Chapter 423: The Difference Is Obvious
Ma Dong had taken out his computer and uploaded all the photos for Xiaoke and Xiaoai to choose from.
Lu Juefeng sat not far away, glancing at the computer monitor.
"I see you smile so happily in every photo. Are you thinking of something happy?" he suddenly said.
Bai Zhi was slightly startled. She didn't expect Lu Juefeng to ask her this.
"I'm happy when Xiaoke and Xiaoai are by my side." She said.
"I thought you were reminiscing about your trip to France." Lu Juefeng smiled.
Bai Zhi knew what he meant.
He even made the word "reminisce" so ambiguous.
Shameless!
She glared at Lu Juefeng and walked to Xiaoke and Xiaoai to look at the photos.
Seeing Bai Zhi's slightly red ears, Lu Juefeng's eyes flashed with a smile.
The New Year's Eve dinner was quickly prepared. Because Lu Juefeng didn't let Bai Zhi cook, she symbolically made two cold dishes.
She always felt that something was missing if she didn't cook the New Year's Eve dinner herself.
In previous years, she and Xiaoke and Xiaoai cooked by themselves. Although it was not as rich as now, it was warm.
The meal was a happy one. Seeing Xiaoke and Xiaoai so happy, Baizhi was in a good mood and drank a glass of red wine.
Xiaoke and Xiaoai symbolically drank some wine balls.
"This is Xiaoai's happiest day." Xiaoai's rosy face was filled with a happy smile. "It has always been Xiaoai's dream to have a New Year's Eve dinner with Daddy and Mommy, and now it has finally come true."
"Cheers to our perfect family!" Xiaoke raised her juice.
"Cheers." Baizhi and Xiaoke and Xiaoai clinked their glasses, glanced at Lu Juefeng, and clinked his glasses with him.
Thank him for spending a perfect New Year's Eve with Xiaoke and Xiaoai.
After Xiaoke and Xiaoai finished their meal, they insisted on sitting on the sofa in the living room and refused to go upstairs.
Today they will stay up with Daddy and Mommy to celebrate the New Year.
The two little cute babies were obviously very sleepy, but they still reminded each other not to sleep.
Maybe it was because of the fermented rice wine that the little guys felt a little dizzy. After a while, they both fell asleep on the sofa.
Bai Zhi smiled helplessly, and she and the servants carried the two little babies up and put them on the bed.
After covering Xiao Ke and Xiao Ai with the quilt, she returned to her room, took out two red envelopes that she had secretly prepared in advance from the drawer, and secretly put them under the pillows of the two cute babies.
This is their annual routine.
Opening red envelopes and receiving New Year's money is the happiest thing for every child when they wake up on the first day of the Lunar New Year.
Although, with the rapid development of technology, many people no longer carry cash when they go out.
Even Bai Zhi herself has not touched RMB for a long time.
But she still took out brand new banknotes temporarily as New Year's money for Xiao Ke and Xiao Ai.
Just as she was about to go out, she saw Lu Juefeng also walked in with two red envelopes.
"You?" Bai Zhi looked at Lu Juefeng in confusion.
"New Year's money." Lu Juefeng looked at Bai Zhi calmly, stuffed the red envelope under Xiao Ke and Xiao Ai's pillow, and then turned and left.
Xiao Ke and Xiao Ai must have told him about it.
In any case, Bai Zhi was touched by Lu Juefeng's kindness.
Just as she was thinking, the servant came upstairs.
"Miss Bai, go to the courtyard quickly."
"What happened?" Bai Zhi was worried that the lantern would catch fire, so she hurried downstairs to the courtyard.
The red lantern glowed with warm light in the cold night, and there was silence in the courtyard.
Bai Zhi checked it out and was about to turn around and go back to the house.
"Bang!"
The French copper gilt enamel clock made a deep sound.
It was 0 o'clock.
"Bang!"
Then, the sky full of fireworks suddenly bloomed, brightening the entire sky.
One after another, heart-shaped fireworks soared into the sky, as if releasing a variety of flowers on a black curtain.
The colorful flowers passed through the endless darkness, dazzling and thrilling.
The last arrow pierced the heart, more like countless meteors with long tails, reluctantly sliding through the night sky.
Bai Zhi looked up at the colorful clusters of crystal stones, and was a little dazed for a moment.
The breeze blew by, and the unique fragrance of Lu Juefeng came. Bai Zhi turned her head and saw Lu Juefeng standing beside her, staring at her.
"Thank you." She knew that all this was arranged by Lu Juefeng, "Xiao Ke Xiao Ai likes fireworks the most, but it's a pity that I missed it."
"They told me that you also like fireworks." Lu Juefeng said lightly.
"Yes." Bai Zhi sniffed, feeling bitter in her heart, "The happiest New Year's Eve when I was a child was the time when my mother accompanied me to watch fireworks."
But since then, she has never seen her mother again.
Sensing the sadness flashing in Bai Zhi's eyes, Lu Juefeng held her cold hand.
The warm palm wrapped around herself, Bai Zhi came back to her senses, she wanted to break free, and the force wrapped around her tightened in vain.
"Since you and the children like fireworks, I will let you set them off every year in the future." Lu Juefeng stared at Bai Zhi with a deep look.
Bai Zhi turned her face away and did not answer him.
*
The first day of the new year, early in the morning.
"Happy New Year, Mommy and Daddy."
Xiao Ke and Xiao Ai got up early, wearing the red Tang suits prepared by Bai Zhi in advance, and went to the master bedroom to say hello.
Xiao Ke and Xiao Ai were already delicate and beautiful, and with the festive red color, at first glance, they seemed to be little boys who brought wealth from the God of Wealth.
"Thank you for the lucky money, Mommy." Xiao Ai took out the brand new purple five-yuan bills with consecutive numbers given by Bai Zhi, shook them in her hand, and her childish voice was three octaves higher than usual.
Xiao Ke was holding a tablet in his hand, which was displaying an interface with books as the background, "First of all, I want to thank Mommy for the red envelope. I will collect these banknotes and not spend money randomly. Next, I want to thank Daddy. "The New Year gift you sent is very practical. I will work hard to gain knowledge and become the pride of you and Mommy."
A soft glimmer appeared in Lu Juefeng's eyes, and he showed a fatherly smile just like ordinary people.
Bai Zhi looked at the tablet in Xiao Ke's hand curiously. What did Lu Juefeng give him?
Xiao Ke immediately explained: "This is a mobile library that can deliver documents to all libraries around the world. As long as I need it, I can order through this mobile library, and they will deliver the materials I need as soon as possible." Send it to me, even the only copy of the Song Dynasty book that has been exiled overseas!"
When Xiao Ke said this, there was unconcealable excitement in his eyes.
"By the way, Daddy, is this the leading system of AI technology?"
Lu Juefeng's lips curled up slightly, "Not bad. How much does Xiao Ke know about AI?"
He sat upright and began to look serious. Although he was wearing pajamas, his elite temperament was not compromised.
Xiao Ke organized his speech and said slowly: "Last year, the AI industry was in a turmoil. Everyone was struggling in the tide. AI was very hot. Many investors took the opportunity to get a piece of the pie. The investment share of the entire market was artificially high. Since the second half of the year, the entire industry has The superiority will be revealed..."
Bai Zhi listened to the back and forth between father and son, but she couldn't get a word in when it came to the latest technical issues.
At the same time, there began to be a gap in my heart. As per her annual practice, she gave Xiaoke Xiaoai new serial-numbered banknotes, but the comparison with Lu Juefeng was stark.