You can eat five birthday cakes a year
Jiang Zhiyi squatted beside the flower bed, gently pinching the stamens of the flowers with her hands. The petals had already fallen in pieces. She even looked at the soil carefully but didn't notice anything wrong.
Shen Yujing looked at the flower and felt that it looked familiar: "Aunt Wang, is this a Daphne odora?"
"Yes, it's almost time for the Daphne osmanthus flowers to bloom these days. This year, it coincides with the Flower Festival. I was thinking of taking these flowers to participate in the competition, but who would have thought that all the flowers in the flowerbed would suddenly wither."
Jiang Zhiyi shook his head, indicating to Shen Yujing that there was nothing unusual in the flower bed. Shen Yujing frowned and couldn't help thinking about the previous incident.
"Do you think that person will come out again?" Aunt Wang was a little scared when she mentioned her. Jiang Zhiyi had never heard of her, so she asked casually.
"She? Who?"
Shen Yujing glanced at her and said, "Don't ask if you shouldn't."
"oh."
Aunt Wang didn't say anything more: "It's nothing, forget it, I probably won't be able to catch up, I'll just try another flower."
Shen Yujing nodded: "Aunt Wang, don't use this kind of flowers for now. Plant them at home and try not to let them come into contact with the outside air."
"Yeah, okay."
Jiang Zhiyi walked out of her house and apologized to Aunt Wang: "Sorry, Aunt, I'm bothering you. You looked at us and couldn't help us at all."
"It's okay. The conference is still a few days away. It's not impossible to plant another pot of flowers to help them germinate. Don't take it to heart."
It was already eight or nine o'clock, and cars were coming and going on the road. It was the rush hour. Anyway, she was only two blocks away from home, so she naturally thought of walking back.
"Don't take today's events to heart. If I'm not mistaken, Aunt Wang's flowers are meant to wither."
"How do you know?" Jiang Zhiyi was still shocked when he heard him say that. How could Shen Yujing know that this kind of thing was going to wither anyway?
"Aunt Wang was the champion of the last Flower Festival. Last year, someone maliciously made her flowers wither."
Shen Yujing's pupils dilated: "You mean it's very likely that the murderer used the same method this time?"
"We can't rule out this possibility. The soil and moisture are fine, but the flowers suddenly withered when they were in full bloom. It's very likely that someone sprayed something bad in Aunt Wang's yard."
"With the experience of the previous session, Wang Sheng will definitely not make this mistake again, so those words in the courtyard are most likely for others to see."
Jiang Zhiyi nodded: "Didn't you catch that guy last time?"
"No, or maybe Aunt Wang doesn't want to make a fuss about it."
"That year, with only one week left, everyone thought Aunt Wang had no chance of winning, but no one expected her to win in the end."
Jiang Zhiyi didn't know what to say: "Is there no way to find her?"
Shen Yujing shook his head: "Every household comes and goes, and with so many people, I know who it is. In fact, I know who it is."
Jiang Zhiyi sighed: "It's just a pity for those flowers."
"So are we going to the Flower Festival?"
"You want to go?" Shen Yujing was surprised that Jiang Zhiyi wanted to play here.
"I heard that it will be a lively day. The winner will ride on a float and pray for blessings. And most importantly, Bai Qi said that if you win, you will know what clues are inside the secret realm."
"Don't you want to know?"
Hearing Jiang Zhiyi talking about the secret realm, Shen Yujing rarely rejected the topic: "I don't want to know."
Jiang Zhiyi was also very curious. These were obviously things that everyone else wanted, so why was Shen Yujing not interested in them at all?
"I've been to a secret place before. It's very dangerous there, and...if you're not absolutely sure, you'll be in danger of death if you go in."
Jiang Zhiyi had never heard that Chen Yujing had actually been to a secret place. It seemed that he had some bad memories there, otherwise why was there always sadness in his eyes when he mentioned this.
"Forget it, let's not talk about this anymore. There are some pink flowers blooming in the backyard, and I plan to take them to the competition."
Jiang Zhiyi looked so excited that Shen Yujing didn't want to pour cold water on him. "I just randomly scattered a handful of seeds in the yard last year. Why didn't you ask me?"
"I'm asking you, venerable Master of the Tumily Flower, Shen Yujing, would you be willing to give me this flower of yours so that I can attend the Flower Festival?"
Jiang Zhiyi looked at Shen Yujing with sincere eyes. She had already made up her mind. If he agreed, that would be great. But if he didn't agree with her doing this, Jiang Zhiyi would use all her strength to beg him to agree.
"casual."
Jiang Zhiyi was happy and ran forward two steps to catch up with Shen Yujing. During the time they spent together, Jiang Zhiyi finally felt that the cold-faced cat was actually quite cute.
Chen Yujing took two steps forward and stepped onto the stairs. Suddenly he thought of something and turned back. Jiang Zhiyi had been following him. Such an unexpected stop made Jiang Zhiyi habitually go up another flight of stairs.
Jiang Zhiyi bumped into Shen Yujing's chest and subconsciously took a step back. His left foot missed the step and his hand unconsciously grabbed Shen Yujing's shirt.
