I almost touched the moon

Because it was New Year's Eve, the dinner was particularly sumptuous. The appetizers were honeydew ham, matsutake chicken soup, and sashimi platter. In addition to squirrel mandarin fish, crispy lychee chicken, and plum short ribs, the main dishes included spring water beef, Longjing shrimp, steamed red rose grouper, and two-headed South African abalone and goose feet. The side dishes were sea cucumber tofu and fried morels with XO sauce.

"It's so rich." Wen Song sighed, "Thank you Aunt Zhou, you've worked hard."

"It's not hard, and I didn't do it alone. Lawyer Wen also hired a kitchen helper to help me." Aunt Zhou looked at Wen Song with a pleased and happy expression, "Miss, please try the squirrel mandarin fish. The son-in-law and the second young master are here today, so you should eat more."

"Thank you, Amy." Wen Yiheng also smiled and invited Zhou Ma, "Happy New Year, sit down and eat together."

After they sat down, Cheng Che poured red wine for everyone, raised his glass and said to Wen Yiheng, "Happy Chinese New Year, Mom."

He leaned over and kissed Wen Song again, "Happy New Year, baby."

"I really can't stand it anymore." Wen Yiheng took a sip of wine and shook his head with a smile, "Why don't you go home and spend time together? Except for the two of you, everyone here should be single."

"Yes, Auntie!" Cheng Xuan said immediately, "My eldest brother and his wife show their affection in front of me every day. My brother is so mean to me, but you can see how obedient he is in front of his sister-in-law."

"So what?" Cheng Che said proudly, "Of course I have to listen to my wife."

"That's right." Wen Song also agreed, "And we are not sick of each other, Lawyer Wen, you haven't seen how clingy Cheng Che is."

"That's enough!" Wen Yiheng spat unhappily, "Don't be ashamed. I'm not interested. Come on and eat. Amy worked so hard to cook this dish. You must eat more."

During dinner, Wen Yiheng didn't have so many rules. Everyone ate and chatted at the same time.

After chatting for a while, Cheng Xuan's phone rang. He took a look and said to Cheng Che, "Brother, my mom called me on video."

"Go ahead," Wen Song said immediately, "I should also say Happy New Year to my mother."

Cheng Xuan picked up the call immediately. On the other end of the video, Yang Wanqing spoke in a gentle voice, "Xuan, are you with your brother?"

"Yes." Cheng Xuan raised his phone and said, "Mom, let's have the New Year's Eve dinner together at my sister-in-law's mother's house. Look, the food is delicious."

"It tastes so good." Yang Wanqing showed a bright smile with a hint of surprise, and said to Wen Yiheng, "Mother-in-law, Happy New Year and a prosperous Year of the Dog. Please take care of our Ah Che and Ah Xuan."

Wen Yiheng smiled and said, "You're welcome. We're all family. It doesn't matter if it's a bother or not. I'm grateful that they came back to accompany me today, otherwise I would be alone at home."

Yang Wanqing said to Cheng Che again, "Ah Che, Happy New Year. Are you busy with your studies recently? Did you receive the red envelope your mother gave you? I don't have Songsong's bank account, so I can only transfer it to her via WeChat. Tell Songsong to accept it."

Cheng Che smiled and nodded, then hugged Wen Song and said, "Okay, Mom, we got it. Thank you, Mom."

Wen Song also smiled and said, "Thank you, Mom. I'll accept it right away. When Che is on vacation, I'll come to Hangzhou with him to see you."

After dinner, Wen Song, Wen Yiheng, Cheng Che, and Cheng Xuan watched 2 Broke Girls and played Uno in the multi-purpose hall. They had watched the show countless times, but hearing the lines again still made them laugh.

Cheng Xuan threw out a black card without mercy and said, "Add four turns to yellow."

Cheng Che looked at the cards in his hand, moved closer to Wen Song, kissed her, and said pitifully, "Wife, I'm sorry."

After that, he also threw out a black card, "Continue to add four, red."

