Soon, it was December 31, New Year's eve. Early in the morning, Su Xiaobao came into Su Bei's room. At this moment, the boy was using a red ribbon to tie Su Bei's hair. Although the shape was not complicated, his movement was very skilled.
This was the twins' special New Year gift for one another. When they were still living in the countryside, due to their family's economic situation, they couldn't have new clothes every year, and it was even more impossible to give red socks and red gloves like they did this year. Therefore, small items like red ribbon became their gift for each other.
"Xiaobei, I wish you a happy new year. May you be happy and carefree every day." After tying a bow with the ribbon, Su Xiaobao said a New Year blessing for Su Bei.
"So are you." From the mirror, Su Bei smiled at Su Xiaobao. She stood up, looking at the hair Su Xiaobao tied for her in satisfaction, then turned around and tied a braided red string on Su Xiaobao's left wrist.
"Su Xiaobao, Happy New Year." The twins hugged each other.
"Xiaobao, you have to be well this year too. And you also have to grow up safely. It's best if you become an outstanding and powerful person."
Su Xiaobao: "Okay."
The atmosphere was very warm and full of love. But suddenly, a few messages prompts rang from their phones. Su Bei threw Su Xiaobao aside without a second thought and ran to the bed to grab her mobile phone.
Su Xiaobao: "..."
Before Su Xiaobao had the time to sulk, Su Bei shouted at him excitedly: "Xie Minxuan throws red envelopes in the group! Hurry up and grab it!"
Even when talking, Su Bei already clicked on the red envelope sent by Xie Minxuan: [66.78]. She felt so lucky, actually grabbed such a big red envelope!
Su Bei jumped twice with excitement and sent a [Thank you, Boss] emoji in the group.
Dong Wenqi: [I'm very grateful]
Du Yiming: [Happy New Year!]
Xu Yangyang: [Give it to you]
...
Su Bei: "Su Xiaobao, hurry up, only one is left!"
Su Xiaobao's mouth twitched. Xie Minxuan sent red envelopes according to the number of people in the group, so even if he was late, there would still be one left for him. Besides, how much was in the red envelope? No need to be so excited.
Su Xiaobao clicked the red envelope: [0.21]
Su Xiaobao's face instantly darkened. His eyes flashed with contempt: This guy surnamed Xie is really stingy.
While complaining, Su Xiaobao very grandiosely threw a 200 yuan red envelope into the group. With him and Xie Minxuan's examples, others in the group also began to send out red envelopes one after another. Soon, there were 20 to 30 red envelopes in their WeChat group.
Su Bei's luck was super good. Except for the red envelopes she sent out, she managed to grab big red envelopes almost every time and has been 'lucky' several times in a row.
As for Su Xiaobao: 0.13, 1.22, 0.47, 0.89...
Su Bei: "Su Xiaobao, why didn't you grab it? Hurry up, Xie Minxuan send another one."
Su Xiaobao: "It's not fun."
"Where is it not fun?" Su Bei was totally happy with the red envelopes she got. From last night till now, she has been receiving so many that her hands felt sore.
Qin Jinguo and Chen Xueyan, who had been in A country, sent New Year's money to Su Bei and Su Xiaobao's bank account. Later, after hearing that WeChat red envelopes were now popular, the couple made a WeChat account and sent them another big red envelope.
There was also Chen De, who probably felt guilty about the gifts he sent before, and sent red envelopes for the twins.
Uncle Fu went back to his hometown to celebrate the New Year a few days ago, but he stuffed a thick red envelope into their hands before leaving. Su Bei and Su Xiaobao initially thought that those two red envelopes might be half of Uncle Fu's annual salary, but later they learned from Mr. Qin that Uncle Fu's salary was super high.
And finally, there was big brother Xu. This guy was sending Su Bei...endless red envelopes. Even now, Su Bei's phone still rang continuously with red envelope notifications from Xu Shiwei.
Xu Shiwei's first red envelope was sent at 00:00.
[vvvv]: Baby Q, how is it? Am I the first to give you a red envelope?
[Su Bei]: No, big brother Xu is the third.
She didn't lie. Her phone provider and WeChat official account sent red envelopes one step ahead of Xu Shiwei.
[vvvv]: Since I can't be the first in time, I have to be the first in amount.
With such an iron resolution, Xu Shiwei began to 'shower' Su Bei with endless red envelopes.
[Su Bei]: Oh, oh, big brother Xu. You are already the first. No one is better than you. So please stop. Even if you aren't tired of sending red envelopes, my hand is already getting cramps receiving it.
More importantly, receiving this kind of red envelope was no fun at all.
[vvvv]: Hahaha, baby Q, you are stupidly cute.
Xu Shiwei sent an [Laughing] emoji.
[vvvv]: Have you forgotten my skill? I just need to write a script, and it will send red envelopes automatically. Why should I send one by one manually?
Su Bei: Haha.
