Chapter 47: Making Up for the Past
"I'm sorry," the cake shop owner said, somewhat embarrassed.
Xu Si'an didn't mind: "It's okay. By the way, could you add one of those chibi-style fondant characters?"
"Okay, I'll teach you."
Xu Si'an spent an entire morning at the cake shop just making the cake base and fondant.
Of course, there was also a lot of waste.
When the fondant figure was completed, his expressionless face finally showed a slight smile.
"It's already amazing that it looks this close to the real thing, considering it's your first time making it."
Xu Si'an didn't leave the cake shop and return to her apartment until after 3 p.m.
After putting the cake back in the refrigerator, he hurriedly went to the flower shop near the apartment.
He had someone deliver the flowers this morning.
But he had to wrap the flowers for her birthday himself.
Having missed four birthdays, this year marks the fifth.
Qiao Xu didn't see Xu Si'an until she got off work.
He didn't reply to my messages.
This made Qiao Xu wonder if her words today had hurt his young and naive heart.
Knock knock knock!
"My darling Xuxu, it's time to get off work."
Qiao Xu packed her things: "Let's go, my cousin and the others are already on their way."
After arriving at the parking lot, Ye Yurou and Fang Kexin handed the gift to Qiao Xu: "Our darling Xu Xu is already twenty-eight years old. Let's try to have a meal at your table when you turn thirty."
Qiao Xu joked, "Want to attend a banquet? You can get engaged to my cousin and get married."
"What's the point of eating at someone else's banquet? Eat your own."
Ye Yurou gave her a look: "Wait, I'm going to propose to your cousin tonight, so you can rightfully call me cousin's wife."
Meng Zhe decided to have dinner at the hotel where Qiao Xu had her classmate reunion a couple of days ago.
As luck would have it, I ran into He Yanxun as soon as I entered.
Qiao Xu was accompanied by two young men in their early twenties, both employees of Meng Zhe's auto repair shop.
"Qiao Xu, so this is your type."
Qiao Xumei's heart skipped a beat: "President He."
"Come eat? Your ex-boyfriend and suitor didn't come along?" He Yanxun teased with a playful expression.
Si Shen, standing beside him, had an icy expression.
He had just received a video from Xu Si'an showing himself fiddling with flowers not long ago.
As it turned out, the person came on a date with someone else, and even brought two other people with them.
"No, he's busy."
"Sister Xu, Brother Zhe asked me to go out and get something for him," said the young boy closest to Qiao Xu.
Qiao Xu chuckled, "Okay, you guys go ahead, I'll go to the private room first."
Qiao Xu gave He Yanxun a smile and then prepared to walk towards the private room.
"Miss Qiao."
Qiao Xu turned around: "You called me?"
"If you like Xiao An, keep your distance from other men. If you don't, make it clear as soon as possible."
After Si Shen finished speaking, he took He Yanxun's hand and walked out.
Qiao Xu stood there, stunned: "This is inexplicable."
Ye Yurou and Fang Kexin, who had just arrived, quickly greeted He Yanxun.
"Xuxu, what's wrong? What did President He say to you?"
"Oh my god, are CEO He and that handsome guy next to him a couple?"
"They look like a good match."
Qiao Xu felt that Si Shen had misunderstood, but there was no need to explain.
They weren't even close.
"Probably."
"Let's go order quickly."
Qiao Xu sent Xu Si'an a message: 【Have you eaten?】
There was no reply.
Remember to eat.
There was still no reply.
Meng Zhe pushed in a four-tiered cake, and his two employees carried four large gift boxes.
"I haven't celebrated my birthday for four years, so let's make up for it today."
Qiao Xu had a headache: "This cake is enough for the whole company to eat together."
Meng Zhe didn't care about these things: "It's okay, we'll distribute them to the hotel restaurant staff later."
They pushed the cake aside, and Qiao Xu took a picture and sent it to Xu Si'an.
My brother is so outrageous.
Xu Si'an replied this time: 【I'll be waiting for you at your house with cherries.】
He also included a photo of himself eating wontons downstairs while holding cherries.
Compared to the sixteen dishes on their table, it's a bit pitiful.
Okay, then wait for me.
Qiao Xu always keeps her birthday celebrations simple and doesn't like noisy or chaotic events.
After dinner, I lit candles for her and made a wish.
Of the four-tiered cake, Meng Zhe only took one small piece from the top, and let the hotel staff distribute the rest.
Qiao Xu only took a symbolic bite; she had a feeling that Xu Si'an was going to celebrate her birthday.
"Xuxu, why didn't President Xu come to your birthday party?"
Fang Kexin moved her chair next to Qiao Xu.
Ye Yurou had already sat down next to Meng Zhe the moment he appeared.
A woman in love is crazy.
"He probably wants to spend his birthday alone with me."
Because Qiao Xu was in a hurry to go home, no one stopped her.
These are the four large gift boxes that Meng Zhe sent, as well as gifts from his two employees and Ye Yurou and her friends.
Some were gifts from colleagues with whom I had a good relationship within the company.
The back seat of her mini electric scooter was completely filled with stuff.
My head hurts so much, how am I supposed to get this home?
When Qiao Xu drove home, she saw that the supercar from yesterday was still parked in the same spot.
Could it really be his?
So he was here last night?
Xu Si'an didn't drive this car when he brought her back last time.
She couldn't carry the gifts in the back seat, so she only took the gifts from Ye Yurou and Fang Kexin before going upstairs.
After arriving home, she entered the password to open the door.
The room was pitch black; there was no one there, and no dog either.
"Xu Si'an?"
Qiao Xu turned on the light, but the room was empty, just like when she left in the morning.
She heard a noise outside the door before she could even dial the number.
"Xu Si'an, where did you go?"
Nobody here?
There was only one dog with a butterfly tied to its neck.
Qiao Xu knelt down and hugged it in her arms: "Where's your dad?"
Cherry lunged toward the door across the street that wasn't fully closed, and Qiao Xu almost couldn't catch her.
"What are you doing, you little brat?"
Qiao Xu looked around from the doorway while holding the dog before pushing the door open and going inside.
So the car downstairs belongs to him.
Instead of staying in the big villa, she moved into the small, run-down apartment across the street.
There were no lights in the room, and the curtains were not drawn. Qiao Xu's vision was a little blurry because she wasn't wearing her glasses.
"Xu Si'an, where's the light?"
With a "whoosh," a blue and yellow flame lit up, and the coffee table was filled with flowers, gifts, and a strawberry cake.
"Honey, stop hugging the dog and come hug me."
Qiao Xu sat down next to him, holding the dog.
The cake on the table was clearly not store-bought: "You didn't go to the office all day, just to make a cake?"
The man proudly asked her for a kiss: "Of course, I always make my wife's birthday cake myself."
Qiao Xu responded to his kiss: "Thank you."
Xu Si'an picked up the dog from her arms and tossed it aside, then pulled her into his lap: "Baby, I don't want to hear you say thank you."
"Make a wish. I should make five wishes this year to make up for the past four years."
Qiao Xu's clasped hands froze: "You're too greedy."
Xu Si'an covered her fair hand with his palm and pressed his cheek against hers: "Be good, I'll help you make a wish."
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