Snowy Night Kiss

Chapter 23 Happy New Year, little girl
There were faint sounds of fireworks in the distance, but the eastern suburbs were different from other places.

Jian Yi stepped out of his arms and lowered her voice, "Jin Yanchen, I'm going home tonight for the New Year."

Jin Yanchen hummed, and found a coat for her to wear. There was still tenderness in his eyes, and he whispered in her ear, "Happy New Year, little girl."

Her eyelids were burning from being tickled, and Jian Yi slowly opened her eyes.

She was disturbed by the smell of his men's perfume and felt ashamed for having misunderstood him.

Jin Yanchen chuckled in her ear, then stood in the courtyard with one hand in his pocket.

Jian Yi said to him, "Happy New Year."

"Um……"

Jin Yanchen moved, and the moment he turned his face, the light and shadow blocked by his body surged out. The light stung Jian Yi's eyes. She closed her eyes subconsciously, but the touch of his lips became clearer and clearer.

"New Year's gift received."

He laughed freely, holding the car keys in his hand nonchalantly, and gave her the most gentle kiss at the beginning of the new year.

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After dawdling for a while until six o'clock, Jian Yi finally went back to the Jian family.

Lin Qingruan helped her carry the suitcase to the entrance of the alley and comforted her, "It's better to have a home to return to than to have no home to return to. Is there any perfect place in this world?"

"I'll come back to be with you after the New Year's Eve dinner." Jian Yi turned around and waved at her, then got on the bus back to Jian's home.

The street scene changed up and down like a movie, and Jian Yi recalled how she felt the last time she took this bus.

My mood changed completely when I went back this time. I wasn't so anxious anymore, and it seemed that I wouldn't feel sad even if I was driven away.

When did she have this feeling? Probably from the day she met Jin Yanchen.

It was like a dream. When Jian Yi walked back to the starting point of the dream, he actually felt dazed.

The entrance to the dead-end alley was still there at an angle, and the dead leaves in the courtyard were swaying. She squinted her eyes and seemed to see a tall man leaning there lazily, lighting a cigarette.

Sometimes I don’t know whether I should say the word fate. With just a quick glimpse in the crowd, she started a dream of vanity that was hard to explain.

At the entrance of the alley, there seemed to be the whispering of the old and the young, and Jian Yi's thoughts were temporarily interrupted. He felt that the voice sounded very much like Grandma Jian's voice.

The family planning policy was strict back then, and in order to avoid being fined, Jian Chengfeng abandoned Jian Yi to his grandmother's house in the countryside. He later took Jian Yi back after she was admitted to university.

Jian Yi hasn't seen her grandmother since she went to college.

The old man smiled when he saw her, took her hand and asked her to sit next to him, muttering that she had lost a lot of weight.

Jian Yi pulled her lips and smiled and said that everyone should lose weight in college so that they would look better.

Grandma Jane disagreed: "She is beautiful even if she doesn't lose weight. Our little girl is the most beautiful."

My grandma is quite old and has recently developed some Alzheimer's disease. After talking for a while, she no longer recognizes people.

Jian Chengfeng took his son to paste Spring Festival couplets. Jian Yi looked up at the lights and decorations in the distance. She suddenly wondered if the eastern suburbs would be so lively tonight?
Just as I was thinking about it, Grandma Jian suddenly came over and asked with a smile, "Does our Xiaoyi have a boyfriend in college?"

Jian Yi lowered her eyes slightly, smiled faintly and said no.

At this time, she couldn't help but think of Jin Yanchen. She was always good at pretending to be ignorant. Even if Jin Yanchen was so considerate and caring to her, she knew that some gaps could not be easily crossed. She had already made Shenshan bow his head for her, so how could she add more delusions and embarrass him and herself?

The wind in the yard gradually grew stronger. Jian Yi helped Grandma Jian back to the inner room. Grandma Jian's memory drifted to an unknown year. Suddenly, she turned around, grabbed Jian Yi's hand, and spoke seriously.

"Do you remember which one sponsored you to go to school?

"

Jian Yi was stunned for a moment, and she hummed softly, "I won't forget him, grandma."

Grandma Jane said: "People must repay kindness. If you meet him, you must say thank you."

The older generation always believes in cause and effect and reincarnation, and emphasizes repaying kindness.

Jian Yi didn't believe in these things at first, but after traveling more and more among the vast world, she began to believe in the word fate.

After putting up the Spring Festival couplets, Jian Liang ran over, holding up a big red envelope in his hand, and his voice was crisp and loud.

"Sister, look at my New Year's money!"

Jian Yi's eyelashes trembled. The children circled around her and saw that she had nothing in her hands. They were delighted and shouted at the top of their voices, "Yeah, sister doesn't have any New Year's money, only I do. Mom and Dad don't love you at all."

Jian Yi had long been numb, and nodded, "Well, they only love you."

The Jian family has never had the habit of staying up all night to celebrate the New Year. They turned off the lights early at night. Jian Chengfeng held up his mobile phone and exchanged greetings with relatives and friends. Bai Hongmei secretly took her youngest son to try on his newly bought cotton-padded jacket.

Jian Yi pushed open the door and walked towards the courtyard, away from all the noise. She looked up and quietly looked at the thin moon above her head.

In fact, she is really a very boring person. She is used to emotional suppression and finishes all the urgent things in her hands with a blank face. She will not let the internal emotions have any chance to defeat and affect her life.

Lin Qingruan said that her behavior was self-abuse. Since she couldn't get rid of it, she forced herself to pretend that she didn't care. After a long time, it became a worry in her heart.

Jian Yi laughed at himself: "What's the point of caring? No one will care."

At this moment, my longing suddenly surged with the wind in the yard. The wind made people feel a little cold, and the good things about the eastern suburbs became apparent.

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Jin Yanchen was a light sleeper, and he didn't stop her from occasionally seeing her lying on the balcony railings to watch the moon. He put his agarwood-covered coat loosely on her shoulders and whispered in her ear to tease her in a low voice, "How can a young girl have so many thoughts?"

"Our Xiaoyi has something on his mind, right?"

A message came from the window. The familiar doting in the message made Jian Yi startled. When she reacted, she immediately put on an innocent smile and said with a smile, "Grandma, weren't you asleep? Why are you up again?"

Grandma Jane said: "Today is New Year's Day, I have to give my granddaughter a red envelope."

Grandma Zhong stuffed a large red envelope with auspicious words in gold foil into her pocket and said to her with bright eyes, "When we get married, give our daughter a bigger one."

Jian Yi's nose felt sore. She turned her face away and whispered, "What if I don't get married, grandma?"

"If you don't want to get married... then grandma will take care of you." Grandma Jane thought for a while and said, "But if you meet someone you like, settle down sooner so that you can have your own family in the future."

The word "home" is still a bit far away for Jian Yi.

She propped her chin up and said slowly, "Then wait for me for another ten to five years. I will buy a house in Kyoto and bring you over to live with me."

(End of this chapter)