Chapter 76 The Gift
Zhou Kanghui yawned repeatedly. Seeing the two of them eating a bowl of noodles, he casually asked, "These noodles look pretty good. Did the kitchen only make one bowl?"
Zhou Mingshi was focused on the noodles and had no intention of talking to him.
Lin Yi'an smiled and said, "Dad, today is Mingshi's birthday, so this is longevity noodles."
Zhou Kanghui thought to himself, "Oh no, I forgot my son's birthday."
She quickly tried to save face: "I...I remember, I remember today is Mingshi's birthday, and I even prepared a gift for him."
"Where?" Zhou Mingshi finally had a moment to glance at him.
Zhou Kanghui: "What?"
"Where's the gift?" Zhou Mingshi said calmly, "Bring it here."
Zhou Kanghui stammered, "The...the gift is in the capital. I forgot to bring it. I'll give it to you when I get back to the capital."
Zhou Mingshi gave a soft hum.
Zhou Kanghui felt even more guilty. It was strange, though. These days, he would feel guilty every now and then when facing his son. Could it be that he really owed his son something?
At this point, even Lin Yi'an felt that her father-in-law was not a good father, as he had even forgotten his son's birthday.
She asked, "Does Dad remember other people's birthdays?"
Zhou Mingshi said in a flat voice, "He only remembers Zhou Mingyuan and Zhou Jia's birthdays."
Zhou Kanghui hurriedly explained, "That's because Sun Yurong reminded me. If she hadn't reminded me, I wouldn't have remembered."
Zhou Mingshi: "It seems the birthday present was fake too."
"..." Zhou Kanghui gritted his teeth: "Sun Yurong is really despicable. She only reminded Mingyuan and Jiajia of their birthdays, but not the rest of you."
Zhou Mingshi disagreed with him: "If the father doesn't care about his own child, why should he expect the stepmother to care?"
Zhou Kanghui was caught in a dilemma, and he also felt that he hadn't paid enough attention to his son over the years. He said, "...I...I'll go to the city after breakfast to buy you a birthday present."
Zhou Mingshi: "Hmm."
Zhou Kanghui thought he would refuse, but to his surprise, the son hummed in agreement. It seemed that he was really looking forward to his gift. Thinking about it, he felt sorry for his son. He rarely spent his birthday with him. He thought to himself that he would definitely buy him more gifts when he went to the city today.
Zhou Kanghui was right to go. After breakfast, he asked his assistant, Chen, to go to the city with him.
Lin Yi'an, along with Wang Ma and Ye Lingzhi, were in the kitchen making a birthday cake for Zhou Mingshi.
Wang Ma often makes small cakes. With all the tableware and ingredients at home, making cakes is easy.
Zhou Mingshi also offered to help, but Lin Yi'an kicked him out.
Quan Zisong leaned against the door frame, hands in his pockets, and joked, "So happy!"
Zhou Mingshi raised an eyebrow slightly: "Envious?"
Quan Zisong smiled and said, "I'm envious."
"Envy is useless; you're not as lucky as me."
After Zhou Mingshi finished speaking, he leaned back lazily on the sofa.
Quan Zisong walked over and sat down opposite him: "You're so shameless!"
“It’s not that I’m shameless,” Zhou Mingshi said slowly. “Judging from your behavior, you probably won’t have the same good fortune as me in this lifetime.”
"What kind of behavior could I possibly have?" Quan Zisong poured himself a cup of tea. "So what if I've had a few relationships?"
Zhou Mingshi: "How many times?"
Quan Zisong: "..."
Zhou Mingshi said, "If you are stingy with your sincerity, you will naturally not receive sincerity in return."
“I didn’t expect you to be so naive,” Quan Zisong said. “Sincerity? Many people in this world who give their hearts only end up getting hurt. I don’t believe you’re not afraid of being hurt.”
"Why be afraid?" Zhou Mingshi said, "Even investments carry risks, let alone relationships."
Quan Zisong was not surprised: "You've always been confident."
Zhou Mingshi: "Hesitation is not my style, and she deserves it."
Quan Zisong picked up the teacup on the table: "I won't say anything else, I'll offer you my blessings with tea instead of wine."
Zhou Mingshi picked up his teacup: "Thanks."
After finishing making the cake, Lin Yi-an went to the clinic to take Cai Zi-xin's pulse. After taking her pulse, she said, "The pulse feels stronger than when she first came."
Cai Zixin said happily, "I can feel that I am not so weak when I walk, and the symptoms of dizziness and blurred vision have also been reduced a lot."
