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Chapter 742 Love is simple

The joyful atmosphere of the New Year's Eve dinner filled the whole house, and the laughter and laughter of the family members could not be heard.

Only a few children could not sit still and had no desire to listen to the adults chatting after eating and drinking.

But before the New Year's money was received, several children were worried and couldn't eat anymore. They couldn't listen to the chat. They sat on the chairs and didn't know what to do. Their little eyes eager for red envelopes looked around.

The little guys were also smart and knew that the red envelope given by Chu Xuan would be the biggest. Most of the eyes that were wandering around were focused on Chu Xuan alone.

Chu Xuan saw this scene in his eyes, and made eye contact with several little guys several times during this period. Whenever his eyes met a certain little guy, the little guy's eyes would light up.

Chu Xuan pretended not to see it, but had no intention of handing out the red envelope. When his eyes averted, the little guy raised his head in boredom, which made him feel very amused.

Until he said "Hey", his uncle's 10-year-old daughter seemed to be sighing for a long time. The lack of red envelopes seemed to sigh out the feeling of the harsh world. After all, Chu Xuan did not hold back and started laughing while holding his forehead.

"What's wrong?" Liu Yifei asked curiously.

"They're all staring at me asking for red envelopes." Chu Xuan couldn't help but laugh, then got up and headed to the living room.

Liu Yifei and the elders glanced at the little guys. Those faces eager for red envelopes made them immediately understand what was going on.

Chu Xuan brought the leather bag over. He had been prepared before he came. He went to prepare a few large New Year's colored envelopes. Each envelope was stuffed with 20,000 yuan, and there was no room for more.

Several children touched the thickness of the envelope, and their eyes suddenly twinkled.

"Thank you, brother-in-law!"

"Thank you, Brother Chu."

With Chu Xuan taking the lead, grandma's family and Wang Jinhua's family also sent red envelopes to each other's children.

"Thank you Aunt Hua."

"Thank you Aunt Qiong."

Several children were very happy, but before they were happy for a long time, they were stopped by their parents. The red envelopes were handed over to the mother for safekeeping, and a few were taken out for the children to play with.

Several children also took it for granted. After obtaining the consent of their parents, they left the table to play together.

Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei found it very interesting to hand over the red envelopes they just received. The couple couldn't help but wonder, if they have children in the future, will they ask to hand over the red envelopes they received during the New Year?

This thought flashed past, and Liu Yifei picked up her phone and looked at the time: "I'm going to my dad's place."

Liu Xiaoli glanced at the time on her daughter's phone: "It's only five o'clock, so early?"

"Dad, dinner will be served at six o'clock." Liu Yifei said.

Liu Xiaoli nodded and reached out to pick up the food: "Go ahead."

"Let's go, I'll see you off." My cousin picked up the car keys and stood up.

Grandma glanced at Sissi and knew that Sissi hadn't celebrated the New Year with her father on New Year's Eve for a long time. She thought that after Sissi and Chu Xuan got married, it would be difficult to have the opportunity to celebrate the New Year with her father on New Year's Eve. She The old man then said: "Sissi, have a good New Year with dad."

"Yes." Liu Yifei responded.

"Sissi, let's come over tomorrow." Wang Jinhua said.

"Okay, I'll wait for you." Liu Yifei nodded and took Chu Xuan's hand: "Then I'll go, see you tomorrow."

"See you tomorrow." Chu Xuan squeezed her hand and let go.

"Bye." Liu Yifei waved and left with her cousin.

The couple had spent New Year's Eve together for several years, but they were suddenly separated this New Year's Eve, and both parties were a little uncomfortable with it.

It's just that he is getting engaged soon, and Ankang's career is abroad. He rarely has the opportunity to return to China. He wants to spend a wedding year with his daughter and talk about old times with her. The couple can understand this.

Good things are about to come, and the couple will not miss this New Year's Eve. They will spend more time together in the future. At this time anchor, they should spend more time with their families.

In the house, everyone did not stop because of Liu Yifei's departure, and continued the lively atmosphere. Auntie also got up and went to the kitchen to add food, and she seemed to be eating the New Year's Eve dinner from afternoon to late at night.

Outside the house, Liu Yifei got into her cousin's car. As her cousin started to drive onto the avenue, she tilted her head to admire the winter scenery outside the window, but she felt a little uncomfortable in her heart.

Although my father’s family members would call me and give blessings every holiday, we hadn’t seen each other for several years. Even though we were relatives whose blood was dissolved in water, the feeling of unfamiliarity would still well up in our hearts.

