I don't want to be your wife.

It was already getting dark, and Xiang Yangxuan had probably been walking all afternoon. If he didn't go home now, he wouldn't be able to get a taxi and would have to walk for several more hours to get home.

However, Xiang Yangxuan just wanted to go into the campus for a look.

The familiar back door led to the familiar security booth. It was here that he learned everything, and it was also where it all began.

"Ahhh, run! I've accidentally set it on fire!"

"Damn it, Mu Mu, you've really gotten people into trouble!"

Xiang Yangxuan heard a sound coming from not far away. Although he couldn't hear it clearly, it seemed very familiar.

But tomorrow is Lunar New Year's Eve, who will still be at school, and it seems there are quite a few people there?

Before Xiang Yangxuan could think about it further, other voices came from behind.

With a "whoosh," gunpowder and mineral powder shot into the sky, bursting forth in brilliant colors.

Fireworks exploded, filling the winter night sky with dazzling displays.

"See? I told you this would be beautiful, didn't I?!"

Xiang Yangxuan heard it clearly now; it was Su Mumu's laughter. This playful and undeniably proud tone could only belong to Su Mumu.

"But I almost got blown up! Could you please let me know beforehand next time?"

Qin Feng stood awkwardly to one side, panting from time to time.

"Oh no, this one caught fire by accident too!"

"What?"

Su Mumu stood next to Qin Feng, pointing to a burning fuse on the ground.

"Su Mumu!"

"Haha, just kidding, this is fake!"

In Su Mumu's hand, she held a burning fuse.

Su Mumu bought this specifically for fun, never expecting it to have such a miraculous effect.

"If you've got the guts, stand there and wait. I promise I won't beat you up."

With a kind smile on his face, Qin Feng walked towards Su Mumu step by step, while Su Mumu ran behind him.

"No way! You won't let me tease you! Oops! Sorry, I wasn't watching where I was going..."

Because she was running backwards towards Qin Feng, Su Mumu didn't see who she bumped into, but she could see the other people present.

Qin Feng, Lin Xiujun, Mi Han, and her parents were all within her sight, so there couldn't be anyone else behind her.

With a push of her hands behind her, Su Mumu flipped over and created some distance between herself and the person behind her, staring at him.

"Who are you, and why are you here?"

Because she had been watching the fireworks for a while, her eyes were irritated by the bright light, and although the person in front of her was not far away, Su Mumu could not see their face clearly.

"What's wrong, Mu Mu?"

Qin Feng saw Su Mumu suddenly adopt a serious posture, as if confronting someone, so Qin Feng also sped up and ran towards that direction.

"It's alright, don't come over yet. He's an acquaintance. I'll talk to him first and be right back!"

Su Mumu lowered her guard and even waved in Qin Feng's direction.

After a short while, Su Mumu recognized who was opposite her, and at the same time, Xiang Yangxuan scratched his head and spoke.

"It's me. I saw someone over here, and the voice sounded like yours, so I came to check it out."

Seeing Qin Feng still looking at them suspiciously from a distance, Su Mumu gestured for Xiang Yangxuan to wait while she went to Qin Feng's side to say a few words before returning.

"Xiao Yang, what are you doing here? Aren't you going home so late?"

Having been to Xiang Yangxuan's house before, Su Mumu knew how far it was from here. Now that it's the New Year period, it would be difficult to get a taxi back at night, right?

"I went to see my dad this morning, and I wanted to clear my head this afternoon, but I don't know how I ended up here."

Xiang Yangxuan was straightforward, or rather, there was nothing to hide: he simply didn't want to stay at home.

"I'm sorry, I asked about something that made you unhappy."

"It's alright, we only have ourselves to blame. Seeing you happy now makes me feel a little better."

Su Mumu squatted down, hugging her knees, while Xiang Yangxuan lay half-reclined, looking up at the sky.

Both of them wanted to say something, but given the current atmosphere, it seemed that nothing they said would be appropriate.

"Then I'll..."

"Do you want to...?"

They both spoke at the same time, but then stopped simultaneously.

"You're planning to leave already? We're going to set off fireworks, don't you want to come and join us?"

"I think I should leave. I doubt anyone else will welcome me. Or even if they don't, they shouldn't hide like you, Mu Mu, right?"

Su Mumu turned her head and looked at Xiang Yangxuan with great interest.

"You noticed that? As expected of Xiao Yang, you really understand me."

It's not that I don't welcome you, it's just that from now on we can only be ordinary friends; we can't be like before."

The two smiled at each other. Their friendship hadn't changed at all; they were still the friends who understood each other best. It was just that Xiang Yangxuan's wrong choice had made Su Mumu let go.

"Hurry home, or there won't be any buses left. Don't be freezing on the road in the middle of the night. You're all alone now, so take care of yourself."

"Yes, I will. Goodbye, Mumu."

"Bye-bye, Xiao Yang~"

Su Mumu waved to the departing figure.

Qin Feng emerged from the darkness not far away.

"I'm a little confused, what's your relationship now? Have you broken off all ties?"

Xiang Yangxuan was probably the person Qin Feng least expected. Qin Feng didn't even know if he needed to be hostile towards Xiang Yangxuan.

"We didn't break off our friendship. Why would we break off our friendship? Let me give you an example:"

You've prepared a fine knife and maintained and cared for it every day for three years now.

One day, thugs rob your house. You take out a knife to fight back, but find that the knife is rusty.

