Chapter 27 Birthday Gift
After that day, the couple entered a strange mode.
It seemed no different from before, but Lin Ke always felt strange when they occasionally made eye contact. She felt a little embarrassed and at a loss.
Starting over? How do I start over?
This strange situation ended after two or three days. He didn't show any abnormalities, so Lin Ke gradually felt relieved.
She had promised Si Xiaotie she would go see the spiders, and planned to go with her over the weekend.
Si Yuming said he could go, but Lin Ke didn't let him. She was quite afraid of these little things, but after all, she was an adult and had nothing to be afraid of if she knew what was going on.
He still made time early Saturday morning to drive them there.
However, when Lin Ke saw the various exotic pets displayed in the pet store, she was still a little intimidated. "Um..."
The man smiled. "You wait for us outside."
Lin Ke nodded frantically, "Okay, I'll stay outside, you guys take your time."
Si Yuming led Si Xiaotie inside. More than half an hour later, the satisfied little girl came out excitedly describing her spider and the spider's babies. Lin Ke listened silently, occasionally responding with a word or two.
After leaving the pet store, the family planned to eat out before going home. Lin Ke asked Si Xiaotie what he wanted to eat, and Si Xiaotie tilted his head and said, "Pizza!"
The man driving in front frowned. "You just had pizza the day before yesterday."
Si Xiaotie frowned and looked at his mother with a wronged expression. Lin Ke then smiled and said, "It's okay, we'll have pizza today."
Upon hearing this, the girl stood in the middle of the front seat, made a mischievous face at the driver's seat, and said proudly, "Mom said it's edible!"
Si Yuming quickly turned around, freed his hand to pinch the little person's face, and said in a doting voice, "Okay, let's eat pizza."
The restaurant is located in a shopping mall, and it's quite popular.
After finding a seat, Si Xiaotie glanced around and excitedly waved, calling out, "Brother Xu Lin!"
The couple followed her gaze and saw Xu Lin having dinner with his girlfriend, but he didn't look too well.
His girlfriend asked in a low voice, "Who is it?"
Xu Lin sighed inwardly and replied helplessly, "The boss and his family of three, let's go say hello."
Upon arriving at their spot, before Xu Lin could even speak, the little girl stared intently at the other girl, blinking her big eyes. "Brother Xu Lin, is this your wife? She's so beautiful! More beautiful than a fairy!"
His girlfriend was delighted by the compliment, and he couldn't resist patting her head. "Thank you, baby."
Xu Lin felt awkward. He glanced at his boss carefully, hesitated for a moment, and then called out, "Mr. Si, Madam."
Si Yuming smiled slightly as he lowered his eyes to pour water for his wife and children.
Lin Ke invited, "Would you like to eat together?"
Xu Lin immediately refused: "No need, no need, madam, you eat, we're almost finished."
"Okay."
Xu Lin and his girlfriend left. As soon as they sat down, his girlfriend saw him exhaling while clutching his chest and chuckled, "What's wrong? Is your boss that scary? Didn't you always say he was very professional and businesslike?"
You don't understand.
Meanwhile, Lin Ke also noticed something. While preparing tableware for Si Xiaotie, she asked curiously, "Why do I feel like your assistant is quite afraid of you?"
"Is there?"
Lin Ke glanced at him and said rudely, "Do you have something wrong with your eyes?"
Si Yuming chuckled softly, "He's probably afraid of you."
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Lin Ke looked again and saw that Xu Lin had indeed quietly left the restaurant with his girlfriend through another door.
She wondered to herself, what did she have to be afraid of?
......
After getting married, Meng Jing returned to work in Moscow. However, things were different now. In the words of the organization, he had an extra family visit leave, so he had to go back to China once a month.
That evening, a group of friends gathered together. As soon as Jin Yang saw them, he teased, "Director Meng, you're newly married and have been apart for a while now. How come you still have time to have a drink with us brothers? Aren't you spending time with your wife?"
Meng Jing glanced at him and poured himself a drink.
He arrived home early today, but as soon as he entered the house, his aunt told him that Ning Shuxia was at school. When he called her, she didn't recognize his voice at first and asked who it was. This was the first time in Meng Jing's life that he had introduced himself.
She later said she was busy and didn't know if she could come back.
As soon as he pushed open the door to the new house, the decorations from their wedding were still there, and the bed looked exactly the same as when he left.
