Chapter 64 Chapter 64 is the kind of love that will jump here. ...

It was the fifth day of the Lunar New Year when they returned from the hot springs. Chen Lu sent Ji Maili home. Ji Maili asked, "Do you remember it's your birthday tomorrow?"

Shen Lu said: "Of course I remember my birthday, how are you going to celebrate it for me?"

Ji Maili patted his pockets and said, "Tell me where you want to go, and Brother Mai will take care of it."

Shen Lu didn't have any obsession with celebrating his birthday. "Just find a place to have a meal."

Ji Maili made an OK gesture and said, "I promise to make every possible effort for you. It will be an unforgettable experience for you!"

Ji Maili had been talking about Shen Lu's birthday for several days. Liang Lin asked him, "Do you want to celebrate Xiao Lu's birthday at home tomorrow?"

Ji Maili didn't dare look at Liang Lin and said vaguely, "No, I'll give it to him outside."

Liang Lin said, "It's strange for two young men to celebrate their birthdays outside."

Ji Maili paused as he was about to return to his room, and glanced back at Liang Lin. "Mom, do you like Chen Lu?"

Liang Lin smiled and said, "Xiao Lu is much more sensible than you. Why don't you like him?"

Ji Maili came over, sat next to Liang Lin, and acted coquettishly towards her. "It would be great if he were one of our family members, don't you think?"

Liang Lin was so happy with her son's coaxing that she nodded at everything he said. "Yes, I just need a son who is good at studying. How about I adopt him as my godson?"

Ji Maili sat up and said, "That won't work."

"Why not?" Liang Lin laughed at him, "Didn't you call him Brother Lulu that day, and it sounded quite natural?"

Ji Maili said, "That's just a joke, don't take it seriously."

Ji Maili didn't want Chen Lu to be his brother. It was not enough to have Ji Huan, a good student who bullied him all day long. If there was another Chen Lu, he would not be able to survive.

Ji Maili returned to her room, closed the door, took out the necklace she had made, and couldn't help but want to show it off.

God knows how much effort Chen Lu had put in not taking out his things during the two days he stayed here.

Ji Maili lay on the bed and sent a message to Shen Lu.

-Ji Ji Ji: You will receive a unique gift tomorrow.

-Chen Lu: Wow, happy.

-Ji Ji Ji: Can you be a little more fake?

-Chen Lu: I am really happy.

-Ji Ji Ji: Cut~

Time passed so slowly that Ji Maili wished it was the next day.

Finally, it was midnight. Ji Maili pressed send on the four words "Happy Birthday" that he had typed long ago, and the next second, Shen Lu's video popped up.

As soon as Ji Maili answered the phone, he asked, "Am I the first one?"

Shen Lu smiled and said, "Yes, why haven't you slept yet?"

Ji Maili sat up and said, "I'm waiting to be the first to say happy birthday to you."

Ji Maili saw that Shen Lu hadn't changed his clothes yet, so he asked him, "What are you doing? Why aren't you sleeping yet?"

"Happy birthday to you." Shen Lu picked up a piece of pink letter paper and waved it towards the camera, "Write something by the way."

Ji Maili was quite impressed by the colored letter paper, especially the pink one. Ji Maili opened his eyes wide and asked, "What are you writing?"

Shen Lu looked at him with a smile, "What do you think?"

Ji Maili screamed in his heart that something was wrong, and said to Chen Lu: "Tomorrow is your birthday, and I am the only one who can give you something. If you have anything, don't give it to me tomorrow, I will refuse it."

Chen Lu thought he had guessed Ji Maili's thoughts almost perfectly, so he stayed up late at night to write a love letter. He wanted to use tomorrow's birthday to be unreasonable and force him to accept it. Who knew that he would change his mind at the last minute? If he had known, he would not have shown it to him.

Shen Lu said: "You don't want it?"

Ji Maili hesitated, "Anyway, I don't want it tomorrow."

Shen Lu didn't understand, "The day after tomorrow?"

Ji Maili said, "It's up to you, as long as it's not tomorrow."

Shen Lu: "Why?"

"No reason." Ji Maili said, "I'm going to bed. You should go to bed early too. Bye."