In addition to the feeling of unfamiliarity, there is also a sense of nervousness.

Since she went abroad when she was ten years old, she has not been to her father's house to spend New Year's Eve together for eleven years. At most, she only went to her father's house on the second and third day of the new year.

This is the New Year's Eve gathering after many years. I don't know what her family thinks of her, and I don't know what their family's attitude will be towards her marriage to Chu Xuan.

In addition, there is another expectation.

In the past, her family regarded her as a treasure, but now that she has not seen her in several years, does her perception of her father's family remain the same?

The sense of human existence is the most basic spiritual need.

She hopes that her family's attitude towards her will remain the same, and she also hopes that her family will have no objection to her marriage to Chu Xuan.

"Then I will send you here." Downstairs of a unit building, my cousin sent Liu Yifei who had drunk some wine all the way here and prepared to turn back.

"Come up and sit down?" Liu Yifei invited.

"Forget it." The cousin shook her head repeatedly. She was still young when her aunt and uncle divorced, and the two families had stopped contacting each other for many years. She was very unfamiliar with her sister's father's house, so naturally she was reluctant to go and sit there.

"Then you go back and kill them quickly. They have been drinking for two or three hours. You can defeat their army immediately." Liu Yifei said with a smile, put her hands in her pockets and walked into the building.

The pattern of the corridors made her mind swirl, giving her a sense of familiarity, but more of a strangeness that she hadn't been here in several years.

What is indelible are her footprints in the past, and every bit of her grandparents, father, and uncles going up and downstairs.

Following the familiar yet unfamiliar traces, heading to the left on the third floor of the unit building, Liu Yifei came to a door with New Year couplets and the word "Fu" and knocked on the door.

"Dong dong dong..."

After a while, footsteps were heard from inside the door, and the door was opened immediately.

"Dad." Liu Yifei called out and smiled at Ankang who opened the door.

"Come in quickly." Ankang took a pair of slippers from the shoe rack.

"Is Sissy here? Let grandma take a good look at it." Grandma's joyful voice came from the living room, accompanied by the "bata bata" footsteps that were loose due to old age and hurried because of excitement.

Although the cousin downstairs could not see what was going on upstairs, the sounds of greetings from the two parties floated from the corridor, indicating that Liu Yifei, who had drunk some wine, arrived home safe and sound, so the cousin turned around and left with confidence.

Upstairs, Liu Yifei put on her slippers and was led into the house by her grandma. After taking a look around, three generations of old, middle-aged and young people were there.

They hadn't seen each other for several years, so the faces looked a little unfamiliar, but the warmth given by the friendly smiles on their faces made the unfamiliarity quietly dissipate.

"Grandpa, uncle, aunt, aunt, uncle, eldest brother, second brother."

Liu Yifei greeted her family members one by one, and the family members responded enthusiastically.

"Hey, Sissi is getting more and more beautiful."

"The longer she grows, the more she looks like her mother."

"Yes, yes, she is exactly the same as her mother."

"The eyes and eyebrows look like health."

Regardless of age, everyone has a certain first impression of appearance association.

In addition, the two parties have not seen each other for several years. The first time the family members saw Liu Yifei, they all looked for topics about her image. This is also the norm in the social and cultural environment where the elders see the younger generation after a long time.

Ankang held his daughter's shoulders and led her to a room: "It's still the small house you had before. Remember, I've reorganized it for you. You'll stay here tonight."

When Liu Yifei saw this room, she was immersed in the memory of the past years and said sweetly: "Okay."

The food had been prepared long ago and they were waiting for her arrival. Auntie brought the last dish to the table and greeted everyone: "Let's eat, let's eat!"

"Let's go eat." Ankang patted his daughter on the shoulder, and the father and daughter came to the restaurant and sat down.

The eldest brother was opening the wine. Ankang glanced at it and asked his daughter: "You came here after drinking over there, right?"

My daughter was in a tipsy state, and it was obvious at first glance that she had been drinking.

"Drink a little." Liu Yifei nodded.

"Then drink less later, we have to set off fireworks when it gets dark." Ankang said.

"Okay." Liu Yifei agreed happily. She told her father yesterday about setting off fireworks, and her father actually bought fireworks for her, which made her very happy.

After the wine was poured, everyone took their seats.

Grandpa picked up the tea cup and looked at Liu Yifei, his face full of wrinkles when he smiled.

He was the first to speak: "This New Year's Eve, Sissi came home. It was a rare complete reunion. We two old guys had tea, and you did it."

