"Have you prepared something to eat?" Yun Qiao asked.
Cheng Li: "What do you want to eat? Go back and tell the cook yourself. Come in quickly."
Yun Qiao asked again: "Am I the only one celebrating your birthday today, or are you inviting other friends?"
Cheng Li smiled and said: "Today is also a housewarming, so naturally I have other friends."
When Yun Qiao heard this, she felt that Cheng Li had no ambiguity towards her and was dealing with her openly. She completely let go of her initial wariness.
Totally unnecessary.
It's all Zhu Yucheng's fault, what nonsense are you talking about!
Cheng Li observed her expression carefully. The corners of her lips were slightly raised in a pleasant arc, but her heart felt a little bitter.
The two of them sat in the living room, and soon many friends came one after another: Zhu Yucheng, Xu Yinjie, the children of the Qian family, and several men whom Yun Qiao didn't know very well.
When the guests arrived, everyone presented their gifts, and Yun Qiao took out the wrapped gifts from her handbag.
Before she handed it to Cheng Li, she said with a smile: "Second brother, give me a piece of ocean."
Cheng Li didn't know why and smiled.
After Yun Qiao received the money, she gave him her gift: "Happy birthday."
After opening the gift, everyone gathered around.
Xu Yinjie first exclaimed with reluctance: "Hair embroidery! Qiao Qiao, you are so partial, how can you only give your second brother hair embroidery? I want it too."
Zhu Yucheng glanced at Yun Qiao and Cheng Li with a smile, his meaning was self-evident.
Yun Qiao explained: "I am not a self-combed woman, so I cannot give my hair embroidery to anyone casually. Second brother, I charged you one dollar and sold it to you cheaply. This is my birthday gift."
Cheng Li: "..."
Xu Yinjie laughed.
Yun Qiao added: "I ordered a cake from the bakery, and that is my real birthday gift."
Zhu Yucheng pushed up the glasses on the bridge of his nose and glanced at Yun Qiao and Cheng Li with an expression as if he was watching a good show.
"This one is really good, with Madam Sheng's true craftsmanship." Zhu Yucheng said, "Yun Qiao, you made a loss on the sale. It's worth at least two thousand oceans."
Yun Qiao immediately said to Cheng Li: "So, second brother, the gift I give you is one thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine oceans and a birthday cake."
Cheng Li raised his eyebrows slightly and smiled from the corners of his eyes.
"Am I receiving a birthday gift, or am I accepting a bribe?" He smiled and said to Yun Qiao, "It's too expensive, thank you very much."
He gently brushed his fingers over the ink-colored begonia, and endless sweetness surged in his heart.
Nothing in this world remains the same, and Yun Qiao is a living person. She is not destined to belong to just anyone.
Cheng Li thought it was good, it was better than her never getting the idea and waiting endlessly.
"I like it very much!" He said again, looking at Yun Qiao's eyes and saying it very seriously.
Yun Qiao was also laughing.
She was very happy, with a touch of rosy color spreading on her cheeks. She was lively and pretty, like a fresh-colored begonia.
Zhu Yucheng watched from the side, sighing in his heart.
"Second brother Cheng is indeed a man who does great things. He can even calculate his feelings so accurately without any confusion." Zhu Yucheng admired him very much, but also envied him.
He is also a young man, but his concentration is far inferior to Cheng Li's, and his city power is also much worse.
Zhu Yucheng was known as the "eldest son of the Qinggang". Naturally, he had his own merits, and he was also conceited. Then he met Cheng Li, and he realized how frivolous his conceitedness was.
Cheng Li wouldn't be the least bit proud if someone called him "Mr. Cheng" when he was out and about.
I wish Yu Cheng could learn so much.
Just when everyone was happily opening gifts, the bakery sent Cheng Li's birthday cake. It was a three-tiered cake, very large and luxurious.
Cheng Li himself also laughed, saying that Yun Qiao wasted money.
The kitchen is ready for dinner.
At this moment, the attendant came over and whispered a few words to Cheng Li, and Cheng Li's smile faded slightly.