The birthday meal ended in a joyful and harmonious atmosphere.

After finishing the meal, it's time to light candles and make a wish.

It was daytime, so to create a more festive atmosphere, Chu Yang brought the cake into the room, closed the door, drew the curtains, and lit the candles.

Then Zhou Yang and Zhou Yang looked at each other, nodded, and sang the birthday song together.

Zhou Yang: "Happy birthday to you..."

Chu Yang: "Happy Boo Si's spitting oil..."

The two of them: "...Hmm?"

Zhou Yang said irritably, "Sing in Chinese! Come on, get ready!"

"Happy birthday to you……"

Say goodbye to all your troubles...

"You damn monkey, can't you be serious for once?!"

"Ha ha……"

After all the commotion, the birthday song was finally sung.

Shu'er clasped her hands together, closed her eyes, silently made a wish, then opened her eyes, looked at Chu Yang with deep affection, and blew out the candles.

You know, the wish I made was related to you.

May we be together forever, weathering storms and sharing joys and sorrows.

If you don't leave me, I won't abandon you.

"Let's cut the cake, Shu'er," Zhou Yang said with a smile.

Li Qingshu nodded, carefully cut the cake, and gave each of them a piece.

After finishing his cake, Chu Yang said, "There's one more thing. Wait for me."

After saying that, he went out and soon returned with a bowl of noodles.

"How can we celebrate a birthday without eating longevity noodles? After eating this bowl of longevity noodles, may our precious Shuer live a long and healthy life, with boundless happiness and longevity!"

"What kind of blessing is this? Shu'er isn't a birthday star!" Zhou Yang said, both amused and exasperated.

Shu'er was amused and then looked at the noodles in the bowl, saying with some distress, "But I've already eaten so much, I'll be full if I eat any more."

"It's alright, just eat a little bit, it's for good luck," Chu Yang said with a smile.

So Shu'er picked up her chopsticks, ate half a bowl, and when she couldn't eat anymore, she handed it to Chu Yang: "You can eat the other half for me, so that everyone can live fifty years longer."

Chu Yang laughed and said, "Fifty years old is not called a long life, it should be called adding fifty years to one's life. Then I won't be polite."

After saying that, he ate the rest of the half bowl of noodles.

Li Qingshu rubbed her stomach: "Oh, I'm so full, I can't go on, I need to rest for a while."

He was about to lie down when he said that.

Chu Yang helped her up and said with a smile, "Lying down after eating will cause indigestion. Get up and walk around."

"Okay, then I'll walk around a couple of times." Shu'er reluctantly stood up.

I ate too much and drank a lot of alcohol, so I'm feeling a bit dizzy.

After Chu Yang helped her walk around the yard twice, he saw that she was already drowsy.

"Let her sleep for a while," Zhou Yang said.

Chu Yang nodded, picked up Shu'er, put her on the bed in the room, took off her shoes, and covered her with a blanket.

Then they exchanged a smile and left the room together to tidy up.

After tidying up, Chu Yang looked into the room and saw that Shu'er was still asleep.

Zhou Yang saw through his wicked thoughts and smiled gently: "I'm going in to keep Shu'er company while she takes a nap. Don't come in and disturb her. I'll call you when Shu'er wakes up."

Chu Yang: "..."

Okay, everyone's going to sleep now.

He wasn't sleepy either, so he started cleaning the yard and courtyard.

A little while later, the phone rang.

Chu Yang thought it was Zhou Yang, and chuckled after answering: "Is it done? Can I come in now?"

After a two-second silence, Shen Nansheng's deep voice rang out: "Second brother, don't do anything reckless. You should know after knowing me for so long that my orientation is perfectly normal, not at all crooked."

Chu Yang: "...!"

"Oh, it's my older brother. I thought..."

"I thought it was one of your women? Chunyue? Xiao Zhou? Or your little girlfriend Shu'er?" Shen Nansheng teased.

"Well, that's all I have. It's nothing compared to what my older brother has," Chu Yang said with a smile.

"That's certainly far from enough, but you're young and have great potential. Once you graduate, your big brother will take you galloping all over the world!" Shen Nansheng said with great enthusiasm.

"Did you give the gift to Xiaoli?" he asked again.

"Not yet, I'll go see her later," Chu Yang said.

"Big brother, are you doing alright in the Netherlands?"

"It's alright, the food and drinks are good, and the scenery is nice too. It's just that the Russians are too slow in doing things. They say that they are meticulous and cannot afford to make mistakes, and they absolutely refuse to work overtime. They only work six hours a day! Well, now it's almost New Year's Day, and they still have to take a few days off!"

"There's nothing we can do. That's just how the Russians are. Making them work overtime is no different than killing them. Actually, it's already pretty good that they can complete our orders normally."

"Yes, it's not easy. Hopefully, we can deliver the goods before the New Year."

The lithography machine ordered by Huawei this time is ASML's most classic model, the PAS5500, which is also the most widely used lithography machine, with resolutions ranging from 400 nanometers to 90 nanometers and overlay precision ranging from 100 nanometers to 12 nanometers.

It is more than enough to produce the chips needed for current smartphones.

Of course, it won't just be about chips, or just about Huawei. The emergence of this lithography machine will play a huge role in transforming the entire domestic electronics market.

Ren Zhengfei of Huawei spared no expense, spending nearly 100 million US dollars to purchase this equipment.

Delivering the goods before the new year is already considered fast. After delivery, installation and debugging will take at least several months.

But at least Chu Yang saw hope for the rise of domestically developed chips.

"...Let's stop talking now. Remember to give the gift to Xiaoli."

"Okay, brother."

After hanging up the phone, Chu Yang saw a text message from Zhou Yang on his phone.

Chu Yang's eyes lit up, and he immediately pushed open the door and went in.

...

Much later.

Zhou Yang glanced at the sleeping Shu'er and said, "Shu'er is truly willing to sacrifice everything for you. You damned monkey, if you dare to betray her, I will never let you go, even if it means my death."

"Hey, how did we get to talking about death? I won't betray anyone, understand?" Chu Yang said seriously.

“…Mmm.” Zhou Yang responded and hugged him tightly.

At that moment, Chu Yang's phone rang twice.

When I took it and looked at it, I saw that it was sent by Xiaoli.