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"Saluttoutlemonde! "Jesuisderetour." French: Gentlemen, I'm back! READING: Saru had a dream! along with the sea and the river)

A young woman in a pink cocoon coat and a cream-colored wool hat with a round brim spread her arms and made a shining debut gesture at us.

So she was actually Lou Anqi.

"You little heartless, you didn't know how to come back and visit Mommy all these years." Xia Peiyun's eyes flickered with tears. Although she was blaming Lou Anqi, his tone did not contain the slightest hint of blame, but it was full of love and adoration.

Lou Anqi's face was filled with guilt, "Sorry, Mommy, I was wrong."

Xia Peiyun wiped her tears, "It's good that you're back." She tilted her head towards the old man, "Hurry up and greet your grandfather."

Receiving Xia Peiyun's reminder, Lou Anqi finally reacted and immediately hopped in front of the old man, "Grandfather!" Hugging him, she said in a spoiled tone, "An Qi misses you to death!"

When he saw Lou Anqi earlier, the old man's serious face was replaced with a benevolent smile. Now that Lou Anqi was acting like a spoiled child again, she was even more so grinning from ear to ear, and laughed out loud: "Do you miss Grandfather, or do you miss Grandfather's big red packet?"

"Grandfather ~" Lou Anqi dragged her voice, pretending to be displeased with the old man, "Look at what you're saying, of course I'm thinking of you!" She chuckled again and said mischievously: "But if I had a big red packet, I would be happier."

The old man was so amused that he took out a red packet from his pocket and handed it to her, "Take it."

Lou Anqi kissed the red packet, and excitedly said: "Thank you, Grandfather!" Ye Zichen turned around, and just as he was about to put the red packet into his bag …

His eyes suddenly fell on me.

"Eh, you are my cousin?" Her eyes widened in surprise.

In just that short period of time, I had a good impression of Lou Anqi, and felt that she was truly not a pretentious person, and did not have any of the airs of a young miss.

Thus, I sincerely and generously smiled and nodded my head, "Hello, I am Tu Ying."

"Yes, I know, I know." She nodded her head with a smile, looking as if she already knew who I was, and said, "I didn't expect you to be even more beautiful than the pictures."

Her praise stunned me for a moment. I thought that Qiao Chenfei had shown her my picture and immediately looked towards him.

Qiao Chenfei understood my gaze and smiled faintly, then shook his head. Feeling my hand being squeezed by a strong force, I immediately turned to look at the person who exerted the force.

Maybe because he saw my eyes communicating with Qiao Chenfei, Lou Shaotang was a little jealous, he squinted his eyes at me as a warning.

Stingy!

I glared at him.

As if he had seven orifices, Lou Anqi saw my doubt and shook his hand, explaining, "It's not my brother, it was Brother Shao Tang who showed it to me. We met in France some time ago. "

I was surprised and looked at Lou Shaotang suspiciously, but Lou Shaotang just smiled and didn't say anything.

"Oh? Who is this handsome guy? "

Lou Anqi's curious voice shifted my attention, I saw that she was sizing up Little Yu who was sitting on my other side with a face full of interest.

"This is my younger brother, Tu Siyu." I hurried to introduce her.

Little Yu silently smiled at Lou Anqi, treating it as a form of greeting.

Lou Anqi's brows curved, and returned his gaze with a brilliant smile. After that, she teased the others one by one and even distributed gifts to them, making them smile until they left.

I secretly praise him in my heart. He really is an open-heart fruit! It seemed that with her there, this year would be a lot easier.

During dinner, Lou Anqi was the only one who kept chattering non-stop at the table. However, no one was annoyed by her.

"Oh right, Brother Shao Tang, I saw a girl at the airport today who looks like Big Sister Ke Er!" Lou Anqi mumbled to Lou Shaotang as she bulged a piece of ribs in her mouth.

With a "dang" sound, the spoon in Lou Shaotang's hand suddenly dropped into the bowl, and the smile froze on his face.

For a moment, it was as if the other people at the table had stopped breathing. They did not make a sound, and the atmosphere instantly became extremely strange.

I don't understand.

"An Qi, eat." The old man's voice broke the quiet atmosphere.

His tone sounded like he was warning me, but Lou Anqi seemed to have realized something and immediately shut up, looking straight into my eyes. Seeing me looking at her in confusion, she acted as if she had done something guilty, quickly lowering her head and eating the rice in the bowl.

Suspicion rose in my heart, and I slightly frowned as I looked at Lou Shaotang.

Unknowingly, Lou Shaotang's face had already returned to its previous calmness as he fed me chopsticks.

