Chapter 19

"Going back?" Ruan Yan asked.

Ming Yunle shook his head: "No, it's getting late anyway, so I might as well stay overnight."

Ruan Yan and Gu Jing did not stay for dinner, leaving only Xia Chen and Ming Yunle at the table.

The two of them were chattering about Ruan Yan's birthday party.

"How about doing it here? We can set up the surprise here. Everyone comes here often anyway, so coming here won't arouse his suspicion." Xia Chen suggested.

Ming Yunle also had this plan.

The two of them discussed it together for a while, and Xia Chen said, "Then let's set the party for noon. Ruan Yan will be free that day, right?"

"I hinted at it, and he said nothing happened that day."

"That's good, otherwise it would have been a waste of time."

Xia Chen said to Ming Yunle, "I've even prepared the gifts, and I've already thought of the dishes for that day."

Ming Yunle really hopes that Xia Chen's hobby can last longer.

Apart from the fact that the taste was mediocre at the beginning, he has been enjoying a good meal recently.

On Ruan Yan's birthday, Ming Yunle started preparing his birthday surprise early.

The entire arrangement was not arranged by the housekeeper, but was done by several of them themselves.

"Shouldn't this balloon be placed here?" Xia Chen asked, looking at the balloon that came from nowhere.

Ming Yunle: "This balloon is mine."

Gu Jing took off something that had fallen on his head at some point, muttering to himself, "Where should I put this?"

After several people worked for a while, they finally set the scene.

"How's your cake going?" Xia Chen asked.

Ming Yunle scratched his head awkwardly, then said, "I just made a very small one. But don't worry, the chef also made a cake."

The dishes on the table were all Ruan Yan's favorites, and Ming Yunle naturally participated as well. The ones he made were quite obvious, and the one that looked the most ordinary was this one.

"Is Ruan Yan about to arrive?" Xia Chen looked at the time.

As soon as he finished speaking, the doorbell rang.

Ming Yunle rushed over, opened the door, grabbed Ruan Yan's hand, and made him turn his back to that side.

"Looks like there's a birthday surprise?" Ruan Yan was a little surprised: "I thought we were just here for a meal or a get-together."

Ming Yunle led him to the designated location and then let go of his hand.

Ruan Yan saw the carefully decorated venue and the exquisite cake in the middle.

He was stunned for a moment, then asked, "Did you do that?"

"Actually, no, the chef made it, but I also made a separate piece for you. You can pick whatever you want to eat."

After saying that, Ming Yunle took out a small box from the table next to him.

The box is really not big, it can only be said to be a small cake.

The cake inside was probably not much bigger than Ruan Yan's hand.

"I'll eat well."

The people around him sang Happy Birthday. Ruan Yan looked at the candles, closed his eyes, made a sincere wish, and then blew them out.

Speaking out the wish might not come true, so no one asked Ruan Yan what wish he made, but asked him to cut the cake.

Since there weren't many people, the cake wasn't very big.

After the cake was divided, everyone sat down.

What Ruan Yanxian ate was not the exquisite cake but the one made by Ming Yunle. He could see that Ming Yunle had put a lot of effort into it.

In fact, it is fine to use the cake made by Ming Yunle as a birthday cake. He happened to see the finished product he made once.

Ming Yunle probably still felt that he should give him a beautiful gift on his birthday, so this chef made a cake.

Ruan Yan looked at Ming Yunle with a smile in his eyes.

"Is it delicious?" Ming Yunle asked.

Ruan Yan gave a high evaluation, and it can be seen that his praise was very sincere.

Ming Yunle also noticed it and said, "It seems that my preparations are very good."

"Um."

Everyone took out their gifts afterwards, and Ruan Yan was particularly interested in Ming Yunle's gift.

He saw Ming Yunle take out a box and when he opened it, there was a bracelet inside.

After seeing him open it, Ming Yunle said, "I remember you said you liked this very much, and that if you were in a relationship in the future, the gift you most wanted to receive would also be a bracelet."

Ruan Yan stretched out his hand towards Ming Yunle, and Ming Yunle understood what he meant.

After helping Ruan Yan put on the bracelet, he looked at Ruan Yan's wrist and felt more and more satisfied.

I have a really good eye.

Ming Yunle's thoughts were written on his face. Ruan Yan couldn't help laughing. He put his arm around Ming Yunle's shoulders and said, "Thank you for remembering."

He mentioned it when they were in K City. It was just an unintentional conversation between them, but Ming Yunle didn't expect that he really took it to heart and still remembers it now.

Even though there are only four people at a birthday party, it is still lively.

After the meal, Ruan Yan lay on the sofa, holding up his hand, staring at the bracelet on his hand in a daze.

"Haven't you seen enough?" Gu Jing passed by and saw Ruan Yan still in a daze, and couldn't help asking.

"I haven't seen enough. This is the reaction when someone gives you a gift you like." Ruan Yan admitted frankly.

