Chapter 222: Chapter 222 Susu Celebrates Chinese New Year’s Eve at the Ye Family! 2 [Chinese New Year’s Eve Special]
The next day was New Year’s Eve!
Si Mingjing slept in and, upon waking, saw the servants hanging lanterns and pasting couplets both inside and outside the villa.
Ye Xinguang approached Si Mingjing with a lantern in hand. "Mingjing, you’ll be having New Year’s Eve dinner with us tonight. This is your first Lunar New Year’s Eve on Earth, so you must celebrate it with us, or else I’ll be angry."
"Of course, Aunt."
Grandpa Su had called her last night, inviting her for New Year’s Eve dinner, and she had declined.
Her senior colleague, Zhang Muguang, had also called her yesterday, inviting her to spend New Year’s Eve with him, which she had declined as well.
She had hoped to spend New Year’s Eve with the Ye Family.
But yesterday, not a single person from the Ye Family had taken the initiative to invite her, leaving her feeling awkward. Should I leave today? she wondered.
Just then, Ye Xinguang took her hand, dispelling all her awkwardness!
Si Mingjing couldn’t help the upward curve of her lips; she liked the atmosphere of the Ye Family and really wanted to have New Year’s Eve dinner with them.
As evening approached,
Little Liangliang bounced up to Ye Xinguang, tugged at her trouser leg, raised her little head, and asked expectantly, "Can Liangliang invite a little friend over to spend New Year’s Eve with us?"
"Sure, but will her mom and dad agree to let her spend New Year’s Eve with you?"
"My little friend doesn’t have a mom and dad. She’s an orphan. I promised her I’d share my brother with her!"
Ye Xinguang asked, surprised, "An orphan?"
"Mhm, mhm!"
Grandma might not let Susu come for New Year’s if she finds out Susu has an uncle! Fearing this, Little Liangliang nodded vigorously.
Ye Xinguang picked up Liangliang and said, "Where is your little friend? Granny will have someone go fetch her."
"Great! I’ll call her~"
Little Liangliang dialed a video call to Yun Xiaosu. Once connected, she pointed at Yun Xiaosu in the video, who was munching on a lollipop.
"Susu, it’s agreed! It’s agreed! Quickly tell Liangliang where you are; we’ll come to pick you up~!"
"Susu doesn’t know where she is~"
Si Mingjing, standing by, happened to see the delicate little child in the video call and recognized her immediately.
"Isn’t that the child I saw yesterday at the company’s artist management department?"
"Mingjing, you know her?"
Si Mingjing nodded. "Yes, she’s a young talent our company values, and I will be her agent. She’s Liangliang’s little friend? She was a trafficked child; we’re currently searching for her biological parents. I know where she is."
"Wow! That’s great, sister, let’s go fetch Susu together~" Little Liangliang was thrilled.
"No need. I’ll make a call and have your little friend brought over."
Si Mingjing called Se Nuandong and sent him the address of the Ye Family estate, asking him to bring the child over.
"All right, Manager Si," Se Nuandong said. "I’ve already alerted the police, but they couldn’t find Xiao Susu’s information in the missing children’s database. So, we can’t get in touch with her biological parents for now. The police station said that if there are no records, finding them will be very difficult."
Se Nuandong explained the child’s situation to Si Mingjing. Two hours later, he brought the child to the Ye Family estate.
Yun Xiaosu, with a little backpack on, leaped out of the car, her little head turning this way and that in curious fascination.
"Susu~~"
"Liangliang~~"
Little Liangliang burst out of the house with excitement, and the two little friends embraced each other.
Little Liangliang took Yun Xiaosu’s little hand and led her into the house.
It was just time for the New Year’s Eve dinner, and the dining room was full of people.
The Ye family patriarch, the madam of the Ye family, Ye Junqing, Ye Xinguang, Ye Shen, Ye Siyuan, Mo Yinhe, and Ye Nianbai were all present.
Little Liangliang, in her most boastful baby voice, introduced to Susu, "Susu, these are all my family members!"
"Susu, this is my great-grandma!"
When the madam of the Ye family heard Little Liangliang’s voice, tears of excitement nearly rolled down her cheeks.
This was the first time Little Liangliang had called her great-grandma.
"Susu, this is my great-grandpa!"
The patriarch of the Ye family also heard his dear great-granddaughter call him for the first time, and he was so pleased that he drank two extra cups.
"Susu, this is my grandpa!"
Ye Junqing, who was also hearing Liangliang call him grandpa for the first time, felt his chopsticks tremble as he was serving food to his beloved wife.
"Susu, this is my grandma!"
Ye Xinguang directly started wiping away tears, unable to control her emotions, leaning against Ye Junqing as she dabbed at the corners of her eyes.
"What about me! What about me! Liangliang, I’m your third uncle!" Ye Shen stood up from his seat and eagerly leaned his face forward.
Ye Siyuan couldn’t wait either. She grabbed several cherries from the fruit platter on the table and stuffed them into Little Liangliang’s hands. "Liangliang, call me auntie!"
Little Liangliang accepted the cherries, shared half with Susu, and continued her introductions. "This is my uncle, and this is my auntie~~"
"Sister, what about little lord me?" Ye Nianbai jumped down from his chair.
Little Liangliang had been most eager to show off Ye Nianbai. "Susu, this is my brother. What’s mine is yours."
Almost everyone at the dining table had been introduced except for Mo Yinhe.
Mo Yinhe sat up straight, waiting for his daughter to tell her little friend, "This is my daddy!"
But before Little Liangliang could introduce him, Susu suddenly burst into loud sobs. "WAH WAH WAH—"
Susu was dying of envy, her small tears falling like pearls cut loose from their string, one by one.
"Sister, why is she crying?" Ye Nianbai asked. He stretched out his little arms and held Susu tightly. "Little lord will give you a hug. Don’t cry now~"
"WAH WAH WAH—WAH WAH WAH—"
Susu cried even harder. I’m so envious, so envious! Susu is so very envious! WAH WAH WAH~~ Why don’t I have a great-grandpa, great-grandma, grandpa, grandma, uncle, auntie, or brother?
Si Mingjing chatted with Se Nuandong at the door for a few moments. After Se Nuandong drove away, Si Mingjing walked into the house. She found Susu crying so hard she was gasping for breath, and nothing anyone did could calm her.
Si Mingjing picked Susu up, wiped her tears, and asked, "What happened?"
"Jingjing, I really didn’t bully her," insisted little lord Ye Nianbai.
Si Mingjing sat down holding Susu, took a tissue from Ye Siyuan, and continued to wipe Susu’s small tears. "Susu, don’t cry. Tell Aunty, why are you crying so hard?"
Susu reached out her little hands, clung tightly to Si Mingjing’s neck, and buried her little head into Si Mingjing’s chest, sobbing, "WAH WAH WAH~~~ Susu doesn’t have any family! Liangliang has everything! Susu has nothing! WAH WAH WAH~~~~"
"Susu, don’t cry. What’s mine is yours. This is my dad; I’ll share my dad with you."
Little Liangliang scrambled up Mo Yinhe’s long legs with effort, climbed onto Mo Yinhe’s lap, and hugged his neck.
As she spoke, her milky scent sprayed directly onto Mo Yinhe’s face. "Daddy, can you be Susu’s daddy too?"