Ah!

Nuo Xiaoxi let out a scream, followed by a loud laugh. There's no denying it, girls these days really know how to have fun.

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In the blink of an eye, Christmas is approaching.

Christmas is a Western holiday. Chinese people are paying more attention to Western Christmas and celebrate it more grandly, while forgetting about our own traditional holidays.

For a country without religious beliefs, its people place importance on a religious holiday. Christmas is celebrated as the birth of Jesus, hence the name "Christ's Mass."

Most Catholic churches start with a midnight mass on Christmas Eve, December 24th into the early hours of December 25th, while some Christian churches host caroling and celebrate Christmas on December 25th; another major branch of Christianity, Eastern Orthodox, celebrates Christmas on January 7th each year.

Christmas is also a public holiday in the Western world and many other regions, such as Hong Kong, Macau, Malaysia, and Singapore in Asia. The Bible doesn't specify the date of Jesus's birth; Christmas was decided by later generations.

Christmas Eve is the eve of Christmas, similar to Chinese New Year's Eve before the Spring Festival. It's also a day for family reunions.

Traditionally, Christmas Eve is the day to set up Christmas trees, but as Christmas celebrations have started earlier, like in the United States after Thanksgiving, many Christmas trees have been set up weeks before Christmas. By extension, Christmas Eve now not only refers to the night of December 24th but to the whole day, although the festive atmosphere typically heightens at night, with large events concentrated then, making it more fitting to call it Christmas Eve. At this time, countless Westerners hurry home to gather. A must-have celebration on Christmas night is a party. Most Western families reunite at home for a lavish dinner, then gather by the roaring fireplace to play music, sing songs, and share family joy; or host a masquerade ball, celebrating Christmas night until dawn in a happy, peaceful, and joyful Christmas Eve, reunion night. Looking forward to Christmas, it's said that Santa Claus will secretly prepare gifts for children and place them in stockings.

Some say that Christmas Eve is a Christian holiday.

In every street and alley, festive colors are everywhere. Many large shopping centers have a tall and big Christmas tree at the entrance, and many neon lights are wrapped around the tree, at the entrance of large shopping centers, there are people dressed as 'Santa Claus' handing out snacks and candies at the door, attracting many children.

Not just the large shopping centers, even small stores have Christmas trees at their entrance.

"Christmas is getting busier nowadays," Tang Yumeng said, holding Lin Chuan's hand as they walked down the street.

"Yes!" Lin Chuan nodded and said, "Chinese people are gradually forgetting our own holidays."

"Exactly!" Tang Yumeng nodded and said, "This is typical cultural invasion. Unknowingly, Western culture has invaded our country. By the time we realize it, Western culture has silently infiltrated every corner of this nation."

"Uncle, buy an apple for your girlfriend!" At this moment, a little boy ran over excitedly carrying a basket and said enthusiastically, "This is our selected Shandong Fuji apple, ten yuan each, with packaging."

Lin Chuan was momentarily stunned, then smiled and said, "Alright, I'll take one."

The little boy excitedly picked a beautifully packaged box from the basket and handed it to Lin Chuan. Lin Chuan gave him ten yuan, and the boy happily ran off with the money.

"Sis, this apple is for you," Lin Chuan said with a smile. "Isn't it customary to eat apples on Christmas Eve?"

"That's just a story made up by Chinese merchants," Tang Yumeng said, holding the apple. "In reality, Westerners don't eat apples. They eat turkey, hot dogs, roast chicken…"

"Since we're in China, we should have our own characteristics!" Lin Chuan chuckled.

"Maybe you're right," Tang Yumeng nodded.

"Once Christmas is over, it's almost New Year," Lin Chuan glanced at Tang Yumeng.

"Yes!" Tang Yumeng nodded and said, "As the year-end approaches, work gets busier. This New Year, a few City Committee leaders will be visiting the grassroots, so I probably won't have time to celebrate with you."

"What about the New Year's Eve dinner?" Lin Chuan asked.

"I... I will go to a poor village to eat with some elderly and lonely people," Tang Yumeng said with a smile.

"Sis, ..." Lin Chuan looked at Tang Yumeng and said, "You could totally assign these tasks to others; why do you have to go personally?"

"I'm still young and can't be complacent. I must lead by example," Tang Yumeng said seriously, looking at Lin Chuan. "I must earn the respect of everyone in the City Committee so that my future work can proceed smoothly."

"Yes, yes!" Lin Chuan nodded.

On Christmas Eve, fireworks bloomed at People's Square. A private businessman prepared a grand display reportedly to celebrate his mistress's birthday, which let many enjoy it.

