Chapter 111-112
Chapter 111: Spring Festival
Mother Ling was so enthusiastic that Li Cangyu was indeed a little flattered.
After all, Ling Xuefeng's personality is very cold and strict, before coming to Ling's house, Li Cangyu always thought that Ling Xuefeng's parents were also the kind of elders who were very strict and difficult to please, but he didn't expect that before he could send the gift, Ling's mother enthusiastically pulled her into the house.
Li Cangyu came back to his senses, immediately handed the gift he brought to Ling's mother, and said with a polite smile: "Auntie, I brought you and uncle some greeting gifts, happy holidays." β
Mother Ling took it with a smile and said, "What are you doing so politely?" Coming to my house is like going back to your own home, and bringing gifts is too foreign, and you are not allowed to bring them again in the future. β
"Ahem." Ling Xuefeng coughed and said, "Mom, let's eat first." β
"Yes, yes, eat first, Xiao Li come in and sit, I'll serve the food!" Ling's mother put aside the gifts brought by Li Cangyu, and then brought out plates of delicacies from the kitchen and filled the table.
-- Such a sumptuous meal is definitely the standard for entertaining VIPs.
Li Cangyu was puzzled in his heart, and couldn't help but lean over and ask Ling Xuefeng, "Did you tell your mother that I wanted to come over?" β
"Hmm." Ling Xuefeng nodded calmly.
"Auntie is so enthusiastic and makes so many delicious foods." Li Cangyu looked back at Ling's mother, who was busy in the kitchen with a smile on her face, and then carefully glanced at Ling Xuefeng, who was expressionless, and couldn't help laughing, "It seems that your personality is more like your father?" β
As he was talking, someone suddenly opened the door and came in. Li Cangyu looked up and met the deep gaze of a middle-aged man. The man's appearance looked seven points similar to Ling Xuefeng, he was tall, his expression was more stable than Ling Xuefeng's, his expression was very cold and stern, and he looked very difficult to handle.
This should be Daddy Ling, right?
Li Cangyu immediately took the initiative to stand up and greeted politely: "Hello uncle." β
"Hmm." Ling Boyan replied lightly, turned his head and looked at Li Cangyu carefully, this young man's smile was straightforward and clear, giving people a very sincere feeling, unlike the kind of impetuous-minded young man, the first impression was okay.
Ling Boyan changed into slippers and walked into the house, and when he saw his wife busy in the kitchen, he consciously walked to the dining table and sat down, looked at Li Cangyu and asked, "Xiao Li, right?" β
Li Cangyu nodded and said, "Yes, uncle, my name is Li Cangyu, you can just call me Xiao Li." β
"How long have you known Xue Feng?"
"It's been more than six years, and we've known each other since we were seventeen or eighteen."
"Oh." Ling Boyan nodded and said, "Xue Feng has never brought a friend home for dinner, and you are still the first." β
Li Cangyu glanced at Ling Xuefeng with a smile and said, "Really? The two of us have a good relationship, just like brothers. β
Ling Xuefeng: "......"
This guy is really first-class in acting, obviously he secretly kissed himself last night, can he still quietly pretend to be a "good brother" in front of his elders, is he not weak at all?
Li Cangyu thought that he had covered it up well, and continued to chat with Uncle Ling enthusiastically, wanting to establish a good relationship first.
"What did your parents do?" Ling Boyan asked.
"My parents are both doctors, one is a Western doctor and one is a Chinese doctor, and my sister is also a doctor." Li Cangyu replied seriously.
"Then how did you run to play esports?" Ling Boyan looked puzzled.
"Because I wasn't very interested in studying medicine, I thought it would be more suitable for me to play." Li Cangyu said with a smile.
"Dad, is this a check of the household registration?" Ling Xuefeng interrupted this strange conversation in displeasure.
Ling Boyan said sternly: "I understand the basic situation of your friend, what's wrong?" β
Li Cangyu hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, uncle is right, I know what kind of friends you have made, this is to care about you." β
Ling Boyan suddenly felt that the young man in front of him was very knowledgeable, and he was also very polite in front of the elders, he couldn't help but glance at Li Cangyu more, and just happened to meet Li Cangyu's frank smile, Ling Boyan stopped asking - he believed in his own eye, and the person his son brought back should be a good young man.
