Chapter 86 The So-Called Surprise (Update 1)
This is a perfect surprise...so is it too late for her to run away now?
Su Yun really wanted to just bury herself in Grandma Su's arms and pretend to be an ostrich, but she also understood the importance of not panicking when faced with emergencies, so after trying hard to calm her mind, she quietly poked her head out.
At the same time, the expression on her face quickly changed into a cute puffy face: "Didn't you say you didn't have time to come?! Can you explain to me what's going on?!"
Before he could start to question her, Su Yun took the initiative to attack him. Zhuang Long frowned and was about to say something, but Tom and Wang Jiaju, seeing Su Yun's angry face, began to explain in both Chinese and English: "No, we just wanted to give you a surprise..."
Who knows that others have the same idea as you!
"What surprise?! Do you know how miserable I was when I kept calling people one after another but no one had time to come and celebrate my birthday with me?" Su Yun relied on her childhood sweetheart status and was naturally rude when she got angry. "I was planning to work hard today and not think about my birthday. If Steven and Jane hadn't secretly teamed up to give me a surprise birthday party..."
I don’t know if it’s because the older middle school girl’s acting is so good that I can empathize with her, or because I’ve been living as a child for these years and have more or less acquired some of that childish willfulness and naivety, but as Su Yun was acting, she actually felt a little aggrieved.
Along with the emotion I just felt, my vision started to become a little misty.
This half-true, half-false drama moved Zhuang Long, who had originally planned to just watch from the sidelines, not to mention the two little boys who were already at a loss.
"I'm sorry, grandma shouldn't have listened to them and made you sad..." However, before anyone else could do anything, Grandma Su had already taken advantage of the distance and held Su Yun in her arms again.
Wang Jiaju also apologized repeatedly: "I'm sorry, Susu, I didn't know I would hurt your heart like this..."
"Mary, I'm so sorry..." Tom apologized, feeling that he was not to be outdone.
Hearing this, Su Yun poked her head out from Grandma Su's arms again, raised her eyes slightly, and looked at Zhuang Long who was still standing aside with no expression.
Although her eyes were filled with tears, she pouted her lips and glared at him with a wronged and arrogant look. Although he knew in his heart that she was at least half pretending, Zhuang Long still smiled helplessly and took a step forward: "Then I also say sorry to you?"
So, it is really easy for people to get Stockholm syndrome nowadays. It is much easier to turn the tables than to explain it one by one...
So Su Yun, who was still fearless and spoiled, hummed, and then waved her hand generously: "Okay, I'll forgive you this time, but don't do this next time!"
"Okay." Zhuang Long responded with a smile.
The corners of his eyes and eyebrows were filled with a doting and teasing smile that tolerated the naughty child. Su Yun felt a little unhappy about being looked down upon, but also a little relieved.
There is gain and loss. If you want to enjoy the benefits of group favor, you cannot enjoy the respect of the same psychological status.
However, at least the adults with more sophisticated minds were fooled.
If Zhuang Long was dealt with, then Wang Jiaju and Tom wouldn't be a problem at all. And Tom's family and Wang's eldest brother would just smile knowingly at the scene of these kids "fighting for love" and not take it to heart.
After all, the most important factor that made this scene work was that Su Yun's age was a huge advantage, so everyone present treated her with love and affection without reservation. If it was a three-way meeting about a man and a woman, then there would be jealousy and sparks flying everywhere, and relatives and friends would take sides...
Of course, there is already a little relative standing in line.
"Go away! Mary is Tom's daughter..." Hearing his little sister Marian waving her fists and yelling, Tom was so scared that he quickly covered her mouth with his hand, and forcibly blocked the word "friend" that she didn't have time to say.
Logically speaking, Wang Jiaju actually has a younger brother, Wang Jiaxiang, who supports him unconditionally. Unfortunately, because they are halfway across the world, the only people who came with him this time were his older brother who was unaware of the situation and Grandma Su. Therefore, when facing Tom's family who had the geographical advantage and were able to gather together as a whole family, he inevitably lost in terms of the number of relatives and friends.
But even if Wang Jiaxiang came over, the two teenage boys were too embarrassed to take action against a little girl who was still in kindergarten...
Marian groaned a few times with her mouth covered, but finally calmed down after receiving a warning from Tom's eyes.
"Come and eat the cake, and make sure you eat it all for me!" Su Yun didn't care about the jealousy of such naughty children fighting for favor, and ran to the cart and started greeting them.
Looking at the one cut cake and the other three intact cakes on the table, Su Yun burst into tears in her heart: How come this casual wish for more cakes came true so quickly?
In this negative world, can't she fulfill her beautiful wish of collecting stamps of more beautiful women? !
Su Yun angrily took a big bite of the cake, then silently drew some more towards herself: Never mind, the cake is delicious, stamp collecting is up to human effort...
