Chapter 33: 233. New Year

The Spring Festival was coming. However, Wei Changfeng did not put his plans of the movie “Abduction of Children” ‘s post-production into cold storage. He worked hard with the studio responsible for editing. When there was a week to go until the Spring Festival, they just stopped working.

Qi Le’an took two advertisements in the past twenty days when he was free. One was to be the spokesperson for a travel website and the other was to be the spokesperson for a potato chip brand.

The two advertisements both satisfied him very much. The travel website had a senior travel advisor who had a contract with Qi Le’an for his travel plans for the next few years, while the potato chip factory sent boxes of chips to Qi Le’an’s house.

Both Qi Le’an and An Cheng were very happy about these. An Cheng still thought about the little friends of the welfare house, so Qi Le’an expressed a few big boxes of chips there and gave a sum of money as a contribution to the welfare house, which could be the New Year gifts for the children.

Wei Changfeng smiled helplessly at the two of them devouring snacks. Until Qi Le’an suffered from excessive internal heat and his mouth was beginning to blister did Wei Changfeng ask, “Will you eat ten packets of chips a day in the future?”

Qi Le’an hurriedly shook his head and looked at Wei Changfeng with a pitiful look. Wei Changfeng was cooking mung bean soup which could relieve the inflammation as he said, “Do you remember you suffered from diarrhea when you ate Latiao last time?”

As soon as Qi Le’an saw that Wei Changfeng had started to mention the skeletons in his cupboard, he groaned inwardly in his heart. He quickly changed the subject, “Aunty from the Chen family called today to ask me when we are going back.”

In order to take care of their grandson, Wei Changfeng’s parents had stayed at home for half a year. Of course, they wanted their son to return to their side during the Spring Festival.

Wei Changfeng knew that Qi Le’an was deliberately changing the subject and he also couldn’t bring himself to criticize Qi Le’an again, “We can leave anytime in the next two days. What did you say to Chen Shan?”

This was the first year they would return home after they were together. Naturally, they encountered the problem that each couple would meet: Which family should they go back to stay during the Spring Festival?

“I haven’t told it to him yet,” Qi Le’an was a little upset when he mentioned the Chen family, and said, “But from Chen Mama’s words, she should hope that we can go over.”

“What about you?” Wei Changfeng asked, “If you want to be here, then we don’t need to go back. I don’t usually return home every year.”

Qi Le’an sighed worriedly. It was the first time he felt that it was so difficult to celebrate the Spring Festival!

Even so, he made a decision with great difficulty and prepared to return to Beijing with Wei Changfeng.

“We can go back on the first day of the first lunar month,” Qi Le’an arranged, “Then we go to Beijing again on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, okay?”

Wei Changfeng could not help but smile, “Let’s talk about it later…”

Qi Le’an breathed a sigh of relief. If he was not around from the first to the fifteenth day of the first lunar month during the Spring Festival, he would feel sorry for his godmother.

On the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth lunar month, the two of them entrusted An Cheng to Chen Shan and went to the cemetery to worship Qi Le’an’s parents. Then they returned to Chen Shan’s sister’s house for dinner and took the flight back to Beijing.

Although Qi Le’an promised An Cheng that he would go back every week before coming to Hai City, An Cheng took the initiative to say that it was enough to have video chats with Little Orange as he saw that both Qi Le’an and Wei Changfeng were busy.

It had been less than half a month since they had seen Little Orange. After they arrived in Beijing, An Cheng was so excited that he hugged his sister in his embrace and circled around. Little Orange was also very happy to see her brother, and her smile hadn’t stopped at all.

Everyone of them returned home happily. Snowball was raised well and became tenderer and plumper. He kept babbling but none could understand what he said.

When they got home, they naturally didn’t have to worry about anything. Snowball usually went back to the Sheng Family’s villa next door at night and the two empty guest rooms in the house of the Wei family just happened to be left to Little Orange and An Cheng as bedrooms.

