three years ago……

After waking up, Mo Shouchen lay on the bed and stared at the ceiling boredly. The sound of firecrackers occasionally sounded outside the window, which seemed to express the joy in people's hearts.

On this day every year, my parents start working early in the morning, but this year, the house is deserted and there is no festive atmosphere at all.

This is Mo Shouchen's first time to celebrate the New Year alone.

After lying in bed all morning, he reluctantly got up from the bed because he was so hungry, preparing to cook some instant noodles.

Just as he started to boil the water, the phone rang. He picked up the phone and saw that it was Liu Lei calling.

"Hello?"

"Where are you?" Liu Lei asked.

"I'm at home, what's wrong?"

"I'm downstairs at your house now. You can clean up and go to my house for New Year's Eve dinner."

Mo Shouchen glanced at the boiling water in the pot and said, "I've already cooked, so I won't go. Thank you!"

"Is the meal ready? If I guess correctly, you are cooking instant noodles, right?"

Mo Shouchen smiled bitterly. After all, he had been growing up for more than ten years, so he really understood himself.

He continued to decline politely: "I really won't go, I appreciate your kindness!"

"Stop talking nonsense, I'm at the door, open the door for me."

Immediately afterwards, Mo Shouchen heard a knock on the door. He shook his head helplessly and could only walk to the door and opened it.

As soon as the door opened, Liu Lei walked in enthusiastically. Seeing that the fire in the kitchen was still on, he walked over and turned off the stove, and then urged: "Hurry up and get dressed, follow me now, we will have dinner when we get home!"

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Mo Shouchen said in embarrassment: "I really don't want to go. I heard that if someone in the family dies, visiting during the New Year will bring bad luck to other people's homes."

"Our family has never believed in these feudal superstitions. Why, my parents have to come and invite you in person!"

Liu Lei has already said this, and if he refuses again, it will be too pretentious.

Mo Shouchen sighed, nodded and said, "Okay, wait a minute, I'll find some clothes."

After getting dressed, Mo Shouchen and Liu Lei went downstairs.

Their two families were not very far apart, it only took more than 10 minutes to walk, so the two of them chose to walk.

Just after leaving the gate of the community, a Labrador cub staggered up to Mo Shouchen's feet and rubbed against his shoes.

There is a bell hanging around the puppy's neck, and it jingles when it moves, which is very cute.

Mo Shouchen couldn't help but squat down and pet the puppy's head. The puppy closed its eyes in enjoyment and made a "purring" sound in its throat.

"Doubao, you're running around again!"

A girl wearing a white down jacket ran over. She smiled apologetically at Mo Shouchen, then knelt down and picked up the puppy.

Mo Shouchen said to the girl: "Your puppy is so cute!"

"Yeah, he's just a little naughty and always running around."

The girl always kept a smile on her face. Her smile was very sweet, giving people a very close feeling.

"Then you have to take good care of it. If it is caught by bad guys, it will be in trouble." Mo Shouchen reminded.

The girl nodded: "Okay, I will definitely discipline it strictly in the future."

Mo Shouchen smiled and nodded to the girl, then stood up and left.

Liu Lei caught up and asked in a low voice: "I think you need a relationship now. That girl is pretty good. You should ask her for WeChat directly. Maybe she will give it to you."

To be honest, that girl was Mo Shouchen's type, but he really wasn't in the mood right now.

"Just let it go!"

Mo Shouchen sighed, and then continued to walk forward.

The girl turned her head and glanced at Mo Shouchen's back, then gently spanked the puppy's butt, and scolded softly: "Did you hear that? If you run around again in the future, be careful of being caught by bad guys and made into dog meat hot pot."

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The puppy nuzzled into the girl's arms like a baby, showing no sign of fear.

The girl held the puppy and walked to the door of a shop with the word "Cut Out" on it. She touched the puppy and said, "Doubao, I plan to open a pet store here. What do you think?"

