Chapter 340 - New Year

It was New Year and the house was lively with the sounds of laughter. 

Hazel walked down the stairs and caught the sight of her uncle pulling his wife away from the kitchen. The two of them argued at the corner before her uncle lifted her auntie in his arms to let her sit down in the dining area. Then, their arguments continued.

However… that argument could not be called an argument. From the eye of others, what the two were doing was called flirting.

It did not take her a long time to guess what the two of them were arguing about earlier. Auntie Edith was now pregnant with twins and her uncle was especially worried that she might overwork herself.

In previous years, their family would always return to Z Town to celebrate New Year with her grandparents. However, these days, her Great-Grandpa's health was not that good and her grandparents decided to come over to L City instead.

Because of that, her Auntie Edith was especially busy in the kitchen. Her uncle had hired a few helpers, but her auntie was someone who could not sit still without doing anything.

Even after her uncle had reminded her to rest, her auntie would still sneak into the kitchen to check on the dishes. It seemed that unless she checked on the dishes herself, she would not be satisfied.

Her uncle was helpless. Even though he wanted to scold his wife, he could not bear to do it. In the end, he could only coax his wife until she will listen to him.

The couple has been together for years and their relationship only grew. At this time, Hazel recalled how she would often worry that her uncle would not able to win her auntie's heart.

Back then, her uncle was someone who did not know how to coax a girl, but after years have passed, he had become good at it. Of course, he would only have such patience to coax his wife. 

Hazel let out a giggle as she watched how her auntie was carried away. When her auntie tried to struggle, her uncle only held her tightly as he was worried that she might fall.

Seeing the way the two of them acted, a faint, warm smile curled on her lips.

It was good to see them acting lovey-dovey even if the family members were around.

Most parents would choose to hide from their kids instead of showing off their affection. However, both her uncle and auntie were not ashamed. They would never hide from their children. Instead, it was the siblings who often choose to look elsewhere. Sometimes, even Hazel thought that she would get embarrassed after watching their affections.

However, they were so in love. Why would they want to hide something like that?

Now that she thought of it... when her parents were alive, the two of them were not ashamed to show off their affection in front of her as well.

Seeing the example that her parents and uncle had set up, Hazel thought that if she met someone she like, that person should not be ashamed of showing off their affection as well.

After watching her auntie and uncle for a while, Hazel finally helped her uncle to coax her auntie to take a rest. She then walked into the kitchen and helped to prepare their dinner. Hazel had learned to cook from her auntie and naturally knew the standard that she had set.

Knowing that Hazel will look after the food preparation, Edith finally relaxed. It could be seen just how much she trusted Hazel instead of the aunties who were more professional at cooking.

Once the food was prepared, everyone sat around the table and ate merrily. The elders would reminiscence the olden time and the youngsters would listen. 

Mike, who usually did not have much appetite to eat had suddenly eaten two bowls of rice. Seeing the younger generation eating happily, he was in a very good mood.

After the meals ended, Mike returned to his room to rest while the others gathered in front of the television and wait for the new day to come.

On the television, the host had finally asked the artists to gather on the stage as they were going to start the countdown. 

Hazel and the siblings sat up straight as they were waiting for the countdown to begin. Once the host started to count backward from ten, Hailey had excitedly counted along with them.

Soon, a loud booming sound was heard and there was a fireworks show display on the television screen. At the same time, the sound of firework could be heard outside. 

Hazel glanced at her uncle and saw that he was whispering something to her Auntie Edith. Seeing that both Hayden and Hailey had gone upstairs to watch the firework show from the balcony, Hazel decided to follow them.

The surroundings were very noisy with the sound of fireworks and the night sky was full of colorful fireworks with different shapes and styles. It didn't look as if the show was going to end anytime soon.

Just as she was enjoying the fireworks show, the phone in her hand started to vibrate.

Hazel looked at her phone and saw a few messages from her friends. Hazel scrolled her phone to look at the people who had messaged her and smiled. Her movement stopped as she saw the name on her screen. 

Hazel tapped her finger on that name and read his message.

"Hazel, Happy New Year!"

It was the same, simple message as everyone else had sent her, however, seeing the name of the sender brought a smile to her face. Hazel began to tap her fingers on the screen and hit send.

"Alex, Happy New Year!"

"Mom said that we will come over to your place tomorrow."

"Un. I know. I will wait for you to come."

Alex stared at the last message that Hazel had sent to him with a dazed expression. His fingers hovered over the screen. Alex knew that he had a lot to say to Hazel, but at this time, he could not decide what he was going to say to her. 

In the end, he was unable to type anything.

Just as he had decided on a topic to continue their conversation, a new message from Hazel popped up on the screen.

"Alex, Good night. Sleep early."

His lips subconsciously tilted up into a helpless smile. In the end, Alex could only wish her good night before he turned off the phone and laid back on the sofa.. He can only wish for the sun to rise quickly so that he can see the person he was longing to see soon.

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