Ji Maili hung up the phone right away, and he had never been so decisive before.

Shen Lu frowned at the piece of letter paper filled with writing. What on earth was this kid thinking?

Ji Maili hung up the video and breathed a sigh of relief. It was a close call. Fortunately, Chen Lu couldn't hold back and showed off to him, otherwise it would be embarrassing to reject him in person tomorrow.

Ji Maili lay on the bed with his heart in turmoil for a while, and suddenly thought, would Shen Lu be unhappy if he said that?

What if he misunderstands that he doesn't want it?

Ji Maili quickly sent a message: The day after tomorrow! Give it to me the day after tomorrow.

Chen Lu thought Ji Maili would come to see him early in the morning, but he didn't come in the morning, and he still didn't come at noon. In the afternoon, he sent him the address of a restaurant and asked him to go there by himself.

Ji Maili booked a private room. At around five o'clock in the evening, Chen Lu arrived at the restaurant and told the waiter the room number. The waiter then wished him a happy birthday one after another. Needless to say, this must have been Young Master Ji's masterpiece.

The waiter brought Shen Lu to the private room, and as soon as he opened the door, Shen Lu couldn't help laughing.

Ji Maili was not idle that day. The private room was decorated with balloons and streamers, just like a child celebrating his first birthday. When Chen Lu came in, the H and Y of Happy had just fallen off. Ji Maili was standing on a stool and sticking them back with tape. When he heard someone come in and turned around, he still had a piece of tape in his mouth.

"You get out first!"

Chen Lu rubbed his brows with a headache, closed the door and waited outside for a while.

The waitress looked at him and smiled. "Your friend came here this morning. Our private room was originally only reserved for a dining period, but he insisted on booking lunch as well. He didn't need our help and just took care of it all by himself."

Ji Maili finished sticking happy, came over to open the door, and said, "Come in."

Ji Maili didn't know that he had just been "complained" by the waitress, so he politely said to the waitress: "You can serve the dishes, first the cake."

Shen Lu looked at the colorful balloons in the box and laughed, "Why, are you celebrating my first birthday?"

Ji Maili closed the door and said, "Eighteen is a big birthday, you have to celebrate it well. You came so suddenly without telling me in advance. I haven't even fired the salute I prepared yet."

Chen Lu looked at the firecrackers standing in the corner and asked, "Are you preparing this as a wedding room?"

Ji Maili picked up a firecracker and fired it at Chen Lu, sending colored paper flying everywhere. "Congratulations on your coming of age, happy birthday!"

The waiter brought in the cake and Ji Maili opened the box directly.

The cake was not big, with a circle of macarons around it and two little men standing on it. Looking closely, the two little men looked very much like them when they were children. Even the schoolbag that Chen Lu was carrying was the same as his when he was a child, bright yellow. Ji Maili next to him was holding two pieces of chocolate and handing them to the little boy with the yellow schoolbag.

Shen Lu asked Ji Maili, "When did you prepare this?"

Ji Maili was very proud. "How is it? Is it similar?"

Shen Lu rubbed the head of the little man holding the chocolate, "Yes, very cute."

Ji Maili took out a small box from her bag and handed it to Chen Lu, "Birthday present."

Shen Lu took it and opened it. A leather string held a silver tag. Shen Lu smiled and asked, "Is this a dog tag?"

Ji Maili rolled his eyes, took it out and pointed it at him, "Take a good look at it before you speak. I carved this out myself, piece by piece. If you ever tell me it looks like a dog tag again, just try!"

Only when he turned the sign over did Shen Lu see a figure meticulously carved on it, and this figure was none other than Ji Maili.

Ji Maili waited expectantly for praise. Chen Lu wrapped the necklace around his wrist twice and buckled it, "Thank you."

Ji Maili frowned, "Just thank you?"

Shen Lu: "What else?"

Ji Maili looked at the leather rope wrapped around his wrist and asked, "Don't you like it?"

"I like it." Shen Lu asked him, "Did you make this in Mei's studio?"

Ji Maili was surprised, "How did you know?"

Shen Lu smiled and said, "You have been with me almost every day since the holiday. Apart from those few days, how could you have time to do this?"

