Spend Money on Goddess, Use more! Gain more!-Chapter 332 - 209: Firing the Last Shot, Ringing in the New Year With My Sister-in-Law (Part 4)

"Seven!"

"Six!"

"Five!"

"Four!"

"Three!"

"Two!"

"One!!!"

"Happy New Year——!!!"

At the moment when "zero" struck, a massive cheer erupted like a volcanic explosion, echoing to the sky! Almost simultaneously, in the square, on the surrounding tall buildings, countless people released the thin lines in their hands.

Thousands of colorful helium balloons carrying beautiful wishes broke free from the grips of gravity, rising collectively from hands, from the sea of cheering people!

The scene at that moment was breathtakingly magnificent. Under the deep blue night sky, countless brilliant dots (many balloons had small lights) gathered into a splendid, slowly ascending ocean. They clustered densely, like a rain of shooting stars flying in reverse, or like a grand, silent blessing released by the earth towards the sky. The balloons crowded each other, spinning, gently swaying in the night wind, flying higher and higher, gradually dispersing, scattering the joy and hope of the new year across the vast night sky. On the ground, people looked up, faces illuminated by the glow of the balloons, cheering, embracing, kissing, intertwining laughter and blessings into the most enchanting New Year’s anthem.

Zhou Yuyan raised her slender neck, her clear eyes completely illuminated by this dreamy ascending sea. She forgot to record, simply staring in amazement, lips slightly parted, face filled with shock and fascination. She had never witnessed a scene so romantic, so filled with ceremony and collective resonance. Those balloons soaring into the sky seemed to take away the fatigue, dilemmas, and certain heavy thoughts of her past year, enlightening her heart under the vast impact of beauty.

Unable to resist, she quietly turned her head and looked at Wu Wei beside her.

He was also gazing at the sky, his profile outlined by distant lights and the faint glow of balloons, handsome and serene. His eyes focused intently on that splendid ascension, with a gentle smile at the corner of his mouth, seemingly moved by this grand earthly scene. In this moment, he was no longer the calculating businessman, nor the one she had complex emotions about as a "brother-in-law," but simply a man, standing with her at the time-space node of the old and new year, witnessing this magnificent beauty together.

An indescribable, warm, and muted sense of happiness, like the soaring balloons at this moment, quietly filled her heart. Without reason, without logic, just in this scene, beside this person, she felt an unprecedented peace, fulfillment, and even... a slight yearning.

Wu Wei was equally deeply moved by the spectacular scene of thousands of balloons flying up together, his heart filled with emotion. As he gazed at the colorful ascending ocean, his mind involuntarily flashed several faces: the senior Zhou Yujie, who was now at home sleeping, Sun Yi, still fighting in the lab, Han Kexin possibly celebrating far away in Chuandu... even He Xinzhu, Shen Mumu, Zhang Yunyao, whom he had just parted ways with... He thought, if at this moment, all the women he cared about, the beautiful ones, could be by his side, watching this scene together, wouldn’t it be complete? 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

Just then, the prompt sound in his mind from the system, accompanied by the faint glow of the last batch of balloons in the sky, gently rang out:

[Zhou Yuyan’s favorability +5]

Wu Wei felt a sudden jump in his heart, surprised and overwhelmed with uncontrollable joy. He didn’t expect, in this moment filled with collective ceremony and romantic atmosphere, Zhou Yuyan’s favorability would again welcome a noticeable boost. 74 points now... This indicated her feelings towards him were not merely the fondness of a niece for her brother-in-law, or the admiration of a subordinate for a boss, but clearly contained the "liking" between a man and a woman.

In the night sky, the balloons gradually drifted away, turning into scattered stars. The first moment of the new year, fixed in the midst of shock, romance, and quietly growing affection.