Chapter 16 Gift
After hearing Shen Chutang's agreement, she began to dress up seriously. She and Shen Gengli were both good-looking, and Shen Chutang inherited all the advantages of both of them. Chen Musheng liked to dress her up since she was a child. Beautiful princess dresses, daily clothes, and various jewelry were bought like water. He dressed her up beautifully and then watched others cast envious glances at her.
"Mother's precious daughter is the most beautiful."
Chen Musheng looked at the look she had created with satisfaction, then looked at her face and felt that any foundation would be unnecessary, so he gave up the idea of putting makeup on her.
"Mom, it's just a family dinner, no need to make it so grand."
Shen Chutang looked at the diamond crown on his head helplessly. When he wanted to take it off, he was stopped by Chen Musheng again.
"What's wrong with the family dinner? You are the only treasure of our Shen family."
It was useless to say it directly, Shen Chutang could only act coquettishly. She turned around and looked at Chen Musheng pitifully, "Mom, it's tiring to wear this."
Chen Musheng knew her trick, but still laughed. "Okay, I won't wear it anymore." He replaced it with a light hairpin and pinned it on her head.
"Okay, our Tangtang is really pretty."
The dress today was picked by Chen Musheng. It is a lavender evening dress that is simple yet elegant, and does not look tiring when walking.
"Our Tangtang has grown up." Chen Musheng touched her head, tears in his eyes.
Shen Chutang rested her head on her shoulder, "Tangtang will always be your mother's daughter."
"Okay, Mom will always be your mom." Chen Musheng took her arm and said, "Come on, go down with Mom."
Shen Gengli and his three sons were making dumplings at the restaurant table when Uncle Wen came in with Shi Chengyu.
Shi Chengyu handed the prepared gifts, including the gifts for Mr. Shi and Shi's parents, to the servant and walked over here, "Uncle Shen, eldest brother, second brother, Su Jing, I'm late."
"Chengyu, it's not too late, you've come early." Shen Gengli called him over.
"Aren't you going to work today?" Shen Sichen looked at him and asked.
Shi Chengyu went to wash his hands, then walked over and said, "I'm not busy today."
Shen Sujing: "Second brother, you are still talking about Brother Chengyu, didn't you also not go to work?"
"Why should I go to work on Tang'er's birthday? Besides, if a company can't do without people for a day, it will probably be useless." Shen Sichen moved to the side to make room for him.
Shi Chengyu sat down skillfully and naturally, picked up the dumpling wrappers and started to wrap them, "Second brother is right."
"That's what you said, but that's not a reason for you to sneak out to drink and go to the bar every day." Shen Yanheng said lightly, and Shen Gengli immediately looked at Shen Sichen.
"What's going on?"
Shen Sujing had a face that was trying not to laugh. "My second brother was photographed some time ago, but luckily the people from the newspaper found the Shen family first and suppressed the incident."
The news didn't spread out, but there were many people in the bar and many people knew about it, so it spread by word of mouth.
"Hey, you guys are all reporting me." Shen Sichen grabbed the flour and threw it at the two people, even Shi Chengyu was not spared.
"You are already an adult, why don't you see Chengyu having those problems?" Shen Gengli asked reproachfully.
"That's not my fault. Can you tell Uncle Zhao that I really don't like Zhao Qingzhi? Don't let her follow me. She almost killed me last time."
Shen Sichen got angry when he thought of what happened last time. It was the first time he was attacked by someone in his life. "I've only met her a few times. I just treated her as a younger sister. She's a bit annoying."
Shen Gengli was transferred to S City five years ago and had no contact with the Zhao family for several years. He asked in surprise, "That girl is still clinging to you?"
"Not only is he sticky, he even dared to do those messy things. I, your son, almost lost my reputation!"
Shen Sujing came over and asked, "Hey, second brother, who was that girl that day?"
"Look who's here?"
Chen Musheng's voice came from the stairs, and everyone looked over.
"Aunt Chen, Tangtang"
"Mom, Tang'er!" Shen Sichen took the opportunity to slip away, not forgetting to bump Shen Sujing with his elbow, "I won't tell you."
"Tang'er is so beautiful today!"
