Chapter 21 Birthday
The next morning the sky was overcast and hot all night long, but it was still not going to rain.
Suning woke up early and felt unexpectedly calm, as if the knife hanging over his head was finally about to fall and he just had to wait for the result.
By the time she had finished washing and dressing herself, the creature on the bed finally woke up.
"Good morning, Sister Ningning. Happy birthday~"
"Thank you, but it's getting late, lazy pig, get up quickly."
Even Fu Ying herself found it incredible that she had a dreamless night and was not affected at all by what happened last night.
It must be because Sister Ningning is around, which makes her feel at ease.
Fu Ying, who was laughing foolishly, looked at her beautiful face with a silly look on his face: Sure enough, there is nothing that cannot be cured by beauty!
"Dong Dong Dong~"
"Ningning Yingying, it's getting late. Are you ready?"
"Yeah, Uncle Xu, we're almost there~"
Fu Ying stuck out her tongue, got up from the bed swiftly, put on her clothes, and flexibly braided two pigtails with her ten fingers.
He took out a small box that he had prepared earlier from his schoolbag and handed it to her. "Sister Ningning, this is the birthday present I prepared for you. I hope my sister will become more and more beautiful, and everything will go well. We can meet in Xiangnan soon!"
The small box contains two pearl hairpins of different styles.
Suning closed the box and put it carefully into the drawer under the dressing table. He then took the person out of the bedroom. The moment the door closed, he took the dressing table into the space.
Xu Zixin and Qian Huiru, who were sitting on the sofa waiting, seemed to be in a good mood today.
Especially Qian Huiru, who was dressed in Lenin's women's clothing. She couldn't hide the smile on her face and eyes. For the first time, he seemed particularly sincere when looking at her.
"Ningning looks so beautiful today!"
"Thanks."
It seemed like he had been waiting for a long time. Until then, Xu Zixin didn't say much, but stood up, turned around and quickly went to the kitchen.
In less than a moment, she brought a bowl of brown sugar boiled eggs, just like every birthday in previous years, "Hurry, Ningning, eat it while it's hot, don't wait until it gets cold and you find it fishy."
"Wow~ Uncle Xu is so nice. Sister Ningning, you eat first. I'll go wash up!"
Fu Ying winked at her and skipped to the toilet.
Taking a deep breath and pinching his palms hard, Suning smiled and walked to the dining table and sat down.
In the blue patterned ceramic bowl, the black and red sugar water was still steaming, and there were two boiled eggs in it as usual.
This is the custom in my grandfather's hometown. If everyone eats sweet boiled eggs cooked by their closest relatives on their birthday, they will have happiness and good luck for the whole year.
In the past, every birthday, grandpa would prepare a bowl of soup early in the morning...Now that he is gone, it is mom's turn.
Until his mother passed away, Xu Zixin kept this incident in his heart. All these years passed and he never forgot it.
During this period of time, she would also think, even if the fake play became real, was he...sincere at all?
"Ningning, why are you crying again?"
Subconsciously touching his cheek, Suning suddenly realized that he had been crying without realizing it.
"It's okay, thank you Dad."
She wiped away her tears with the back of her hand and lowered her head to eat the boiled eggs in syrup. She did not see the complexity in Xu Zixin's eyes.
It was not until Qian Huiru came forward silently that he came back to his senses and murmured absentmindedly, "Ningning has grown so big in the blink of an eye."
"Yes, they can all get married!"
"Nonsense! How can my daughter Xu Zixin get married so early?"
"Look, I just said that, but you're already anxious, Old Xu. Ningning has such good grades and still needs to go to college. Of course she won't get married so early."
While the two of them were singing in unison, Suning had already finished the egg in the bowl and drank up the sugar water.
After a long period of searching, Xu Shanshan finally picked out the clothes she was satisfied with. She and Fu Ying, who had just finished washing, came into the living room one after the other.
The two of them had never gotten along since they met, and their relationship was so bad that they didn't even bother to pretend in front of their parents.
"Hua Kongque, what's the point of dressing up? You'll be crushed into dust in a second in front of my sister Ningning!"
'Tomboy, sooner or later I will help you cut that hair!'
The two people's eyes collided in the air, and it seemed that one could hear the crackling sparks.
"Shanshan!"
Facing her warning eyes, and remembering the conversation between mother and daughter last night, Xu Shanshan suppressed her anger and said with a fake smile, "Today is Sister Ning's birthday, I won't bother with you, a little brat!"
"Haha, you talk as if you can do anything to me. I'm afraid of you!"
Fu Ying played with her braids and retorted rudely, but she thought that today's situation was indeed special.
As he walked past her, he threatened in a low voice, "If you dare to do anything weird again today, Xu Shanshan, I will make you relive the nightmare from four years ago."
"you!"
"Xu Shanshan, remember, it's not easy to grow hair this long~"
Xu Shanshan was so angry that she was about to explode. Qian Huiru, who was found to be wrong, grabbed her and said, "Yingying is still so fond of joking. Haha, okay, you two sisters, stop making trouble. It's time for us to set off."
"I'm sorry, Uncle Xu, she's just so annoying, I couldn't help it!"
"You have such a temper!"
Xu Zixin had no way to deal with her straightforwardness. After all, she was his friend's most beloved daughter. He could only shake his head helplessly and said, "Let your father worry about it himself."
"Yingying, this is good."
"That's right, hehe, Sister Ningning has the best taste!"
"Okay, okay, today the birthday boy is the most important. You are right."
Xu Zixin smiled dotingly and patted her back gently.
Seeing that she didn't subconsciously dodge again, and thinking of her true feelings when she was moved just now, it didn't seem like a disguise, his thick eyebrows raised slightly, "Let's go, it's time to leave. It's not good to keep the guests waiting."
…
Kyoto Hotel.
Different from state-owned hotels, this one mainly receives foreign guests and leaders on business trips from various places.
There is a lobby on the first floor, private rooms on the second floor, and a super large banquet hall on the third floor.
Xu Zixin's position is sufficient for being able to reserve a private room, and with the addition of Mr. Fu, there is naturally no problem.
In addition to the Xu and Fu families, there were also two old friends of Su Ting, a couple with white hair and kind faces, as well as Mr. Quan, the class teacher who had taught Su Ning for two years.
The big table was packed with people, it was very lively.
"Ningning, do you still remember us, the old couple?"
"Of course I remember, Grandpa Zhao and Grandma Xin."
Su Ning stood up with a sweet smile, bowed obediently to greet them, and then walked forward to pour tea for the two elderly people who had taken the trouble to come on time.
"Hahaha, it's indeed little Su Ting. He's really smart. I've only seen him twice, but he still remembers it after all these years!"
The first time I saw the little guy, he was just one month old. The second time was when an old friend passed away...
Zhao Qian thought of his old friend's last words to him and silently put down the teacup in his hand.
The two of them have spent most of their lives together, and she can understand what he is thinking with just one look.
Xin Yulan patted the back of his hand and said, "Ningning is still here."
"Look at me, I'm getting old and confused, haha!"
Patting his forehead, Zhao Qian smiled again, "Ningning, please sit down. We can talk about it later."
(End of this chapter)
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