Chapter 340 - Happy New Year

Now that everyone had known the news, Li Qin Yao was no longer allowed to move around. Her mother-in-law sat at one side to ask her questions as well as giving her pointers and reminders of what she should look after during her pregnancy. Grandfather sat at another side, as he stared at her stomach with a happy expression.

Looking at the way her family was treating her, Li Qin Yao was suddenly speechless. 

She did not expect that everyone would be this excited. 

Li Qin Yao turned to look at her husband who sat across her and saw his darkened expression. 

Suddenly, Li Qin Yao was no longer jealous that her mother had treated her husband better. In Zhang's house, everyone was siding with her and was warning Zhang Yu Han to treat her well. The aggrieved look on her husband's face immediately brought a smile to her face.

It was only after Liu Hui Lan was reminded of the dumplings in the kitchen that she left her daughter-in-law's side reluctantly. 

Zhang Yu Han quickly reclaimed his place beside his wife and wrapped his arms around her shoulder. When he saw the smile on her face, Zhang Yu Han immediately knew what was on her mind. When no one was looking, he pinched at her cheek and whispered, "Are you happy?"

Recently, Zhang Yu Han found that her cheek was getting tender and he had become addicted to pinch it.

Li Qin Yao nodded before she laid her head on his arms. "I suddenly found out that, I will have a lot of backers if you dare to bully me."

Zhang Yu Han scoffed at her words, but his embrace around her tightened. He kissed her head and said, "Are you tired? Will you be able to stay up late?"

"It'll be fine," Li Qin Yao said. "Didn't I took a nap earlier?"

Zhang Yu Han raised a brow but did not say anything. Although the television was on, and the family was gathered in front of it, most of everyone did not really watch the program. 

At the side, Grandfather and Zhang Xi was discussing something about work, while Zhang's siblings were listening to their conversation and spoke opinion when necessary.

After a while, Zhang Yu Ying walked over to the kitchen to drink some water and soon came back with a plate of dumplings. She walked over to Li Qin Yao and smiled. "Sister-in-law, would you like one? Mom said there are a few more in the kitchen."

Li Qin Yao glanced at the plate and picked one at random. After thanking Zhang Yu Ying, Li Qin Yao stuffed the dumpling in her mouth and paused after she chewed the food in her mouth a few times.

Zhang Yu Han heard the strange sound and quickly turned to his wife. "What's wrong?" When he saw the frown in her face, Zhang Yu Han began to panic.

Li Qin Yao shook her head before she grabbed a napkin on the table. As she was regretting to stuff the whole thing into her mouth, Li Qin Yao took out the hard thing that she had accidentally bitten, a wide smile curled on her lips as she turned to Zhang Yu Han.

Seeing the coin on the napkin, Zhang Yu Han's shot a look at his wife. How can he not know what was on her mind? Seeing the face that seemed as if she was holding her laugh, Zhang Yu Han thought that if there was no one around, he would really go on and bit her. 

Zhang Yu Ying noticed that little commotion and gasped when she saw the coin. "Sister-in-law! You're lucky! Hey, I have been eating these for a while and haven't got a single coin."

Once Zhang Jing and Zhang Xi heard her words, their attention shifted to Li Qin Yao.

"Qin Yao, it seemed that you will be having a good fortune this year," Zhang Jing said. 

Zhang Xi turned to his daughter and was excited to join in the fun. He asked for one of the dumplings, took a bite, and was disappointed upon finding that he was not lucky enough.

Suddenly, everyone wanted to join the fun and soon, Liu Hui Lan came out from the kitchen with another plate of cooked dumplings. Once she heard that Li Qin Yao was lucky enough to find a coin, she too started to join in the fun.

"Mom, how many dumplings with coin did you prepare?" Zhang Yu Ying asked with excitement.

"I'm not sure," Liu Hui Lan said. "Just then, we were too busy chatting and I stopped taking notice."

Zhang Yu Ying looked at the dumplings with determination in her eyes. However, once she took a bite at a dumpling, her expression quickly changed to disappointment. She glanced at Li Qin Yao and offered the plate. "Sister-in-law, go ahead and take another one. Let's see if you're going to be lucky again."

Li Qin Yao glanced at her husband and took one of the dumplings. This time, she did not dare to shove the whole dumpling into her mouth and instead, bite half of it. As she was chewing half of the dumpling, Li Qin Yao peeked into the other half and suddenly burst into a laugh.

Everyone was dumbfounded by her sudden reaction, but Zhang Yu Han knew very well why she was laughing. He then took the other half of the dumpling and pulled out the coin. 

Suddenly, everyone was looking at Li Qin Yao with admiration in their eyes.

To find a coin in two dumplings in a row… that was amazing!

As everyone else began to hunt for their lucky dumpling, Li Qin Yao turned to her husband and tugged at her hand. "Zhang Yu Han, are you angry?" she whispered.

Zhang Yu Han raised a brow. "Why would I be angry? It's fine. I'll be your lucky charm. This way, you will always stay by my side." He then shifted his body to stare at her. "Actually, now that I think about it, you are pretty bad with basketball."

"What are you trying to say?" Li Qin Yao frowned. Why did he suddenly mention her terrible skill in this sport?

A chuckle escaped him. "You said that the first time I saw you in that court was the first time you're trying to shoot a ball, right?"

"Un," Li Qin Yao nodded. 

"What if the only reason can you score that three-pointer was because this lucky charm was around?" Zhang Yu Han smiled.

Li Qin Yao suddenly thought of the time when Han Yue Xiu tried to teach her the game and she had failed miserably. It was only when Zhang Yu Han was around that she was able to shoot the ball into the hoop.

As the realization hit her, Li Qin Yao was suddenly amazed. Then, doesn't that mean that Zhang Yu Han was really her lucky charm?

Her eyes sparkled as she looked at him. "If that was true, then, I am a very lucky person to meet you."

The family stayed around together to wait for the new year. Due to Zhang Jing's age, he went to bed earlier and left the others for the countdown.

Zhang Yu Han looked at the TV screen and saw that they have started the countdown. He glanced at the person in his embrace and chuckled upon finding her sleeping soundly.

His sister started to count along with the TV presenter and soon, a loud boom was heard outside. There was a loud cheer coming from the television and Zhang Yu Han heard his phone in his pocket started to vibrate. He had no doubt that his phone was now flooded with New Year's wishes.

Zhang Yu Han turned again when Li Qin Yao stirred in her sleep. She rubbed her eyes and blinked as she watched him.

It took Li Qin Yao a few seconds to adjust and figure out what was going on. She smiled at him and touched his cheek. "Zhang Yu Han, Happy New Year." 

A chuckle escaped him. He was planning to say those words first, but she had beat him to it. Seeing that she was in a half-asleep state, Zhang Yu Han leaned to kiss her lips and turned to speak against her ear. "Happy New Year."