Black Lotus is reborn. Hush! Just lie down and be quiet.

"Chunlan, here I come!"

The voice came in before the person entered the room. Pei Aihua's Mandarin improved rapidly and his pronunciation was very standard.

He came on a bicycle with a bouquet of red roses in the basket.

Xia Qingqing blinked. Although it was the coldest time of the year, it was the tail end of winter and spring was indeed coming soon.

"Mr. Pei's Mandarin is getting better and better. What is the motivation that drives you to learn Mandarin?"

Xia Qingqing asked deliberately and glanced at Song Chunlan who was carrying the dishes.

Song Chunlan's eyes were panicked. She put down the dishes and ran back to the kitchen. Her back looked very hurried.

"My motivation is Miss Chunlan. I want to communicate with her without any obstacles."

Pei Aihua expressed his love openly. He liked Song Chunlan and was trying hard to pursue her.

"Chunlan, these are flowers for you."

Pei Aihua held a red rose and went to the kitchen to find Song Chunlan.

"It's very fumy in here, please get out quickly before your clothes get dirty."

Song Chunlan spoke in a coquettish tone and her face was as red as a boiled shrimp, but her eyes were filled with joy.

"It's okay, you can wash it if it gets dirty."

Pei Aihua insisted on staying to help, and Song Chunlan had no choice but to follow him. The two of them were busy in the kitchen, like a couple.

"I'm going to help Sister Chunlan."

Xiao Yingyue washed her hands and was about to go to help, but was pulled out by Xia Qingqing, who was really tactless.

The last to arrive were Si Jinyi and Zhuang Hongye. Si Jinyi replaced the particularly flashy motorcycle with a jeep, and Xiaoyu also painted a gorgeous pattern on it. It was still the coolest car in the city.

The car stopped at the entrance of the alley and two people walked in. Zhuang Hongye walked briskly in front, and Si Jinyi jogged after him.

"Why are you walking so fast? A ghost is chasing you!"

Zhuang Hongye turned around and rolled her eyes, saying unhappily, "You really know yourself!"

Si Jinyi was stunned for a moment, then he reacted and slapped himself on the mouth. In just a moment, Zhuang Hongye walked away and he hurriedly chased after her.

The dinner that day was particularly lively. Even Shen Qiubai, who had gone to Nanjing for a meeting, rushed back exhausted.

“The new year is coming, and next year will surely be smooth sailing. New year, new beginnings. Cheers!”

Everyone raised their glasses, and except Xiaoyu who drank soda, everyone drank wine.

The sound of wine glasses clinking together could be heard, and ripples formed from the wine in the glasses. Everyone's face was filled with smiles, which were brighter than the new roses on the cupboard.

“Aihua, aren’t you going to bring Miss Song home this year?”

Langyue can't drink much, and he gets a little tipsy after drinking a little, but he's not drunk and his mind is very clear. He just says things that he wouldn't dare to say normally.

Song Chunlan's face immediately turned red and she lowered her head in shame.

Pei Aihua glanced at her and said with a smile, "I want to take it, but Miss Chunlan hasn't agreed to it yet."

"Don't talk while eating."

Song Chunlan picked up a hairy crab for him and glared at him.

"It's okay, we don't have so many rules. Miss Song, do you know what the first Chinese character Aihua learned was?" Lang Yue asked with a smile.

"What is it?"

Everyone became interested and asked in unison.

"Song Chunlan is Miss Song's full name. Aihua studied very hard. He said that his love for Miss Song was not love at first sight, but a love that grew over time. He is very serious about relationships. I have known him for nearly ten years. I will not lie to you."

Lang Yue spoke in Shanghai dialect, which Pei Aihua could not understand and could only stare blankly.

"Wow, so romantic, Sister Chunlan, please agree to it, don't you like Mr. Pei too?"

Even Xiao Yingyue could see that Song Chunlan was not heartless towards Pei Aihua.

"I am too uneducated, and he is a PhD. We are not a good match. Let's stop talking about this and eat."

Song Chunlan didn't want to talk about this anymore. Of course she was attracted to Pei Aihua, but she was afraid.

The fear of Pei Aihua is just a temporary novelty.

She was afraid that if she was beaten again after marrying abroad, she would have no one to turn to for help.

The fear that her first marriage brought her is so great that even now she still dreams of her ex-husband who has been shot, smiling grimly at her in her dreams.

She admitted that she was a coward, but she was attached to Pei Aihua's tenderness and love. Song Chunlan thought she was too bad. She didn't agree to the other person, but she didn't refuse either. She was like a bad woman in the movie.

"Today's hairy crabs are quite fat and have a lot of roe."

Xia Qingqing abruptly changed the subject. Song Chunlan's heart knot was too deep, so she had to be allowed to figure it out slowly. The more she pushed her, the more counterproductive it would be.

"I have to eat more, because I won't be able to eat it next year when I go to Africa."

Si Jinyi has a good appetite and he likes every kind of food. His application to go to Africa has been approved. He will leave after the New Year and will not come back until two years later.

"Don't forget my business when you go."

Zhuang Hongye picked up a large piece of eight-treasure duck meat for him, which made Si Jinyi a little flattered. They had been together for so long, but this was the first time she picked up food for him.

"There are a lot of diamonds over there. I'll go check it out."

Si Jinyi nodded and behaved very well.

"Bring me some rhino horns." Xia Qingqing also reminded.

Rhino horn is a good medicine to remove evil and can save lives at critical moments.

[It is strictly forbidden to kill wild rhinos in China, here refers to Africa]

"Brother-in-law, can you get me a pink diamond?"

Xiao Yingyue has a very sweet mouth.

Si Jinyi snorted arrogantly. If there is something, call her brother-in-law. If there is nothing, call Doctor Si. This girl is really two-faced.

"If it's easy, you can give her one and I'll reimburse you the money." Zhuang Hongye said.

"Row."

Si Jinyi agreed without hesitation, and even asked flatteringly: "What color do you like? I'll get you one too?"

"I like mining, just do it well."

Zhuang Hongye's voice was light. She liked jewelry, but she liked making money more. By building a diamond mine, she could have diamonds of every color she wanted and then collect all seven colors of the rainbow.

Xia Qingqing looked at everyone at the table with a smile. It had been almost two years since she was reborn. The fate of her friends and relatives she cared about had changed, and they would all be happy forever in the future.

A plate of peeled crab meat was handed over, peeled by Shen Qiubai.

"You eat too."

Xia Qingqing picked up a shrimp and fed it to him. They looked at each other and smiled, their affection was self-evident.

After dinner, Xiao Yingyue and Zuo Yang were responsible for washing the dishes. Even while washing the dishes, they were bickering with each other. It seemed that good things were about to happen.

Pei Aihua asked Song Chunlan to go out for a walk, and they must have had a private conversation.

Zhuang Hongye and Si Jinyi went home after dinner. Both of them are workaholics and study maniacs. Apart from eating and sleeping, they work and study every day.

An hour later, Song Chunlan came back. Pei Aihua sent her back.

"Chunlan, I'm waiting for your reply."

Pei Aihua looked at her affectionately, then left.

Song Chunlan was very confused and didn't know what to do.

"Qingqing, what do you think I should do?"

Xia Qingqing had just finished washing up when she received a call from Song Chunlan. She knew what was going on as soon as she heard it, so she asked, "Do you like him?"