twelve o'clock at night

The bells of the new year echo in the city

People counting down in the city square are wishing good luck in the new year.

The sky also followed the celebration, and it began to snow lightly, falling on everyone's hair, shoulders, and clothes.

People dance happily in the snow

The Lin Rui family is still very lively and has no intention of disbanding.

Zhang Zihan and Wu Qing held hands in the square, walking through the crowd and strolling sweetly.

Bai Xi was already asleep in bed, and made an appointment with Duke Zhou to compete in martial arts in his dream.

Late at night, the snow was getting heavier and heavier. Passers-by who were celebrating outdoors gradually walked home, and the traffic on the road seemed particularly congested in the snow.

morning

The snow has stopped, and the whole city turned white overnight.

Bai Xi got up and put on his sports clothes to go out for a run. Unexpectedly, when he came out of the lobby, Zhang Zihan was already sitting on the sofa watching the news.

"Happy New Year!" Zhang Zihan heard Bai Xi's voice and looked at the TV to greet him without turning his head.

"Oh!" Bai Xi responded to him simply, indifferently.

Zhang Zihan heard that something was wrong in her voice, so he turned around to look at her. Seeing that she was wearing thin sportswear, he was surprised and said: "It snowed last night, and it's very cold outside now. You're wearing such thin clothes to go for a run, and it's not snowing yet."

I just caught a cold, so don’t go there today.”

Bai Xi opened the balcony door curtain, opened the door and walked to the balcony. She saw a white field downstairs, "Uh-huh!" Her first reaction was not to be amazed, but to be cold.

"Bai Xi. Happy New Year!!" This Lin Rui seemed to have calculated the time exactly. As soon as Bai Xi sneezed, he immediately appeared on the balcony. What a coincidence.

Zhang Zihan glanced at him, wondering if this brat was a pervert? He was always peeping at Bai Xi at home.

"Hello brother, good morning! Happy New Year!" Lin Rui shouted in a hearty voice, for fear that Zhang Zihan wouldn't hear.

"Come in, don't catch a cold." Zhang Zihan ignored him, pulled Bai Xi back into the house, and closed the balcony door.

Lin Rui flattened his mouth and said aggrievedly: "I hate you for being so cold to me." He tilted his head and thought about it, pursed his lips and ran back to the room. He didn't know what kind of idea he had thought of.

Bai Xi and Zhang Zihan were sitting on the sofa, watching TV, and neither of them said a word.

Half an hour later, the two of them still maintained the same position, staring at the TV motionless, with an awkward atmosphere surrounding them.

At this time, a doorbell broke the atmosphere in the room.

Zhang Zihan glanced at Bai Xi and got up to open the door.

The moment he opened the door, Zhang Zihan was completely dumbfounded.

Xu Weilin was wearing a brown bear doll suit, holding the brown bear's head in her hands, with messy hair, and standing in front of Zhang Zihan with a haggard look. The noble and dignified lady in the past was nowhere to be seen.

Zhang Zihan wanted to ignore her and close the door.

Unexpectedly, she blocked the door with a bear's head and said fiercely: "You don't want to live anymore, do you?"

Bai Xi heard the sound and came over, and was stunned when he saw the appearance of Xu Weilin in front of him.

"Look, Bai Xi was frightened." Zhang Zihan was speechless.

Xu Weilin entered the room, threw the bear's head to Zhang Zihan, and then hugged Bai Xi, "My little Xi is scared, mom, coax her back, be good!!"

"Are you going to act in a play?" Zhang Zihan asked, closing the door.

"It's hard to explain in words!!" Xu Weilin shook her head.

"Then don't do it." Zhang Zihan said, he wasn't interested anyway, and there was nothing surprising about what his mother could do.

"Can't you pay more attention to your most beautiful, virtuous and lovely mother?" Xu Weilin was sitting on the sofa in her brown bear clothes, which was so funny.

Zhang Zihan sighed helplessly, "Then may I ask my most beautiful, virtuous and lovely mother, how did you end up in such a funny look?"

"Oh, it's hard to put it into words!" Xu Weilin sighed.

"OK! No more questions." Zhang Zihan's patience was limited.

Zhang Zihan, Xu Weilin, and Bai Xi were sitting on the sofa in silence. The feeling seemed indescribable. Xu Weilin was sitting in the middle. Zhang Zihan and Bai Xi were not watching TV on either side, but looking to the side, as if they could not communicate with each other.

