novelraw Chapter 680 : Happy New Year
Chapter 680 : Happy New Year
Chapter 680: Happy New Year
After midnight, Chen Fan lost interest in continuing to watch the New Year Gala.
At the same time, he didn't want to stay downstairs to deal with a bunch of elders, so he simply went out with the children to set off firecrackers.
In Chen Fan's memory, the biggest desire during the New Year as a child was to buy firecrackers.
But the family's economic conditions didn't allow it, and his parents could only buy him no more than 10 strings of firecrackers each time. Fireworks were not even to be thought of.
To enjoy them to the fullest extent, Chen Fan always took apart all the firecrackers, put them in his pocket, and set them off one by one.
Now that he had grown up and had money, Chen Fan didn't have much longing for these things anymore.
But he still bought several boxes of fireworks and firecrackers in advance.
This delighted the children of his relatives.
They all hid in the courtyard, watching Chen Fan, his cousin, and his younger cousin lay out several boxes of fireworks in a row, then light them together.
As beautiful clusters of fireworks bloomed in the night sky, the entire village could see the fireworks set off in the Chen family courtyard.
The children shouted and yelled excitedly, while Chen Fan stood aside with a lighter, feeling satisfied.
The phone in his pocket rang.
Taking it out and glancing at it, Chen Fan's lips curled slightly.
"Hello, wife."
"Happy New Year."
"Happy New Year, wishing you good fortune in the Year of the Rooster. May you become more and more beautiful."
Chen Fan shouted into the phone, "I'm in the courtyard, setting off fireworks. Listen."
He held the phone up to the air and asked with a smile.
"Can you hear it?"
"Wait a moment, it's too noisy outside. I'll go inside to chat with you."
Chen Fan tossed the lighter to his cousin, then took his phone to the second floor.
"Hello. Why aren't you asleep yet?"
"Mm, I was watching the New Year Gala too."
On the other end of the phone, Su Ruochu lay in bed and said softly, "I used to love the New Year so much when I was little, why does it feel less and less interesting now?"
Chen Fan thought, this is just the beginning, in a few more years, it will be even less interesting.
"That's because everyone's living conditions have improved now, and we can eat the good food that we used to only have during the New Year anytime, so naturally, we don't look forward to the New Year as much."
Su Ruochu laughed, "What you say makes sense."
"I've already lain down to rest. When are you going to sleep?"
Chen Fan: "There's still a bunch of relatives at home. Probably in a while."
"You go to sleep early. I'll call you tomorrow after I finish paying New Year visits."
"Mm."
"Wait, wife."
"What is it?"
"Ahem, anyway, there's nothing else to do. Why don't we chat for a while?"
"What do you want to chat about?"
"Ahem, wife, what color underwear are you wearing tonight..."
"Chen Fan..."
Bang!
The phone on the other end hung up directly.
Chen Fan shook his head, torn between laughter and tears.
Those guys online, one after another saying they could make the woman on the other end of the phone obey with just a few words... they were all liars indeed.
After hanging up Su Ruochu's call, Chen Fan took his phone and started sending text messages.
He directly chose to send group messages from his contacts.
"On the occasion of the New Year, Chen Fan wishes everyone a happy New Year, good health, success in career, and eternal youth."
After sending the group message, in no time, messages and calls started coming in one after another on his phone.
First were the few guys from 519.
Chen Fan received a call from Ma Xiaoshuai, and they chatted for a few sentences, then Brother Jie called, so he talked with him for a couple of sentences...
Then came Guo Shuai, Wu Di, Sun Hao, and Han Xu.
By the time he finished exchanging greetings with these guys, Chen Fan's phone already showed dozens of text messages received.
And it was still increasing.
Classmates, company management, plus friends and relatives, Chen Fan received too many text messages...
Just as he was about to answer a call from Ding Dian, his phone suddenly went black.
Chen Fan was stunned on the spot.
Damn!
The phone had actually shut down due to the flood of text messages.
After restarting, the phone started buzzing again, receiving text messages.
This time it continued for two or three minutes before the text messages finally stopped.
Chen Fan looked at the text messages, most of them were from university classmates and company executives.
For example, the few girls from the associated dorm 326 sent messages, and even the three girls from Su Ruochu's postgraduate dormitory sent New Year's greetings.
In addition, the management of the club, Liang Shichu from Feifan Technology, Guo Wendong from Qifan Construction, and even Zhou Wangchao, Li Yang, and Xu Qiuci from the Pudong branch all sent New Year's greetings respectively.
As for friends, Yan Qing and a bunch of young masters in the circle...
Chen Fan skimmed through all these contents.
Tong Yao's message was: "So annoying. New Year is the most boring. Happy my ass!"
Seeing this, Chen Fan laughed, guessing this girl was probably also being surrounded by a room full of relatives at home.
There was also one from Nalan Wan'er in Beijing.
This girl's message was simple: "Master, Happy New Year oh."
Chen Fan shook his head, seems like this "master" joke would never end.
At this time, Ding Dian's call came through again, and Chen Fan hurriedly answered.
"What's going on?"
Ding Dian's tone was very displeased as soon as she spoke.
Chen Fan quickly explained, "There were too many text messages, it just shut down earlier."
"Tsk tsk, as expected of a big boss. Business is really busy."
"I thought you were busy calling your pink confidantes."
"Don't talk nonsense, I'm not that kind of person."
"It would be strange if you weren't."
"Alright, there's nothing else, just calling to wish the capitalist boss a Happy New Year, and don't forget to give me a raise next year. Hanging up."
Chen Fan looked at the hung-up phone, torn between laughter and tears.
In this world, probably only Ding Dian dared to be so unrestrained in front of him, her boss.
At this moment, the phone rang again.
Looking at it, it showed Wen Wan.
Chen Fan quickly adjusted his mood and pressed answer.
"Hello."
Chen Fan, taking the call in the room, didn't notice at all that there was someone hiding in the bathroom next to his bedroom.
Chen Wan didn't come in here on purpose.
She wanted to use the bathroom downstairs, but the downstairs bathroom was occupied, so Li Jinqiu told her to come upstairs.
Chen Wan never expected that before she could leave, someone would come into the room.
From the voice, it was Chen Fan.
And this guy seemed to be making endless phone calls.
His relationships seemed to be quite good.
Chen Wan was quietly thinking about these things while hiding in the bathroom, but gradually, she noticed something was off.
Why did it seem like all the calls her cousin was taking later were from women?
And the content of each conversation was... a bit ambiguous.
Especially the current one, hearing her cousin speak in such a soft and gentle manner, Chen Wan felt goosebumps all over her body.
How many girlfriends did her cousin have?
Unexpectedly, her cousin, who usually seemed quite honest, was actually such a player outside.
"You're not in Yunhai?"
Chen Fan was surprised, originally thinking Wen Wan would go home for the New Year.
Wen Wan on the other end of the phone explained softly, "Anyway, I'd be alone if I went back. Might as well spend the New Year outside."
"I gave my manager a holiday, and came to Hainan alone, planning to spend the New Year here."
Hearing this, Chen Fan felt a bit sorry for her.
Come to think of it, Wen Wan really had no other relatives in this world except for himself.