Liu Lingxin stood under the shower head and let the warm hot water wash over her body.
The water flowed down her body from top to bottom, taking away the sweat stains on her body and also taking away her fatigue.
After a while, she turned off the shower, looked at the change of clothes on the hanger, and thought about whether she needed to go out tonight. After a while, she shook her head, wrapped herself in a bath towel, and put on her slippers.
Get out of the shower.
Although it is now a severe winter and Yin Mulan's average temperature is below zero, the heating in this room is still sufficient, so she doesn't have to worry about catching a cold even if she walks around indoors dressed like this.
She walked straight to the bed and sat down - the room provided by Yin Mulan was naturally not as good as the accommodation in the empire's home base. In addition to a separate bathroom and shower room, there was only a bed and a table in the room.
.
On the table in front of her, there was a small piece of cake.
To be precise, this is not so much a cake as it is an ordinary piece of bread with a layer of butter on it.
This is also the highest-grade cake that can be bought in Yin Mulan’s base restaurant.
Looking at the cake, which was about the size of a mobile phone, Liu Lingxin showed a satisfied smile.
Today is her twenty-second birthday.
Although twenty-two years old is not a particularly memorable age, it is the starting point for entering society from college, and it is also the legal minimum age for marriage - for Liu Lingxin, it is the time when she graduates from the military academy and becomes a formal officer.
Age.
However, this is still a relatively memorable birthday, and she is still celebrating it herself.
That's right, he is the only one celebrating her birthday, every year.
Her parents parted ways due to emotional discord shortly after she was born, and she was raised by her grandmother as a newborn. From the time Liu Lingxin can remember, only her grandparents have celebrated her birthday.
, and her parents, apart from giving her the minimum amount of support stipulated by law every month, no longer ignored her.
Later, her grandparents passed away, and she had no relatives in this world.
She began to face the indifference of the world with optimism, and deeply buried her inner loneliness with a smile.
But on her birthday every year, without the company of her relatives, her loneliness is obvious.
Over the years, she has become accustomed to this feeling of loneliness.
The screen of the mobile phone placed beside the table is pitch black.
Today, from morning to night, she did not receive a single birthday greeting - perhaps because she took the initiative to close the weak depths of her heart, or perhaps because she was better than her peers in other military academies.
Although she got along very well with everyone, no one would send her birthday wishes or say "Happy Birthday" to her.
Liu Lingxin lowered her head and looked at the cake.
Just as she was about to clasp her hands together to make a wish for the new year, a strand of hair fell to her face with gravity.
The girl raised her hand and pushed the strand of hair back behind her ears, revealing her delicate face.
But because of this movement, the bath towel tied to her chest fell apart.
Although she was the only one in the room, she quickly pulled up the towel again and covered herself with her hands.
She sighed slightly and was about to go back to the steps of making a wish, but the ringtone of her cell phone interrupted her.
There is a call waiting to be answered, and the caller listed is Wang Yu.
"Sir's phone number?"
Liu Lingxin subconsciously glanced at the cake in front of her. For some reason, she suddenly had a trace of expectation in her heart that she hadn't had in a long time.
But this expectation was shattered by herself in an instant.
It is impossible for Wang Yu to know her birthday, so this phone call is nothing more than some official business.
She held the bath towel with one hand and answered the phone with the other.
"Sir, what's the matter?"
She adjusted her mood, put a cute smile on her face, and asked in a brisk tone.
Wang Yu simply said to her on the other end of the phone: "Do you have time now? I have just finished the mission report, and my superior will talk to our two pilots later. There are many things, so you should come here now."
Take your things."
"Now?" Liu Lingxin subconsciously tightened her bath towel, and a trace of blush flew up on her face.
"Well, hurry up." Wang Yu hung up the phone after saying that.
Liu Lingxin looked at the darkened mobile phone and sighed slightly.
Is it really business?
She stood up, walked to the bathroom, took out a change of clothes, put them on one by one, and then tied her hair into her favorite ponytail with a rubber band, then walked out of the room.
Wang Yu's residence is not far from here, you only need to go out for a short walk.
Soon, she arrived at the door of Wang Yu's room and knocked on the door: 'Sir, I'm here.'
"Come in, the door is unlocked."
Liu Lingxin pushed the door open and found Wang Yu sitting in front of the window.
She looked around and found nothing that she needed to pick up specifically.
The girl hesitated for a moment, then asked: "Well... Sir, why did you call me here specifically..."