Seeing that he was neither surprised nor happy, Ji Maili asked him, "Don't you like it?"

Shen Lu said: "No, I really like it. I like it so much that I don't know what to say."

Ji Maili didn't believe it, "But I saw disappointment on your face."

The waiter started serving the food. Shen Lu and Ji Maili sat down. Shen Lu said, "I'm disappointed that someone didn't accept my love letter. I even tried to force someone to accept it on my birthday. After today, I won't have any reason to force him to accept it."

Ji Maili was shocked: "Are you still planning to force me?"

Shen Lu: "Did I say this person is you?"

Ji Maili glared: "...Are you still planning to send love letters to others?"

Chen Lu deliberately said: "I have already written it, wouldn't it be a waste if I don't send it to you?"

During the meal, Shen Lujing argued with him. If it wasn't for his birthday today, Ji Maili would have left in anger.

Ji Maili was so angry that he didn't control his mouth. "If you make me angry again, you won't get your second birthday present!"

Shen Lu stopped talking, "Are there any gifts?"

Ji Maili rolled his eyes, "You're so annoying."

Chen Lu said, "Blame me? Who provoked me in the middle of the night?"

Ji Maili didn't say anything, so Chen Lu asked him, "What's the other gift?"

Ji Maili muttered: "I'm considering whether to send it or not."

Shen Lu smiled and said, "Give it to me. Since I've prepared it, don't waste it."

Ji Maili glared at him, "You owe me so much, are you afraid I'll regret it?"

Shen Lu flattered: "What's the gift?"

Ji Maili: "Eat first, and then we'll talk."

Shen Lu asked again: "So which of these two gifts is from this year and which is from last year?"

Ji Maili thought for a moment and pointed to the leather strap on his wrist. "This is from last year."

Shen Lu twisted the leather cord around his wrist, "Then this year's must be better than last year's, right?"

Ji Maili glanced at him and said embarrassedly, "I don't know, you can see for yourself."

Ji Maili didn't take out the second gift until he finished his meal and left the restaurant.

Shen Lu sent him home. When they were already downstairs at their house, Shen Lu said, "After a busy day, you only have one meal. This birthday is too careless."

"Um..." Ji Maili didn't know how to start, "I'm going to give the second gift."

Shen Lu stood still: "Then I want to see what good thing is the finale."

Ji Maili's ears were burning hot. He stood in front of Shen Lu and said, "Me."

Shen Lu reached out, "Give it to me."

Ji Maili glanced at his hand and wanted to break it: "..."

Ji Maili took a deep breath: "Me!"

Shen Lu looked at him: "What's wrong with you?"

"Fuck." The little shyness Ji Maili managed to muster was completely destroyed by Shen Lu. He yelled, "Are you an idiot? I'm talking about me! The gift for you is me!"

Chen Lu was obviously stunned for a moment, not sure if it was because of Ji Maili's yelling or because of this unexpected birthday gift.

Ji Maili glared at him and said, "You did it on purpose!"

Shen Lu realized what he was talking about belatedly. He frowned and looked at Ji Maili. His face looked extremely calm, but his heart was actually in a mess. "Explain clearly, what do you mean?"

Ji Maili's voice dropped again. For the first time in his life, he felt so embarrassed to talk to Chen Lu: "I like you, do you want to be with me?"

Chen Lu frowned, fearing that this was just a joke, "Are you talking about liking someone between friends, or..."

Ji Maili pointed to his heart and said, "It's the kind of love that makes me feel like I'm jumping here."

Shen Lu looked at him, not moving, not speaking, just watching calmly.

Ji Maili had spent several days preparing to muster up the courage, but it was extinguished by Chen Lu's almost indifferent reaction. He felt like a failure. He pinched the hem of his clothes and felt wronged and wanted to cry, "Forget it."

Ji Maili turned to leave, but Chen Lu suddenly grabbed his hand and pulled him back, "Why not?"

Last night, Ji Maili didn't let Chen Lu give him a love letter. In order to avoid the love letter, he didn't show up all day today. He just wanted to ask to be with him before that. He didn't want Chen Lu to feel that he was forced. He was obviously willing and even eager.

Ji Maili pursed his lips and widened his eyes.

