224. The flowers aren't for me?

Over the next two days, since their parents were not at home, Xu Qingfan simply couldn't be bothered to cook, and ended up dragging Xia Xiaoxiao and Lin Jing to eat out.

Yao Jiping called home several times during the trip to report that they were safe and also casually mentioned that the couple would not be returning for New Year's, telling Xu Qingfan to take the bus back to Chuxi Village alone for dinner on New Year's Eve.

In the blink of an eye, New Year's Eve arrived. Last year at this time, Xu Aiguo had given Lin Jing and Xia Xiaoxiao a ride home, but this year that clearly wasn't possible.

After lunch, the three of them went to Gualv Square to wait for the bus.

Perhaps because Valentine's Day was just around the corner, the square was still bustling despite it being New Year's Eve.

The number of vendors selling rose flowers from one end of the street to the other was easily in the hundreds.