My whole family is the protagonist, and I am the only cannon fodder!

Lu Zaozao took three or two steps to the door, opened it, and walked in. The bright light in the living room shone on Lu Zaozao, making her body burst with a hint of warmth, but her expression was cold. Lu Qingwan stood at the door, and a few rays of light passed through the open door and fell on her face like alms.

An open door, light and darkness, a distance of about one meter, but it divides the two people like people from two different worlds.

"what's the matter?"

Lu Qingwan blinked subconsciously. Is there anything wrong? It seems nothing. She came here just to see Lu Zaozao on the first day of the new year and say Happy New Year to her in person. Does this count?

If these words were said to Lu Zaozao, who knows what kind of expression Lu Zaozao would have. Lu Qingwan also didn't know how to answer. She rubbed her wrist in her coat pocket for a long time, rubbing the things in her pocket until they became warm. For a long time, she didn't say a word.

Lu Zaozao was still looking at her, and rarely did she close the door immediately. Perhaps she was waiting for Lu Qingwan to give her an answer.

Lu Qingwan pursed her lips, her palm still tightly grasping a corner of the edge of the box. Lu Zao Zao was leaning against the door and looking at her expressionlessly. Outside there was a deafening sound of fireworks and firecrackers, but Lu Qingwan felt that it was so quiet here that she could hear her own breathing.

After a long while, Lu Zao Zao's mouth twitched slightly, and he said as if issuing a precious pardon, "Come in."

Lu Qingwan stood there like a silent eucalyptus tree, with the door open and the cold wind blowing in continuously. Lu had already felt a little cold early on, but Lu Qingwan seemed to be completely unaware of it.

Although she heard these three words clearly, Lu Qingwan thought she was hallucinating. She stared at Lu Zaozao's eyes, trying to judge the truth through these eyes and the expression on his face. In the past, this was something Lu Qingwan was very good at, but it was declared ineffective at this moment.

There was no emotion in Lu Zaozao's eyes or on her face from beginning to end, but Lu Qingwan still found it unbelievable.

But this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, which might never come again, and could not be wasted. So Lu Qingwan took two steps at a time and entered the same light as Lu Zao Zao.

She walked past Lu Zaozao and stood behind her. She watched Lu Zaozao close the door with her own eyes. Lu Zaozao walked towards the living room without looking around, and Lu Qingwan followed her straight ahead until Lu Zaozao sat down on the sofa.

Lu Qingwan looked around calmly. The entrance counter was covered with a layer of off-white hand-crocheted mat. There was a very tall Christmas tree in the corner of the living room, hung with colorful strings of lights and many small cute dolls. Although Christmas had passed long ago, the Christmas tree had not been moved away and was still placed there as an embellishment as usual.

There were flowers on several tables and counters in the living room, but some of the petals on the edges had wilted, and it seemed that they had not been replaced for several days. The whole living room was filled with a very fresh and light fragrance.

There was no New Year atmosphere in the house, only layers of accumulated silence and loneliness.