Chapter 382 What is Li Luo’s birthday wish?

At around four o'clock in the afternoon, in the rock club activity room on the second floor of the gymnasium, after meeting Li Luo and Yan Zhusheng, Ying Chanxi took the lead and rushed to the cake shop.

After picking up the cake that had been ordered earlier, the group returned to Bi Hai Lan Ting 1502.

At this time, Lin Xiuhong and Cui Suling went to the vegetable market together as usual. After buying vegetables, they came here and planned to cook dinner for them.

But when he saw Li Luo and Zhao Rongjun and three others coming over, he was stunned for a moment.

"Xiaojun and the others are also having dinner here today?" Lin Xiuhong pulled Li Luo over and asked in confusion, "Why didn't you tell me in advance? We didn't buy that many vegetables at home."

"Oh, I seem to have forgotten to tell you." Li Luo scratched his head, "Today I celebrate my birthday two days in advance."

"Ah?" Lin Xiuhong was stunned for a moment, then she realized, "Oh... I forgot. Today is the 19th, and the day after tomorrow is the 21st... Your birthday is the 21st, right?"

Li Luo: "...Do you still need to ask me this?"

"Then I'll go buy some more vegetables and cook more today." Lin Xiuhong said quickly.

After all, on normal Saturdays, Zhao Rongjun and the other three would go home to eat first, and then come to Bi Hai Lan Ting to study together after eating.

Lin Xiuhong was already used to it, so she naturally wouldn't have thought of this unless Li Luo informed her in advance.

As for Li Luo’s birthday…

Since her son entered junior high school, she hasn't celebrated his birthday again. Lin Xiuhong didn't even try to remember it and almost forgot it.

However, Li Luo quickly pulled Lin Xiuhong and said with a smile: "It's enough to eat. Originally, we had to cook more than ten dishes for eight people in the family. We also have cake today, so we don't need to go buy vegetables anymore."

After hearing what he said, Lin Xiuhong didn't take off her apron. She nodded and went back to the kitchen to work with Cui Suling.

"Happy birthday, Li Luo."

After a while, Cui Suling came out of the kitchen and went to the bathroom. When she passed by the living room, she said to Li Luo with a smile.

"Thank you, Auntie." Li Luo, who was playing cards, responded quickly, and then saw Cui Suling walk to Xu Youyu and tap her head.

"Mom, what are you doing?" Xu Youyu looked up at her speechlessly.

"It's Li Luo's birthday today, and you didn't even tell me." Cui Suling complained, "Look, I haven't made any preparations."

"Oh, what do you need to prepare?" Xu Youyu waved his hand, then put his arm around Li Luo's neck and said with a smile, "We are all good friends, why are you being polite? Anyway, I have already bought a gift, so just consider it a gift from our family."

"What did you buy?" Cui Suling asked curiously.

"Um, ahem..." Xu Youyu was actually a little embarrassed when his mother suddenly asked him this question. His face turned slightly red, and he quickly said, "Birthday gifts are meant to be surprises. I can't tell you."

"Tsk... Still so mysterious." Cui Suling rolled her eyes at her and went back to the kitchen. "Just have fun. I won't disturb you two."

"It's time to let go." Li Luo patted Xu Youyu's hand on his shoulder, then turned his head back which she had just pressed against his chest.

"Oh." Xu Youyu took back his hand and looked at the scattered cards on the coffee table. "Whose turn is it?"

……

Around five o'clock in the evening, Li Guohong strolled over from the hot pot restaurant with some ingredients in his hands and took them to the kitchen.

Although Li Luo said there was no need to add more dishes, Lin Xiuhong still called Li Guohong privately and told him about her son's birthday.

So when Li Guohong came back, he bought some vegetables on the way.

After a while, Xu Rongsheng also came in from outside.

After changing into slippers and walking into the living room, he took out a book from his arms and handed it to Li Luo with a smile.

Li Luo was stunned for a moment, then took the book and looked down at it.

It’s actually in English.

The Versions of Us

"I heard that today is your birthday, so I don't have any special preparations." Xu Rongsheng said, "I just happened to read a novel recently and just finished it, so I'll give it to you."

