Winter Vacation Arrangements (Part 2) Thanks to Operations Officer Linlin Shuang for the Alliance Master Reward

After listening to Xia Yao, Ming Ling, and Gou Yu finish talking about their winter vacation plans, Fang Ran realized that they would all be staying in Beijing for the foreseeable future.

After thinking for a moment, Fang Ran turned to Meng Lang on the other side of the small table.

Come to think of it, Meng Lang's family situation was much like Gou Yu's. Even Fang Ran, who had known him the longest, knew nothing besides the fact that he seemed to be from Beijing.

Of course, he had never thought to ask.

"Don't make it sound like I loaf around all day, okay?"

Rolling his eyes at Fang Ran's label of unemployed vagrant, Meng Lang rubbed his temples as if recalling something and sighed.

"It's almost the end of the year. My family has some arrangements this year, and there are matters involving the elders too."

"I've got things to do as well, but I'll basically be staying in Beijing the whole time."

"Oh, right. I'd advise you not to leave Beijing too early either, little brother."

At this point, he glanced at Ming Ling in the kitchen, then cast Fang Ran a sidelong look as he reminded him.

"The Night Bureau has a year-end party at the end of the year, sometime before New Year's. Everyone in the bureau will be there, especially since it happens to be Night Big Beauty's elder's birthday this year."

"She takes such good care of everyone normally. You can't seriously have the nerve to be the only one who doesn't go, can you?"

It was Fang Ran's first time hearing about the Night Bureau's year-end party. His first thought was that there were barely any people in the bureau, so why were they even holding a year-end party? Wasn't that overly