Kevin Ye almost clapped in celebration, "That's great. Then please lose more money."
"When I get familiar with the game, I'll make you lose your money."
As expected, Xiran Xiao had won many times in a row after she figured out the game.
There was a lot of laughter in the room. John, who had come up to refill the tea, smiled kindly. He also stood behind Henry and instructed him on how to play mahjong. But when he went out, he sighed softly.
Last New Year's Eve, Kerry was alone in the house. He sat in front of the window alone until dawn. This year, all the people Kerry was expecting were back, but he himself wasn't here.
"Things are really hard to predict," John sighed.
Near midnight, firecrackers were heard in the distance. They put down the mahjong and went outside. Pingan, who had fallen asleep, woke up to the noise.
"Kevin, why don't you go light the fireworks?" John said, and then gave Kevin a lighter.
Xiran stood next to Venus and covered Pingan's ears with her hands. There was a loud bang, and huge fireworks exploded in the sky.
Pingan laughed very happily at this sight.
"Venus, light a Kongming lantern as a blessing for Kerry." John said, and then he brought a blue lantern to Venus.
Venus nodded.
Together they lit the lantern and watched as it slowly expanded and then flew into the sky.
"Kerry, you can’t die,” Venus whispered.
Tianye held Xiran in his arms and said softly, "You should call our parents. It's New Year's Eve, and I want to thank them for giving birth to the most beautiful you in the world."
Xiran was stunned, then smiled and asked, "Parents?"
"Yeah. But they'll be my parents soon." Tianye said.
"You haven't even proposed to me yet. Why are my parents your parents?" Xiran said.
Tianye bowed his head and kissed her deeply on the lips, "I'm sorry. I've been so busy with things lately. When I'm done, I'll make sure to give you a grand proposal ceremony."
"I don't care if it's grand or not," said Xiran, leaning against his chest, "I only care if you have me in your heart."
"All I have in my heart is you." said Tianye.
"Okay then, I'll let you talk to my parents." She said, and then she pulled out her phone and held his hand, walking into the room.
Kevin was extremely shocked when he saw how gentle Xiran was. He didn't expect her to have such a tender side. He thought she was always so strong.
Kevin lit a firework and walked over to Venus and said to Pingan, "How does it look?"
Pingan clapped her little hand in delight, "It looks beautiful."
"Here, take this." Kevin put it in his little hand.
"It's fun." Pingan shook it in his hand.
Kevin's eyes fell on Venus's smiling face and said softly, "Happy New Year, Venus."
"Happy New Year." Venus said with a smile. Then she looked at Pingan. She was worried that the fireworks would hurt his hand.
......
Venus gave red envelopes to all the servents who stayed at the villa and sent New Year's greetings to them.
Pingan also received several red envelopes, especially the biggest red envelope from Tianye.
"Venus, we're going home first." said Tianye. After finishing the meal, Tianye and Xiran were ready to leave.
"May I ask what's so important?" Mr. Chen asked.
Venus looked worried and got straight to the point, "There is something very important." Then her eyes got wet. "Kerry is missing."
"What?" Mr. Chen was shocked.
"My brother is indeed in trouble. I said on TV earlier that his trip to Australia was a lie. He couldn't come out in person to clear up the rumors because he was missing." Kevin said.
"What's going on?" Mr. Chen looked anxious and asked.
Kevin was silent for a moment and said, "On the night of the annual meeting, my brother received a strange phone call. They said they had something important to give him in person. So my brother left the conference and never came back. We've been looking for him for the past few days."
"That's why I was in such a hurry to leave," Venus explained.
Mr. Chen recalled the evening of the annual meeting. He was still wondering why Kerry left in the middle of such an important occasion.
"Then who the hell called Mr. Ye?" asked Mr. Xu, another vice president.
Venus shook his head, "I don't know. We've checked Kerry's phone records. The call was made from overseas," she paused for a moment, and then said meaningfully, "You know he's offended a lot of people in the past, so ......"
Mr. Chen and Mr. Xu were extremely smart people. They have been with Kerry for a long time and know that Kerry has offended many people in the process of growing Yehuang Group in the past few years.
"Is it kidnapping or revenge?" Mr. Xu asked.
"It should be revenge. We don't even know where he has been taken." Venus said, and then she buried her face in her hands, crying.
At that moment, a soft voice came over, "Mom."
They both turned around to see a kid in a yellow sweater walking up with a glowing Transformer in his hand.
To their surprise, the kid looked just as he was describe on the Internet, with one eye blue and one purple, and he looked like Kerry.
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