"Second brother, you are so perfunctory in your exaggeration." Shen Chutang pouted and walked over there.
"Dad, look at my second brother."
Shen Gengli looked at his precious daughter and said with a smile, "Don't worry about him. Your second brother is not good at talking. I will punish him by making him wash the dishes later."
"Your elder brother is not one to flatter others."
Shen Yanheng and Shi Chengyu happened to come back from washing their hands. When they heard what Shen Gengli said, they didn't refute it. They just smiled and said, "Tangtang looks good today."
Shen Chutang turned his head, "Brother, Brother Chengyu!"
"Brother Chengyu, how did you get flour on your hair?" Shen Chutang walked over, and Shi Chengyu lowered his head, "It was my second brother who did it just now."
Shen Chutang wiped it with a towel, "Why don't you hide?"
Shen Sichen came over and snatched the towel from her hand, wiping his hands, "Why do you all like to complain so much? I swear to God that I only gave him the last bit, and there wasn't much."
"Okay, okay, you just bully Cheng Yu for being honest." Chen Musheng walked over and patted his arm.
"He's honest? He's honest?!"
Shen Sichen asked back loudly, and seeing that Chen Musheng was about to hit him again, he quickly ran away.
Several people laughed, and the living room was filled with laughter. Shen Chutang leaned on Shi Chengyu, looked up at him and smiled.
After lunch, Chen Musheng hired a photographer to take a family photo. Shen Chutang also took a lot of photos with her camera, and she took them back to her room to print them out.
In the afternoon, Shen Boyu also sent someone to deliver a gift, which turned out to be a complete set of dowry, the old things left by Shen Chutang's grandmother. A group of people stared at the big boxes in a daze, and only Shi Chengyu looked at them with a dark look in his eyes.
Shen Sichen was holding a phoenix crown in his hand and looking at it, "Grandpa, why did you let someone send these?"
Shen Yanheng said, "Maybe it's because Tangtang is almost an adult."
"You're giving these to my daughter just when she's almost an adult? I think you're getting senile!" Shen Geng said politely. His precious daughter was so young, yet he let her see these things for getting married. It was unlucky, really unlucky.
Chen Musheng hit him and said, "Dad means well. Just accept it. Why are you so talkative? How dare you say bad things about Dad?"
She also had several sets of these things, which were given by Tangtang's grandmother when she got married, but she passed away a few years later. Shen Boyu lived on Wuhua Mountain and never came down again.
Shen Chutang curiously held the phoenix crown on his head and tried to play with it. It felt heavy, so he put it back after playing with it for a while. "It's too heavy. If I really put it on, it would probably break my neck."
Several people laughed, and Shi Chengyu stepped forward and rubbed her head, "It will be easier in the future."
At night, Shen Chutang sat in the yard, watching the fireworks in the sky, smiling brightly. Shi Chengyu sat next to her and suddenly called her, "Tangtang."
Shen Chutang tilted his head, still smiling, "What's the matter?"
Shi Chengyu opened his palm, and a jade with auspicious cloud pattern was placed in his palm.
"Happy birthday, Tangtang, and all the best."
Shen Chutang smiled and took his hand, looking at the jade on it, "Didn't Brother Chengyu give you a gift this morning?"
“It’s different.”
That was just a superficial formality. She might not use the jewelry given to her on a daily basis.
Shi Chengyu placed the jade in her hand and said softly, "I made this myself and it was blessed in the temple."
Shen Chutang looked at it carefully, and it still had the warmth of his palm. "Brother Chengyu, thank you, I like it very much."
"Brother Chengyu, don't you want to ask me what wish I made today?" Shen Chutang suddenly asked him again.
For her, the saying goes that wishes that have never been expressed will not come true. As long as she expresses a wish, it will be fulfilled.
Shi Chengyu smiled, "What?"
"I wish Brother Chengyu happiness every day and all his wishes come true."
Shi Chengyu was stunned for a moment, then his smile widened, "Okay."
He is already very happy to have this time.
The fireworks exploded in the night sky with a bang, and Shen Chutang suddenly heard her own quickened heartbeat. She turned around, the colorful fireworks reflected in her eyes, and her face was reflected in Shi Chengyu's eyes.
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