0071 Surprise
It was afternoon.
Jiang Xinglan led Su He'an on a aimless stroll. Su He'an was in a bad mood and had no destination in mind; the two of them wandered around like lost souls.
Yang Mingxuan was worried that the two of them might end up in a ditch.
"Jiang Xinglan, do you think Song Yue is hiding something from me?"
Jiang Xinglan was taken aback, then glanced at the time: "How could that be? What could she possibly be hiding from you?"
"...But I feel something's off!"
Su He'an turned his head and saw Jiang Xinglan frantically typing on her phone. He frowned and leaned closer, startling Jiang Xinglan so much that she immediately locked her screen.
Su He'an: "!?"
Jiang Xinglan blinked and gave a fawning smile: "..."
Yang Mingxuan sighed helplessly, but the slight twitch at the corner of his mouth clearly indicated that he was suppressing a laugh, earning him an eye roll from Su He'an and Jiang Xinglan.
"Is there something you haven't told me?" Su He'an's brows furrowed, and he gave a cold laugh.
Jiang Xinglan immediately jumped behind Yang Mingxuan, peeked out, and then quickly shrank back in, her muffled voice saying, "No!"
He was clearly guilty.
Su He'an then looked at Yang Mingxuan, and the two stared at each other for a few seconds.
Su He'an was defeated; Yang Mingxuan was tight-lipped, and they couldn't get any information out of him.
Suddenly, her phone vibrated, and Jiang Xinglan immediately took it out and glanced at it.
Then he jumped out from behind Yang Mingxuan and said, "Alright, since you don't seem to want to shop around anymore, let's just go home."
Su He'an gave him a cold, sidelong glance, then turned and strode away, sullen.
*
In the living room, Song Yue looked at the large cake that had been brought out, her eyes crinkling with joy, as if it were her birthday.
"Wow! It's huge! Yueyue, is this the one we liked before?"
Wan Lanlan scanned the pictures and found that the actual product was exactly the same as the pictures!
Song Yue circled around, saying, "Yeah, it's just as I imagined, super big!"
Su Mingxu helped her up: "Okay, you can eat it tonight, but you can't eat too much."
"!?! Why?" Song Yue let out a sigh.
"You've been eating too many sweets lately, be careful your teeth don't hurt," Su Huarong said softly, tapping her forehead.
I don't know when she suddenly developed a sweet tooth, but lately she's been consuming more than usual, and she's been begging her friends to buy her sweets from time to time.
Song Yue stood next to the cake with a mournful face and tears streaming down her face, looking extremely pitiful.
However, since the eldest and second eldest brothers had spoken, the others naturally dared not do anything on the surface.
Wan Lanlan was charmed by Song Yue's cuteness and whispered to her, "I'll take more later..."
Yin Xingjin stood next to Song Yue and, when no one else was paying attention, winked at Song Yue, indicating the cake.
Now, Song Yue was relieved.
When Su He returned to the apartment, feeling agitated, the two people behind him were still following him. Even after he entered the building, the two people were still there.
He frowned and turned to look at the two of them with a puzzled expression, his face clearly saying, "What are you two doing?" with a hint of disdain.
Jiang Xinglan shrugged helplessly: "What? Can't we come to your house to play for a while?"
Su He'an laughed in exasperation: "Didn't you say before that coming to my house and seeing my brothers would put you under a lot of pressure?"
Jiang Xinglan, neck stiff and chest puffed out, declared with an air of authority, "I've grown up now; I'm no longer the child I used to be!"
Su He'an squinted and scanned him, then looked at Yang Mingxuan: "Did he forget to take his medicine today?"
Yang Mingxuan: "I don't know."
"Alright, alright, let's come up. I'm starving after walking around for so long." Su He'an pressed the button for the top floor elevator, and Jiang Xinglan glanced at the number before slowly pulling Yang Mingxuan back a bit.
As soon as the elevator doors opened, two loud bangs rang out from the entrance.
"Happy birthday!" Amidst the clamor of a crowd, Su and An, bombarded by celebratory cannon fire, had their faces covered in confetti.
Jiang Xinglan and Yang Mingxuan had already crouched down to the side, perfectly avoiding the attack.
Su and An stood in the elevator, looking bewildered at the group of people gathered at the door.
"you……?"
A group of people stood smiling at the door, holding confetti canisters in their hands.
All the strange feelings of the past few days completely dissipated at this moment. Before the irritability had subsided, I was overwhelmed by a sudden surge of emotion.
"Happy birthday, He'an! Okay, let's go out together." Jiang Xinglan patted the paper scraps off Su He'an and put her hand on him. "Are you planning to spend your birthday holed up in the elevator?!"
With just one sentence, Su and An completely destroyed the touching atmosphere they had prepared, and he couldn't help but twitch his forehead a few times.
Su and An stepped out of the elevator blankly, and were pushed into the living room by someone. They immediately saw the large cake on the floor.
My second glance was clouded by the surrounding environment.
Is this really his 18th birthday?
He's male, right?
Jiang Xinglan glanced at the pink and delicate atmosphere around her, with balloons and ribbons fluttering in the wind, and couldn't help but suppress her laughter until tears welled up in her eyes. In the end, she could only hold back her laughter and lean against Yang Mingxuan's chest.
Absolutely not! (Laughs)
Otherwise, after today, Su He'an will be the one crying.
Yang Mingxuan pulled him into his arms, patted his back, and then covered his mouth with his hand, pretending to be unwell, and coughed.
Su Mingxi: "These were all Yueyue's ideas." A slight smile played on her lips, but Su He'an suspected it was mockery.
"Hmm, not bad, I quite like it," Su He'an said, holding his breath.
Song Yue seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and smiled as she pulled Su He'an along, saying, "I'm glad you like it. I was worried you wouldn't like this style... No wonder your room is all like this!"
Regardless of the astonished looks from Jiang Xinglan, Yang Mingxuan, and Yin Xingjin and Wan Lanlan standing to the side, did the brothers in the family not know the reason?
Didn't anyone explain this to her?
It's because there were too many brothers in the family back then, and my father hoped for a girl to come along, so he decorated his room like that, and it hasn't been changed to this day.
He didn't care, but he never expected that she would see it just once and end up turning his birthday into such a girly and sweet party style?
He realized that his brothers were laughing at him.
He didn't know whether to be angry or happy, but knowing that she had been arranging his birthday party all this time, Su He'an felt a subtle sense of joy.
Su and An's 18th birthday finally meant they could drink alcohol.
The adults all set out drinks, while the minors were strictly forbidden from doing so.
Normally, Song Yue wouldn't drink those awful drinks, but tonight she was stopped by her older brothers several times from sneaking a bite of cake.
Neither Wan Lanlan nor Yin Xingjin managed to feed them successfully.
The other soft-hearted brothers were also closely watched, so Song Yue didn't get to eat anything except for the small piece she was initially given.
Song Yue got angry and wouldn't let her eat cake, so she went to drink!
P.S.: What happens after drinking alcohol?
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