The breakup of Liu Xiaoli and Ankang's family has indeed left the An family without a complete reunion for a long time.

Liu Yifei felt a little uncomfortable, but this was her parents' business, so what could she do? She should cherish the moment as much as possible.

"Sissi, how have you been these past few years? I heard that you and Chu Xuan both went to Hollywood to film movies." said the aunt.

"Yes, Chu Xuan and I are developing quite smoothly." Liu Yifei said.

"Is Chu Xuan 24 years old this year?" the eldest brother asked.

Four years ago, Chu Xuan followed Liu Yifei to pay New Year's greetings. That time, his eldest brother, second brother, and uncle were not present. Most of what he knew about Chu Xuan depended on the news and hearsay within the family.

"Almost 25, in March." Liu Yifei replied.

The eldest brother nodded and said: "He's okay. If you're 21, it's a bit early to get married, but it's normal. My idea is, Sissy, you can just like it. The most we can do is have a simple meeting with him tomorrow on the premise that you like it. Understand the situation and tell me that you truly love each other."

"Hey!" The aunt smiled: "You, a person who has been single for thirty years, are still telling your sister about the idea of ​​getting married? Just take care of yourself. I will be relieved to bring a girlfriend back one day."

"Tsk, I have searched for flowers thousands of times over the years, and there is no one to care for each other. I can only catch the snow in the cold river alone, but the snow will melt and the flowers will come." The elder brother said, "So don't rush me, it will happen when fate comes." "

Liu Yifei made a "puff" sound and laughed with her family.

The eldest uncle patted her eldest brother and was amused by her son.

"Your elder brother is right. Regarding you and Chu Xuan, what matters most is your own liking. Don't worry that we will make things difficult for them tomorrow. Not to mention that Chu Xuan himself is very good, and you two are very good together. It’s been 20 years, and it’s good in every aspect, and we have no reason to object,” said the uncle.

"Seeing that you don't talk much when you come in, I know you have something on your mind. We all understand your situation. Let's talk normally tomorrow. Put your mind at ease and celebrate the New Year in peace." said the aunt. Liu Yifei's thoughts were revealed and she smiled sheepishly.

She was indeed worried about her family's attitude towards Chu Xuan. Now that she heard the family members' candid kindness, she was relieved from the anxiety she felt before coming, and she was able to open up her heart and share the atmosphere of reunion on New Year's Eve with her family.

The An family seemed to have made an agreement and didn't mention the marriage at the dinner table. Maybe they didn't want to make Liu Yifei nervous, maybe they were waiting to talk about it tomorrow, or maybe they knew Liu Xiaoli's personality very well and knew about this matter. He will definitely be in control, and no matter how much talk is made before the two parties meet, it will be nonsense.

This was fine, chatting about daily life and the past made Liu Yifei feel very comfortable, and she gradually found the long-lost warmth and care from her father's family.

Halfway through the meal and after two taels of wine, Liu Yifei couldn't eat or drink anymore. She had eaten and drank at her grandma's place, so she had to leave first and go to the living room with her grandparents to watch the Spring Festival Gala, while the elders continued to eat and drink.

When the Spring Festival Gala started airing at 8pm, she texted Chu Xuan to inquire about the situation.

【Are you still eating? 】

[While we were still there, my uncle was already lying down, sleeping under the electric hot plate. His athlete's foot was so bad that my aunt brought two quilts to cover it up, making us laugh to death. 】

Seeing this text message, Liu Yifei suddenly burst into laughter. The grandparents next to her were confused. The song and dance program currently being played was not funny. The old people just thought that their granddaughter thought of something happy and then gave up.

Liu Yifei was having fun together and sent a text message to Zhou Jielun: [Ouch, not bad. 】

Zhou Jielun didn't reply, probably because the concert had just ended and he wasn't free yet.

Liu Yifei didn't care and sent a text message asking Chu Xuan about the situation there.

【Still eating? 】

[My aunt lay down, but we continued. My cousin went out to buy a barbecue. 】

Liu Yifei was also convinced. These people are really awesome. They were still drinking from three o'clock in the afternoon to nine o'clock in the evening.

If Chu Xuan usually drank like this, she would definitely stop him.

But today was a special situation. She was very happy to see Chu Xuan and her family happily spending the Spring Festival together.

At 11 o'clock in the evening, Teacher Benshan and Xiao Shenyang performed "Not Short of Money", which made the family watching the Spring Festival Gala in the living room burst into laughter.

Liu Yifei looked happy, she felt that this little Shenyang was so funny.