Ling Xuefeng's mother, Yuan Xin, quickly brought the last dish, which happened to be fragrant braised fish.
She smiled and put the fish on Li Cangyu's side, and said, "Listen to Xue Feng, you love fish the most, I made you a braised fish, come and try it." β
"Thank you, Auntie." Li Cangyu stood up, pulled the stool next to him very gentlemanly, and said, "Auntie, come and sit down and eat together, otherwise the food will be cold." β
Yuan Xin, who was stretched out of the stool to serve, suddenly smiled and narrowed his eyes, sat down happily and said, "Xiao Li is still sensible." β
Ling Xuefeng looked at this scene and couldn't help but raise the corners of her mouth slightly.
It seems that the parents seem to be very satisfied with Li Cangyu?
***
This meal was a good meal, Li Cangyu's temper was more straightforward, and his parents, who had the intention of pleasing Ling Xuefeng, politely served dishes to the two elders at the dinner table, Yuan Xin was so happy that his face was full of smiles.
After the meal, Li Cangyu stood up and took the initiative to help clean up the dishes and chopsticks, but was blocked by Yuan Xin: "You are a guest, how can you let you clean up?" I'll just clean it up! Xue Feng, you accompany Xiao Li to eat some fruit. β
Ling Xuefeng said "um", took Li Cangyu to the living room, took the initiative to bring the fruit bowl, and asked, "Do you want to eat?" β
"If you don't eat, you're full." Li Cangyu had just eaten a lot of vegetables and most of the fish, touched his stomach that was almost overwhelmed, and turned around and came to the sofa in the living room to watch TV with Uncle Ling.
Ling Boyan was watching a basketball game, and Li Cangyu took the initiative to find a topic: "Uncle likes to watch ball games?" β
"Hmm."
"Which team do you like?"
"I don't particularly like anything, I have time to take a casual look."
Li Cangyu said with a smile: "Me too, I haven't dropped a single NBA game this season, and if I can't see the live broadcast, I will watch the broadcast another day, and I myself like to play basketball." β
Ling Boyan looked back at him: "Do you know how to play?" How about a fight another day? β
"Okay, do you have a basketball at home?"
"Absolutely."
"Why don't you fight tomorrow?"
"Hmm."
Li Cangyu's cheerful and straightforward personality is easy to please the elders, he and Ling's father have a very happy conversation, and Ling's father, who has always been strict, rarely shows a smile.
Ling Xuefeng sat next to him, but he looked like a guest of this family.
***
In fact, Ling Xuefeng's parents knew about Li Cangyu's existence a long time ago.
It was still the year when Li Cangyu led the team to leave the miracle, Ling Xuefeng bought a high-priced ticket to chase all the way to New York in order to persuade him, just when Ling Boyan and Yuan Xin went to see him at the Fengse Club in Shanghai, but they pounced, and learned that their son flew to New York to find someone, and the second elder was very puzzled after returning home, and he had to ask Ling Xuefeng to tell the reason.
Ling Xuefeng hated making up reasons to lie, and after returning to China, he simply confessed to his parents, saying that he liked that person.
Naturally, his parents couldn't accept it, and Ling Boyan almost beat him.
Ling Xuefeng persuaded her parents for a long time before they gradually understood that liking the same sex is not a disease, and many countries have passed same-sex marriage laws.
As long as the two love each other, even if they are of the same sex, they can join hands until they grow old. On the contrary, those marriages without love, even if men and women have been together for many years, the children are older, and there are not a few people who divorce due to emotional incompatibility.
Ling Xuefeng's father, Ling Boyan, is a businessman, and he can be regarded as well-informed over the years, although he is very sad about his son falling in love with a man, but Ling Xuefeng has been very resolute since he was a child, as long as he makes up his mind, he will not regret it even if his head is broken, which is very similar to him.
He knew that his son couldn't change it, and he just hoped that time would allow his son to gradually calm down...... But after so many years, Ling Xuefeng didn't want to calm down, he was still very stubborn and silently liked that person.
Ling Boyan was helpless, so he simply adopted the attitude of "whatever you do, I don't bother to care about you".
Although Yuan Xin is a gentle housewife, she feels sorry for her son, seeing that Ling Xuefeng likes that person so infatuatedly, she gradually accepted this matter, and only hopes that her son can be sincere and chase the guy named Li Cangyu, and it is best to take it home one day to show her parents.
