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As a single man who has been single for a long time, Xu Le's residence can be considered very tidy, and there are no clutter in the living room or bedroom.And influenced by his mother who has a slight cleanliness, he cleans the whole house once a month.

Taking advantage of the holiday, Xu Le was doing year-end cleaning at home this day.Although the house is not big, it is usually cleaned up, but Xu Le moved the things that can be moved, such as refrigerators and bookcases, for cleaning. After cleaning up the whole house, he was still very tired.

I picked up the phone and planned to order a takeaway, only to remember that the nearby restaurants were closed for the holiday.I had no choice but to make a bowl of instant noodles for dinner. Xu Le ate while thinking that he should eat something good for the New Year's Eve dinner to comfort himself.

When cooking at home, Xu Le usually only cooks two dishes, one meat and one vegetarian, and the portions are just right.One is for the convenience and time saving, and the other is that he is not afraid that it will be wasted if he can’t finish it. Since he was a child, he didn’t like to eat leftovers.

This year's New Year's Eve dinner, Xu Le made three dishes and one soup. Although the portion is not much, it took him a lot of time and thought from buying vegetables to cooking them on the table.It is quite satisfying to see the finished product looks decent.I took a photo and sent it to my mother, and chatted with her a few more words before eating.

"……What's this"

"sweet dumpling."

"..."

"It's heart-shaped glutinous rice balls!" Xu Le looked unconvinced at the person opposite who couldn't help laughing, "Sesame stuffing!"

"Baby, you'd better stay away from the kitchen in the future. I'll make you whatever you want to eat." He said while hugging the person.Even though he said he hated it, he still ate up all the glutinous rice balls that were boiled into a ball.

After so many years, Xu Le's cooking skills still haven't improved much.These dishes look similar, but the taste is much worse than that sold.But after all, he made it by himself, Xu Le still ate deliciously.

After eating, I cleaned up the kitchen, took a shower, and then sat on the sofa to watch the Spring Festival Gala.He didn't care about how well the show was doing, the main thing was to make the room look less deserted because of the liveliness and festivities.

The mobile phone began to receive all kinds of New Year greeting text messages one after another. Xu Le couldn't help it. He also sent messages with his mobile phone while watching TV.Probably because of the Chinese New Year, his father also said a few words to him.

When it was close to zero, the message notification tone of WeChat continued.The normally inactive high school classmate group was also full of red dots. Just as Xu Le sent a few words of congratulations, at almost the same time, Shen Hao sent a picture of New Year greetings. After that party, the monitor pulled him into the group.His fingers gently rubbed back and forth on the screen, but he never pressed down on the avatar.

"10, 9, 8, 7..."

The host on the TV began to lead everyone to count down, and there were faint cheers coming from outside the window.

That year, his cell phone rang just after the countdown, and he couldn't wait to answer it, and then smiled like a fool.There was no real content in the call, but no one wanted to hang up first, and made an appointment to watch the New Year's fireworks together next year.At that time, no one thought that the two of them would be separated by the Pacific Ocean next New Year, and this became one of their unfulfilled promises.

The countdown is over and the new year begins.The TV was full of joy, and everyone was smiling, hugging and blessing.

The city government's annual fireworks began to be distributed, and Xu Le stood in front of the window, but couldn't even see any sparks.

Year after year, who is by his side?