At this time, Zhou Jielun texted back: [Are you watching the TV? When you sent the text message, it happened to be when my stage was over. You sent the text message. Chu Xuan didn't send it, which means you are not together, right? We haven't talked about marriage. Breaking up? What about the promised happiness? 】

Liu Yifei looked stiff, laughed angrily at Zhou Jielun's text message, and replied to him with a text message: [I wish you a lifetime of singlehood. 】

"Sissi, let's go, let's set off the fireworks." Ankang and the others dispersed.

"Coming!" Liu Yifei responded and sent a text message to Chu Xuan to ask about the situation.

[Aren’t you still eating? 】

[The show is over, Sister Hua, Brother Dong, Zijian and I are going back to the hotel to rest]

[Okay, I’ll wait for you to come to my door tomorrow. 】

After resting from eight o'clock to around eleven o'clock, Liu Yifei was almost done with the alcohol, and she was full of interest in setting off fireworks.

The grandparents had gone to rest early, and the aunt and uncle cleared away the dishes. The remaining family members all went out to the open area of ​​the community square, each holding some strange-shaped fireworks tubes in their hands.

The bright moon is in the sky, and although there is the chill of winter, it cannot drive away people's enthusiasm for celebrating the New Year.

Several families appeared in the square, holding fireworks to prepare for the arrival of the Spring Festival on the first day of the Lunar New Year.

"Should we start setting off now, or wait until 12 o'clock?" Liu Yifei held the kaleidoscope firework box in her left hand and a lighter in her right hand, looking eager to try.

"Let's go, we bought so many cannons, enough to last until after 12 o'clock." Ankang said after seeing his daughter's interest.

"Then I'll let it go." Liu Yifei walked forward ten or so steps excitedly, put the kaleidoscope firework box on the ground, found the fuse under the guidance of her elder brother, pressed the lighter with a click, ignited the fuse, and ran back.

She is afraid of returning, but it cannot stop her playful nature.

"Chirp--" A ray of fire soared into the sky from the kaleidoscope firework box, drawing a shining arc in the ink-like night sky.

"Pa—" Small spots of light exploded, and thousands of lights hung down from the sky like catkins.

Then, one after another, the fire burst into the sky, repeating its mission of blooming for a brief dazzling moment.

Liu Yifei looked up at the sky, and the dazzling scenery made her squint slightly.

Ankang put his hands on her shoulders and felt her father's breath, and the regret in Liu Yifei's heart was relieved.

1 year old, just when she was 1 year old, her mother and father separated.

In the 20 years since then, have you ever set off fireworks with your father?

Maybe she had it when she was very young, but she has no memory of it.

In her current memory, she and her father had never set off fireworks during the Chinese New Year.

In the past, when celebrating the New Year and setting off fireworks, only her mother was around, but the nearby neighbors all had healthy families. She didn’t know how many people had the same experience as her about the lack of father’s love. Anyway, this was a big regret in her heart.

This regret made her consider a question many times in the past: Can her father and mother remarry?

But such an idea could not last long in her mind whenever it was triggered.

The main reason is that her parents divorced too early and she doesn't have a deep feeling for her father's love, which makes her not very nostalgic about her parents' remarriage.

Now that she has grown up completely, her past has become a blur, and her parents have long been accustomed to living their own lives. The thought of her parents remarrying has long since disappeared from her heart, and she only hopes for a sunny day when both parties are well.

Now that she is about to get married, at this moment on New Year's Eve, she has fulfilled a little wish that her parents didn't know about, and she feels very happy.

"Dad, can I call Chu Xuan to come over?" She missed Chu Xuan and wanted to share this happiness with her fiancé. Her fiancé must understand why she was so happy after only setting off fireworks once.

"Why are you calling people here so late? There are still fireworks at home. Let's set them off together tomorrow." Ankang said. Although he concealed it very well, Liu Yifei still saw the change in his good mood that was ruined by the word "Chu Xuan".

"Dad, are you jealous?" Liu Yifei held back her laughter and looked at her father with a joking look.

Ankang was stunned and raised his hand to adjust the frame of his myopia glasses: "It's really a little bit."

He did not deny it, but openly admitted that he was jealous of Chu Xuan in front of his daughter.

I see my daughter is as beautiful as a fairy, I see my daughter is quiet and elegant, I see my daughter is so outstanding, and then she wants to lie in the same bed with a man every day...

He had never felt this way before, but when his daughter was about to get married, this feeling came over him inexplicably, so much so that when he was making the dish of shredded chicken today, he sometimes thought the chicken in his hand was Chu Xuan.

