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"You just don't want to embarrass me too much?" Wan Qing said for her, "So you plan to blow the cold wind here all the time? The sun is not too strong today."

Don't say it's not too big, in fact, today is a cloudy day at all.

The sun hasn't come out since morning.

The young man smiled a little embarrassedly, without commenting.

"So, you are actually here to attend his funeral, right? After the participation is over, come to relax?"

"Um……"

"You guessed all of this?" Ye Chen looked surprised.

"Idiot, you have too little experience in life, do you need to guess?" Wan Qing retorted.

"You are sisters, right? But it doesn't look like twins..."

"Well, I'm my older sister, she's my younger sister, she robbed me of all my nutrition, that's why I'm so short." Wan Qing half-jokingly said.

"Oh... your green eyes are so beautiful, are you a mixed race?"

"No, I'm a minority."

"Ethnic minorities, no wonder, they have beautiful eyes."

"Haha, if you want to watch it, you can watch it for a while."

"No, don't you need it?"

"What are you doing, you're just like a strange sister who molested a little boy..."

"Tsk." Wan Qing gave Ye Chen a white look, "Can you talk?"

"Much better than you."

"Speaking of which, do you know where you can have breakfast nearby?"

"Nearby? There are basically only breakfast stalls, and they should all be closed now that it's almost Chinese New Year—it's almost ten o'clock now, and even if you eat, you have to have lunch."

"Well...it's fine, let's have breakfast and lunch together."

"Let me think about it, oh yes, when we came just now, was there a hand-rolled noodle shop that was still closed?" Wan Qing looked at Ye Chen and asked uncertainly.

"Seems to be?"

"That's the house. It's about a little more than a kilometer from this road to the other side."

"Okay, thank you."

"You're welcome, maybe we can meet again next time."

"That's fate."

"Well, so, what's your name?"

"If we meet again, will I tell you?"

"..."

Seeing Wan Qing's drooping eyelids, the young man couldn't help but chuckled. His voice was a little hoarse, but it made people feel comfortable: "Call me... Heaven Ting Chan."

……

97. New Year's Eve

The first ray of golden light in the morning shone on Wan Qing's face, and something fluffy was gently rubbing against the back of her hand, making her slowly wake up from that gentle dream.

In the past, getting up early in winter always felt very difficult. The bed was like a seal, making people not want to leave.

But today I feel particularly energetic, probably because I had a good dream last night.

She dreamed that she was back to the future, but all the nightmare stories did not happen. The human world is prosperous and peaceful, everyone can go out freely, and everyone can go wherever they want—on the street Everyone walking is healthy, and everyone is full of positive smiles.

In the dream, she didn't do anything special, she just sat quietly on the bench and watched the pedestrians coming and going, until she woke up from the dream.

If only that was the case in the future.

But whatever the future holds, the good news is that it's far enough away.

It is so far away that there is no need to think about what kind of future it is for a long time.

Wan Qing lowered her head slightly, and looked at the thing that tickled the back of her hand—it was Xiao Bai's wagging tail.

As if sensing her gaze, the tail wagged a little more intensely, and it also turned its head, looking at her expectantly with a pair of big round eyes.

"noob?"

"Huh!" It let out a breath of white air, stood up excitedly, and gently pulled the quilt with its lame leg, "Wow!"

"Okay, okay, you've been so excited these mornings... You haven't showered for a long time, so I'll give you a bath during today's holiday."

Xiaobai didn't seem to mind taking a bath, or maybe it just didn't understand, and still put its head against Wan Qing's palm stupidly, which made her laugh.

Compared with cats who are always close to humans, dogs who are so enthusiastic that their love is almost overflowing can make people feel warmer.

Wan Qing climbed out of bed energetically, and slapped Ye Chen on the ass who was still asleep.

"Crack!" The crisp sound echoed in the bedroom.

"Why..."

"Get up."

"It's okay, I'll sleep again..."

"Today is New Year's Eve, why don't you get up early to enjoy the New Year's atmosphere?"

"Then there's no need to get up so early...Anyway, it's going to be all night."

"Get up, it's good to get up and clean up."

"Woo... It's too warm in the bed..."

"Tsk, lazy guy." Wan Qing rolled her eyes, raised her bare feet to step on Xiao Bai's dog's head, stroked her fingernails that were as pink as jewels, and grabbed the thick cotton wool beside her. The socks are on the feet.

The father in the living room had just gotten up, and he was reclining on the sofa bed, watching the morning news on the TV.

"By the way, Dad, did you say last time that friend has a color TV to deal with?"

"Oh, I went to get it yesterday, and it's in the corner over there."

"Really? Then I'll have to see what the fault is later. If it doesn't work, I can take out the replacement parts from the black and white TV."

"Don't you don't fix the TV, but break the good one instead."

