The Bravest

The next morning, Lin Jie and Sun Yuelan once again welcomed the first rays of morning sunshine with warm applause.

Under Sun Yuelan's coercion and temptation, Lin Jie had to admit that morning and evening were the best times for exercise. It was indeed inappropriate to exercise in the afternoon yesterday! He promised not to make the same mistake next time.

Today is New Year's Eve, and Lin Jie is very busy. In the morning, he and Haitang will go to visit Liu Qingshan, and in the afternoon, he and Yuelan will visit Gang Village and the welfare home.

Ye Wulian was at home, busy preparing the New Year's Eve dinner, not only for her own family, but also for their respective followers.

Like Liu Sheng, Yidao, Song Qi, Li Jing, Lin Ruolan and so on, several of their close associates will also celebrate the New Year together at Lin Jie's house.

The others were on holiday and returned to the welfare home to celebrate the New Year with Deputy Director Liu Qingshan and other children, big and small.

As for why they didn't go to the Ye family? That's because no matter what, Ye Wulian is Lin Jie's principal wife, the eldest wife, and they will officially return to her parents' home on the second day of the Lunar New Year.

The New Year's Eve dinner had already started at three o'clock in the afternoon. Liu Haitang also rushed over. She and Sun Yuelan were both teachers at the welfare home. Now they were accompanying Lin Jie on his left and right.

"What fake marriage? Lin Jie is such a liar." Liu Qingshan cursed inwardly as he looked at his daughter's increasingly plump body. However, his daughter's happy smile comforted him a little.

Before going back, Lin Jie sneaked into the office and called Michiko:

"Honey, I'm fine. Xiaofeng and Xiaolong went shopping with me today and they just came back."

Lin Jie felt a little distressed at Michiko's forced calmness.

"Wife, take care of yourself. I'll be back in a few days." Lin Jie didn't know how to comfort her. After saying a few words, he hung up the phone and sat in a chair in a daze.

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"Honey, it's past four o'clock, let's go back." Haitang came over, and Lin Jie forced a happy smile.

"Let's go back and have the reunion dinner." But I told myself in my heart that Michiko was still missing.

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"My husband is ready to eat."

Ye Wulian called the whole family over, and the Lin family's reunion dinner began. At a small table, Lin Jie's family sat, and at a large table, more than a dozen people were seated.

"Liu Sheng, Yidao, you guys come over here and eat. There's no room over there."

Lin Jie watched as Liu Sheng and Yidao were busy treating a bunch of brothers to food and drinks, not even bothering to eat himself. He stood up and waved at the two men.

"Brother, you guys eat. Don't worry about us. I'll take some to the gate and eat with Song Qi, Li Jing and the others."

Liu Sheng had no time to care. Although it was New Year's Day, security could not be relaxed at all. All the staff on duty were not allowed to drink alcohol today. They would take turns anyway, so it would be the same if they drank another day.

"Then we don't care, just make the arrangements."

The reunion dinner lasted from six to eight o'clock. Lin Jie and his three companions went upstairs to rest, leaving the downstairs to the younger brothers to clean up. Tonight, the four of them stayed up to watch the New Year, playing poker on Ye Wulian's bed. It was very simple, and it ran fast.

After playing for a while, Sun Yuelan suggested, "Sister, playing cards is boring. How about playing dice? The loser has to drink a glass."

"Okay, okay," Haitang clapped her hands before Ye Wulian said anything. Anyway, her husband was staying at her eldest sister's house tonight, so she could sleep well after getting drunk.

"Then let's play, who's afraid of who?" Ye Wulian would definitely not be scared by the two little sisters? Not only was she the first to enter the door, she was also two years older than Haitang and Yuelan.

"Come on, let's go to the small hall outside and don't make my bed dirty."

"Tsk, you know my husband is staying at your place tonight, so I'm going to get you drunk and see what you're going to do?" Sun Yuelan was always unforgiving with her words.

"Hmph, I'm drunk, so what? As long as my husband is not drunk, I can let him serve me." She is not a little girl anymore, and she speaks in a presumptuous manner.

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"Honey, I lost again, please help me drink it." Haitang drank too much and her body was a little shaky, so she started to cheat.

"Ah, no, this is boring. Haitang, drink quickly." Sun Yuelan was almost done, but was holding on and didn't want to be the first to fall.

"Don't cheat, Haitang. You were the one who screamed the loudest just now. Drink it quickly." Ye Wulian picked up the wine glass and poured it into Haitang's mouth. Fortunately, it was red wine, and the glass used was a white wine glass, which was only the size of a thumb.

"Finally, I don't believe it. Sister Yuelan, let's get Eldest Sister drunk and take her husband away." Haitang started talking nonsense.

"Yes, get my husband back." Sun Yuelan was almost there.

"Come on, I'm not afraid of you. The two of you together are no match for me. How about you, my husband?" Ye Wulian's situation was a little better, but not much better, otherwise she wouldn't have started bragging.

"I can't do it anymore. I'm going to go down and walk around for a while to sober up. You guys can have fun first. I'm going to go down and do a round of inspection."

Lin Jie was given a lot of drinks by his brothers while he was eating, and now he is indeed a little drunk.

"Go ahead. When you come back, I'll get them drunk. Go ahead." Ye Wulian waved his hand carelessly.

Lin Jie walked around downstairs and in the yard, boasted to the brother on duty, and gave some instructions. He looked at his watch and saw that it was already past eleven o'clock. After hesitating for a moment, Lin Jie went into the study.

"Michiko, are you still in the office? Are you waiting for my call?"

Lin Jie tried to call Michiko's office, but he didn't expect that Michiko was actually waiting for him to call.

"No way. I just fell asleep and suddenly remembered that I forgot something in the office, so I came down to get it."

Michiko's voice was a little choked up when she spoke. Her whole night of waiting was not in vain, and he did not forget her.

"Don't cry, don't cry, Michiko, don't cry. I will find a way to bring you home next year."

Lin Jie felt a little uncomfortable. At this time, Michiko was alone in the office, waiting for his call. Fortunately, he did not disappoint her and still made this crucial call.

The two talked on the phone for more than 20 minutes before Michiko reluctantly said, "Honey, it's almost twelve o'clock. You go back to accompany them. I'm going upstairs to rest."

Without waiting for Lin Jie's response, Michiko decisively hung up the phone, lay on the table and cried for a while, then smiled. Her husband remembered her!

Lin Jie listened to the busy tone on the phone and couldn't help but think of Michiko's good deeds. He looked at his watch and saw that there were still more than ten minutes to twelve o'clock.

Lin Jie walked out of the study and stood in the yard, looking up at the sky. Today the whole family was reunited, but Lin Jie had a woman who was not by his side. He hoped that there would be one less person next year.

As the cold night wind blew, the smell of alcohol rose up in Lin Jie's voice. Lin Jie shook his head hard, buried Michiko's beautiful figure deep in his mind, and turned back to the house.

Lin Jie returned to Ye Wulian's room. Haitang and Sun Yuelan were sleeping on the sofa in the small living room.

Ye Wulian was also in a daze. Seeing Lin Jie staggering in, she dragged Lin Jie to drink and gradually became dizzy.

"Honey, what time is it?" Ye Wulian couldn't drink anymore and wanted to sleep.

"It's past twelve o'clock, I don't know. How about we take a break? My head hurts a little." Lin Jie was also a little confused.

"Well, honey, help me, this room is a little spinning."

"Yeah, it's really spinning a bit, slow down."

The two of them supported each other and entered the bedroom, completely forgetting that there were two people lying on the sofa in the small living room.

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