Chapter 1142: Companions in Old Age

Sheng Hanyu reached out to wrap his arm around his wife's shoulders and whispered in her ear, "Xuanxuan, thank you."

"Thank you for what?"

"Thank you for giving me a happy home."

In such a scene, Shi Youxuan should have gently and magnanimously said some words of gratitude as well, so as not to spoil the warmth and beauty.

But she would not do that; she was not some other woman, she was Shi Youxuan, and Shi Youxuan was destined to be different!

"No need to thank me, just don't let me meet you in the next life, I'm tired."

Sheng Hanyu:...

"If you don't meet me, who do you want to meet? In this life, no one else will ever treat you better than I do. Do you know how many women out there envy you?" He was very serious, domineeringly displaying his advantages.

"Yo yo yo!"

She looked on with disdain: "I only have no one else treating me better because I married you. If I hadn't married you but married someone else, that person would also treat me well, and I would be just as happy."

"I don't know how many women out there envy me, but anyway, there are many men who envy you, envy you for marrying such an excellent, virtuous wife as me. I am extremely clever, understand the big picture, and know how to conduct myself..."

This woman never skimped on words of praise when boasting about herself.

"You should praise me too."

"You have no merits."

Sheng Hanyu:...

He turned his wife, who was watching the fireworks show, around, not letting her watch the fireworks, making her look at him: "Are you speaking from the heart? Where am I not satisfying you? If you are dissatisfied, you can tell me, don't bottle it up inside."

"Don't talk to me, I'm watching the fireworks, aren't you annoying?"

Shi Youxuan didn't take it to heart; anyway, it wasn't the first or second time she had angered him, and she was already used to it.

She forgot as soon as she said it, but Sheng Hanyu did not forget, and kept staring at her, asking endlessly.

"Alright, alright, alright, I was wrong, is that okay?"

Shi Youxuan couldn't stand it and quickly apologized and confessed: "Everything I said just now was to anger you. I only want to marry you, in the next life, the life after that, even if I am reincarnated eighteen times, I will still marry you. Hurry and move aside, don't block me from watching the fireworks..."

Such an apology was too perfunctory.

Sheng Hanyu was dissatisfied, but he could only leave it at that for now.

He would ask again when he was free.

On the other side, the conversation between Shi Ran and Qi Heng was much the same.

Qi Heng: "Ranran, you like fireworks, from now on I will set them off every year, specifically for you alone."

Shi Ran: "Can't others see them?"

Qi Heng:...

Fireworks are set off into the sky, so of course everyone can see them; saying they couldn't be seen would be telling a lie with one's eyes open.

It was just that he hadn't expected her to have such a strange question at such a romantic moment.

"Others can see them too."

Shi Ran: "Since everyone can see them, then it doesn't count as being set off specifically for me alone."

Qi Heng was speechless; it seemed that was the case.

Sheng Zichen leaned over: "Of course it can count! Brother A Heng lets the firework designer create patterns. The fireworks in the sky can display Sister's name, or any pattern you want. It's exclusive to Sister alone, so of course it's set off for you alone."

"Right!"

Qi Heng turned from worry to joy, giving a thumbs up to his future brother-in-law, very approving.

His sister glared at him, chiding: "You have to be everywhere?"

Sheng Jiang held his wife's hand; his wife's hand was a bit cold, so he unbuttoned his coat and tucked her icy hand against his chest.

Wang Yinghao felt a little embarrassed and tried to pull her hand away: "Don't be like this, it's not good if the children see."

"What's not good about it? I'm not doing anything shameful. I cherish my wife, who dares to say a word against it?" Sheng Jiang was righteous and confident.

In fact, no one had any objections; everyone was actually envious, wishing that if they grew old, they could also have such a love.

Lao Qi and Nianyin... the interaction between the two carried a hint of force!

They kept moving fireworks and setting them off, competing to see whose were more numerous and beautiful.

The fireworks lasted a long time because there were too many.

The old couple, Wang Yinghao and her husband, felt their legs getting cold after standing outside for a while, so they returned to the warm room.

Such romantic things belonged to the young; the romance between them was just wanting to sit side by side, being able to watch TV together, and seeing the children grow up healthy was enough.

Everyone's definition of happiness is different; provided it doesn't affect others' happiness, living in one's own way and being satisfied is happiness.

The Spring Festival Gala had begun, but the audience in front of the TV was only Sheng Jiang and Wang Yinghao.

The appeal of the Gala to young people was getting worse and worse; how could it be as good as fireworks?

Outside, cheers were endless, while the old couple drank hot tea and cracked melon seeds, watching the Spring Festival Gala with great relish.

The gala was still very lively; there were many people on stage, mostly dressed festively, all with smiling faces.

The older one gets, the more one fears loneliness; what one likes most is liveliness.

It was lively on the TV, and lively in the courtyard too. Sheng Jiang watched TV while meticulously shelling melon seeds.

He didn't eat the shelled melon seed kernels, but counted out exactly twenty of them, feeding them to his wife one by one: "Don't eat too many, you can only eat twenty at a time. Although melon seeds are fragrant, they are also high in oil."

"Don't feed me, I can do it myself. It doesn't look right if the children see, it's not good."

Wang Yinghao was very tolerant of others but very strict with herself. Deep down, she was still very traditional, feeling that a woman should support her husband and teach her children, being good to her husband and children, while for herself... it didn't matter.

Her standards only applied to herself; she wouldn't point fingers at her daughter-in-law, so for many years, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law relationship had been very harmonious, better than most biological mothers and daughters.

"I don't care, I just want to be good to you. I don't care about what looks good or not, I only care about you."

The most moving love words are the inadvertent outpouring of true feelings.

She wiped away her tears.

"Oh my, why are you crying? The doctor said you mustn't get emotional. Take deep breaths, keep your mindset calm. Let me see if your blood pressure is high."

He lifted his wife's right wrist.

On Wang Yinghao's hand was a watch that could monitor her blood pressure and heart rate at all times.

It was fine; the blood pressure was slightly high but within the normal range, so there was no danger.

Wang Yinghao was amused by his nervous appearance: "Alright, don't be like this. I'm not made of paper; I'm not that fragile."

The fireworks hadn't finished yet, but the children had returned.

Setting off too many wouldn't do either, as it would disturb the neighbors.

The children returned to the living room, and the living room immediately became lively.

Some wanted water or juice, and there were also those shouting that they were hungry.

The cook was busy in the kitchen, preparing dishes and boiling dumplings; although the midnight New Year's Eve meal was not as sumptuous as the evening one, it still consisted of four cold dishes and eight hot ones, with a good balance of meat and vegetables.

"Clang!"

"Clang!"

"Clang!"

The midnight bell rang right on time, and Wang Yinghao and Sheng Jiang sat upright in the very center of the sofa.

Everyone else left the sofa and lined up according to their generation and age.

Although Lao Qi and Nianyin were not part of the Sheng Family, they were arranged by Shi Ran to be in front of her, so they could pay their New Year respects to the elderly couple Sheng Jiang as elders.