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As the new year approaches, the holidays in Suhua University Town come earlier compared to Phoenix Company. ≥,

On January 19th, Meng Huo’s apartment became very lively. Boys and girls were working in the apartment, chatting happily, and helping Meng Huo with the hot pot banquet at night—these people were of course Liu Yi them.

A man and three women in Suhua University City, a total of four young people in their prime of life, have already had their winter vacation and will return to their hometowns tomorrow. Therefore, Meng Huo specially took the time to invite them over for dinner, which was actually a farewell meal.

The food is hot pot. Meng Huo doesn't particularly like hot pot, but hot pot is simple and lively, and everyone can participate in it. He likes it very much. Because of making the hot pot together, the four friends and Meng Huo quickly eliminated the estrangement they hadn't seen for several months, and the atmosphere seemed very lively.

"Liu Yun, help me get the soy sauce."

"The soy sauce is not with me, Li Yu, the soy sauce bottle is right next to you... bastard Liu Yi, don't take away all the chicken, how much did you eat by yourself? No hands!"

"Meng...Meng Huo, what do you want to eat? I'll put it in for you."

"Thank you, but no need, I can put it myself."

Meng Huo rejected Han Xuan's kindness with a smile. He liked the lively atmosphere of a few people sitting together, and thought that he might give more invitations like this in the future—it was more embarrassing to share a thing with others. People are happy.

"That's right, Han Xuan, don't worry about Meng Huo, a man has to do it himself to be called a man." Liu Yun heard the conversation between Meng Huo and Han Xuan, turned around and smiled and said: "He made us wait so long before he would invite us, you You can't let him get used to it here."

She was the one who cared the least about Meng Huo's identity. But it is also because of people like Liu Yun. The atmosphere in the apartment can only be maintained. And for the complaints revealed in her words. Meng Huo also felt a little owed in his heart. He hadn't contacted them during this period, and he had indeed violated the previous agreement to keep in touch with them.

Even in today's invitation, Meng Huo didn't do very well - the four young people have different vacation time, if he really wanted to invite them, he should invite them one by one.

But he still set the time after all the staff were on vacation, and the one-time invitation ended, which seemed a bit perfunctory. It is normal for Liu Yun, who was on vacation the first time, to express some dissatisfaction. The four of them basically helped out in Manga Island during the summer vacation, and they haven't been home much for a year. Now that the winter vacation is coming, they are naturally eager to go back.

But even so, they stayed and waited until today, which also made Meng Huo feel apologetic.

He raised his drink to apologize to them. Han Xuan and the others hurriedly said it was okay, but Liu Yun rolled his eyes and said, "How can I do this little apology? Meng Huo, you are perfunctory... If you want to express your apology, we I just want to ask you something, how about you give each of us permission to ask questions?"

After she said this sentence. Meng Huo immediately turned his head to look at Han Xuan and the others, and the remaining three were all surprised. It seems that it was not agreed in advance, but Liu Yun's own impromptu idea.

But Meng Huo didn't care, he nodded: "Yes."

As soon as Liu Yun's eyes lit up, he immediately asked, "Meng Huo, you won't go back to Qingcheng for the Chinese New Year, will you?"

"You know that too?" Meng Huo opened his eyes wide in surprise. Liu Yun's news is too well-informed. He probably didn't tell outsiders about this: "Well... Shen Jie told you?"

"No, I heard from my family." Liu Yun shook her head and said with a smile: "Meng Huo, your mother went back to Qingcheng and visited Shen Jie's house. I talked about it in the chat, and then my dad Mom knows."

Only then did Meng Huo feel relieved. He knew that Liu Yun and Shen Jie had lived in the same community since they were young. They were neighbors. Now he could see that the relationship between the two families was very good. It's not a big deal for Li Qin to visit Shen Jie's house. She has been with Shen Jie's parents for a while and is very familiar with them. It would be strange not to visit when she returns to Qingcheng.

"Then what do you want to ask?" Meng Huo picked up a piece of tofu from the hot pot and asked, but he had already guessed what Liu Yun would ask.

"Shen Jie doesn't seem to be going home either." Liu Yun's eyes flickered. Of course she would not miss this great opportunity. This is the best time to test the relationship between Meng Huo and Shen Jie. If you don't ask now, you may not have a chance in the future. Asked: "Do you two celebrate New Year together?"

Although the question was not obvious enough, the meaning was already obvious. If Meng Huo and Shen Jie were spending the New Year together in other places, it could be regarded as a couple in the eyes of others. The eyes of Han Xuan and the others were immediately attracted, and they stared closely at Meng Huo.

Meng Huo denied it calmly: "No, I'm here to celebrate the New Year this year, Shen Jie... She bought a house in Ninghai, so she should spend it in Ninghai, right?"

"What!? Shen Jie bought a house!" Liu Yi was immediately attracted by this matter, and shouted: "She is amazing, she bought a house in Ninghai so quickly, did she buy it alone?"