Xia Chen and Ming Yunle sat on the swing. Xia Chen said, "Xia You and Ming Yunyuan have been getting along very well recently."

"My brother?" Ming Yunle thought of Ming Yunyuan's evaluation of Xia You.

Xia Chen said: "He admires Xia You very much."

Ming Yunyuan's evaluation of Xia You is similar to that of many people in the novel, and they are basically all good things.

"He's so amazing." Xia Chen's eyes were almost overflowing with admiration.

After hearing Xia Chen's words, Ming Yunle was also deeply touched.

As the two chatted, they suddenly talked about the banquet.

"I still have to go to that banquet, it's hosted by the Li family."

When Ming Yunle heard the word Li family, he immediately thought of the situation of the Li family in the original text.

The Li family did hold a banquet, but something went wrong during the banquet.

But what is the problem?

Ming Yunle thought about it for a while, but still couldn't remember anything.

It has been such a long time, it is an extraordinary performance if he can remember it, and it is understandable if he can't remember it. Ming Yunle didn't worry too much.

"Are you going? I remember the Li family sent a message to both you and Ming Yunyuan."

"Go," Ming Yun happily replied, "The Li family and ours have always had a good relationship and close cooperation. How could I not go if they invited me? Besides, the second young master of the Li family and I are semi-friends, and he even asked me specifically."

Having said that, there are not many people who can become true friends with Ming Yunle over the years.

So even if we are just half friends, we can be considered to have a pretty good relationship.

He only vaguely remembered one small detail, and he would just go and take a look at it when the time comes.

If there is any way he can help, he will help.

At this time, Ming Yunyuan also called and asked, "Do you want to go to the Li family banquet together?"

Ming Yunle: "Of course."

After confirming it, Ming Yunyuan hung up the phone.

Ming Yunle looked at the off phone screen and wondered what his brother was doing.

I don’t know if he is still at home. I will go back to see him in the evening.

At home, Ming Yunyuan was reading a book, and Ming Yunle watched Ming Yunyuan reading.

After being stared at for a long time, Ming Yunyuan put down the book and asked, "Why do you keep looking at me?"

"See what's wrong with you?"

Ming Yunyuan sighed: "Just tell me what you have to say."

Ming Yunle was indeed fine. He was just bored, so he came to bother Ming Yunyuan.

As Ming Yunle's younger brother, Ming Yunyuan has already seen through Ming Yunle's little thoughts.

Ming Yunyuan sighed and watched his brother circling around in front of him. He was just about to say, "If you are really free, just go to sleep," but his brother spoke first.

"I heard that you admire Xia You very much?"

I didn't expect Ming Yunle to ask this suddenly.

Ming Yunyuan nodded: "Yes, Xia You is very outstanding. I heard that he has joined my aunt's company. I believe that if he works hard, he will always have a place in the company."

Ming Yunyuan rarely speaks highly of someone, and it seems that he really admires him.

Ming Yunle said, "My aunt also said that her son is truly extraordinary."

As expected, he is always a career-oriented person whenever he appears in the novel. He is really strong.

When talking about his aunt, Ming Yunyuan had something to say: "Aunt asked you when you would go to her place for dinner. You two haven't had dinner together for a long time."

That's true. The last time I went to my aunt's house, I just chatted with her for a while and gave her some souvenirs.

In fact, he was going to have dinner with his aunt that day, but his aunt and uncle were both busy that day, so he had to give up.

"I'll go there in the next few days. I heard that my aunt also bought a necklace that she really likes. I'll go and take a look."

"I saw you were curious for a while, and I thought you would go right away."

"Isn't it because my aunt has been busy lately? How can I have the nerve to disturb her?"

Ming Yunyuan: "Don't forget to give my gift to you when you go."

"I know, I know."

*

Is there really something wrong with this party?

In the banquet hall, guests were toasting each other and melodious music was echoing.

Ming Yunle is a little socially anxious, so he feels a little uncomfortable in such situations.

He rarely attends such occasions, and the number of banquets he has attended this year can be counted on one's fingers.

Unlike his own slight awkwardness, his brother was very comfortable in this situation and was discussing cooperation with others.

Ming Yunle glanced at Ming Yunyuan and then stopped looking.

Although he was attending the banquet, Ming Yunle's attention was not on the banquet, but on constantly thinking about the problems that might arise at the banquet.

He's already here, why can't he remember what's going to happen?

Ming Yunle was bored in the corner when he suddenly saw a familiar figure.

Qin Bai?

Qin Bai also saw him and walked towards him.

"Yunle?" Qin Bai walked up to Ming Yunle and said, "You're here too."

The two didn't chat for long before Qin Bai left because of something.

The banquet didn't last long, and nothing happened until it ended.

Ming Yunle sighed.

It seems I did remember it wrong. I have to be more careful in my future actions. If I make a mistake like this, and then make a wrong judgment, it will be bad.

"Be careful." Ming Yunle helped the person next to him who was about to fall. When he helped, he found that the person he helped was the second son of the Li family, Li Huaifu.