Chapter 192: Be Good Even When You're Drunk

As the year draws to a close, New Year's Eve is far more memorable to most people than the first day of the year.

I don't know if it was the extra girl in the family, but Shen Yu felt that this year's New Year's Eve was extra special.

This year, Shen Deyou took a different approach by replacing the sound of firecrackers with the sound of balloons exploding, and by pulling the string in his hand, the balloons would crackle and pop.

Zhang Xiaoru also asked someone to buy cypress leaves, pomelo leaves, long-lived grass and orange peel, which used to be used to boil water for bathing on New Year's Eve, and boiled the water in a large pot, adding a spoonful or two to the bath water when it was time to bathe.

At three or four o'clock in the afternoon, Zhang Xiaoru starts to prepare the New Year's Eve dinner.

The New Year's Eve dinner is the most important event of the New Year's Eve, when the family gathers together to have a festive meal and reunite.

Tonight there are a lot of big dishes on offer, and Rika has not been idle, diving into the kitchen to help Zhang Xiaoru, who is also learning about the New Year's Eve dinner, which, like the Japanese festival cuisine, consists of a few dishes in each place.

In the past, everyone was very poor and did not get to eat meat several times a year.

"Rika, Auntie will do the work, you go and take a bath, you like to soak, just scoop two ladles of Daji water into the bath later."

"Mmmmmm, I'm going to take a shower then."

"You have to change into new clothes after washing."

"Hee hee, good."

After she left, Shen Yu was called into the kitchen by her mother.

"You go and pour water for Rika."

"Oh ......"

"Take that bucket."

Shen Yu followed his mother's instructions and took a clean red bucket. The pot of daji water was boiling hot, like a simmering soup, and tea-coloured. He carefully scooped up two spoonfuls and carried the bucket to Rika's room.

It's obviously his room ......

The door was closed, so Shen Yu knocked on it, afraid of going straight in and finding her changing or something.

"I've brought you water."

"Come in, come in."

Shen Yu opens the door and enters. Rika is indeed changing, stripped down to a single shirt and trousers, a large towel in his arms, the bathroom smoking white and the bath running.

Rika blinked as he watched Shen Yu pour the daiji water into the bathtub, something like a soak in a spa.

"This water is good, wash it and next year you'll have a big lucky shower."

"Shen Yu Want to shower together?"

At the sound of this, Shen Yu was startled and looked out of the room with the empty bucket, but luckily his dad and mum didn't hear him.

"I'm not taking a shower with you."

"Shen Yu is sick, I'm asking if you want to take a shower now too!"

Shen Yu's face was odd and when he saw the sly look in her eyes, he knew he had been tricked by her again.

"I'm going to take a shower, get out of here. ......"

Rika pushed his back and Shen Yu carried the empty bucket as she pushed it out.

After closing the door and going to the bathroom, Rika took off her singlet and trousers, put out her little hands to test the temperature of the water, then lifted her feet and stepped gently into the tub, naked, and slowly sat down.

The heat flowed into her body and she breathed a long, comfortable sigh of relief. The bath water had a faint liquorice scent and it was the most special soup she had ever soaked in.

Shen Yu was staying in a room without an en-suite bathroom, so he took a change of clothes and took a shower in the outside bathroom.

He came out of the wash and went back to his room to change into fresh clothes, but Rika was still not finished.

After he had been sitting in the living room getting high on melons for the last half of the day, the door to her room finally opened.

When Rika appeared in front of Shen Yu in his new clothes, he paused for a moment in his melon stroking.

"Is it nice to look at ......"

Rika notices his gaze and, somewhat shyly, pinches the hem of her skirt and twirls it around in front of him.

"Pretty good ......"

Shen Yu continued to eat his melon and looked up at her for a while, "Aren't you cold in that dress?"

"It's not cold if you're at home with the heating, so if I have to go out then I'll change into another one!"

"Wow. ...... Shouldn't be going out tonight then."

"What are we doing tonight?"

"Watching TV and playing cards together."

As the evening wore on, a sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner was prepared and the family worked together to bring all the dishes to the table, which this year were a little more varied than in previous years, with chicken, duck and fish.

