Chapter 9: Ru Ru Ru Ru, are you confessing your love to me...

Song Yu really didn't know that she had been secretly preparing for a surprise for so long and had never hidden it from Shen Zhiyan at all. After so many years of getting along, Shen Zhiyan had already seen through her.

When the car drove into the Peninsula Shiguang Villa District, Song Yu was secretly sending a message to Zhang Zeyu, asking how long it would take them to arrive.

The villa has been carefully decorated, and the yard is full of balloons of Shen Zhiyan's favorite star. The house is also decorated with this star as the theme.

At this time, the house was already full of people, either schoolmates or peers in the circle of City B.

How could the birthday of the Shen family's Crown Prince not be grand? Today, anyone who is even slightly distantly related to him cannot enter here.

When everyone saw Shen Zhiyan come in, they all greeted him with laughter. Those close to him had already pushed him to Song Yu's side. Song Yu was surrounded by a group of girls, who were covering their mouths and laughing.

"Chen Zhiyan, happy birthday!" Song Yu smiled and presented his birthday present.

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Shen Zhiyan did not offend Song Yu. Although he had a cold face, he still reached out and took the birthday gift from Song Yu.

The main person arrived and Miss Song announced that dinner was ready. There was an empty seat next to her. Shen Zhiyan hung her schoolbag on the back of the chair and sat down in the seat.

Song Yu went out for a while, and when she came back to see Shen Zhiyan sitting next to her, she didn't show any surprise, but her smile became even brighter.

While waiting for the chef to serve the dishes, Song Yu looked at the birthday present she had given him. Shen Zhiyan had placed it next to her and had not opened it yet. She asked directly, "Shen Zhiyan, why don't you open the birthday present I gave you?" She said softly, "Please try to open it. I spent a long time picking this gift."

Shen Zhiyan glanced at her, and finally stretched out his right hand that was on the table. He picked up the box out of respect and began to unpack it slowly. A plain silver ring caught his eye.

Song Yu ignored his reluctant expression and leaned over to him to ask for credit: "Looks good, doesn't it?"

Shen Zhiyan didn't say anything. He took the ring out of the jewelry box and looked at it carefully. This birthday gift was just so-so. Song Yu knew that he didn't like wearing these small things. It was obvious that there was no effort put into it. Perhaps the gifts given by her best friends were more sincere than hers.

Shen Zhiyan felt a little helpless. It was rare that Song Yu thought of helping him arrange the birthday scene in order to make peace. If the gift was not thoughtful, then he should not ask too much of her.

However, being able to find excuses for Song Yu in his heart is one thing. Shen Zhiyan is still a little bothered by Song Yu's perfunctory attitude. He held the ring in his hand and did not speak for a long time, nor did he try it on his hand. His face was calm and expressionless.

"Chen Zhiyan, you don't know that this style actually has a women's ring. I couldn't help but buy one. This women's ring is a little different from the men's ring. Mine has an extra circle of small diamonds, which is quite beautiful. Shen Zhiyan, take a look, isn't it beautiful?" Song Yu stretched out her left hand and showed Shen Zhiyan the same ring on her index finger.

Shen Zhiyan turned her head to look at the ring on Song Yu's hand. The style and material were basically the same, with only slight differences. It was really a pair with the men's ring she gave her.

He lowered his eyes to hide his smile, and casually put the ring he was playing with on his own hand, and his mood improved a lot.

Looking at it more closely, the ring wasn't that ugly. Song Yu had chosen the right size; it suited him well.

There were other activities after dinner, and everyone played and joked, then moved to the multi-purpose hall on the basement floor of the villa. Shen Zhiyan secretly glanced around, and Song Yu was nowhere to be seen again.

The corners of his lips curled up slightly, and he calmly found a sofa in the corner and sat down.

When the lights in the multi-purpose hall were dimmed, a video clip of Song Yu saying sorry in various ways suddenly appeared on the projection screen, and the picture finally froze at the opening of the English song "Sorry".

