"Brother Shi Qian, did you arrange for the fireworks to be set off?" Xia Chu asked with some curiosity.
"Yep." Huo Shiqian answered faintly over the phone, his voice still very calm.
In that instant, Xia Chu’s smile was about to overflow from her eyes.
"Uncle Liberation Army, can this count as my New Year’s money from you?" Xia Chu, smiling, asked, her little cheeks growing even redder.
It wasn’t clear if it was due to the strong effects of the alcohol or some other reason.
"Chuyi, when I’m not by your side, don’t drink," Huo Shiqian said calmly. "If I’m with you, you can drink as much as you like."
That way, if the little girl went crazy with drink, at least he would be there to watch over her.
Xia Chu giggled and said, "Actually, I’m not drunk, it’s just the courage the wine gives."
"Brother Shi Qian, I miss you." Xia Chu said this quite seriously.
"Mm." Huo Shiqian replied with a single word.
"That’s it?" Xia Chu was clearly dissatisfied, "Shouldn’t you say something else?"
"Say what?" Uncle Liberation Army still sounded very composed.
People who say one thing but mean another!
Suddenly, Xia Chu’s eyes flickered, and she said to the person on the other end of the phone, "Uncle Liberation Army, I miss you, really miss you, I can’t stop thinking about you!"
There was an obvious pause on the other end of the phone, followed by the slightly joyous voice of Uncle Liberation Army, "Mm."
"Are you happy?" Xia Chu, tapping the phone with her finger, said, "Since you’re so happy, why don’t you make me happy too?"
There was another pause on the other end.
"Chuyi, I have other consolation tasks to attend to. I’m going to hang up now."
Then, there was a busy signal from the other end.
Xia Chu stared at the receiver in disbelief.
Uncle Liberation Army, how could you be so outrageous?!
Huo Shiqian, you wait for me!
Xia Chu hung up the phone grumpily.
She went outside to watch the fireworks. At that moment, both adults and children had stopped everything else, excitedly watching the fireworks in the sky.
Seeing everyone’s happy faces, a smile spilled across Xia Chu’s lips.
She had to admit, when she found out that the sky full of fireworks had been set off by Uncle Liberation Army for her, her feelings were exceptionally different.
Well, if Uncle Liberation Army was shy, she’d be generous and forgive him!
As for everything else, it would be a slow training.
The magnificent fireworks continued in the sky for quite some time.
Not long after they had completely vanished, Director Chang came running to find Xia Chu.
"Comrade Chuyi, did you see the fireworks just now?" Director Chang said excitedly, "Those were set off by Huo Commander at my assistance!"
Xia Chu nodded and said, "Thank you, Director Chang, I know."
Hearing this, Director Chang scratched his head, laughed loudly, and said, "That makes sense. If the Commander had me set off the fireworks, he must have told you."
With a pursed smile, Xia Chu did not continue discussing the matter.
After a few words of small talk, Director Chang left. He still had to supervise the public order.
The lively sound of firecrackers continued for a while.
Gradually, people started dispersing back to their homes to stay up for the night.
Naturally, Xia Chu didn’t let the two younger children in the household stay up. She made them go to sleep early.
Just after she had put the two children to bed and was about to join Uncle Xia and Aunt Xia, someone came knocking on the door.