Chapter 72: Xun Sheng did not receive Xia Cheng’s birthday wishes
"I need to think about it again."
After she said this, the two men in front of her were obviously relieved.
They clenched their fists and punched each other.
"Then let's compete fairly." Lin Minghe suggested.
Yu Jingyuan nodded and agreed.
Xia Cheng laughed. Their relationship was better than she thought.
*
Sitting back in Lin Minghe's car, Yu Jingyuan watched them leave.
It’s not that he didn’t want to go, but he had work tonight. Besides, he believed that Lin Minghe would not do anything given his character, so he might as well visit Xia Cheng next time. Anyway, Lin Minghe was about to go to the competition, and the next time would be his chance to perform.
Only when he got back to the car did Yu Jingyuan remember the bottle of vinegar.
He got out of the car again, but no matter how hard he looked, even crawling under the car, he couldn't find it.
"Was it picked up just like that?"
He muttered, brushing the dust off his knees.
I can only go downstairs in the community to buy another bottle...
*
Lin Minghe drove to the pharmacy first and bought some common medicines for Xia Cheng to keep at home.
They supported each other and walked into the house one after the other. Although it was only a superficial wound, they felt a sense of sympathy. They bent down to disinfect the scraped skin on the sofa, and when they looked up at each other, they suddenly laughed.
"Oh, I forgot to eat dumplings." Lin Minghe sat up suddenly and reached for his phone on the coffee table. "Can I order takeout?"
"sure."
About an hour later, the takeaway was delivered. By then, the two of them had already eaten a mouthful of dog hair. Guanjun was so hot that he wanted to snuggle into Xia Cheng's arms. Lin Minghe was worried that he was in heat again, so he held him in his arms and rolled him on the ground.
"Don't bully my sister!"
Xia Cheng thought for a moment.
"Are you his brother or his father?"
Lin Minghe was startled: "Dad..."
"Then I am your elder sister, which means I am one generation younger than you!"
Lin Minghe slapped his thigh fiercely and muttered to himself, "Yeah, I might be Champion's mom in the future, how can I call her 'sister'?!"
"I was wrong. She's my sister, my..." he tried to make amends.
"But I'm younger than you..."
Lin Minghe is 23 years old, and Xia Cheng just turned 20 after her birthday, so she is obviously not suitable to be an older sister.
"That doesn't matter. I'm only eight years old mentally, so calling you sister is normal." He rolled on the ground with the dog in his arms. "Sister! Sister! Sister!"
He suddenly thought of something and immediately sat up. The champion finally escaped from the clutches of the devil. He sneezed at Lin Minghe and left in a cool manner.
"But even though I call you sister, I'm still very reliable! My shoulders are very broad, and you can always lean on them when you're sad." Lin Minghe said, his face flushing. "Just like that day at the barbecue restaurant..."
Xia Cheng cried in his arms that day.
Xia Cheng touched her chin and smiled slightly.
"I know. Thank you, eight-year-old little brother."
After eating the dumplings, Lin Minghe left.
He's leaving tomorrow night, so he needs to get back to the dorm now. He's taken too many days off this month, and if he stays out overnight before leaving again, the coach will whip him with his belt.
He said goodbye to Xia Cheng reluctantly.
Champion barked twice, and after he left, he hugged Xia Cheng's legs contentedly.
"Woof~~"
Xia Cheng: “…”
*
The next day, Xia Cheng made an appointment with the aunt who took care of the dog and installed the camera. The aunt was responsible for walking the dog. Because Xia Cheng still had to practice catwalk, the time she spent with the cat and dog was only in the morning and evening.
On the evening of July 31st, Lin Minghe boarded a plane to the province and city where the competition would take place, and Xia Cheng cheered him on through the phone screen.
On August 1st, Xia Cheng and Chen Kelin came to the practice room of a teacher who specialized in teaching catwalk walking and began a study that lasted more than half a month.