Wen Song looked at the last red number 7 in his hand, gritted his teeth and said, "c8", then drew eight more cards, glanced at Cheng Che and said, "You go back by yourself later, I'll stay here tonight."

"Then I'll stay at home with my wife." Cheng Che held her hand and said, "It's just playing a game. Don't be angry, honey. You can't blame me. It's all Axuan's fault. He was the first to add four."

"It's okay. How could I get angry over something like this?" Wen Song smiled very gently and sweetly. "Ah Che, uno, you forgot to shout uno, add a card."

After saying that, he directly picked up three cards and handed them to Cheng Che, his smile becoming even more charming.

"Okay..." Cheng Che sighed softly and said helplessly, "It's a Chinese trap."

After the first round, Cheng Xuan was the first to finish playing his cards and said happily, "I won."

"Okay, okay, you win." Cheng Che followed his lead and said, "What reward do you want?"

Cheng Xuan thought for a moment and said, "Auntie just gave me a red envelope, so I don't need it. Sister-in-law, I want to study for a doctorate, can you write a recommendation letter for me?"

"Ah?" Cheng Che and Wen Song were both shocked when they heard his words. Cheng Che almost spit out the tea he had just drunk and coughed twice. "You want to study for a doctorate?!"

Wen Song patted Cheng Che's back to calm him down while asking, "Of course a letter of recommendation is ok, but you have to tell me first, where are you going to apply for a PhD?"

Cheng Xuan said somewhat embarrassedly: "I want to apply for your or Prof. Wender's doctorate."

Wen Song smiled and said truthfully, "To be honest, if you want to apply for my doctorate, it will be very difficult. I have received several applications so far. They have all been published in core journals and have very high average scores. I have seen your transcripts. You got very high scores in the two professional courses taught by Lukas. He is also your master project supervisor and will know you better, so I suggest you apply for his doctorate."

Seeing Cheng Xuan's slightly disappointed expression, Wen Song smiled and comforted her, "Don't be sad. My doctoral students work very hard, and no one has graduated yet. Nattalie should be able to graduate in April this year, but she has also studied for more than four years. So not being admitted is not a bad thing. I will write a recommendation letter for you. If you want to publish a paper, send it to me after you write it, and I can help you revise it."

"Thank you, sister-in-law!" Cheng Xuan immediately smiled and said to Wen Song, "Then I'll rely on you."

Cheng Che also smiled and said, "Why don't you thank your sister-in-law properly? Her letter of recommendation is very valuable."

"I know." Cheng Xuan said with some admiration, "My classmates all said that as long as I have a letter of recommendation from my sister-in-law, I can at least get a PhD from LMU. Brother, where's your gift? This is my zodiac year, you should give me a big gift."

Wen Song also said: "Yes, it's his zodiac year, so why don't you give him a red string from Fred, the one you gave me before."

Cheng Che immediately shook his head and said, "No, how can you give away something as intimate as a red string casually?"

"Brother! I don't want a red string either!" Cheng Xuan's eyes fell on Cheng Che's watch, "Your watch is nice, give it to me."

"Don't even think about it." Cheng Che said unhappily, "This watch was given to me by Song Song. If you want a watch, pick one you like and I'll pay for it."

"Really?" Cheng Xuan said immediately, "Then I want a Patek Philippe watch too. I don't want such a good one like yours. The most ordinary starry sky watch will do."

"Okay, okay, I'll buy it for you." Cheng Che agreed and lay on Wen Song's lap again, showing a coquettish expression, "Look, honey, he cheats me out of money every day."

"It's okay, you have money." Wen Song also smiled, yawned and said, "I'm sleepy."

"Don't be sleepy." Wen Yiheng patted her head and said, "We have to stay up on New Year's Eve, so continue playing cards. Do you want to play Texas Hold'em?"

"No!" Cheng Che and Cheng Xuan said almost in unison. Cheng Che said with a sad face, "Mom, how can we be a match for you and Song Song in Texas Hold'em? After one night, I'm sure I don't even have the money to buy a watch for Xuan."

