Chapter 152: Chinese New Year's Eve

On the eve of the Spring Festival, as the most well-known economic city in China, City A TV Station held a unique Spring Festival Gala as in previous years.

In order to stagger the time with CCTV's well-known Spring Festival Gala, the party held by City A itself was broadcast the day before Chinese New Year's Eve, and as an important sponsor of the party, the boss and wife of Qinfeng Group were invited to participate in this colorful and lively gala.

That night, Qin Tianhai was wearing a black Western-style formal suit, Gu Xinrui was wearing a peach-colored brocade satin cheongsam, and the two of them sat at a round table in the front row of the party, the table was full of sumptuous snacks and fruits, this row of seats was arranged for some of the most distinguished guests, Qin Tianhai and Gu Xinrui sat next to the seats of all the dignitaries and nobles who matched their status and their female dependents.

Maybe it's because Qin Tianhai and Gu Xinrui's appearance is too outstanding, these two people are sitting in the front row, so the photographer at the party scene especially likes to switch the camera to them, after all, everyone likes to watch handsome guys and beauties, not to mention that the identities of these two are so extraordinary, they are really a combination of wealth, wisdom and beauty, and their exquisite appearance is matched with luxurious clothes, which is simply the embodiment of the pride of the sky.

Facing the frequently turned cameras, Qin Tianhai's expression was very calm, while watching the literary and artistic programs being performed on the stage with a calm demeanor, while tasting the fruits on the table, and from time to time he looked at Gu Xinrui and smiled, and would gently slap his hands to show applause when he got to the highlights, Qin Tianhai is a character on the scene, he is used to seeing this kind of occasion, as a public figure, he knows how to express himself most appropriately, which is neither too ostentatious but just right.

And Gu Xinrui, who has been married into a wealthy family for more than two years, also has this calmness in her heart, as the wife of the boss of a group, she often has to accompany him to all kinds of lively and noisy parties, facing dazzling spotlights and cameras, it has become commonplace for her, in order to save face for Qin Tianhai, all she can do is to smile and face all this calmly.

Qin Tianhai and Gu Xinrui successfully attracted everyone's attention that night, and when this well-made Spring Festival Gala was forwarded to the TV screens of every household across the country through satellites, many people saw this handsome, richly dressed, and extraordinary couple through the lens of photographers.

Mei Xuenan was no exception, she once again saw the figures of Qin Tianhai and Gu Xinrui from the TV screen, and at that moment, her heart was like a knife.

The Chinese New Year's Eve, where the whole country celebrates and gathers families, has finally arrived.

On this night, although the Mei family's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner was sumptuous, it was a little deserted.

At a long dining table in Nuoda, only Mei Hanming and his children sit, because Mei Hanming was originally an introverted and stingy person who expressed his feelings, inherited by him, Mei Xuenan and Mei Xuesong have such personalities in the family, although they both love their relatives in their hearts, but they are unwilling to show the slightest expression in their expressions.

When Mei Xuenan and Mei Xuesong's mother Pei Xiangru were alive, the Mei family's Chinese New Year's Eve was still relatively lively, because Pei Xiangru herself was also a more cheerful person who liked to laugh, since Pei Xiangru died, the Mei family's Chinese New Year's Eve every year was as cold as tonight, and there was no longer the laughter and noise of the past.

The three of them sat at the dining table, silently tasting the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, their expressions indifferent.

After the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, Mei Xuesong said goodbye to her father and sister and went to a New Year's Eve party that she had already arranged with her friends.

Sitting on the sofa in the living room, looking at the various newspapers of the day as usual, Mei Hanming has maintained a relatively traditional reading habit for many years, he likes to read financial reports and all kinds of current affairs news from the print media, and does not like to obtain information through new media such as television and the Internet.

There was silence in the large hall of Mei Jianuo, except for the occasional faint sound of Mei Hanming flipping through the newspaper, and the maid stood silently in a corner of the living room, ready to listen to the master's orders at any time.

This family, tonight does not have the lively and noisy atmosphere of ordinary people's New Year, and it is a little depressing in the cold.

Mei Xuenan went upstairs and changed her clothes, put on a rose-red woolen tweed cloak outside, a matching women's felt hat of the same color on her head, changed into knee-length black calfskin boots on her feet, and put on a pair of black high-waisted sheepskin gloves on her hands.

Looking at the bright beauty in the mirror from the tall dressing mirror, Mei Xuenan's expression was a little trance for a moment.

She opened the curtains and found that it was snowing outside, and the fine snowflakes danced in the bright night sky on Chinese New Year's Eve, with a fresh coolness.

Mei Xuenan thought about it, took out a long-handled black women's umbrella from the storage room, and then walked out of the door gently, holding the umbrella in her right hand, and slowly walked down the stairs with great grace.

Seeing his daughter change her clothes and come down, Mei Hanming's expression was a little surprised, and he asked Mei Xuenan softly: "Still going out so late?"

Mei Xuenan replied to her father calmly: "It's too stuffy in the house, it's snowing outside, I want to go out and have a look." ”

Mei Hanming's expression was a little hesitant for a moment, and he asked his daughter cautiously: "Do you want a maid to accompany you?"

