up.
The stool legs scraped against the ground, making a harsh sound.
Shen Huaizhou went upstairs with a cold face.
Adjutant Li has one head and two heads, "Miss Lingyu, this..."
Zhong Lingyu put down his bowl and chopsticks, "Adjutant Li, could you please go to Shen Mansion to answer the question? If Shen Huaizhou doesn't go back, I can't persuade him."
After scratching his hair, Adjutant Li sighed, "Miss Lingyu, I know that you have been quarreling with the young marshal these days. But you are celebrating the New Year, just because... because of the young marshal, he came here to accompany you. For the sake of the festival, don’t be cold to the young commander anymore.”
"It's not me who's keeping him cold." Zhong Lingyu said lightly, "It's him who's keeping me cold."
However, she really didn't expect that Shen Huaizhou would leave the entire Shen family behind to spend the New Year with her.
His tone softened a bit, and Zhong Lingyu continued: "I'd like to ask Adjutant Li to worry about it."
"This emotional matter is not something that I, an outsider, can control. I only hope that Miss Lingyu and the young marshal can get along harmoniously."
Adjutant Li was telling the truth.
These days, the young marshal has been in a bad mood because of his quarrel with Miss Lingyu, so he is often busy until late at night, and even stays up until one or two o'clock in the morning.
Even their subordinates were working overtime, which was worse than the donkeys in Lamo.
He hoped that after this new year, the young marshal and Miss Lingyu could reconcile.
In this way, he can relax a lot.
Zhong Lingyu smiled with crooked eyebrows, "Thank you, Adjutant Li. By the way, I gave Adjutant Li a red envelope, but I never had the chance to send it. I would like to thank Adjutant Li for his care before."
"Hey, Miss Lingyu is too polite."
As he said this, Adjutant Li accepted the red envelope directly.
When he got the money, he went back to Zhong Mansion to bring a message, but he didn't look so gloomy.
The frowning person turned into Zhong Lingyu.
Does she know how difficult it is to coax an angry Shen Huaizhou.
Thinking that Shen Huaizhou had cooked the food himself in order to spend the New Year with her and made the Shen parents angry, Zhong Lingyu could not continue to have a cold war with him.
To be honest, she couldn't even remember what she was arguing with Shen Huaizhou about.
That's it, let's make peace later.
Zhong Lingyu kneaded the dough himself and made some sweet and delicious wontons stuffed with corn and shrimp.
After it was cooked, it was served.
During this period, Chen Tinglan carried his things and ran away in despair.
She said that it was better to go back and be scolded by her father than to face Shen Huaizhou, who was fierce and stinky.
Zhong Lingyu couldn't laugh or cry.
She held the wontons and pushed the door open.
Shen Huaizhou seemed to have just taken a shower, his short black hair was wet and glistening with water.
His face was cold and he was obviously in a bad mood.
When he saw Zhong Lingyu, he didn't look at her, pulled up the quilt, lay on the bed with his back to her, and closed his eyes to sleep.
Zhong Lingyu put the wontons on the bedside table and pushed him, "Do you want to eat the wontons I made by myself?"
Shen Huaizhou stiffened for a moment and said nothing.
"You came back from Shen Mansion and spent the New Year with me. You cooked another table of dishes. You must be still hungry. Try my cooking. It's delicious."
Zhong Lingyu took the trouble to speak in his ear.
Shen Huaizhou disliked the noise the most.
But when he heard the soft and pleasant sound behind him, he couldn't express his temper at all.
Seeing that he was still silent, Zhong Lingyu continued to ask: "Every Chinese New Year has fireworks. Tinglan and I bought a lot, but I don't dare to let them go. Do you want to accompany me?"
Shen Huaizhou snorted coldly, "With Chen Tinglan, you don't need me to accompany you."
This is quite sour.
Zhong Lingyu sat beside the bed, "Chen Tinglan is gone, no one is with me, and Sister-in-law Fu is also resting."
She leaned forward and lay on Shen Huaizhou's shoulder, "You really don't want to let me go?"
The coquettish tone made Shen Huaizhou completely unable to hold back.
