Tan Zhao was watering the lawn. Hearing this, he glanced at Qi Ling'an, who had turned into a sky monkey in the corridor, and couldn't help but feel suspicious: "Calm down, Deng Xu..."
"No, no, no, no, I saw my reflection in his eyes!!!" Qi Lingan hugged himself tightly, rolled himself into a ball, and floated east and west in the corridor, following
It looks like a large dodge ball.
Tan Zhao pinched the hand of the water pipe and said, "Did you read that correctly?"
"Although it was only for a moment, I will definitely not be wrong! I am not a fool!"
To be fair, although Qi Ling'an and Deng Xu are brothers, they obviously don't look much alike. Tan Zhao once saw photos of Qi's father and Qi's mother. Qi Ling'an looks like Qi's mother, but Deng Xu's appearance is even more similar.
More like Qi's father.
So Tan Zhao comforted the other party and said: "It's okay, even if he sees you, he won't find anything."
"real?"
Tan Zhao saw Deng Xu sitting in a wheelchair with a somewhat shocked expression through the window on the first floor, and suddenly asked: "What if he really finds out?"
Qi Lingan jumped up like a cat whose tail was stepped on: "There is no if! It will definitely not be discovered!"
After saying that, he flashed into the kitchen as if he was hypnotizing himself. By the time Tan Zhao finished watering the lawn, the aroma of buttery shortbread cookies could already be heard in the kitchen. Speaking of which, Cheng Yan's birthday was coming soon.
Would he like to try a birthday cake challenge?
System: ...Stop it, that might not be a birthday cake, but a birthday bomb.
[Shut up.]
But fortunately, his family has a very considerate chef who can make cakes and buttercream decorations. Tan Zhao only needs to follow the online tutorials to make the shape. After practicing for a while, Tan's confidence has greatly increased.
, and also decided to use chocolate sauce to draw a picture on the cake.
Qi Lingan: ...Boss, you are definitely the most spiritual person I have ever taught!
This day was Thursday, with ordinary weather and ordinary classes. After a day of classes, Cheng Yan waited for Cheng Si to pick him up as usual. Fang Zhou saw people faster than him and waved his hands faster than him.
Even though he was his biological father, he was still very enthusiastic, as if Cheng Si was born to be particularly lovable.
After saying goodbye to Fang Zhou, he got in the car and got home in only ten minutes.
Cheng Yan got out of the car and opened the door, and then——
"Surprise! Happy birthday, Ayan!"
From the courtyard to the entrance to the hall, there are all hanging ribbons and balloons. The man's decoration may be a bit rustic, but it is definitely festive enough. Not only Deng Xu, Lu Yang's family, Zhou Jinzhuo and the Huo brothers are all there, holding flower tubes in their hands
, it is no exaggeration to say that Cheng Yan was confused for a moment.
"My... birthday?"
Forgive Brother Xiaoku, he actually had a vague concept of birthdays before this. People in Dashan Village don't care about these things, and he doesn't even remember when his birthday is, because in his concept,
This doesn't make any sense.
But at this moment, this ordinary day suddenly took on meaning - eight years ago today, he became Cheng Si's son.
"Of course, today you are the birthday boy, you are the oldest!"
Huo You was holding a huge birthday cake with a portrait of him on it. The corners of his mouth were slightly pursed, but a smile leaked from the corners of his eyes. For Cheng Yan now, it was like looking in a mirror.
"Ah? Then... what should I do?"
Eight-year-old Cheng Yan finally showed a bit of childishness. The schoolbag on his body was still half hanging, holding the corners of his clothes with both hands. Tan Zhao reached out to take the schoolbag and pressed him in the middle position: "Listen to our blessings.
Then blow out the candles and make a wish!”
Cheng Yan had never heard the song Happy Birthday, but he liked the melody very much. The milky and sweet music lingered around him, and it seemed to be able to dispel the haze around him bit by bit.
"Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy Cheng Shengsheng's day~~~Happy birthday to you~~~"
"Come and make a wish and blow out the candles!"
"Don't tell me, you can wish for anything!"
Cheng Yan opened his eyes: "Is anything okay?"
Tan Zhao looked into the child's dark eyes and nodded: "In addition to picking the moon and stars."
...At this time, you have to be skinned, as expected of Cheng Si.
Surrounded by people, Cheng Yan only made one wish, and he was very pious. When he blew out the candles, he made it in one go. After all, eight candles were not many.
"Then what?"
As soon as Brother Xiaoku finished speaking, the sound of "bang" from the flower tube blasted in his ears. He was startled for a rare moment, but then he felt a little happy. In fact... he liked this kind of scene very much.
"Eat first! Cake later!"
Huo You immediately raised his hand: "Yeah, yeah, let's eat first. When we're full, let's set off the fireworks. Brother Xiao Cheng, I bought a new trick specially. You must like it!"
Zhou Jinzhuo couldn't help but tease people: "It's fireworks again? Is this the romance of a landlord's house?"
"Don't look down on the fireworks! I specially asked someone to order these! What about you, where is your gift?"
Zhou Jinzhuo: ...Why did you come here on an empty stomach?
