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This year will probably be the first time I spend the Lunar New Year with other people, Li Geng thought.

Li Geng had always spent Chinese New Year with his family every year since he was a child. He originally thought this year would be the same, except that he might bring a very beautiful white-haired foreign girl, Xilin, who went by the alias Linsha, when he went back.

At first, Li Geng was a little stunned when he heard what the foreign girl said, but then he heard that she had already talked to her sister and mother, and that she would go with Li Geng to his hometown for the New Year if Li Geng agreed.

Only then did Li Geng realize that Xilin had truly expressed her feelings.

Li Geng was actually quite happy, but after calming down, he felt more at a loss. He had been single for over twenty years and had never been in a relationship, let alone knew how to chat with girls.

Previously, when Li Geng's mother found her a blind date, Li Geng only had a meal with the date and a brief chat in person, and that was it—nothing more. Li Geng never chatted with the blind date at all, not even online; there was no interaction whatsoever for months.

The blind date had actually come to see Li Geng on her own, but when Li Geng and the blind date went shopping and traveling together, Li Geng did nothing else except tell the blind date that she didn't want to date and get married so early.

The follow-up to this blind date was naturally nothing.

When Li Geng's sister found out, she immediately said that Li Geng was a completely straight man.

Li Geng didn't refute anything; it was indeed the case, and he had gotten used to living alone.

But afterwards, Li found that for some reason, many beautiful girls seemed to be appearing around him frequently.

One of the girls, a very pretty white-haired foreign girl, appeared before him. Sirin had a slightly mischievous personality and always liked to tease Li Geng, but she also enjoyed playing games with Li Geng and was quite interested in him.

Li was confused, but even though he still didn't reciprocate Xilin's feelings, the girl didn't lose heart or give up.

With the Lunar New Year approaching, Xilin has already expressed her feelings very directly.

After confirming that Xilin was waiting for his answer, Li Geng agreed immediately, but said he would have to see how things were back home.

Xilin was happy that Li Geng had agreed, but she was also a little puzzled as to why they still needed to check on the situation back home.

Li Geng didn't tell her about those things.

The situation in his hometown is complicated, but it's not actually complicated. Simply put, it's about the grudges and grievances of Li Geng's parents' generation. These grudges are not only significant but also involve the older generation of relatives and have even extended to the younger generation.

Li Geng didn't know this when she was still in school, but she learned a lot about it later from conversations with her sister and mother.

Although Li Geng had not directly experienced or witnessed the arguments between the older generation, and those relatives seemed quite kind on the surface, based on some things his sister and mother had said, Li Geng had already made up his mind to distance himself from those so-called relatives.

Li Geng was worried that after taking Xilin back, he might hear some annoying rumors. Perhaps Li Geng was worrying unnecessarily, but he was even more upset that strange things were happening to him and the people around him.

It was fine if we didn't know before, but now we definitely try to avoid it if possible.

This made Li Geng somewhat conflicted.

But now, it seems like they'll be spending the Lunar New Year in Shanghai?

"Since things have come to this, I should go to sleep." After thinking about a lot of things, Li Geng picked up his phone and saw that it was already late. He quickly composed himself and went to bed.

The next day, on his way to work, Li Geng passed by the flower shop owned by Xilin's family.

Xilin, who was pruning flowers with a pair of scissors, saw Li Geng and gave him a playful wink.

"Good morning," Li Geng said with a smile.

"Yes, good morning," Xilin smiled back.

Just then, a spirited young woman walked out of the flower shop. She greeted Li Geng familiarly when she saw him.

"Hi, good morning, Brother Li!"

Li Geng smiled and nodded in acknowledgment. He didn't stay to chat and continued walking towards the company.

Xilin and Shibao watched Li Geng's back, but after a while, Anna appeared out of nowhere and followed behind Li Geng, keeping her distance.

"Hmm, it seems she understands too." Although Xiao Shibao didn't peek at Anna's inner thoughts, her intuition told her that Anna's heart had calmed down.

"Hmph, as expected, I'm still the best. If you ask me, all those contacts you guys made before were meaningless. Brother Li isn't stupid. Treating him like family is the right thing to do."

Upon hearing Shi Bao's words, Xi Lin remained calm and nodded in agreement.

"We did act somewhat inconsiderately before."

Although Shi Bao had been trying to get in touch with Li Geng, she quickly sensed Li Geng's doubts and distance because she controlled the power of consciousness. At first, Shi Bao was disappointed, but she soon understood a lot through her interactions with herself and other Herrscher family members. They were Herrschers, not humans.