An Cheng had never lived here, so he was still a little reserved in the past few days. But after playing for a few days, he could already play hide-and-seek in the whole house.

Wei Mama watched with a smile as the children play and advised her daughter to have a second child. Wei Xin’an rolled her eyes upwards and said, “Mom! Do you know that I, your daughter, is a pregnant woman at an advanced age and it is dangerous to give birth to another child?”

Wei Mama said, “Well, now technology is so advanced, so why is it dangerous? Look, it’s so lively when there are more children in our family! What do you think, Chang’an?”

Sheng Chang’an was definitely a good son-in-law. He smiled and didn’t refute.

Wei Xin’an made a face, stood up and shouted to An Cheng and Little Orange, “Hey, babies! Let’s go and eat snacks together!”

They cheered and ran to Wei Xin’an.

Qi Le’an and Wei Changfeng lived a completely idle life. Occasionally, they would make appointments with friends to have a barbecue or a drink and they didn’t have to worry about the children at home no matter how late they went back.

In the blink of an eye, it was on the thirtieth day of the twelfth lunar month. The members of the Wei family and Sheng family naturally gathered together to celebrate the Spring Festival. This year, the two families had added new members and everything was bursting with happiness. The three children wore bright red clothes, making everyone’s faces look like small apples, which were so cute.

Many stars gathered in the Spring Festival Gala. Qi Le’an watched everyone sing and dance on TV while Wei Mama said in disdain, “What’s the point of this Spring Festival Gala? They can’t go home to eat with their families. Do you think they are willing to sing and dance on the stage or to go home with their families?”

Qi Le’an thought about it. If it was a year ago, he probably would have wanted to participate in the Spring Festival Gala, but now he just wanted to be with the little babies.

After dinner, he and Wei Changfeng took the two children out of the house to set off firecrackers. In the past two years, setting off firecrackers had been strictly forbidden in the city and the two of them didn’t dare let the children set off too many firecrackers. Each of them got a box of fireworks and they let off them in the backyard for a while. Then they returned into the house.

The parents of the two families were old, so they couldn’t stand it anymore when they stayed up at 11 p.m. They came upstairs and went to bed. Qi Le’an and Wei Changfeng coaxed An Cheng and Little Orange to make them fall asleep. Wei Xin’an and Sheng Chang’an also entrusted their son to the nanny. The four of them went to the garden house together. Sister Wei held a bottle of red wine and said to Wei Changfeng and Qi Le’an, “Do you want to have a drink together?”

Everyone looked at each other and smiled. Wei Changfeng went to the liquor cabinet to get the glasses while Sheng Chang’an turned the temperature of the garden house up for his wife.

The four adults drank together and they were of the same families who were familiar with each other. Everyone didn’t even have to talk about anything. They just quietly tasted the red wine and felt very heartwarming.

The bell rang at 12 o’clock and the sporadic cracking of firecrackers was heard in quiet Beijing. There were only one or two fireworks in the air, which were small and lasted short.

Sister Wei was a little drunk and seemed to be reminiscing about something. She smiled and said, “When Little Feng was five or six years old, he pestered Brother Sheng for setting of fireworks but he didn’t dare to do it himself. He just wanted us to set off them for him… Do you remember that year? I wore a beautiful pink fur-lined overcoat that I liked. In the end, your fireworks burned a hole on it.”

Sheng Chang’an’s expression became strange. Wei Changfeng squinted, smiled and took a sip of red wine, “Did I want to set off fireworks? That was because Brother Sheng wanted you to come out and play with him but he was too timid to do it, so he forced me to find an excuse.”

Wei Xin’an’s eyes widened with surprise and Wei Changfeng added, “It was not me who burnt a hole on that dress. After there was a hole on it, you had cried for a long time, and it was Brother Sheng who held you in his arms and coaxed you.”

