After the Nerd Marked the Top Omega - Chapter 36.2

After finishing hanging the Spring Festival couplets, Yiyi said she wanted to go out with her classmates: “We want to get together before the New Year.”

Fang Xu naturally had no objection and asked, “Do you have any money on you?”

“Yes,” Yiyi blinked her eyes and said, “I haven’t spent all the money you transferred to me before. I put it all into my little private stash.”

Fang Xu was curious: “How much?”

Looking at the child’s expression, her private stash seemed quite substantial.

Yiyi smiled and said, “It’s a secret.”

A smile also touched Fang Xu’s face: “Alright. Are you coming back for dinner?”

The child nodded: “Mhm, mmm. I have a friend whose family makes her go home before 6 PM, so we’ll probably play until then.”

Every child’s parents had different requirements, so Fang Xu didn’t ask more. Only after watching the child go downstairs did she return to the living room.

There were paper-cuttings pasted on the window, and a small lantern bought by her sister was on the table, which she said she wanted to find a suitable place to hang.

The room was quiet. Fang Xu sat down, grabbed a blanket from nearby, and opened her computer.

Since returning to Yucheng, she worked on the New Year event for Operating a Snack Stall whenever she had time. The code and new scenes were complete, and it could be updated after one more check.

However, after the screen lit up, a message from her special contact popped up first.

[Pei Yunci: How is the injury?]

Fang Xu’s eyes moved slightly, and she sent a reply.

[Fang Xu: It has scabbed over, the gauze is off, and it’s recovering very well.]

[Pei Yunci: Let me see.]

Concise and to the point. Fang Xu pondered for a moment before vaguely understanding the other person’s meaning.

A video call, or a photo.

Fang Xu opened the camera, but the wound hadn’t completely recovered. It was particularly noticeable on her smooth skin and wasn’t very pretty. She tried to find an angle, but the photos all looked pretty much the same.

Helplessly, Fang Xu could only send a photo. Five minutes had passed since the last message.

[Fang Xu: [Photo]]

Pei Yunci saw the photo, zoomed in and looked at it for a moment. After confirming the wound was fine, her fingertip lightly tapped the screen.

[Pei Yunci: I’m in Yucheng. I’ve prepared a birthday present for you. When can we meet, so I can give it to you.]

Seeing this sentence, Fang Xu was slightly stunned.

Pei Yunci remembered her birthday and had even prepared a birthday present for her?

It was probably because of the parking lot incident, and the other person wanted to thank her, with no other meaning. But after the surprise, Fang Xu was still very happy. The curve of her lips was more pronounced than before, and she didn’t refuse the gift.

[Fang Xu: I’ll be home this whole time. Just let me know what time works for you.]

[Pei Yunci: Okay, I’ll call you then.]

[Fang Xu: [Cat obediently nodding.gif]]

After a while, she rubbed the corner of her lips, opened the game’s backend interface, looked at the code, and thought distractedly.

Before the New Year, she could meet Pei Yunci one more time.

Evening.

Pei Yunci’s negotiation with another company was finally concluded. After signing the contract and exchanging a few pleasantries, she returned to the hotel.

The assistant organized the relevant documents and placed them in front of her: “President Pei, this is the organized contract. I have already sent it to the work group chat.”

Pei Yunci “Mhm”-ed and gave the assistant and driver time off. They didn’t need to stay with her in Yucheng until they returned to work; they should go home for the New Year: “The bonus has already been sent.”

In addition to their regular salaries, she would also separately issue bonuses to her assistants and people around her for various holidays, which was a tradition.

Hearing this, the assistant immediately said, “Thank you, President Pei!”

After the person left, President Pei finished reading the documents and saw a message from her mother.

[Sang An: Are you still on a business trip out of town? Tomorrow is the twenty-seventh. You haven’t had a New Year’s Eve dinner for the past two years. You should really come back this year, shouldn’t you? Otherwise, what will people say?]

[Sang An: Are you still angry because of Wei Zhou and Feng You? I asked your father, and he really didn’t know about their plan, or else he definitely would have stopped them.]

[Sang An: Yunci, if you see this message, remember to reply to me.]

Pei Yunci didn’t reply.

It was called New Year’s Eve dinner, but it was actually the Pei family’s banquet, with most relatives attending. Dozens of people were ranked one, two, and three according to their status, where insincere respect and polite small talk were ubiquitous.

Occasionally, someone would even bring their child to the door and curse a certain Alpha as a heartless man who abandoned his wife and child. Sometimes the curse was directed at Pei Yunci’s father, and sometimes at her uncle.

Of course, no matter who it was, the outcome was usually the same. Du Xing’an once commented that it was similar to a clichéd, melodramatic TV drama.

Pei Yunci had been watching this ever since she could remember.

Later, after taking the position of President of the Pei Group, finding it truly boring and irritating, she simply stopped returning to the Pei family even on New Year’s Eve.

Later, her aunt Sang Ning found out. The following New Year’s Eve, she called in advance and asked her to come to her house.

There were only four people in total, but it was Pei Yunci’s favorite New Year’s Eve.

However, her aunt had her own family and life, and in the years that followed, she stopped bothering her. Most of the time, she spent it working.

For her, New Year’s Eve was just an ordinary evening.