"What's wrong? "Why aren't you eating?" Seeing me put down the chopsticks and look at him with a puzzled expression, Lou Shaotang asked as if he didn't understand.

I pulled at my lips, shook my head nonchalantly, and picked up my chopsticks again.

Maybe the atmosphere had been messed up by him, but Lou Anqi immediately changed the topic again. Everyone's happy mood was moved again, and this small incident was quickly ignored.

After dinner, everyone went to the living room to drink tea and eat snacks.

When I came out from the washroom and saw that Lou Shaotang was not there, I asked Little Yu. Little Yu said that he went upstairs. I thought he had gone back to his room to rest because he was not feeling well from drinking too much, so I went to take a look.

When I entered the room and saw that he was not there, I went to the study again.

Once he entered the study, he saw Lou Shaotang standing on the balcony, one hand holding onto the iron fence and the other holding onto a cigarette.

Although his back was to me, and I couldn't see his expression, I could tell from the large amount of soot that he was thinking about something.

I walked over slowly.

I don't know if it was because I walked too lightly or because he was too engrossed in his thoughts, but when I stood behind him, he didn't notice.

"Hubby." I called to him softly.

Hearing my voice, Lou Shaotang's body froze for a moment, then he turned around with a gentle smile on his face. However, it was unknown whether it was the light or not, but his eyes looked very dark. They didn't look as pleasant as his face, and it seemed as if they were a bit watery.

Looking at the smoke between his fingers that was about to reach its end, I asked, "How do you stand here? Isn't it cold? "

Lou Shaotang noticed my gaze, and immediately threw the cigarette on the ground, his feet lightly rubbing the air, "Breathe in." He chuckled.

Even though his expression was light, I had a nagging feeling that he was hiding something very heavy. Suddenly, I remembered the "Big Sister Ke Er" that Lou Anqi mentioned before during dinner, so I asked him, "Who was that Big Sister Ke Er that An Qi was talking about just now?"

Lou Shaotang's expression froze for a moment, and then he quickly smiled and said casually: "A relative."

"Relatives?" I raised my eyebrows and continued to ask, "Then why do you have such a strange reaction? as if they didn't want to talk about her. "

"Because of some unpleasant things, she broke off all relations with our family." Lou Shaotang immediately explained.

"Oh ~ ~" I laughed, and the doubt in my mind disappeared.

"Oh yeah, when did you meet An Qi and show her my photo?"

"The night you went to France with you. You were allergic."

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Seeing my puzzled face, Lou Shaotang told me everything that had happened.

That night, he finished applying the medicine for me. Seeing that I had fallen asleep, he wanted to stay too, but suddenly received a call from An Qi informing him about the accident. Because he knew that Lou Shaotang had come to France, she immediately went to find him for help. He immediately rushed to her school during the night.

Because it happened so suddenly, he didn't have time to leave a message for me. He thought I would always be at the hotel, so he didn't send me a message.

After listening to him, I was surprised. So that time, he didn't leave on purpose. There was a reason for it, but I misunderstood that he was constantly changing between happiness and anger towards me, cold and hot.

But this misunderstanding is all because we all hide our true thoughts and feelings from each other.

Thinking about it, I couldn't help but hug Lou Shaotang's waist, and slightly raised my head to look at him, saying emotionally, "Hubby, in the future, we must treat each other honestly and not hold everything in our hearts, okay?"

Lou Shaotang's gentle smile deepened as he gently stroked the hair that was lifted to my face behind my ears. "Alright." A kiss on my cheek.

The next second, a loud bang exploded in my ears. In an instant, the night sky bloomed with magnificent fireworks. Both of us looked up at the same time.

was probably infected by the colorful fireworks and the surging atmosphere over the years. He turned his head to look at me and couldn't help but say emotionally, "Wife, in the future, we will spend every year together, okay?"

He laughed. "Yes, the husband only ever had a wife." Happy New Year, my wife!

Staring at the light shining in his dark eyes, I felt a surge in my heart. "Happy New Year, husband!" I replied. Clutching his neck, he kissed his warm lips.

Lou Shaotang grabbed the back of my head and replied enthusiastically.

Under the dazzle of the fireworks, we kiss passionately

Returning to the living room, Little Yu ran over to tell me that he wanted to go back, but unexpectedly, Lou Anqi immediately jumped in front of us to stop him, "Why are you going? I'm not done talking yet!"

The corner of Little Yu's mouth twitched, "I, I still have something to do."

"What else is there for the new year?" Lou Anqi asked.

Seeing that Little Yu's expression was a little uneasy, he pulled him to the side and asked: "What's wrong? Why are you suddenly leaving? "