Seven years after my death, the male protagonist of the substitute novel was criticized

Chapter 44 Why Can’t I Say My Wishes Come True?
When you have something on your mind, time passes quickly.

Shortly after the Gregorian New Year passed, the decorations hung on the resort were still shining brightly, and the Lunar New Year arrived.

This is the most important festival. In order to have a smooth day, all conflicts and unexpected events can be temporarily put aside.

Pei Yizhou purchased the ingredients in advance. After getting up in the morning, he and Lin Lu were busy in the kitchen, trying to learn the recipes of the "must-have dishes for the Chinese New Year" on the Internet.

For many years, these two teenagers had been groping their way through New Year's Eve and the Spring Festival, cooking a few dishes that each other liked, preparing New Year's red envelopes, staying up until the early hours of the morning, and telling each other that they had spent another year relying on each other.

Lin Lu wanted to make radish meatballs. She carefully shaped them into meatballs and then extremely carefully transferred them into the frying pan.

This step was very dangerous. She pulled Pei Yizhou to act as a pot cover, stretched out her hand with a spoon from behind Pei Yizhou's arm, put the meatballs down, and immediately retreated behind him to hide.

The sizzling sound of frying in the frying pan was like a bomb about to explode. She asked, "Is it formed? Is the oil splashing? Push it with a spoon."

Pei Yizhou: “…Not yet.”

His tone was helpless, but his expression was clearly smiling: "Why don't you give up this dish? Make something else, like your specialty, roast chicken with tomatoes and potatoes."

"No, this dish is a must. My mother used to make it every year and said that eating meatballs represents reunion in the coming year." Lin Lu insisted.

Pei Yizhou pointed at the fish in another pot and said, "What about Niannian Youyu? Didn't you want to try the squirrel mandarin fish? Why did you steam another one? Too much 'Youyu' is not good."

Lin Lu was still staring at the carrot balls floating in the frying pan. Hearing this, he blurted out, "That's for you. Didn't Aunt Pei often make it for you?"

When mentioning the unexpected person, Pei Yizhou's lips flattened.

He probably had a bad temper in recent years. When he looked at people with a cold face, he put a lot of pressure on them. His reputation for being moody spread far and wide. When people in the company saw him with a sullen face and not talking, they subconsciously looked for their own problems first, and sweat broke out on their foreheads as they hurried to make up for it.

But Lin Lu was the only one who was not afraid of his cold face and continued, "Don't say you don't like it. Even though I just put the fish on it and steamed it, it's also my intention. You have to eat it all later."

Pei Yizhou took a deep breath and returned to normal: "Okay, I will definitely not waste your kindness."

As for his token of appreciation, he added plenty of Lin Lu’s favorite tomatoes to the sour beef soup.

Why did he only prepare one dish? Because he was helping Lin Lu the rest of the time. He did 70% of the preparation work for the five dishes Lin Lu prepared.

In the sense, you spend time and effort to prepare something for yourself.

After several hours of busy work, we ordered room service for lunch. It was not until six o'clock in the evening that Lin Lu announced that the food could be served.

The table is filled with delicious dishes, and the steam rising from them lingers under the light, revealing the truth of happiness.

Pei Yizhou poured a glass of wine for both of them, and at Lin Lu's signal, they clinked their glasses.

"It's the last few hours of the year. You have to make sure you eat all the dishes. May your family be reunited, prosperous every year, and prosperous every day..."

She tried to be like her mother in the past, giving a fluent and infectious speech before dinner.

But after trying for several years, she just couldn't learn it. Now too much time has passed, and the Spring Festival when her parents were both alive in her memory has been too long ago. Without a model for learning, she can't learn it even more.

But in a family, there must always be someone who takes responsibility for this role.

She continued in a serious tone, "Before we eat, we need to thank Master Lin for his hard work, and of course Master Pei for his help. Next, please let Master Pei give his speech—"

She clenched her fist and raised it in front of Pei Yizhou.

Pei Yizhou pressed her hand and said, "Thank you again, Master Lin, for your efforts."

"Okay, then I will give a summary speech for this year on behalf of our family."

Lin Lu raised his glass for the second time: "First of all, a great happy event happened in my family. God has a good vision. I traveled to the present time and reunited with my brother in this time and space."

Pei Yizhou raised his glass and clinked it with hers, then drank it in one gulp.

"Secondly, my brother became a big boss, so I can start to enjoy life after skipping several years of hard work. I have a job and live a good life here." Pei Yizhou clinked glasses again and drank.

"Third, no matter what happened, we still supported each other and walked on. We have reached the last day of the year and are about to welcome a new year and a new beginning. Mom and Dad can rest assured, and Uncle Pei and Aunt Pei can also rest assured. We are living a good life now."

Pei Yizhou took only a sip of the third glass of wine, lowered his eyes, and put a meatball into Lin Lu's bowl.

He didn't like to mention his parents when he was so happy.

As far as he could remember, there had never been a peaceful and happy moment in his family, which was almost always accompanied by quarrels.

The men and women who loved each other passionately when they were young, after the passion faded, were left with only disgust for each other, and even his "fruit of love" became a discounted product out of season.

Even if they die, they will probably just argue in the underground about who paid the most, instead of caring about whether he lives a good or bad life.

Not like the Lin family.

Lin Lu is a person who lives in love, so he is born with the normal ability to love.

not like him.

"Have you finished your speech, Master Lin?" He smiled and added a little more love to Lin Lu's bowl, "Eat, your meatballs will be cold soon."

"As long as they are cooked well, meatballs taste good even when they are cold."

"But your meatballs are not."

"...My mother said that women don't need to be talented in cooking." Lin Lu excused herself.

Pei Yizhou agreed: "Indeed, your family can afford to hire a cook now, or you can eat in restaurants for the rest of your life."

Lin Lu touched his glass with the little wine in his glass and said with a sigh, "So life is very good now."

Pei Yizhou tilted his head slightly and drank the wine, but his eyes looked at her face through the glass.

No, not good enough.

After three hours of eating the New Year's Eve dinner, we couldn't eat any more, so Lin Lu urged us to go downstairs to set off the fireworks.

The last few hours were precious and she didn't want to waste a single moment. She went downstairs to set off the fireworks and calculated the time. After that, she immediately returned to the hotel, turned on the TV and waited for midnight.

The digital time jumped slowly from 11:59 to 00:00.

The new year has arrived.

Lin Lu took out a gift that he had prepared long ago from his pocket and placed it in front of Pei Yizhou with an excited look on his face.

"Brother, Happy New Year! May you be healthy, successful, happy and blessed!"

The gift was a watch, and inside the box was a bulging red envelope containing two hundred yuan.

The resort's fireworks show began to flash outside the floor-to-ceiling window. Under the colorful light, his whole body and mind were attracted by those sparkling eyes, and his heartbeat quickened for the love she gave him.

While thinking, she is always like this. She is the one who gives, but she is happier than the one who receives.

At the same time, I was thinking, why didn't she even dare to say that everything would go well and all her wishes would come true.

But he suppressed other thoughts and took out his gift with a smile; "Happy New Year..."

The last syllable of the last word disappeared in the flickering screen of Lin Lu’s mobile phone.

　My wish and plan for the new year: to fully invade my sister's life. Skip the feasibility test and go straight to implementation.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)