Chapter 2131: Chapter 2194: You’re Going to Win an Award
The so-called sound of firecrackers marks the end of the year, and the spring wind brings warmth into Tusu wine. Across thousands of households, the bright sun rises, and everyone replaces old charms with new peach wood.
The lively New Year’s Eve has passed. Whether it’s a small family or a big country, on this universal day of celebration, joy always outweighs sorrow. Even those who have encountered misfortune strive to make themselves happy on a day like this. Rich or poor, everyone celebrates the New Year. Li Yifei believes he has done all he should. If poor, he keeps to himself; if successful, he helps the world. Now that he has wealth and ans, he finds doing more is not a problem.
In the morning, Li Yifei and the won woke up one after another. The craziness of last night goes unntioned; today is a new year, a new day.
The phone rang. Li Yifei glanced at it; it was a call from abroad. Upon answering, he heard a familiar voice; the call was from the Saintess.
"Hello." Li Yifei spoke first.
From the Saintess’s side ca faint breathing, then a laugh: "I wish you a happy New Year."
"Haha, happiness to you too, though you don’t celebrate the New Year." Li Yifei replied.
The Saintess said, "I did celebrate, but our ti is different. Today is your New Year."
Li Yifei said, "I feel like you celebrated at the wrong ti; no matter where on Earth, Huaxia’s Lunar New Year is on the sa day."
"Haha, just teasing you. Though I didn’t celebrate, I ate dumplings yesterday, and I made them myself."
"Ah... That’s nice!"
Suddenly, there was a pause because Li Yifei found himself uncertain of what to say next. After rescuing the child, he hadn’t contacted the Saintess. He understood her, but that didn’t an he could let go of this matter. Even though the child wasn’t kidnapped by the Saintess, it stemd from her.
eting again, it would likely be a battle; however, Li Yifei is now more confident in defeating the Saintess, as long as nothing unexpected happens.
"Don’t overthink it; I just wanted to wish you a happy New Year." After a mont of silence, the Saintess’s voice sounded sowhat low.
"I know because you love !" Li Yifei said.
The Saintess imdiately said, "Who loves... Okay, you’re right. I do love you. The longer the ti, the more I can’t help myself."
"It’s best to love for a lifeti." Li Yifei said, turning to look at the door as Xu Yingying walked in. Li Yifei gestured for her to sit while continuing the call.
"You’ll have to defeat
for that to happen. If you don’t, it’s just empty talk." The Saintess replied.
Li Yifei wrinkled his nose, gave a light laugh, and said, "That day isn’t far off. Let’s set a ti after the New Year for the challenge. Once you’ve lost, you can have your wish fulfilled."
"Haha, sure, let’s make it a month from now; don’t delay too long. Otherwise, for , it’s truly an agony—the feeling of longing day and night but being unable to get it makes it unbearable."
"Yanzi, the United States is an open-minded city. If you really can’t wait, you can go to a store for adult products and buy a gift for yourself. If you’re embarrassed, I can order so for you—might alleviate the yearning."
"Gift?" The Saintess frowned for a mont but quickly understood what Li Yifei ant. She scoffed lightly, not angry, and switched to an extrely alluring voice, "Don’t you understand my thoughts? I only want you. Otherwise, in this world, if I beckon, tens of thousands of n would co willingly."
"Haha, then we’ll et in a month. When you lose, I’ll let you taste what Golden Eagle ans."
"Alright, it’s a deal."
"Mm." Li Yifei said.
After hanging up, Li Yifei turned back to Xu Yingying, looked at her, and squatted down, saying, "Honey, did you sleep well last night?"
"Quite well, except I dreamt of you flirting with won outside." Xu Yingying lifted her chin, her face stern as she spoke.
"Haha, that must be a dream. I am a man of integrity now, definitely not flirting with won randomly. Just now, it was the Saintess calling, challenging ." Li Yifei defended.
Xu Yingying rolled her eyes at him, saying, "Was it a challenge? From your tone, it didn’t sound like a challenge."
"Then what was it?"
"A booty call!" Xu Yingying retorted.
"Hahaha, rest assured, my dear wife. As the head of the household, if I ever consider taking a concubine, I’ll first seek your approval. I won’t resolve it privately." Li Yifei said, holding Xu Yingying’s hand.
Just as Xu Yingying was about to speak, Li Yifei’s phone rang again. He took it out, glanced at the number, frowned, and muttered, "Who might this be, a number from Capital City."
"Answer it!" Xu Yingying changed her posture, glanced at Li Yifei, and said.
Li Yifei chuckled, pressed the answer button, and a woman’s voice ca through. As soon as he heard this voice, Li Yifei knew who it was. He laughed and said, "It’s , happy new year!"