Shi Bao was also the one who adjusted his mindset the fastest among all the Lawbringers.

The other Herrschers, with the help of Shi Bao, continued to adjust their minds, letting everything take its natural course.

Meanwhile, the other Herrschers have gradually come to calmly observe Sirin's thoughts and actions, letting her be.

"Let's go have breakfast together today. I asked Kiana, and she's planning to make a big lunch."

"it is good"

Xilin tidied herself up quickly and prepared to go out for breakfast with Shibao. However, at that moment, a long black sedan suddenly drove up on the street and slowly stopped in front of the flower shop.

Xilin and Shibao were both puzzled.

"Get in," the car door opened automatically, and Greta, sitting inside, said calmly.

She was wearing a cool pair of black sunglasses, a sophisticated red and black short top and a horse-face skirt, both decorated with exquisite and simple animal and cloud patterns. Gretchen thought she looked very cool in this outfit.

The limousine parked in front of the flower shop had already attracted the attention of passersby. Some onlookers and curious people had taken out their phones to take pictures, but no one was being too blatant. This kind of car clearly belonged to the wealthy and powerful, and given that this was Shanghai, people who could afford to ride in such a car were definitely not to be trifled with.

But what's the deal with that flower shop?

"What are you doing?" Sirin and Shi Bao got into the car speechlessly and asked Gretchen.

"Isn't this cool?" Gretchen said proudly.

To be honest, it's not that great. Vita, dressed as a cool woman in black, who was driving the car, thought to herself.

She never expected Gretchen to be so childish. Well, actually, it had already shown signs of that long ago, but the Familia were very indulgent towards Gretchen, didn't care at all, and supported her.

"Where are we going?" Celine didn't seem to care and didn't respond, instead continuing to ask.

“Let’s have breakfast,” Grey said matter-of-factly.

"..." Sirin, Shi Bao, and Vita all fell silent.

"Let's go with that one. I've seen a lot of good reviews online."

Greta pointed with great interest to a small shop by the roadside.

Pedestrians and cars on the street all avoided this luxury limousine. Although it was impossible to tell what model it was, this luxury limousine with no discernible model number was the most terrifying thing, which meant it was a completely customized special vehicle.

Then passersby saw that three beautiful young women stepped out of the car.

Ignoring the stares of those around them, Xiao Shibao bought three breakfasts with Sirin and Gretchen at the shop entrance, and then returned to the car.

The breakfast shop owner looked bewildered, but then he had to get busy again because many passersby came to buy breakfast. After seeing this scene, they all thought that the breakfast in this shop must be very delicious, otherwise three beautiful young women who must be rich and noble would not have come to buy breakfast in luxury cars.

Although it was indeed a bit strange, seeing their seemingly curious and naive young appearance, it must have been a sudden whim that led them to go out.

“We should go back too,” Sirin said as she contacted Bella.

What happened just now wasn't a big deal, but Sirin didn't want anyone to bother her, so she directly asked Bella to control the spread of the story online.

"How about we go shopping together this afternoon? We'll probably buy a lot of things for the New Year," Greta suggested.

"Why don't you ask in the group? I'm going to ask Brother Li, maybe we can go shopping together tonight," Xilin declined.

Greta could only look at Little Knowledgeable Treasure.

“Me? Okay too... Hmm, how about this?” After agreeing, Shi Bao suddenly had an idea.

"Let's all celebrate the New Year together," Shi Bao said, asking all the Herrschers in the chat group.

"We celebrate the New Year together with our families on Earth or the Moon, and our families also hold a big celebration together."

“In that case, let’s hold the New Year’s celebration on Jupiter. Jupiter is big enough,” Sirin said.

Many Lawyers were quickly intrigued by this impromptu proposal and felt that it was indeed a viable idea.

Interlude 308 (36)

"get off work!"

When the time came, someone in the company shouted excitedly, then quickly packed their things and left, looking refreshed.

The company then became a little lively, with people leaving get off work chatting with those preparing to work overtime. After work that day came the company's annual leave, and many people planned to go home for the Chinese New Year.

Li Geng also quietly packed his things.

"Are you planning to go home again this year?" A colleague who knew Li Geng walked over and asked with a smile.

"More or less," Li replied with a calm smile, without saying anything more.

After chatting casually for a few more minutes, Li Geng and his colleagues left the company.

However, downstairs at the company, Li Geng and his colleagues saw Anna, a foreign girl with a gentle and beautiful appearance and long, smooth chestnut hair. She had already gotten into a very nice silver-blue sports car.