However, since it was an arranged marriage between families, and he couldn't be with her all the time, it was fine as it was. The young girl should have her own life.
These things, of course, couldn't be discussed with his close friend. He poured Si Yuming a full glass of wine and asked, "How's Yuming?"
"Good."
Jin Yang chimed in from the side, "How could it not be good? I heard that our CEO Si has taken on several big projects, including that piece of land in the suburbs. Last month, the district government suddenly said that they were going to plan a new park there. Wouldn't that make the Entropy Domain retirement city project even more valuable?"
Jin Yang said this with a hint of resentment in his voice, "Boss Si, do you think you were just lucky or did you have some inside information?"
The man chuckled, his laughter brimming with an air of absolute confidence. "You certainly have a lot of information."
"Alright, that's enough." Jin Yang clinked his glass with Si's. "President Si, remember to give us some soup."
After chatting about work for a bit, Meng Jing asked, "Is Lin Ke's result coming out soon?"
Si Yuming: "In a couple of days."
"Is everything alright?"
"It should be fine."
"That's good." Meng Jing said with some emotion, "Lin Ke actually wanted to come here when she was in college, but too many things happened afterward, and it was delayed."
Jin Yang didn't know what they were talking about. After asking a couple of questions, he realized that Lin Ke was going to take the exam for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He punched the man next to him on the shoulder twice and said, "So our little Lin Ke suffered so much. She almost gave up her dream for you."
Si Yuming lifted his eyelids and paused for a moment after understanding what he was saying.
That day, Si Yun said she had someone she liked. He remembered Jin Yang's hesitant words earlier, "It would be a disservice to marry him," and believed him to some extent.
Thinking about it again, he felt both amused and guilty, and glared at her, saying, "Can you please stop saying things in half-finished sentences in the future?"
"What should I do?" Jin Yang asked, looking completely bewildered.
Meng Jing continued, "During that time, we had a project collaboration with her school, and she happened to be one of the intern translators. At first, she didn't seem to recognize me. I thought to myself, 'Oh, this little Lin Ke, she used to hide behind me every day when we were kids, and now that she's grown up, I can't recognize her.' It made me so angry."
"I met her a few more times after that. Once, I took her home and stopped by the old house on the way. The Lin family used to live right next to your house." Meng Jing looked at Si Yuming. "Do you remember those little houses? The little girl stood there in the yard, staring at them, her eyes red."
Si Yuming's eyes showed a hint of emotion.
I remember that Grandpa Lin was Grandpa's subordinate and friend. The two families lived together. The house wasn't very soundproof, and every morning he could hear a girl giggling from the next room.
At that time, she was the only junior in the Lin family, and her mother doted on her. She was always carefree.
"Sister Siyun was there that day too, and we even chatted for a bit..." Meng Jing paused here, sighed, and then asked, "How is Sister Siyun now?"
Si Yun's affair has spread widely in the industry. No one expected Qin Ru to do such a thing. Although the elders of the Si family are no longer around, the families who used to live together can still support her. Qin Ru will not have a good ending.
Jin Yang also sighed.
Si Yuming said, "The trial has already begun, and the verdict is expected to be issued in a while."
Meng Jing patted him on the shoulder: "Just let me know if you need any help."
"good."
As the night deepened, the bar began to come alive.
Chatting and drinking, the long-lost friends seemed to have returned to the past, talking about everything.
At nine o'clock, Meng Jing received a message on his phone. He glanced at it, stood up, and said, "I'm going back."
Si Yuming glanced down at his watch, then picked up his clothes. "I have to go too."
Jin Yang watched the two men walk away: "???"
No way, brothers aren't as good as wives, huh?! Having a wife is all that matters!!
......
Shortly after New Year's Day was Lin Ke's birthday, and that day also happened to be the day the national civil service exam results were announced.
At 3 p.m., a project meeting was being held in the president's office conference room, where project managers reported on the status of their respective projects.
However, everyone was distracted by the boss in the main seat, who kept checking the time, and couldn't keep track of the progress.
The vice president next to him leaned over and asked, "President Si, if you have something to do, should we end this early?"
"No need, continue."
Ten minutes later, the person in the main seat glanced at his watch again.
The project manager sped up.
Five minutes later, one project was completed, and another manager took over.
The presentation concluded in twenty minutes. "Mr. Si, this is the plan for the Haibin City project. What do you think?"