"Don't worry, I'm a professional in repairing this kind of electrical appliances." Wan Qing said confidently, "But before that—you still have to wash up first!"

There seems to be no big difference between New Year's Eve and ordinary days.

Life is still the same, but there are a lot more things to prepare for.

Ye Chen was busy with cleaning alone, Wan Qing sat in the corner and repaired the TV, and her father stewed the old duck that took a lot of time to cook, and kept simmering it slowly on the stove. There was a faint fresh fragrance in it.

That is the aroma of the mixture of old duck and dried bamboo shoots.

"Several wires are broken. How do you use it? It's amazing... It's all a fault of poor contact..." Wan Qing muttered, repairing the color TV bit by bit, even though none of the faults were serious, But because there are too many problems, the speed of repair is not fast at all.

But she wasn't bored at all. On the contrary, she found some past happiness - when she was idle at home for a while, she fiddled with some second-hand goods, and then put them on the second-hand platform and sold them to those strange lovers.

Xiaobai lay beside her and watched her repair the color TV, and seemed very interested in her behavior of taking these things out and putting them back together.

"Huh? Why is there a screw missing...?" She patted the floor beside her, and then patted Xiaobai's head, "Xiaobai, get up."

The latter obediently stood up and took two steps back.

The two screws were pressed under its body, and it was even warmed up.

"...Why is there another one?" Wan Qing twitched her lips and checked the TV carefully, but she couldn't find any missing screws, so she had to give up.

When repairing, there will be more screws, which is more common than a few screws.

Especially for objects of this era, there are screws everywhere, and there may be one or two in various tricky corners.

The number of screws is completely excessive, mainly as a just in case of fixing - it is equivalent to an extra layer of protection, in fact, even if there is no problem, it is not a big problem.

She moved the black and white TV down, and put this small color TV up.

"It looks so small on top."

"It's really small."

"The black and white one is bigger, it's more comfortable to look at."

"Then put it on the dining table. It looks good when you eat, and it doesn't take up space."

"Yes, it's good to put it there." Father nodded.

Wan Qing moved the color TV to the dining table, but found that the wires were not long enough: "Dad, do you still have a power strip at home?"

"It's gone, I don't know, can you look for it?"

"I don't remember..."

"It seems that there are indeed no extras, so I'll go to the store and buy one."

"Is it still open?"

"It should still be open." Wan Qing said, put on her shoes, opened the door and ran out.

Ye Chen's voice came from the room in a panic: "Wan Qing—"

"Why?" She could only stop after running two steps, "What's the matter?"

"Take out the trash!"

"You are so troublesome..."

"The sanitation has been cleaned up, of course the trash can must be emptied, otherwise the cleaning will be for nothing."

"Okay, okay, give it to me."

"Wait—now! Dad, is there any rubbish in the kitchen?"

"Have."

Not long after, Wan Qing had several garbage bags in her hand, she rolled her eyes, turned around and walked towards the elevator.

Garbage is thrown in the large trash can not far from the door of the apartment.

The trash can seemed to have just been emptied, and there was still no rubbish in it. A garbage truck was parked on the side of the road, but the sanitation workers were nowhere to be seen.

——Maybe it's their off-duty time already.

After all, it was New Year's Eve, so they might get off work earlier so that they could be busy with New Year's Eve.

The street was deserted, and there was no one there.

All the shops in the surrounding area closed their shutters, and even the canteen that was always open was closed today.

The people in the city seemed to disappear without a trace in an instant.

With her hands in her pockets, Wan Qing walked forward quickly, a few empty plastic bags and discarded newspapers danced along with the cold wind.

Especially the plastic bag floating in the air, elegant like a jellyfish swimming in the sea.

The usually bustling entrance of the hypermarket—that square is also empty at the moment, even the workers who stay here every day and do odd jobs with signs are gone.

A few stray dogs were rummaging through trash cans, but the center of the square was occupied by a group of pigeons. They swaggered back and forth on the ground, and even dared to run to grab some food from other stray animals.

Even when Wan Qing walked over, they just lazily flapped their wings and flew to the railing beside them, not intending to avoid too far away.

In this deserted city, even animals are not afraid of humans anymore.

There were hardly any people in Century Lianhua, not even a few staff members, and there was only one person standing at the cash register, and it seemed that there were no customers.

Although the lights inside are still bright, it gives people the illusion that the end has come.

——The goods on the shelves are not arranged neatly, and many places are empty, as if someone has already looted it.

Fortunately, such things as power strips are usually not sold out. Wan Qing took a power strip with a three-meter wire, and when she came down, she conveniently took two bottles of drink together from the pile next to the escalator.

They are all the big bottles, enough for today's New Year's Eve dinner.

After shopping and returning home, although she felt that it didn't take much time, in fact, three or four 10 minutes had passed.