-- As a result, this day really came.
When he received a text message from his son in the morning, saying that he was going to take someone home, Yuan Xin was so excited that he wanted to shed tears, so he immediately went to a nearby supermarket to buy a lot of dishes, and came back to make a table of sumptuous delicacies, for fear that he would snub Li Cangyu.
She did treat Li Cangyu as a guest of honor.
As a mother, she only hopes that the person her son likes can be kind to her son. Men and women are not so important anymore, anyway, the son likes it.
Although Ling Boyan was not as excited as Yuan Xin, and even looked at the person brought by his son with questioning eyes, Li Cangyu's first impression on him was not bad, not the kind of man he thought he was grinding and chirping like a girl, but very sunny and handsome, as good as his own son.
The last layer of scruples in his heart was also dispelled, and Ling Boyan's attitude towards Li Cangyu was obviously much softened.
***
Li Cangyu went to Ling Xuefeng's house with the idea of currying favor with the future "father-in-law and mother-in-law", but as a result, Ling's father and Ling's mother had already known about his existence, and they also evaluated him in their hearts with the eyes of "looking at their daughter-in-law", and were very satisfied with him - he passed the elder level inexplicably, but he didn't know it.
In the evening, Li Cangyu, who had no idea, took the initiative to open the massage footbasin he bought, and said to Ling Boyan: "Uncle, this massage basin is very easy to use, it can automatically heat the water, and it can also adjust the strength of the massage, and it has a disinfection function, so there is no problem for two people to use it." You and your aunt can use this to wash your feet before you go to bed in the future, and then sleep after massage, so that you will sleep more soundly! β
"Well, thank you." Ling Boyan accepted the gift and praised this young man who knew how to be filial to his elders.
Li Cangyu then gave a set of expensive jewelry to Yuan Xin, Yuan Xin tried to wear it, Li Cangyu said seriously: "Auntie looks so good wearing this, she looks very young!" β
Yuan Xin smiled and narrowed her eyes, and while looking in the mirror, she praised and said: "Xiao Li is still sensible, our family Xue Feng has never bought these for me, probably because my mother is old." β
Ling Xuefeng: "......"
Li Cangyu is your own son, right? Was this bought by a gift?
"By the way, I'll find out where that thing is." Yuan Xin said and got up and went to the bedroom to dig out a box, "The first time you came to our house, you brought us so many gifts, and Auntie didn't prepare anything, so I'll give this to you." β
As she spoke, she stuffed the delicate box into Li Cangyu's hand.
Li Cangyu opened it and saw that it was actually a piece of jade. Although he doesn't understand jade, the jade is warm and smooth in his hand, crystal clear under the illumination of the light, and it is a good jade of great value at a glance, with a simple red rope chained on it, which can be used as a necklace, the style is simple and generous, and it looks good when worn by both men and women.
Li Cangyu was surprised: "Auntie, this is too precious......
Yuan Xin smiled and said, "It's not valuable, a little heart, take it." β
Li Cangyu still wanted to excuse himself, but Ling Xuefeng said calmly: "Since my mother gave it to you, you can accept it." β
As he spoke, he took the initiative to stuff the piece of jade into Li Cangyu's pocket, and Li Cangyu had no choice but to smile and say, "Thank you, Auntie." β
Yuan Xin said happily: "You're welcome, you're welcome, this is a talisman, it can bring good luck, and you must wear it often in the future!" β
Li Cangyu said: "Then I'll put it on." β
Then he consciously put the piece of jade around his neck, thinking that the piece of jade was just an ordinary necklace.
Ling Xuefeng didn't have time to tell him in a hurry - it was the jade that his mother bought when he was born, and he wore it for a while when he was a child, and then he took it off if he didn't want to wear it, and his mother said, since you don't want to wear it, then your mother will help you keep it, and give it to your wife when you grow up.
She gave the jade to Li Cangyu today, obviously she had approved of the person her son brought home.
However, Li Cangyu consciously put on the jade without knowing it, and took the initiative to put on the mark of the Ling family.
Ling Xuefeng smiled slightly, gently wrapped her arms around her mother's shoulders, leaned over and said, "Thank you, Mom." β
Yuan Xin had a smile on her face, but her eyes were shining with tears - thank you, as long as you can be happy, your mother will be very content!
