Seeing that Gu Rongqi was staring at her, she felt as if something was blocking her throat and she couldn't make a sound.
After a few moments of silence, Cheng Qicai spoke with difficulty, answering his earlier question: "I like it very much."
"That's good," Gu Rongqi continued, "Oh, right, I also bought a cake and it's in the fridge. I can't be with you for your birthday tomorrow, so I bought it in advance today."
Cheng Qicai was taken aback as he walked into the kitchen and came out carrying a colorful cake.
He then handed her the cake.
Cheng Qicai lowered her eyes and looked at the cake for a while before reaching out to take it.
But instead of leaving, she placed the cake on the table, untied the ribbon on it, and said casually, "You prepared a cake for me in advance, so shouldn't I let you celebrate with me a little earlier?"
This time, Gu Rongqi was taken aback, then realized that Cheng Qicai was inviting him to celebrate her birthday with her.
He immediately nodded, "Okay, I'll go get a lighter to light the candles."
Her words gave Gu Rongqi a glimmer of hope, so did this mean that her defenses were crumbling a little?
Thinking of this, Gu Rongqi turned around and walked with much lighter steps as he went to find the lighter.
After Gu Rongqi found a lighter and lit the candle, he asked, "Shall I go turn off the light?"
Cheng Qicai nodded.
With a "snap," darkness descended, and the flickering candlelight in front of me was eroding the candle's body, looking rather cruel.
She saw Gu Rongqi slowly stop beside her, and she said, "I'm going to make a wish now."
After saying that, she clasped her hands together and silently made a wish in her heart.
For several seconds, she could feel Gu Rongqi's gaze fixed on her face, never wavering.
After making her wish, Cheng Qicai slowly opened her eyes, took a deep breath, puffed out her cheeks, and blew out the candle.
Seeing that Cheng Qicai hadn't mentioned the first two wishes, Gu Rongqi asked, "You only made one wish?"
"Hmm." Cheng Qicai nodded, "It's more likely to come true if you only make one wish."
She pulled the candle out of the cake and threw it in the trash can. She then took a cake knife, cut a piece of cake, handed it to Gu Rongqi, and cut a piece for herself.
"It's delicious." Cheng Qicai took a bite. "Was it made by the same cake maker who made it for your birthday?"
Gu Rong nodded, "Mm."
"But didn't you say that each person can only order a cake once? If you order this time, what will you do for your next birthday?" Cheng Qicai asked, remembering that Gu Rongqi's birthday was in a month.
Gu Rongqi hadn't expected her to ask that question. He paused for a moment before replying, "It's alright. I know other cake decorators. You can try my cakes next time. Different people do have slightly different styles."
This statement is equivalent to Gu Rongqi inviting him to his birthday party.
She wasn't sure how Gu Rongqi would spend his birthday this year. Considering his current relationship with his family, it probably wouldn't be a birthday banquet, right?
Cheng Qicai hesitated for a moment before slowly nodding.
Because they had just eaten, they only had a small taste of the cake.
Cheng Qicai finished the cake on the plate, then took a cake knife and divided the rest into two parts.
She is half, and Gu Rongqi is half.
Cheng Qicai said, "If we split it in half, we can eat it together tomorrow and celebrate our birthday together."
Gu Rongqi left the words of refusal he wanted to say unspoken, then looked down at her and nodded.
After cutting the cake, Gu Rongqi saw her out.
Cheng Qicai turned to him at the door, "No need to see me off, I remember the way out now. Goodbye!"
Seeing that she refused, Gu Rongqi escorted her to the elevator.
Cheng Qicai saw the elevator doors open, stepped inside, and waved to Gu Rongqi, who was watching her from outside.
As Gu Rongqi watched her leave, a faint smile appeared on his face. He seemed to have truly seen a different attitude in her.
Back inside, looking at the half-cake on the table, I gently picked up a bit of cream with my fork and put it in my mouth.
The sweet aroma spread, putting him in a great mood.
Cheng Qicai carried the cake home. She put the cake in the refrigerator and then put the gifts in the cabinet so she could display them when she went to the store later.
She rubbed her face, which was stiff from smiling the whole way, took a shower in the bathroom, and then went back to bed.
To prevent Gu Rongqi's face from constantly appearing in her mind throughout the night, she used a form of pre-sleep hypnosis—reading novels.
But now she can't stand modern novels anymore. Who told her to have a domineering CEO by her side for comparison? The domineering CEOs in novels just don't feel right.
I suggested watching some short videos of male idols, but Gu Rongqi's physique always comes to mind. Although each has its own merits, watching a few of them gets a bit boring.
She put down her phone in frustration, lamenting that she was truly doomed!
In the end, she had no choice but to play video games.
Sure enough, her memories of Gu Rongqi about this matter diminished considerably, and she didn't think about it as frequently as before.
As they played, the time passed by unknowingly to midnight.
It wasn't until her phone kept popping up with birthday wishes that she realized it was her birthday.
She exited the game, replied to each message, and finally opened the first one sent by Gu Rongqi.
There was another voice message inside.
Cheng Qicai felt that ever since he sent that voice message, he had been sending voice messages much more frequently, as if he had just discovered this new function.
She clicked on Gu Rongqi's voice message, and Gu Rongqi's deep voice came through: [Seven Colors, happy birthday~]
This time, his voice seemed a little different from his usual tone. His tone was not only rising, but the ending of the word "乐" also had a slight backsound, like a small brush.
The dense, fine hairs swept across my body, like touching a handful of static electricity.
The electric shock made her hand tremble, and the phone she was holding fell to her face with a "smack".
"Hmm..." This was the muffled groan she made when her phone hit her face.
It hurts, it hurts so much...
The intense pain shattered any romantic notions that crossed my mind. Is this what they mean by "lust is a knife above one's head"?
That's just too terrible!
She took the phone away from her face, wiped away the tears streaming down her face, and slowly rubbed her face in pain. Once the pain subsided, she picked up her phone and angrily exited the chat with Gu Rongqi.
She decided not to go back to Gu Rongqi. It was all because his voice, which sounded like a peacock spreading its tail, was so loud when he sent voice messages in the middle of the night that it led to her tragedy.
So it's all his fault.
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