The mind-reading fake heiress changes her fate by eating melons.

Chapter 177 New Year’s Wish

But Anling seemed convinced that Qiushi was just trying to scam her out of money, so she directly opened Qiushi's WeChat and transferred the money to him.

For the sake of the furry kids, I'll forgive your pettiness; consider it a New Year's greeting to them.

Looking at the transfer, Qiu Shi couldn't explain herself, so she could only helplessly say thank you and silently assure An Ling that the money would definitely be used for the furry kids.

After dinner, Anling returned to the An family home.

This year, An Yun didn't spend the Spring Festival at home. Instead, she went to participate in a program on the Spring Festival Gala. After the program, she went directly to her maternal grandparents' house in Beijing to celebrate the New Year.

An's parents no longer have the habit of staying up late, so after watching An Yun's program together in the living room, the family went back to their respective rooms.

After returning to her room, An Ling turned on the Spring Festival Gala as background noise and scrolled through her phone, waiting for midnight to send New Year's greetings to her friends and fans.

While scrolling through the app, I unexpectedly received a call from Yan Yu.

Logically, An Ling should have hung up immediately, but Yan Yu rarely called her and mostly sent messages, so An Ling was worried that he had something important to say and answered the call anyway.

"Xiaoling, Happy New Year's Eve! Can I come to your balcony?"

"My room's balcony?" An Ling asked, pulling back the curtains with some confusion. As soon as she stepped out, she saw Yan Yu standing downstairs.

He stood under the garden lamp, the warm yellow light making him stand out so conspicuously that it was hard for Anling to pretend she couldn't see him.

Anling: ...

It was snowing outside, and with the image of Yan Yu standing under the lamp, An Ling's mind automatically started playing the background music of "Snowflakes are falling~ The north wind is howling~".

She suppressed a laugh and said:

"Why aren't you home at night? Are you standing in my garden as punishment? Did Uncle Lin let you in?"

Yan Yu's soft laughter reached An Ling's ears through the phone's receiver. "Yes, because I have something very important to do."

"what's up?"

Yan Yu simply smiled and looked up at An Ling, without answering immediately.

Just then, on the television in Anling's room, the Spring Festival Gala host was enthusiastically announcing the New Year countdown.

"five four three two one!"

"Happy New Year, Xiaoling." As the clock struck midnight, Yan Yu's voice came at the same time.

An Ling felt somewhat helpless and asked him, "Don't tell me this is what you call something very important."

“Yes,” Yan Yu actually admitted directly, “This is the first time you’ve answered my call in so many years, and we are also the first people to meet each other in the new year, which is very important to me.”

"Now that you've finished your work, can you go back?"

"No, I have one more New Year's wish that I haven't mentioned yet."

"what?"

Yan Yu looked up and met An Ling's gaze as she stood on the balcony upstairs. His tone was sincere. "I hope that every year from now on can be like today, and that you will be willing to listen to me say Happy New Year to you."

Hearing Yan Yu's somewhat humble New Year's wish, An Ling couldn't bear to continue being indifferent to him.

The fact that he would make this his wish only shows that it was something that would have been very difficult for him to achieve over the years.

This wish sounds simple, but whether it can be fulfilled depends entirely on Anling.

Even An Ling herself doesn't know if one day she will revert to her previous state of being completely out of her mind.

So she can't make any promises now.

Even if it's just for my own good, I think I should wish you that your wish comes true.

As long as you don't make me go back to how I was before, I'll listen to you wishing me a Happy New Year every day!

But she couldn't respond to Yan Yu's words right now, so she could only change the subject.

"Actually, I also have a New Year's wish."

"You need to leave my house right now and go wherever you want. I'm going to sleep."

“Okay,” Yan Yu replied softly, “Goodnight, Xiao Ling.”

【Good night. 】

Happy New Year!

An Ling hung up the phone immediately, turned around and went back to her room to draw the curtains, completely blocking Yan Yu's view.

But An Ling's seemingly heartless behavior did not cause Yan Yu any displeasure; on the contrary, he was very happy.

This was the first time in ten years that he had successfully seen Anling on the first day of the new year, and the first time he had heard her say "Happy New Year" to him.

His wish, as he just said, wasn't just empty talk; it came from the bottom of his heart.

After hanging up the phone, Yan Yu still didn't leave. He stood there looking at the light coming from An Ling's room. Even just looking at it brought him a sense of peace.

He stood there for an unknown amount of time until an umbrella shielded him from the falling snowflakes.

"Young Master Yu, it's freezing cold, don't stand there, go home and rest." Uncle Lin hadn't seen Yan Yu leave for a long time, so he came looking for him out of concern.

"Okay, thank you, Uncle Lin. I was just about to leave," Yan Yu said with a smile.

Seeing Yan Yu's expression, Uncle Lin was somewhat surprised, "You saw Miss?"

"Mm." Yan Yu nodded.

Even Uncle Lin breathed a sigh of relief, a look of surprise appearing in his eyes.

"Do you still need to tell Miss about what happened when you came home for the Lunar New Year?"

Whenever An Ling spent the Lunar New Year at home, Yan Yu would come over just before the New Year's Eve, and he would ask Uncle Lin not to tell An Ling.

However, he had always left dejectedly before, but this time Uncle Lin saw a smile on Yan Yu's face.

"No need," Yan Yu refused.

Actually, it wasn't just the few times An Ling spent the Lunar New Year at home; Yan Yu would also visit her when she spent the Lunar New Year on set, but An Ling never answered his calls, so he naturally didn't get to see her.

"Since what happened before is over, there's no need to let Xiaoling know. I'm sorry to trouble you, Uncle Lin."

This was originally just his one-sided obsession, and his insistence on meeting An Ling on New Year's Eve stemmed from a promise they made when they were children.

That was the first New Year after Yan's parents passed away. An's parents wanted to invite the three members of the Yan family to celebrate the New Year at An's house, but Yan Yu refused.

He spent the coldest New Year in history with his grandfather and Yan Xing. Although he acted normally in front of his grandfather and younger brother, Yan Yu couldn't help but hide under the covers and cry after returning to his room.

But after a while, he heard the sound of his room door being opened.

He thought it was his grandfather coming to see him, and not wanting his grandfather to discover that he was secretly crying, he kept his head covered and didn't move, hoping that his grandfather would think he was asleep and leave.

But instead of hearing anyone leave or close the door, he felt someone climb into his bed.

He thought Yan Xing had sneaked over, so he pulled back the blanket covering his head, only to see An Ling smiling at him.

Yan Yu was still in a daze when An Ling reached out and wiped his face twice; the touch was icy cold.

"Brother Yu, don't cry, I've come to spend the New Year with you."