Translator:- Max
Editor:- BumBlueBeen
On the first New Year after Ji Qingzhou and Chu Cheng became public, Chu Cheng proposed that both their families should celebrate the Chinese New Year together. Ji Qingzhou didn’t think it was necessary, as they hadn’t gotten married yet despite meeting each other’s parents. However, Chu Cheng was very persistent and asked Ji Qingzhou, “Don’t you want to celebrate Chinese New Year’s with me?”
With just one question, Ji Qingzhou was defeated. Of course he wanted to celebrate the New Year with Chu Cheng. It was almost a no-brainer.
“So, is it okay for our families to celebrate the New Year together?” Chu Cheng asked again.
“If both your parents and my parents agree.” Ji Qingzhou conceded.
Chu Cheng was very confident about this. “Don’t worry, they will definitely agree.”
However, what Ji Qingzhou and Chu Cheng didn’t expect was that before they even had a chance to talk to their parents about celebrating the New Year together, Ji Qingzhou received an invitation from the Spring Festival Gala. When Zhou Chengfeng called to tell him this, Ji Qingzhou held his phone and sat on the bed in a daze for two seconds.
He had to go; no celebrity would turn down an invitation to the Spring Festival Gala. But, the thought of not being able to celebrate New Year’s with Chu Cheng inevitably left Ji Qingzhou feeling a bit reluctant.
“It’s not necessarily the case.” Zhou Chengfeng glanced at the song arranged for him by the Spring Festival Gala production team. “If your performance in the program is scheduled early, you can leave the venue directly after finishing the performance, allowing you to still spend New Year’s with Young Master Chu.”
“That won’t work. Chu Cheng has always celebrated the New Year with his family. It wouldn’t be appropriate to ask him to fly from X City to B City just for me.”
Upon hearing this, Zhou Chengfeng exclaimed in surprise, “Didn’t I tell you? You won’t be going to the main venue in B City; your performance will be recorded at the branch venue in X City.”
This was indeed a pleasant surprise, and Ji Qingzhou was overjoyed at this turn of event. “Zhou Ge, next time for such important matters, please mention it earlier. Thank you.”
Zhou Chengfeng: “So, I really didn’t mention it?”
Ji Qingzhou looked at his “this shouldn’t have happened” expression and wondered if he should buy some walnuts for his manager.
Upon learning that Ji Qingzhou would be recording the Spring Festival Gala, Wang Fang was so shocked that she almost couldn’t speak. Her life had been quite ordinary, and the biggest stage she had ever stood on was the school’s award podium during her student years. Little did she expect that her son would step onto the Spring Festival Gala stage. Wang Fang couldn’t contain her excitement, and after Ji Qingzhou left, she couldn’t help but show off to Xiao Qin garrulously, even telling her again and again to make sure to watch it when the time came.
Xiao Qin felt that she looked much more lively and her illness seemed to be much better than before. She immediately patted her chest and said, “Don’t worry, Auntie. Our whole family watches the Spring Festival Gala during New Year’s. I’ll go back and tell my family that Ji Ge is my boss.”
“That’s not necessary.” Wang Fang was a little embarrassed. After all, Chu Cheng was Xiao Qin’s boss.
Chu Cheng didn’t share Wang Fang’s level of excitement regarding Ji Qingzhou’s participation in the Spring Festival Gala. Although it was at a branch venue, who knew what time the show was. If it was too late, Ji Qingzhou wouldn’t be able to return home with him. His long-planned hopes being dashed, he was naturally somewhat worried. But it was a good thing after all. When Chu Cheng returned home, he opened a bottle of champagne to celebrate.
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Ji Qingzhou shook his head, “The schedule for the performance hasn’t been finalised yet, and our act is still in the preliminary review stage. We don’t even know if it will be approved; if it gets rejected, then there won’t be a performance at all.”
“Then let’s hope for the best.” Chu Cheng replied. He understood that while he wanted to spend New Year’s with Ji Qingzhou, New Year’s came every year, but the opportunity to perform at the Spring Festival Gala might not be possible. Ji Qingzhou’s career was clearly more important here.