A helpless smile appeared on Mei Xuenan's face, she rejected her father's proposal, and replied softly: "Dad, I only go around the neighborhood, I won't go far, I'll come back in a while, and I don't need others to follow me." ”

Hearing her daughter say this, Mei Hanming couldn't force her to insist, and besides, Xue Nan's mood at home had been very stable in the past few months, and she couldn't see anything unusual, Mei Hanming thought that she had returned to normal, so she acquiesced in her behavior at this moment, and whispered to her at the end: "Come back early." ”

Mei Xuenan replied to her father softly: "Okay, Dad, then I'm out?"

Mei Hanming nodded, Mei Xuenan turned around and walked out of the living room, the maid opened the main door of the hall for her, and Mei Xuenan slowly walked out of the main building of the Mei family.

As soon as she got outside, a cool air rushed to her face, Mei Xuenan took a deep breath of fresh air, took off her black sheepskin gloves, followed the fluttering snowflakes with her palms, and gently closed her eyes.

The snow didn't fall heavily, Mei Xuenan didn't open the long-handled umbrella she carried with her, but used it as a crutch, gently holding it, and walked towards the gate of the Mei Mansion step by step.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, pedestrians are particularly scarce on the road, and all kinds of commercial shops are lit up with colorful lights, accompanied by the flying snow and dusk street lights, this scene is as unreal as a fairy tale.

Mei Xuenan stepped on the snowflakes and walked slowly on the street, she was so familiar with every scene and thing on this street, because this was the place where she and Qin Tianhai had experienced countless times back then.

Unconsciously, Mei Xuenan came to the street where Qin's house was located, the two of them were not far apart, they used to be able to reach it by bicycle for twenty minutes when they went to school, but now Mei Xuenan can't remember how long she has walked, but she feels that she has been walking along this road, and she has come to the gate of Qin's house after walking.

Looking at the once familiar door, Mei Xuenan's chest swelled with bitterness.

She pondered for a moment and walked along the courtyard wall of the Qin family to a door on the other side.

This is a side door of the Qin Mansion, much smaller than the main entrance, facing another street, usually guests do not enter and exit from here, only used for the owner and the owner's familiar relatives and friends to take shortcuts from here, as Qin Tianhai's former lover, Mei Xuenan of course knows the purpose of this door very well.

She stood in the doorway for a moment, then knocked softly on the tightly closed door.

A moment later, the lights in the foyer came on, and an old voice came: "Who?"

The person who opened the door knocked on the small window in the middle of the side door, and after carefully identifying it, he saw that it was Mei Xuenan, and the man who guarded the door couldn't help but ask in surprise: "Miss Mei, why are you here at this time?"

The janitor's uncle knows Mei Xuenan, he has been working in the Qin family for more than 20 years, and he is very clear about the past between Mei Xuenan and Qin Tianhai.

In the past, when she was in school, every time Xue Nan rode by here, as long as she knocked on this door gently, the uncle who opened the door would open the door and quietly put her in, and then Mei Xue Nan quietly walked through the Qin family's garden from here, and climbed directly into the room where Qin Tianhai lived at the time from a wooden ladder located in the garden.

Looking at the once familiar janitor, Mei Xuenan whispered to him in a weak voice: "Uncle, it was Tianhai who asked me to come, you let me in." ”

This uncle can be said to have witnessed the childhood love affair between Qin Tianhai and Mei Xuenan, so from the bottom of his heart, he sympathizes with Mei Xuenan.

But despite this, he was also a little hesitant, although he was not very clear about Mei Xuenan and Qin Tianhai's later entanglements, but one thing he knew was that Qin Tianhai had now married a wife and had children, and now at this special moment on Chinese New Year's Eve, let Mei Xuenan in, is it appropriate?

The janitor said to Mei Xuenan very embarrassed: "Miss Mei, today is Chinese New Year's Eve, all the masters are at home, they are now having dinner in the restaurant, let you in at this time, I'm afraid it's not appropriate, right?"

Hearing the uncle say this, Mei Xuenan pleaded with him in a begging tone: "Uncle, it was really Tianhai who asked me to come, we just said a few words and I will leave, I won't disturb the others, please, let me in." ”

Hearing Mei Xuenan's words, the uncle was a little confused, he couldn't understand what the relationship between Mei Xuenan and the eldest young master of his family was now. This old man is over the age of six, his mind is no longer very flexible, and he will be a little confused from time to time, but for the sake of his many years of service to the Qin family, Liu Baoshuang did not dismiss him, and only let him do such an idle job as a janitor.

Under Mei Xuenan's repeated begging, the janitor thought that she was really Qin Tianhai's private lover now, so she had no reason to stop her if she wanted to see Qin Tianhai, but the uncle didn't think deeply, and let Mei Xuenan in for a while.

At this time, the Qin Mansion was a lively and noisy New Year's scene.

Liu Baoshuang was originally a person who likes to be lively and pay attention to the scene, and of course she will not be negligent in the annual festive moment of the New Year, only to see the lanterns in the Qin Mansion, the front and back yards are full of all kinds of festive lanterns, there are colorful palace lights, hazy yarn lights, brilliant lights, a festive New Year's atmosphere.

Everyone in the Qin family sat around the spacious and bright dining room, the table was decorated with a variety of delicious dishes, and the restaurant was surrounded by traditional Chinese red candles, and the family was laughing and celebrating this festive Chinese New Year's Eve.