Chapter 101: Celebrating New Year's Together

After shopping was finished, Lu Jingqing drove Su Yun Jiao home.

Along the way, Su Yun Jiao kept glancing at Lu Jingqing's appearance.

I never expected that someone like Lu Jingqing would also stumble in the future, falling into the hands of Lu Chi and his mother.

"What are you looking at me for?"

"Nothing."

Su Yun Jiao immediately averted her gaze, pretending she hadn't just been sneaking a look at Lu Jingqing.

When the two returned to Jingyuan, Su Yun Jiao then moved everything into the kitchen.

Inside the kitchen.

Su Yun Jiao stuffed all the dishes into the refrigerator, and she did so neatly.

Seeing that it was already noon, Su Yun Jiao simply gave Lu Jingqing a bowl of tomato scrambled eggs to get by, and also served him a bowl of noodles.

Lu Jingqing, however, was not hesitant; a bowl of noodles was quickly emptied.

Su Yun Jiao furthermore prepared the ingredients for dinner, so that cooking in the evening would not be chaotic.

Lu Jingqing was handling official duties in the study, while Su Yun Jiao was in the kitchen preparing to cook.

When the sky gradually darkened, Lu Jingqing heard noises from the kitchen, and finally, driven by curiosity, he went downstairs.

Only the kitchen light was on in the hall; Su Yun Jiao was bustling about alone in the kitchen, and she seemed quite content.

Seeing this, a faint smile appeared on Lu Jingqing's face.

It turns out that having an extra person in the house feels like this.

Lu Jingqing leaned against the wall, watching Su Yun Jiao cook, and felt warm inside.

Only after he reacted did he realize that he had actually laughed just then.

What's there to laugh about?

Lu Jingqing frowned, trying to make himself more serious.

Su Yun Jiao also poked her head out of the kitchen, looking at Lu Jingqing standing at the stairwell, and said: 'Jingqing brother, what are you doing standing alone at the stairwell? Never mind, come over here first!'

"Cough!"

Lu Jingqing collected his thoughts, coughed once, and then walked toward the kitchen.

On the table lay at least six dishes, both meat and vegetable, plus freshly boiled dumplings.

Lu Jingqing said: 'I don't like to eat staple food at night.'

"It's New Year's Day today, so have a bite."

Su Yun Jiao said while calling Lu Jingqing to the kitchen to bring out the dishes.

Lu Jingqing had never set foot in the kitchen when he was at home before; all the chores were done by Liu Ma.

Lu Jingqing didn't react at first, then realized Su Yun Jiao was directing him.

"Me?"

"Yes."

Su Yun Jiao nodded: 'Hurry, I've already gotten the bowls and chopsticks ready.'

"……"

Although Lu Jingqing felt it was a bit absurd, he still went to the kitchen as Su Yun Jiao said and brought all the dishes to the living room.

Su Yun Jiao placed a vase on the living room table, something that hadn't been there before.

Su Yun Jiao had specially prepared juice, and was about to pour a drink for Lu Jingqing when he said: 'I don't drink beverages with added coloring.'

"Is that so? Then what do you drink?"

"Plain water."

"Fine."

Su Yun Jiao then brought another cup of plain water to Lu Jingqing's front.

Only then did Lu Jingqing feel at ease drinking it.

Su Yun Jiao raised her cup and said: 'Jingqing brother, happy New Year.'

"Happy New Year."

Su Yun Jiao was also experiencing this kind of New Year's Day for the first time, which seemed different from previous New Year's Days.

Lu Chi never cared about these holidays, and was even unwilling to spend them with her.

She was busy every day attending to her mother-in-law and her husband.

Now, however, she was for the first time experiencing what it feels like to have family members by her side.

"The fireworks yesterday were still quite nice, Jingqing brother; can we set off fireworks here?"

"Set off as many as you want."

Su Yun Jiao exclaimed in surprise: 'That's so extravagant?'

Lu Jingqing said: 'Go check the warehouse; maybe they're still there.'

Realizing what Lu Jingqing meant, Su Yun Jiao immediately put down her chopsticks and ran to the first-floor warehouse.

Indeed, she saw that the warehouse was filled with box after box of things.

After Su Yun Jiao took out those boxes and opened them, she saw all kinds of fireworks.

"Are these all prepared by you?"

The boxes of these fireworks look new; they were probably bought recently.

"Don't you like them?"

Lu Jingqing said unhurriedly: 'If you don't like them, then I can only dispose of them as waste.'

"No way! I like them a lot, okay!"

Su Yun Jiao immediately stepped forward and took out the contents of that box of fireworks: "But, the city doesn't allow setting off fireworks…"

Seeing Su Yun Jiao still hesitating, Lu Jingqing feigned displeasure: "You gonna set them off or not? If you don't…"

"Set them off! I'll set them off! Anyway, if the police come knocking, I'll say you told me to!"

After saying that, Su Yun Jiao took out all the fireworks she wanted to set off.

Lu Jingqing said: "Eat first, the dishes will get cold in a moment."

"Okay!"

That night, Su Yun Jiao and Lu Jingqing walked together to the courtyard to set off fireworks.

Su Yun Jiao actually couldn't set off fireworks either, even at Zhou Xian's suburban home yesterday; most of it was done by Zhou Xian.

"How do you do this? Brother Jingqing, help me take a look."

Su Yun Jiao handed what was in her hand to Lu Jingqing.

Lu Jingqing looked at the lighter in his hand, furrowed his brows: "I don't know how."

"You don't either?"

"Should be, just light it and it'll be fine."

Lu Jingqing's expression was indifferent.

In this regard, he truly knows nothing.

Su Yun Jiao rubbed her forehead; indeed she shouldn't have had such high expectations of Lu Jingqing.

"I'll just light it and see."

Su Yun Jiao stepped forward and directly lit the fuse with the lighter.

Lu Jingqing stepped back, but the fireworks didn't explode right away.

Just as Su Yun Jiao curiously looked over, a volley of fireworks shot up into the sky, sparks scattering, causing her to instinctively run away.

Afraid the sparks would hit her.

Lu Jingqing looked at Su Yun Jiao's state and shook his head helplessly.

How can someone be both afraid of and fond of fireworks?

"If you're afraid, it's better to stay farther away."

Lu Jingqing stepped forward, then calmly took out one and set off the fireworks.

Su Yun Jiao kept standing to the side, watching Lu Jingqing.

At that moment, she suddenly felt Lu Jingqing was more handsome than the fireworks.

"What are you looking at?"

Su Yun Jiao averted her gaze and said: "I just didn't expect you, Brother Jingqing, to learn how to set off fireworks so quickly."

Lu Jingqing said: "Anyone with hands can do it; only you would foolishly rush forward to see if the fireworks actually went off."

"……"

Su Yun Jiao tugged at the corner of her mouth and said: "That's really sorry, I'm too stupid, I've affected you."