Chapter 267: Watching Fireworks

"No need, he's already gone home."

The incident with Ren Tiandu was truly a false accusation. He probably didn't want them to see him.

【Wulongcha, what happened?】

Simply put, they got the wrong person, hit the wrong person, messed up the venue, the killer is still the relative's posthumous child, Du Miao Miao, actively admitted the mistake, knelt on the ground and begged for mercy. In summary, Ren Tiandu got beaten!

【It wasn't on purpose, right?】

【Whether it was intentional, only the perpetrator knows. I can only check some external things. If the other side is clever enough, they can disguise themselves.】

Wulongcha isn't omnipotent; the longer it browses the net, the more it realizes its own limits as an AI. Humans are far too cunning—what's presented on the surface isn't necessarily the truth!

【Alright!】

Since nothing's wrong at home, Su Yu happily began preparing for the New Year. Thinking of the New Year, Su Yu blinked her round big eyes, looking at Su Yi with full anticipation.

Su Yi, whose gaze met Su Yu's, was a little nervous; he's never before received such a stare from Su Yu! He doesn't quite believe that after just one night, Su Yu could already have fallen for this dad of hers.

Su Yu grinned, calling out in a sweet, milky voice, "Dad!"

"Ah, ah?"

To Su Yi, Su Yu's smile was like a demon flinging open a blood‑filled maw, a carnivorous plant cracking its huge mouth.

"I'll be almost four after the New Year!"

"Yes, yes, right?"

He didn't understand Su Yu's point; why isn't her inner voice more active now? It made him feel like someone opening a punishment blind box, his hands shaking and his feet a little trembling.

"You still owe them three years' New Year's money!"

【Uncle and great‑grandma gave me welcome gifts, but dad didn't give me a single hair; shouldn't he make it up for the New Year? Dad loves Xiao Qian the most, hehe!】

"Yu, you can't be so excessive!"

Su Yi clutched his head and cried, "I still have to marry your mother; what's wrong with you, always trying to squeeze my money?"

Su Yu's beautiful big eyes fluttered, and she looked at Su Xi with watery eyes, "Uncle, dad says I'm sick!"

Su Yu reached out, and Su Xi, delighted to play the little drama, lifted her, "Good girl, Xiao Yu, we'll ignore your dad; if he doesn't give you the New Year's money, we'll deduct it from his salary!"

Stung by his brother's blow, Su Yi ran out, sniffling, to look for his own Yan Yan!

He needs to apply for funding!

"Hehe! Uncle, you're the best!"

After getting down from Su Xi's lap, Su Yu said, "Uncle, you're busy! After you finish, can we set off fireworks for the New Year?"

Su Yu knows that the Su family manor has a fireworks permit.

"Alright!"

It's the New Year; he'll spend it with his family!

"Oh yeah, we're going to set off fireworks for the New Year!"

Su Yu ran out to ask the steward about fireworks designs, and after that went to Ji Yan to get a phone.

"Mom, I want a phone!"

"Why do you want a phone now?"

Ji Yan glanced offhandedly toward the restroom. Seeing Su Yi's little achievements, she hides her daughter in the bathroom, unafraid of it being spread and laughed at.

"I'd like to invite Huo Huo and Can Can to our house after the New Year to watch fireworks, and also, Mom, can I give fireworks‑shaped gifts to the kids we met at the banquet? We'll need Chef Uncle to help make them and deliver them."

Those kids are all connected to the Xu family; Su Yu originally wanted to give fireworks. But the steward said fireworks are too dangerous and not suitable as gifts for other children.

Su Yu just wanted to give a gift to maintain relationships, maybe useful later. So, fireworks out, she thought of sending fireworks‑shaped pastries or something edible.

If food's also unsuitable, then she'll just give toys!

"Just giving food isn't quite right; I'll have someone custom‑make some toys and send them together."

"Okay! Mom, can I call Huo Huo and Can Can?"

Su Yu looked at Ji Yan expectantly, and Ji Yan handed her the phone.

It was still a video call; Su Yu looked at the two frowning companions on the other side, tilted her head, "Huo Huo, Can Can, why aren't you happy?"

Liang Yan, sounding like a little adult, sighed, "My dad said that after this year I'll have extra classes!"

"Extra classes?"

【What extra classes?】

Tang Can shook her little head, "Every day it's work after work; I, as a daughter, am like air. Spending money to put me in classes is very proactive. Why don't they themselves sign up for more classes!"

"Can Can, being air is fine too; everyone needs air."

Tang Can felt a bit confused; she recalled that the meaning of 'air' seemed different from what Ruan Ruan said, though Ruan Ruan's point made some sense.

She also needs air!

Tang Can was bewildered, no longer angry, while Liang Yan was still upset, "Little sister Xiao Yu, I'm clearly so obedient; why does my dad still want to add extra classes for me?"

Zhu Xueheng nearby looked a bit helpless; it's not a matter of being obedient, it's a curriculum the heir must learn!

"Maybe Xiao Yu and Can Can also have to learn, perhaps to fit in?"

【Probably an heir curriculum.】

Su Yu looked at the kids in the group; some already had a heap of classes early on, others spent every day teasing cats, playing with dogs, causing trouble—this is probably the gap between heirs and ordinary children.

