"Aunty, I've said it already. I can get by on my own. What's the big deal about New Year? If we just treat it like a normal weekend or National Day, it'll pass by just fine. There's no Nian monster coming out to eat people, so what's the point of having so many people around?" Ji Weiwei pulled Xie Yunqing's hand and said magnanimously, "You guys go ahead and head back to your hometown with An Yang. If I really feel lonely, it wouldn't be out of the question for me to go back and find my mum and dad. They don't eat people, after all!"
"How can that do!" Xie Yunqing frowned, feeling that there was simply no way to let her daughter get the short end of the stick.
Yet if she were to take Ji Weiwei back to her hometown, there were no ties of kinship between them. Ji Weiwei's elders were still alive, and both sentimentally and reasonably, it was simply unmentionable. At the same time, she couldn't bear to leave Ji Weiwei behind here all by herself! Let Ji Weiwei go home for the New Year? That was even more out of the question. Having been colleagues for so many years, she was well aware of the personalities and faces of Teacher Ji's couple. If Ji Weiwei went back, she would definitely catch flak, or else be forced into blind dates—the kind that felt like selling a daughter.
"How about... you come home with us for the New Year? We'll just say you're my goddaughter." Xie Yunqing asked, frowning.
"How does that make any sense? Even a goddaughter can't spend New Year's Eve and the first day of the lunar new year at your house!" Ji Weiwei was genuinely touched and amused all at once,