"Rika looks great today! It's okay, auntie come on, don't get your new dress dirty ......"

"Hee hee, thanks aunty."

Shen Yu and Rika pour the coconut milk together, with Rika holding the glass and he doing the pouring.

Zhang Xiaoru remembered something, got up and went back to his room, took out a glass bottle, "This is rice wine, home-made, especially good for women during the menstruation period, Rika will try it tonight."

"She can't drink, she starts blushing at the slightest hint of alcohol." Shen Yu looked away and warned.

"It's so low in degrees I can drink it, have some to try."

"Mmmmm!" Rika looked eager to try it and took a small sip from the small cup of rice wine Zhang Xiaoru poured for her.

"Well?"

"It's delicious! It's a little sweet!"

"Right, I told you this wine won't choke you, when you're in your monthly cycle later, Auntie will make you another bottle, this wine is especially tonic for chicken soup and pigeon soup, you'll get a lot of milk after drinking it!"

"Yes, yes, yes!"

Listening to their conversation, Shen Yu kept coughing, they were not embarrassed at all, but they embarrassed him to death.

"Would you like one too?" Zhang Xiaoru asks him.

"I don't want it, I'm not mooning."

"Tch, look how proud you are, mooning is hard work!"

Zhang Xiaoru and Shen Deyou were both very happy, asking Rika to eat more food and giving Shen Yu a wink to give Rika some food.

Rika was so full tonight and had two glasses of rice wine!

Although the wine is not high in strength, it is still wine, so a sip or two doesn't feel like much, but after a few more sips, Rika looks a bit drunk.

"Shen Yu ...... I want to eat that dish."

When she spoke, her voice was soft and even sweeter than usual.

Shen Yu looked up and took a look at her, only to find that her fair face was tinged with a layer of red, her big eyes seemed to have a glistening watery glow, and her sweet smile had a hint of charm in it.

Seeing that he hadn't eaten for a long time, a slightly drunk Rika even pouted and looked at him as if she was pouting, "Hurry up ......"

Shen Deyou and Zhang Xiaoru did not dare to speak, but looked at the two juniors with smiling faces.

"Good good good ......"

Shen Yu, with long hands, gave her a dish and warned in a whisper, "No more drinks, you're drunk!"

"I'm not drunk. ......"

All right, it looks like it's really drunk.

For the time being, I can't say I'm very drunk, just slightly tipsy.

It's just the first time Rika has had so much tipple and gone into a drunken state, she's also dumber and more sappy, and she's having a particularly happy day, which feels like a dream.

After the New Year's Eve dinner, she was even drunker and wanted to help clean up, so Zhang Xiaoru told Shen Yu to help Rika to go back to her room and rest.

"You're drunk, go to your room and get some sleep."

"Not drunk, not drunk. ......"

When Shen Yu tried to help her, she twisted and turned, insisting that she was not drunk.

So Shen Yu put it another way, "It's dark now, it's time to go to bed, and staying up late is not good enough."

"I'm a good boy. ......"

Rika got up from the chair by herself, standing a little unsteadily. Shen Yu helped her and she waved her hand at Shen Deyou and Zhang Xiaoru: "Good night, uncle and auntie."

Zhang Xiaoru said with a good smile, "Well, good night, Rika go to bed early."

This girl is even more unable to drink than she thought.

After saying that, he warned Shen Yu, "Take good care of Rika."

Shen Yu is speechless. Next time, she should not be allowed to drink again.

He helped Rika back to his room. Rika walked staggeringly, wrapping her arms around him, her whole body weight on him, and her little hands were so unfaithful that she felt uncomfortable holding his arms, so she simply got under his jacket and hugged his waist.

Shen Yu wants to say something, forget it, you're drunk so I won't bother with you ......

Walking down the hallway to the door of the room, Rika changed position again, she came around in front of him, hugging him tightly and hiding her face in his chest.

"What's up ......"

"The room is so dark ......"

With that, and like a little ostrich, he unzipped his shirt and hid his head inside.

Hearing her pouting tone and feeling her movements, Shen Yu felt the blood rushing to his head.

"Okay, okay ...... turn on the lights and it won't be dark ......"

