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"Every girl should try to be brave, whether facing love or life."
——Shi Qingmiao
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"Hey, let's stand up and wish Sister Su a happy birthday together!" Shi Qingmiao stood up and suggested.
Everyone stood up and raised their glasses when they heard this. The flavors of plums and peaches mixed together, filling the entire Suxuan Courtyard with fragrance.
The birthday girl, Jin Suting, stood up a beat late and smiled innocently. The table was too long, so she needed to lean over to reach everyone's wine glasses. She swayed a bit and was supported by Helan Ruizhe. They looked at each other and smiled.
Yu Seung-ho spoke first: "Come on, let's all wish Xiao Susu a happy 17th birthday."
"Happy birthday!"
“Every year has its day!”
Blessings and laughter echoed one after another, creating a joyful atmosphere. After everyone sat down, the old general began to speak: "It seems like Su'er was only a tiny child yesterday, and today she's seventeen and about to get married."
There was another sigh. Jin Suting looked at the old general obediently and said nothing. It would be inappropriate to say anything at this time.
"Aren't you relieved now that you're married and have a place to call home?" Lu Xiaoxiao interrupted.
Yu Seung-ho agreed, standing up and holding up the plum wine he had just poured. "Come, let me toast Xiao Susu!"
After he finished speaking, he drank the glass of wine in one gulp. Shi Qingmiao laughed at him: "You are really good at drinking from the bottle!"
There was another round of laughter, and Yu Seung-ho smiled mischievously: "If I blow the bottle, there will be no more wine to drink~"
"Just blow it!"
Near the end of the day, Jin Suting went to the kitchen and brought out the double-layer cake that she had spent the whole morning making.
"Oh my god! There's a cake so big! Xiao Susu, why didn't you tell me earlier!" Yu Chenghao used three exclamatory sentences to describe his dissatisfaction. The food made by Jin Suting was so delicious that he ate three bowls of rice and drank two bowls of soup, and his belly was already round.
"I should have told you earlier, could this cake still be kept now?" Jin Suting put the cake on the long table where most of the food had been eaten. Helan Ruizhe stood up to clean up and make room for her. Seeing Lu Mingxian also stood up to help clean up at the other end, the corners of his mouth twitched obviously with a disdainful expression.
Finally, it was time to cut the cake. Even though Yu Seung-ho was full, he was still eager to try and get the biggest piece. The cake was jasmine flavored. Jin Suting ground the dried jasmine flowers that had bloomed in the spring into powder and added it to the cake. After eating so much greasy fish and meat, the jasmine cake seemed too light, but it just balanced out the meaty taste.
"Sister Su, how did you make this cake? I want to learn how to make it!" Shi Qingmiao found it so delicious as she ate. She had never known before that cakes could be made like this and that jasmine flowers had such wonderful uses.
Before Jin Suting could speak, Yu Chenghao answered: "Even if you know it, you can't learn it!"
These two people have always been at odds with each other. Shi Qingmiao supports the Queen Mother, while Yu Chenghao is most afraid of her, so it is common for them to insult each other.
Shi Qingmiao really didn't know how to cook yet. She couldn't argue with Yu Chenghao, so she subconsciously looked to Si Shuo for help. Si Shuo glanced at Yu Chenghao, leaned lazily back in his chair, and smiled jokingly, "Why should a girl learn to cook? I'll do it in the future."
"Did you hear that?" Shi Qingmiao didn't realize the ambiguity of this sentence yet, and looked at Yu Chenghao proudly.
Jin Suting touched the cake and ate it without saying a word. Seeing this scene, the sour smell of a young couple's love came out. She winked at the two of them and said, "Hey, hey, hey, are you two having a problem~"
"No! Nothing happened!" Shi Qingmiao blushed and quietly moved to the side to distance herself from Si Shuo.
But Si Shuo brought her back and held her hands, not sure if it was to declare his sovereignty or to tease her.
Jin Suting poked Helan Ruizhe, the bet between them was still valid.
Helan Ruizhe didn't say anything, but Yu Chenghao got furious. "Si Shuo, what are you doing?"
Being called by his name in an unkind way, Si Shuo was a little angry. Although Shi Qingmiao was also confused about why Yu Chenghao was so angry, she quickly broke free from Si Shuo's hand.
"I, I, we have nothing!"
Shi Qingmiao was very nervous, as if she had been caught having an affair, because now in the eyes of others, Si Shuo was Helan Minzhi's son-in-law.
The old general and his family were all there, and she felt so embarrassed that she wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl into.
"What did I do?" Si Shuo looked directly at Yu Seung Ho and asked.
"Why are you, a man about to get married, still flirting with other women?" Yu Chenghao became increasingly angry. "Don't think that the princess of our Fuding Kingdom is easy to bully."
Seeing that a fight was about to break out, Jin Suting wanted to act as a peacemaker, but was stopped by Helan Ruizhe.
Jin Suting looked at him questioningly, and asked in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "Why?"
Helan Ruizhe asked her to pay attention to Yu Chenghao's condition, "He is drunk."
"I have to persuade him just because he's drunk. What if they start fighting?" Jin Suting stood up again to stop them, but was pulled down and sat down by Helan Ruizhe.
"They will have a fight sooner or later, so don't get involved." Helan Ruizhe's tone was surprisingly calm, as if he had expected it a long time ago.
At this moment, the only ones left at the table were the old general, Lu Xiaoxiao and Lu Mingxian, who had no idea about the situation. Fortunately, Jin Xiyan left after dinner, otherwise it would have been terrible if her big mouth had seen it and spread it out.
"What's it to you?" Si Shuo replied to Yu Chenghao rudely. He stood up, and the copper and iron stool scraped against the cement floor with a sharp sound. He took Shi Qingmiao's hand and held it tightly, not letting her break free. "I can be with whoever I want. He Lanqin can't control it, so why should you?"
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