Ye Ying was stunned for a long while before she realized that today was his birthday.

It was his first at the age of eight.

"How is it? Are you surprised?" Xu Qiongzhi jumped out of the crowd and hugged him, "Happy eighth birthday, congratulations Yingying on becoming an adult!"

Luo Hui used his mouth to make sound effects: "Dangdangdangdang~ Look at the birthday party we arranged for you! Isn't it beautiful!"

Ye Ying then looked past the group of boys in front of her and discovered that the restaurant was also hung with ribbons and balloons. The colorful background wall was covered with the words "happy birthday" in cartoon font. Because Ye Ying was born in the year of the rabbit, there were many furry bunny dolls placed by the wall and on the table. The dolls were holding candies in their arms, which looked cute and warm.

The wheels gurgled as He Xizhou and Qiu Shuang came over with a cart. It was a gorgeous three-layer cake with eight candles on it. He Xizhou smiled at him and said, "Happy eighth birthday."

Qiu Shuang: "Come on, come on, let's sing a birthday song for Xiao Ye! I'll start, one, two——"

"Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you..."

The boys clapped, laughed, and sang the birthday song in unison. Ye Ying looked at the scene in front of her and felt it was almost unreal for a moment.

He hadn't celebrated his birthday for a long time. Needless to say, in the five years he lived with Zhao Li, she had never remembered his birthday. When he was very young, he had celebrated it a few times, but it was so long ago that he couldn't remember it clearly. Later, as his parents' conflicts increased, Ye Yuan and Zhao Li rarely went home, so he and Ye Yi celebrated their birthdays alone. It was the first time in eight years that so many people gathered around him to celebrate his birthday.

It was so beautiful, so beautiful that it seemed unreal, like a dream.

But this is not a dream.

A group of boys came over after singing the birthday song in Chinese and English, crowded around him, stretched out their warm hands and pushed him forward:

"Don't just stand there, it's time to blow out the candles!"

"After blowing the wish, it's just right to wish for a successful debut as a group!"

"Oh, this wish, little brother Ye, must come true! Brother Ye, you should cherish the opportunity. This is an eight-year-old's birthday wish. Let's make a big one! How about getting rich overnight?"

"You're even more stupid, have you forgotten who you're talking to?"

"Fuck, I really forgot!"

"Alright, stop arguing, let Ye Ying blow out the candles!"

Under the gaze of a pair of smiling eyes, Ye Ying lowered his head slightly, blew out the candle in one breath, and then closed his eyes and made a wish amid laughter and applause. It had nothing to do with future or wealth. At this moment, he had only one simple and pious thought in his mind:

He hopes that his surroundings will always be so lively.

"Come on, come on, cut the cake!" someone shouted, and took a kitchen knife from the kitchen and cut the three-layer cake. The cakes were distributed to several students, the staff who helped, and the photographer. He Xizhou also kept a few big pieces and asked the staff to help deliver them to several instructors and directors.

In addition to the cake, Li Jingfei also cooked it himself, and several other students helped to make an exceptionally sumptuous meal. Everyone gathered around a large round table to eat lively, and Xu Qiongzhi ate the cake with a happy face: "Thanks to Yingying, I was able to satisfy my craving again before leaving the camp, hahahaha!"

Wang Yiming said: "I feel guilty. The finals are coming up soon. Will I get fat if I eat this much? What if I don't look good in the mirror?"

Wan An retorted: "Then don't eat it."

“I won’t,” Wang Yiming immediately grabbed a chicken leg and tore off a piece of meat, “Brother Fei’s fried chicken legs are so delicious, I can’t resist!”

"In fact, we originally planned to make you a cake ourselves," Qiu Shuang said with a smile, "but we really couldn't learn how to do it in such a short time. We tried it once and it turned out to be too ugly. After all, it's your eighth birthday, so it has to be solemn and perfect, so in the end we asked the chef from the program team to help us make it."

"Whatever you do is the best," Ye Ying said seriously, "I like them all."

"Oh, you're really good at talking!" Qiu Shuang smiled and pinched Ye Ying's face, then picked up a big chicken leg for him, "Come on, come on, you're the birthday boy today, eat more!"

Yue Chen said, "When the director quietly told us that your birthday was coming up, it was already late. We didn't have time to prepare a gift for you. We'll make it up to you when we get out."

Ye Ying smiled. It seemed like he had been smiling ever since he received this "surprise": "Today's surprise is the best gift."

"That won't work," Qiu Shuang said, "I have to make it up to you after we get out! I have to pick it carefully."

Ye Ying looked around and found that He Xizhou seemed to have disappeared since he divided the cake: "Where is Brother He?"

Yue Chen said thoughtfully, "He said he has prepared a special program for you."

Just as he finished speaking, Wang Yiming stood up, cleared his throat and said loudly: "Everyone, please be quiet for a moment. Next, please enjoy the birthday party special program - "Ehu"!"

Oh, there are still shows?

All the students turned to look, and the next second the food in their mouths all sprayed out -

He Xizhou, Li Jingfei, Luo Hui and Qi Rui were seen walking from the side door to a temporary platform in front of the restaurant. Each of them was wearing a goose tutu - yes, the traditional kind of tutu, but in an oversized size.

Of course, she wore clothes and pants under the skirt, and also put on a goose cover. The yellow goose-bill hat brim stretched out long, matched with the pure puffy skirt, the effect was simply amazing!

The students almost laughed themselves into submission, nearly falling off their chairs:

“Hahahaha what the heck is this hahahahaha!!”

"Help, are the people in front really He Xizhou and Li Jingfei?? Are their souls possessed?"

"To be honest, I'm not surprised that Luo Hui and Qi Rui did such a stupid thing, but what's wrong with Brother He and Brother Fei? Help! Hahahahaha!"

