"Anran, your squid is ready." Shen Yifeng's voice came from a distance, interrupting Shen Anran's thoughts.

She quickly came to her senses, put her phone aside, and stood up hurriedly, "I'll be there right away."

The plate is filled with golden grilled squid skewers, sprinkled with fragrant barbecue seasoning, and the tempting aroma fills the air.

Shen Anran picked up a string, took a bite, and her eyes lit up instantly. She praised Shen Yifeng highly: "It's delicious. Big brother's cooking skills are amazing."

Shen Yifeng looked at his sister's satisfied little foodie expression and couldn't help but curl his lips slightly, "Take it back and eat it slowly."

"Thank you, big brother." Then he turned and left with the plate.

Shen Yifeng laughed out loud and thought to himself that his efforts to ask the chef for advice were not in vain.

Shen Anran placed the plate in the middle of the table and called out, "Everyone, come and try it. My brother's cooking skills are truly amazing. They're not inferior to those chefs in five-star hotels at all."

Jiang Wanqing smiled, "Really? Then I'd really like to taste it."

Although she was wearing gorgeous clothes and doing things that were not quite consistent with her noble status, she looked extremely natural and there was no sense of incongruity.

She took a bite and commented, "It's really good. I underestimated him."

Her son excels in many aspects, but there is only one thing that worries her, that is, he is still single.

In the past few years, she arranged many blind dates for her son, but none of them were successful in the end.

Jiang Wanqing was once worried that Shen Yifeng might have a hidden illness, so she used all kinds of means to force him to get a check-up.

However, the test results showed that everything was normal, he just didn't want to be in a relationship.

From then on, Jiang Wanqing no longer forced him and chose to let nature take its course.

She hadn't expected her son to have such talent, and couldn't help wondering which little girl would get the chance in the future.

Shen Anran had the same thought as her mother at this moment and said it directly.

"Brother is really great. My sister-in-law will definitely be very happy in the future."

"Why, do you really want me to find you a sister-in-law to take care of you?"

Shen Anran suddenly felt a chill on her back. She didn't know when Shen Yifeng was standing behind her with something in his hand and had heard what she said.

She turned her head and looked at him with a smile: "Sister-in-law will definitely stand on my side, brother, be careful not to become a henpecked man."

"You heartless little thing, your midnight snack is gone."

Shen Yifeng pretended to be angry and turned to leave. Shen Anran immediately jumped up and chased after him, begging for mercy as he ran: "Ah, no, brother, I was wrong."

Everyone couldn't help laughing.

Shen Yifeng was just talking, and in the end, those things still went into Shen Anran's stomach.

Time passed quietly, and in the blink of an eye it was already eleven forty, and a group of them sat together playing cards.

Just then, Shen Anran's cell phone rang.

She glanced at the phone screen and saw that it was Liu Shuming calling. She handed the cards in her hand to Zhou Jingyan and said, "Help me play a few rounds. I'll go answer the phone."

"Okay." Zhou Jingyan took her cards, took a look at them, and couldn't help but frown. The cards were in disarray and there was almost no possibility of winning.

Shen Anran walked for a distance, found a relatively quiet place, and answered the phone.

She said to the person on the other end of the phone: "Shu Ming, Happy New Year."

"Sister, Happy New Year! I might be back in May. Can you pick me up then?"

Shen Anran was slightly stunned and calculated the time in his mind.

The banquet is still more than a month away, and even if everything goes well, she will have less than three months left.

She might not be able to fulfill her promise in May, but in order to reassure Liu Shuming, she still agreed.

"Sister, I saw the news online. You are a child of the Lin family in Country C. Will you go back?"

Liu Shuming's voice was very low, and the last few words were almost inaudible.

Despite this, Shen Anran still heard it clearly. She said: "No, I have nothing to do with them. They just gave me life. The Shen family is the home that raised me for more than 20 years."

Liu Shuming's voice was filled with apology, "I'm sorry, I was worried that you were unhappy, so I couldn't help asking."

"It's okay. You have to take good care of yourself over there. Is the money enough?"

"It's enough, it's enough. I still have a lot left of the 500,000 you gave me last time, sister. I feel like I owe you more and more." Liu Shuming said a little embarrassedly.

"Like you said before, we are destined to be together. Don't let your imagination run wild and just study hard."

"I see."

The two continued chatting for a while before ending the call.

Shen Anran sighed softly and said to herself: "I hope you get better and better."

She returned to her seat and found that they had already played several rounds of cards.

After Shen Anran sat down, she curiously asked Zhou Jingyan, "Did you lose badly in that game just now?"

Zhou Jingyan replied calmly: "No, you win."

Shen Anran's eyes widened in surprise, "How can you win with such a bad hand?"

"Your sister deliberately let you win." Zhou Jingyan explained.

"So that's it."

The cards she had just dealt were indeed extremely bad. She had no pair, not even a straight. Logically, she was almost certain to lose.

I didn't expect Shen Jiahe to let me win. When I think about it carefully, she seems to have never lost tonight. It can't be because of this reason.

Shen Anran winked at Shen Jiahe: "Thank you, sister."

Shen Jiahe responded with a "hmm," then glanced at his watch, "It's almost time, it's already eleven fifty-six."

Shen Yifeng stood up, flexed his wrist, and then glanced at Zhou Jingyan, "Then let's go light the fireworks."

The two of them stood up together and walked towards the fireworks display not far away.

On the way, Shen Yifeng suddenly asked Zhou Jingyan: "Did An An tell you why she wanted to attend the Lin family's banquet?"

"She said she wanted to go to Balehai and see the shooting stars there."

Zhou Jingyan answered, but the dark light in his eyes showed that he did not believe this reason.

Shen Yifeng chuckled, "Really? Do you really believe this reason?"

"I don't completely believe it, but she obviously won't tell us the real reason."

"Yes, my sister now has her own little secret, but it doesn't matter, we are here to protect her." There was a hint of pampering in Shen Yifeng's tone.

Shen Anran set up the camera, adjusted the angle and settings, and prepared to take pictures.

Just one minute later, with a "bang", the first firework bloomed brilliantly in the night sky.

Immediately afterwards, one after another, countless fireworks rose into the sky, instantly illuminating the night sky as if it were daytime.

Shen Anran closed her eyes and silently made a wish in her heart:

I hope everyone is well, Shen Jiahe returns to her own world, her parents are healthy, her brother can find someone he likes, and Zhou Jingyan... I hope he can let go of the past and start a new life.

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