Perhaps every father will go through this kind of psychological journey, but when this psychological journey falls on him, he is still a little uncomfortable. When he heard that his daughter wanted to call Chu Xuan over, he didn't know where it came from. I can't control my jealousy.

Furthermore, when his daughter said she wanted to set off fireworks, he suddenly realized that he had never set off fireworks with his daughter before.

As a father, he felt ashamed and regarded tonight's fireworks as a way to make up for his debt to his daughter.

Then this is the tenderness between their father and daughter. Why did you call Chu Xuan here? In the way!

"Dad, help me light the fire." Liu Yifei held a long firework and asked her father to help light the fuse.

Ankang took the lighter and stepped forward to help his daughter light the fuse. He watched his daughter and her eldest and second brothers standing in a row and pointing the fireworks tubes at the sky. He listened to the sound of "chirp, chirp, chirp—" and felt his daughter's happiness. The corners of his mouth curled up. He smiled unconsciously.

In the past, many friends said that he had a soft temper and was led by Liu Xiaoli when it came to his daughter, so that he rarely felt the happiness of having a son and a daughter in these years.

Maybe, yes, when the court awarded his daughter to him, Liu Xiaoli appealed and lost the cases one after another. This made Liu Xiaoli break out and came to him with a knife to threaten her daughter's custody rights by committing suicide.

To be honest, if he had brought Liu Xiaoli's behavior to court, Liu Xiaoli might have gone to jail.

But he did not do this. He did not sue or argue. While the custody of his daughter was still in his hands, he watched helplessly as his daughter was taken away by Liu Xiaoli.

He regretted that if his daughter was raised in the An family, he would ensure that her daughter would grow up to be better than the so-called big stars and become a better talent useful to the country.

But he was relieved. Father's love is conditional, and mother's love is selfless. He didn't know the logic of this sentence, but things proved that Liu Xiaoli's love for her daughter was beyond his imagination. He was still unconvinced. I can only sigh in admiration.

What about being inseparable 24 hours a day, what about the right and wrong in the entertainment industry being blocked out, what about the life principle that women’s independence makes the world wider...

Whether it was protection or education, the information he heard left him speechless.

The most important point is that Liu Xiaoli can give up everything for her daughter. Does he have the courage?

So he was relieved, maybe it was right to let Liu Xiaoli take care of his daughter.

At least he knew very well that Liu Xiaoli's love for her daughter was the ultimate.

Based on this, when it came to Chu Xuan and his daughter, and when Liu Xiaoli agreed very much, he never objected.

Whether her daughter is doing well or not, Liu Xiaoli has more say than him.

Now that my daughter is about to talk about marriage, even if she feels uncomfortable for no reason, as long as her daughter is happy, even if she has an inexplicable hatred for Chu Xuan, she has to admit that Chu Xuan is indeed a very good person. Such a combination of two people There is always beauty in family.

"Dad, light the fire, hurry up, hurry up, it's 12 o'clock!" Liu Xiaoli brought the fireworks again and asked her father to light them with great interest.

It's past midnight, and the sky in Wuhan has become completely lively, with fireworks intertwining all over the sky to celebrate the arrival of the 2009 New Year.

Ankang picked up the lighter and helped his daughter light the fire. Before he could get out of his thoughts, he couldn't help asking softly: "Sissi, are you really happy?"

"Happy." Liu Yifei responded subconsciously, her mind still focused on the fireworks.

However, her heart suddenly palpitated. Was she really happy? What does "really" mean? Why did dad ask that?

The next moment, Liu Yifei moved the fireworks away.

Before Ankang could light up, his daughter gave him a hug: "Dad, Chu Xuan and I are really happy together, please don't worry."

Liu Yifei lay on her father's shoulder and couldn't help crying.

She understood her father's question. He was not asking if she was happy with the fireworks, but whether she was happy with Chu Xuan.

Compared to the mother's attentive and nagging motherly love that I'm used to, my father's fatherly love is very tactful and simple.

Just such a simple question made her feel the emotion of a father's love that she hadn't experienced in a long time, and she couldn't control it.

"Hey, why are you crying? Come on, let's set off fireworks."

"Okay, daddy, light the fire for me."

Ankang lit the fuse, and Liu Yifei raised the fireworks tube and pointed it at the starry sky.

Liu Yifei no longer went to her brother's place, but quietly waited for the fireworks to come out next to Ankang.

"Bang -" Fireworks soared into the sky, and stars suddenly flashed out.

The father and daughter looked up at the stars, smiling softly.

(End of this chapter)