Translator: SJade, Editor: Dj22031
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The next morning, Mother Gu woke her eldest and second sons and made them put on festive red sweatshirts.
Gu Nan: I really want to refuse.
Today they would be going to visit various families to wish them a happy new year. These days they would visit families everywhere to wish them a happy new year. While Nuan Nuan and Gu An were responsible for saying happy new year sweetly and receiving red envelopes.
They visited all the relatives and friends that Grandpa knew, and all the relatives and friends that their Mother and Father knew.
Nuan Nuan felt that her chubby little face was pinched to be rounder, and she couldn’t help but pout and mutter.
“Why does everyone likes to pinch Nuan Nuan’s face?”
She hugged her little chubby face and rubbed it with heartache.
On this day, Mother Gu and Father Gu took them to Shen Yujin’s house.
It was Shen Yujin himself who opened the door. When he saw Gu Nan with a wooden face and wearing a red sweatshirt, he was stunned for a full five seconds.
Then…
“Hahahaha…”
A burst of earth-shaking laughter came from the Shen family villa.
Gu Nan cast a cold look with murderous intent.
Shen Yujin was so happy that his waist bent down. “No… I’m not laughing at you, really. It’s just… I’ve never seen you dressed like this before. Not to mention that you look young, you suddenly turned from a middle-aged cadre into a college student, you know, haha… I didn’t react for a while and thought you had such a big son…”
As soon as he finished speaking, he was hit by Gu Nan with an expressionless face. This time he really bent down and squatted, because his stomach was hit and it hurt.
Shen Yujin’s parents saw it but acted as if they didn’t see it. The two grew up together. When they were in school, they were often beaten by Gu Nan for being rude. They were used to it. They rarely met in recent years. Seeing her son being beaten by Gu Nan made her miss him.
“Anran, you are here, come in quickly. You brothers and sisters are all wearing the same clothes? Hey, whose idea was this? Nuan Nuan looks even cuter in a red sweater!”
Mother Gu took Mother Shen’s arm affectionately and smiled happily.
“Right, right, it’s my idea. Brother and sister outfits look so lively. Gu Nan is still reluctant. Come here, Nuan Nuan, greet Uncle Shen and Aunt Shen.”
Bai Anran called the children over.
“Happy New Year, Uncle Shen and Aunt Shen.”
Nuan Nuan greeted the two politely and well-behavedly. She had a soft and tender voice and looked so cute. She was so adorable.
Mother Shen was very fond of her. They only had one son, Shen Yujin. It would be perfect if they could have a daughter as obedient as Nuan Nuan.
Nuan Nuan and the others were warmly welcomed in, and the two children received several thick red envelopes.
After running to relatives and friends’ homes for a few days, Nuan Nuan felt that her short legs had become thinner, but she was happier every night when she counted the New Year’s money.
Of course, in addition to them running to other people’s homes, there were also others running to their homes, so it was inevitable that they would meet people they didn’t like very much.
Gu Wan’s family also shamelessly came to pay New Year’s greetings. After suffering a great loss, the old woman finally knew what was good for her. Not only did she not show a sarcastic look in front of them, but she was also warm and affectionate, saying warm words left and right, and gave a big red envelope for the first time.
Of course, Gu Nan and the others still saw the old woman’s face twitching with pain when she gave the red envelope, but it was only for a moment, and she did not show all her disgust on her face like before.
Maybe she was used to being arrogant before, and now her acting skills were not very good at hiding it.
Nuan Nuan could also feel the malice coming from her, and she still couldn’t like this old woman.
The little girl hid behind her big brother, and was then picked up by the second brother.
The old lady praised her warmly, “Oh, Nuan Nuan, you have become more beautiful after not seeing you for a while. I am your aunt, how come I don’t recognize you? I have seen you before. Come on… this is a red envelope for you.”
Gu An rolled his eyes, walked over to collect the red envelope, and smiled with a row of teeth showing.
“Thank you, aunt, I will accept it for my sister.”
Then he successfully saw the old woman’s painful expression, and Gu An was even happier. He deliberately opened the red envelopes one by one and counted them, and then his expression was shocked and exaggerated.