The class gathers at nine in the morning and ends at an uncertain time in the evening, depending on how well Xia Cheng and Chen Kelin master the lessons. There are daily tasks, and if they can't learn, they can't leave the class. At the same time, in order to maintain the best condition, the two's diet and exercise are restricted.
In Chen Kelin's words, they had directly entered hell mode, and if they wanted to survive, they had to give 100% of their effort.
Xia Cheng agreed with this, but there was another thing that gave her a headache, and that was Xun Sheng’s birthday.
Xun Sheng's birthday is on August 9th, so what to give him is undoubtedly a big problem. He is not short of money, so luxury goods are unnecessary, and handmade gifts are too cheap. Even if it is a token of affection, if the gift is not right, the recipient may not be very happy. In the end, the one who is happy is the self-indulgent gift giver.
Whenever Xia Cheng had free time, she would think about this matter. She asked Yu Jingyuan indirectly, and he seemed to want to give her a new diving equipment. Lin Minghe gave her a ski resort in Bulgaria, which he bought last year. Since he couldn't celebrate Xun Sheng's birthday because of the competition, he simply gave it away with a wave of his hand.
This made Xia Cheng very worried that the gift she gave was not good. Xun Sheng had been under a lot of pressure recently, and she felt that she should focus on helping him relieve the pressure - such as the care of his family.
That night, Xun Sheng got drunk and shouted that he had no family.
Although Xia Cheng hated the guy in the suit, she couldn't help but empathize with him. This feeling of wandering had always been in her heart, and she never thought that there was someone who felt the same way as her.
As Xia Cheng thought about it, she knew what to give Xun Sheng.
On August 9th, Xia Cheng received a message from Xu Yi, who invited her to a restaurant to celebrate Xun Sheng's birthday. After a while, home called again, asking her to come back for dinner.
Based on previous experience, Xia Cheng knew that Xun Sheng would definitely not go home, so she replied to Xu Yi's message after a while.
"Brother Yi, I'm sorry, someone in my family is having a birthday, so I can't come."
Xu Yi didn't care too much. He just went through the motions and asked the listing secretary Xia Cheng. However, Dong Gao sent several messages to urge him, but when he didn't receive a reply, he immediately snatched Xu Yi's phone at the dinner table.
"Why didn't Xia Cheng reply to me?" He was a little frustrated.
Xun Sheng, who was drinking, held the wine glass absentmindedly when he heard this.
Xu Yi took back his phone, smiling happily.
"I don't have that kind of intention towards you. How can I chase someone and give them fruit tea? I thought we were going to college. How stingy!"
Dong Gao's face turned red, and the two of them started arguing.
Xun Sheng took another sip of wine and looked at the dark screen of his mobile phone frequently.
His good brother, Xun Mo, and his parents had all sent birthday wishes, but Xia Cheng was the only one who was as quiet as a stone sinking in water, causing his heart to sink bit by bit.
He still remembered the first birthday gift Xia Cheng gave him, a crocheted doll. He had never seen the cartoon, but he had heard of it and liked drawing cards in his childhood, so he simply put it in his safe and took it out to look at it occasionally.
Later, on Xia Cheng's birthday, he fell in love with a red scarf while on a business trip, but he was too busy at the time, so he asked Xun Mo to deliver it to her. However, Xia Cheng had never worn it, probably because she didn't like it.
Xun Sheng felt a little touched.
He spun his glass.
Xu Yi brought over a big cake.
After his birthday, he was really twenty-eight years old.
After he blew out the candles, Xu Yi smeared a piece of cream on his face. He didn't get angry, but grabbed the cake and threw it at Xu Yi's face.
There was laughter in the box.
But Xun Sheng still felt empty inside.
It's like this every year.
There are many people around him to make him happy.
But what he likes most are still the days before he was five years old, when he and his parents squeezed into a rented house and ate low-quality vegetable cream that was so sticky that it couldn't melt in his mouth.
And now, he can hardly even remember what his parents look like.
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