Shen Yu mumbled that he wouldn't bother with a drunken fool, reached out with a big, generous hand to pat her back and turned on the light in the room, brightening up the dark room.

Half-assisted, half-carried, Rika was placed on the bed, her small hands still tightly pulling at the corners of his shirt.

"No going ...... talk with me ......"

"I didn't leave to help you take off your shoes."

After some explanation, Rika let go of him and Shen Yu took off her shoes, held her legs flat on the bed and pulled the covers over her.

Rika was again unruly, she had to lift the blanket after it was covered and rolled over to sit up and prepare to undress.

"What for!"

"It's not comfortable to sleep with clothes on ......"

"You're wearing pyjamas, really."

"Oh ......"

Rika lies back in bed and waits for Shen Yu to tuck her in.

"Be a good girl and go to sleep and call me if you need anything."

"No walking ......"

Shen Yu was just about to leave when his hand was pulled by Rika, with considerable force.

"I'll be in the living room, not far away."

"No, no, anyway, Shen Yu is not leaving ......"

She pouted and when she saw Shen Yu was leaving, she immediately didn't want to go to sleep and lifted the covers again and hugged him in her arms.

"Fine, fine, I'm not leaving, I'm not leaving."

Shen Yu couldn't resist her, so he sat down beside her bed.

Shen Yu helped her put the covers back on, but she wouldn't let go of his hand.

"I'm not leaving, and you're not letting go."

"No loose."

Rika said, taking his hand and pressing it to his face.

It was the first time Shen Yu had ever touched her face with her hands.

Her skin is delicately smooth and super soft to the touch, and her face is now also red and quite hot to the touch.

He didn't move a muscle, he just sat on the edge of her bed and watched her.

Rika grabbed his hand and caressed her face, her big eyes watering as she looked at him, her soft hair scattered on the pillow, her cheeks flushed, her eyes with a fervent and sincere light.

"Will Shen Yu stay with me for the rest of my life?"

The short sentence, when heard by Shen Yu's ears, turned into a rope and tightened his heart.

"Will."

Shen Yu looked her in the eye and rubbed her cheek gently with his thumb, she said it in a drunken tone and he replied in a very positive one.

It was probably because she was drunk that Shen Yu dared to respond to her so boldly and positively.

"That's great! How nice!"

Obviously all drunk, she still got shy and smiled sweetly.

"Rika not drunk ...... I want to stay with Shen Yu for the rest of my life ...... and the next life ...... many, many lifetimes ......"

"It's a long lifetime, go to sleep."

"Then, then Shen Yu promise Rika that you won't leave even when I'm asleep ......"

"I promise you."

"Let's hook up ......"

She extended her right hand towards Shen Yu, flexing her cute little thumb.

Shen Yu also extended her right hand and hooked it with her by bending her pinky finger.

After hooking him, Rika took his hand in hers and got up from the bed, half leaning on him, pulling both his arms around him and holding himself in his arms.

"You're not going to bed yet."

"It's more comfortable to sleep like this ......"

She wrapped her arms around Shen Yu and rested her head on his chest to listen to his heartbeat.

Shen Yu can look down and see her pink face, her rosy ears, and smell her distinctive milk scent.

"You tell me a story and I'll fall asleep after listening to it."

"What story do you want to hear?"

"Lovely."

Shen Yu never imagined that he would one day have to take on the job of putting her to bed. Rika is more clingy than he could have imagined, and now that she is drunk, she will be even more rambunctious if she is not satisfied.

"...... The squirrel and the mole were good friends, they swore they would always be good friends and would never fall in love, one day the squirrel and the mole went to a party together, and when they arrived they found out that all the people there were couples. The squirrel was so embarrassed that she didn't know what to do and was trying to find a way to escape when the mole patted her and said, "Let's go, I've already dug the tunnel."

Shen Yu could not tell the story, and as he did so, he felt Rika in his arms, as if she was asleep.

He was relieved when Rika suddenly hugged him tightly, lifted his head and kissed him on the cheek.

Shen Yu froze and didn't even have time to feel the kiss he just received ......

"Sorry Shen Yu ...... Rika couldn't resist giving you a kiss first ......"

After kissing her, she fell asleep contentedly, leaving Shen Yu in a mess by himself.