Over the next few days, Chen Hao and Liu Yan stayed peacefully in Chen Family Village, celebrating the New Year with his parents.
Thanks to the incident with Li Hua, Chen Yong's family had become the heroes of Chen Family Village overnight.
People they knew, people they didn't, and even people who had come specially from Neighboring Village all called on Chen Yong to offer New Year's greetings, leaving him and Li Xia utterly exhausted.
Chen Yong, who cared deeply about appearances, enjoyed being showered with compliments, but even he struggled to withstand the endless rounds of drinking.
There were four or five meals a day, with alcohol at every one. And given Chen Family Village's hard-drinking customs, the host was expected to drink with every guest until they were satisfied.
After several days, Chen Yong didn't even dare go downstairs. Chen Hao and Liu Yan didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Suddenly, Chen Hao's phone rang. He checked the caller and saw that it was Qin Yumo.
Chen Hao was a little surprised. Why was she suddenly calling me? Did she miss me that much?
With that thought, Chen Hao answered the call. "Hey, babe, missing me?"
He was used to joking around with Qin Yumo, so he started teasing her the moment he picked up.
This time, however, no comeback came from Qin Yumo.
After four or five seconds without any response, Chen Hao frowned, instinctively sensing that something was wrong. "Hey, Qin Yumo, what's wrong?"
Soft sobbing suddenly came from the other end, making Chen Hao even more anxious. "Hey, don't cry. What happened?"
Chen Hao knew Qin Yumo's personality very well. No matter what troubles she faced, if she could shoulder them herself, she would never bother anyone else, much less cry—unless she had truly