“I hope my performance time is early too. That way, we can still have a meal together.”
Chu Cheng touched his head and said, “Don’t worry, even if it’s a performance after midnight, we can still have a meal together.”
Ji Qingzhou smiled and leaned in to give him a kiss.
However, the Heavens seemed to favour them both. Ji Qingzhou’s group star chorus successfully passed the review and was scheduled for an early performance at 8:30 PM.
When Ji Qingzhou received this news, he immediately called Chu Cheng in excitement and said, “We can spend New Year’s together now! I am on the show at 8:30. It’s just one song of three minutes, and I’ll leave the venue right after. We have plenty of time.”
Chu Cheng felt this was incredibly fortunate. If Ji Qingzhou were with him right now, he probably would have hugged Ji Qingzhou tightly and kissed him hard to celebrate their good luck.
The two of them discussed the plan to first take Wang Fang to the Chu family. After Ji Qingzhou finished singing, Chu Cheng would directly take him to his house, and both their families would celebrate the New Year together at Chu house.
Father Chu and Mother Chu naturally had no objection to this. Mother Chu was kind-hearted and felt that Chu Cheng was quite considerate. “Xiaozhou is going to record for the Spring Festival Gala. It’s really pitiful to leave his mother alone in the hospital to celebrate the New Year by herself. It is better to bring her home to celebrate Chinese New Year’s. It’s more lively with more people.”
“Then it’s settled.” Chu Cheng said, “But since Zhou Zhou’s performance is early, I’ll wait for him backstage. After he’s done recording, the two of us will come back, and you can decide whether to wait for us to have dinner together or go ahead and eat.”
“Then let’s eat together.” Chu Cheng’s mother said, “Since you can make it in time, naturally we should all eat together.”
“Okay.”
Compared with the smoothness on Chu Cheng’s side, there were some complications on Ji Qingzhou’s side. Wang Fang felt a bit awkward about going to Chu family to celebrate New Year’s, “It’s New Year’s and going to someone else’s home would be troublesome to them.”
“Ah Cheng is not someone else.” Ji Qingzhou persuaded her, “Mom, Ah Cheng will be unhappy if you say this.”
Wang Fang sighed and said, “The main reason is my current condition; I can’t be of much help if I go there. Maybe it will make the people of the Chu family dislike you.”
“Not at all.” Ji Qingzhou had met Mother Chu once during the middle of the year and found her to be somewhat similar to his own mother – gentle, intelligent, but she loved to laugh more and was a bit more humorous. As a result, he had a favourable impression of her.
“I’ve met their family, and they are very good. You can tell by looking at Ah Cheng. A family that can cultivate a character like his must have parents who are well-educated.”
Wang Fang was persuaded by him for a long time before finally nodding helplessly, hoping that she would not hold back Ji Qingzhou when the time comes.
With both sets of parents settled, Ji Qingzhou went to the recording studio on the day of the Spring Festival Gala to join other celebrities in singing a song that celebrated the new year.
Wang Fang sat on the sofa in Chu family’s home, watching Ji Qingzhou’s performance together with Father Chu, Mother Chu, and Chu Xin.
“Xiaozhou’s singing is really nice to hear ah.” Mother Chu said to her.
Wang Fang smiled and said, “Yes, when he was a child, he didn’t like to sing. It’s surprising that he sings so well now that he’s grown up.”
“He’s good-looking too. I’ve noticed that among all the celebrities, Xiaozhou is the best looking.”
“Xiao Cheng is handsome too. The first time I met Xiao Cheng, I thought he was a celebrity.”
The two mothers praised each other’s sons, and they had a pleasant conversation.
Ji Qingzhou’s fans had been waiting in front of their TVs long before his appearance. The moment he appeared, one of them excitedly pointed out to her parents, “Mom, my boyfriend!”
