Chapter 265: Chapter 264: Happy Birthday to Me
It was already late at night, and Tong Xi and Wen Nuan lay on a big bed. Tong Xi noticed that Wen Nuan was tossing and turning, so she gently nudged her: "How about we go to a bar for a drink?"
"With your drinking capacity, you can’t even have a proper drink with me." Wen Nuan shook her head, pretending to smile lightly.
"Ah, how could I forget? Wait for me." Tong Xi suddenly remembered something, sprang up, and got out of bed.
Wen Nuan was startled: "Xixi, what are you doing? Hey, you’re not wearing shoes!"
"It’s fine, you’ll know in a moment."
Running barefoot to the kitchen, Tong Xi rummaged in the fridge, brought over a special small table for the laptop and placed it on the bed, pointing to the items on the tray: "Eat up."
This was the thing that Wen Nuan used to relieve stress the most.
"Ice cream?"
Wen Nuan’s eyes immediately reddened as she looked at Tong Xi who gently held her hand: "Xixi, I..."
"What’s up, moved to tears?" Tong Xi’s nose was also tingling; seeing Wen Nuan like this made her feel equally sad. She deliberately cleared her throat with a cough, smiling while looking at Wen Nuan: "Hurry and eat, I rarely eat cold things, they’ve almost expired. Come on, help me finish them!"
"Okay." Wen Nuan opened a package, took a big bite, and the cold, sweet feeling slid down her throat, making her feel like crying.
Yet, she felt very happy.
Having a friend like Tong Xi, how lucky she was!
"Don’t overthink it, Nuannuan." Holding her shoulder, Tong Xi gently comforted her, changing the topic: "Tomorrow’s your birthday, Nuannuan. How about throwing a party to liven things up? Many people in our crew like you a lot, and you’re familiar with them too. We could have it here at my place. Although it’s a bit small, I’ll decorate it beautifully."
"Let’s forget it, didn’t you remember you have work tomorrow?" Eating her ice cream, Wen Nuan shook her head: "I’m going to my dad’s place tomorrow, Pengfei said he’d come over."
This afternoon, Pengfei called, saying he wanted to celebrate her birthday. It would be at the Wen Family’s place, having Leng Yan come too, so everyone could enjoy a meal together. They’d have dinner a bit early and then the rest of the time would be for her and Leng Yan.
Pengfei’s voice was full of eagerness, almost as if he wished to fly back immediately, leaving Wen Nuan with no reason to refuse, so she tacitly agreed.
"Does that mean you’ll meet him?"
"Yeah." Wen Nuan had intended to keep calm when talking to him, but she had forgotten about this matter, it seemed unavoidable. It was just that in the afternoon she wanted to give him a surprise, so she hadn’t told him that tomorrow was her birthday. Her ID’s date of birth differed by three days from her actual birthday, so he probably didn’t know the exact day. It was Tan Qing who heard it from Lin Xue.
Forget it, meeting him was inevitable. She knew she was being pathetic, hanging up on him resolutely, yet lying in bed with her mind full of his image.
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"I only celebrate my lunar calendar birthday, you know that, right?"
Sitting in the back seat, Ji Wei poured herself a glass of wine, and then another, looking at Leng Yan with a drunken smile: "But do you know, Yan? Since we parted, I haven’t celebrated my lunar calendar birthday. Because it’s a special day, thinking of you makes this place hurt."
She grabbed Leng Yan’s hand and placed it over her heart: "It’s like someone taking a sharp needle and stabbing hard. Yan, do you know that feeling?"
Her eyes appeared to be unable to open due to drunkenness as she spoke sadly, and although no tears filled her eyes, it was more painful than crying.
"I know." Leng Yan retracted his hand, leaned back on the chair, murmuring.
How could he not know that feeling, that piercing agony felt for so long after she left?
"Let’s stop talking about this, let’s drink!"
Ji Wei handed him one of the glasses of wine: "Do you know what day it is today? My solar calendar birthday. After leaving you, I began celebrating my solar calendar birthday. Yan, would you have a drink with me today? Even if it’s just to..."
Her tears fell, dripping into the glass: "Even if it’s just to... wish myself a happy birthday!"