Chapter 298 Pei Yiyang, Shining Together

"We're already so familiar with each other, let's not talk about these superficial things. Besides, Changdong, this is a time when you need to spend money, so save where you can. Don't do these fancy things in the future, understand?"

What Xiang Dongyan said was also from the bottom of her heart.

She knew that Qiao Changdong had a sum of 300,000 yuan, but it had been almost entirely spent on buying a hotel in Baoyi City. Now that he was building houses here, all the miscellaneous expenses combined would probably leave him short of money.

Qiao Changdong laughed and said, "My darling picked them all out herself. She insisted on being the first to wish you a Happy New Year, so I'm just a tool to carry things. If you really want to say something, just say it's your darling."

After hearing what Qiao Changdong said, Xiang Dongyan had nothing to say. She was so sweetly pleased by his words that she hugged and kissed the little girl in her arms again and again before leading her into the house.

The hired nanny wouldn't start work until after the eighth day of the lunar new year. When Xiang Dongyan led the nanny into the house, Pei Yiyang had already come downstairs.

Tea has been prepared to welcome the guests.

Pei Anting took a string of firecrackers, lit them at the door, and threw them into the yard.

This is a custom in Hongfeng Town for welcoming new guests during the New Year. As long as it's before the Lantern Festival, no matter who it is, if it's their first visit of the New Year, the host will set off a string of firecrackers at the door to show their welcome.

Amidst the joyous crackling of firecrackers, Qiao Qiao looked at Pei Yiyang with smiling eyes and said, "Big brother, I wish you a happy new year, good health, and all the best."

"Thank you, and I wish Qiaoqiao a happy new year, good health, and all the best." Pei Yiyang smiled gently and reached out to pat the little girl's fluffy head.

Pei Yuanfan, who was standing next to him, jumped up and down, saying, "Sister Qiao Qiao, what about me? What about me? You didn't even wish me a Happy New Year! I'm your older brother too!"

"Happy New Year, Brother Yuanfan! Happy New Year, Uncle Pei!" Qiao Qiao obediently called out to them one by one.

"Okay, Happy New Year, Happy New Year." Pei Anting smiled and got up to serve tea to Qiao Changdong.

Qiao Qiao chatted with Xiang Dongyan downstairs for a while, then followed Pei Yiyang to his room. Pei Yuanfan, who was watching TV, scratched his head and followed after seeing this.

Unlike the last time Qiao Qiao visited Pei Yiyang's room, this time she found that his room had many more flowers and plants, which were specially arranged on a four-tiered flower stand that was half the length of a wall.

Qiao Qiao also saw the sunflower she had given to Pei Yiyang, but it wasn't on the flower stand.

Instead, it was placed on a bedside table next to Pei Yiyang's bed, near the window.

The room temperature is around 20 degrees Celsius, which is the ideal temperature for sunflowers.

The sunflowers bloomed exceptionally brightly in this cold winter.

When Qiao Qiao saw the potted plant she had given was placed solemnly on her bedside table, it would be a lie to say she wasn't happy. After all, who wouldn't want their sentiments to be treated with respect?

Pei Yuanfan noticed Qiao Qiao staring at the flowerpot by her brother's bedside. Remembering something, he pouted with a pang of resentment: "Qiao Qiao, why don't you send me flowers?"

He was clearly her older brother before her.

"What does Brother Yuanfan like?" Qiao Qiao asked.

Pei Yuanfan actually thought about it seriously for a moment, but in the end he shook his head helplessly: "I don't know either."

He was healthy from a young age, unlike his older brother who could stay still. In fact, he had no interest in tending to flowers and plants, and spent most of his time outside chasing cats and walking dogs.

"Since there isn't one, how about Qiao Qiao takes Brother Yuanfan hunting in the mountains when spring comes, okay?"

“Great!” Pei Yuanfan’s eyes lit up instantly.

I don't think at all that taking my sister, who is seven or eight years younger than me, to go hunting in the mountains is completely contrary to the law.

Pei Yuanfan, who was instantly appeased, saw his brother and Qiao Qiao sitting together reading a book. He tried to stay a little longer, but eventually found it uninteresting and went downstairs.

His departure went unnoticed by the other two people in the room.

Qiao Qiao flipped through a book that Pei Yiyang had left on his desk, filled with notes, and asked him about it out of curiosity.

"Big brother, is this a book you like to read too?"

"I guess so. I borrowed it from Uncle Mo a couple of days ago." Pei Yiyang was referring to Uncle Mo, the eldest son of Old Master Mo, Mo Haijun.

He's in the jewelry and jade business.

Pei Yiyang and Qiao Jing got along well. He would occasionally go to the Mo family to see Qiao Jing, and play with Mo Jun and Mo Jian. Once, he saw the book "Gambling on Stones" on Mo Jun's desk.

He casually flipped through a few pages, found it interesting, and borrowed it from the book's owner, Mo Haiyang.

The notes above were made by Mo Haiyang, and they were very detailed.

Qiao Qiao nodded and continued to look at a few more pages out of curiosity. She wasn't a book lover and didn't like reading text, but she was very engrossed in the colorful illustrations.

She was still asking Xiaoyuan in her mind, "Xiaoyuan, look at these pictures, don't they look like the stones that Mommy threw away in Lingguo Mountain behind the bamboo house?"

When Qiao Qiao asked this question, she pointed to one of the cut surfaces in the book, revealing the jade-colored stone inside.

[It does look somewhat like it.] Xiao Yuan extended its two topmost tender leaves, looking down at the sky about five centimeters above the book. The tender leaves tilted and twisted from time to time, as if they were really looking at these pictures carefully.

Pei Yiyang noticed that both the person and the tree were staring at the book, and asked in confusion, "Qiaoqiao, what's wrong?"

As he asked this question, he extended his slender, white index finger and gently touched the small, tender bud on Qiao Qiao's head, which had already retracted and continued to serve as a hair clip.

The tender buds chirped and squeaked, stretching their slender branches long, and then wrapped the finger that was playing with the buds around them.

The very last root was thrashing wildly, like a puppy whining for its owner.

"???" Qiao Qiao.

Qiao Qiao felt a little embarrassed.

Looking at Xiaoyuan, which was wrapped around Pei Yiyang's fingertips and refused to come down, she wondered to herself, could it be that her true form was not a tree at all?

Or is it a dog?

Or is he the kind of cute, cuddly puppy?

"..." Pei Yiyang.

Pei Yiyang looked at the small vines twining around his fingertips and chuckled softly.

The curve of his lips softened his handsome face, as if bathed in a holy light.

I was completely stunned by the sight of the person and the blade of grass!

Xiao Yuan cried out incoherently, "Master, Master, he...he...he can glow!"

In Qiao Qiao's eyes, Pei Yiyang has always been the most dazzling one, but this dazzlingness often refers to subjective feelings rather than actual radiance.

But at this moment.

She was surprised to see Pei Yiyang standing before her, surrounded by a dazzling halo.