"May you strike it rich~"
"May your life be splendid~"
"May the best come your way, and the bad stay away."
"No one minds a little extra courtesy-"
"..."
Music drifted through the streets and alleys, reminding everyone that the New Year was coming. It was already the day before New Year's Eve.
Yue Wen spent the morning cultivating as usual. When he went downstairs for lunch, he saw Qi Dian sitting there, staring at his phone with a troubled expression.
"What's wrong?" Yue Wen asked. "Are there already no riders delivering takeout today?"
"Is the situation that serious?" Hearing this, Xing'er came out of the storage room too. "Should we go stock up on instant food at the supermarket? If we can't order takeout over the New Year, we can eat instant noodles at home."
"Eating that over the New Year would be too miserable." Yue Wen frowned. "Why not get some frozen dumplings? Those would at least suit the occasion."
Xing'er nodded in agreement. "Sure. We can have dumplings together for New Year's Eve dinner. I want spicy diced chicken filling."
"I want squirrel-style mandarin fish filling," Yue Wen said.
"Have either of you ever eaten dumplings made by humans?!" At this point, no matter how deep in thought Qi Dian was, he had to spare the attention to make a couple of sarcastic remarks.
"What, you don't like that?" Xing'er looked at him. "Then how about mapo tofu filling? Or extra-spicy duck blood and offal stew filling?"
"I'm begging you, please!" Qi Dian covered his face helplessly. Only after a long while did he look up and say, "It's not about whether there's takeout. I'm agonizing over something else."
"What is it?" Yue Wen and Xing'er asked.
Looking troubled, Qi Dian said haltingly, "My sister messaged me