Accompanied by the prelude of the song and amid the laughter of the crowd, Song Yu walked slowly in from outside the door while holding the microphone and singing.

Hong Minbo, who came in behind her, was pushing a cart with a three-layer cake with burning candles on it. He was pushing the cart towards Shen Zhiyan and winking at Shen Zhiyan.

Song Yu walked up to Shen Zhiyan, sat down on the sofa beside him, gave his friends a sideways wink, then turned around again, looked at Shen Zhiyan with curved eyebrows, and sang affectionately:

I know you know that I made those mistakes maybe once or twice

By once or twice I mean maybe a couple a hundred times

So let me oh let me redeem oh redeem oh myself tonight

Cause I just need one more shot at second chances

Yeah is it too late now to say I'm sorry

Amid the playful screams and whistles of her friends, Song Yu shyly stopped singing after singing these few lines. She put down the microphone and smiled at Shen Zhiyan: "Brother Yan, Happy birthday!"

The voices beside him seemed to fade away, and Shen Zhiyan said slowly: "Ru Ru, are you confessing to me?"

Song Yu shook his head and retorted: "Of course not, how old are we? This is a surprise I prepared for you! Chen Zhiyan, look, I sang sorry to you, you know how difficult it is to get me to sing, right? Can you forgive me now?"

Shen Zhiyan was a bit taller than Song Yu. The light was dim, and he lowered his eyes to look at her. Song Yu had just changed into a lotus pink dress and had her hair styled. The two pearls on her ears dangled slightly on her slender neck, making her look playful and cute. Her eyes were as bright as stars, and she was looking at him expectantly, hoping that he would say what she wanted to hear.

Shen Zhiyan also felt that the time was right. If the stalemate continued and Song Yu was annoyed, he would be the one who would be embarrassed.

He drank a sip of warm water from the cup, then said cautiously, "Song Yu, do you know where you went wrong now?"

Song Yu nodded fiercely: "I know, I know. I promise to be careful in the future and never cross the line."

Shen Zhiyan looked at her seriously for a while before reaching out to tuck the strands of hair that had escaped from her cheek behind her ear. A smile finally appeared on her icy face that had been frozen for most of half a month.

Song Yu was so surprised that he wanted to cheer: "Chen Zhiyan, are you willing to forgive me? Right? Right?"

Shen Zhiyan said "hmm" and emphasized: "This won't happen again!"

"I know, I know!" Song Yu said happily.

The projection screen changed to the Happy Birthday song at the right time, and the classmates and friends around him sang along. Hong Minbo pushed the cake to Shen Zhiyan and said, "Brother Yan, blow out the candles quickly and make a wish!"

Shen Zhiyan leaned over to blow out the candles and was about to refuse to make a wish. He never believed in these empty words. If wishes could come true so easily, there wouldn't be so many poor people in the world. However, looking at Song Yu's sparkling eyes, he still condescended to close his eyes and make a wish.

When Shen Zhiyan opened his eyes, Song Yu was the first to rush forward and smeared a handful of cake on his face. Before Shen Zhiyan could react, he quickly slipped away.

Just as Shen Zhiyan was about to chase him, a group of friends came up and continued to play tricks on him. However, his friends all knew his temper and did not play too much, but just gave him a little fun.

The most outrageous thing was what happened to Song Yu. She was afraid that Shen Zhiyan would retaliate, so she never dared to get close to him again. She just watched them playing from a distance and enjoyed herself alone.

The villa nanny prepared tissues and hot towels for Shen Zhiyan. Shen Zhiyan wiped his face clean and waved to Song Yu in the distance, "Come here!"

Song Yucai refused to be fooled and stood there to negotiate with him: "Will you hit me in the face with a cake?"

Shen Zhiyan was helpless: "I won't mess with your face, okay? Come and sit with me!"

Song Yu then walked over briskly and sat down on the sofa beside him.