Shen Lu no longer cared about the fact that he was about to burst into tears, and held his shoulders: "Mai Mai, can you say it again?"

Some words are a true confession if said once, but it would be a bit hypocritical if said twice. Ji Maili said unhappily: "What's wrong with you? You don't listen to others. Can you understand what the teacher is saying in class?"

Shen Lu ignored his endless nonsense and said, "Say it again."

Ji Maili removed the thorns from his body and looked at him. "I'm going to give myself to you. Do you want to be with me?"

Ji Maili then realized that Shen Lu's hand on his shoulder was shaking, and he could feel the frequency of his trembling even through the thick coat.

Shen Lu nodded, and it took him a long time to find his voice: "Yes, I have been thinking about it for so long, how could I not want to?"

Even if he was impulsive, even if he confused his so-called love, even if he would regret it when he woke up tomorrow, Shen Lu could not refuse at this moment, he could not do it.

Ji Maili felt like her face was about to explode as he stared at her, but suddenly, she felt a chill on her lips.

Ji Maili opened his eyes wide, "You..."

Shen Lu couldn't help himself, but after the kiss he felt a little worried, "Don't you like it? Then I won't do this in the future..."

Ji Maili licked his lips, but it was too quick, and he couldn't savor it at all. He looked at Chen Lu and said, "Kiss me again."

The lights in the community were not very bright, and in the darkness of the side building, two people kissed against the wall until their lips became numb. It was the first time for both of them, and neither of them was any better than the other.

Shen Lu hissed, "You bit me."

Ji Maili snorted at him, "You bit me too."

Suddenly someone coughed on the stone path illuminated by the lights. Ji Maili was startled and turned his head to see a familiar figure standing there.

Shen Lu let go of Ji Maili, and Ji Maili called out, "Sister?"

Ji Huan looked over in the direction of the voice and asked, "Why are you two standing here so late at night instead of going home?"

Ji Maili glanced at Chen Lu and thought to himself that his sister probably wasn't watching just now.

Ji Maili came out and said, "Today is Chen Lu's birthday, so we just came back."

Ji Huan glanced at Shen Lu who came out behind Ji Maili, "Happy birthday."

Shen Lu: "Thank you, Sister Huan."

Ji Huan asked, "The birthday gift Ji Maili gave you was a dog tag, right?"

Shen Lu smiled and said, "Yeah."

Ji Maili was furious. "What dog tag? That's a work of art I made myself!"

Ji Huan said disdainfully: "What about artwork? Last time you gave me a urinal, this time you gave me a dog tag. You gave me such a generous gift, only Chen Lu doesn't despise you."

Ji Maili looked back at Shen Lu and asked threateningly, "Do you like it?"

Shen Lu rubbed his head and said, "I like it."

"Nonsense, how can he say he doesn't like it when you ask him like that?" Ji Huan gathered his coat and said, "Go home early. It's so cold, aren't you two afraid of being cold?"

Ji Maili asked Chen Lu, "Do you want to live in my house?"

To be honest, he wanted to, but Shen Lu didn't dare to, for fear of accidental discharge.

Shen Lu said: "No, I will come to see you tomorrow."

Ji Maili: "I'll come to see you tomorrow."

Ji Maili watched Chen Lu leave. Chen Lu looked back every few steps. Even after the person had disappeared, Ji Maili was still craning his neck to look at him.

Ji Huan couldn't bear to watch it any longer. "It's not like we haven't seen each other for a hundred years. Why are you so reluctant to leave? Come home with me. It's cold."

Ji Maili chuckled, hooked her arm around Ji Huan's neck and asked her, "Sister, why do you think Chen Lu is so good-looking?"

Ji Huan pushed his hand away, "It's not the first day you've known him."

Ji Maili recalled his childhood, "He was good-looking when he was young, and he's even better looking now. You haven't seen him riding a motorcycle, he's so handsome."

Ji Huan glanced at him and said, "Mai Mai."

Ji Maili said happily, "Ah?"

Ji Maili hadn't been happy since the incident at home. It was rare to see him smile so happily. Ji Huan shook his head and sighed, "Forget it, it's okay. He's like a fool."

Ji Maili: “???”