Ye Zhi's old face turned red. She coughed twice and said, "Absolutely not! It must be that the neighbors were infected by our festive atmosphere, so they joined us and celebrated with us!"
"Then shall we ask the neighbors?" Qi Xuan curved his lips slightly.
"Let's not," Ye Zhi said guiltily. "It's not good to disturb the neighbors so late."
Qi Xuan chuckled softly, not exposing her.
In the end, the first fireworks competition in Banshan Villa concluded with Qi Xuan and Ye Zhi as the winners, thanks to Qi Xuan's ample supply.
The fireworks were almost finished, and Ye Zhi yawned, feeling sleepy.
She looked at Qi Xuan and asked with some curiosity, "By the way, you still haven't said it, why aren't you celebrating the New Year at home today, but instead came here?"
Qi Xuan explained, "After the housekeeper finished watching the Spring Festival Gala, he called me. When he went back today, he forgot to bring a box of gifts and wanted me to mail it to him in a couple of days.
Since I had nothing much to do at home, I booked an early morning flight to send it to him, as a surprise."
Ye Zhi was slightly stunned. "What time is your flight?"
"Seven-thirty," Qi Xuan replied.
Ye Zhi glanced at the time. It was already three in the morning, and she had actually kept Qi Xuan here for an hour to watch fireworks.
"Then did I delay your rest?" Ye Zhi felt a bit guilty.
"It's okay," Qi Xuan shook his head slightly. "I can rest on the plane."
"You're not at home with your parents during the New Year, but you're personally going to deliver things to Uncle the housekeeper?" Ye Zhi looked at him curiously and couldn't help but ask, "Don't tell me you also have something on your mind?"
Qi Xuan was momentarily speechless.
He did have some friction with his parents, but it wasn't a big issue.
In the past, he was solely focused on work and had no interest in relationships. They worried he would grow old alone, and whenever they had free time, they would either urge him to get married or arrange blind dates for him. He moved to this Banshan Villa at that time to express his protest.
Now that he had a goal, they urged him even more. Moreover, while watching the Spring Festival Gala today, they not only nagged but also mocked him, saying that at his pace, he would never catch up with Ye Zhi in this lifetime.
It was precisely because Qi Xuan didn't want to listen to their nagging that he packed his bags overnight and prepared to go find the housekeeper to celebrate the New Year together.
"Is it a reason you can't tell?" Seeing his hesitant expression, Ye Zhi said, "If it's inconvenient to tell me, you don't have to."
"There's nothing I can't say," Qi Xuan sighed. "They are urging me to get married."
"I see!" Ye Zhi said with a look of empathy, and said somewhat dejectedly, "For people like us who don't want to fall in love at all, being constantly urged to get married by our families is indeed quite annoying..."
Qi Xuan: ...
Wait! Who said he didn't want to fall in love? He really wanted to fall in love, and he really wanted to get married!
He subconsciously wanted to argue a few points, but what if Ye Zhi misunderstood and directly introduced him to a girlfriend?
Qi Xuan hesitated, wanting to speak but stopping himself, and finally gave up the idea of explaining. Besides...
"Have you also been pressured by your family to get married?" Qi Xuan raised an eyebrow.
"No, not really. But when I first returned to China, my father did hope that I would make more friends and expand my social circle. Later, he gave up on the idea."
Ye Zhi yawned again. She was about to urge Qi Xuan to rest, but suddenly her eyes lit up. "How about I go with you? Uncle the housekeeper is very good to me, and I'd also like to spend the New Year with him."
Qi Xuan was stunned. Was Ye Zhi going to spend the New Year with him? Although the fireworks had stopped, they began to bloom in his heart.
"Will your parents agree?" He forced himself to calm down and asked with some reluctance.
"I'll just tell them I'm going with you to investigate new business," Ye Zhi said with a smile. "They definitely won't object!"
Was she using him as a shield? Qi Xuan felt inexplicably happy.
Suddenly, Ye Zhi seemed to have thought of something, and she said with some regret, "But it's too late for me to buy a plane ticket now, so maybe I should forget it..."
Qi Xuan immediately became anxious. They had already agreed, how could they not go?
"I'm flying a private jet, so adding you temporarily is not a problem," he said immediately.
Ye Zhi was stunned and asked with some surprise, "You have a private jet? Then why did you schedule it for seven-thirty and can't change the time?"
"Private jets aren't just allowed to fly whenever they want," Qi Xuan explained. "The country has flight regulations. For a private jet to take off, it needs to be declared at least four hours in advance. The flight path not only needs to be applied for but also purchased, and once applied for, the take-off time cannot be changed."
"Is that so..." Ye Zhi's interest immediately waned. "I was thinking of buying a private jet in the future, but now I think I'd better forget it. I'll just take a regular plane."
"If you need it, you can take mine," Qi Xuan smiled slightly.
"No," Ye Zhi refused without hesitation. "Buying flight paths and things like that must be more expensive than me flying first class every time!"
Qi Xuan: ...As expected of you.
He was very willing to pay for Ye Zhi to purchase flight paths, but Ye Zhi was always clear about these things, and she wouldn't accept it.
Seeing that Ye Zhi was already yawning again from sleepiness, Qi Xuan said in a low voice, "You go back and rest for a while, and I'll call you in the morning to go to the airport together."
"Okay," Ye Zhi agreed and went back to her room to rest.
However, Qi Xuan did not call Ye Zhi; she woke up on her own.
Because starting at five in the morning, her neighbors began to set off firecrackers one after another.
Ye Zhi knew this custom, it was called opening the wealth gate, but she always felt that the neighbors had some personal grudges. The sound of the firecrackers always made her feel like the neighbors were setting off all the firecrackers in their house.
Around five-thirty, Ye Zhi, unable to sleep, got up groggily and, under the cover of night, knocked on Qi Xuan's door.
Qi Xuan opened the door and asked with some surprise, "Why are you up so early?"
"It's too noisy, I can't sleep," Ye Zhi said with a bit of a complaint. "Do you have any firecrackers? After we set them off, let's go directly to the airport."
"Yes, I'll get them," Qi Xuan said with a smile.
Qi Xuan brought the firecrackers, and after they set them off together, they drove to the airport.
Upon arriving on the private jet, Ye Zhi was actually not so sleepy.
She toured Qi Xuan's private jet. The interior of this private jet was truly a compact yet complete home. There was a lounge, an entertainment room, a bathroom, a bedroom, and so on, no different from a small but fully equipped house.
"Is it very expensive?" Ye Zhi asked.
"Do you want to buy one too?" Qi Xuan introduced, "Actually, the cost of a private jet isn't that high. The management and maintenance fees are quite high, and you also need to have at least two pilots and one flight attendant..."
"Okay, you don't need to say any more," Ye Zhi interrupted him directly. "I've completely given up on the idea."