When Hong Minbo was cutting the cake with a knife, Song Yu leaned over to Shen Zhiyan's ear and asked, "Shen Zhiyan, what wish did you make?"

Shen Zhiyan was afraid that her throat was thirsty, so he poured her a glass of water, and then replied: "Didn't you tell me that wishes won't work if you say them out loud? Why are you still asking me?"

"You're right!" Song Yu nodded in agreement, "I won't ask anymore."

Shen Zhiyan said “hmm” and picked up his cup to take a sip of water.

Zhang Zeyu, who was hiding in the distance controlling the lights and music, had been waiting impatiently for a long time since he saw the lively fun here. At this moment, he finally received the gesture that Song Yu secretly gave him.

Zhang Zeyu quickly operated the equipment, and the background music in the multi-purpose hall suddenly changed. The lights were also adjusted accordingly, and a beam of white light hit the position where Song Yu and Shen Zhiyan were.

Song Yu stood up as the music of Emigrante Del Mundo played. She stretched out her right hand, wearing a long lotus-pink lace glove, in front of Shen Zhiyan, and looked at him with bright eyes: "Shen Zhiyan, since we've made peace, let's dance to celebrate!"

Shen Zhiyan did not refuse. He took her hand and stood up. Amid the good-natured jokes of friends and classmates, the two of them slid into the dance floor together.

They have almost no physical contact in their daily lives, but they are dance partners and have been learning national standard dance for many years with a pair of famous British teachers who have won the Blackpool Championship many times.

This time, Song Yu danced a samba. She has recently become obsessed with this rhythmic song. She has an amazing dancing sense and performed several difficult moves in succession. Many people followed the song and moved along.

After doing a Shadow Botafogos, Song Yu spun with inertia into Shen Zhiyan's arms. She raised her head and asked him seriously, "Shen Zhiyan, are you happy today?"

Shen Zhiyan pushed her out with the music and said "hmm" in pleasure.

Song Yu followed up with a Continuous Volta Spot Turn To Left. The music almost drowned out her voice, forcing her to raise her voice: "Don't you ever ignore me for so long again!"

Shen Zhiyan responded cooperatively: “Okay!”

It was quite late that night. Fortunately, there were many rooms in the villa, so a large group of people did not go back. Instead, they found rooms in groups of three or four to sleep.

Early the next morning, Song Yu was still sleeping when Shen Zhiyan knocked on her door and called her to get up for breakfast.

Song Yu responded in a daze, covered his head with the quilt and continued to sleep. After a while, the knock on the door sounded again, accompanied by the ringing of a cell phone, which made him unable to sleep well.

Song Yu was going crazy. She finally got a chance to sleep in on the weekend, but this scene was like calling her soul away. She angrily yelled at Shen Zhiyan on the phone, "I won't eat! I won't go! Don't disturb my sleep! I'll be angry if you keep arguing!"

"Who told you to stay up so late last night? You wouldn't listen no matter how I called you." Chen Zhiyan was very patient on the phone, "Hurry up and get up! You have an equestrian class at ten o'clock this morning. If you don't get up now, you'll be late."

Song Yu wailed. She almost forgot about this. Now she couldn't sleep even if she wanted to.

By the time she had tidied herself up and went downstairs, there were already quite a few people sitting in the restaurant. They all looked listless, as if they hadn't woken up yet. They numbly tore toast and stuffed it into their mouths, looking as wilted as eggplants hit by frost.

After breakfast, the group left in their own cars just like when they came.

Under the elite education model of wealthy families, everyone is a brother or sister, busy learning this and that every day. No one can be a lazy fish, and no one can laugh at anyone else.

Song Yubing spent the whole day in a panic. When she lay in her bed at night, she was so tired that she couldn't think of anything. She turned over and fell asleep quickly.

The next day was the weekend, and I spent another day running around studying. It was an extremely fulfilling day.

It was many days later when she saw Zhou Ci's text message.

At that time, Zhou Ci had already recovered and been discharged from the hospital.