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Chapter 112 Confession
Ling Xuefeng's hometown is in Suzhou, very close to Shanghai, his family is obviously very rich, his father bought a duplex real estate of almost 300 square meters in Suzhou, there are four bedrooms upstairs and downstairs, as well as a separate study and gym, the home is decorated simply and elegantly, and it looks particularly spacious and atmospheric.
Since his parents were at home, it was not good to sleep in front of the elders, so Ling Xuefeng arranged for Li Cangyu to go upstairs to the guest room opposite his bedroom, Li Cangyu had no opinion on this, and obediently went to the guest room to sleep for one night.
The next morning, Li Cangyu and Ling Xuefeng went to have breakfast together, Yuan Xin said that he wanted to go to the supermarket to do New Year's goods, Li Cangyu took the initiative to say: "Auntie, I'll accompany you, I won't buy vegetables, but I can help you carry your bag." β
Yuan Xin smiled and said, "Okay, then you go with me and give me a coolie." β
Li Cangyu said: "It's really a special honor to be a coolie for my aunt!" β
The two went to the supermarket to buy groceries while talking and laughing, while Ling Xuefeng stayed at home and posted couplets with his father.
Ling Boyan is more traditional, and also attaches great importance to the Spring Festival, every Spring Festival he has to personally paste the couplet on the door, hang the word "Fu" on the window of the house, and hang two festive lanterns on the balcony of the living room.
Of course, when Ling Xuefeng grew up, he would do all the work.
As soon as he hung up the lantern, he heard his father's voice behind him: "Are you sure you want to be with this Li Cangyu?" β
"Hmm." Ling Xuefeng replied very decisively, "In this world, there is no one who is more suitable for me than him. β
Ling Boyan frowned: "Now that the two of you are in a relationship, have you confirmed the relationship?" β
"Not yet." Ling Xuefeng said honestly, "But it's almost there, I like him very much, and he is also interesting to me...... Dad, don't worry, my vision will not be wrong. β
Ling Boyan was silent for a moment, then nodded and said, "Your own affairs, take care of it yourself." β
***
In the supermarket, Li Cangyu pushed the shopping cart and walked behind as a coolie, Yuan Xin just put things in front of him, and told Li Cangyu a lot of things about his son's childhood.
"Our Xuefeng didn't like to talk since he was a child, he looked very cold, and many children didn't like to play with him when he was a child."
"And how did he live as a child?"
"He paints or reads books at home, but the paintings he paints are really ugly."
"Really? Auntie go back and show it to me. "Li Cangyu is very interested in Ling Xuefeng's black history.
"Okay, I've collected it all, I'll show you back."
The two chatted while shopping, and quickly bought all the things used for the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, and after returning home, Yuan Xin went to the kitchen to cook, while Li Cangyu looked at the collection of Ling Xuefeng's childhood paintings she found in the study.
- He's a soul painter! What kind of mess are the paintings?
If these black histories are posted on the forum, I don't know what the reaction of the fans of Team Ling will be.
Just as he was watching with relish, Ling Xuefeng suddenly pushed the door in, and saw that Li Cangyu was looking at his black history paintings, his expression was not embarrassed at all, and he said very calmly: "These are what I painted when I was a child. β
Li Cangyu asked curiously: "When I was a child, I loved painting so much, what about now?" Has your drawing skills improved? β
Ling Xuefeng said: "No." β
Li Cangyu patted him on the shoulder: "You are so frank." β
Ling Xuefeng smiled lightly and said, "My dad told you to go play." β
"Okay, then I'll go play with my uncle for a while, you help my aunt, she can't cook Chinese New Year's Eve dinner alone."
"Hmm."
The two work together, one accompanies the father and the other accompanies the mother, which is extraordinarily harmonious.
Li Cangyu accompanied Ling Boyan to the open-air basketball court in the community to play basketball for a while, but he didn't expect that Uncle Ling was in his forties, but his body was so strong and his level of basketball was quite high. Li Cangyu originally thought that he should let him go, but as a result, if he didn't let him, he could barely get a draw.
