Feng Haidong, his wife, brother-in-law, and Zhou Xiaoxiao, along with their four children, played until it got dark.
They finally returned to Feng Haidong's shop in the provincial capital.
When the group returned to the store, they were surprised to find that there was no one queuing in front of the store.
What's even stranger is that all the lights in the store were off.
Seeing this, Lu Wanling, her brother, Zhou Xiaoxiao, and the children were all very puzzled.
Lu Wanling turned to Feng Haidong and asked, "Why are all the lights off? What time is it? Are they closed for business?"
Feng Haidong asked earnestly, "Did something happen to your older sister? Is that why she closed the shop early?"
Then Feng Haidong said, "Let's go in and take a look."
Upon hearing her husband's words, Lu Wanling almost instantly realized that something was wrong. She felt that her husband had probably arranged this intentionally.
Lu Yaobin couldn't help but ask, "Brother-in-law, is something wrong at the store? Or did the fuse blow?"
Feng Haidong said, "I don't know either, so we need to go in and take a look first."
Lu Yue asked, "Dad, there are no lights on at Uncle's shop. Is it closed?"
Yang Xiaoxi said, "They probably aren't open for business, right?"
Feng Qifan said, "There might be a problem inside. Let's go in and take a look."
Zhou Xiaoxiao looked puzzled, but she didn't say anything.
The group finally arrived at the store. The three children peered through the glass door and found it pitch black inside, unable to see anything clearly.
Feng Shimeng, who had slept soundly in her father's arms in the afternoon, saw her older siblings peering through the door and stretched out her little hand, making "ee-ee-ya-ya" sounds to indicate that she wanted to go see too.
Feng Haidong said with a smile, "No need to look, let's go in first."
As he spoke, Feng Haidong reached out and pushed, and to everyone's surprise, the door was pushed open.
Seeing this situation, Lu Wanling was almost certain that it was her husband's arrangement.
When the door was pushed open, the children looked up at Feng Haidong in surprise.
Feng Haidong also looked surprised and said, "Huh? Why isn't the door locked? What's going on? Should we go in and take a look?"
The three children were unsure whether they should go in or not.
Seeing that the children wouldn't go in, Feng Haidong smiled and said to his son, "Fanfan, you're a boy and the older brother, go in and see what's going on inside."
Upon hearing his father's words, Feng Qifan looked at him for a moment, then mustered his courage and said, "Okay, I'll go in first."
Then, Feng Qifan, with a somewhat resigned air, walked into the store step by step.
Just as Feng Qifan entered the store, a birthday song suddenly started playing.
Immediately afterwards, candlelight slowly emerged from the kitchen, quickly illuminating the dark shop.
"Happy birthday to you……"
Feng Qifan saw that his aunts and uncles from the provincial capital, as well as his cousins, Uncle Tang who was also from the provincial capital, and his own uncle were all in the shop.
Everyone had been hiding and hadn't come out.
They were just waiting for Feng Qifan to come in so they could sing him a birthday song together.
I saw everyone come out, and I saw the cake that my aunt was holding.
Feng Qifan was still full of surprise and didn't know what to say.
Feng Haidong opened the shop door and said with a smile to the others, "Alright, let's go in too."
Yang Xiaoxi and Lu Yue were stunned for a moment, then the two little girls ran in with joy and joined everyone in singing a birthday song for their brother.
Feng Shimeng, nestled in her father's arms, was witnessing this scene for the first time, her little face filled with curiosity.
When Lu Wanling entered the room, she said to her husband, "You arranged all of this, didn't you?"
Feng Haidong responded to his wife with a smile: "Yes, it was my arrangement."
Lu Wanling asked, "Are you not open for business today because it's your son's birthday?"
Feng Haidong said, "Today is Sunday. Business wouldn't be very good tonight since tomorrow is Monday. So we might as well take a break tonight, celebrate my son's birthday, celebrate Children's Day for our children, and let my older sister and the others get some rest."
Liu Fenzhen smiled and said to Feng Qifan, "Happy birthday, Fanfan. This was specially arranged for you by your father."
Ma Bangcheng said, "Yes, your father had already told us that although your birthday is supposed to be tomorrow, you have to go back to school tomorrow. And since today is Children's Day, we'll all celebrate your birthday together and wish you a happy tenth birthday."
Feng Qifan looked at everyone present, then turned to look at his father who was carrying his younger sister as he entered.
At this moment, Feng Qifan suddenly burst into tears.
Since his father started his business, Feng Qifan gradually felt that his father was not as caring towards him as before.
Especially after his younger sister was born, Feng Qifan felt that his family probably liked his sister more. No matter how hard he tried, it seemed that his family would only praise him a few times.
When Feng Qifan came to the provincial capital to celebrate Children's Day, he saw so many people together and thought to himself that his father probably wouldn't celebrate his birthday specially.
At the same time, Feng Qifan himself felt that spending two days playing with his parents and sisters was enough to celebrate his birthday.
What he didn't expect was that his father actually remembered his birthday.
Moreover, not only did his father remember his birthday, but he also specially closed his store in the provincial capital for one night just to celebrate his birthday.
Seeing everything before him, Feng Qifan couldn't help but burst into tears.
Lu Yue and Yang Xiaoxi soon noticed that Feng Qifan was crying.
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