The four people on the stage didn't look embarrassed at all, and He Xizhou even said arrogantly, "Be quiet, I'll start dancing."

After that, the background music of "Ehu" sounded from the speaker in the corner, and the four boys began to dance ballet.

The whole group burst out laughing again, and some students almost had stomach cramps:

"Honestly, I've seen Brother He dance so many times, and this is the most awesome one, hahahaha!"

"And Brother Fei! It's so funny to see him dancing ballet with such a cool look on his face. I feel like I'm laughing!"

"In fact, I noticed that Brother Fei was abnormal when I was watching the behind-the-scenes footage of "Young Hero's Journey"! Shocked, the aloof male god actually has a silly heart!"

"He Xizhou shocked me even more! I always thought he was a very arrogant and idol-obsessed person, after all, he is the king! I didn't expect him to do such a thing, hahahaha, my male god filter is shattered!"

"I bet a penny that this is definitely Luo Hui's!"

"This is definitely Luo Hui's idea," Wang Yiming said with a smile, "The birthday party was meant to be fun, and he said he wanted to come up with a funny show to amuse Ye Ying, and then he did a male version of Goose Lake, but it was so silly that, except for Qi Rui, several people he asked were unwilling to dance with him. I thought the final version would be the two of them dancing a duet, but who knew he actually dragged He Ge and Fei Ge into it! Awesome, really awesome!"

As he was talking, four male geese jumped down from the stage and began to circle around Ye Ying. Ye Ying had already laughed so hard that her stomach hurt. Her face was flushed and her eyes were shining with tears from her laughter.

He Xizhou, wearing a furry goose coat, saluted him as a gentleman, extended his right hand politely, and said in a pinched voice: "My little prince, can I ask you to dance with me?"

Ye Ying stood up with a smile, holding his hand, and was led to the stage by him, and they happily danced to the music with the four geese. The other students just watched with laughter at first, and then they rushed over to dance. This student's dancing skills were top-notch among his peers, but at this time, it was hard to tell what kind of dance he was dancing. In the end, they just turned off the music and started dancing to the music.

Laughter, shouting, and noise, the restaurant was like a large group of demons dancing wildly. Even the photographer was laughing while recording, knowing that these boys were going crazy.

The training was tiring and stressful during this period, so we finally got a chance to relax and everyone had a great time.

Ye Ying had never felt so sad before. She felt that she had not laughed as much as she did today in all the past few years. He was sweating from dancing. He walked back to his seat from the stage and poured himself a glass of water.

The others were still going crazy. Luo Hui got a microphone from somewhere and started singing. Veins on his neck popped out from shouting. Xu Qiongzhi and Qi Ruili took a plate of cake and approached from behind with smirks, ready to give him a sweet blow.

Ye Ying took a sip of water and looked at everyone with a smile. Suddenly, someone patted her shoulder from behind. She turned around and saw that it was He Xizhou who had come over at some point.

His face was sweating from the heat, and he had taken off his funny goose-shaped ballet skirt and suit. His hair was a little messy, but he didn't look sloppy. Instead, he looked unruly and handsome.

"Jin Xin?"

"Heart." Ye Ying rubbed her sore cheeks, "Look, my face is stiff from smiling."

He Xizhou smiled and said, "That's fine. I didn't sacrifice my image."

As he spoke, he glanced around and found that there was no one nearby, so he moved closer to Ye Ying and whispered, "I have prepared a gift for you."

Ye Ying was infected by his mysterious attitude and asked in a low voice: "What gift?"

"It's nothing special, actually. I just found out it was your birthday, and the director wouldn't let us go out to buy a gift." He Xizhou said, "So I made one myself."

Ye Ying was curious: "Let me take a look."

But He Xizhou started to hesitate at this time: "Let me make it clear first, you are not allowed to be disgusted."

"I don't mind!" Ye Ying urged him, "Hurry up."

He Xizhou then took out a small cloth bag from his trouser pocket and opened the cloth.

Inside is a necklace of shells.

It was clearly handmade, with each shell of uniform size, cleaned and sprinkled with a layer of shiny pearl powder. At the bottom was a small blue conch with beautiful patterns, strung up with a rope, lying quietly in He Xizhou's palm.

Ye Yingshen reached out and carefully touched the small conch: "Did you pick this up when you went to the beach?"

"Yeah. I brought it back as a souvenir." He Xizhou said, "I dyed this conch shell with a certain color. There are no blue conches on the beach. They are too hard to find."

"It looks good." Ye Ying looked up at him, "It's really beautiful. Thank you, Brother He."

"It's okay." He Xizhou could hardly hide the smile on his face, but he pretended to be a "small case", "I'll give you something better when we get out."

Ye Ying smiled and said, "So you're secretly doing this when you hang the bed curtains at night?"

"Ah." He Xizhou raised his finger and rubbed the tip of his nose, "I guess so."

I was busy with training and there were so many people around that I couldn't hide it. In order to give someone a little surprise, I had to do it in the middle of the night.

But actually…the necklace he originally designed wasn’t exactly like this.

He Xizhou reached into his trouser pocket and fumbled for a shell. The edge of this shell was very round and the shape was also very strange - it was heart-shaped.

But there is no heart-shaped shell in the world. He Xizhou used a file to grind them one by one every night. But when all the processes were completed and all the shells were strung together, He Xizhou hesitated for a long time and finally changed to the blue conch.

"Thank you," Ye Yingshuang took the shell necklace, her eyes filled with gentle joy, "I really like it."

He Xizhou looked at his smiling face, hummed softly, and quietly clenched the shell that he had not given away in his right trouser pocket.