Chen Yujing steadied his steps and stood still, grabbing Jiang Zhiyi's arms with both hands. Jiang Zhiyi was so scared that his heart almost jumped out of his chest. After several seconds, he looked up at the culprit.
"Why did you stop so suddenly?"
Shen Yujing was also frightened by this sudden change. He bent down to see if Jiang Zhiyi was injured. In the end, he was still a little worried: "I saw that you seemed to have sprained your ankle just now. Are you okay? Are there any other injuries?"
"No." Jiang Zhiyi stretched his limbs: "Except for being scared by you."
Shen Yujing breathed a sigh of relief: "I'm glad you're okay."
Jiang Zhiyi turned around and walked away, speechless: "You haven't told me why you suddenly stopped?"
As if he had just remembered, Chen Yujing said, "Move a bunch of hibiscus flowers to your room, or they might get destroyed."
"oh."
"If you want to catch her, you can spread the word that you are going to participate in the competition."
It turned out that he knew what Jiang Zhiyi had been struggling with in his heart.
Jiang Zhiyi smiled and no longer cared about what happened just now. He took two steps forward and waited for Chen Yujing to open the door.
“Surprise!”
A second after Shen Yujing opened the door, Bai Qi and the other two crushed the fireworks in their hands. With a loud bang, petals fell at the door. Jiang Zhiyi saw the words "Happy Birthday" decorated on the back and looked confused.
"Whose birthday is today?!" Jiang Zhiyi was a little frightened today, but when he saw the scene behind him, he turned around and asked, "Chen Yujing, is it your birthday today?"
Shen Yujing automatically rejected it with his eyes: "No."
When Bai Qi heard that both of them denied it, he glanced at Shang Lin.
"Hey, little fat bird! Didn't you say today is Jiang Zhiyi's birthday?"
"That's what it says in the information. And don't call me little fat bird!"
Jiang Zhiyi pointed at himself, and the doubt in his heart became even more amplified: "Me? It's not my birthday today."
Shang Lin took all of Jiang Zhiyi's information and said, "No, look, didn't you write this yourself?"
Seeing what Shang Lin took out, Jiang Zhiyi realized, "I didn't write a birthday column... I don't have a birthday."
"Why not?" Bai Qi circled around Jiang Zhiyi a few times: "You actually lied to us!"
Jiang Zhiyi waved his hands, as if he had thought of something interesting, his eyebrows slightly curved: "No, I don't have a birthday because I've never celebrated one before. My parents are often busy away from home and don't remember at all, so I don't celebrate birthdays often."
"But sometimes I take advantage of my parents not remembering and tell them it's my birthday when I want to eat cake. Then my parents will think they are busy and forgot, and they will get me a bigger cake."
"This trick works so well that once I asked them for five cakes in one year and they didn't even notice."
Jiang Zhiyi looked at the cake in front of him, walked forward and tapped it lightly with his hand: "But since I've already bought it, let's just consider today as my birthday."
It was rare that the few of them didn't move together. Instead, Shen Yujing slowly walked forward and patted Jiang Zhiyi's head, then leaned over and said, "You can eat the cake anytime, you don't need to use the excuse of a birthday to eat it."
Bai Qi, who usually seemed nonchalant, was actually a little reserved now. He walked forward and silently tore off the ribbon at the back: "Actually, I wanted to eat cake today too, so I bought such a big one!"
Then he stepped forward and said, "Jiang Zhiyi, tell us your birthday. We don't want to be fooled by you like your parents and have to buy you five cakes a year. I promise to remember it clearly."
Shang Fei patted Bai Yuan's head and said, "If you can't speak, don't speak."
Bai Qi rubbed the place where he was hit and hurt: "Oh..."
Jiang Zhiyi felt so warm inside when she saw everyone like this that she choked up when she spoke. It might be because she hadn't felt such care for a long time. After a while, Jiang Zhiyi spoke.
"It's really okay. The cake will melt if you don't eat it now."
Jiang Zhiyi sneaked up to a few people and gave Shang Lin a wink. She almost immediately knew what Jiang Zhiyi was thinking.
Shang Lin also approached the cake and gently picked up a small piece with a feather. As Jiang Zhiyi attacked, Shang Lin smeared all the cream on the feather onto Shang Fei's face.
The cream on Jiang Zhiyi's hands was smeared all over Shen Yujing and Bai Qun's faces.
"Jiang Zhiyi!" Bai Qi wiped the cream off his face, pointed at Jiang Zhiyi and shouted angrily: "I shouldn't have let my guard down! I knew you would do this!"
Jiang Zhiyi immediately ran back. Shen Yujing's face was still smeared with the cream that Jiang Zhiyi had just applied on him. The warmth of her fingertips lingered on Shen Yujing's face for a long time.
Shen Yujing felt inexplicably uncomfortable watching Jiang Zhiyi and Bai Qi playing around. Jiang Zhiyi ran from the balcony to Shen Yujing's side.
"Don't come over here! If you come over here again, I'll let Shen Yujing bite you."
Shen Yujing: "..."
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