"It's okay." Wen Song asked Zhou Ma to bring poker cards and chips, pinched Cheng Che's face and said, "If you don't have money, I can buy it for him. Let's play. I haven't played for a long time."

"Okay, I'll play with you." Cheng Che agreed, "Anyway, everything I have belongs to my wife, and I lose it all to you."

"I can't stand it!!!" Wen Yiheng had never seen anyone show affection in front of her, so she rolled her eyes and said, "If you two continue to show affection like this without caring about others, I will win all your money and throw you both out."

Before they knew it, it was twelve o'clock. They went to the courtyard together and set off fireworks to welcome the Lunar New Year.

Wen Song was holding two firework sticks in her hands. The fluorescent fireworks made her facial features look particularly delicate and gentle.

She leaned on Cheng Che's shoulder and slowly said, "Actually, my mother and I don't have the habit of celebrating the Spring Festival. When I was young, I didn't like celebrating the Spring Festival either, because on New Year's Eve, everyone else was with their parents. I called my mother, and she almost always told me that she was very busy, busy writing papers, busy working. She said that if I missed her very much, I could go to Switzerland to find her, but my grandparents wouldn't let me go. My grandmother said that I must be at home during the New Year..."

Cheng Che lowered his head, kissed her lips, and smiled, "It's okay. I couldn't do it before, but I won't do it again in the future. From now on, I will accompany you and mom to celebrate the New Year every year."

Wen Song said “hmm” and said to him: “The only two happy Spring Festivals for me were when I was 12 years old. The first one was when my mother came back to Hangzhou from Switzerland to spend the Spring Festival with me. Then she asked me if I was willing to live with her in Switzerland. I would never be separated from her again.

The second one was when you accompanied me home when I was 24. People always say that the year of birth is unlucky, but I don’t think so. I think my year of birth is very lucky. In my first year of birth, I finally went to Switzerland with my mother. In my second year of birth, you accompanied me for the whole year, and I graduated with high marks and went to Oxford for a doctorate. "

"But you were not by my side during my zodiac year." Cheng Che suddenly felt a little melancholy and hugged Wen Song's waist. "Wife, we will celebrate the New Year together every year from now on, whether it is the Gregorian New Year or the Spring Festival, we will celebrate it together."

"Okay." Wen Song smiled, stood on tiptoe and kissed him, "Hubby, Happy New Year."

"Happy New Year, my dear wife." Cheng Che handed her two red envelopes, "New Year's red envelopes, one for you and one for Cece."

Wen Song looked at his serious expression and couldn't help laughing, "Just give it to Cece, why give it to me? I'm not a child."

After hearing this, Cheng Che put his arm around her shoulders and said, "But you are my Princess Iseylia, so of course I have to give my princess a red envelope."

Wen Song no longer refused, put the red envelope in his pocket and said, "Then it belongs to me, and Cece's too."

Cheng Che smiled lightly, then lowered his head and kissed her on the lips, "Okay, it's all yours."

Suddenly, there was a huge explosion. Wen Song looked up and realized it was the sound of fireworks. A beam of fire flew into the sky, and a huge orange-red firework bloomed in the night sky, as dazzling as the sun. She took Cheng Che's arm and quietly admired the fireworks with him.

Not far away, Wen Yiheng was playing with Petty in the garden. Petty was a little scared, so she squatted down and covered Petty's ears. Cheng Xuan was also setting off fireworks, and was startled by the sound. He ran to Cheng Che and grabbed his sleeve, "Brother, I'm scared to death, but this firework is really beautiful."

Wen Song looked at this scene and suddenly felt very happy. She whispered to Cheng Che, "So this is how it feels to celebrate the New Year with so many people. It's so fun."

Wen Yiheng also walked over to Wen Song and smiled at her, "Ilia, what a wonderful thing, this is a good thing."

(Happy New Year, I hope you will always be happy.)