Chapter 172: He's learned to brag, after all.
Xiao Yunfeng didn't answer directly, but instead asked, "Do you think I'm that boring?"
Su Jin's rationality told her that Xiao Yunfeng really had no reason to do this.
But she just felt that something was wrong.
"Commander Xiao, Xiao Jin, dinner is ready."
Aunt Wu stood in front of the dining table and beckoned towards the living room, interrupting the two's conversation.
"When are you going?" Xiao Yunfeng suddenly asked out of the blue at the dinner table.
Su Jin looked at him with a puzzled expression.
Xiao Yunfeng said casually, "Tonight."
Su Jin then realized what he was asking, "I'll go after I finish making the birthday present this afternoon."
"A birthday present?" Xiao Yunfeng immediately grasped the key point.
Su Jin nodded, then looked at Wu Ma beside her and said, "Wu Ma, please prepare more milk, sugar, eggs, and flour for me."
Wu Ma asked curiously, "No problem. But why prepare all this?"
Su Jin smiled. "Birthday cake."
Not only had Wu Ma never heard of it, but even Xiao Yunfeng raised an eyebrow.
"Am I unable to supply you?"
Su Jin blinked, feeling that she understood him less and less.
Xiao Yunfeng seemed dissatisfied. "You can't even afford gifts anymore, so you have to make your own pastries?"
Although it was the first time he had ever heard of a birthday cake, he knew with his toes that it was a kind of pastry.
Sending her pastries for her birthday, and having her make them herself, doesn't that seem like a hassle?
Su Jin was both amused and exasperated. "There's no better birthday gift than a birthday cake, and do you think it's that simple? If that kid wasn't about to join the army, he wouldn't have the chance to enjoy such a treat."
Without cream, a whisk, or an oven, it's incredibly difficult to make a perfect birthday cake these days.
However, she was still willing to give it a try, after all, it was her own good intention.
Xiao Yunfeng snorted, "You've learned to brag, haven't you?"
Su Jin retorted with a straight face, "I'm not bragging!"
Xiao Yunfeng said in a serious voice, "Fine. Since you're so confident, let me taste it first after you've made it. Don't send some random stuff to others and embarrass me."
Su Jin was full of fighting spirit, "No problem! I guarantee that the cake I make will be the best you've ever eaten!"
Completely absorbed in his desire to prove himself, he didn't even notice Xiao Yunfeng's slightly upturned lips.
"Then I'll be waiting for your cake."
Daliushu Village.
Standing at the village entrance, Zhou Zhenxing looked at everything familiar, and a long-lost sense of relief appeared on his tired face.
The two-day, one-night drive, followed by a walk back from the county town, and with my injuries not fully healed, I was truly sustained only by my longing for my family.
Only when he returns to his hometown can he feel completely relaxed.
He couldn't wait to see the look of surprise and delight on his parents' faces when they suddenly saw him.
"Zhenxing, it really is you! You're back!"
As soon as I entered the village, I met the village elders.
The other person greeted him excitedly.
"Uncle, are you feeling alright?" Zhou Zhenxing asked with concern.
"That's good. Why did you come back alone? Where's your wife?"
Everyone in Daliushu Village knows that Su Jin went to the army base to look for him more than two months ago, and now that he has returned, they naturally want to ask him about it.
Zhou Zhenxing's expression stiffened, and he could only say tactfully, "She stayed over there. Uncle, I'm going home now."
The other person, of course, had no doubts and even nodded and urged, "Yes, yes, hurry home, your mother is looking forward to your return."
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