Zhu Xueheng watched his daughter, who instantly looked like a cat being petted, not angry but smiling, "Really? I thought after the new year I couldn't study together with you all!"

"Of course it's true, we'll definitely study together."

Zhu Xueheng had already started considering sending Liang Yan over before the year's end; would a honeymoon trip for the couple be appropriate?

Liang Yan received a confirming answer, smiling foolishly, while Tang Can let out a soft "hm."

Su Yu remembered why she called, "Huo Huo, Can Can, after the New Year, do you want to come to my house to see fireworks?"

Su Yu lifted the phone and walked out, "Steward Uncle, Steward Uncle, where are the fireworks pictures? I want to show Huo Huo and Can Can the fireworks!"

The butler handed a stack of pictures to Su Yu; Su Yu took the pictures, let the butler hold the phone, and she displayed them one by one to the camera.

"Is it pretty?" the butler said. "These are all custom‑made. If you want other patterns, you can tell the butler!"

"Wow~"

"Wow!"

Liang Yan and Tang Can both let out "wawa" sounds. Liang Yan used to be in the Liang Family; he was either causing mischief or on the way to causing mischief, and the times he got to watch fireworks were few.

When Tang Can was younger, her temperament was relatively gentle, even a bit timid and shy, not fond of going out, and after studying with Ren Tiandu, her parents and aunt rarely took her out.

Most of the pictures Su Yu displayed were specially made fireworks patterns, which seemed very novel to Liang Yan and Tang Can.

Su Yu suddenly thought of someone: "I have an older sister; she said last time she would take me to a fireworks show. How about after the New Year we go with the adults to see a fireworks show?"

The viewing platform of the fireworks show must be prettier than the one at our house!

Liang Yan and Tang Can shook their heads in unison, "We'll go to your house!"

"Why?"

I still want to see what the fireworks show's viewing platform looks like. That place should probably offer food, right?

Liang Yan wanted to go to Su Yu's house, of course because she was tired from playing and could stay at the Su Family to sleep. Liang Yan didn't want to voice that reason.

Tang Can had the same thought; after a moment she forced out a sentence, "The food made by your family's chef uncle is delicious; the food outside is hard to eat!"

Liang Yan also nodded. She had attended many banquets, "Indeed, the food outside isn't tasty!"

"What you say makes sense, so after the New Year come over to my house to play; we'll watch fireworks together at home!"

"Sure!"

"Okay!"

The three kids began picking fireworks patterns, while the adults were contacting each other.

Zhu Xueheng thought carefully; he and Liang Lijiang weren't closely related, and could go to the Su Family to see fireworks at any time. He posted Liang Lijiang's available schedule in the group chat that included all three parents.

Zhu Xueheng: Our family is free these days, just in time for the New Year; we should get together.

While supervising Tang Can's homework beside her, seeing Ren Tiandu excitedly picking fireworks patterns for her was quite distressing.

The Tang Family really has many relatives. Tang Can is now her parents' only child, and whether it's relatives paying New Year calls or the Tang Family sending New Year greetings to others, she has to go.

Ren Tiandu: It depends on the elder uncle's arrangement; the Tang Family has many relatives.

Su Yi: You can come anytime!

Su Yi was eager for the three kids to play together. When they play together, Su Yu won't have the energy to tease him!

After Su Yu finished discussing the fireworks patterns with Liang Yan and Tang Can, she hung up and made a video call to Yang Zhichun.

"Great‑grandmother, when will you come home? I miss you so much!"

"Ah, dear, I miss you too! I bought a ticket for the twenty‑eighth day of the New Year, and I'll be home on the twenty‑ninth!"

"Yay, I'll go tell elder uncle!"

Su Yu hopped to the study and shared the good news with Su Xi.

……

On the thirtieth day, the family gathered; from the morning onward, Su Xi and Su Yi were putting red "fu" characters all over the house.

Xu Mingyue instructed Ji Tianlin to paste it a bit higher, "You've pasted it before; why do you have to say it again?"

Ji Tianlin felt very aggrieved, "It's not a new house; I'm not quite used to it?"

Every year during festivals, the two sisters‑in‑law of the Ji Family would crowd Xu Mingyue, sometimes even using Jia Jia to provoke her. Ji Tianlin, truly angry, once found their leverage and for several festivals took Xu Mingyue back to their apartment to celebrate.

These New Year's Eves, Ji Tianlin and Xu Mingyue spent them in the two‑person apartment. He, to sell the misery of not sharing a room, deliberately bought a rather small apartment. The rooms there were even smaller, with fewer places to paste things. Now this house is two rooms combined, much larger, with more spots for fu characters and Chinese knots.

He was relieved that the Su Family's walls were especially sound‑proof, and he was in the inner room. Otherwise, Su Yu, who didn't particularly like him, would surely come in to watch the commotion.

Actually, if he were to say, they don't care about those messy customs; they came over to spend New Year with their daughter, so whether they paste this or not doesn't matter!

But seeing Xu Mingyue's serious face, Ji Tianlin obediently pasted the upright fu character upside down.

"Knock knock!"

"Who's there?"

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