With Song Jiao and Song Jun looking on expectantly, Song Xia took a bite of the chicken leg and then smiled slightly: "It's delicious."
"I'm glad you like it, sister." The two women's smiles grew wider as they kept piling food onto her plate.
"Alright, you can eat by yourselves. You don't need to keep putting food on my plate. There's enough already." I have to say, at this moment her heart did soften a little. At least they are still innocent children now, and they have changed their spoiled and selfish habits, haven't they?
Perhaps what she has been running away from all along is her own lack of self-confidence, and she dares not believe that such a short time has changed the two of them, without even putting in much effort. But now that the results are truly in front of her, what is she still hesitating about?
If we remain so indifferent, wouldn't that be unfair to Song Jiao and Song Jun, who knew nothing about us in their previous lives?
Song Xia was conflicted, but she temporarily put this struggle aside after Song Jun brought out the cake. In front of her, Song Jiao and Song Jiao sang a birthday song softly to her, and then waited expectantly for her to make a wish.
So she simply closed her eyes and made a real wish: that Song Jiao and Song Jun would never turn bad in this life, that they would achieve something in their future studies and work, and that Xiao Ling could collect all the energy as soon as possible to restore the Zero World from crisis.
"Xiaxia..." Xiaoling could hear Song Xia's voice, so she murmured her name.
"Xiao Ling, we will definitely succeed one day."
"Yes!" Xiaoling nodded firmly. "Xiaxia, you should be happy too."
"I've always been happy. Thank you for letting me experience so many different worlds and for letting me meet so many different people."
Xiao Ling's feelings were complicated after hearing this. Although traveling to different worlds would bring different experiences, it was also a cruel thing to have a piece of Xia Xia's memory extracted every time she left a world.
Song Xia opened her eyes and gently blew out the candles. Then Song Jiao took out a mysterious birthday gift: "Sister, the birthday cake was bought by Song Jun with his allowance, and this gift was chosen by me with my acting fee. Do you like it?"
"I'll like whatever you give me," she said, opening the box amidst their anticipation. To their surprise, it contained a driving lesson registration form.
"this……"
Song Jiao smiled and explained, "I was thinking of giving you jewelry or something similar as a gift, but I was afraid you wouldn't like it and it would be a waste to leave it there. So I thought I'd choose a practical gift. After thinking it over, I decided on this one because you'll eventually need to buy a car, so it's best to get a driver's license while you're in college."
Song Jun added from the side, "Sister, it's too dangerous for you to ride your electric bike back and forth. After you finish your studies, you can use the money Dad left behind to buy a bike. As for what will happen to Song Jiao and me when we go to school, you can make up for our share when you start working."
Song Xia really didn't know what to say. It was unexpected that the two of them would celebrate her birthday today, and receiving such a birthday gift was an even bigger surprise. They were only in junior high school, yet they had already thought so far ahead?
So she took a deep breath and said, "I really like this gift, but let's not buy a car. I'm still a student and have been receiving subsidies since high school. It's not good to use Dad's compensation money to buy a car. Riding an electric bike is fine. I've always been very careful about safety, so you can rest assured."
She paused, then nodded again in affirmation: "This is indeed the most practical gift, but if all the money goes to me for cakes and gifts, won't I be left with nothing?"
"I still have some of my salary left," Song Jiao waved her hand, indicating that she didn't care.
Song Jun also shook his head: "I don't have any expenses right now. I get pocket money every week, so I can just save it up."
If this had happened in her past life, Song Xia thought she would have been willing to give her life for both of them. Why was it that in this life, just when she had decided to stop giving her heart away, the two of them were so sincere?
She was a little confused about human relationships. Should she be kind to people or mean them?
Xiao Ling slowly explained, "It can only be said that different individuals are different; perhaps that's just human nature!"
Having traversed so many worlds, even Song Xia herself hadn't fully grasped human nature. So she simply stopped worrying about it and decided to just let things take their course and accept their advances naturally.
"Since you put it that way, I won't ask any more questions. If you need anything in the future, just let me know." She smiled again as she spoke, "But I might not agree, so be prepared."
However, the more she acted this way, the more at ease Song Jiao and Song Jun felt. They were worried that if their sister was too polite, would they still be family?
"I'll share the cake with you."
Instantly, the two started arguing. Song Jiao pointed to the strawberries on the table and said, "Sister, I want these two big strawberries."
"Why should I give it to you? I want it too."
"Why are you eating strawberries, you grown man?"
"Who says men can't eat strawberries? I love strawberries."
"Stop arguing." Song Xia naturally cut the two largest strawberries into her plate. "Today is my birthday, I'm the oldest, so I declare these two strawberries are mine."
The two looked at her with resentment, then happily went back to eating the cake on their plates.
The moment the cream entered her mouth, Song Xia knew that Song Jun must have spent a lot of money on this cake. In her previous life, he would make her wash even his own socks and would even charge her two yuan for a bus fare instead of a taxi fare. She never expected that he would be willing to spend so much money on a cake for her in this life. He probably spent all his saved pocket money!
And Song Jiao is another example. She has clearly decided to become a star, and she usually takes good care of herself. Looking at the burns on her fingers, they were probably caused by oil splatter!
Sending me to driving lessons—what were they thinking of as a birthday gift? I didn't even realize it myself.
Indeed, being a freshman is probably the most relaxed time for her now. As the number of courses increases and she gets to work in a lab in the future, she probably won't have much time left. How come these two are so different from her past life? They've put her in a difficult position.
However, just when she thought the two had completely changed their nature, they started arguing again about who should clean the kitchen: "Song Jun, I cooked today's meal, shouldn't you clean it up?"
"But it's your turn this week? And you've made such a mess today, you want me to clean it up? How long am I supposed to clean it up? Do you think I'm stupid?"
"Who told you you can never learn to cook?"
"But I cooked the noodles."
"Who doesn't know how to boil water?"
"Then let my older sister be the judge!"
When the two looked at Song Xia, she had already sneaked into the study, put on her headphones, and looked like she was studying seriously. The two glared at each other angrily, and Song Xia breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that she hadn't completely changed, she just wasn't targeting him anymore.
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