"We'll blow out the candles and eat the cake properly when Wensheng comes back later."
After all the guests left, Ke Shurong took out a small cake that she had prepared beforehand, something that even Xia Wenxi didn't know about.
"Mom, there's another cake. When did you buy it?"
“Your dad brought this back when he came home. There were so many people with you just now, and you didn’t make a proper wish, so it doesn’t count. Let’s make a wish again as a family.”
So, near midnight on the 28th, Xia Wenxi closed her eyes and made her birthday wish.
She hopes that her family and friends will be safe and healthy, and that her family will always be harmonious and happy like this.
Afterwards, each of them ate a few bites of cake, and then Ke Shurong and Xia Hengyuan couldn't stay awake any longer and had to go to sleep.
"Xiaobao, Mom has put your gift in your room beforehand. You can look at it when you get back. Mom and Dad are going to bed now, so you two should get some rest too."
"Okay, thank you, Mom."
After Xia Hengyuan and Ke Shurong went upstairs, the living room returned to silence. Xia Wenxi was about to ask Xia Wensheng where they were going to talk when he gave her a wink and said, "Come on, I'll treat you to a late-night snack."
Xia Wenxi looked at the cake on the table, which only had a small piece cut into it, with a conflicted expression. "What should we do with the cake?"
"Bring it with you. If you eat something too salty, just have a bite of cake to rinse it off."
"That makes a lot of sense."
So, in the middle of the night, the two of them, carrying the cake, went to... a barbecue restaurant.
It's the same family that Xia Wenxi, Xia Wensheng, and Ming Huan visited last time.
"What are you looking at? You're here to eat, not to steal."
As soon as Xia Wensheng sat down, she saw her younger sister sitting opposite her looking around suspiciously.
"I'm just worried someone might take pictures of us."
"Don't worry about it. Who has nothing better to do than come to a barbecue restaurant to take pictures? If you want to go somewhere, go to a hotel or nightclub. So, what do you want to talk to me about?"
As Xia Wensheng spoke, he handed over a skewer of grilled chicken wings. Xia Wenxi had intended to be serious, but with the chicken wings in his hand, he couldn't seem to be serious at all.
He took a bite, "You didn't know about Dad transferring the shares beforehand, did you?"
Xia Wensheng said honestly, "I have some guesses, but I haven't thought of the specific share."
Take another bite, "So what are your thoughts?"
Xia Wensheng smiled and glanced at her, "You want to ask if I'll be unhappy, right?"
Xia Wenxi nodded shyly and said awkwardly, "After all, if it weren't for me, all the shares would be yours."
“I need to correct you on one point. The shares don’t belong to me; they belong to Dad. He can give them to whomever he wants, and I, as his son, have no right to interfere.”
Xia Wenxi finished the chicken wings and was about to say that wasn't what she meant when Xia Wensheng handed her a skewer of beef tendon, silencing her.
“I know what you’re thinking, but have you ever thought that you didn’t just appear out of nowhere? When I adopted you, as a member of the Xia family, I also agreed to it.”
Xia Wenxi, your name was taken from mine, you have legal adoption paperwork, and you inherently possess equal inheritance rights as I do.
Xia Wenxi chewed for a long time before finally swallowing the beef tendon in her mouth. She opened her mouth, and another skewer was handed to her from across the table.
"Don't speak yet, let me finish."
Okay... Xia Wenxi shut her mouth and continued chewing.
"When I graduated from university, I borrowed two million yuan from my dad, wanting to start a business with my friends. I even gave my dad an IOU, and it took me a long time to pay it off."
Because Dad said I can't use Hengyuan's dividends to pay off this debt. Since I'm starting a business, I have to use the money from that startup to pay it off.
Xia Wenxi finally found an opportunity to speak, "You also have a company outside?"
"I'm more of an investor and don't get much involved in the company's management, but I do realize how difficult it is to start a business. Two million... it took me several years to pay it off. Luckily, my dad didn't charge me interest."
So Dad's money is his, and I have no objection to how he allocates it, nor will I be unhappy.
Stop thinking about things that aren't yours. You're my sister, so it's only right that I give it to you. Use this time to study hard. You'll be a major shareholder in the company later, and you'll be involved in making decisions on important company matters.
"I?"
Xia Wenxi pointed to herself, wondering what kind of decisions she was making; she couldn't understand anything in the meetings.
"You don't expect to do nothing and just collect dividends, do you? There's no such thing as a free lunch. Right now you're preparing for graduate school entrance exams, but once you pass, you'll be going to the company when you're not in class, and you'll have to listen in on meetings too."
Xia Wenxi's straight back finally collapsed.
Xia Wensheng, having enjoyed his sister's expression for a while, took out a contract from his briefcase and gave it to her.
"Here you go, my birthday present."
"What?"
Xia Wenxi took the package, opened it, glanced at it, and then stared wide-eyed at Xia Wensheng.
“I saw that you really liked the place, so I talked to the farm owner. I’ll invest, on the condition that he keeps the house we used to live in, and you have the right to use it.”
It's like Xia Wensheng paid to rent out that house.
Xia Wenxi really liked the place and was thinking that she would stay there again when she had time. She never expected that Xia Wensheng would give her this.
"Brother, thank you."
This was the most genuine and heartfelt "brother" Xia Wenxi had ever called out to someone. She hadn't had a brother before, but now she felt that having a brother was a wonderful feeling.
"It's okay to be moved, but don't fall in love with the brother."
The感动 (feeling of being touched) lasted only three seconds before Xia Wenxi couldn't help but roll her eyes slightly, deliberately saying, "Aren't you afraid your sister will..."
Xia Wenxi couldn't bring herself to say what came next; just thinking about it gave her goosebumps. But that didn't stop her from teasing Xia Wensheng on purpose.
"You won't, I'm pretty sure."
Although he didn't understand why, Xia Wensheng was certain that his sister had truly changed.
On the way home, Xia Wenxi asked Xia Wensheng, "Brother, why is your name Xia Wensheng?"
Then Xia Wensheng gave a reason that was both unexpected and not entirely unexpected.
"Because I cried loudly when I was little, my dad could still hear me howling when he was flipping through books in the study to name me, so I was named Wen Sheng (meaning 'hearing the sound')."
...
It seems a bit hasty, but it's not that hasty either; at least it didn't make them cry.
"Then why should I listen to Wenxi?"
"It seems like Dad consulted a fortune teller who said this name suits you, but I don't know the specifics."
Xia Wenxi nodded thoughtfully. Perhaps this was destiny?
"By the way," Xia Wensheng said, unable to contain her gossip any longer, "what did Lin Shen give you? Did you see it?"
"I haven't even seen it yet... You're so nosy!"
"How can you talk like that? This is called showing concern."
"I'll check it when I get back."
"OK."
I won't tell you even if I see it.
Xia Wensheng: ...
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