A beautiful summer night

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, Xie Qiyan planned to take Xia Wanzhi away as soon as the old man introduced her to the group of relatives.

The old man knew he couldn't keep him, so he didn't force him. Otherwise, Xie Qiyan would have turned his back on him and never come back for holidays again.

The Zhou family of three came to the Xie family today.

Although Zhou Yu, who was standing in the crowd, only looked over from a distance, his gaze was so obvious that it was hard for Xia Wanzhi not to notice him.

Zhou Yu looked dejected, his eyes filled with resentment and regret, as if hoping that Xia Wanzhi would glance at him from afar.

Xia Wanzhi faced others with composure, a smile always playing on her lips, and her eyes sincerely responding to the other relatives, but she never gave him a single glance.

She wouldn't even look at him again.

It wasn't until his mother pinched his arm that Zhou Yu came back to his senses and continued to maintain his composure.

When I looked in Xia Wanzhi's direction again, she was already gone.

"Grandpa, my brother and sister-in-law have gone off to enjoy some alone time!" Xie Tan suddenly appeared out of nowhere, stomping on Zhou Yu's shiny leather shoes as he passed by, his voice so loud it was practically smoky. With that shout, everyone in the room knew that Xie Qiyan had left with his new wife.

"You little brat..."

Zhou Yu's face darkened, and he stopped his mother from scolding Xie Tan for being rude.

Nowadays, he and the Zhou family are even less favored than their collateral relatives like the Xie family.

Xie Tan, on the other hand, is the rightful eldest daughter of the Xie family, and is also protected by Xie Qiyan and Xia Wanzhi.

Even if they are truly bullied to the point of being humiliated, they can only swallow their anger and remain silent.

Xie Qiyan is the head of the Xie family, yet he left a group of relatives unattended on the second day of the Lunar New Year, which inevitably makes people think he is arrogant.

Logically speaking, Mr. Xie, who always values ​​rules, should definitely be angry.

But at this moment, the old man just smiled awkwardly, showing particular indulgence towards his eldest grandson and granddaughter-in-law, waving his hand and saying, "Let them be, young people nowadays have their own ways of celebrating the New Year."

After saying that, he glanced at Xie Tan, who had deliberately made such a commotion.

Xie Qiyan said he was leaving early in the morning, and the old man was prepared to ignore it and didn't intend to give any explanation to these relatives. Who knew that Xie Tan would make such a high-profile announcement?

He had no choice but to grit his teeth and spoil his granddaughter-in-law.

In an instant, Zhou Yu's face turned ashen.

Xia Wanzhi is gone.

Perhaps it was because she didn't want to see him that she left.

Outside the Xie family gate, Xie Qiyan turned his car around. Xia Wanzhi, while replying to Yun Li's message, happily opened the car door and got into the passenger seat, her face beaming. She gestured towards the front, indicating, "Final destination: Jiang family—"

Xie Qiyan turned the steering wheel with one hand, and with the other hand he reached over and touched the back of Xia Wanzhi's neck: "Are you that happy?"

Xia Wanzhi was overjoyed and removed his hand, gesturing for him to drive properly: "Happy, of course I'm happy."

I am happy to witness Yunli's happiness, happy to have made a group of new friends, and happy that Jiang Baichuan invited Xie Qiyan to the Jiang family home for the New Year.

Xia Wanzhi knew that Xie Qiyan was not happy spending the New Year at the Xie family home.

Faced with so many unfamiliar relatives, Xia Wanzhi really didn't feel the festive atmosphere of the New Year.

It wasn't as fun as the last Lunar New Year's Eve.

But Ms. Ross manages such a large conglomerate abroad, and even when she returned to Beicheng on the eve of the Lunar New Year, she was still working online despite the time difference. In addition, Richard and Qiao Shu are getting old, and Xia Wanzhi doesn't want them to travel long distances back to spend the New Year with her.

Unlike the Xie family, the Xia family had very few relatives. Xia Wanzhi had always spent holidays with her parents since she was a child.

But true joy and happiness are what make a holiday truly meaningful.

Jiang Baichuan invited not only Xie Qiyan, but also the two from the Qu family. The Lu family and the Jiang family are related by marriage, so they were required to attend. In this way, the Beicheng team was complete again.

