The atmosphere on New Year's Eve, which should have been joyful and harmonious, became completely dull because of my cousin's words. Although I was also very angry, I didn't care about anything, because in my eyes, my cousin was just a clown, and I was too lazy to bother with someone like him. But despite this, being ridiculed in front of so many people, I couldn't help but clench my fists, looking up and glaring at my cousin.
My cousin didn't seem to take my anger seriously at all. He continued with a smug look on his face, "You hid it from your uncle and aunt for so long. They all thought you found a decent job and worked hard to make money. But I asked someone to find out that you have been deceiving us. What's the point of being a courier? You might as well come back and find a job as a waiter. It's better than being a courier."
I swear, at this moment I really wanted to kill my cousin, but today was New Year's Eve after all, and there were so many people present, so I had to suppress the anger in my heart. I also didn't want to ruin this rare family gathering of the year.
My dad knew what I did, so he didn't react excessively. But I noticed that there was a hint of murderous intent in my dad's eyes when he looked at my cousin. I don't know what my dad was thinking at the moment, but the murderous intent in his eyes made me feel warm in my heart. After all, he is my dad, and he still stands on my side at the critical moment.
The most surprised person was my mother. She knew nothing about my affairs from the beginning to the end, and she still believed that I had been working in a factory and leading a blue-collar life. Now she learned the truth from my cousin, and I couldn't refute him in front of him. She suddenly stared at me with an expression of disbelief, which made me feel uncomfortable.
At this moment, I really wanted to tell them that I had stopped being a courier a long time ago, and now I was a member of the National Special Case Team, and was also a respectable civil servant. However, when the words came to my lips, I swallowed them back, because I knew that if my mother knew that I was a police officer, she would definitely do her best to make me resign. Although she cared about Lin Yingxue more than me this time, it was always for my own good. The last thing she wanted in her life was for me to repeat my father's mistakes and become a police officer caught in the danger of an uncertain future.
At this time, my uncle next to me finally got angry, slammed the table hard, stood up and shouted to my cousin: "Look at what you said! Apologize to Xiaowen immediately!"
Seeing that my cousin was angry, he was so scared that he dared not say anything. My aunt sneered and said, "Why are you so angry? Why do you take a child's words so seriously? Besides, I think what my son said is right. Xiaowen, you should learn to be more sensible. If you make your elder sister and brother-in-law worry about you like this, when will you grow up? Besides, you have found a girlfriend now. If you continue like this, how can you start a family and build a career?"
It is said that no matter how good the outside world is, it is not as good as home. But who can understand that no matter how hard the outside world is, it is not as painful as these so-called family words? The uncle was so angry that he was shaking all over, but under the vicious gaze of his aunt, he chose to remain silent. At this time, Lin Yingxue, who had not spoken a word, suddenly asked: "What is your current occupation?"
When the cousin saw Lin Yingxue taking the initiative to talk to him, her expression was clearly that she was actively trying to please him. He cleared his throat and said proudly, "I graduated from a key university last year and have been preparing for the civil service exam at home. This year I am absolutely confident that I can pass the exam. When the time comes, I will have the golden rice bowl in my hand. Then, won't I be able to have everything I want?"
Whether it was the tone or the expression of my cousin, I felt like vomiting, but Lin Yingxue suddenly sneered, "So, you are still unemployed now? As Ji Wen's cousin, you are older than Ji Wen, but you still haven't found a job. What right do you have to criticize Ji Wen?"
My cousin was not angry, and still looked superior and said, "I am confident that I will pass the exam, so how can I do something ordinary? Besides, I just graduated from a first-class university. If I don't have a good time for a year or two, how can I live my life well?"
While my cousin was speaking, my aunt kept smiling and nodding, as if she agreed with what he said. Lin Yingxue's eyes gradually became cold, and she was about to speak again, but was stopped by me.
Lin Yingxue looked at me in confusion, as if asking me why I didn't tell the truth. But from my insistent gaze, she should have understood that I had something to hide, so she sighed and didn't continue.
I ignored my cousin, and he found it boring, so he didn't continue the topic. After we finished breakfast, my mother called me to her room alone and asked me what was going on.
I still didn't dare tell my mother the truth, and finally I had to admit that I was indeed a courier. Although this made us scold me a lot, after scolding me, she still advised me to resign and find a job. I agreed to my mother on the surface, but in my heart I was thinking about how to resolve this matter with the help of my father. However, if I want to rely on my father's help, I'm afraid I have to hurry up and figure out the matter of this curse.
