Chapter 1359: 1359: Unhappy

Chapter 1359: Chapter 1359: Unhappy

Ouyang Huihui felt a little nervous following Luo Ziling into the rear garden of the Luo Family Old Mansion.

When she saw Luo Liansheng sitting in the rear hall, along with Luo Xusheng, Ling Ruonan, and Luo Yuqing, she was taken aback.

She had not expected that there would be so many people gathering for the New Year’s Eve dinner.

Especially when she saw the stern look in Ling Ruonan’s eyes, and the annoyance on Luo Yuqing’s face, she felt both awkward and tense, unable to move her feet.

“I…” Ouyang Huihui stammered for a while, and eventually didn’t know what to say.

Luo Liansheng, however, didn’t show any annoyance, and kindly said: “Huihui, you must be hungry, sit down and eat something first, fill your stomach then we can talk!”

These words from Luo Liansheng made Ouyang Huihui’s nose tingle, and she nearly cried again.

The hall was warm, and the table was filled with delicious food, which made the famished Ouyang Huihui involuntarily swallow her saliva.

“Sit down and have something to eat first,” Luo Ziling patted Ouyang Huihui’s shoulder and then fetched a pair of chopsticks and a bowl for her.

“Please sit down and eat,” Ling Ruonan also stood up, walked over next to Ouyang Huihui, and softly said: “Whatever the issue is, we can talk after you have eaten. It’s the New Year, you look famished. Luckily, nothing bad happened.”

With these words, Ouyang Huihui felt slightly relieved.

With an apologetic smile to everyone present, she picked up her chopsticks and began to eat.

Luo Ziling, sitting beside her, picked some dishes for her and personally fetched two freshly cooked dishes from the temporary kitchen outside, placing them in front of Ouyang Huihui. After Ouyang Huihui expressed her thanks, she continued to feast.

Ling Ruonan also sat back down and urged everyone to keep eating.

Luo Liansheng chuckled, telling Ouyang Huihui to eat slowly and be careful not to choke, while Luo Xusheng also spoke up to welcome her.

Afterward, Luo Liansheng raised his glass to toast everyone, and Ouyang Huihui, who had been eating vigorously for a while, put down her chopsticks and drank a glass of wine.

Ouyang Huihui felt that she had really embarrassed herself today by impulsively coming to Yuezhou to find Luo Ziling, only to encounter so many people.

Moreover, she was both cold and hungry upon arrival, which made her feel embarrassed and quite uncomfortable.

However, as the daughter of a prominent family who had been in high society, Ouyang Huihui regained her composure quickly after the hunger in her stomach was relieved. After drinking a glass of wine, she filled her cup again and stood up to toast everyone.

“Grandfather Luo, Mr. Luo, Mrs. Ling, Ziling, and Yuqing, Wuyue, I’ve made myself a laughingstock today and disturbed your New Year’s Eve dinner, I really feel sorry about it. Here’s a toast to all of you, wishing everyone a Happy New Year and all the best.” Saying so, she drained the wine in her glass in one gulp.

She was well aware that if she didn’t behave well today and left the impression of her disheveled appearance to those present, she would completely ruin her image. The elders of the Luo family would never have a good impression of her again.

Therefore, she still stiffened her resolve and stood up to toast everyone.

Thankfully, nobody disrespected her, and everyone drank their glasses to her toast.

Then, Ouyang Huihui told everyone the reason she came to Yuezhou.

“I heard from my sister that she came to Yuezhou a while ago; she also researched some information about Yuezhou and thought the scenery here was very nice… Also, I heard that Sir Ouyang and my sister are coming here in a couple of days, so I wanted to come and have a look. I had planned to invite a few classmates, but they all had to spend New Year’s at home. So, I came alone,” she explained hesitantly, and after getting her reason out, Ouyang Huihui took a slight breath and continued with embarrassment: “I didn’t expect the train lines to be disrupted by heavy snowfall, and the high-speed rail was delayed; the train that should have arrived at three in the afternoon only reached around five-thirty. By the time I got to the station, it was already dark, and I didn’t think of finding a hotel first, so I came straight to find Ziling. I still wanted to have New Year’s Eve dinner with you, being alone… is too lonely.”