Pei Yunci retracted her thoughts and opened Operating a Snack Stall.

She had been playing the game since it came out. Although there was still no option to spend money, her level was already very high.

[New Year, New Outlook. Happy New Year everyone. The game has been updated. You can now experience the New Year limited-time plot and activities, and at the same time, you can get limited-time outfits and items.]

Upon entering the game, the update notification popped up.

Pei Yunci read it, clicked on the newly released event, and was met with a festive red that matched the New Year. Even the snack stall was adorned with New Year decorations.

The task was simple: still to serve enough customers and achieve the corresponding sales target. After meeting the requirements, she could also collect two new outfits for the bodyguard and the princess.

Pei Yunci completed the tasks one by one, and then habitually went to feed the princess.

She had kept this matter in mind since getting stuck last time.

The food was delicious, and the princess ate happily, her eyes squinting in pleasure.

After she finished eating, she said to the bodyguard: “The people in this world also have New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, they also have a New Year’s Eve dinner, and they buy new clothes, which is very similar to our dynasty. But I heard they also have a Spring Festival Gala. What is that?”

“A performance show,” the bodyguard replied.

Her princess was very curious, so when she was running the stall and heard unfamiliar words, she would look them up beforehand and keep them in mind.

The princess let out an “Ah”: “So that’s it. It’s quite similar to our time. But I still want to watch it. The show in this world should be more interesting than the ones in the palace.”

The palace shows were always the same two or three plays repeated, or else it was the concubines of the harem vying for attention and coming up with various schemes, which was truly boring.

The bodyguard “Mhm”-ed: “Princess can watch it then.”

The princess nodded, then blinked her eyes at her: “Xiao Qi, do you think this place is better, or our dynasty?”

The bodyguard had no name, only a codename.

The bodyguard’s tone was rigid, but her answer was serious: “Wherever the Princess thinks is good, I think is good.”

The princess certainly preferred this era, but she didn’t like the bodyguard’s answer, saying: “Xiao Qi, haven’t you heard what others say? There are no slaves in the new era. We are equal individuals. I am me, and you are you. You can say what you like.”

The bodyguard, however, didn’t seem to take it in, and her tone was a little anxious: “Is the Princess dismissing me?”

“Of course not!” The princess grumbled twice, saying: “How is it that you don’t learn things as fast as I do?”

The bodyguard remained silent again, only placing the prepared meal between the two of them.

After unexpectedly arriving here, she had learned a lot and changed a lot. For example, daring to eat with the princess, and even daring to let the princess help her make snacks.

But there was one thing she held firm to: her own bottom line. She was the Princess’s person in life and in death.

The bodyguard said: “I am slow-witted, naturally not as intelligent as the Princess. It’s normal to learn slowly.”

Hearing this, the princess didn’t say anything more, only grumbled twice and called her: “Idiot!”

As these two words appeared on the screen, the corner of Pei Yunci’s lips curved.

She also followed suit and said, “Idiot.”

Fang Xu could write this kind of dialogue, but in real life, she would blush even after an extra word with Pei Yunci.

What else could she be but an idiot?

Thinking of her, Pei Yunci also exited the game and asked if the other person was busy recently.

[Fang Xu: Not busy. I have time.]

Pei Yunci called. A moment later, she heard the girl’s voice.

“Yunci?”

“Mhm,” Pei Yunci walked to the hotel’s floor-to-ceiling window, looking at the traffic in the night, and said, “I’ll bring your birthday present over. Shall we arrange a time?”

When Fang Xu answered the phone, she wasn’t hiding it from Yiyi. Hearing Pei Yunci’s name, Yiyi put down the Rubik’s Cube she was holding and came closer.

“Okay.” She glanced at the child and said, “Yiyi wants to say hello to you.”

Hearing her name mentioned, the child immediately said, “Sister Pei!”

“Yiyi.” Pei Yunci called the child’s name, and then said, “Tomorrow morning?”

With the New Year approaching, most people were on holiday, and company matters were lighter, so she could also have a few days off.

Fang Xu was about to agree, but when she saw the red lantern by the table, she changed her suggestion: “Do you have time on the thirtieth (New Year’s Eve)?”

Hearing this time, Pei Yunci slightly raised an eyebrow: “Yes, where should we meet?”

Yiyi didn’t speak, but was frantically blinking her eyes in suggestion.

Fang Xu’s fingertips moved slightly, and she said, “At my house, is that okay?”

A moment later, a light, clear chuckle came over the phone. Pei Yunci joked, “Do you want me to bring it to your doorstep?”

“Mhm,” Fang Xu bit her lip and said nervously, “I also wanted to invite you to come to my house to eat my birthday cake.”

Pei Yunci hadn’t gotten to eat her birthday cake last time because she was unhappy with her family, and Fang Xu had remembered that.

Now that the New Year was approaching, the other person was still staying in Yucheng, and might even be spending the New Year alone.

After a moment of silence, Yiyi wanted to speak up and help persuade her, but the voice from the other end came first.

Pei Yunci asked: “Are there other friends present?”

She hadn’t forgotten what their relationship currently was.

Fang Xu: “…No.”

Pei Yunci curved the corner of her lips: “Alright, I’ll come over then.”

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