"I wish you prosperity~"
"I wish you excitement."
"The best ones come over, the bad ones step aside."
"No one complains about too many courtesies."
The sounds of music drifted from the streets, reminding everyone that the Lunar New Year had arrived. It was already the day before New Year's Eve.
Yue Wen cultivated for a whole morning as usual. When he walked downstairs to prepare for lunch, he saw Qi Dian sitting there, wearing a troubled expression as he looked at his phone. "What's wrong?" Yue Wen asked. "Is there no delivery rider for takeout today?"
"Is the situation this dire?" Hearing the sound, Xing'er also walked out of the utility room. "Do we need to go to the supermarket to stock up on some instant food? If we can't order takeout during the New Year, we'll just eat some instant noodles at home ourselves."
"Eating that during the New Year is way too miserable." Yue Wen frowned. "We might as well get some frozen dumplings, which fits the occasion better."
Xing'er nodded in agreement. "That works too. We can just eat some dumplings together for New Year's Eve dinner. I want mala diced chicken filling."
"I want squirrel mandarin fish filling," Yue Wen said.
"Have the two of you ever eaten dumplings wrapped by humans?!" Upon hearing this, no matter how immersed in thought he was, Qi Dian had to muster some energy to complain. "What, you don't like it?" Xing'er looked at him. "Then mapo tofu filling? Or extra-spicy blood curd filling?"
"I'm really begging you!" Qi Dian covered his face in resignation, and only after a long while did he raise his head and say, "It's not a question of whether there's takeout or not. I'm agonizing over something else."
"What is it?" Yue Wen and