New Return of the Pearl: The Group's Pet Swallow Flies

There were three tables in the dining room, one for men, one for women, and one for children.

Everyone was chatting animatedly. Xiao Ertai came up to Xiao Yanzi and chatted with her. Except for Ziwei and Qing'er, no one else paid much attention.

When Ertai heard what Xiaoyanzi said, a hint of surprise flashed across his eyes. He nodded at her and sat back in his seat, thinking about how to sneak out to buy candied haws.

"What were you talking about just now?"

Ziwei sat on the left of Xiaoyanzi and only heard Ertai and Xiaoyanzi whispering. The room was too noisy and she couldn't hear clearly what they said.

Xiaoyanzi grabbed the almost finished elbow and turned back to grin at her. Her greasy little mouth revealed a row of big white teeth, which looked very funny. Ziwei couldn't help laughing and took out a handkerchief to wipe the oil stains on her mouth.

Then I heard Xiaoyanzi's unclear voice, "We, we didn't say anything."

Ziwei wiped her mouth, nodded and said nothing. It wasn't something big that she needed to know anyway.

After dinner, the adults talked in the house while the children chatted in the side yard. However, what no one noticed at first was that there was one person missing from the house.

It was not until one stick of incense had passed that everyone realized that Ertai had disappeared?

Just when Xiaoyanzi and the others were about to go look for him, they saw Ertai coming towards them mysteriously.

"Ertai, it's so late, where have you been?"

Erkang frowned, walked up to his brother and asked him dissatisfiedly.

Ertai smiled at his brother, then took out his hands from behind his back with a smile. In his small hands, there was a big bunch of candied haws.

It looks so tempting with its bright red color.

"Wow, candied haws."

Xiaoyanzi came to Ertai in surprise and said, "It's so late, everyone should have gone home, where did you buy it?"

After saying that, she took a candied haws from Ertai's hand and couldn't wait to take a bite. The sweet and sour taste of the candied haws made her smile.

Seeing Xiaoyanzi enjoying the meal, Ertai smiled gently and explained to everyone while distributing the candied haws he had bought with great difficulty.

"I asked the housekeeper to take me to the street to buy them. But it was curfew and everyone went home. So I asked the housekeeper to help me find the candied haws vendor's home and bought all his candied haws."

Qing'er and Ziwei looked at each other, and they finally knew what Xiaoyanzi and Ertai were whispering about at the dinner table. It turned out to be about candied haws.

The two of them took the candied haws and took a bite each. They tasted really good.

Hearing this, Xiao Feng couldn't help but said, "Why didn't you tell me earlier? I would have taken you there. I know where it is and which one is tastier."

As he talked and ate, he nodded secretly. The candied haws in this restaurant tasted pretty good.

Yongqi and Benjamin each took one candied haws from Hangzhou, secretly comparing them with those from Beijing. They felt that each had its own unique characteristics?

Ertai bought the only remaining candied haws from the vendor, but when he counted them carefully, there were only eight. After he gave one to the housekeeper who led the way, there were only seven left.

So, everyone took one and ate them, leaving Ertai with nothing.

Xiaoyanzi was the first to eat. After she ate two, she turned around and found that Ertai's hands were empty. She asked in confusion, "Ertai, didn't you buy one for yourself?"

Ertai scratched his head awkwardly, "Actually, I, um, I don't like eating candied haws."

As soon as Xiaoyanzi heard it, she knew he was lying. When she was little, Ertai kept saying that he would take her to eat candied haws when she grew up, and he often wrote to her to say so.

Erkang and his companions also couldn't believe it. How could Ertai not like eating candied haws when he bought one every time he went to the street after he grew teeth?

Everyone knew that he was lying and thought that what he bought might not be enough, so they planned to share with him without leaving any trace.

Xiaoyanzi smiled and said, "Really? Actually, I don't like to eat too many candied haws. Eating too much sweet food at night can easily cause teeth to fall out. Here, I won't eat it anymore."

After saying that, he stuffed the candied haws into Ertai's hand.

Ertai was caught off guard by a candied haws, and was a little dumbfounded, but thinking that Xiaoyanzi must feel sorry for him not having anything to eat, he accepted it with a smile, "Okay, I'll eat it."

Seeing that Ertai had something to eat, everyone stopped talking and started chatting about whether there was anything fun to do in Hangzhou.

As Hangzhou natives, Xiao Feng and Xiao Yanzi happily introduced to everyone what delicious food and fun things there are here, and promised to take everyone out to eat, drink and have fun tomorrow.

Yongqi and others agreed immediately and were looking forward to tomorrow.

As the night deepened, everyone who had been traveling all the way returned to their rooms to rest.

Everyone stayed at the Xia Mansion, except Xiao Zhihang and his wife, who planned to go back to pack their luggage for going to Beijing in the future and make some arrangements.

Ziwei asked Xiaoyanzi and Qing'er to stay in her room. The three good friends from their previous lives chatted happily after reuniting in this life.

Xiao Feng also had his own courtyard in the Xia Mansion. After obtaining the children's opinions, Xia Yuhe arranged Yongqi and the other four teenagers to live in Xiao Feng's courtyard.

Several children chatted about boys until late at night, and their relationship became closer and closer.

.........

In Xia Yuhe's room, Hongli lay on the bed after taking a bath, looking at Yuhe who had also taken a bath, with a gleam of surprise in his eyes.

After not seeing each other for three years, the once young and naive girl has become quite mature, and has the charm of a good wife and mother. She looks very attractive.

The woman in front of him was wearing a white silk nightgown with a pink ribbon tied around her waist, outlining her beautiful figure. Her face, which had just been bathed, was faintly pink, making her skin look as white as cream, which was very attractive.

Xia Yuhe stood in front of the bed, looking at the man on the bed. He was lying on his side, his pajamas hanging loosely on his body, revealing his bronze skin faintly. His handsome face was staring at her with burning eyes, which made her quite shy. The pink color on her face gradually deepened, and her hands that were holding his clothes turned a little pale.

"It's getting late, Yuhe, aren't you going to bed yet?"

The magnetic and somewhat hoarse voice broke the silence in the room and made Xia Yuhe's heart skip a beat.

Xia Yuhe's heart beat faster. She always felt that the man in front of her was more masculine. She couldn't stand being stared at by him.

Being urged by the other party, she stammered, "I, I, am ready to go to bed, but, I..."

Seeing that she had been standing there for a long time without moving, Hongli curled his lips slightly, turned over, and regardless of his loose clothes, walked to Xia Yuhe, stretched out his slender fingers to hook Bai Jie's chin, and said in a charming voice, "Yuhe, are you shy? Or do you not want to rest with me?"

Xia Yuhe was startled. Her face turned red and her heart beat fast at the other party's straightforward words. She stepped back and stammered, "You, I, I didn't, I..."

Hongli did not give her a chance to retreat. He put his arms around her slender waist, bringing them closer.

The breathing of the two was very close, slow yet quite frightening and heart-pounding.

Hongli had seen enough of her blushing and heartbeating face, his eyes were gentle, the corners of his lips were raised, then he lowered his head, leaned close to her lips, and said softly, "Actually, I want to, and I really want to."

After saying that, he directly kissed the other person's red lips that were slightly opened due to surprise, and slowly absorbed the other person's breath...