"...I think green leafy vegetables like you are something I can eat for the rest of my life..." Song Mingqian said awkwardly.
"Bah! Who cares!" Ping Qiong rolled her eyes, finished the last bite of the fruit platter, and then started eating the braised pork.
Xia Yuanfang looked at them eating so attentively and smiled.
She said gently, "Thank you all for helping me take care of Chu Jian. She's young and naive, and she's not a genetically evolved person. I know she wouldn't survive these three years without your care."
Xia Chujian nodded repeatedly: "Aunt is right! In the beginning, I really wasn't that powerful! Thanks to Captain Ye, Master Fu, Sister Cai, and the money for saving my life! - I can't thank you enough for your kindness. Come, let me toast you a glass of wine!"
Xia Chujian took the opportunity to pour herself a glass of red wine and raised it up to try it.
Xia Yuanfang gently but firmly took the wine glass from her hand and said with a smile, "You are not old enough to drink yet. Come, on behalf of our family, let me toast to everyone!"
The four teammates stood up, raised their glasses together, and drank with Xia Yuanfang.
After finishing a glass of red wine, Li Fu said with a smile: "Xiao Chujian was actually very impressive from the beginning. He was too modest! He was too modest!"
This is in response to Xia Chujian's self-boasting words, "At the beginning, I wasn't that good."
The other few people laughed.
Xia Chujian pretended not to hear and said with a smile: "Keep a low profile, keep a low profile. I am indeed quite impressive among ordinary people. But I can't compare to a genetically evolved person..."
At this point, Song Mingqian said regretfully, "Honestly, it would be great if Chu Jian's genes could evolve..."
But that's just the beginning.
Talking too much is like stabbing a knife into someone's heart.
Suddenly, Ping Qiong shouted, "Isn't today Chu Jian's birthday?!"
"Hey, happy birthday to Chujian!"
"Happy birthday!"
"Happy birthday!"
"Happy birthday!"
The four teammates raised their glasses of red wine to her.
Xia Chujian blinked, then she realized that her teammates were actually looking for an excuse to celebrate her birthday!
No wonder they all brought such expensive gifts!
And my cheap boss Su Buyan gave me so much money, probably because of my birthday, right?
Ever since my aunt fell ill, no one has celebrated her birthday...
Of course, she had kept it a secret from her teammates and hadn't told them how old she was.
They didn't know her real age until this year.
Xia Yuanfang was also a little surprised and said with a smile: "You guys are really thoughtful. I guess you came here suddenly for this reason. Come, I made a birthday cake, let's eat together."
As she said that, Xia Yuanfang went to the kitchen and took out the birthday cake she had secretly baked.
The birthday cake was served on a very delicate black porcelain high-footed plate and covered with a deep cylindrical lid.
When the lid was opened, everyone present widened their eyes and could hardly breathe.
Is that a birthday cake?
No, it is a vast and magnificent landscape painting!
The base of the entire cake is a snow-covered mountain.
The mountains are covered with brilliant red spider lilies, and colorful exotic beasts are running in the mountains and flying in the clouds.
The river meanders down the outer layer of the cake embryo, like a dragon coiled on it.
"It's so beautiful! I've never heard of or seen a cake like this before!"
"I want to take a picture and post it on StarNet!" Song Mingqian immediately showed his quantum optical brain.
Xia Yuanfang gently but firmly stopped him: "No, this is specially prepared for Chu Jian, and I don't want others to learn it."
Since Xia Yuanfang said so, Song Mingqian stopped taking pictures.
He shook his head regretfully and said, "Such a beautiful work of art, yet not even a trace of it remains... What a waste of natural resources... What a waste of natural resources..."
Xia Yuanfang handed a dinner knife to Xia Chujian: "Come, cut it up and share it with everyone."
Xia Chujian felt very proud and tried hard to remain calm and as if it was no big deal, but she couldn't hide her pride and pride.
She took the knife and cut the birthday cake, which was as gorgeous as a fairy tale, into six equal parts and placed them on the same black porcelain plates.
Ping Qiong couldn't wait any longer. She spotted the cake with a red bird on it among the six cakes on the plate and said, "Is this red bird made of morning glory fruit? It's my favorite!"
Xia Yuanfang nodded: "It is the morning glow fruit."
Xia Chujian gave the plate of cake to Ping Qiong.
Ye Shijie, Song Mingqian and Li Fu took a plate and started tasting without her doing anything.
When he turned around, there were only two plates left on the table, one for Xia Chujian and the other for Xia Yuanfang.
Xia Yuanfang pushed the plate of cake with the complete pattern of red spider lilies in front of Xia Chujian and said gently, "This piece is specially for you."
Because there was a red spider lily on that piece, the teammates were very tactful and did not take that plate.
Xia Chujian took it with a smile, scooped it out with a spoon, and ate all the red spider lilies in one bite.
She narrowed her eyes slightly and made a "hmm" sound with great satisfaction.
"Auntie, this red spider lily is still made of red glutinous rice, right? It's so delicious! I never get tired of it no matter how many times I eat it!"
Xia Yuanfang smiled: "This is the last bit of red glutinous rice in the house. I won't have any more if I want to eat it later."
"...No more? Red glutinous rice is indeed rare. I haven't seen it sold in supermarkets." Song Mingqian muttered to himself, chewing slowly and carefully, just wanting the delicious taste to stay in his mouth a little longer.
Xia Chujian thought that she had never seen red glutinous rice in the Star Network Supermarket, but since she could remember, her aunt would make delicious food for her with red glutinous rice every birthday.
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