Unlike Xu Changqing, who had been surprised by Bai Chenggang and Xu Sanhu's sudden appearance on New Year's Eve and was now overthinking things, Shen Weimin was surprised but found it quite normal.
It had happened before—the two of them showing up at his place after their family's reunion dinner. The only exception was Xu Changqing, who always liked to stay home to see the New Year in.
But later on, after Bai Chenggang's parents started working in the mining area and the family even began spending New Year's Eve there, this happened less and less.
The moment Shen Weimin stepped into the east room, Bai Chenggang and Xu Sanhu, who were eating sweet fermented rice with egg and glutinous rice balls, both freed a hand and beckoned him over.
"What's up? Planning to sneak off and watch those guys play cards for peanuts again?" Shen Weimin teased, not breaking his stride as he walked toward the kang bed.
