After passing through the book, he licked the cannon fodder and stopped following the plot.

After watching a nearly two-hour movie, there is still an hour and a half before twelve o'clock.

The two sat side by side, and neither of them spoke to discuss the plot. After a full minute of silence, Cheng Yi took the lead in picking up the phone.

"Would you like to watch another one?"

It was really boring and the movie was quite hypnotic. Cheng Yi yawned and some crystal tears oozed from the corners of his eyes.

But if you agree to keep the New Year's Eve, it must be at least past twelve o'clock tonight.

He still managed to cheer up.

Qin Chen didn't seem to be sleepy at all. He always looked calm and couldn't tell what he was thinking.

"No, go to sleep." Qin Chen shook his head.

His suggestion of staying up late on New Year's Eve was just to ease the atmosphere. Since Cheng Yi was already sleepy, there was no need to stay up any longer.

"Can……"

"I don't have the habit of staying up late, so go to sleep." Qin Chen stood up and turned off the projector.

He bent down and picked up Cheng Yi, carrying him to the bathroom to brush his teeth.

Although Cheng Yi's body was moving, his mind gradually became blurry. He brushed his teeth and washed his face by instinct the whole time. He only remembered that when he was finally lying on the bed, he looked at Qin Chen and said something suddenly.

"I'm so happy today! Two of my wishes came true, thank you!"

The voice was soft and gentle. If the space was not quiet enough, Qin Chen might not be able to hear it.

Qin Chen was stunned for a moment when he heard this. He lowered his head and pulled the corner of the quilt for him, and then slowly kissed his forehead.

"Good night, sweet dreams!"

He turned off the lights in the room, leaving only a night light and lay down quietly.

He stretched out his hand to trace Cheng Yi's facial features in the darkness. It was late at night but he felt little sleepiness.

I don't know how long it took, but Cheng Yi, who was sleeping soundly, felt the heat around him, skillfully rolled into Qin Chen's arms, and raised his arms to wrap his arms around his waist.

The sleeping position gradually became more and more unrestrained. After a while, he raised his leg and kicked Qin Chen's calf.

But Qin Chen, who was just a little sleepy, could only take the person into his arms so that he could not roll over, and then he started to feel sleepy again.

The next morning, almost before I woke up, there was a clear and powerful knock on the door, which became more and more intense and would not stop until they opened the door.

Qin Chen opened his eyes the moment there was a knock on the door. There was still a trace of confusion in his eyes, but he quickly reacted and raised his hands to cover Cheng Yi's ears.

Sure enough, Cheng Yi was already annoyed by the hurried knock on the door. He closed his eyes and frowned impatiently, turned over and escaped from Qin Chen's arms.

Qin Chen pulled the corner of the quilt to cover his ears, stood up and opened the door.

Uncle Tian's old smiling face appeared in sight, and he did not panic at all when he met Qin Chen's impatient gaze.

"Sir, it's time to get up."

This is a custom. On the first day of the new year, he will be called out at basically five or six o'clock in the morning. This is the case in previous years, but Qin Chen didn't seem to have much emotional ups and downs at that time.

"I got it!" Qin Chen's eyes were dull. After saying this, he closed the door mercilessly.

Uncle Tian, ​​who didn't have a good face, didn't affect his good mood and left with a smile.

"Who is it? So early?" Cheng Yi rubbed his sore eyes and muttered.

He hasn't had enough sleep yet, and his eyes feel so sore and sleepy!

The anger of being woken up suddenly turned into these squeamish words with a drawl, not to mention how seductive they are!

"Uncle Tian, ​​wake us up." Qin Chen bent down and pulled Cheng Yi up with a calm tone.

"So early! What time is it?" Cheng Yi followed his strength and sat up, looking around at the dark surroundings. According to his expectation, it was probably far from time for them to get up.

"It's half past five. It's time to have breakfast. If you're sleepy, you can catch up on your sleep at noon." Qin Chen comforted softly.

In earlier years, many people would come to visit the family, and these people might come earlier than one to seek good luck.

Although Qin Chen was impatient to deal with it at that time, he still wanted to show off and chat a few words so as not to hit the smiling person.

Occasionally, he would see people being brought to New Year greetings by the elders of the family with expressions of reluctance on their faces, but he pretended not to see them.

Now that Cheng Yi is getting sleepy, he feels that this custom is a bit too early.

Besides, they won't have anyone here to pay New Year greetings, they will just have a simple breakfast.

"...Oh!..." Cheng Yi said in reply, but in fact he was hugged back and forth by Qin Chen the whole time, getting dressed, washing up, and finally putting on the ring.

The cold ring was warmed by Qin Chen before pushing it up to his fingers, for fear that he would be cold.

After leaving the room and going downstairs, Cheng Yi woke up because of the different warm temperature in the room. He was held by Qin Chen like a dressed up doll.

"I'll go by myself." Cheng Yi pushed Qin Chen embarrassedly, jumped down, and walked beside him.

It was almost six o'clock, the sky was hazy, there was only a ray of light on the horizon, the sun had not yet risen, and a faint mist came out every breath.

Cheng Yi touched the tip of his nose and Qin Chen walked forward slowly.

The servants in the manor had already taken action. Although the people here were not celebrating the Spring Festival, they were indeed prepared when they came.

Everyone started to move, and the two of them walked to the restaurant. Before entering, they seemed to see the housekeeper gathering the servants at home, holding a stack of red envelopes in his hand.

"They all received the red envelopes and are on holiday today. Only the security guards and chefs will be left."

Seeing his curiosity, Qin Chen lowered his head and explained.

Although people here don't celebrate the holidays, the Qin family still gives them a holiday at this time, which lasts only two days at most.

After all, such a large manor needs manpower to operate, and two days is not a short time.

Entering the restaurant, it turned out that only Qin Qi and Uncle Tian were left. Today's breakfast was relatively simple. Cheng Yi looked at the glutinous rice balls in the bowl and raised his eyebrows in confusion.

In his mind, only fifteen people eat glutinous rice dumplings. Shouldn't they be vegetarian dumplings this morning?

But this kind of thing must not be asked. After all, the original owner has stayed in the Qin family for so many years. It must be clear whether the first meal of the new year is dumplings or glutinous rice balls.

"Happy New Year, Father, and may everything go well!" Cheng Yi stretched out his arm and poked Qin Chen, signaling him to say something too.

Qin Chen held it in for a long time, then looked at Qin Qi silently and said dryly: "Be healthy!"

"Hey! Okay, everything is fine!" Although it was a bit bland, but it was on point, Qin Qi happily agreed and let them sit down.

"Hurry up and have breakfast to warm up your body." Qin Qi started to use his chopsticks, smiling from ear to ear.

It had been so many years since Qin Chen had given him New Year greetings. Out of sight of the two of them, Qin Qi lowered his eyes and moistened his eyes. He raised a spoon and stirred the food in the bowl, fearing that they would see something wrong, so he slowly poured it into the bowl. The glutinous rice balls are put into the mouth.

As a pure northerner, Cheng Yi seems to only be exposed to glutinous rice balls every year during the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month.

In his memory, the glutinous rice balls stuffed with black sesame seeds tasted delicious in one bite and left feeling greasy in the other!

I can’t eat more than six at most!

Even eating after two is forcing yourself.

He looked at the half bowl of glutinous rice balls, tremblingly scooped one out with a spoon and slowly put it into his mouth.