Mo Shouchen and Liu Lei had just left the community when they heard someone shouting to them: "Hey, stay away, don't stop us from setting off the cannon."

The two looked up and saw a man wearing bar uniforms waving their hands away.

They also saw that the road was blocked by several cars, and several people were placing fireworks in the middle of the road.

Liu Lei said angrily: "Who is so arrogant that he blocks the road and sets off fireworks?"

Mo Shouchen replied: "They are all from Film Bar. I heard that Film Bar is opened by a rich second generation. This rich second generation is very arrogant. We don't need to be familiar with such people."

"Oh, rich second generation people like this rely on me to make their money. Without me, they are nothing!"

At this time, a young man walked out of the bar. He was wearing a black mink coat and had an arrogant smile on his face.

He shouted to the people who were placing fireworks: "Hurry up, the time is coming soon."

The staff member who had just driven Mo Shouchen and Liu Lei away nodded and bowed and said to him: "Don't worry, Brother Teng, I promise to make sure every second is done."

The man known as Brother Teng nodded with satisfaction. At this time, he noticed that Mo Shouchen and Liu Lei were looking at him, and he said extremely arrogantly: "What are you looking at?"

Just when Liu Lei was about to say, "What are you doing," Mo Shouchen quickly pulled him in and whispered, "You're celebrating the New Year, there's no need to be familiar with this kind of person, let's take a detour."

Liu Lei suppressed the resentment in his heart when he thought that his parents were still waiting for him at home.

The two people walked around to the other side of the road and continued walking towards Liu Lei's home.

Liu Lei glanced at the second-generation rich man at the door of the bar across the street and snorted: "Isn't it just because I am rich? When I become rich in the future, I will make him apologize to me!"

The two people passed through three intersections and arrived at the gate of Liu Lei's community.

There is a street stall on the side of the road on one side of the community. The stalls are full of various small handicrafts. The stall owners are a young man and woman.

Seeing Mo Shouchen and Liu Lei approaching, the male stall owner greeted warmly: "Both of you, here are all handicrafts made by children in the orphanage. They cost 10 yuan each. You can choose one."

When he heard that the handicrafts were made by children in the orphanage, Mo Shouchen stopped in his tracks. He took a look at the things on the stall and saw that they were indeed a little rough. It seemed that they were made by children.

He looked up at the male and female stall owners again. They all wore orphanage volunteer badges on their chests and had names on them. The male was Deng Yu and the female was Gao Ziwen.

Seeing that Mo Shouchen was very interested in the things on the stall, the male stall owner hurriedly said: "Pick one, the things are not expensive, and all the money sold will be given to the orphanage, which is considered as giving one's love.

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In the end, Mo Shouchen and Liu Lei each chose two handicrafts, and then walked into the community amidst the blessings of the male and female stall owners.

Liu Lei lives on the 16th floor. When he was taking the elevator, he took out his mobile phone and found a video and said to Mo Shouchen: "I have watched a few online movies recently, and there is an actress named Su Ya in them. She has very good acting skills and is beautiful."

, I guess it will become popular sooner or later."

Mo Shouchen smiled and said, "Don't you always like Zou Qianqian? Why do you pay attention to the beautiful actress?"

"Go, the beautiful actress is my spiritual food, and Zou Qianqian is my future wife. There is no conflict between the two."

The two of them joked for a while, and the elevator soon reached the 16th floor.

After stepping out of the elevator, Mo Shouchen immediately became serious. Liu Lei opened the door. Liu Lei's parents who heard the sound rushed out to greet him and enthusiastically brought him into the house.

Although his parents are no longer here, Mo Shouchen still had a warm New Year.

He was grateful that he could meet a good brother like Liu Lei in this life, and sincerely thanked Liu Lei's parents for treating him like their own child.

Looking at the sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner, Mo Shouchen decided to treat Liu Lei's family as relatives from now on.

And no matter what happens, he will do his best to protect them!

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