I almost touched the moon

Chapter 328 New Year’s Eve

February 2nd, New Year’s Eve.

Wen Yiheng hung up the phone and looked at the sunset outside the window. She felt it was a little ridiculous. Sitting in the living room, perhaps because of her age, she felt for the first time that her home seemed a little deserted.

Just then, the doorbell rang. She was a little confused, but still asked the housekeeper to open the door.

"Hi Tina." Wen Song looked at the housekeeper and smiled, "Dr. Lucille at home?"

The housekeeper was obviously surprised to see Wen Song, Cheng Che, and Cheng Xuan standing behind them. It took him a while to remember that today seemed to be Chinese New Year's Eve, so he immediately welcomed them into the house.

Wen Yiheng was surprised when he saw them. "Why are you back?"

"Mom, happy New Year's Eve." Cheng Che said as he handed her the gift. "Songsong and I came back to spend the New Year with you. My brother didn't return home, so we brought him along."

"Hello, Auntie." Cheng Xuan greeted her respectfully, "I'm sorry for disturbing you without telling you in advance."

"No, no." Wen Yiheng said with a smile, "Please sit down. I forgot that today is New Year's Eve. Ilia and I haven't had the habit of celebrating the Spring Festival in recent years."

"Are grandparents not at home?" Wen Song asked while sitting on the sofa and eating ice cream. "Didn't you tell me a few days ago that grandparents came to Switzerland and told me not to go home?"

Wen Yiheng showed a somewhat speechless expression, and said to Wen Song: "I paid for them to go on a cruise around the world with your grandmother's sister and her family. Otherwise, if they were here, how could I still have a good life?"

"Don't say that." Wen Song frowned, "Grandma is old, she must want to stay with you more."

Wen Yiheng nodded and said, "That makes sense. Then you can bring your grandmother to Munich to live with you. You should have a better relationship with her."

Wen Song immediately shook his head and said with some fear: "Then let's not do it."

Wen Yiheng smiled and said to Cheng Che, "You guys play, I'll talk to Amy and ask her to have a squirrel mandarin fish for dinner, and the crispy lychee chicken that A-Che likes. What do you like to eat, A-Xuan? Amy's cooking is delicious, she can cook anything."

Cheng Xuan was not polite and said to Wen Yiheng, "Auntie, I want to eat pork ribs with preserved plums, is that ok?"

"Of course." Wen Yiheng smiled, "I'll ask Amy to cook a few more Hangzhou dishes tonight."

After Wen Yiheng left, Cheng Che asked Wen Song cautiously, "What's wrong? Did you quarrel with grandma again?"

"It's so annoying." Wen Song sighed, "It's still the same as always, urging us to have a baby quickly and then introduce someone to my mother."

Cheng Che sighed softly, touched Wen Song's head and advised: "Grandma is an old lady, and her ideas are different from ours. If you don't like it, just listen to it and forget it. Don't quarrel with grandma."

"No wonder grandma likes you." Wen Song said unhappily, "You won't quarrel with her."

Cheng Che touched Wen Song's head and coaxed her, "Grandma likes me because she likes you. She has her own ideas. If you don't understand, just seek common ground while reserving differences."

"I can't do that." Wen Song said helplessly, "I'll just find it annoying."

As soon as the voice fell, the phone screen lit up. Wen Song took a look, pouted and said, "Grandma's video call, you answer it."

Cheng Che chuckled, picked up the phone, and shouted with a bright smile, "Grandpa and grandma, Happy New Year."

"Ah Che, Ah Che, Happy New Year." Grandma, wearing sunglasses, sat on the deck in the sun in a very fashionable way and said to Cheng Che, "You and Song Song are together? We are in the United States now, and will arrive in San Francisco tomorrow. You are going back to Yiheng's house, okay, okay. Where is Song Song?"

When Wen Song heard his grandmother's voice, he could only force a smile and said, "Hello, grandma, happy Chinese New Year."

Grandma continued, "Songsong, let me tell you something. Your aunt, your mother's sister, your grandfather's brother's daughter, her son is going to apply for a graduate degree this year. He wants to go to the Technical University of Munich to study computer science. I remember that school is quite close to you, isn't it?"

Wen Song nodded and said, "It's OK. We are all in Munich and we have some cooperative projects."

"That's great." Grandpa said immediately, "Songsong, you must remember brother Yanyan. He often came to our house to play when he was little."

"No impression." Wen Song took a bite of ice cream and said indifferently, "Grandpa, I don't know him."

"It doesn't matter if you don't know him." Grandpa continued, "He graduated from Huazhong University of Science and Technology with a degree in computer science. Your aunt wants you to write a recommendation letter for him. Please write it quickly and send it over."

"What?!" Wen Song was a little angry when he heard this, and he suppressed his dissatisfaction and said, "Grandpa, I don't know him, he is not my student, and I am not a computer teacher, so I can't write it."

"How can you not write it?" Grandpa said dissatisfiedly, "It's not easy to write a recommendation letter like this. You can finish it tonight. Write it quickly and send it to me. People are in a hurry to get it."