Xu Weilin looked at each other like that. Once they looked at each other, they couldn't help but want to complain about her.

"Hey, you two can say whatever you want." Xu Weilin was caught in the middle, rolling her eyes, which was weird.

"Mom, can't you go change clothes?" Zhang Zihan asked.

"Can I have clothes to change into? Should I wear yours or Xiaoxi's? Do I have enough clothes?" Xu Weilin shouted aggrievedly.

"Call dad."

"Isn't he on the way here?" Xu Weilin pursed her lips.

At this time, the doorbell rang again.

"Cao Cao Cao Cao is here, your dad is here!!" Xu Weilin couldn't wait to run over and open the door, "Husband"

Before the door was even opened, he was already shouting sweetly, result.

The visitor turned out to be Lin Rui

Lin Rui, who was holding the blue rose, was frightened and froze there, dumbfounded.

Xu Weilin was a little embarrassed, but she quickly recovered, "Ah!! It's Lin Rui, come on, come in, I just scared you, I'm sorry."

Zhang Zihan was particularly sensitive to Lin Rui's name. He immediately walked to the door, crossed his hands on his chest, and said, "What are you doing here?"

"Auntie, I came to visit specifically today. I want to invite Bai Xi to hang out." Lin Rui ignored Zhang Zihan and smiled at Xu Weilin.

"I think it's OK, but you have to respect Bai Xi's wishes," Xu Weilin said.

"I don't agree." Zhang Zihan looked at him expressionlessly.

"Brother, these are the flowers for you." Lin Rui forced the bouquet of blue roses into Zhang Zihan's hand.

Zhang Zihan pushed it away in shock and disgust. Xu Weilin on the side was dumbfounded. She thought the flower was for Bai Xi.

"Come on, come on, don't disgust me." Zhang Zihan said angrily.

"Brother, just accept it. I've been picking this flower for a long time." Lin Rui's words were a bit sinister, and anyone could hear it.

Bai Xi looked at them expressionlessly, pushing the bouquet of flowers around.

Xu Weilin on the side couldn't stand it any longer, so she went to grab the flower and said, "This flower belongs to me. Brother, you can't help my sister make the decision. It's up to her to decide whether Bai Xi goes or not."

Xu Weilin went in with the flowers, and Lin Rui made a triumphant gesture towards Zhang Zihan.

"You should go and make an appointment." Zhang Zihan was secretly angry.

"Brother is right!" Lin Rui walked up to Bai Xi and faced her with a silly smile, "Are you leaving?"

"I'm not going." Bai Xi said calmly.

Zhang Zihan was snickering beside him.

"Then I'll stay with you here." Lin Rui had no intention of leaving.

"Hey, who allowed you to be here?" Zhang Zihan said.

"I allow it." Xu Weilin shouted from inside.

Lin Rui looked at him sullenly again.

Now that the four of them were sitting on the sofa, Zhang Zihan didn't look good.

Xu Weilin looked left and right, clapped her hands, and said happily: "By the way, today is New Year's Day. Let's call Wu Qing over and let's celebrate."

"Ah? Don't want it?" Zhang Zihan resisted.

"That's it. You call Wu Qing quickly. Your dad is almost here." Xu Weilin didn't give Zhang Zihan a chance to refuse.

Zhang Zihan reluctantly called Wu Qing.

After a while, the doorbell rang again.

"The child's father is finally here." Xu Weilin, wearing clumsy clothes, rushed over to open the door.

Zhang Zihan covered his face, feeling for the first time that his mother was so clumsy.

It was the first time that Zhang Yusheng saw his wife dressed so cutely. His first reaction was not shock, but a doting smile on his face, "It's quite appropriate to dress like this occasionally."

Xu Weilin reluctantly snatched the bag of clothes from his hand and said, "I don't want it." She immediately walked to the bathroom.

When Zhang Zihan and Bai Xi saw Zhang Yusheng, they were not very happy, they just gave a normal shout.

"Who is this?" Zhang Yusheng looked at Lin Rui curiously.

Lin Rui was waiting expectantly for Bai Xi to introduce himself.

"I'm just a man in the air." Zhang Zihan was the first to speak out.

"Uncle, Happy New Year, I am Bai Xi's colleague and neighbor, my name is Lin Rui." Lin Rui said with a polite smile.

"Colleague?" Zhang Yusheng looked at Bai Xi suspiciously, then looked at Lin Rui, and asked again: "Really just a colleague?"
To be continued...