"Thank you, uncle." Li Luo hurriedly thanked him.

To be honest, if someone had given Li Luo a gift of an English novel like this in his previous life, he would probably be completely clueless.

But this life is different. At least Li Luo’s English is not bad and I can still understand it.

However, whether in his previous life or this life, he had never heard of this book, nor did he know what kind of niche novel it was.

“This book is about love, but the approach is quite interesting. It tells the story of a man and a woman in three parallel worlds. Due to some reasons, their lives develop in three completely different directions.”

Xu Rongsheng said, "It feels very similar to the rebirth and time travel stories in your online novels, so I gave you this book to read."

"Well, I'll find time to finish reading it." Li Luo nodded and thanked him again, "Thank you, uncle."

"Then you guys continue playing." Xu Rongsheng waved his hand and walked to the desk, sitting with Li Guohong who was browsing on his phone, and the two fathers started chatting there.

By six o'clock in the evening, the dining table, which had been arranged into a round table, was now filled with a table full of sumptuous dishes.

Lin Xiuhong and Cui Suling looked at each other, smiled at the dishes on the table, and shouted towards the sofa and desk in the living room: "Dinner is ready, come and eat!"

"What about the cake? We put it in the refrigerator just now. Do you want to take it out now?" Lin Xiuhong asked.

"No, let's eat first." Li Luo said after sitting down, "After dinner, go to the desk to cut the cake."

Eleven people sat around the dining table. Although it was a bit crowded, the atmosphere was very good.

"Here, chicken leg." After the meal started, Ying Chanxi stood up on his own initiative, picked up a chicken leg for Li Luo and put it in his bowl.

After a while, Yan Zhusheng also picked up a piece of braised pork for Li Luo: "Li Luo, you eat it."

Cui Suling watched all this scene, and then her gaze fell on Xu Youyu beside her, and she sighed somewhat in her heart.

Do you feel like your daughter is not very good at relationships?

When they were playing cards just now, Cui Suling saw her daughter hugging Li Luo's neck without any concern, and she was originally very happy that they were so intimate.

But on second thought, Cui Suling began to wonder if Xu Youyu was treating Li Luo as a buddy?
Look at those two little girls. They knew to grab the seat next to Li Luo and sit down. They even took the initiative to pick up food for the birthday boy.

Xu Youyu just sat in another seat without any concern, eating his favorite dishes with relish, without any intention of attacking at all.

Thinking of this, Cui Suling shook her head repeatedly and decided not to think about it any more.

As for children, just let nature take its course.

It will be hard to say these things when you go to college.

Eleven people were eating happily at the table, but because of the presence of their elders, the younger ones were relatively quiet and didn't talk much.

Fortunately, Lin Xiuhong and the others were not very serious people. They found topics to talk about with a smile and chatted with Zhao Rongjun and the other three from time to time.

After eating and drinking, Ying Chanxi carefully took the cake out of the refrigerator and placed it on the large desk in the living room.

"Burp~" Li Luo touched his belly, stood up from the dining table, followed Ying Chanxi to the cake, and said, "I'm so full from you two that I can't even eat any more cake."

"It doesn't matter." Xu Youyu said with a smile, "Not all cakes are for eating."

"Hehe, don't try to launch a sneak attack." Li Luo pointed and said, "Wait and see who will turn into a little cat tonight."

As they spoke, everyone gathered around the desk.

Ying Chanxi carefully opened the cake box, then took out the candle bag from it, took out 17 candles, and lit them one by one.

Yan Zhusheng walked out of the piano room holding a guitar.

After Li Guohong took out a lighter and lit all the candles, and Lin Xiuhong turned off all the lights in the living room, the living room suddenly fell into darkness, with only the candles on the table providing light.

At this time, Yan Zhusheng stood beside Li Luo, gently strummed the strings of the piano, and played the birthday song.

"Happy birthday to you~"

"Happy birthday to you~"

Yan Zhusheng hummed softly, leading others to sing along.