"Hmm hmm, is everything okay?" Wu Shuwei’s voice seed a bit cold, but for her to say "hmm" twice in a sentence was not easy. After several interactions, Li Yifei had figured out so of Wu Shuwei’s emotions. This woman insisted on staying single and had a natural resistance to n. But she was okay with him. For her to take the initiative to call Li Yifei was quite difficult.
But... uh, why is she calling ? Li Yifei glanced at Xu Yingying, who was sitting upright, gave a signal, and walked aside, replying, "It’s okay, not gaining or losing weight. Hmm, what about you?"
"I... gained weight. I’ve been staying ho recently, and my mom thinks I’m too skinny, so she forces
to eat every day." Wu Shuwei’s tone lightened up a bit.
"Haha, isn’t that good? Eat more, you are quite thin, like a feather." As soon as Li Yifei said that, he felt sothing was wrong, especially the last sentence. How could he know Wu Shuwei was like a feather if he hadn’t been close to her.
So, Li Yifei instinctively turned to look at Xu Yingying, who was leaning on the sofa, her eyes dreamy as if in a daze.
On the other end, Wu Shuwei paused as well, and Li Yifei heard a light breath. He tried to salvage, "What I ant was..."
"It’s fine. I should gain so weight. This way, if I encounter danger, it’ll be harder for soone to drag
away." Wu Shuwei laughed and said.
"Ha, that’s true. But as long as you’re at ho, you won’t encounter any danger." Li Yifei followed up.
Wu Shuwei shifted her tone, saying, "I think, as long as I don’t run into you, there won’t be any danger." After saying that, she laughed first. Li Yifei knew she was joking, but it wasn’t easy for her to joke like this, especially over the phone.
Li Yifei chuckled and said, "Well... okay, let’s say you’re right."
"Hehe, seems like you’re in a good mood too."
"It’s New Year; everyone should be happy."
"So, how does it feel to be an Internet Celebrity on Twitter?" Wu Shuwei shifted the topic.
Li Yifei scratched his head and said, "You know about that too?"
"It’s even made it to the nightly news on the national channel! How could I not know? Besides, my dad ntioned you a few tis at ho." Wu Shuwei said.
"Huh? Even your father ntioned ?" Li Yifei was a bit surprised. However, Elder Su had ntioned that Wu Shuwei’s father was likely to get into the standing committee, possibly this term. For him to ntion Li Yifei at ho several tis was indeed a surprising good thing for Li Yifei. Well, although he doesn’t work in politics, he would’ve been more pleased, but being known by such a person is always good.
Wu Shuwei said, "Yes, a big celebrity. Rumors say they want to set you up as a role model. You might even be one of this year’s Top Ten Outstanding Youths."
"Huh?" This ti, Li Yifei was truly shocked. Even Elder Su hadn’t ntioned this. Li Yifei didn’t expect such a "pending" good thing. It seed today, Wu Shuwei’s call was to give a little heads-up, a small report in advance.
Li Yifei chuckled and said, "Thank you. I never even thought about sothing like the Top Ten Outstanding Youths."
Sitting on the sofa, Xu Yingying’s eyebrows couldn’t help but raise upon hearing Li Yifei’s words and looked over. The Top Ten Outstanding Youths wasn’t selected from Mile City or the provincial capital, but from all of Huaxia. Excluding more than half of the designated persons, selecting a few from a population of 1.4 billion every year ans prestige and honor.
"I didn’t say anything. Why are you thanking ." Wu Shuwei said, "My dad thinks you’re qualified, but it’s just a title. Whether you get it or not is the sa. If you do bad things, you still need to be dealt with. You need to understand that."
"I understand, I certainly understand, but this is also sothing that brings glory to the family." Li Yifei nodded and said.
"Show-off, I just said there might be a chance. Now you’re too much in the spotlight. Soone appreciates you, and naturally, soone feels you’re not good. Be cautious."
"Look at you, clearly caring about , but not speaking kindly. If you talked to
gently, I’d be even happier." Li Yifei said.
"Yeah right, I’m only reminding you because we’re friends. For others, I don’t care about their lives." Wu Shuwei intentionally made her voice icy. Li Yifei laughed and said, "Okay, I get it. When we et again, I’ll treat you to a al!"
"I don’t want to see you. Nothing good happens when I see you, so forget the al." Wu Shuwei said.
She’s probably afraid she’ll fall in love with
uncontrollably if we et, Li Yifei thought to himself. But he couldn’t say that out loud, especially with Xu Yingying still sitting there. Even without his wife supervising behind him, he wouldn’t dare say it, or it might beco a reality. After all, the last eting, Li Yifei had saved Wu Shuwei, and she was already acting strangely.
This was their first phone call since that eting, and it was Wu Shuwei who initiated it, making Li Yifei understand a bit more.
As the conversation reached this point, Wu Shuwei had nothing more to say. She just made a call to say Happy New Year. As for telling Li Yifei the news, it was just ntioned casually; she didn’t hold legal responsibility.
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