director of the millennium

"Huh, it's still comfortable at home!"

"Baby, come and hug me!"

As soon as he arrived home, exhausted, Wu Yuan couldn't wait to pick up his daughter who had come to greet him and gave her a big kiss on her smooth face.

Then, his daughter cried loudly because of his kiss.

"What are you doing!" Liu Yifei glared at her husband in dissatisfaction, forcefully took her daughter from her husband's hands, held her skillfully and coaxed her, with the smile on her face unable to fade away.

Liu Xiaoli and nanny Wang Ma, who were waiting at the entrance to greet the couple, looked at them returning home with smiles on their faces.

"Now that I'm back, can I celebrate the New Year at home?" Liu Xiaoli asked.

"Well, we'll go back to Hulunbuir to shoot in April after the New Year. Hulunbuir is too cold in winter and the crew can't stand it." Wu Yuan explained patiently.

In fact, Liu Yifei mentioned all these things when she was video chatting with Liu Xiaoli.

Because the crew was filming in Hulunbuir, it was difficult to visit the set. Plus, the children were young and it was cold there, so it was impossible for Liu Xiaoli to bring her granddaughter to visit the set. Usually, she relied on online video to let her daughter and granddaughter meet and interact with each other.

During the video call, Liu Yifei would naturally chat with her mother about the latest situation of the crew. Over the past ten years, the mother and daughter have loved talking about this and have long been accustomed to it.

However, Wu Yuan still explained to his mother-in-law seriously: "Didn't we agree before that this year our family will go back to Jiangcheng to celebrate the New Year? I have already applied for the flight route."

"We'll go back on the 27th of the twelfth lunar month and come back after the Lantern Festival."

"Okay, okay." Liu Xiaoli smiled and nodded repeatedly.

Now she is completely retired and enjoying life, so she has plenty of time to go home to visit Liu Yifei's grandmother on weekdays, but because of the epidemic this year, things have become complicated.

In addition, Liu Yifei has been pregnant and had a child for more than a year, and she has not had much chance to go back to see her grandmother, so Liu Xiaoli still hopes that the family can go back during the New Year.

After all, the elders in my family are getting older, and we see them less and less.

"Qingqing hasn't even met her great-grandmother yet. It's time for her to go back and meet her." Liu Yifei said with emotion.

Originally, the family was supposed to return to Jiangcheng to celebrate the Spring Festival in 2020, and they happened to bring their half-year-old daughter home to meet her great-grandmother.

But at that time, the black swan incident occurred and it was impossible to go to Jiangcheng, so I had to delay it, and this delay lasted for a year.

Although we had several opportunities to meet via video, video through a phone is not as real as face-to-face contact in person.

Wu Yuan also hugged his wife and comforted her: "Don't worry, you will definitely be able to go back this year."

"Well, you've been tired from the journey. Go take a shower and have a good rest. Aunt Wang and I will cook a big meal for you later." Liu Xiaoli said with a smile.

The couple both nodded. This filming trip to Hulunbuir was indeed exhausting both physically and mentally, and it was time to take some time to recuperate.

A few days later, on December 12th, Wu Yuan, who had just recovered for two days and found some relaxation, suddenly received a call.

Xia Yu and his wife heard that Wu Yuan and his wife had returned to Beijing, so they invited them to spend the New Year's Eve together. "No, we are already over 40 years old, and we are going to go hiking and camping for the New Year's Eve?" Wu Yuan said to Xia Yu on the other end of the phone with a frown on his face, "We are not young anymore, it is not appropriate to do this, right?"

"If I don't try now, I'll really be old, and then I won't be able to try anymore." Xia Yu's voice was full of melancholy on the phone: "Yuan'er, this epidemic has really made me see things more clearly."

"While you are still young, do what you want to do as soon as possible, otherwise you really don't know which will come first, tomorrow or death."

"Speaking of which, you've probably never camped on a mountaintop in your life, right?"

"It's not that cold in Beijing this year. It hasn't snowed until December. So you can camp there, but you have to wear a thick sleeping bag."

"I've inquired about it. It's a professionally operated mountaintop camping area. The equipment, tents, and supplies are all well prepared. There's nothing to worry about."

"Liu Ye's family also agreed. Let's have fun together. The last time I celebrated the New Year seriously was when I was in school!"

Listening to Xia Yu's chatter on the other end of the phone, Wu Yuan's expression finally changed.

Thinking about it carefully, he really hasn't gone out to play with a few good friends for a long time. His daily life is either work or resting at home. Revolving around family and work, the word "friends" no longer exists in his life.

But he still remembers that twenty years ago, when he was still in college, he had a great time with a group of good friends, having fun around Beijing every day, interpreting the meaning of the word "youth".

There is a saying that goes, you can't have youth and the feeling of youth at the same time. At this moment, Wu Yuan suddenly realized this saying.

When was the last time you celebrated New Year’s Eve seriously?

It seems like it was when I was dating Liu Yifei?
Thinking of this, Wu Yuan looked at his wife, "Wife, Xia Yu and his friends asked us to go camping on the top of the mountain to celebrate New Year's Eve. Do you want to go?"

Looking at Wu Yuan's deep eyes, Liu Yifei curved her eyebrows and said with a smile: "Okay!"

"That's settled then." Wu Yuan turned around and continued to talk to Xia Yu: "Let's go tomorrow?"

"We'll set off tomorrow!" Xia Yu said with satisfaction, "I'll drive to find you then, and you two can drive another car."

"It's not far away, just over the Mutianyu Great Wall, and it's part of the Yanshan Mountains."

Wow, what a coincidence, Yanshan almost became the filming location for "Mulan".

"You really do what you want." Although he agreed, Wu Yuan couldn't help but complain: "People go camping in the summer, but you're thinking of camping in the middle of winter, which is a bit wrong."

"Hey, who said that? There will be a lot of people camping during New Year's Eve. This camping site is fully booked. By then, the top of the mountain will be full of people!" Xia Yu retorted dissatisfiedly.

Wu Yuan shook his head and smiled. After chatting with him for a few more words, he hung up the phone.

Things were already settled anyway. After hanging up the phone, he saw Liu Yifei preparing some things for camping, so he said, "Wife, Xia Yu said you don't have to bring anything. Everything can be provided at the campsite. This is quite convenient."

"That won't work either." Liu Yifei rolled her eyes at him. "It's better to bring your own private items and toiletries. Aren't we going to stay in the mountains for one night?"

"Camping, I've never been camping before. It must be fun. I'm really looking forward to it!" (End of this chapter)