Ying Chanxi clapped her hands and stood on the other side of Li Luo, sometimes looking at the cake lit by candles, sometimes turning her head to look at Li Luo's profile in the dim light, and singing the birthday song softly.

After everyone finished singing, Ying Chanxi said, "Li Luo, it's time to make a wish."

"Yeah." Li Luo clasped his hands together, stood in front of his birthday cake, and muttered silently in his heart for a long time.

It was not until a minute or two later that Li Luo opened his eyes, took a deep breath, and then blew it out in one breath, blowing out all 17 candles at once.

Cheers and applause rang out in the living room. Lin Xiuhong turned on the light and then asked curiously, "What wish did you make that took so long?"

"Ahem..." Li Luo coughed twice a bit embarrassedly, and subconsciously glanced at the three girls next to him, then looked away guiltily, "Wishes are something that you can't speak out loud after you make them, otherwise they won't come true."

"You're quite superstitious." Lin Xiuhong chuckled twice, but she didn't mean to ask any further questions.

After Li Luo cut the cake, he shared it with some elders first. After Lin Xiuhong and others tasted the cake, they tactfully said goodbye and left, leaving the space here for the children.

But before leaving, Lin Xiuhong also reminded: "Remember to clean up the table, and don't play too late, don't stay up late."

"I know." Li Luo sent the four parents to the door. As soon as he closed the door, he was suddenly patted on the face.

A large piece of cream was directly smeared on the face.

Li Luo turned his head and saw that Xu Youyu had already slipped away laughing.

"Stop right there!" Li Luo quickly ran back to the desk, replenished some ammunition on the cake, and began to chase Xu Youyu around the living room.

Seven people were playing in the living room, mainly the girls.

Zhao Rongjun didn't dare to take action at all. He only attacked his good brother when Li Luo wasn't paying attention. He didn't dare to join the battle at other times.

After the cake battle, everyone washed the cream off their faces and returned to the sofa to continue playing cards.

When it was past nine o'clock, Zhao Rongjun and others said goodbye first.

"You took a picture of everything inside my clothes just now." After Zhao Rongjun and the others left, Xu Youyu touched his collar, then reached in and grabbed it twice, and actually touched out some cream. "Look, you even touched my chest, you didn't do it on purpose, did you?"

"Don't slander me!" Li Luo denied with a dark face, "Is this Xixi or Zhusheng who did it? What does it have to do with me?"

"I have it on my clothes too," Yan Zhusheng said.

"Let's take a shower first." Xu Youyu hugged Yan Zhusheng, then looked at Ying Chanxi, "Xixi, will you come with us?"

"I won't do that. You guys go wash it. My clothes are quite clean." Ying Chanxi waved his hand and politely declined Xu Youyu's invitation.

So Yan Zhusheng was dragged into the bathroom by Xu Youyu.

Seeing this, Ying Chanxi's face suddenly lit up with joy.

I was originally thinking of finding an excuse, and was afraid that Xu Youyu and Yan Zhusheng would follow me.

Right now.

"Let's go, let's go. We agreed on this yesterday." Ying Chanxi quickly ran back to the bedroom, took all the equipment for filming, and then pulled Li Luo to the door to change shoes.

"Don't I need to bring anything?" Li Luo asked, "Do you want to change into your school uniform?"

"No need, the school uniform is fine." Ying Chanxi said this as he put Li Luo's shoes at his feet and then hurriedly put on his own shoes.

Amid the sounds of Xu Youyu and Yan Zhusheng taking a shower, the two of them quietly left their home, took the elevator downstairs, and walked out of the community in the night.

"So where are we going to shoot the music video?"

"Just follow me~"

Ying Chanxi took the initiative to hold Li Luo's hand, as if she was holding hands with him to lead the way, and walked in front with a slightly blushing face.

Li Luo was holding a long bag in his hand, which contained Ying Chanxi's tripod, and followed her closely.

The two people walked through the night, along the road between Qianjiang University and the No. 1 Affiliated Middle School, all the way to the bank of Yinjiang River.

Feeling the touch and mood of walking hand in hand with Li Luo on the street, Ying Chanxi pursed her lips, her cheeks flushed, and her heartbeat slightly quickened.

