My outside expression is different from my inner expression

Chapter 89.1

Editor: Jodi

Xicheng was a place with a lot of snow.

In the evening, a light snowfall started again, however it stopped quickly.

The bricks and red lanterns of the Old Mansion were covered with a thin layer of snow, the red reflecting off the white, adding to the New Year’s charm.

The old butler, the nanny as well as the others prepared everything and then went home.

And after that, Li Hanyu was supposed to take over. She just had to make a simple dinner to serve on the dining table, however the moment Liu Bohuai entered the kitchen, there was suddenly no place for Li Hanyu to ‘show her skills’.

She moved to take a look, then came out in a daze, saying to Old Master Li with shame: “…I, I can’t do it as well as Mr. Liu.”

The dinner, taken over by Liu Bohuai, became more sumptuous.

A guest had come to the house for the New Year, however it was the guest who prepared the dinner.

When they were all seated at the dining table, Old Master Li felt embarrassed to keep on maintaining a cold expression,

–Even though he saw his grandson and the Liu family’s Third Master sharing food intimately, exchanging glances from time to time, and whispering with their heads together….

It was probably only Li Xusheng who was completely focused on eating.

“Big brother, the ribs are delicious, they’re sweet and sour.”

Li Xusheng’s mouth was covered in sauce.

He picked up a rib with the public chopsticks, straightened his upper body from his seat and tried hard to place it in Li Qingzhou’s bowl.

And Li Qingzhou, moving his bowl forward to take it, said to him, “Thank you, Shengsheng.”

Before this, Li Xusheng had already served Old Master Li, and after serving Li Qingzhou the ribs, he also served Li Hanyu and Liu Bohuai, receiving praise from the two of them.

After dinner, Service One cleared the table and washed the dishes, completely not needing them at all.

Li Hanyu cut a plate of fruit and casually brought some snacks along with pastries to the coffee table.

The Li family’s Old Mansion didn’t have this custom in the past, but this year, they wanted to watch the Spring Festival Gala and stay up late together.

However it was too late to do so.

Because at the beginning, it was Li Xusheng who couldn’t hold on first and fell asleep on the sofa.

Then he was carried to the bedroom by Liu Bohuai to sleep peacefully.

Afterwards, Old Master Li tried to stay up late, but was then persuaded by Li Qingzhou to go to bed to rest, with Service One following behind him.

Li Hanyu could stay up for the New Year, however she couldn’t insist on staying alone with her big brother and Mr. Liu…

As it would make her feel like a big light bulb, superfluous from start to finish.

And so before long, she also pretended to be tired and left.

In the living room, only a dim light remained, and Liu Bohuai carried Li Qingzhou to the sofa, a thin blanket covering his legs.

Then seeing that only the two of them were left, Li Qingzhou scratched his cheek and then lay down on Liu Bohuai’s chest comfortably.

[Ah Huai, hug, tired from sitting]

——The little guy in the bubble, with his soft belly bulging, collapsed in the same posture, his eyes narrowed, a small expression of enjoyment on his face.

However Li Qingzhou’s face remained utterly serious.

He had really just only made a normal move.

Liu Bohuai’s smiling lips were hard to ignore as he hugged his waist, holding his baby in his arms tightly.

Then lowering his head slightly, he kissed his baby’s hair, and whispered in his ear, his voice husky, “Let’s sleep together tonight, okay?”

——The little guy in the bubble suddenly lifted his head, alert.

[Sleep together? Not good, not good]

Li Qingzhou pouted, his voice small, “No.”

“Our first New Year, I don’t want to be away from you.”

“We can stay in the living room until after twelve o’clock…”

[This way, it would count as we having spent our first New Year together.]

Reaching out, Liu Bohuai took off his rimless glasses and with his other hand, squeezed Li Qingzhou’s waist.

Then after being glared at, he stopped, chuckling, “I just want to hold you to sleep, I won’t do anything.”

[I don’t believe it…]

Liu Bohuai’s voice lowered, “I missed you a lot when I was abroad even though we had obviously just been apart for a short while…… so I bought a ticket and flew back.”

The program on the TV continued, the sound of laughter and merriment acting as a backdrop, a part of the living room away from the light.

The TV flickered on and off brightly, the play of light and shadow never stopping, the warm yellow of the small lamp filling only a small part of the sofa area…

Liu Bohuai pulled Li Qingzhou to the front of his chest, and looking up– Liu Bohuai’s hair fell down, casting a little bit of a shadow over his eyes and brows, faintly revealing his dark eyes beneath his half-lowered eyelashes.

It seems, as if….. he was a little pitiful.

Li Qingzhou thought about Liu Bohuai flying back from abroad and then traveling tirelessly without stop from Yanjing to Xicheng. It was indeed, a tiring and dusty journey.

And as he thought about this, his heart softened, and after his heart softened, his attitude was no longer firm.

He couldn’t help but move his fingers, twirling the woolen ball on the thin blanket, the balance in his heart tipping slowly towards him agreeing.

And after a while, he nodded gently.

If it wasn’t for the fact that he was in his arms, Liu Bohuai wouldn’t have noticed such a subtle movement.

Still so shy?

Liu Bohuai couldn’t help but laugh.

At just at this moment, a voice came from the bubble—

[Ai-ya, what to do? Ah Huai said he won’t do anything, but what if, what if I can’t resist….]

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