Wang Yu then stood up, and Liu Lingxin found that he was holding a rectangular box in his hand.
He walked up to the girl and handed her the box in his hand: "This is yours."
"Um...Sir, what is this?"
Liu Lingxin doesn't know what's happening now.
She didn't remember anything similar in the form she filled out, so it probably wasn't shipped from China.
Wang Yu handed the box in his hand to her.
She had no choice but to take it.
"Open it and take a look." Wang Yu had a gentle smile on his face.
Liu Lingxin raised her hand and opened the box, and then she held her breath.
This rectangular box contains a necklace that looks very exquisitely made - the necklace is entirely silver, and the pendant is a red gemstone that has been carefully carved into the shape of a water drop.
Under Wang Yu's affirmative gaze, she took the necklace out of the box.
This ruby pendant is pure in color and even in color. It is a very bright red color with good permeability under light. Although it is not big, it has such high purity and bright red color. It is worth seeing at a glance.
Not cheap.
"How is it? Do you like it?" Wang Yu asked from the side, "I remember you said that you like this red gem. Now it seems that there is nothing wrong with it. This ruby matches the color of your hair and eyes very well.
."
Liu Lingxin suddenly recalled the question Wang Yu asked her before.
——Do you like this crystal-like thing?
——But I prefer red, the translucent red.
She nodded subconsciously: "Yes, I like it very much..."
After a moment, she looked at Wang Yu and asked, "But why is this?"
Wang Yu said as if it were a matter of course: "Do you still have to ask? This is your birthday gift."
Liu Lingxin felt as if her heart had stopped beating for half a beat: "...Eh?"
Wang Yu put his hands on his hips helplessly: "As a partner, you are so unkind. You didn't even want to tell me your birthday. I still went to ask my superiors, and I found out that your birthday is today after changing the file. I originally wanted to tell you more.
Several people came together to celebrate you, but I'm not sure whether you like the excitement, so I'm the only one... Well, what's wrong with you?"
He said these words to himself, completely ignoring Liu Lingxin's mood at this time.
As a result, after he finished speaking, he suddenly found that Liu Lingxin was standing motionless in front of him.
When he looked carefully, he found that her shoulders were shaking slightly.
There was a hazy mist appearing in her beautiful big eyes at some point.
The mist gradually gathered around her eyes, forming tears visible to the naked eye, and the tears swirled in her eyes.
In this scene, she, who was originally lively and cute, seemed to suddenly have a lovable weakness.
Wang Yu didn't know why she reacted like this. He had never experienced anything like this in his life and suddenly panicked.
Wang Yu's family conditions are very normal, and they have been normal all his life. He has never lacked family care since he was a child, so it is difficult for him to understand Liu Lingxin's thoughts at this time.
But for Liu Lingxin, who was used to loneliness and armed herself with optimism, Wang Yu's move seemed to tear apart the self-isolation she had maintained for many years and cast a beam of light deep into her heart.
.
It hurts a little, but is very warm.
"No...why are you crying?" Seeing Liu Lingxin like this, Wang Yu quickly said, "You girl, don't cry. Did I do something wrong? If you have anything to say, you can calm down and tell me, so
Crying makes you feel like I'm bullying you..."
Liu Lingxin was still suppressing herself with the rationality in her mind, but when Wang Yu said this, her last rationality was submerged.
She impulsively stepped forward, hugged his waist violently, buried her head in his chest, and burst into tears.
Wang Yu: "...What kind of development is this?"
He felt that the clothes on his chest were wet with tears.
He didn't expect the girl's reaction to be so violent, and he didn't know where to put his hands at this time.
Although Eileen usually hugs herself a lot, but now...
Wang Yu had no choice but to put one hand on her shoulder, and the other hand gently patted her back.
"Well... although I don't know what happened, just cry." Wang Yu said softly, "There is no shame in crying. This is the best way to release emotions. After crying, you can greet me with a new face.
A new day."
"Thank you...thank you..."
Liu Lingxin was choking while speaking intermittently, "No one has ever celebrated my birthday before. I have always been alone. Thank you, sir, really..."
Wang Yu more or less guessed some of the reasons.
He sighed.
Before he went on this mission, he went to check the files, and then he learned about his partner's birthday. He originally planned to wish her a happy birthday, but he didn't expect that there was such a complicated situation behind it.
Maybe I should try a better way.
However, he does not regret doing so.
Whether as a partner or as a friend, he has good reasons.