The person who came to pick up Anna in a silver-blue sports car was also a beautiful foreign woman with white hair. The scene of them chatting and laughing attracted the attention and curiosity of many people.

"Have you thought of a solution?" Li Geng's colleague couldn't help but ask curiously.

However, Li Geng simply smiled and did not respond.

My colleague didn't seem to mind, but couldn't help but sigh as he watched the sports car and the pretty girl inside leave.

"That's a real rich woman! Not only is she beautiful and wealthy, but she also has a great personality. I wonder who will win her heart!"

A colleague they knew walked up behind them. He heard the conversation and saw what had just happened, but he wasn't interested.

"There are still many people like this in Shanghai. They are like gods in the upper echelons of society, untouchable and impossible to have any interaction with."

"Haha, just thinking about it. After so many years in Shanghai, you should know what this place is like."

"Ahem, watch your words," Li Geng coughed lightly, reminding him. "I'm leaving now, see you after the New Year."

"Okay, goodbye."

Li Geng and his colleagues greeted each other and said goodbye.

Walking back to his rented room, Li Geng pondered what to do with his annual leave this year.

"How should we spend the New Year?" Li Geng suddenly felt a little lost.

In the past, his mother always arranged the New Year's celebrations, and Li Geng never had to worry about anything. He could just sit and wait to be served. Suddenly, when Li Geng was asked to think about and prepare for the New Year on his own, he didn't know what to do for a while.

As Li Geng was lost in thought, he suddenly heard a pleasant and familiar voice calling his name.

"Brother Li, what are you thinking about?"

Li Geng looked up and saw the girl's delicate and lovely face. Her long, silvery-white hair cascaded like a waterfall woven from moonlight, the ends slightly curled, swaying gently in the wind as if carrying the trail of stardust. A few strands were casually tucked behind her ears, revealing small purple feather earrings. Her golden pupils were like amber soaked in sunlight, dazzling and bright. When she blinked, her eyelashes fluttered like butterfly wings, and her eyes looked at Li Geng with a smile.

The girl wore a loose, cream-white hooded sweatshirt with the cuffs slightly rolled up, revealing a feather bracelet on her slender wrist. She paired it with a plaid pleated skirt, the hem falling just above her knees, flowing lightly in the wind. On her feet were pure white canvas shoes, the laces tied in a bow, a few flower petals clinging to the soles.

"What's wrong? Are you stunned?" Xilin took a few steps forward and stood in front of Li Geng, humming softly.

Li Geng nodded in agreement.

“There’s something I need to tell you,” Xilin said, looking up at Li Geng.

"what?"

“Auntie asked me to go shopping with you. Oh, and she also asked me to buy you some clothes,” Xilin said as she opened her phone screen and showed Li Geng her chat with Li Geng’s mother.

"Hmm, Auntie also prepared some funds for me."

"Oh," Li Geng responded blankly, like a block of wood.

“Let’s go, let’s leave the things at the flower shop first, then we’ll go straight to the mall,” Xilin said with a smile.

"Oh, right, there's one more thing. My sister and mom have gone out to play for the past few days, so I'm the only one at the flower shop. How about you come and help out at the flower shop for the next few days?"

Li Geng didn't know what to say. He and Xilin looked into each other's eyes. The girl's gaze didn't waver, and she saw the confusion in Li Geng's eyes.

At this moment, Xilin naturally took Li Geng's hand. Li Geng hesitated whether to pull his hand away, so Xilin tightened her grip on it.

Xilin took Li Geng back to the flower shop, quickly put Li Geng's things in the shop, then pulled Li Geng away and closed the shop.

During this time, Li Geng remained motionless, like a block of wood.

The two walked hand in hand through the streets of Shanghai at night, but it was Xilin who took the initiative to hold Li Geng's hand.

"Don't you think I'm weird...?" Li quickened his pace and stood next to Xilin, asking with a somewhat complicated expression.

“Yes, it is indeed very strange,” Sirin nodded in agreement.

"But don't think about that too much yet, we're almost there," Xilin said to Li Geng with a smile.

Xilin and Li Geng arrived at a bustling shopping mall. They went inside together, and Xilin purposefully led Li Geng directly to a large men's clothing store. The store had various ancient and modern men's clothing, including ancient Hanfu, although strictly speaking, it was modern Hanfu in ancient style.

“Uh…” Li Geng was about to say something, but then he heard what Xilin said.

"Don't worry, my mom is friends with the owner of this shop, the prices are very reasonable."