“Wow… Aunt, you are so generous this year. You gave me and my sister a red envelope of one thousand. In the past, you only gave two hundred.”
The old woman’s face twitched, and her expression darkened. But the next second, she thought about how hard it was to live without the support of the Gu family. She realized that this cousin’s family was not something they could afford to offend. If they were really angry, they would have to go back to their hometown and eat dirt.
So she tried to maintain a forced smile on her face and boasted to Gu An.
The old woman no longer had the arrogant and sarcastic look she had before, which made Gu An feel very comfortable. He handed one of the red envelopes to Nuan Nuan.
“Sister, take it. Dad will have to return three red envelopes when you bring it back. In the past, I was the only one in our family who received red envelopes from my aunt, and they were only 200 yuan. Dad gave everyone 1,000 yuan. We lost so much.”
He felt distressed and hoped that his father would give less money when he gave the red envelopes later.
The old woman said, “…Gu An, how do you talk to your elders?”
After all, she was used to being arrogant at home and had limited patience. Now that she was squeezed by a younger generation, she couldn’t help but show the style of an elder.
Gu Bei patted his brother lightly, and apologized to the old woman with a smile, “Sorry, Auntie, Gu An is young and speaks bluntly, don’t take it to heart.”
The old woman’s face looked even worse. What does it mean to speak bluntly?
The old woman was so angry that her chest hurt.
Gu Nan immediately called Nan Feng, “Ask the family doctor to come over.”
Don’t try to scam me!
Mother Gu almost burst out laughing. She covered her mouth and leaned on her husband’s shoulder, her body trembling. She was holding back her laughter.
Hahaha… It’s so funny to see the arrogant old lady’s face look ugly because of her sons!
“Cough…”
Grandpa Gu cleared his throat and gave his eldest grandson and second grandson a look, take it easy, don’t let her get really angry and get sick, such that she gets a chance to blame us again.
Gu Wan sat on the sofa with a stiff smile on her face, her fingers tightly clenched in her sleeves. This year’s New Year was definitely the most difficult time for her to come to her second uncle’s house.
Although Gu Nan and his brothers didn’t like their family before, they basically ignored them. But this year…
Gu Wan bit her lip and looked at Nuan Nuan who was held by Gu Bei.
As soon as she looked over, she met Gu Nan’s cold eyes like glaciers, and her face turned pale with fear.
She remembered the warnings Gu Nan and his brothers had given her after Nuan Nuan’s birthday party, and her face turned even paler.
It was all Gu Nuan’s fault. She must have said a lot of bad things about her in front of Gu Nan and his brothers. She was so insidious and mean at such a young age! They still treated her as a treasure. Were they blind?
As the saying went, you couldn’t hit a smiling person. Today, the old lady and her family came to visit with a smile. If it was normal, she would find an excuse to refuse, but it was really hard to refuse during the New Year.
The old lady quickly put away the expression on her face, sat on the chair below Old Man Gu and started to get close to him. Her son and daughter-in-law also looked for topics with flattering faces. Gu Ling stared at the food on the table and stuffed a handful of it into her pocket.
She hadn’t seen these things at home for a long time. Now her grandmother and the others were not as responsive to her requests as before. Gu Ling had heard too much from the adults at home that it was all because of Nuan Nuan, the second uncle’s family, that their family was in trouble. She didn’t like Nuan Nuan anymore and even blamed her for all the resentment.
But she was afraid of Gu Nan and the others, so she could only glare at her angrily occasionally and didn’t dare to look at her openly.
“Nuan Nuan, we’re here.”
Bai Mohua’s voice came from outside, and then a clean young man wearing the same red sweater ran in, holding a sika deer doll in his hand.
“Let me show you, I bought it for you in City A. It looks good, right? I thought of you when I saw its eyes.”
The sika deer was still snow-white, very beautiful and lifelike, with big and smart eyes, and it really looked a bit like Nuan Nuan.
Bai Moshu followed Bai Mohua in. He had changed out of his sweater and put on his usual clothes. He looked cool like a jade, and he looked as good as a person in a painting. Gu Wan was stunned. At this moment, her heart was beating very fast, and her eyes were full of that young man who seemed like a heavenly man.
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