Let's Get Married

Chapter 213: A Sixty-thousand Red Envelope

When her aunt heard what she said, the smile on her face could not hold anymore. She shrugs as if she is cornered, “Bree, why do you say this, where did I upset her? How can you blame me and Ricky for Lily’s misfortune this year!”

“It’s evident who set off the provoking.” Bree is mad, but she mutters in a small voice, “You just can’t see others better than you!”

“You!” Her aunt is blocked till speechless, red and blue colored crisscross on her face.

The atmosphere is wrong here, the old people in the family also notice which make them look at the direction with dissatisfaction, “What’s wrong, why are you arguing on the Chinese New Year!”

“Mom, Dad, I didn’t say anything just now. Bree insists that I mock Lily. I know that Lily is indeed quite unhappy this year, I just mentioned it casually and she takes it seriously….”

“Are you saying casually?” Bree is honest and could not tell lies, “Your speech is full of divorce, if you didn’t upset her, then what?”

“Isn’t it true even if untold? Let alone I didn’t mean bad!” Her aunt glances at the two old people and deliberately says to provoke Bree, “Since Ricky is back with a girlfriend along, didn't it just make you jealous? Well, Lily was in the limelight before, but you also can’t stop others!”

“When did I say that?” Once she hears things she did not say, Bree loses her temper, “You’re talking nonsense!”

Her aunt does not reply positively, yet she says something to Ricky, “We’re all family. Harmony is the first thing. Ricky can hardly come back for the New Year, you’re really…”

Speaking of which, she slightly pauses as if speechless.

Little did Bree expect that giving a gift would bring her unreasonable challenge. Thus, she could not help but redden her eyes while listening to everything she said.

The two elderly in the family are both to Ricky’s favor. So they said partially, “Bree, don’t be angry. It’s New Year, polite and amiable is better!”

His words mean like Bree had just deliberately made the mess.

Lily does not want to get involved in their affairs. However, once she heard it, she could not bear it anymore. She stands from her seat and walks to the side of her aunt, then takes back the boxes of caterpillar fungus and bird’s nest, “At first, I want to give it to you as a gift but since you don’t appreciate it, then it’s fine. And grandpa is right, New Year is meant to be harmonious. Aunty, we didn’t want to compare anything. If Ricky is good, then I’m happy than anyone else. My mom as an elder will not think much, you can rest assured, as for me—”

She laughs pleasantly, polite yet cold, “I don’t think you need to worry. Even if I’m divorced, she can also afford this expensive caterpillar fungus.”

Once the words fell, the private room is completely silent for a moment. In fact, she knows that these people have hardly known her news. She did not marry with Tim for money before, the so-called ‘success’ is only their opinion of ‘success’. She never feels anything.

Now that she has divorced, there must be lots of people gossiping. She has never been a high-profile person. However, at this time, she could not help but want to vent her anger.

What is your business with my divorce? I’m still better than you, isn’t it?

Lily looks at her aunt’s bitter face, she does not care what she thinks. She then serves a glass of water to Bree to appease her emotions.

Everyone is more or less unhappy with the fuss of the meal, which soon ends in a hurry. Even though the two old people do not say anything directly, they must blame them in their heart.

Harry drinks a lot of wine, which makes him flush a bit. After they are out of the restaurant, Lily thinks that he will blame her. Little did she expect that he does not say anything, but barely instructs her to drive quickly.

Even a small detail makes Lily so sad. She realizes that her previous divorce has also put a lot of pressure and gossips on her parents.

After returning home, Harry is a little drunk and goes to bed directly after washing his face and rinsing his mouth. Bree sits in the living room, watching TV, saying that she wants to wait for the final sketch of the Spring Gala. While Lily is boiling water in the kitchen, through the door slit, she sees her shedding tears. Belongs to (N)ôvel/Drama.Org.

It is obviously a funny TV show, but her mother is crying.

Lily turns around and takes a deep breath, holding back the sourness in her eyes. There is a kettle emitting some heat besides her. Fireworks burst into the sky outside the window from time to time, but all of this is not happy in Lily’s eyes.

The last day of this year is more depressing than that of any previous year.

Just when she is thinking deeply, the phone in her pocket suddenly rings. Who will it be at this time?

Lily calms her emotion. At first, she thinks that someone has called her to wish her happy New Year. But after taking it out, it turns out to be Rex. She pauses her fingers and quickly picks it up, “Hello?”

“Happy New Year.” The man’s voice passing into her ears low yet warm, within these faint three words is all the blessing.

It is obviously a very warm sentence. However, thinking of the grievance that is unbearable tonight, Lily could not help but choke up. She tries to keep her voice calm, not wanting him to worry, “You too, Happy New Year.”

However, as sharp as he is, how could Rex not hear the nasal sound and tremor in her voice?

He frowns in an instant, even his tone a little tight, “Are you crying?”

Lily’s heart thumps. Little did she expect that he will find out so quickly, “No, I just yawned...”

Hearing the words, the man on the other side of the phone does not speak. She could faintly hear a murmured voice. There is a long silence, and she could not hear the response. Lily thinks that he gets disconnected, “Hello?”

“I’m here.” On the other side of the phone, it rings ‘didi’ twice, the sound of opening something, “I just send you a red envelope.”

Red envelope?

Lily is lost for a second, “Wait….”

She brings her phone down from her ear and clicks on the Wechat. They have just added each other not long ago. At this moment, a yellow frame appears on the page, showing the amount of ‘66666’……

Six, more than six thousand!?

Lily is shocked that her eyes almost fall out of her eyes. She has never imagined anyone will send such a big red envelope to other people; this is really beyond her imagination…..

She does not click on it and puts her phone back to her ear, “Why are you giving me so much?”

The purpose of her asking a red envelope from him is just to earn some symbolic luck, in passing getting some change. Now there are more than six thousand in front of her… she dares not to accept it.

The amount of it is not a small one for her.

“Much?” Compared with her surprise, Rex is much calmer, “It’s only once a year, not much, just accept it.”

At that time, Joe told him that the number of 6 is more auspicious. Thus, he sent money in that number.

For the first time in Lily’s life, she gets a sense of being supported by a secret rich lover. A red envelope of more than six thousand is given to her as a new year present, and he thought it was nothing——how much money does this person have in his hand!

She chuckles, still wanting to refuse. However, without waiting for her to speak, she hears him saying straight, “If you don’t accept it, I’ll transfer to your bank directly.”

“…” Well, you win.

Lily then starts to click the chat while trembling. After clicking the ‘confirm to receive money’, she says very respectfully, “Thank you, boss.”

The two chat for a while. Her bad mood from just now has eased a lot. Just when Lily is about to hang up the phone to serve water, the microphone suddenly makes a click sound, followed by the man’s magnetic voice, “Come down, I’m downstairs.”