When Love Turns the Tables: The Mysterious Husband's Chase-Chapter 797: New Year’s Gift (7)

Sheng Jiayu replied to Xue Lu with a message: [You tempt me with dumplings, friend over.]

After putting away her phone, Sheng Jiayu saw someone approaching outside, bringing gifts on behalf of Sheng Jianan and Tang Yanqi, New Year’s gifts.

Sheng Jiayu took the two bags to Xu Qingru’s room and brought over her gift for her mother.

"Mom, this is from Jianan and Yanxi, and this is from me. Happy New Year, Mom."

Even though only the two of them were in the villa, Xu Qingru was in a great mood, smiling as she opened the gifts and took a look.

Sheng Jianan and Tang Yanqi gifted Xu Qingru a silk cheongsam, with a lake blue background and a red-crowned crane delicately embroidered with silk thread. Simple and elegant, the craftsmanship was top-notch, very beautiful, and matched Xu Qingru’s serene and graceful temperament perfectly.

Xu Qingru looked at it repeatedly: "Yanxi must have picked this out, right? When you go over on the second day, don’t forget to bring red envelopes for Xiao Yi and Little Tangdou, and mine too. I’ve prepared them all."

"Yes, I know."

The highlight of the Spring Festival was in the evening. At exactly five o’clock, dinner was delivered; Sheng Jiayu busied herself in the kitchen for a while, just arranging plates and then serving them on the table.

She opened a bottle of red wine, and the mother and daughter sat at the dining table. Even though it was just the two of them, since it was the most important holiday for the Chinese, they still had to celebrate it well.

Outside the window, firecrackers were heard, one after another, and the atmosphere of the Spring Festival seemed to ignite along with the firecrackers.

The weather today was very cold, the entire day was gloomy, but even so, it couldn’t dampen everyone’s enthusiasm for the holiday.

At eight o’clock sharp, the Spring Festival Gala started. Sheng Jiayu never watched it, but Xu Qingru would, so naturally, Sheng Jiayu accompanied her to watch.

The sound of firecrackers outside the window stopped, and the quietness returned, making the villa feel quiet again too. 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

Only the phone was buzzing with activity.

All day, Sheng Jiayu’s phone hardly stopped ringing, buzzing continuously. She sat curled up on the sofa with her phone, slowly replying to messages while accompanying Xu Qingru to watch the Spring Festival Gala.

Seeing that most of the messages were mass-sent New Year wishes, Sheng Jiayu, on a whim, sent a message to Mu Ke: [Happy New Year]

Mu Ke replied quickly: [Happy New Year, what are you doing?]

Sheng Jiayu glanced at the TV, which was showing a skit, so she typed: [Watching the Spring Festival Gala, skit-ing]

At the same time, inside the S City airport, Mu Ke glanced at the content on the screen, smiled, and replied: [What a coincidence, me too]

"Attention passengers heading to B City, the boarding for your flight XXXX has begun..."

Mu Ke had just sent the message when the airport broadcast started announcing the boarding call. He sent one last message to Sheng Jiayu and then got up to head to the boarding gate.

Sitting comfortably in the spacious seat of first class, Mu Ke watched as the scenery outside slowly receded, the smile in his eyes growing deeper.

He recalled the moment a few hours ago when he saw Sheng Jiayu’s social media post.

An empty villa, with no holiday atmosphere at all, and then he saw her conversation with Xue Lu below. Suddenly, Mu Ke’s heart felt uncomfortable.

He had promised himself that he would never leave her, but now, in the bustling preparations for the festival in S City, he had left her alone in the lonely B City. The discomfort in Mu Ke’s heart grew stronger, prompting him to decisively pull out his phone and start booking a flight.