Chapter 209: Silly Sister
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Jin Nian quickly covered her head. “Lu An.”
Lu An still looked sloppy. He said softly in Cantonese, “Silly girl.”
In the background of the Spring Festival Gala, the New Year’s Eve dinner began. Jin Nian felt full after a few bites, but she still sat at the dining table and chatted with everyone.
Most of the time, she didn’t say anything. She only occasionally looked in Lu An’s direction. The light above the dining room was evenly scattered, making the ends of his hair seem to be glowing, and his smooth neck went all the way down to the collar of his white t-shirt.
Jin Nian felt that Lu An was both familiar and unfamiliar. She always thought that she understood him, but she didn’t seem to understand him.
There were some things that he did not dare to recall carefully. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that he would be sucked in.
It was said that Jin Nian’s name was ordinary. She was a person who liked to remember the past, but there were some things that she did not dare to think about.
Because she was afraid that she had been overthinking things in the past.
There were so many things between her and Lu An, but most of the time, she felt that those things were like fallen leaves, flower petals, or light dust that had been blown away by a gust of wind. Those small details were ignored and then fell into the corners of his memory that he did not notice.
Thinking back now, recalling those memories that she had long forgotten and piecing them together again made Jin Nian feel a myriad of emotions.
The house was very warm. At this moment, Lu An was holding a gla.s.s of white wine in his hand. His fair skin was rosy as he listened attentively to Teacher Tan.
Teacher Tan had a few gla.s.ses of wine tonight, which was rare. It was as if her chatterbox had been opened, and she had fully displayed her skills as a teacher of the people. It was said that a drunk man spoke the truth. It was obvious that Teacher Tan was very satisfied with Lu An as her son-in-law.
Before he became her son-in-law, Lu An would come back to the Jin family every year. Now that he had become her son-in-law, their relationship had become even closer.
“Back then, you quarreled with Jin Nian in the new year. I was wondering if you would come to our place again. I didn’t expect you to bring a lot of things to visit us after the Chinese New Year.” Teacher Tan raised her eyebrows at Lu An and said confidently, “I know that you just want to see Jin Nian.”
However, Jin Nian wasn’t home when he arrived.
Lu An didn’t comment. He just held the bottle of white wine in his hand and gently clinked it with Teacher Tan’s.
Jin Nian didn’t know what Teacher Tan was talking about. This was the first time she had heard about it.
After that, every year when Lu An came over, Jin Nian happened to be away. It was not like this was deliberately arranged by the heavens, or that the two of them were not fated enough.
Teacher Tan said, “I won’t ask too much about the two of you. The two of you have been fighting since you were young. It’s up to you how your life will be in the future.”
Teacher Tan approved of handing Jin Nian over to Lu An.
After that, Jin Nian couldn’t help but chase after Lu An and ask, “So you come to my house every year?”
“Yes.”
“Do you want to see me?”
“Yes.”
It was rare that Lu An didn’t appear sloppy today. He answered whatever Jin Nian asked. Jin Nian thought of the sentence that Lu An had written in the study. She felt that she was not used to this Lu An. It felt surreal.
Teacher Tan drank too much tonight, so she found a room upstairs and went to sleep.
It was already eleven o’clock at night, and Old Jin was already yawning. He didn’t have the habit of staying up late at night, so he went back to his room with Teacher Tan.
Jin Nian didn’t want to sleep at all. She was very energetic and wanted to wait for midnight to set off the fireworks.
Currently, fireworks and firecrackers were banned in the urban area. There were not so many restrictions in the suburbs and rural areas, but they still had to be careful of fire.
To let Jin Nian set off the fireworks happily, Lu An had already made preparations.
The fireworks were custom-made from j.a.pan. It was said to be the largest fireworks in the world. Every flower was beautiful and spectacular.
There was still half an hour before she could send her New Year’s greetings. Jin Nian sent New Year’s greetings to her friends one by one. Finally, she looked at Lu An, who was sitting on the sofa.
The sound of the skit came from the television. Jin Nian watched it and felt that the skit wasn’t very interesting.
She had a lot of things she wanted to ask Lu An, but she didn’t know how to say it at the moment. In the end, it was Lu An who walked over and picked Jin Nian up. He put her on his lap and the two of them sat together to watch the Spring Festival Gala.
“Do you think this Spring Festival Gala is good?” Jin Nian asked.
“It’s not good.”
“Then why are you watching it so seriously?”
“I want to have a sense of ritual.”
Jin Nian turned around and placed her hands next to Lu An’s face so that his face was facing hers. “Then look at me. You’ve been avoiding me all night.”
Ever since Jin Nian found out that the tattoo on his arm was her back view, the words he left behind after reading the book “The Little Prince”, the New Year’s Eve dinner, and the conversation after dinner, she had been worried..