Lin Chuan and Tang Yumeng stood at the entrance of the square, the grand display left everyone speechless, and the massive fireworks made everyone feel incredibly shocked and surprised. Lin Chuan hugged Tang Yumeng's slender waist from behind, then buried his head in her hair.

"Sis, I love you!" Lin Chuan softly said.

"I love you too." Tang Yumeng softly smiled.

Tang Yumeng turned around and hugged Lin Chuan, the two of them gently kissed. Lin Chuan gently sucked on Tang Yumeng's warm, soft tongue, and they were passionately on fire. Under the giant firework blossoms, they freely expressed their feelings. Expressing their emotions.

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Once Christmas Eve passed, Christmas Day arrived.

Early on Christmas morning, Lin Chuan's phone kept ringing incessantly. Half-asleep, Lin Chuan picked up the phone, and it was surprisingly Mu Bai calling.

"Mu Bai, disturbing someone's sweet dreams so early," Lin Chuan said.

"Merry Christmas," Mu Bai giggled and said, "Hurry up and get up."

"It's not a major holiday, not like New Year's, I only celebrate Chinese holidays," Lin Chuan replied moodily.

"Who's celebrating with you?" Mu Bai retorted moodily, "I've got something to discuss with you, come over quickly."

"What's up?" Lin Chuan asked curiously.

"You'll know when you get here, at the school office," Mu Bai quickly instructed, and before Lin Chuan could say anything, she had already hung up in a hurry.

Lin Chuan was taken aback and stared at the phone for a few minutes. Eventually, he lazily got up and hurriedly got ready. After freshening up, it was already past nine, so Lin Chuan rushed towards the nearby destination.

Arriving at Hope School.

Entering Mu Bai's office, the large office was surprisingly packed with people, more than twenty people gathered in there, including middle-aged men in their forties or fifties and young people in their twenties or thirties. When Lin Chuan walked in, everyone turned to look at him.

"Excuse me, you are...?" someone asked Lin Chuan, puzzled.

"Oh, I'm here to see Mu Bai," Lin Chuan smiled.

"We're all here to see Mu Bai," the person smiled and said, "We are volunteers invited by Mu Bai. I'm Da Bao, and you are?"

"I'm Lin Chuan," Lin Chuan replied.

The other person was taken aback, puzzled, and said, "I don't recall seeing you in the group chat."

Just as everyone was questioning Lin Chuan's identity, Mu Bai hurried over from outside and said with a smile, "Everyone, this is Lin Chuan, also our chairman of the Chuan University Charity Fund. All our funds are sponsored by Lin Chuan."

Wow...

The room erupted in astonishment, and everyone stared at Lin Chuan in disbelief. They hadn't expected that the boss of the Chuan University Charity Fund was such a young guy. Everyone couldn't help but express their amazement.

"I didn't expect him to be so young?"

"A young hero indeed."

The group showered praises on Lin Chuan, complimenting him continuously.

"Everyone is too kind," Lin Chuan said awkwardly, glancing at Mu Bai, "Mu Bai, what do you intend to do? It's Christmas today; are you planning to throw a Christmas party?"

"Of course not," Mu Bai shook her head, saying, "I have no interest in throwing a Christmas party. I spent a lot of money to gather them all here from across the country to discuss how to support impoverished families in the west, not for a party."

"Are you really planning to take a trip to the west?" Lin Chuan asked.

"Yes!" Mu Bai nodded and said, "I plan to take a trip to the impoverished mountainous areas, and it's not just me, they'll be going too."

Mu Bai pulled Lin Chuan along, squeezing into the crowd.

Twenty-something pairs of eyes were fixated on the two of them. Mu Bai sat down in a seat and said, "Everyone, I'm pleased to meet you all here. Of course, I'm ashamed; I had intended to visit each of you personally, but there's truly no time. If I were to visit everyone one by one, time would not permit it, so I ask you to make the trip to Jiangbei City."

"Mu Bai, look at what you're saying," a man in his fifties stood up and smiled, "We should be the ones feeling embarrassed. We are volunteers, and the cost of flights and accommodation should be borne by us, yet you covered it."

"Yes," everyone nodded.

"It's what I should do, it's the least I can do," Mu Bai said with an embarrassed smile, "Everyone here comes from all walks of life, there are doctors, teachers, engineers, geological survey engineers... Bringing everyone together is with the hope that in our lifetime, we can make some contributions to our country, to our people, and to our future generations. This time, we tentatively plan to set off after the New Year; the first stop will be a trip to Xiangxi, and then we'll move from Xiangxi to Gansu..."

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