The water in the pot was bubbling and boiling, and the white steam was restlessly pushing against the lid, trying to emerge from the pot.

Shi Jin stood by the door, his expression slightly paused.

Yes, it seems that today is also his birthday.

Shi Jin's birthday and Mid-Autumn Festival are on the same day, every year.

But after his parents left him and went abroad when he was five years old, he never celebrated Mid-Autumn Festival again.

Birthdays too.

He doesn't like Mid-Autumn Festival or birthdays, so all the birthday information on his ID is wrong, and he never remembers which day is Mid-Autumn Festival.

As time went by, Wang Ma and Shi Yi got used to blessing him according to the date on his ID. Only time would insist on taking him to eat moon cakes with her during the Mid-Autumn Festival every year, and after watching the moon, she would serve him cake and sing Happy Birthday to him with a smile.

The video happened to be coming to an end, and the girl's soft and happy singing came from the hand: "Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you..."

Shi Jin came to his senses and turned off the video.

He pursed his lips, sent a message to Time saying "Happy Mid-Autumn Festival" and then turned off his phone.

The water in the pot is already boiling.

He threw the thawed chicken breast in, and the boiling water instantly calmed down.

When the chicken breast was cooked, Shi Jin took out the meat, cut it into small pieces and put it in Xiao Hei's bowl.

Little Black crawled out of the rabbit nest meowing, and ran to the bowl with his eyes still fully open. Before eating, he rubbed his owner's trouser leg like a spoiled child.

Shi Jin curled his lips and reached out to rub Xiao Hei's head.

Xiaobai and Meitan also woke up and were staring at him with their two pairs of water-red eyes.

Shi Jin gave them two small pieces of carrots. Looking at the two rabbits, one big and one small, chewing the carrots, his heart, which had been a little confused just now, calmed down a little.

Shi Jin washed his hands, and when he walked out of the kitchen, he paused and his eyes lingered briefly at the entrance.

Come to think of it, he seemed like he hadn't seen Yu Ci for a few days since returning from City B.

The fireworks outside the window were still crackling, and the colorful fireworks drew a colorful picture under the night sky.

Shi Jin suddenly lost his mood.

He drooped his eyelids and turned around with a calm expression.

“Crack—”

There was a sound of a door lock turning in the entrance hall.

Shi Jin paused slightly, then turned around.

There were no lights on in the living room, only the bright light from the fireworks exploding outside the window, invading from top to bottom. The dim light filtered through the glass of the balcony, outlining long, blurry shadows of coldness and loneliness on the smooth floor of the living room.

Shi Jin stood in the shadows and looked towards the entrance.

The September nights have become a little chilly, and the coolness is mixed in the air, as refreshing as mint water in summer.

The door was closed, and a tall figure appeared at the entrance.

"Close your eyes."

Hearing this slightly low voice, Shi Jin subconsciously closed his eyes.

“Pah—”

The chandelier above my head started working with a slight sound.

Through my closed eyelids I could vaguely feel a hint of orange-yellow light, slightly bright and slightly warm.

Shi Jin stood there for a while, and then opened his eyes after getting used to the light.

Yu Ci had already changed his shoes. He put the box in his hand on the table naturally. His sharp eyebrows and eyes were reflected by the warm light above his head, making them look unusually soft. "Why don't you turn on the light?"

"It's open." Shi Jin explained, his clear voice just like the cool night: "Just closed."

"Have you got a meal yet?"

Shi Jin didn't eat it, but he pursed his lips and said, "I ate it."

"Yeah." Yu Ci nodded, as if just asking casually: "I'll go up first."

"good."

The footsteps gradually faded away as they walked up the stairs, leaving the living room in silence.

Shi Jin stood there for a while, then turned and went into the study.

A dimly warm light was on in the study, and a thin ray of light shone through the crack in the door into the living room.

Shi Jin organized his thoughts and typed a line of words on the keyboard with his fingertips.

With the beginning, the following plot naturally flowed smoothly. Shi Jin pursed his lips and his fingertips moved quickly on the keyboard.

“Pah—”

Until one moment, the lights in the study suddenly went out.

Shi Jin stopped his fingertips, his thoughts a little confused.

There’s a power outage?

There was no light in the study, only the computer screen was on, and the faint white light barely illuminated the space around the desk.

Shi Jin pursed her lips and stood up.

He didn't bring his cell phone to the study, so he could only walk out of the study with the help of the dim light from the computer.

There were no lights in the corridor either.

Shi Jin pressed the switch in the corridor, but the light didn't come on.

A man's voice came from the equally dark living room: "Shi Jin?"

"Yeah." Shi Jin replied lightly, and then asked, "Is there a power outage?"

"It should be." Yu Ci's voice was at a distance: "The water and electricity bills are in arrears."

"I remember there are candles in the living room. I'll find them and use them first."

There were indeed candles in the drawer in the living room. Shi Jin had seen them when he was looking for something before.

He responded and walked towards the living room: "I'll do it."

"Don't move!"

Shi Jin paused slightly.

"I found it." Yu Ci's voice came closer, and then Shi Jin heard the sound of a lighter, as if Yu Ci was lighting a candle.

Before the lighter lit the candle, Yu Ci said, "Sudden exposure to light can hurt your eyes, close your eyes first."

With the precedent of turning on the lights in the living room before, Shi Jin had no doubts.

He closed his eyes, and his keen nose simultaneously picked up the scent of the burning candle.

"Are you done?" He heard the footsteps of Yu Ci walking towards him.