She then asked, "Dr. Lin, when will my health be fully recovered?"
Lin Yi-an: "Two or three months, don't rush it. Mindset is the most important thing. Before you can focus on your career, you need to be in good health."
Cai Zixin sighed: "You know our profession, sometimes we have no choice, it's all for the sake of the role..."
Although Lin Yi-an has never been involved in the entertainment industry, she has heard of some actors gaining or losing weight rapidly for roles. However, as a doctor, she still has to say: "Even if your body is in good condition, you can't lose or gain weight like this."
Cai Zixin nodded. She knew what was important. No matter how important her career was, it wasn't as important as her health. Otherwise, even if she won the Best Actress award, if her health collapsed, she would be ruined.
At noon, Zhou Kanghui returned on time. As soon as he got out of the car, he asked his assistant, Chen, to carry things into the house.
When her family members rushed over to see what was going on, Lin Yi'an asked, "What did Dad buy?"
Zhou Kanghui pointed to the gifts on the table: "They're all here."
Zhou Mingshi looked over: "What is it?"
Lin Yi'an picked it up and looked at it, her tone hesitant: "Lego?"
Zhou Mingshi paused, and Lin Yi'an looked at the picture on the box: "It's a sailboat. It should look nice when it's assembled. We can put it in the study. We're free this afternoon, so let's assemble it together."
Upon hearing her words, Zhou Mingshi accepted the gift.
Zhou Kanghui: "And there's more."
Lin Yi'an looked again: "There's also a watch?"
Zhou Mingshi took it, opened the box, took out the watch, put it on, and asked Lin Yi'an, "How is it?"
Lin Yi'an: "It looks good."
Zhou Mingshi complimented, "This is a nice gift."
Zhou Kanghui snorted: "If An'an says it's not pretty, will you say this gift is bad?"
Zhou Mingshi refused to answer such a naive question.
Zhou Kanghui said sourly, "You've forgotten your father now that you have a wife."
Zhou Mingshi lowered his head, took off his watch, put it back in the box, and said, "Some people forget their sons after they get married. What did I say?"
Zhou Kanghui: "......"
Seeing that the father and son were about to start arguing, Lin Shuhe quickly said, "Your mother and I have also prepared a birthday present for you."
As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Zhengying brought over a box.
Zhou Mingshi smiled and accepted it, saying, "Thank you, Mom and Dad."
Lin Shuhe: "It's nothing special. It's the material your mother prepared, and I carved it."
Zhou Mingshi opened the box and exclaimed in surprise, "It's a jade seal?"
Liu Zhengying: "Your father doesn't have many hobbies, he just likes to carve small things."
Zhou Mingshi took out the jade seal. The jade was delicate and smooth, with a soft and translucent luster. His zodiac animal was carved on it, showing how much care he had put into it. He said, "I like it very much."
Lin Shuhe: "Bao'er also said you'll definitely like it."
Zhou Mingshi smiled and glanced at Lin Yi'an.
Grandma Lin also prepared a gift for her grandson-in-law. She noticed that her grandson-in-law often played the erhu for her granddaughter, so she bought him an erhu.
Lin Yi'an whispered, "I also prepared a gift for you."
Zhou Mingshi held her hand: "Didn't we already make longevity noodles? Are there any other gifts?"
Lin Yi'an: "I'll give it to you when we get back to the room."
Zhou Mingshi: "Hmm."
While Sun Yurong was celebrating her birthday with great joy, things were not going well for her back in the capital.
After her divorce from Zhou Kanghui, she realized that all these years she had only focused on buying clothes and jewelry and had never thought about preparing a few decent properties for herself.
She was too confident in herself, thinking that since she had given birth to two children for the Zhou family, Zhou Kanghui wouldn't be so heartless towards her. She underestimated Zhou Kanghui. She admitted defeat, but with two children, she hadn't really lost.
Zhou Mingyuan said, "A large single-level apartment is not bad either; it's enough for you to live alone."
How could that be enough? She didn't want to live in a large apartment; she wanted to live in a villa.
Sun Yurong said, "My son and daughter are both here. Your father has moved to the old house, but I don't need to move out..."
Zhou Mingyuan reminded her, "This is Grandma's house."
As they were talking, Sun Yurong's brothers and nephews arrived.
Sun Caijie was surprised that his aunt had gotten divorced; this was not in the plot.
In the story, when he transmigrated into Zhou Mingshi's body, she and her uncle were still in love, so as soon as he heard that his aunt had gotten divorced, he couldn't wait to rush over.
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