In the end, it was still An Yunfan who couldn’t hold back first.
“Qing’er, for your birthday this time, I’ve only invited our own relatives; no one else has been invited.”
An Yunfan spoke gently as he asked.
“So, do you want to invite the friends you met at the last recognition banquet?”
Clearly, he had asked so straightforwardly in the messages before, but when it came to face-to-face conversation, he didn’t ask directly, choosing instead to beat around the bush.
Face really was very important.
An Qing smiled, not knowing if it was mockery or just a simple smile.
“Mm, Father, I’ve invited them.” She nodded but didn’t say the result.
Now An Yunfan was a bit anxious.
He couldn’t get any information from the Chen family side; only by knowing if they would come could he prepare in advance.
“Then, Qing’er, who will be coming? So I can prepare ahead of time.”
An Yunfan asked anxiously.
An Qing blinked, smiling as she shook her head.
“I invited a few girls; they all said they didn’t have time…” An Qing’s words paused. “Only Chen Guang has time.”
Upon hearing this, An Yunfan immediately felt great joy.
As for the first half, he directly chose to ignore it selectively, treating it as An Qing’s little scheme.
If girls from other families knew that at the birthday banquet, the Chen family young master would be attending, how could they possibly say they had no time?
She must have only invited Chen Guang, but was thin-skinned and didn’t dare to admit it in front of her parents, so she had to say she invited others when in fact she hadn’t.
But from this, it seemed their progress was going quite well!
An Yunfan subconsciously smiled, but quickly restrained it.
“The Chen family young master, huh? Alright, I got it. Qing’er, you have to work hard!”
He nodded, planning to leave.
But before leaving, he smiled at An Qing.
Really, Father, what do I need to work hard on!
An Qing shook her head, her face looking slightly flushed.
Looking at An Qing’s expression, An Yunfan revealed a hearty smile.
“Hahaha, I won’t say it, I won’t say it!”
With that, An Yunfan shook his head and left.
Watching his back, An Qing’s expression went from blushing anger to gradually returning to calm, and then to faint disgust.
Acting with this family—she was getting more and more proficient at it.
She had long known how to deal with An Yunfan.
As long as she used various methods to tell An Yunfan that she had made progress with the Chen family young master, it was fine.
Although it was very disgusting, it was simple.
As for whether she really invited Chen Guang, of course that was true.
But she had indeed only invited Chen Guang; as for the other Chen family young master, Chen Yu…
He was really a bit inexplicable, and seemed to have also been tricked into trusting An Yu; otherwise, he wouldn’t have given her that kind of thing.
That comic book was still in An Qing’s room to this day.
She had looked at it countless times and still didn’t understand it.
…
On the other side, unlike the atmosphere of scheming in the An family, in Cheng Shimumeng’s home, the four of them were happily celebrating An Yu’s birthday.
At the dining table, An Yu gently blew out the candles.
An Yu blinked, glancing at the candles that weren’t even half extinguished.
Mm, not blown out very well.
An Yu silently took a deep breath, then closed her eyes and blew hard again, her cheeks even puffing up a bit.
“Huu~”
After a while, she opened her eyes, panting lightly.
“Huu… huu… huu…”
This time it should work… Eh??
An Yu was stunned, looking at the candles in front of her that still had a small half lit, tilting her head in confusion.
Why? She had blown very hard; how come they still weren’t out!
The wish she made wasn’t that big; it was just wanting to sleep with the big pillow.
“An Yu, it’s okay…”
Ning Wanciu beside her tugged at An Yu, smiling somewhat awkwardly.
Although An Yu blowing out candles was very cu—blowing out candles unsuccessfully was very cute.
But if she kept blowing like this, she was afraid An Yu would exhaust herself.
But unusually, An Yu shook her head, rejecting Ning Wanciu’s suggestion.
Although this wish was simple, it was also very important.
There was no other reason; purely because sleeping with Ning Wanciu would be very comfortable.
An Yu took another deep breath, then closed her eyes.
Ning Wanciu sat beside her; seeing An Yu like this, she secretly pulled the cake a bit closer to An Yu again.
“Huu~ huu~”
This time, An Yu used all her strength; she blew for a long time, her head even feeling a bit dizzy.
An Yu opened her eyes, immediately looking at the candles on the cake.
Yay, she did it—all out!
Then tonight, she would sleep with Ning Wanciu!
Seeing all the candles extinguished, An Yu silently turned her head, her pair of amber eyes staring at Ning Wanciu.
Not knowing what An Yu was thinking, Ning Wanciu smiled gently, that smile carrying a hint of indulgence.
“An Yu, happy birthday.”
“Little An Yu, happy birthday~”
“Happy birthday!!”
Seeing the candles blown out, the three of them offered their blessings at the same time, and then Cheng Shimumeng turned the lights back on in the house.
An Yu looked expressionlessly at the three people in front of her, then silently nodded.
“Mm, thank you, everyone.”
Although it couldn’t be seen from her expression, this birthday—she was very happy, really very happy.
No one had ever celebrated her birthday before; this kind was the first time.
So, she was really grateful to these three people in front of her for bringing her the first time.
Grr~
Just as the atmosphere fell into warmth, an untimely sound suddenly rang out.
Everyone looked toward the source of the sound, only to see Huai Xiang scratching her head with an embarrassed face.
No choice—she was hungry; today, all day, she had only eaten a small cake in the morning!
You know, she practiced martial arts!
“Okay, okay, let’s eat first~”
Ning Wanciu shook her head with a light smile, not continuing the silence but choosing to make an excuse for Huai Xiang.
“Mm.”
An Yu nodded in agreement; she actually wanted to eat too.
That birthday cake looked super delicious; she wanted to eat it.
…
“Okay, okay, then let’s dig in!”
Huai Xiang quickly nodded, then picked up her bowl and chopsticks and began eating like a beast.
Driven by her pace, everyone else started too.
Everyone had the same day; there was no reason they wouldn’t be hungry.
However, Ning Wanciu wasn’t in a hurry; she first stood up, cut the birthday cake for An Yu, and then distributed it to everyone in turn.
“Here, An Yu, your cake~”
“Shimumeng, this is yours~”
Then finally, it was for Huai Xiang.
“Here, Xiangxiang~”
In the end, she didn’t forget to cut a piece for herself.
Ning Wanciu sat down contentedly, but soon she was stunned, because she saw the box of chocolate beside An Yu.
This was the gift Huai Xiang gave to An Yu, and then… the one in the room was too.
She only now realized that both of Huai Xiang’s gifts had been accepted by An Yu.
Then the problem came: when An Yu went home, how to transport them?
An Yu herself… would probably find it difficult.
As expected, it was better to wait until tomorrow, when sending An Yu home, to help her deliver them to her house together.