Chapter 31 Birthday (Part 2)
After consecrating the bracelet, it was getting dark, so they headed back home. They chatted and laughed all the way back to the city, and it felt like the way back was always shorter.
"Let's have Western food this time, something more formal, okay?" Su Qingyan turned the steering wheel sharply and overtook another car.
"Drive slower, there's no rush." Zhou Cheng was worried when he saw how he was driving.
"You're still blaming me, but you're even crazier than me when you drive." Su Qingyan immediately thought of the times when Zhou Cheng was in a hurry to go back to the hospital for surgery.
"It's not like we're going to have emergency surgery," Zhou Cheng retorted immediately. Seeing that Su Qingyan looked a little unhappy, he changed the subject, "You didn't clear the area this time, did you, Mr. Su?"
"Don't clear the area, go to the private room." Su Qingyan obediently slowed down the car.
They came to the high-end restaurants lined up along the river. Luxury cars were parked downstairs, and the streets and the river were crowded with young people waiting to celebrate the New Year.
The doorman was already waiting at the door when he saw Su Qingyan's car coming from afar. After the car stopped at the door, he opened the door respectfully. After Su Qingyan got out of the car, he walked around to the passenger seat, opened the door himself, and extended his hand to Zhou Cheng.
"Happy birthday, Mr. Zhou."
"You little kid."
Zhou Cheng held his hand as they got out of the car, and without letting go, the two of them walked into the restaurant hand in hand.
"If you don't like Western food, you can order something else. The birthday boy decides." Su Qingyan handed the menu to Zhou Cheng.
"Is this also your territory?" Zhou Cheng asked while flipping through the menu.
He had only seen this kind of place online before, a Gothic building full of extravagance and luxury, where one could only occasionally glimpse a few graceful dances through the windows. He didn't expect that it would become the protagonist today.
"Not all of these by the river belong to the Jiang family. About one-third, and the rest belong to the Jiang family..."
Su Qingyan paused when he mentioned this name, and then bah, why did he mention him at this time. Unexpectedly, just when he mentioned the Jiang family, Jiang Xingyao called. Su Qingyan simply hung up the phone, and Jiang Xingyao's messages came one after another.
-Are you at Huiyan? I'm right next to you.
-Celebrating New Year's Eve together? This is much more exciting than the New Year's Eve party.
Su Qingyan glanced at her phone and saw that Zhou Cheng was still concentrating on looking through the recipe, so she replied.
-Busy.
"Xiao Su."
Su Qingyan looked up quickly when he heard Zhou Cheng calling him.
"I have a lot of problems—"
"No, you are the best." Su Qingyan interrupted him immediately.
Zhou Cheng smiled and didn't say anything else, then took out something.
"A New Year's gift."
Su Qingyan took it and looked at the long silver metal strip in his hand with some confusion, not knowing what it was.
"Number 4 surgical blade handle," Zhou Cheng explained. "This is what I used when I first performed animal surgery in college."
After hearing his explanation, Su Qingyan looked at it more carefully.
"Where's the knife? Why is there only the handle?"
"The knives are all disposable and cannot be taken out of the hospital. It's dangerous."
"You gave me such a memorable thing?" Su Qingyan was a little surprised and looked at him with wide eyes.
"This is the starting point of my surgical career, and now..." Zhou Cheng was not good at speaking, and now he was even more speechless.
"I understand. I'll keep it well." Su Qingyan put the handle of the knife into his chest pocket. "Did you really know how to dissect corpses when you were in school?"
"Not really. That's a course in the forensic class. I attended the class... I'll take you to the school when I have time. Don't you want to eat? Why are you talking about this?" Zhou Cheng saw that Su Qingyan didn't seem to be disgusted. Instead, he was waiting for him to continue talking with relish.
"It won't affect the meal, just continue." Su Qingyan shook his wrist and looked at him expectantly.
"Are you not afraid of needles anymore? Are you not afraid of ghosts anymore?" Zhou Cheng felt that Su Qingyan was really a combination of contradictions.
"There's no conflict." Su Qingyan insisted.
"Then I'll take you to see the anatomy building of my school after dinner?" Seeing that he was very interested, Zhou Cheng simply started talking.
"Goodbye today... I have other things to do today." Various hospital horror movies flashed through Su Qingyan's mind, and his hair stood on end. "Cake, cake, bring the cake." After saying that, Su Qingyan quickly pressed the call bell on the table.
Zhou Cheng found it interesting and funny to see him so scared, and decided to take him back to his alma mater to reminisce.
When the cake was pushed in, Zhou Cheng couldn't laugh anymore.
"Are you going to celebrate my 80th birthday? Should I put a birthday peach on it?"
This cake was indeed pushed forward. The seven-layer cake looked like a small castle, and roses of various colors formed a waterfall of flowers, embellishing it from the top layer to the bottom layer.
"Do you like it?" Su Qingyan looked at the cake with satisfaction.
"We can't finish this. It's such a waste, Mr. Su." Zhou Cheng frowned.
"We'll eat the one on top and give the rest to the people waiting for New Year's Eve downstairs? Everyone has to say happy birthday to Zhou Cheng." Su Qingyan stood up and took a photo of the cake.
"No, please don't, I don't want to be famous." Zhou Cheng put on a mask of pain.
"Hahaha, can you just say happy birthday without mentioning names?" Su Qingyan felt that he had already taken revenge. He was still very good at poking at each other's sore spots.
There was less than an hour left until midnight, and more and more people were gathering by the river and in the square. Since fireworks were still banned this year, many people were holding balloons, ready to release them together at midnight.
At this time, the door of Huiyan opened and two waiters came out pushing a giant cake.
Everyone was talking about it, and those who were nearby had already started to receive the distributed cakes. Birthday wishes came one after another, from the simple "Happy Birthday" at the beginning, to "Live as long as the Southern Mountains, be prosperous, have smooth sailing, everything goes well", "Have a happy marriage", which turned into a chain of blessing idioms.
"Whose young master's birthday is this?"
"Young Master still remembers to give benefits to NPCs, happy."
"Young masters, please roll it up according to this standard."
"Look, they are all wishing you a happy birthday." Su Qingyan stood by the window and looked down.
Zhou Cheng stood beside him, glanced at the crowd downstairs, and then looked away. Su Qingyan was indeed very good, but this relationship was too passionate. He didn't know how long it would last after the novelty wore off. He hoped for a quiet and long-lasting relationship.
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