[vvvv]: Baby Q, do you also want to make an automatic red envelope receiver?
[Su Bei]: No.
There is no fun in doing that!
Su Bei switched group and grabbed a few more rounds of red envelopes. Afterward, seeing the it's no longer early in the morning, she threw the phone to Su Xiaobao.
"Xiaobao, you continue to help me catch red envelopes. I will go to see Dad." From the door, Su Bei did not forget to remind him: "Your movement must be quick. Don't miss any."
—
Su Bei quietly tiptoed to Mr. Qin's bedroom. Mr. Qin has already gotten up, and the door to his room was open. Su Bei pretended to be passing by the door, secretly peeked into the room, then walked back again. She did it several times, pacing back and forth repeatedly.
Finally, Mr. Qin couldn't stand it and asked: "What are you doing there?"
"Um, nothing. Just want to see if you have got up, Dad." Su Bei stopped at the door and answered quickly.
Qin Shao: "Then?"
Then she wanted to see if Mr. Qin was wearing the tie she gave him.
Su Bei: "Then I want to say you Happy New Year, Dad." Although technically, it still wasn't New Year before midnight.
The corners of Mr. Qin's lips softened a bit. "Come in."
"Okay." Su Bei ran into Mr. Qin's room and sat on the sofa. There was one question that has been repeated in Su Bei's mind thousands of times. Finally, she couldn't hold any longer and asked: "Dad, do you want to wear a tie today?"
"I think it's better to wear one. Although we don't have to go out, today is an important holiday. We must pay attention to appearance, and Dad looks super handsome wearing a tie!" In order to smoothly make Mr. Qin wear the New Year gift from her, Su Bei directly turned on her rainbow fart mode.
Seeing his daughter's little trick, Mr. Qin smiled secretly. "You are right." Mr. Qin nodded, then he asked Su Bei with a serious tone: "Which one do you think is good?"
Mr. Qin took Su Bei to his tie rack. Su Bei saw the tie she gifted, already ironed and hung properly, at first glance. Among the dark-colored and somber-looking ties, this red one stood out conspicuously.
"This one!"
"Dad, you should wear this. I'll take it for you." Afraid that Mr. Qin would refuse, Su Bei hurriedly took the red tie.
"Dad, do you want me to help you wear it?"
"Do you know how to do it?"
Su Bei shook her head: "No."
"Come here, I'll teach you."
"Okay."
Su Bei took the tie behind Mr. Qin's neck per his instruction. Because of their height difference, Su Bei directly used the bed as a stool and stepped on it.
Su Bei: "Like this?"
Qin Shao: "Yes. Pass the end to below."
...
Su Bei found out that tying a tie was very different from tying a scarf. However, it wasn't too difficult either. Su Bei quickly finished the tie and looked at her 'creation' with satisfaction. After properly tidied up the edges, she looked at Mr. Qin with starry eyes and asked: "Dad, how is it?"
Qin Shao: The shape was right, but it was a little too tight. If the one tying it wasn't his own daughter, he has reason to doubt whether the other party wanted to strangle him.
"Very good."
When Mr. Qin was about to loosen the tie, Su Xiaobao came in, carrying Su Bei's two mobile phones.
"You also have red envelopes on this phone. Do you want to receive it?" It was the work phone Su Bei used to communicate with NST team members.
"Gimme." Su Bei jumped out of bed and couldn't wait to take the phone from Su Xiaobao. The group chats of NST Company and the technical department were issuing red envelopes at this moment. In addition, Su Bei also received one from Lin Shaochi.
After receiving the red envelope, Su Bei sent Lin Shaochi a cartoon emoji, with the words 'Thank You, Boss' brightly attached below.
Very quickly, Lin Shaochi sent a reply: Not boss.
Su Bei: ???
[Lin Shaochi: This is my personal red envelope for you.]
Su Bei: ...
She suddenly wanted to explain to Lin Shaochi that this 'Thank You, Boss' emoji was just a generic thing used to express gratitude after receiving red envelopes, not a real boss. She also sent the same emoji to Su Xiaobao and other people.
[Lin Shaochi: Happy New Year's Eve.]
[Su Bei: Boss, happy New Year's Eve too.]
On the other end, Lin Shaochi was stunned by Q's reply. Looking at the word 'Boss,' why did he think that she was deliberate?
—
"You two go back and change your clothes now." Seeing the twins still wearing pajamas, Mr. Qin said to them.
"Ah, okay." Su Bei nodded.
When leaving, Su Bei's eyes were still glued on her mobile phone, immersed in the addiction of grabbing red envelopes.
The left-behind father and son looked at each other.
Mr. Qin raised his eyebrows slightly: "Is grabbing red envelopes very interesting?"
Su Xiaobao: "Just so-so."
He also wanted to know why Su Bei liked it so much. He has grabbed more than 20 red envelopes, but after seeing that the total was less than 10 yuan, he completely lost all interest.