Qi Le’an could not help but smile. He really didn’t expect Sheng Chang’an to be such a kind of person!

Wei Xin’an still didn’t believe it. She widened her eyes and asked her husband, “Really? Then you have to pay for my overcoat.”

Sheng Chang’an chuckled and suddenly picked up Wei Xin’an. Sister Wei smiled and struggled, “What’re you doing?”

Sheng Chang’an said, “Go upstairs to compensate you with your overcoat.”

The two of them actually walked away like this. There was still half a bottle of wine on the table. The garden house had a strong intimate atmosphere. Wei Changfeng asked, “Let’s continue drinking?”

Qi Le’an added wine to their glasses and the dark red liquid was swaying in the glasses. The two glasses clinked and made a crisp sound.

In the darkness of the night, the two of them kissed each other with a smell of alcohol in the garden house.

Wei Changfeng put his arm on Qi Le’an’s shoulder and said, “Let’s go upstairs to study clothes too.”

Qi Le’an smiled and said, “The wine isn’t over yet.”

Wei Changfeng tilted his head to look at Qi Le’an, his eyes bright and gentle, “You can drink it tomorrow.”

They could drink it tomorrow, or drink it the day after tomorrow. Every day of the rest of their lives, the two of them could quietly share a glass of good wine together.

Perhaps it was because they felt tipsy or there was too much sweetness in the air, the two of them stumbled upstairs into the bedroom all the way. The moment the door closed, they couldn’t help but hugged together with their clothes falling onto the ground one after another.

They kissed each other and didn’t know who took off the clothes from the other side first. They were pushing each other and entered the bathroom and hot water spurted from the shower. Wei Changfeng hugged Qi Le’an and kissed his lover under the water curtain.

When the two of them came out of the bathroom, the stains on their bodies were not dry, but none of them could care about cleaning themselves up. They pressed each other against the bed and kissed each other.

The two strong bodies were naked to each other. Wei Changfeng gently flirted with Qi Le’an, while Qi Le’an panted slightly and put his arm on Wei Sama’s shoulder with his tipsy eyes.

The sporadic sound of firecrackers was heard again and Wei Changfeng was putting his pen into Qi Le’an’s pen cap gently. Qi Le’an couldn’t help but stretch his neck and groan. The two of them reached the climax of happiness together at the same time that night.

This was the most wonderful couple in the world. They just loved each other and there were no more reasons.

The result of one night’s indulgence was that everyone got up late the next day. When Qi Le’an dragged Wei Changfeng out of the bedroom, he happened to see Wei Xin’an and Sheng Chang’an coming out together. Sister Wei rarely coughed with embarrassment and said, “I’ll go see my little friends.”

After saying it, she was about to go downstairs quickly when she felt her waist aching after taking two steps. Sheng Chang’an walked over silently and supported his wife.

Wei Changfeng tilted his head and asked Qi Le’an in a low voice, “Shall I help you go downstairs?”

Qi Le’an was speechless. He glared at Wei Changfeng with resentment, indicating that he could do it himself!

Even though he also felt uncomfortable when he was walking, he was still a man! There was no need to help him go downstairs!

Wei Changfeng smiled and looked at his lover. He didn’t forcibly walk forward to support him, but he picked up An Cheng first when An Cheng rushed to Qi Le’an.

“Happy Spring Festival!” Wei Changfeng said to An Cheng.

An Cheng blushed and also said, “Happy Spring Festival!” Then he struggled and wanted to get down.

Except for being close to Qi Le’an, he didn’t like to have physical contact with others.

Little Orange stood to one side obediently and said to the two of them, “Brothers, Happy Spring Festival.”

Wei Mama, who was holding Snowball, heard it and smiled. “Why does she still call you brothers? I can tell you that it will be difficult for children to change the titles if they are used to it!”

Little Orange still couldn’t understand, but An Cheng quickly reacted and looked up at the two adults in disbelief.