As soon as I got home, Li Meihua came to greet me warmly, "Teacher Qin is here too. Ruan Ruan, find a pair of slippers for Teacher Qin. It's cold outside. Come in and warm up first."
Su Zhiruan took out a pair of slippers from the shoe cabinet and handed them to Qin Lianqi, "Put them on quickly, mother will probably be waiting for us."
Her guess was right. As soon as she entered, she saw that Li Meihua had already prepared the food, which was steaming hot. In the middle stood a very old-fashioned vegetable cream cake with several large pink flowers carved on it. In this day and age, a cake like this could make a child stop and stare at it for a long time. Now was no exception. Zhishu and Zhiying sat in the living room and wanted to peek at the cake from time to time.
"Two little greedy cats!" Su Zhiruan said. She looked at the two children's fixed eyes and felt amused. "Mom, is there anything else you can help me with? I'll help you."
"Aunt, let me do it." Qin Lianqi took off his coat, folded it and put it on the sofa, then took the two plates of food from Li Meihua and put them on the large round dining table. "If there's anything else you need to prepare, just tell me."
"Okay, okay," Li Meihua smiled kindly, her eyes constantly wandering around Su Zhiruan and Qin Lianqi. She was moved in her heart, and she didn't know why these two children were so well matched. If they got married and had children, the children would definitely be more beautiful. She had already begun to imagine herself becoming a grandmother, and then having a soft and glutinous milk ball following her. "You just sit down first, I'll prepare all this. Ruan Ruan is the birthday girl today, and she's eighteen years old. I heard that people in the city regard eighteen years old as a rite of passage."
Su Zhiruan smiled, hugged Li Meihua's arm, tilted her head and smiled, "Even if it's a coming-of-age ceremony or an eighteenth birthday, you will always be my eldest daughter and the eldest sister of these two children. This relationship will not change. We will always be a family."
After hearing this, Li Meihua smiled and hit her, "Child, you speak sweet words like they are free."
"Today is a good day. There seem to be a few bottles of wine on the wine cabinet. They were sent by the previous franchise store owner. Why not take advantage of this good opportunity to open them and celebrate." Li Meihua thought of the good wine that someone sent last time, and asked Su Zhiruan to find it. She picked up the bottle opener and put it in Qin Lianqi's hand.
Su Zhiruan and Qin Lianqi went out to study the two bottles of wine, but Zhishu and Zhiying were still eyeing the cream cake, and they discussed whether the flower tray on the cake was edible.
"How much alcohol can Teacher Qin drink?" Su Zhiruan took out two bottles of wine from the wine box, observed the alcohol content on them, then put the bottles down and asked Qin Lianqi.
Qin Lianqi pondered for a moment, "I have never tried to drink too much, I have always just tasted a little."
"Then let's get drunk today?" Su Zhiruan took out three wine glasses and two large cups from the cabinet next to him. The large cups were prepared to hold drinks for the two children. "Let's just celebrate my eighteenth birthday."
Qin Lianqi smiled and said, "Okay."
Su Zhiruan still felt quite novel. Including the time before she bound herself to the system, she had already experienced four worlds. However, this was the first time that someone prepared a birthday party for her as she turned 18.
Soon, Li Meihua prepared all the food and said, "Let's eat!"
"Take your seats, Mr. Qin, Ruan Ruan, please sit down. And Zhi Shu and Zhi Ying, stop running around and come eat. It's almost time to cut the cake!"
As soon as they heard that they were going to cut the cake, the two children sat down obediently, waiting for Su Zhiruan to blow out the candles and then cut the cake.
Zhiying looked at Qin Lianqi and Su Zhiruan curiously. She counted on her fingers and asked in confusion, "Teacher Qin, are you and my elder sister dating?"
"Second sister, they will be embarrassed if you say that," Zhishu waved at Zhiying while waiting for the cake, and then he looked at Su Zhiruan and Qin Lianqi, "Big sister, are you and Teacher Qin going to get married?"
Su Zhiruan: “…” Each question was more direct than the last.
"Not yet," Qin Lianqi saw Su Zhiruan cut the cake, he took it naturally, put it on a paper plate, and handed it to Li Meihua first, then Zhishu and Zhiying. He looked at Su Zhiruan and blinked, his eyes were like a cunning fox that could seduce people. He said softly, "If classmate Ruan Ruan is willing to give me a small wish on my birthday, then I would like to be able to walk beside you openly."
Zhishu and Zhiying didn't understand and thought that just walking by their side was nothing since they still went to and from school together every day, so the two children continued to eat their cakes.
Li Meihua naturally understood what Qin Lianqi meant. She looked at the two of them with the eyes of a junior looking at a younger person in love. She was extremely excited and her expression gradually turned into an auntie's smile.
"If you're talking about walking beside me, then Teacher Qin's wish may have been fulfilled ahead of time," Su Zhiruan pushed to the limit, and she asked knowingly, "Didn't Teacher Qin walk with me when we came here just now?"
"That's true." Qin Lianqi smiled. He picked up the wine bottle, poured a glass into the glass, and handed it to Li Meihua with both hands. "Aunt, I toast to you."
Li Meihua now treated Qin Lianqi as her son-in-law. After taking the wine glass, she drank it all in one gulp.
Seeing this, Zhishu and Zhiying also expressed their desire to try it, "Teacher Qin, we want to drink too."
"Okay." Qin Lianqi agreed and gave each of them a small cup.
Li Meihua was very happy today. After Qin Lianqi urged her to drink, she drank a lot even though she was dizzy.
Zhishu and Zhiying finished their cake and drank the wine in one gulp. The aftereffect was so strong that they fell asleep.
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After three rounds of drinks, the night outside the window gradually darkened.
Li Meihua covered her head dizzily and mumbled, "Good, good things... Hahaha, you guys go to bed early, go to bed early! Mother will go... go back first..."
Su Zhiruan did not sit idly by. She stood up and helped Li Meihua to her room. She pointed to her room and said to Qin Lianqi, who seemed to be conscious, "Teacher Qin, you can go in and have a rest first. I will send the two children back to their room later, and then you can sleep with Zhiying."
The candlelight flickered with her movements, stretching shadows on the wall.
Qin Lianqi looked at her back, stood up slowly, and sent the two children back to their rooms.
Then he blew out the candle and leaned against the door of Su Zhiruan's room in the dark.
When vision is blurred, hearing and smell become particularly obvious. He can feel the strong smell of alcohol in the air, accompanied by a sweet fragrance, which is the smell of Su Zhiruan.
Two years have passed, and he has already deeply engraved it in his heart.
After Li Meihua fell into a deep sleep, Su Zhiruan breathed a sigh of relief, opened the door and walked out.