I'm in love

Qu Xiaoxiao naturally spent New Year's Eve with her friends. They reveled in the lively bar and enjoyed the joyful atmosphere. However, despite the laughter and joy around her, Qu Xiaoxiao was not happy deep down. She was alone and silently flipping through her phone. Her thoughts had already drifted far away, and she was worried about Dr. Zhao.

She kept refreshing Dr. Zhao's circle of friends, carefully savoring the bits and pieces of his life that he had shared in recent days. Every photo and every text made her fall into deep longing. At this time, Yao Bin noticed Qu Xiaoxiao's unusual behavior.

"Do you think it's appropriate for someone to send messages here during the New Year?" Yao Bin couldn't help but ask.

Qu Xiaoxiao didn't raise her head, but replied calmly: "What do you care about me?"

Yao Bin looked at her in surprise and continued, "Is it because of that guy again? Damn it! Qu Xiaoxiao, are you serious? It's not like you to be so distracted by a man during the Chinese New Year!"

Qu Xiaoxiao finally stopped what she was doing, raised her head, and a look of determination appeared in her eyes.

"I'm serious, so what? Can't I truly like someone?" she retorted.

Yao Bin shook his head helplessly, as if he couldn't understand Qu Xiaoxiao's persistence.

"Okay, you're great. But I have to warn you, don't get yourself too deep into it. Feelings are sometimes not what you want them to be." He said with concern.

Qu Xiaoxiao smiled slightly and looked at Yao Bin with gratitude.

"I know, thank you for your concern. But this time I'm really moved. No matter what the result is, I'm going to give it a try." As she said this, she turned her gaze back to the phone screen, as if there was endless warmth and strength there.

Lanlan: Are you going home tonight?

Qu Xiaoxiao: "Why go home? It's the same every year. My brother and I are not the same kind of people, but we have to get together during the Chinese New Year and pretend to be brothers and sisters. It's so tiring!"

Yao Bin: Okay, okay, stop thinking about these unhappy things. Let’s have a good time tonight and no one is allowed to leave! Let’s all go to my house for a party!”

On the other side, lively and lovely Qiu Yingying was in the kitchen with her parents preparing the New Year's Eve dinner. She danced and hummed a little song, helped her mother wash and cut vegetables, and ran to get seasonings and plates for her father, busy and happy.

Mother Qiu looked at her daughter's cheerful expression and asked with a smile, "Yingying, you said that your online store is now under your sole management?"

Qiu Yingying nodded excitedly and replied proudly, "Well, the online store was my idea! My manager thought it was a good idea and let me be the sole agent. Even though my online store is small, I have sold several hundred packages in the past two months!"

Qiu Yingying opened her phone and showed her mother the sales records and positive comments from customers. Seeing her daughter's happy face, Qiu's mother was very pleased and couldn't help but praise her: "Yingying is amazing! She knows how to start her own business and make money at such a young age."

Qiu Yingying was even more proud after hearing her mother's praise. She patted her chest and said, "Hehe, I will continue to work hard! I will try to make the online store bigger and better, so that more people will like our products."

At this moment, a burst of fragrance came from the kitchen. It turned out that Dad Qiu had prepared a special dish. Qiu Yingying immediately cheered and couldn't wait to taste her father's cooking...

Qiu Yingying said excitedly: "Because of this incident, my boss gave me a bonus! Can you guess how much bonus he gave me?"

Father Qiu couldn't wait to ask: "How much? How much?"

Qiu Yingying replied proudly: "Five thousand yuan!"

Father Qiu opened his mouth in surprise: "Five thousand yuan? That's so much!"

Mother Qiu was also so happy that she couldn't stop smiling: "Old Qiu, our Yingying is really promising. This bonus is higher than our monthly salary!"

Father Qiu nodded with satisfaction and said in agreement: "Of course! People go to higher places and water flows to lower places. Yingying should stay in a big city like Shanghai to develop, so that she can have a better future. What future can you have if you stay in this small place? Oh, what a pity..."

At this time, Ying Qin called, and Qiu Yingying immediately sneaked into her room like a kitten, and her mother watched her daughter's expression...

Qiu's mother: Lao Qiu, what's the phone call? You have to make it behind our backs. Are you in love again?

Father Qiu: No way. Xiao Guan said that Yingying was not wrong in the last incident. It was the man who was not kind. Yingying is a sensible child.

Father Qiu: Besides, Yingying has always been very straightforward. If she really falls in love, she can't hide it from us.

Mother Qiu: Yes, I am also afraid that our daughter is too naive and will be deceived.

When Mr. Qiu heard that he had been cheated, he wanted to go to the door with a kitchen knife to listen to his daughter's phone call, but was stopped by Mrs. Qiu.