Ling Boyan said: "I used to be the captain of the basketball team when I was in school. β
"Really?" Li Cangyu praised, "No wonder it's so powerful!" β
Ling Boyan threw the ball to Li Cangyu, and when he saw that the other party caught it steadily, he said with satisfaction: "Come again." β
***
The two played for more than two hours, and it wasn't until Ling Xuefeng came to call them that they went home.
When he arrived home, Yuan Xin had already prepared a sumptuous Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, and to Li Cangyu's surprise, there were two more guests in the house, a gentle middle-aged uncle and a young man who looked very familiar.
Ling Xuefeng took the initiative to introduce: "This is my uncle and cousin. β
Li Cangyu followed closely and said: "Hello uncle, good New Year cousin!" β
When the cousin saw Li Cangyu, he immediately walked over with a smile and shook hands: "Xiao Li, I haven't seen you for a long time, you don't know me?" β
Li Cangyu looked at him carefully, and finally recognized it: "Ah, Deputy Yuan!" β
Ling Xuefeng's cousin, Yuan Shaozhe, was the first vice captain of the Fengse team.
Back then, Yuan Shaozhe and Ling Xuefeng ran to Hangzhou together in order to pull him into the Fengse team, but Yuan Shaozhe was only in his early twenties at that time, but now he is a mature man in his twenties.
Yuan Shaozhe retired at the end of the second season and handed over the vice-captain to Yan Ruiwen, and Li Cangyu also fought against him many times in the arena that year, and was extremely impressed by his blood clan summoner.
I didn't expect to meet here, Li Cangyu said with some doubts: "Where did you go after retiring?" I haven't heard from you all the time. β
"Oh, after I retired, I went to the Miracle League as the director of the number jΓΉ, mainly responsible for the balance of the number of games and the league, which can be regarded as moving from the front of the stage to the backstage. It's you ......" Yuan Shaozhe paused, carefully looking at the young man in front of him.
A few years ago, when the seventeen-year-old boy refused the invitation of the vice captain of the Fengse team and resolutely said, "I want to build a team by myself", Yuan Shaozhe had persuaded him bitterly, but the firmness in the eyes of the young man at the beginning made Yuan Shaozhe finally reluctantly dispel the idea of persuading him.
Now that so many years have passed, Li Cangyu is much more mature than he remembers, but the confidence and firmness in his eyes are still exactly the same as the young man at the beginning......
It's really iron-clad, and the more frustrated he becomes, the more courageous he becomes.
Yuan Shaozhe glanced at him and said with a smile: "I heard that you want to return to the miracle?" β
Li Cangyu nodded: "Well, the team has been formed and is ready to participate in the professional league in the seventh season." β
"Yes, I'm optimistic about you." Yuan Shaozhe patted Li Cangyu's shoulder approvingly, and then asked, "By the way, why did you come to Xue Feng's house for the New Year?" β
Li Cangyu thought to himself - of course I want to get through the relationship between the family in advance, so that I can abduct Ling Xuefeng as my wife.
However, facing Yuan Shaozhe's puzzled gaze, Li Cangyu naturally did not dare to tell the truth, touched his nose, and pretended to explain very calmly: "My parents are abroad, and I have no place to spend the holiday alone, so let Xue Feng take me home for a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner." β
Yuan Shaozhe was a little surprised: "It's the same as me!" My mom wasn't at home, and my dad and I couldn't cook, so I came to my aunt's house for a meal. β
Li Cangyu smiled: "That's really a coincidence! β
Hearing him lie so smoothly, Ling Xuefeng couldn't help but raise the corners of his lips slightly, and said, "Let's go eat." β
With so many people gathered at the table, watching TV while eating Chinese New Year's Eve, this year is extremely lively.
***
After the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, Yuan Shaozhe's father and son formed a table of mahjong with Ling Boyan and Yuan Xin, and Li Cangyu could not play mahjong, so he sat next to watch the game.
Yuan Xin saw Li Cangyu sitting next to him, his heart was warm, and he couldn't help but say, "Xiao Li, you go to sleep first, you don't have to accompany us." We have to stay up all night, and we have to stay up until dawn every year. β
Yuan Shaozhe echoed: "That's it, you won't fight anyway, go upstairs with Xue Feng to fight the miracle ring." β
Yuan Xin said: "Or you go take a bath first." β
Li Cangyu really didn't know much about mahjong, he was confused after watching it for a long time, and when he heard this, he was no longer polite, stood up and said: "Then I'll go upstairs to take a bath, uncle, aunt, uncle and cousin, you guys have a good time!" β
Yuan Xin smiled and narrowed his eyes: "Go ahead!" β
Look at how sensible this little handsome guy is, ask the elders so smoothly, it is estimated that it will not be long before the uncles and aunts in his mouth can be changed to parents and parents!
