244 — The Night Of New Year's Eve, City M

The atmosphere was heated in the Capital, but it was a different story altogether in City M.

The Li family were gathered as well, and for Pei Yueran, it was the first reunion dinner in nine years that she was having with people other than Han Yichen and Director Zhou.

She could not describe the exact feeling, but it had the flavor of contentment.

When they arrived at the Li family villa, it was still early evening. Immediately the car's ignition was switched off, Li Yuchen flew out and only paused a moment to drag Han Yichen along before moving at the speed of light.

What was stranger was that Han Yichen really responded to Li Yuchen's pace. Before long, both of them were completely out of sight.

Li Chuanmo slowly unbuckled Pei Yueran's seatbelt before handing her another jacket, "Wear this, it's cold outside."

Pei Yueran couldn't help but say, "It's only a short distance from here to the house. What harm could it do?"

"It will make my heart hurt and I'll be distressed." Li Chuanmo replied frankly.

Pei Yueran stared at him before muttering, "Yeah right."

"It's true. You know how much I care about you."

Pei Yueran: "Uhn-uhn."

As if she could be so easily coaxed. Since that day in the gym, she had been paying back all her debts from the time of her illness and she wasn't done yet. Even the promise she made at the cinema to do any one thing he asked wasn't forgotten.

Remembering what he asked her to do made a blush stain her cheek. No, she hadn't done it yet.

Concerning Li Chuanmo, she still had the same evaluation — boundless energy. Even New Year's Eve wasn't spared. She had been eaten clean even before the dinner, yet he had the cheek to talk?

The good thing was that it was still cold, so her wearing a high neck top was perfectly justified.

While she was lost in thought, she didn't know when Li Chuanmo moved closer. She snapped out of it in a hurry when she felt his lips on her neck.

"What are you doing?" She asked vigilantly. Right now, Li Chuanmo was the definition of the big bad wolf in her mind. Sexy in his casual getup, but dangerous ah.

Li Chuanmo looked "hurt."

"Honey, are you avoiding me?"

Pei Yueran knew that this was obviously one of his tricks again, but she couldn't help jumping into it. She herself felt she deserved what she got sometimes.

Towards this husband of hers, she was still a bit weak.

She shook her head, "How could that be? I was just startled."

Li Chuanmo only said "oh," before approaching again, and Pei Yueran stopped him, "They would be waiting for us in the house. Shouldn't we go now?"

"No rush," was Li Chuanmo's reply, his hands cupping the back of her head. She subconsciously closed her eyes even as she said in her mind that he was insatiable.

Instead of the kiss she was expecting, she only felt a gentle stream of air directed towards her eyes. It made the long lashes sway gently, producing a tickling feeling.

She waited for some time, but the only thing she heard was, "Honey, why are your eyes still closed?"

Her eyelashes trembled before the lids opened as she blurted out, "That's all?"

Li Chuanmo looked "surprised" as he released her, "Of course. I noticed that one eyelash was askew, so I helped you fix it. Honey, were you expecting something else?"

Pei Yueran didn't want to say she was indeed expecting something else, so she just mumbled "nothing", blushing a bit. Why did he have to be so mysterious in the first place? And who really fixes skewed eyelashes like that?

She quickly opened the car door and stepped out, missing the smile on Li Chuanmo's face. How did he get this lucky?

Marrying her was definitely due to the accumulation of countless lifetimes' worth of luck.

He had indeed wanted to kiss her, but he noticed her disgruntled look. It was as if she had written "can't believe my husband still wants more" on her forehead. That was why he switched to teasing her instead.

At the thought of her soft lips, he indeed regretted it a bit.

But there was no rush. They had to stay up all night anyway. They couldn't just be playing cards throughout the night, right?

Thinking like this, he stepped out of the car and caught up with her with his quick strides, "If you say you aren't avoiding me, then walk slowly. Don't your legs hurt?"

Anyone hearing this would sigh at his sincere concern for his wife, but said wife gritted her teeth. If it wasn't for him, would her legs be hurting? She genuinely wondered how he came up with some weird things they tried anyway.

Shooting a glare at him, she tried to hurry and leave him behind, but "Clingy Mo" was having none of it.

In this way, the couple arrived, looking as if they were chasing each other. Zhang Heying that had been waiting for them at the door smiled in amusement.

Was this really her son?

That taciturn boy who hardly said a word as he looked at them with stubborn eyes that fateful day at the orphanage, now overlapped with the young dashing self-assured man who currently had eyes only for the woman in front of him.

Tears suddenly threatened to form.

He had definitely grown up. Despite the challenges along the way, he was able to overturn his past. For this, she was very grateful.

Grateful they didn't give up on him. Grateful that he didn't give up on himself. Grateful to Pei Yueran for being the very person her son needed.

Li Qianye also came out when he realized his wife had not come in after a long while. He wrapped the shawl in his hands around her neck as he said, "It's still quite cold outside. Why are they not here yet?"

Zhang Heying smiled and moved a bit as she said, "Oh they're here. See them."

Just one look and Li Qianye knew that he would be subjected to dog food again tonight. Now he understood the plight of others.

When he displayed affection with his wife in public, he knew it made many people frustrated, but he didn't care. Now that it was his turn, he could understand their annoyance.

Thankfully he had his own wife, there was no need to be jealous. He was going to show that son of his that old ginger was still spicier!