From this we can see that for Su Yun, food always comes before sex.
"Eat this! All the raspberries on it were picked by Tom from the woods!" Seeing Su Yun picking at the cake everywhere, Marian hurried over.
"Really?" So Su Yun cut another piece of cake and put it in front of her.
Among the four cakes on the table, the one that Tom brought was the smallest with the most fruits, and it didn't look as delicate as the other three. It was obviously handmade and not custom-made by the cake shop like the other three.
"You guys even made a handmade cake for me? It's so sweet!" Su Yun touched Marian's little head and thanked Tom again.
Tom smiled sheepishly: "You liked eating the cookies mom made before. I thought you might order a cake, and the cakes out there are all the same, so I wanted mom to make one for you..."
"It's not good to eat too much cake. There's a Chinese restaurant next to the hotel that Jiawei booked for grandma. Grandma can lend her the kitchen to make some soup for you then." Grandma Su said with a smile as she watched Su Yun eating cake and chatting with Tom.
"Mother-in-law, are you planning to stay here with me for a few more days?" Su Yun's eyes lit up.
"Since you are not afraid of spending money, then grandma will naturally come to accompany you." Grandma Su answered Su Yun's question with a smile, "When Jiawei and Jiaju return to Hong Kong, let Jennifer come to help. In this way, she can take care of you here until the filming is finished."
Su Yun said with satisfaction, then looked at Wang Jiaju who was unable to get a word in, "How are your recent music performances?"
"What do you think?" If Wang Jiaju was asked about other people, he might be scared, but he was never scared when it came to his music performance, so he looked over with a sharp look.
"Okay, I know you're good." Su Yun walked over, "On the way to Manny's Music Store, I met a musician who was selling Martin D-35 on the roadside..."
"Did you play it? How did it feel?" Wang Jiaju was suddenly excited.
"When the time comes, you can try it and know how it feels, right?" Su Yun did not give a direct answer.
Wang Jiaju was stunned for a moment by Su Yun's answer, and then he came to his senses and his eyes lit up even brighter: "You bought it?!"
"Yes, someone is going to Japan to study music next year, and I missed his birthday, so I can only bear the pain and spend a lot of money to buy compensation and apologize." Su Yun said meaningfully.
Wang Jiaju's birthday was in June, which coincided with the time when "Great White Shark" was busy being filmed. Su Yun couldn't leave at the time, so she could only wish him a happy birthday over the phone, across thousands of miles.
Although he didn't say anything blaming me on the phone, his tone at the time still sounded unhappy.
Therefore, Su Yun wanted to compensate him, and Tom, whose birthday was in early July, also felt guilty. And since Tom's house was close, Su Yun squeezed out most of the day to go to Tom's birthday party and gave him a pair of brand-name sports shoes as a birthday gift.
"That guitar won't be available until the end of the year. I'll bring it back to you when I go home for the New Year." Su Yun thought for a moment and added, "By the way, Jiaxiang's birthday is in November, so I probably won't be able to go back. But I bought him a large set of tutoring materials from famous teachers. You can bring it to him when you go back..."
"I think he would rather you just wish him a happy birthday..." The two brothers Wang Jiaju and Wang Jiaxiang are both not very fond of studying, but Wang Jiaju was able to study in Japan directly with extra points due to his musical talent; while Wang Jiaxiang was not good at either, so for the time being the Wang family is still planning to let him stay in high school in Hong Kong for a few more years, so higher academic performance will be required.
"Don't be so gloating. How is your Japanese learning going? When Jiaxiang finishes high school and goes to Japan with you to study, you, as his elder brother, have to take good care of him and teach him!" Seeing that Wang Jiaju was laughing at his silly brother without any brotherly love, Su Yun sneered him decisively.
"Shall we talk about the guitar again? Were you bringing it back for the New Year?" Wang Jia quickly changed the subject.
Marian looked up at Su Yun and Wang Jiaqiu whispering to each other. She bit her finger and turned to look at Tom: "Has Mary grown a little taller?"
"I think so..." Su Yun was a little shorter than him before, but when they stood together just now, it was obvious that they were the same height.
Marian was shocked when she heard this: "Why don't you grow taller quickly? Look at the boy next to Mary, he is much taller than you! I tell you, we women all like tall and strong men!"
Tom, who still thinks he has unlimited potential, was almost angry: "He is two years older than me! It's normal for him to be taller than me!"
"But you're not tall even when compared to your classmates!" Marian retorted unyieldingly.
"That's because I haven't really started to grow taller yet!" Tom, whose weak spot was hit, angrily quarreled with his sister.
Without any help from relatives or friends, Zhuang Long watched the lively scene in silence, his brows drooped, he let out a sigh, and finally he had to go to the table and cut a piece of cake to eat.