***
Upstairs, it wasn't even twelve o'clock after Li Cangyu took a bath, and he was idle and bored alone, so he gently knocked on Ling Xuefeng's door opposite: "Xuefeng, have you slept?" β
"I didn't sleep, come in."
Li Cangyu pushed the door in, and saw Ling Xuefeng just sitting on the edge of the bed blowing his hair, the man who had just finished taking a shower still had a layer of moisture on his body, and his wet hair hung down on the side of his ears, constantly dripping water. A sexy collarbone is exposed at the neckline, and the Adam's apple on the neck rolls up and down with the movement of his speech......
Li Cangyu swallowed his saliva, eager to rush over and bite him directly.
Ling Xuefeng looked up and found that he was standing motionless in place, as if he was wandering outside the world, and couldn't help but wonder if he was wondering, "What's wrong?" β
Li Cangyu came back to his senses, walked to Ling Xuefeng with a smile and sat down, and said, "I'm so bored, I can't sleep, let's just keep the New Year together." β
Ling Xuefeng said curiously: "Do you have the habit of keeping the New Year?" β
"Well, when my dad and my sister didn't go abroad before, our family of four spent the Spring Festival together, and we had to keep the New Year until after midnight, and my sister and I had to set off fireworks at zero o'clock, feeling that the New Year was a traditional Chinese Spring Festival." Li Cangyu couldn't help but sigh a little when he said this, "It's been a long time since I've had such a lively Spring Festival." β
Ling Xuefeng looked at the man beside him, and a trace of tenderness gradually appeared in his eyes: "Do you want to set off fireworks?" I have it at home. β
Li Cangyu said excitedly: "Why didn't you say it earlier when you bought it?" β
"My dad and I don't like to set fireworks, and every year my mom buys fireworks that end up with relatives for the children to play." Ling Xuefeng got up and brought a bunch of fireworks from the study, found a lighter by the way, turned off the lights in the room, and then took Li Cangyu to the window with him.
He brought the kind of long firework that could be held in his hand, and the two of them each took one, lit the fuse with a lighter, and reached out of the window at the same time with a tacit understanding.
It didn't take long to hear a "whoosh" sound in my ears, and two clusters of fireworks, one red and one blue, bloomed in the night sky, decorating the sky with extraordinary brilliance, and also illuminating the side faces of the two.
The two didn't speak, and they finished the fireworks with a tacit understanding, looked back at each other, and couldn't help but laugh at the same time.
Li Cangyu said: "It seems to have suddenly become naΓ―ve." β
Ling Xuefeng said: "No, no one rules that adults can't set off fireworks. β
Li Cangyu said: "Then come again?" β
Ling Xuefeng said, "Okay, finish this." β
At this moment, the clock rang outside the window, and every household began to set off fireworks to welcome the arrival of the new year.
Li Cangyu looked at Ling Xuefeng's handsome face against the backdrop of countless fireworks, and his heart suddenly moved, and a strong urge to tell him his own mind brushed through his mind like a monstrous wave.
"I ......" Li Cangyu was about to speak, but he heard Ling Xuefeng's deep and familiar voice ringing in his ears.
"I like you."
The deafening sound of fireworks outside did not hide Ling Xuefeng's simple and direct confession.
Li Cangyu thought he had misheard, and looked at the man in front of him with wide eyes in shock: "What did you just say?" β
"I like you." Ling Xuefeng repeated in a low voice, looking at Li Cangyu's research that opened his eyes in an instant, he couldn't help but smile slightly, and he came over and kissed Li Cangyu's lips accurately.
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Outside the window, fireworks of various colors bloom in the sky, decorating the night sky as bright as day.
Li Cangyu, who was kissed, only felt that his brain was suddenly blank, as if something was wrong, but ...... Ling Xuefeng's kiss was too gentle, and Li Cangyu couldn't help but indulge in this kiss.
-- This is the best New Year's gift for him!