After this series of episodes, today's New Year's Eve was relatively peaceful. After dinner, my mother and aunt went to the kitchen to clean up and prepare for tonight's New Year's Eve dinner, while my father, uncle, cousin and I sat around the table and started playing mahjong.
Lin Yingxue had been sitting beside me, watching with great interest. Judging from her dazed look, she probably didn't know how to play mahjong, especially Sichuan Mahjong. I played for about two hours, and then I said to Lin Yingxue, "Why don't you come and play?"
"I don't know how." Lin Yingxue was shocked by what I said, and then answered shyly.
"It's okay. I'll sit next to you and teach you. Everyone needs to develop a hobby."
Without waiting for Lin Yingxue to refuse, I stood up and forced her onto the chair, while my cousin said flatteringly, "It's okay, pretty girl, just have fun, at most I'll give you a few more hurdles."
He knew that Lin Yingxue was my girlfriend, but he just called her a beauty and didn't take me seriously at all. Lin Yingxue ignored him and kept asking me quietly which card to play.
We played mahjong for most of the day, until the afternoon when my mother and aunt prepared the New Year's Eve dinner. Then we cleaned the table and sat at the table, eating dinner and watching the Spring Festival Gala. Although the Spring Festival Gala is getting worse every year, it is one of the themes of family reunion after all. Besides, it won't be so boring when watching it with family.
Although this year's New Year's Eve was not so joyful, I still felt that this trip home was worthwhile. Time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye it was almost midnight, and it was time to set off fireworks.
I didn't buy any fireworks this year. My uncle brought everything. I was very interested in some of the long-tube fireworks that looked like bamboo poles. I was about to take them out and set them off outside, but my cousin got them first. He looked at me with disdain and said, "My family bought these, so of course I have to set them off."
I was too lazy to pay attention to him. I turned around and went back to the sofa without saying anything. After my cousin got the fireworks, he walked up to Lin Yingxue and said with a smile, "Can I take you out to set off fireworks?"
Lin Yingxue just rolled her eyes at him and sat down next to me. At this time, my dad said to me mysteriously, "Don't move. Just let him release it."
Hearing what my dad said and looking at his mysterious smile, I instantly understood what he meant and walked to the door curiously to watch my cousin set off the fireworks.
This kind of long-tube firework needs to be held in the hand and pointed towards the sky to be ignited, and my cousin also held the end of the firework carefully and then lit the fuse of the firework with a cigarette butt.
But who knew that as soon as his cigarette butt touched the fuse of the firework, the entire long tube of firework exploded directly in the middle. The firework that was supposed to fly into the sky also exploded directly in front of him, blooming colorful fireworks in the yard. Only a scream was heard from the cousin, and he fell to the ground with his face covered!
Hearing my cousin's screams, my uncle and aunt immediately rushed out of the room to see him, and I also symbolically went forward to take a look and found that my cousin's face had turned pitch black, and he was rolling on the ground with his hands tightly covering his face. I could even faintly see blood slowly flowing out from between his fingers. It seemed that he was seriously injured!
My uncle and aunt immediately pulled my cousin back to the room, wiped his face and checked the wound. At this time, I also saw that my father, who was checking my cousin's wound with my uncle, suddenly turned around and blinked at me. Seeing my father's expression, I thought to myself that my father was really cruel. He set a trap for my cousin without any sound. Moreover, they bought the fireworks themselves, so they could not blame us. This also helped me vent my anger.
I was secretly admiring my father's methods, but suddenly I heard a heart-wrenching scream from somewhere not far away outside the yard!
That scream sounded even more miserable than my cousin's scream just now. If someone could make such a scream, something must have happened!
Lin Yingxue and I both understood this, so we immediately opened the door and rushed out of the yard, running towards the direction where the screams came from. Before we knew it, we arrived at the gate of Dong Ge's yard, and we also heard a woman's screams and cries continuing in the yard!
A strong sense of uneasiness suddenly surged in my heart. I pushed open the courtyard door and saw Dong Ge's mother, kneeling at the door of Dong Ge's bedroom and crying loudly. I immediately looked inside through the glass of Dong Ge's bedroom, but I couldn't see anything clearly. I only saw that the glass surface of Dong Ge's bedroom had been completely stained red by a large amount of blood and became blurred. Under the illumination of the bedroom light, it showed a creepy blood-red light, shrouding the atmosphere of this New Year's Eve!