The Ye family living room.
Ye Yuan was slightly taken aback when he heard his mother blurt out Northeastern dialect.
How long had he even been gone?
How had his mother's accent changed already?
Seeing Ye Yuan's astonishment, Ye Hui explained with a smile from the side:
"Our new neighbors are from the Northeast. The wife is from there."
"Mom has spent a lot of time with her lately, so she picked up the accent."
Ye Yuan nodded. He knew just how contagious Northeastern dialect could be.
It was rare for the whole family to get together, yet only now did Ye Yuan realize that he had been here for so long.
And he still hadn't seen Brother-in-law.
"Ye Hui, where's Brother-in-law?"
Ye Yuan had only asked casually.
"Don't even mention him. He went traveling with a client during the New Year!"
Ye Hui said irritably, clearly extremely dissatisfied with Brother-in-law's actions.
"Xiao Hui, I've told you already, a man's career comes first."
"Shaohui didn't go because he wanted to. Wasn't it to accompany a client?"
"You're being a little narrow-minded about this!"
Father Ye spoke up for his son-in-law, only to earn eye rolls from both mother and daughter.
"What's going on? Tell me about it!"
Ye Yuan looked curiously at Father Ye.
The New Year was practically here, yet he had gone traveling. What kind of important client was this?
"You two talk. I'll go cook."
Ye Hui didn't want to bother with these two men who always took outsiders' sides. She stomped her foot and headed for the kitchen.
"You two talk. I'll go help Xiao Hui."
Mother Ye was delighted that her son had returned, and she followed her daughter into the kitchen.
"Dad, what's going on? The New Year is almost here, so why is