“All right, no need to explain further,” Luo Liansheng chuckled and waved his hand generously, “Let’s not talk about such disheartening things, hurry up and eat the food, drink the wine. Today is New Year’s Eve, we should all be merry. Oh right, Nan, make a call either to Sir Ouyang or Feifei to explain the situation, so they don’t worry.”

Just then, Ouyang Feifei’s call came in, and Luo Ziling immediately stood up to answer the phone.

“I’ve already picked up Huihui and we’re having dinner together.” Luo Ziling explained the situation before Ouyang Feifei could ask anything, “There was no trouble. It’s just that the high-speed train was delayed by about two hours due to heavy snow, which should have arrived earlier.”

“Since she’s already here, could you please take care of her for now,” Ouyang Feifei said apologetically, “I’ll be accompanying Sir Ouyang, and we plan to take tomorrow’s noon flight over. If nothing goes wrong, we should be able to reach Xiao Mountain Airport by around four in the afternoon.”

“I’ll come to pick you up then,” Luo Ziling actually didn’t want Ouyang Lingyun and Ouyang Feifei to come over, so his agreement was somewhat reluctant.

It looks like this New Year is going to be a bit messy.

He can’t imagine what it would be like with both Ouyang Feifei and Ouyang Huihui around.

He was a bit unhappy.

Because of the addition of Ouyang Huihui, the New Year’s Eve dinner wasn’t finished until eight-thirty in the evening.

Ling Ruonan and Luo Xusheng didn’t show any displeasure, Luo Ziling didn’t blame her either, and Ouyang Huihui, relieved, also showed a smile.

Luo Yuqing’s look towards her was quite strange, even a bit irritated, but Ouyang Huihui didn’t mind too much.

Seeing Luo Ziling and Luo Yuqing getting ready to set off fireworks after finishing dinner, she also joined in.

Ling Ruonan was no longer as childishly joyful as she had been before dinner. She sat next to Luo Liansheng at the cleaned table, drinking tea and talking softly about things.

Luo Xusheng, of course, sat on the side too, but he wasn’t very talkative, just quietly listening to Luo Liansheng and Ling Ruonan.

Ouyang Huihui, having never been close to fireworks, was afraid to set them off at first and merely stood aside to watch Luo Ziling and Luo Yuqing do it, then took out her phone to take some photos or make short videos to post on social media.

After watching for a while and feeling the itch to try, she ran over to join them in setting off the fireworks.

But Luo Yuqing obviously did not welcome her participation, acting cold and even snatching away a small firework that Ouyang Huihui liked.

Ouyang Huihui felt Luo Yuqing’s hostility and was very angry inside.

However, she dared not show her anger today and could only forcefully hold it in, ignoring Luo Yuqing.

The biggest fireworks were saved for the last moment to be set off.

Luo Ziling ordered Ling Ruonan’s bodyguards to move the large fireworks to the front door.

The snow was still falling heavily, but at this time, the sky over Yuezhou was adorned with fireworks that burst into the air, and the air was filled with not only the cold wetness but also a thick smell of gunpowder.

Luo Ziling lit one of the large fireworks, and with a muffled sound, the ground trembled slightly, followed by a firework shell exploding in the air, dropping down golden willow-like streams, which were very beautiful.

Luo Yuqing looked up at the beautiful fireworks constantly exploding in the sky, took a deep breath of the air mixed with the smell of gunpowder, and without caring that there were other people around, clung to Luo Ziling’s arm and shouted, “This is the taste of the New Year, haha, so happy!”

As she spoke, she also defiantly tilted her head towards Ouyang Huihui.

This made Ouyang Huihui extremely frustrated, but she was helpless.