It was not until they stood still by the river that Ying Chanxi silently withdrew his hand.

Because the Yin River usually has high tides, high embankments have been built on both sides. When the water is shallow, you can still see people carrying buckets to the riverside to fish.

It was high tide tonight and the water level was quite high. All that could be seen were the vague steps rising and falling underwater below the embankment.

There are warning signs on the shore prohibiting swimming in the river.

Ying Chanxi found a camera position with good scenery, avoided the bridge across the river in the distance, and made the wide river surface look like the surface of the sea.

"Okay~"

After Ying Chanxi determined the angle he wanted to record, he took Li Luo's hand and walked to the camera to show him.

"I just want to take a shot." Ying Chanxi said, "Look here, you will stand here by the river, then walk slowly towards the distance along the river bank, and just show your back to the camera."

"Then, I will run from outside the camera, break into the camera, and chase after your back."

"When I run behind you, you suddenly turn around, and I accidentally fall into your arms."

"Then, we looked at each other lovingly, and finally... um... finally..."

"What happened in the end?" Li Luo turned his head to look at Ying Chanxi's delicate profile. Seeing that her cheeks were obviously flushed even in the night, he couldn't help but asked with a smile.

"Of course, the last thing is... a kiss." Ying Chanxi mustered up the courage to say this, and then quickly added, "Of course, it was just a fake kiss!"

"Because the camera is at this angle, it can only capture my back, so after you turn around, even if we kiss, the camera won't be able to capture it."

"We just want to make it look like we're really kissing, understand? We're not really kissing, don't get me wrong!"

"I know." Li Luo looked at her panicked face and laughed, "Shall we start now?"

"Well... let's try it a few times. I won't turn on the camera, but practice my positioning." Ying Chanxi said to Li Luo, "You go stand over there first, and I'll see if the angle is right."

"Okay." Li Luo nodded, "I'll follow Director Ying's instructions."

As he said this, Li Luo had already arrived at the starting point that Ying Chanxi had just mentioned. He turned his head to look at Ying Chanxi, asking her with his eyes if it was okay.

"Go a little further!" Ying Chanxi shouted, "Yes! Right there! Listen to my instructions! Okay~ Now go forward and walk slowly~"

"Keep up this speed! Slow down a little bit!"

"Yes, walk to this point now! Stop!"

After saying this, Ying Chanxi hurried over.

When Li Luo heard the voice behind him, he turned around, opened his arms towards Ying Chanxi, and hugged Ying Chanxi who was running towards him.

"W-what are you doing?"

"Didn't you say that when you ran over here, you would jump into my arms?"

"You are so stupid... I just came here to tell you about the play." Ying Chanxi blushed as she was hugged by Li Luo. Although Li Luo misunderstood her, she had no intention of breaking free. She just spoke in Li Luo's arms.

"You will stop at this point in a moment. It will take about five or six seconds in total. Remember that?"

"Okay, I'll remember that." Li Luo hugged Ying Chanxi, then lowered his head, gently lifted Ying Chanxi's chin with one hand, and asked with a smile, "Then... do you want to try the next scene too?"

"Well...it's okay." Ying Chanxi's face flushed, but fortunately it was dark and he couldn't see clearly.

After Li Luo lifted his chin, Ying Chanxi's breathing suddenly became rapid.

"You're too short." Li Luo said, lowering his head slightly and putting his lips close to Ying Chanxi's mouth, "I have to bend down, otherwise my mouth will be photographed by the camera."

"Hmm..." Ying Chanxi's heart beat faster when Li Luo suddenly approached his face, and he was unable to think.

Especially when she felt Li Luo's breath so close, her head felt dizzy.

Even when they were sleeping in the same bed, his face had never been so close to Li Luo's.

And at this moment, it seemed that if she only had to be a little braver and move forward a little bit...it seemed...she could...

Ying Chanxi's eyes gradually became blurred and he held his breath.

But Li Luo only stayed close to her for a dozen seconds before pulling back and saying with a smile, "Why do I feel like you're getting into the role?"

"No, no!"

(End of this chapter)