After overcoming the difficult situation, looking at this knife, I wanted to throw it away, but I couldn't bear to. Keeping it, I dared not take it out to use, so I could only put it in a box and leave it there, forever a hurdle.

"Then why not just throw it away? It's useless to keep it and it takes up space."

Qin Feng didn't understand what Su Mumu was trying to say.

"Because Xiaoyang is a friend I really cherish. Why did he cause all this? No matter how much I don't care, I can no longer trust him like I used to."

In the distance, Xiang Yangxuan's figure had disappeared. Su Mumu watched Xiang Yangxuan leave, tears welling up in her eyes.

Fireworks exploded in the sky. Su Mumu wiped her eyes and took Qin Feng's hand again.

"So, the precious sword that helped me through this difficult time, you can't let me down again, okay? Let's go set off fireworks!"

Although Qin Feng still didn't quite understand, Xiang Yangxuan no longer seemed to be a threat.

Chapter 218 New Year's Eve

The New Year is truly a time when people gather together; that's what makes it a holiday.

At noon, Su Mumu went back to the Qin family home with Qin Feng. As soon as she got home in the afternoon, she ran into the kitchen and started preparing her family's New Year's Eve dinner.

However, today she had help. Su Mumu was a little overwhelmed by herself, so her mother was also in the kitchen, and the two of them prepared together.

"Stop watching TV and playing on your phones all the time. We're cooking, can't you tidy up a bit and make room to eat?"

After all, it's an old house with a small dining room. If so many people are eating at the same time, the dining table needs to be moved to the living room and the coffee table needs to be moved so that eight people can sit down at the same time.

"Wait, wait, wait! I was grinding in the event, and I almost beat it..."

Qin Feng looked at Su Mumu with a wronged expression, wanting Su Mumu to return his phone to him.

"Hey, no, you're the big boss of the company, President Qin. You do nothing but play games all day. Don't you know how tired Mi Han is?"

Upon hearing Su Mumu's words, Mi Han subconsciously closed the game page on her phone and idly scrolled through her phone.

"Sorry, I wasn't talking about you, Mi Han, it's just that Qin Feng is disobedient."

"It's nothing, it's nothing, I just don't want to play anymore."

Mi Han put down her phone, walked over to Lin Xiujun, and started playing with her.

"Your father is still alive, and this is how you treat me?"

"My Father?"

Su Mumu turned to look at her father and noticed that he was glancing at her from time to time. However, after being caught, he coughed twice and looked down at his phone.

"So what if my dad's here? Stop playing on your phone, move the table over here, and come help in the kitchen!"

I don't know why, I'm just a little shy.

There wasn't much for Qin Feng to do in the kitchen. He wasn't allowed to cook, so he could only squat in a corner of the kitchen and mercilessly pick vegetables.

"Qin Feng, get me a bottle of Coke from the fridge, I need it!"

Oh, and sometimes I'm also responsible for fetching things.

"But there's no Coke in the fridge, you must be mistaken."

"That's impossible! Let me check. Mom, can you take this for me?"

After handing the spatula to her mother, Su Mumu went to the refrigerator and started looking for something.

The refrigerator isn't very big; you can tell at a glance that there's no Coke inside.

"That's impossible, I remember...did I buy it?"

Su Mumu looked up at Qin Feng, her eyes full of questions.

"How would I know? I don't think so. I don't remember ever moving any drinks."

"Oh no, I don't remember buying it!"

Without Coke and Sprite, half the fun of eating is lost. Su Mumu used to look forward to the big bottle of carbonated drinks on the table during holidays countless times when she was a child, but she didn't even remember to buy them this year.

"Then let's not drink, but a little alcohol is about right, isn't it?"

"No, the wine doesn't taste good."

Alcohol is bitter and astringent, and Su Mumu doesn't understand why anyone would like to drink alcohol and suffer like that.

"We can't buy it now, so let's drink. You drank quite a bit last time, didn't you?"

Su Mumu has a low alcohol tolerance; she gets drunk easily, even with just a little too much. If she's in a daze, and someone manages to get some information out of her, that could be used as leverage to blackmail her...

"I think you're thinking about bad things."

No, absolutely not!

Su Mumu looked at Qin Feng's serious face, which occasionally revealed an unserious smile, and she couldn't believe it.

However, since there's no other way, what else can we do? Supermarkets are all closed now, who would work during the Lunar New Year?

Without cola, there's no cola chicken wings either, so we just coat them in egg wash and breadcrumbs, fry them, and the taste is still excellent.

As the saying goes, breadcrumbs are versatile; they're delicious even when deep-fried!

Winter days are short and it gets dark early, so we should eat dinner early. After dinner, we can sit on the sofa together and watch the Spring Festival Gala. That's the atmosphere of celebrating the New Year!

"Mumu, look what this is! It's ice cold!"

Qin Feng took out two dozen cans of Coke and Sprite from under the table and handed them to Su Mumu.

"Where did this come from? Don't tell me you can still find a place to buy it now?"

I wasn't exactly moved, but I was somewhat happy and surprised. I thought it was gone, but now it suddenly appeared in front of me.

"Well, I had Ilulu with me. I went to the nearby convenience store, grabbed some things, left the money behind, and then Ilulu quickly cooled it down, and here we are!"

"Thank you, I'm very happy. Well then, you can have a big chicken wing as a reward!"

Su Mumu placed the chicken wings she was holding in front of Qin Feng, and then took the Sprite from Qin Feng's hand.