Most of the older generation kept the custom of staying up to see in the New Year. Naturally, Ye Xunzhi and the others couldn't leave Old Master Ye and the other old man to stay up on their own.
That made passing the time a major problem. Now that they had finished setting off fireworks, it was ten at night.
Ye Xunzhi could barely keep her eyes open. She rubbed her face.
[Oh no, I got up too early to put up the Spring Festival couplets this morning. I'm so sleepy now.]
"Fifth Brother, let's play a game." Ye Xunzhi tugged at Ye Xiao beside her.
"Sure!" Ye Xiao sprang to his feet, deftly pulled his phone from his pocket, and opened the game.
"I'm bored too. Let's team up. Hey, your Brother Yu's online. Want to invite him?"
Ye Xunzhi's face went blank. "Brother Yu? No. He's so bad he gives me uterine chills. Quick, let's both go invisible and get a random teammate. Hurry!"
Ye Xiao, who had just answered Yu Yuan's video call: "..."
Oh no, I hit accept without thinking. What now? Forget it. He hung up outright.
Yu Yuan, who had been brutally rejected before he could even speak: You two siblings are giving me uterine chills!
"What games? Put your phones down," Old Master Ye said irritably. "Playing with electronics at New Year-what kind of behavior is that?"
Though reluctant, Ye Xunzhi and Ye Xiao obediently put their phones down.
"Grandpa." Ye Xunzhi pouted like a little yellow duck. "But I'm so bored."
"If you're bored, watch the Spring Festival Gala. A comedy sketch is coming on now. That's something to look forward to."
"Eww." Disdain covered Ye Xunzhi's face.
*[Grandpa, you really must have nothing left to watch. Rather than look forward to