When I returned home exhausted from the company, it was already nine o'clock in the evening.

The birthday party was over and the living room was deserted.

I didn't turn on the lights and wanted to go straight upstairs, but I found that the lights in the restaurant were on.

There was a person sitting inside.

He looked up and saw me, "You finally decided to come back."

This resentful husband's tone...

I blinked. “Work is a bit tedious.”

"come over."

I confronted him with what he had said, thinking he would get angry, but he didn't.

His face looked quite calm.

There were two bowls of noodles on the table.

It is decorated with chopped green onions, vegetables and meat slices, and looks quite good.

but……

It broke when I picked it up with chopsticks.

"How long has this been here?" It's all clumped up.

Zhou Chenyan paused holding his chopsticks, "One hour."

No wonder there's no heat at all.

No matter how delicious the noodles are, if they become clumpy and cold, the taste will change.

I put down my chopsticks and said, "Take your time eating. I'm going upstairs."

"stop."

I paused.

His voice was low and slightly dissatisfied, "Are you just leaving like that?"

What else?

I expressed my doubt with my eyes.

"Finish the noodles." He said in a low voice, as if he was holding back something.

"I'm not hungry."

In fact, I had already eaten outside, and the team leader specially treated me to a meal of seafood noodles, which was delicious and affordable.

I can't even drink water now.

What's more... this noodle really doesn't whet my appetite.

"Even a bite is fine."

I didn't understand what he was insisting on. Sleepiness and fatigue made me a little impatient, and my brain seemed to be becoming dull.

Some words come out of your mouth without thinking.

"It's just a bowl of noodles, is there any need to eat it?"

After that, the living room fell into silence.

Zhou Chenyan's eyes turned cold, "You've forgotten so much now."

I do not understand.

He no longer pays attention to me.

I sat down and quietly finished the bowl of noodles.

I looked at his back and suddenly felt familiar.

Isn’t this... the old me?

I am a natural romantic when it comes to certain things, for example, birthday gifts must be made by hand.

For example, I like some weird conventions.

We had longevity noodles together on our birthdays.

This is an unbreakable agreement.

But I forgot.

I walked to the dining table in silence and sat down. He was still eating the cold noodles.

I pulled the corners of my mouth.

"Is it tasty?"

He looked at me in surprise and said, "It's not tasty. The noodles have been left out for too long."

"You can eat first, you don't have to wait for me."

"Didn't you say we should eat together?"

I stirred the noodles with chopsticks. It was more like lumps of noodles than noodles. They were all broken into pieces and were unsightly.

Under his gaze, I took a bite.

Then he put down his chopsticks and frowned.

“It tastes terrible.”

Zhou Chenyan said coldly, "It's my first time making this, and I'm sorry that it didn't taste the way you wanted."

This time it was my turn to be surprised.

It turns out this young master can cook for himself. I thought he couldn’t tell the difference between grains.

He looked at me coldly, and miraculously didn't argue with me. He ate his noodles seriously and silently.

How ironic.

In the past, every year on his birthday, he always had various reasons not to go home, either he was busy at the company or Zhou Zhizi was sick.

Then around 12 o'clock he came home and had a bowl of noodles with me.

Like a gift.

Now, I have given up this bowl of noodles, but he seems unable to quit it.

I got up and walked upstairs.

He suddenly said, "Give me the gift."

"What gift?"

His expression turned ugly. "You were out for four or five hours. Didn't you go and make up for the gift?"

I rubbed my forehead and gave a perfunctory smile. "Sorry, I was so engrossed in my work that I forgot about it."

The veins on his forehead twitched.

I smiled slightly, "But you probably don't want my gift, so I won't give it to you. After all, you already have the best gift."

Zhou Chenyan suddenly laughed.

It made me laugh so hard that my whole body felt creepy.

"So you're jealous." He finished the last bite of noodles and put down his chopsticks. "You're different from Gardenia. Don't always compare yourself to her."

"Don't worry, I know myself."

In front of him, no woman can compare to Zhou Zhizi.

I have learned my lesson and I will not overestimate my abilities this time.

He seemed relieved after hearing this.

The attitude also became milder.

"I don't blame you for not preparing a gift. You don't have to eat this bowl of noodles. I'll pick you up from the company after get off work tomorrow."

"What are you picking me up for?"

"Go buy some gifts."

I was speechless. “Why do you have to be so obsessed with this gift?”

He said calmly, "You promised to give me a birthday present every year. You can't go back on your word."

I was so angry that I laughed.

Untrustworthy, why does it sound so funny when this word comes out of his mouth?

"Well, I did promise you."

"So, tomorrow..."

"Forget about that."

I said seriously, "You should know that people's promises are the least trustworthy. You are one of them, and neither am I."

The moment you say it again, it is sincere.

But when I want to regret it, I am serious about it.

His face was sullen, his eyes cold, "Say it again."

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