The smell of burning candle wax seemed to be getting closer and closer. He didn't know if it was Shi Jin's illusion, but he even smelled a hint of sweet milky fragrance in the candle wax.

The footsteps stopped in front of him: "Okay."

Yu Ci's smiling voice sounded in his ears: "Open your eyes."

Shi Jin opened his eyes.

The warm yellow candlelight emits bright orange light, making people's vision vague.

Shi Jin tilted his head slightly and looked forward only after his eyes adjusted to the light.

Under the bright candlelight, there is a cake decorated with snow-white cream.

Shi Jin’s gaze stopped.

"Roommate." Yu Ci called him.

Perhaps it was because he had stayed up too late recently, Shi Jin's thinking was strangely slow at this moment.

He heard Yu Ci's words, but seemed to have blocked them out and wasn't thinking: "...Hmm?"

The brain did not stop working, but simply replayed the scene in the mind. The triangular progress bar became particularly clear when it moved to the scene where the candlelight was lit.

The warm yellow line extended from the man's slightly raised lips to his tall nose bridge, paused slightly in front of his peach blossom eyes with a lazy smile, and then continued all the way down to his protruding Adam's apple.

He curled his lips and raised his eyebrows, a look that Shi Jin was familiar with.

But it's different.

Yu Ci raised the corners of his lips, and the smile in his eyes was completely revealed: "Happy birthday."

Shi Jin came back to his senses and pursed his lips: "...Thank you."

Yu Ci held the cake in his hands. His sparkling peach blossom eyes were filled with emotions that Shi Jin couldn't understand. He curled his lips and said with a smile, "Make a wish."

"...make a wish?"

"Well, three wishes." Yu Ci curled his lips: "Say the first two, and make the last one in your heart."

Shi Jin paused for a moment: "...I don't have any wishes."

"You can pray for peace and success, for a successful career, or, of course, you can -"

Yu Ci raised his eyebrows, and the smile on his lips deepened: "...I promise you will have me in your future."

Shi Jin lowered his eyelids and his gaze fell on the cake with candles on it.

Before closing his eyes, Shi Jin glanced at Yu Ci.

The man's outstanding face was hidden in the darkness behind the candlelight, only his smiling eyes were reflected in the light, bright and brilliant, just like the colorful fireworks burning outside the window.

Shi Jin closed his thin white eyelids and said, "I wish my relatives and friends peace and happiness."

"Two wishes, everything will be smooth and trouble-free from now on."

"Three wishes..."

Shi Jin paused for a while, and then, for some unknown reason, he——

Promise me that you will be in my future.

He opened his eyes and blew out the lit candles on the cake.

——

The warm temperature of Spring City came to an end after the National Day.

There is a saying that goes, "One falling leaf heralds the coming of autumn." This saying is really apt when applied to Chuncheng.

The leaves on the roadside are dyed red or yellow when autumn first comes, and are covered with deep red as autumn deepens. They flutter and fall to the ground in the cool autumn breeze.

When Shi Jin arrived riding on the autumn breeze, the warm sun above his head had turned into a pool of intoxicating red oil painting.

He looked up at the sign in front of the door, folded his umbrella, and stepped onto the stone steps.

This was the scene Shi Yi saw when he came out.

Above his head was the gorgeous sunset that wantonly infected the world. The young man walked slowly from under the eaves, shaking off the fragmented light that fell on the corners of his windbreaker, neither hurried nor slow, with a calm expression.

Across the huge artistic stone statue at the door of the store, Shi Yi smiled: "Shi Jin, here!"

Shi Jin glanced sideways, and his indifferent eyes accurately identified the location.

He walked towards Shi Yi.

Shi Yi opened the store door for him: "Do you have any ideas for clothing?"

Shi Jin pursed her lips: "No."

"It's okay if you don't have it." Shi Yi responded simply: "Then let the designer recommend it to you."

“Eh——”

Shi Yi suddenly stared at Shi Jin's wrist: "When did you start wearing jade?"

He stared at the red string on Shi Jin's wrist, wondering: "I remember you didn't have it before."

Shi Jin lowered his eyes, and his gaze followed his to his wrist - a white jade tied on a red string was swaying gently with his movements.

Shi Jin raised his eyes, and said with a slight smile: "A friend gave it to me."

Shi Yi's eyes lit up when he saw his expression, and he quickly asked, "Friend? Which friend do I know?"

He asked several questions in a row, and suddenly thought: "Could it be the person you share the apartment with?"

Shi Jin didn't look at him: "You talk a lot."

Shi Yi felt that he had guessed correctly, and he deliberately sighed: "If you have a new love, you don't want me, your old love anymore."

Shi Jin stopped and said, "Are you coming in or not?"

Shi Yi quickly followed: "Come in, come in, I'll be right there."

SUKU is a well-known high-end customization brand in Spring City. It occupies a place among many high-end customization brands with its luxurious and simple design style.

Because of the high quality of his products, many prominent figures in Chuncheng would come to him to customize their clothes.

Theoretically speaking, SUKU's custom orders have already been queued up for a year later, and many big shots who wanted to cut in line were sternly rejected.

Shi Yi is not a big shot, but the design director of SKKU happens to be his cousin.

After learning that the time for the authors' conference had been set, Shi Yi immediately thought of Shi Jin.

Shi Jin doesn't like going out or socializing on weekdays, so she definitely didn't have any dress prepared for the event, so Shi Yi called his cousin directly and decided to have her tailored for the dress today.

SUKU does not only custom-made clothes but also ready-made clothes, so besides them there are some other customers looking at clothes in the store.

A uniformed staff member came up to greet us: "Hello, do you have an appointment?"