The Little Brat’s Sweet And Sassy

Shen Zhijin nodded and motioned for her to accept.

Shen Li walked to the side, came to a quiet corner, and clicked to connect:

"Hello, grandpa?"

"Ali."

There was a smile in Old Man Gu's voice,

"Is the final exam over today?"

Shen Li was stunned for a moment--is this a phone call after she finished the last exam?

I didn't expect the old man to remember such little things so clearly.

The corners of her lips raised:

"Yeah, I just finished the exam and I'm planning to go back to the dormitory."

"That's good. Since the test is over, let's come to Hong Kong City." Old Man Gu said, looked to the side, and smiled, "Your grandmother and I miss you very much."

"And me! Cousin! And me and my brother! We miss you too!"

Gu Sicheng's voice came from the other end of the phone.

Shen Li couldn't help but laugh.

"I miss you and my grandmother, and my uncle, too."

Gu Sicheng was pitiful: "Cousin..."

"And Si Qi and Si Cheng."

Hearing this sentence, Gu Sicheng finally felt happy.

"I knew it!"

Old Man Gu said warmly:

"The family is waiting for you. It just so happens that tomorrow is New Year's Day. You and your uncle's family will come back together."

From the day when Shen Li's identity was confirmed, the Gu family wanted to bring her back to Hong Kong City to officially recognize her ancestors and return to their ancestors, but because she was still busy with her studies and exams, she had to wait until now.

Hearing this sentence, Shen Li turned her head to look at Shen Zhijin.

Of course she knew what she was going to do when she returned to Hong Kong City.

After thinking for a moment, she said:

"it is good."

After finalizing her return, Mr. Gu handed the mobile phone to Mrs. Gu again.

Mrs. Gu asked gently:

"Ali, are you tired from the exam?"

Shen Li remembered that she slept well in the exam room for an hour and a half, and said honestly:

"My not-tired grandmother."

"Siyang said that you have to take thirteen courses this semester." Madam Gu said, thinking of something, and smiled, "But fortunately, you are careful, these are definitely no problem. If you let Siyang take the test , I'm afraid it's going to give me a headache."

Hear a few of these words,

Shen Li's eyelashes trembled slightly.

Shen Zhijin stood a few steps away and didn't step forward, so he shouldn't have heard these words.

He waited for her, looking calm and patient.

The corners of her lips pursed into a shallow arc.

"Well, I think so too."

Madam Gu said a few more words before hanging up reluctantly.

She put the phone down, seeming a little lost.

Grandpa Gu clapped her hand.

"Okay, Ali will be back tomorrow."

Madam Gu nodded and whispered softly:

"It's Tangtang is back..."

......

Shen Li put away her phone and returned to Shen Zhijin's side.

"Grandpa said he wanted me to go back to Hong Kong City with my uncle and the others tomorrow."

This was what Shen Zhijin had expected.

He said "um".

"It's a trip back, they should miss you very much."

Shen Li walked in the direction of home with him.

This New Year's Day this year is a little special.

"Dad, I also really want to spend New Year's Day with you."

she said.

Shen Zhijin paused slightly and looked sideways at her.

He raised his hand and patted her head lightly, his brows and eyes dyed a little mildly:

"Actually, the Gu family could have come to pick you up today."

Even more, earlier.

During this time, she has been staying here, living with him in Tianye City, which is already a concession of the Gu family.

Including taking her back to Hong Kong City officially tomorrow is actually a compromise.

They still kept her with him on the last day of the year.

Shen Li was silent for a moment, then rolled her eyes.

Too.

This New Year's Day, she and Shen Zhijin and the Gu family spent together.

"My grandmother praised me just now, saying that fortunately I followed you, so the exam was easy." She laughed.

Shen Zhijin was stunned for a moment, and then the corners of his lips curved slightly.

"Actually, your mother is also very smart."

Shen Li seldom heard him mention these things. She remembered the "Camellia" she saw at the Xijing Academy of Fine Arts, the cartoon in his mailbox, and—

"You may not know that I still have the booklet in the admission notice of Xijing University."

Shen Zhijin quickly understood what she was talking about, pondered for a moment, and seemed to be thinking about something:

"That's...she drew it when she was a student at Xijing Academy of Fine Arts, and it was later made into a welcome booklet, which many students liked, and it has continued to this day."

Shen Li nodded lightly.

When she didn't know it was her mother, she already fell in love with her paintings.

Speaking of which, maybe it was destined somewhere.

She paused and looked at Shen Zhijin.

"Dad, Grandpa said the date is set for January 8th. That day—will you come to Hong Kong City?"

When she asked this sentence, she still felt a little nervous in her heart.

There is a deep estrangement between the Gu family and Shen Zhijin, not to mention eighteen years is too long.

Even if you want to ease the relationship, it will not happen overnight.

Shen Zhijin looked at her for a while before laughing.

"Um."

......

On New Year's Day, the whole neighborhood is very lively.

Shen Li and Shen Zhijin went home and had dinner together. The night outside the window was rich and bright, and they could vaguely hear the laughter of children running and playing.

She nestled on the sofa and played with her mobile phone, rarely relaxing.

Shen Zhijin was not far away, watching the computer work.

The room was quiet, but not lonely and deserted, on the contrary, it was filled with a rare warmth.

The time soon reached zero, and Shen Li's cell phone was bombarded with countless blessing messages.

She looked back at Shen Zhijin and suddenly raised her phone.

"dad."

Shen Zhijin raised his eyes when he heard the sound.

"happy New Year!"

Shen Zhijin was stunned for a moment, then laughed.

"Happy New Year Tangtang."

Click.

Shen Li took the photo.

......

After finally replying all the blessing messages, Shen Li returned to the bedroom to prepare to rest.

She got into the bed and did not turn on the light, leaving only the moonlight flowing in from the window, which seemed to coat everything in the room with a faint silver light.

She looked at her phone and clicked on Lu Huaiyu's dialog box.

[Ali, happy new year. 】

The message was sent at midnight just now.

Only this one is left, and she has not returned.

She dialed Lu Huaiyu's number, and the other side was quickly connected.

"Second brother."

she shouted.

Lu Huaiyu looked at the watch with a deep smile in his voice:

"Five minutes. I'm still thinking, when will you think of me."

Shen Li said honestly:

"Just replying to other people's news."

Lu Huai raised his eyebrows.

"Huh? So I'm last in line?"

"No, it's just like this, the rest of the time is for the second brother."

Shen Li pulled up the quilt and covered half of her small face, perhaps because of this, her sweet voice was extraordinarily soft.

How could she be willing to reply with just a line of blessings to pass this New Year's Day without him.

Lu Huai's breathing became much lighter, and for a moment, he asked coaxingly:

"What did you just say, say it again?"

Shen Li blinked.

"I said, Lu Huaiyu, I was thinking of you."

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