"Yeah, idiot!" Liu Yun glared at Liu Yi, and when Liu Yi interrupted her, the opportunity for her to continue asking disappeared. Meng Huo smiled slightly, and when Liu Yun didn't chase after him, he looked at the other three: "Do you have any questions?"

The three of them froze for a moment, and then asked several moderate questions one after another. Liu Yi asked if Meng Huo had any plans to make new games, and Li Yu wanted to know if there would be any activities during next summer vacation—she wanted to work and study to reduce the burden on her family.

"During the last summer vacation, I earned half a year's tuition and living expenses, and now I still have some money left..." Li Yu said blushing a little. live frugally.

Meng Huo was surprised that she would ask this question, but he had always admired the simplicity of the three girls in Ninghai No. 1 Middle School in the past. When faced with this question, he also answered it more seriously than Liu Yun just now.

"We haven't determined the time for next year's carnival, but if you want to work-study." Meng Huo said: "Next year's summer vacation, I will prepare a place for you to work...Of course, you too..."

He made promises to the other three. Liu Yi's family background is good. Didn't feel much about it. But it was also a good thing for the other two girls. As for Liu Yi's question about games, Meng Huo gave a simple answer: "There will definitely be new games coming out next year, but I can't guarantee the exact time."

New games are in his planning, but animations and animated movies are more important, so when Meng Huo will start construction, he himself is not fully sure. The remaining one was Han Xuan. Meng Huo looked at her, and he only ignored her questions.

"..." Han Xuan pursed her lips lightly. The expression looked troubled.

"If you can't figure it out, you can ask me again next time." Meng Huo comforted, but his words seemed to have stimulated Han Xuan instead. With so many people around, Han Xuan summoned up her courage and spoke out. Surprised: "Do you have someone you like?"

No one expected that she would ask this question suddenly, so everyone present was taken aback. Liu Yi was dumbfounded, Li Yu panicked, and Liu Yun burst out laughing after being stunned for a while.

"Good job, Han Xuan!" she said. Then he stood up and looked at Meng Huo aggressively: "Meng Huo. I'm also very curious about this question. You can't avoid it. Tell me, who is the person you like?"

"No..." Han Xuan shook her hands quickly, and then said in embarrassment, "No, I can use my name... I just want to know the answer..."

She also knew very well that it was absolutely impossible for Meng Huo to name the person he liked. Although there were so many people present, although they were all very close, no one could be sure that the news would not spread. If Meng Huo gave an answer and the news spread again, the consequences would not be something they could suppress.

"..." Meng Huo's expression became complicated. He didn't know whether to answer, but after seeing Han Xuan's expression, he suddenly realized her psychology, as if he saw a second Takashima Koko.

"Yes." So he gave the answer. Although he didn't name him, the answer of having someone he likes is enough to solve this trouble - Meng Huo doesn't want to get involved with more people.

"Really..." Han Xuan's expression darkened, and she didn't speak anymore, and Li Yu also showed an indescribable expression. She reached out her hand in front of Han Xuan, and held her hand, like It was comforting Han Xuan, and it seemed to be comforting herself.

Liu Yun was excited and wanted to ask Meng Huo if Shen Jie was the one he liked, but seeing Han Xuan's performance, she stopped speaking as soon as it reached her mouth, then sighed softly, and slowly sat down.

The atmosphere suddenly became colder.

"What's the matter with you?" Luckily, there was a less sensitive person, Liu Yi put a piece of chicken into the hot pot: "Why don't you eat it?"

"Ah! You idiot, didn't I tell you not to grab the chicken!"

Liu Yun suddenly yelled frantically, and then the atmosphere in the apartment was restored.

The next day, the four young people left Manga Island one after another, and the last batch of college students from Suhua University City left with them. After these people left, the University City Island was empty, and the streets of Manga Island were also empty. It has become much cooler than usual.

Phoenix Company ushered in a work boom before the annual holiday. On the 23rd, various departments such as comics, peripherals and games completed the final work one after another to usher in the holiday. "Rebellious Lelouch" will be suspended for one week during the Chinese New Year, and the animation department will also be on holiday.

The apricot line and Qinmei line of "clannad" that Meng Huo is in charge of producing will end next week, but the production of the last episode was also completed before the 23rd ahead of schedule, ushering in the holiday on time. The two "clannad" routes that Angel is in charge of are relatively long and will end after the year.

Because of the anime, the scheduled vacation time of the voice actors was arranged on the 25th, and the voice actor office became the last department to rest. In fact, some voice actors had to participate in activities during the Chinese New Year, so some employees of the office did not holiday.

However, these people did not prevent the overall staff from Manga Island from leaving. On the 23rd, 90% of the employees of Phoenix Company left Manga Island, and nearly 80% of the businesses on Manga Island left with them.

These merchants are people from all over China, and they have to go home during the New Year. So at night, the lights of the entire Manga Island were almost dimmed, forming two distinct colors with the Suhua city center on both sides of the river.

"Why don't you go back today?" Meng Huo walked on the deserted street and asked Alice who was by his side - Qin Ya and He Qian had all left, but Alice did not leave in a hurry.