Her mother was irritated and felt like grabbing her ear, saying, “He’s a celebrity, not your boyfriend! Stop changing the subject. Do you realise how old you are now? When will you find a suitable partner?”
“Aiya, don’t rush me. How can you bring up marriage on New Year’s? Finding a partner is not that easy, let’s take it slow.” The girl said, and didn’t forget to browse forums and Weibo in her hand. She saw that her idol had indeed sparked a new round of discussions. There was even a poll on the forum asking which celebrity looked the best during that performance. The girl quickly voted for Ji Qingzhou. After submitting, the current poll results were automatically displayed, and as expected, Ji Qingzhou rode without leaving any dust behind.
The girl was very satisfied; it seemed like a great year.
After Ji Qingzhou finished singing, he informed Zhou Chengfeng and left the backstage area directly. Before leaving, he specifically said to Zhou Chengfeng, “Happy New Year, Zhou Ge. Go home and spend time with your family. See you next year.”
Zhou Chengfeng smiled and patted his back, “Happy New Year.”
Ji Qingzhou changed his clothes and ran all the way to Chu Cheng’s car. He opened the door and got in. “Phew, I don’t think it’s too late, right?”
Chu Cheng noticed that Ji Qingzhou hadn’t even had time to remove his makeup and chuckled, “You’re not late at all. Look at how anxious you are.”
“I didn’t want to keep you waiting for too long.” Ji Qingzhou said, “Let’s go, let’s head home.”
Upon hearing this, Chu Cheng started the car.
When the Chu family’s parents and Wang Fang saw that they were back, they started to prepare dinner. Mother Chu smiled and said, “We just saw Xiao Zhou on TV. Xiao Zhou’s singing was pretty good.”
Ji Qingzhou felt a bit embarrassed and modestly replied, “It was alright.”
Chu Cheng helped him take off his coat, and they all sat down at the dining table while Auntie brought the dishes one by one.
Mother Chu had brewed a bottle of fruit wine a couple of days ago. Seeing today’s lively atmosphere, she had the housekeeper bring it out and poured a glass for everyone to try and see if it tasted good.
Ji Qingzhou tasted it and praised it enthusiastically, “It tastes good.”
Seeing that he liked it, Mother Chu poured another glass for him. Ji Qingzhou thought that having two glasses wouldn’t make him drunk, and moreover it was the New Year, getting drunk was just getting drunk, so he casually and confidently drank another glass.
Mother Chu was about to pour another glass for him when Chu Cheng stopped her, “He’s had three glasses already. If you make him drink more, he’ll have to go straight to his room to rest.”
Mother Chu, after hearing his words thought that there were other things planned, put the wine bottle away and said to Ji Qingzhou, “Then Xiao Zhou, have some non-alcoholic beverages.”
“Okay.” Ji Qingzhou nodded.
The fruit wine had a low alcohol content, so even after having two glasses, Ji Qingzhou managed to stay conscious and clear-headed. He enjoyed the reunion dinner with Chu family and Wang Fang, chatting and laughing.
Because Wang Fang’s health was still not good, after dinner she saw that it was already her usual rest time, so she politely said to Mother Chu and went back to her room early to rest.
Ji Qingzhou sent her back, while Chu Cheng accompanied Ji Qingzhou.
“Mom, are you happy?” Ji Qingzhou asked her.
“Are you happy?” Wang Fang asked in return.
Ji Qingzhou nodded.
Wang Fang smiled and replied, “Then I’m happy too.”
Ji Qingzhou watched her as she lay down on her bed, then he left her room. Chu Cheng noticed that Ji Qingzhou’s makeup was still on, so he led him into his own room, preparing to help him remove it.
“Do you have makeup remover?” Ji Qingzhou asked him.
“You’re looking down on people. I don’t have it, but my mom does.” Chu Cheng replied. He then went out and greeted his mother before boldly entering his parents’ bedroom to retrieve makeup removers, cotton pads, lotions and other miscellaneous items, which he handed to Ji Qingzhou.
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