The phone kept vibrating. Yunli was desperately sending messages for help to calm herself down, but the messages stopped after ten minutes. Xia Wanzhi guessed that she had probably entered the Jiang family's gate.

"It's so nice." The weather is nice today. Xia Wanzhi spread her palms out and pressed them against the car window, her eyes shining as brightly as the sun.

Xie Qiyan smiled and randomly played a song on his playlist.

These are all songs that Xia Wanzhi likes.

After driving for half an hour, they arrived at Weishui Courtyard. Just as the two got out of the car and were about to take the New Year's gifts from the trunk, a conspicuous diamond-encrusted Rolls-Royce slowly drove up and stopped behind them.

"Wanzi!" The driver's side window of the Rolls-Royce rolled down, and Feng Lingling, the wife of Qu Fan, president of the Qu Group, reached out and greeted him warmly.

"Sister Lingling!" Xia Wanzhi responded just as enthusiastically.

Following closely behind was Qu Huai and Le Rao's family car.

The adults on the bus got off with excitement. Xia Wanzhi looked closely and saw two miniature versions of Qu Fan following closely behind Feng Lingling.

Then she saw that Le Rao had also brought her daughter forward to introduce her to Xia Wanzhi.

In just a short while, the three women walked in hand in hand, chatting and laughing, with the children following closely behind, leaving the three men looking at each other in bewilderment. In the end, they wisely followed with their New Year's gifts.

The house was bustling with activity. The entire Lu family had already arrived, and before the adults could even exchange pleasantries, a group of children greeted them warmly with festive New Year's greetings.

Xia Wanzhi nervously clenched her fingers, and subconsciously tried to look back for Xie Qiyan, but Xie Qiyan had already stood beside her and freed one hand to hold hers.

Seeing this, Le Rao smiled and said to the young couple, "Don't be nervous, we're all family. The children might be a little enthusiastic since it's their first time meeting such a beautiful auntie."

Xia Wanzhi was amused and met Yun Li's gaze across the crowd, a gaze that finally seemed to find a savior.

Xia Wanzhi was indeed a little nervous when she came in, so it's easy to imagine that Yun Li would also be unable to resist such enthusiasm.

She's already met the parents; Yunli is practically the Jiang family's prospective daughter-in-law.

It's understandable that the prospective daughter-in-law is nervous when visiting for the first time.

"They've finally arrived." Jiang Baichuan had a clear goal in mind, ignoring the other two old acquaintances and treating Xie Qiyan and Xia Wanzhi as the main guests for today.

Taking the things from Xie Qiyan's hands, Jiang Baichuan patted Xie Qiyan's shoulder and got straight to the point: "I'll borrow your wife to keep my girlfriend company and ease her tension. Thank you, thank you."

He knew Yunli was nervous. He had thought about and looked forward to this moment for a long time. He was afraid that his family's enthusiasm would scare Yunli away, and he was also afraid that Yunli would feel too much pressure.

Jiang Baichuan looked at Xia Wanzhi with a pious gaze: "Please, please."

Xia Wanzhi chuckled and nodded in understanding.

With so many people around, Jiang Baichuan was busy entertaining guests, keeping an eye on his girlfriend, and was finding it difficult to manage. Xie Qiyan patted him on the shoulder and took Xia Wanzhi to greet Grandpa Jiang and Jiang Xing.

Jiang Yourong came downstairs and ordered Nan Qiyue's two children to help her carry a bunch of miscellaneous things over: "Sister-in-law, come here, let me show you some good stuff!"

Jiang Baichuan felt a little embarrassed when something that seemed like a dark past was brought up, but when he turned his head and saw Xia Wanzhi pulling Yun Li over with great interest, he had no choice but to run to the kitchen.

Grandpa Jiang is already quite old this year. He and Jiang Baichuan's father, Jiang Xing, sat to the side watching the lively group of younger people from afar, their gazes mostly fixed on Yun Li.

The two whispered, "This girl is gentle."

Jiang Xing smiled and said, "I didn't realize this kid liked gentle women."

The old man was extremely satisfied: "After marrying Xiao Chuan, look at your son, he's become much gentler under her influence."

Recalling Jiang Baichuan's attitude towards Nan Qiyue and Jiang Yourong, Jiang Xing clicked his tongue and said, "Finally, someone can handle him."