Abnormal Gourmet Chronicle

Chapter 1220 585: This Year's Qin Family Reunion Will Surely Be Lively

The situation was intense.

Seeing Qin Huai arrive, Chen Huihong asked him to sit down. Before he could raise his teacup for a sip of hot tea, she began, "Qin Huai, you used to cry as a child, didn't you?"

Qin Huai nearly choked on the steam.

"You could hear that from the next room?" Qin Huai was bewildered.

Originally, the room had 4 mahjong tables. Since Chen Huihong and the others needed to discuss spirit-related topics during their overnight vigil, they contacted the funeral home to rent the neighboring hall. They moved the other three mahjong tables, the TV, and the PS5 to the hall next door, so they could speak freely during mahjong.

"We spirits have excellent hearing," Chen Huihong said. "The self-service room is right next door; of course, we can hear it from such a close distance."

"If Luo Jun were still alive, he could hear it as well."

Zhao Cheng'an asked curiously, "Qin Huai, did you really hide in your room crying secretly when you were little? Why?"

Qin Huai: "… Don't bother about it, that was ages ago, how would I know what I was thinking back then."

Qu Jing spoke weakly, but she was discussing another matter: "Qin Huai, this New Year, are Youyou and Zhou Hu going to your place for the holiday? Old Shi also wants to go, since he has to eat the breakfast you make every morning."

"Yes," Qin Huai nodded, "Well, not exactly for the New Year at my place, since we come from the same place. He just needs an excuse to come to our village for breakfast every day during the holiday."

Shi Dada chuckled humbly, nodded, and moved his tiles.

Flush.

"Can I go?" Qu Jing asked.

"Huh?" Qin Huai was surprised Qu Jing wanted to spend the New Year at her place, "This year you're not spending it with your mom and dad..."

"I admit it, it's a dry kinship, but ultimately I'm not their real daughter. Although I want to spend the holiday with them, it's hard to justify it. Mrs. Qu said the orphanage is renovating this New Year and the kids have been temporarily transferred to other orphanages. She won't be in Shan City this holiday."

"I don't have anywhere to go."

It sounded a bit sad.

"Of course you can, Qu Jing! Do you have time off this New Year?"

"Our department isn't busy during the holiday. I already have 7 days of annual leave. I can rearrange with colleagues for more, maybe up to 10 days. Normally, I haven't really taken leave for New Year's before; I'd usually cover for colleagues. It's pretty straightforward for them to switch for me this year."

"That's great, my grandparents' place has free rooms. If needed, we can borrow neighboring rooms; there's definitely space in our village."

"Jingjing, are you going to spend New Year at Qin Huai's too? I want to go as well," Chen Huihong said, discarding a two-dot tile, "Our New Year meals are terrible at my place. My mom's cooking is really not good, and it's hard to convince her to eat out."

"Just right, Huihui hasn't been to Guangdong Province yet. I could take Huihui for a visit."

"... Sister Hong, aren't you and Huihui going home this New Year? Would your family agree?"

"Our family doesn't care about that," Chen Huihong waved her hand dismissively.

Gong Liang followed up, discarding another two-dot tile, "Hearing you all makes me want to go too, but I have to spend New Year in Gusu. Every year, our family eats the New Year's Eve dinner from Huang Ji."

"I could maybe go to Guangdong Province on the fifth, the fifth should be fine, right?"

Cheng Gong calmly finished replying to a WeChat message and set his phone down, "I can make it to Guangdong Province on the sixth."

Zhao Cheng'an: ???

"You're all going to Qin Huai's, but not me? I... can't go, I just don't have time; I've only got three days off, and I have to accompany Xia Mubing in Beiping."

"Can you all give me a video call when you're there?"

Qin Huai: ...

Initially, he just planned to invite Zhou Hu over for New Year, gain some favor, and unlock a few side quests—how did things turn into this?

For some reason, Qin Huai felt certain that this year at the Qin Family's would be lively and eventful.

Grandpa, Grandma, your grandson didn't bring a significant other home for New Year, but he brought a lot of friends who aren't even human to celebrate!