In fact, Director Zhou gave someone an ancient book on fortune telling, which is rare nowadays in Xuanmen. Of course, very few people will use it. However, the value of the gift does not matter, and Cheng Yan liked this book very much.
ancient books.
Of course, Cheng Yan also likes the remote-controlled car that Lu Yang gave him. The Lu family is engaged in cutting-edge technology. The son will be given a remote-controlled car, and the father will be given a drone. One of them wants to take over all Cheng Yan's toys for the coming year.
posture.
Everyone gave them away, even Deng Xu, who was a doctor in other people's homes, gave away a series of books, but Cheng Si, who was a father, showed no reaction.
"No way, Cheng Si, why don't you just make a cake?"
What's wrong with making cakes? He looks down on cakes. These are the only dishes he doesn't overdo. It's so memorable. He doesn't cook easily for people to eat.
System: After all, if you cook easily, there will be thousands of unjust souls in hell.
Tan Zhao pretended not to hear and took out a velvet box from behind: "Ayan, happy birthday!"
The gifts in front of it were all opened, and Cheng Yan was too embarrassed to leave them alone. When he opened the box, which was as big as an adult's palm, he found a small jade sword that was extremely transparent. It was warm and moist to the touch, and it was the best warm jade.
This is a priceless treasure.
Of course, there are obviously more knowledgeable people here, such as Zhou Jinzhuo. The moment he saw the little jade sword, his eyes were glued to it: "Cheng Si, is it still too late for me to call you daddy?"
"...I can't give birth to a son as terrible as you!"
"No, dad, a naughty son is a son too! I don't want such a good one, just one-tenth is fine, I won't choose!"
However, Tan's father was so hard-hearted that he was determined not to have such an old, troublesome, and daily-disposal son.
"Protect yourself and be protected from all evil", there was a trace of righteousness and peace lingering in it. Cheng Yan didn't recognize it yet, but he knew it was definitely a good thing.
But with such a shiny treasure on your body, will thieves really not miss you?
Of course, Tan Zhao also considered it, and then in this world where spiritual power was not abundant, he chose the most popular method in the novel of "recognizing the owner by dripping blood" to hide the light of the treasure.
Then, he was so successful that Zhou Ju began to call him grandpa.
Hey, he doesn’t have such a big grandson either!
After dripping blood and recognizing its owner, the small jade sword hung on Cheng Yan's neck. At the moment of recognizing its owner, he discovered that it was actually a real sword. As long as he poured in true energy, the jade sword could become bigger.
.
Cheng Yan glanced at Zhou Ju and silently hid this function in his heart.
After collecting the gifts and setting off happy fireworks for an hour, and after sending away the last shameless guest named Zhou, Cheng Yan finally remembered that he was still a primary school student and had to go to school tomorrow, and then...he hadn't finished his homework yet.
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The old father patted his son on the shoulder, and then happily went to the living room to eat melon seeds.
On the other side, after Deng Xu returned to the room, he silently took out the old photo he had kept close to him. It was a photo taken when he first arrived at the orphanage. It had the time, month and day on it. According to the regulations of the orphanage, this
The date is also the birthday on his ID card.
Of course, it was easy for children to celebrate their birthdays when they were in the orphanage, but after joining the army, Brother Iron Soldier did not celebrate his birthday. He took out the photo and sighed slightly.
But from the perspective of Qi Lingan in the air, this was definitely his brother who was feeling sad.
Wuwuwuwu, this is not his brother's birth date at all. Should he tell his brother his real birthday? Just for this scene alone, Qi Lingan has already written a 100,000-word essay on "Bitter Wind and Bitter Rain" in his mind.
As a ghost, he tossed around and turned around. He didn't need sleep anyway. He was so worried that his hair almost fell out. He finally caught the boss and howled: "Boss, I am willing to work for you for another ten years. Can you
Can you help celebrate my brother’s birthday?”
Tan Zhao: "...Are you kidding me?"
"No! How is it possible? Boss, in one sentence, do it or not!"
"you……"
"Boss, fifteen years!"
"I……"
"Boss, please!"
Tan Zhao: "It's not impossible..."
"Deal, I'll prepare the birthday cake!"
Tan Zhao didn't even hold Qi Lingan, he just wanted to say, aren't you afraid of falling off the horse? After all, the only people in the world who know Deng Xu's true birth date are his relatives.
Young man, please be careful, you are being tricked into a ghost.
However, just when Tan Zhao was sending his children to school, the ghost blew himself up, and blew it up... that's called complete.
After Qi Lingan's death, his belongings were handed over to Tan Zhao by the special department, and Tan Zhao handed them back to Qi Lingan. Qi Lingan served as the Cheng family's chef and of course had his own room on the second floor.
In order to celebrate Deng Xu's birthday, Qi Lingan dug out his parents' old belongings and planned to take a photo to show to his boss, asking him to make up a random reason to tell the truth. As for the cause of his death, he had thought about it. As long as the special department didn't say anything, his brother should be
Wouldn't know.
With this in mind, he sent the photo to Cheng Si, then put down his phone and got busy.
When Deng Xu came over, his cell phone happened to be still on, and the big birth certificate stood directly in his eyes, making it difficult not to see it.
After a little trickery, Deng Xu didn't expect the truth to come out so quickly:...