"I can't write one." Wen Song continued unhappily, "When Che applied for a master's degree, I didn't even write a recommendation letter for him. I've never seen any such thing as cousin or anything like that."

"That's right." Grandma also said, "The agents have templates. If you don't want to write it, they can write it and you just sign your name. It doesn't take even a minute. Hurry up and do your relatives a favor. Don't be like your mother, who is cold-blooded and heartless. People will scold you behind your back."

"What are you writing about?" Wen Song got angry and said bluntly, "I don't know his situation, and it's not my area of ​​expertise. If he does anything academically dishonest, it will affect me."

"What do you mean by academic misconduct?" Grandpa was also a little angry. "Yanyan is a good student and a very obedient person. How come you learn exactly like your mother?"

Feeling Wen Song's anger, Cheng Che patted her on the back and whispered to her, "Don't be angry, baby. I'll talk to grandpa and grandma."

Then he said to his grandparents, "Grandpa and grandma, Songsong really doesn't have time recently. How about this? My grandpa knows a few professors in the computer department of Zhejiang University. Grandpa, please send me the information and I will ask my grandpa to find the professors he knows to write recommendation letters for your relatives."

"What are you looking for!" Wen Song said angrily, "Cheng Che, please stop meddling in other people's business."

"That's not good either. It's too much trouble for your grandpa." Grandpa laughed awkwardly twice, then said in a gentle tone, "Songsong, just write it. If you write one, grandpa will give you 100,000 yuan, okay?"

"Grandpa, I'm not short of money." Wen Song resisted the urge to roll his eyes and said to his grandfather, "My phone is out of battery. I'm hanging up."

After hanging up the phone, Wen Song turned around and saw that Wen Yiheng had returned to the living room without him noticing. He was standing behind the sofa, grinning and said unhappily, "Lawyer Wen, why didn't you help me when you saw this?"

"How can I help you?" Wen Yiheng smiled and said, "Didn't you hear what your grandparents said? Don't learn to be like your mom. In their minds, I am a complete negative example."

"Ah?" Cheng Che and Cheng Xuan were surprised when they heard this, even though they knew they shouldn't interfere in Wen Song's family affairs. Cheng Che smiled and said, "Mom, you are too modest. If you are a negative example, then my grandparents will really hang my dad up and beat him."

"Don't talk nonsense." Wen Yiheng was also amused and joked with Cheng Che, "Be careful or I'll go and complain to your dad."

Then he said to Wen Song: "Don't worry about them, it has always been like this, I'm used to it."

Wen Song sighed and said, "Why have grandpa and grandma become more and more unreasonable in recent years? They were not like this before. You should stop arguing with them all the time. After all, when you first came to Switzerland, it was thanks to grandma that she took care of me."

"Do you think they are taking care of you for free?"

Wen Yiheng sneered and asked, "Honey, before I came to Switzerland, in addition to the fixed annual living expenses, I also gave your grandmother an extra 20 million as your education fund. Before you went to elementary school, I told them many times that you must go to an international school. What was the result? Of course, it's also my fault that I was only focused on studying and working at that time and didn't care about you at all. Sorry, honey."

Wen Song felt helpless after hearing this. He smiled bitterly and said, "Forget it. It's all in the past. Let's not talk about it anymore."

Cheng Che also smiled and said, "Yeah, it's good not to go to an international school. Otherwise, my wife wouldn't be so good at Chinese now, right?"

Wen Yiheng also smiled, took a sip of tea, and didn't comment on his words. He took out a red envelope and handed it to Cheng Xuan, saying, "I almost forgot about the red envelope. Happy New Year, little friend."

Cheng Xuan looked at the bulging red envelope and felt a little embarrassed. He declined, "Thank you, Auntie. I feel embarrassed to come to your house for a meal. I won't accept the red envelope."

"Take it." Wen Song said with a smile, "Lawyer Wen has plenty of money."

"Yes, keep it. If you feel embarrassed, you can pay for the travel expenses next time Song Song takes you to a meeting or a study trip." Cheng Che also smiled, indicating that he didn't need to be polite.

Then, Wen Song and Cheng Che looked at Wen Yiheng again, smiled sweetly, stretched out their hands and said, "Mom, where are ours?"

"How old are you two?" Wen Yiheng shook his head unhappily and gently hit their hands, saying, "You two are over 60 years old together, and you are already parents, and you still have the nerve to ask me for red envelopes!"

Wen Yiheng snorted, pretending to be helpless and took out three red envelopes and said, "Take it! One for each of you two cheating couples, and one for your precious daughter."

"Thank you, Mom." Wen Song smiled and came forward to hug Wen Yiheng, "I love you~"

Cheng Che also picked up Cece and said to Wen Yiheng, "Cece, thank your grandma quickly and say Frohes neues Jahr~ (Happy New Year) to her."

Wen Yiheng smiled, came forward and touched Cece's head and said, "Danke, meine Su?e." (Thank you, my sweetheart)