Chapter 150: New Year

「Lu Jingqing, how does my window paper-cut look? 」

Su Yun Jiao proactively handed the window paper-cut she was holding to Lu Jingqing.

Lu Jingqing couldn't cut window paper-cuts; looking at the one Su Yun Jiao held, he thought the pattern on it was very pretty.

「Hmm… not bad. 」

Su Yun Jiao said, "I planned to stick this window paper-cut on the glass, but it seems I already covered it."

「」

Lu Jingqing saw that the windows of the whole room were covered with paper-cuts, and for a moment he didn't know how to clean them up later; it seemed he would have to call the cleaners to deal with this trouble.

But… as long as Su Yun Jiao is happy.

Lu Jingqing said, "Take your time here, I'll go upstairs first."

Su Yun Jiao nodded.

Secretary Li followed Lu Jingqing up to the study.

Secretary Li couldn't help but say, "I didn't expect Miss Su to be so capable—she already finished putting up the window paper-cuts this quickly; I see Jingyuan really looks like it's New Year now."

In previous years Jingyuan was always cold and deserted, but with Miss Su here this time, it's bound to gain a lot more cheer.

Lu Jingqing said calmly, "First handle work, don't think too much about other things."

「… Yes, Boss Lu. 」

Secretary Li still thought Boss Lu was unhappy.

But when Secretary Li raised his head, he saw Boss Lu's mouth corner also reveal an extremely faint smile.

In the blink of an eye, it's already New Year.

Zhou Xian and Zhou Tingting both sent New Year greetings and gifts to Su Yun Jiao.

Su Yun Jiao was unpacking the delivery and said, "Lu Jingqing brother, look, these are all birthday gifts from the class monitor and Tingting."

「… Hmm. 」

Lu Jingqing felt uncomfortable all over as soon as he heard Zhou Xian's name.

Su Yun Jiao disagreed, saying, "Are these all good? I think the bracelet Tingting gave me is very pretty, but I also like the camera the class monitor gave me."

Su Yun Jiao used not to take photos; the last photo Zhou Xian took of her had already been sent to her phone.

Su Yun Jiao also felt at this time that taking photos wasn't so bad.

The Lu Clan Group and L Group began their holiday.

On New Year's Eve night, Su Yun Jiao got straight into bed and pulled Lu Jingqing up.

This is one of the few holidays where Lu Jingqing can sleep a little longer; when he got up, his eyes were full of sleepiness.

「Lu Jingqing brother, don't be lazy—today is New Year's Eve. 」

「」

Lu Jingqing never felt that New Year's Eve differed from other holidays; in short, it's just staying home for a day.

But seeing Su Yun Jiao's excitement, it seems New Year's Eve is some extremely rare holiday.

Su Yun Jiao went downstairs; she had already prepared the filling when she woke up in the morning, and there were many cold dishes.

Because many of the hot dishes have to wait until evening to be taken out, Su Yun Jiao could only tell Lu Jingqing, "We'll make dumplings later."

「… Making dumplings? 」

「Lu Jingqing brother, you won't tell me you can't cook, will you? 」

Su Yun Jiao had already rolled out the dumpling skins; if Lu Jingqing told her now he couldn't cook, she would really go berserk.

「… I can't cook. 」

Su Yun Jiao forced a smile and said, "Then I'll teach you."

In short, Su Yun Jiao would absolutely not let Lu Jingqing wait alone while she makes dumplings.

Lu Jingqing was forced and pulled into the kitchen; Su Yun Jiao placed one dumpling wrapper in her hand, another in Lu Jingqing's hand, then, in front of him, she put the filling in the center of the wrapper and said, "Watch closely—just like this, like this, like this, and one dumpling is done."

「… Which way? 」

Lu Jingqing had looked for a while but still couldn't see exactly how Su Yun Jiao was doing it.

Su Yun Jiao hadn't realized before how clumsy Lu Jingqing was; today she finally saw just how clumsy he is.

Su Yun Jiao rubbed her forehead and said, "Listen to me, like this—I'll teach you hands‑on."

Su Yun Jiao gave another demonstration on the side, then this time taught Lu Jingqing hands‑on.

Soon, a very misshapen dumpling appeared in Lu Jingqing's hand.

Although Su Yun Jiao also thought it was unsightly.

But for a first attempt at making dumplings, this is already not bad.

Lu Jingqing originally thought making dumplings would be difficult, but it turned out to be easy to pick up.

After a short while, Lu Jingqing began to enjoy it.

After Lu Jingqing finished making a few dumplings, he placed his results in front of Su Yun Jiao.

Su Yun Jiao didn't stint on praise, exclaiming, "Truly worthy of being my Lu Jingqing brother—you're really amazing."

No normal person could learn after making just two dumplings.

But Lu Jingqing actually learned the dumpling‑wrapping trick this quickly.

It seems people really differ from one another.

At noon, Su Yun Jiao and Lu Jingqing boiled the dumplings, the two sat at a round table to eat, and Su Yun Jiao hadn't had dumplings in a long while.

Lu Jingqing was the same.

Before, when he was overseas, there was nowhere to eat dumplings.

Those sold outside are always not tasty.

But what Su Yun Jiao made, however, had the taste of home.

Lu Jingqing said, "Why wrap dumplings? Aren't we still going to wrap them in the evening?"

"That's different."

Su Yun Jiao said, "On New Year's Eve, at noon you just have to eat what you like."

Su Yun Jiao's favorite thing to eat is dumplings, but before she rarely got the chance to eat them; this time, because it's the New Year, she might as well eat her fill.

Su Yun Jiao glanced at Lu Jingqing's bowl; it seemed he hadn't eaten much either.

Unfortunately Secretary Li wasn't there, and in the sprawling Jingyuan only the two of them were present, making it feel rather desolate.

Lu Jingqing, however, didn't see it that way; in the past he always spent New Year's alone, but now he finally had Su Yun Jiao by his side, and for the first time he felt what it was like to have someone accompany him.

Just then, the doorbell suddenly rang outside.

The surveillance camera feed appeared on the monitor in the living room.

Only to see Zheng Hongyu and Lu Chi appear here together.

Su Yun Jiao furrowed her brows.

What are Zheng Hongyu and Lu Chi doing here on New Year's Eve?

Could it be that they thought they were just paying a visit to relatives?

"Let's just not open the door and see what they can do."

Su Yun Jiao had had enough of Zheng Hongyu's persistent haunting.

But Lu Jingqing lightly said, "A New Year with just the two of us would be terribly boring; let's use them to relieve our boredom."

Hearing that, Su Yun Jiao looked curious: "Relieve boredom?"

Lu Jingqing slightly curled the corner of his mouth.

Now the Lu family can be said to have nothing left; Zheng Hongyu bringing Lu Chi over this time is probably just to give in.