Si Yuming flipped through the documents, his brow furrowed: "Who prepared the budget?"
"Mr. Si, according to the latest plan..."
The man interrupted: "This year, the budget has been cut, so this budget was the first one to be rejected and has to be redone, and there's more..."
The boss, who seemed anxious, was no longer in a hurry. He meticulously scrutinized every detail, perhaps because he was pressed for time. His tone was exceptionally crisp and stern, leaving the project team members speechless.
4:30.
"Okay, that's all."
Before anyone could react, the head seat was empty.
Si Yuming was supposed to pick up Si Xiaotie, so the little girl waited obediently at the kindergarten since no one was there to pick her up.
I was more than ten minutes late, and by then most of the kindergarten children had already left.
After picking him up, the little girl looked unhappy, crossed her arms, and angrily shouted, "Daddy, you're late!"
"I'm sorry, baby." The cold-faced CEO apologized softly, picked up his daughter's little backpack, and took her little hand. "Let's go get Mommy's cake."
Upon hearing about cake, Si Xiaotie cheered a little, "I want strawberry cake!"
"no problem."
"And we're inviting my brother over to our house for cake!"
Si Yuming said, "This time we won't invite anyone; it'll just be us celebrating my birthday with Mom."
"Alright then."
When the father and daughter carried the cake into the house, dinner was already prepared.
Si Xiaotie rushed into his mother's arms and sweetly called out, "Happy birthday, Mom!"
"Thank you, baby."
The little girl took the backpack from her father, squatted down, unzipped it, rummaged inside, found a drawing she had made, and stretched out her hand, "Here, a gift for Mom!"
The paper depicts a family of three, three crooked, colorful stick figures holding hands, each with a big smile on their face.
Lin Ke's eyes welled up with tears as she looked at her, and she hugged her, saying, "Thank you, baby."
"Hehe." Si Xiaotie stretched out his two little arms to hug his mother, then squinted his eyes and asked, "Where's Daddy's present?"
Si Yuming originally intended to give it to her later, but his daughter urged him, so he went back to the bedroom and took out a document from under the bedside table.
Lin Ke opened it with a puzzled look.
Upon seeing the file name, he stopped moving and looked up in surprise.
Equity Transfer Agreement
Even a mere 0.1% stake in Entropy Group would be enough to make an ordinary person incredibly wealthy for a lifetime.
Si Yuming: "I have nothing to give you except this."
"I can't accept it."
Si Yuming had anticipated that she would refuse, so he said, "If you don't want it, you can give it to Xiao Tie, just consider it as saving it for her."
Lin Ke remained hesitant.
After speaking, the person picked up their daughter and walked inside, saying, "Time to eat."
Si Xiaotie asked excitedly, "Dad, when are we going to eat cake?"
"Eat after you finish eating."
"Then let's eat!"
Si Xiaotie was thinking about the cake, so he quickly finished two bowls of rice.
Si Yuming looked across at the woman, but she seemed somewhat distracted.
He checked the time; it was only seven o'clock.
So he coaxed, "Little Tie, go take a bath first, and then we'll eat cake."
Si Xiaotie frowned, puzzled. "Can't we eat the cake first?"
"Take a bath first, sweetie, go on."
"Alright then."
Taking a bath is not a simple matter for Si Xiaotie. Playing with bubbles, washing his hair, drying his hair, and applying lotion all take quite a while.
Around nine o'clock, the family of three sat back down at the dinner table, and Si Xiaotie's absolute favorite part of the day began.
"Dad, turn off the lights!"
"Daddy, light the candles!"
"Dad, play Happy Birthday!"
"Daddy, sing!"
"Mom, make a wish!"
Lin Ke clenched her fists and closed her eyes, facing the cake.
She opened her eyes again, made eye contact with the man next to her for a few seconds, then looked down and opened the website to check her scores.
After a period of network congestion, I was able to access the page smoothly.
Lin Ke, total score 146.2.
Last year's top scorer had 145 points.
Si Xiaotie knew nothing, only that his mother had made a wish, and hurriedly asked, "Mom, what is your wish?"
Lin Ke's nervousness dissipated, and she slightly raised the corners of her lips, her voice soft, "Mom's wish is slowly coming true."
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Author's Note: Here we go~ Just a short chapter to transition~ More little red envelopes coming!
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