"No rush. You can leave tomorrow..." Alice carried the snacks she bought from the convenience store. He smiled and suggested, "How about we go to the beach? It's very quiet today. The night view must be great!"

As soon as she mentioned the beach, Meng Huo felt frightened.

"No."—He refused of course, although he knew that tonight standing on the beach of Manga Island and looking at the opposite bank would have a very good view to enjoy, but he was worried that Alice would repeat the old trick.

"Coward..." Alice muttered, but she also guessed Meng Huo's answer, so she didn't look surprised, and didn't press on. But she still walked into Meng Huo's apartment with snacks. Accompany him to finish watching a bought DVD.

After watching the video, it was already eleven o'clock in the evening. Alice packed up the snacks after eating, and then put a bunch of keys in Meng Huo's hand. "What is this?" Meng Huo looked at the bunch of keys strangely. The keys had a special shape. They were car keys—but hadn't he already rejected Alice's car?

"I changed that car." Alice looked at Meng Huo's puzzled expression, and smiled slightly: "You refused to accept it because of the color of that car, right? I changed a new one, and now this one is The silver Porsche sv7 . . . is sitting in the parking lot."

Meng Huo was surprised: "Can the car be changed casually?"

"Of course not." Alice shook her head: "But you have to know... money can solve many problems."

She spent a lot of money to replace this car, but Alice was willing to spend some money to prepare a style acceptable to Meng Huo—in fact, she also liked this new silver car that was just launched this year.

Meng Huo frowned slightly: "But I can't use it."

"Why can't you use it? Isn't your vacation in Suhua?" Alice smiled and said, "Having a car is better than not having a car... If you don't want to use it, you don't have to. This is not the only set of keys. "

She took out another bunch of keys from her body and explained to Meng Huo that she was not giving the car to Meng Huo. Instead, I hope to make this car more valuable. She spends more than half of her time in Ninghai every week, this Porsche is wasted if not used.

After listening to her hard-working explanation, Meng Huo finally reluctantly accepted.

"What time do you leave tomorrow?" Meng Huo asked while sending Alice out.

"Leave early in the morning." Alice was changing shoes in the hallway: "You don't have to see me off, I want to leave early, it will be bad if I meet Shen Jie."

Shen Jie will come back on the 24th. I don't know the exact time. Alice doesn't want to be caught by her. The two of them are still in the hostile period. Shen Jie is very worried about Alice's move to the opposite side of Meng Huo. Absolutely not good.

"By the way..." After changing her shoes, Alice stopped again when she was going out. She turned to Meng Huo and said, "You want to spend the holiday with Shen Jie, right?" Meng Huo nodded, although he didn't specifically tell Alice's matter, but to this day, it is impossible to hide this kind of matter.

Alice frowned. The Phoenix company's vacation lasted more than half a month, which meant that Meng Huo and Shen Jie had at least half a month of intimacy, and they had never been so close in the past.

"Meng Huo, promise me one thing..." Alice looked at Meng Huo and said seriously: "I don't mind if you and Shen Jie become closer, but... I hope that at least during this time, you don't Jump over the last line."

Meng Huo was taken aback: "The last line?"

"Yes, it's the last line in name. If you don't understand, I can explain it more clearly." Alice's face remained unchanged: "I mean, I don't care whether you and Shen Jie hug, kiss, or anything else." More excessive things, but I just don't allow you..."

"Stop, I understand!" Meng Huo hurriedly interrupted Alice. She spoke so bluntly that he couldn't even pretend to be confused.

"What if I skipped it?" He asked calmly. In fact, in Meng Huo's plan, eating Shen Jie during this holiday was indeed a potential option. Fall into Alice's trap.

This is a kind of self-defense, and when he was in close contact with Shen Jie, he also had an opportunity to divert his inner emotions and be more proactive in solving the problems of the three of them—but Alice saw through his thoughts.

"You can't jump, this is my bottom line." Alice squeezed her hands tightly and said nervously: "As long as you don't jump that line, I can accept anything, my tolerance is very high...but if you jump In the past, Meng Huo, you will regret it."

Alice is actually not afraid of Meng Huo jumping over that line, she has much more patience than Shen Jie, but she understands one thing better - if Meng Huo and Shen Jie get together during this holiday, she will There is no chance.

She wants to buy time, even if it is one more year, if it is the same situation, she will definitely not make this request to Meng Huo. Because Alice believed that time belonged to her, as long as another year passed, even if Meng Huo had a relationship with Shen Jie, she would still have a place in his heart.

That position is her hope, and the only thing she can fight for now is not to lose that position.

Meng Huo didn't know that Alice was thinking so deeply, but he saw her eyes. The look in her eyes was very firm and stubborn. Meng Huo was sure that if he and Shen Jie crossed the last line, Alice would say If he could do it—it would make Meng Huo regret it.

Meng Huo didn't know what method she was going to use to make him regret, but he had a vague feeling in his heart: don't offend Alice, if she turns this woman into an enemy, she will be the most difficult enemy for him to deal with .

Although he didn't know where this feeling came from, Meng Huo firmly believed in it.