For Li Congxin's family, Christmas 1998 was undoubtedly the bleakest Christmas they had ever had.
Old Pi had collapsed, so naturally Hope had no heart to celebrate. Mindy, being sensible, did not ask to celebrate either—or perhaps she simply did not care about holidays at all.
After all, her daughter-ruining father had never treated her like a normal little girl since she was young.
As for Li Congxin, he cared even less.
He had celebrated holidays like Christmas in his previous life when he was young and bored out of his mind, but he shared the same mindset as most Huaxia people who celebrated Western holidays.
What the holiday was or what it symbolized did not matter in the slightest.
Once any Western holiday made its way to Huaxia, it automatically turned into a food festival, shopping festival, or Valentine's Day.
Simply put, they did not care what the holiday was about. They merely wanted an excuse to eat, drink, and have fun.
Since it was a holiday he had never cared about, Li Congxin naturally would not delay important matters just to celebrate it at a time like this.
As a result, the entire villa felt cold and deserted.
Unlike Huaxia's Spring Festival, which could be celebrated for over a month, Christmas, despite being the grandest holiday in the West, lasted only three days.
December 26 was also the final day of the three-day Christmas celebration, known as Carnival Night.
Li Congxin dressed himself neatly early in the morning and arrived at New York TV Station to participate in a variety show called "The Real You."
Because the show was broadcast live, there was not much preparation to do. To ensure authenticity, the station had not even arranged for Li Congxin to meet anyone besides the host before the