Chen Ting didn't actually have much obsession with celebrating his birthday. Instead, his parents and friends have always been keen on preparing birthday surprises for him, which made him unknowingly develop the mood of looking forward to the arrival of his birthday every year.

He still remembers last year's birthday, when his family and friends sat around the dining table, everyone was waiting for him to make his birthday wish with their eyes open, as if they were more eager to achieve their wish than he himself.

In fact, that day was no different from every year before. His wishes were: peace and smoothness, and the family was happy and harmonious.

His father's smiling eyes were filled with warm candlelight, and he said, "It's time to change his wish."

His mother also touched his head and smiled: "Yes, don't we have the wish we want to make for ourselves? For example, find one you like-"

"Mom..." Chen Ting interrupted his mother helplessly, and smiled contentedly after blowing out the candle, saying, "The life is slowly passing by, and you will have everything you want."

In the past twenty-two years, Chen Ting thought he had good luck, at least his birthday wish could come true every year.

Sometimes he wondered if the wishes he made were too easy to satisfy, so he occasionally looked forward to the next birthday to a more specific wish, but no matter how many times he made drafts in his heart, every moment he closed his eyes at the end, his first thought would turn back to peace and harmony.

Unfortunately, the good days of Chen Tingwu came to an abrupt end when he was twenty-three years old. All the ordinary life he wanted was gone, his peace and smoothness were gone, and his family... were gone.

The car accident shattered his life, and he faced a confused future with nothing in this strange world.

Chen Ting didn't think he would feel pain when he recalled that memory again, but today he realized that he could actually accept the huge changes in the present and past lives very peacefully.

Chen Tingwei himself didn't even notice the smile on his face. He pursed his lips for a while before he secretly took back his thoughts and stopped thinking about the lost time.

He knew that he and Lian Jue were in a pretty good stage, and his new life might not be bad.

The tenderness that Lian Jue occasionally showed gave him a great sense of security, and before he knew it, it had become his only support in this world.

Chen Tingwei has always been an easy person to satisfy. As long as he thinks of having Lian Jue accompany him for a simple birthday this year, it seems that the loneliness in his heart will be replaced by more emotions that are not easy to reveal.

After Lian Jue and Kang Tong went out, Chen Ting did not start preparing for his first birthday in this world. He did not think of a grand way. He thought about what he could and decided to make two cakes-

Lian Jue doesn't like sweetness just like him, so after making a small butter cake, he made another chiffon cake with low fat and sugar.

However, it is difficult to make the chiffon cake look very good. No matter how he looks, he feels monotonous and lacks atmosphere. In the end, he chose to embellish it with fruits and frosting. Even during the decoration process, he even disturbed Chang Kaixin several times, and referred to the suggestions given by Chang Kaixin, and finally completed this cake that attempted to surprise Lian Jue on his birthday.

The cake may still be a little sweet due to frosting.

Chen Ting didn't want to taste it, and was afraid of destroying the beauty that he had finally decorated, so he had to rely on his hopes for his tolerance of Lien Jue.

Of course, he believed that Lian Jue would tolerate this little bit of sweetness that was not in line with the taste. Lian Jue was always like this, and she looked very unkind, but in fact she was not very harsh about him.

As the baby's month grows in his belly, Chen Ting doesn't feel that his movements are often heavy. After standing for a long time, he will feel that his lower abdomen is too heavy and his legs will be very tired.

Because he couldn't stand for a long time, he made these two cakes intermittently for a long time, and took a long time and a lot of energy.

After the cream cake was prepared, he placed it on the table and waited for Kang Tong to come back to share it.

And the chiffon cake was carefully put into the refrigerator.

As Lian Jue’s personal secretary, Lin Chen needs to do the work including but not limited to helping him maintain business interpersonal relationships. Therefore, he stores some personal information of important partners in his hands, and he needs to prepare appropriate gifts for Lian Jue at the right time to send them.

However, because Lian Jue forgot Chen Ningxue's birthday a certain year, Chen Ningxue kept talking about it for a long time. From then on, Lin Chen's birthday memo added a list called [Family Members] in his birthday memo - it was not his family member, but his boss's.

He used Chen Tingwei's ID card and household registration book instead. He read the information a hundred times or dozens of times. Out of professional habits and speculation about Chen Tingwei's identity, he habitually recorded Chen Tingwei's personal information together.

The memo prompts that today is Mr. Chen’s 24th birthday.

As the time was about to get off work, Lin Chen knocked on the door of Lianjue's office, preparing to remind him of Mr. Chen's birthday.

"Mr. Lian, today—"

Before he finished speaking, Lian Jue's cell phone rang. Lian Jue glanced at the call message, a smile appeared on his face, raised his hand to him, and signaled him to silence.

Lian Jue answered the phone and was taken first by the other party without waiting for him to speak. The other party's voice sounded very pleasant and sincere: "I have already held a meeting to discuss the plan given by your company. The board of directors unanimously believes that the plan is feasible and our company is very confident in this cooperation."

Although Lian Jue had the confidence to win this result, the company had been running around for more than half a month, and it took great pains to get this order. Now that it has been implemented, it still makes him feel relieved: "That's the best."

"I have arrived in Yi City today. I wanted to visit me, but I was afraid that I would disturb Mr. Lian's normal work. I dare to ask if Mr. Lian can enjoy the honor now. Let's have an interview on cooperation matters?"

Lian Jue made a few simple and polite words and asked the other party about the agreed location. The other party said that he would send it to his cell phone later. Lian Jue said to him very readily: "See you later."

Since Lin Chen worked for Lian Jue for many years, he rarely saw him bringing emotions on his face, so he naturally confirmed that the person on the other end of the phone was Mr. Chen.

Lian Jue picked up his coat and was about to leave. When he saw Lin Chen who was still standing at the door, he paused.

He originally wanted to take Lin Chen with him, but when he thought that the address he sent was a private restaurant in a hotel, he might not be able to take Lin Chen over, so he changed his words and asked, "What did you want to say just now?"

Seeing that he had made an appointment with Mr. Chen, his reminder obviously became redundant, Lin Chen shook his head and said that nothing important was going to happen, and wished him a happy evening.

Lian Jue was obviously in a good mood and said to him before leaving: "Get off work early today."

When Kang Tong came back from school, his eyes lit up. Chen Ting did not make an excuse to celebrate his monthly exam in advance, but in fact he had some selfish intentions that were not suitable for Kang Tong to discover. He wanted to leave the time for making wishes for the evening, or to be precise, to be with Lian Jue.

After all, the reason why birthday wishes are precious is that they can only be promised once a year.

He guessed that Lian Jue must not know his birthday.

Chen Tingwei did not specifically remind him in the morning because Lian Jue was already very busy and did not need to waste time choosing gifts for him.

Chen Ting didn't feel that he wanted very little. He could be happy for a long time as long as he had a jasmine plant on Valentine's Day and a piece of cake on his birthday.

But Chen Tingwei's wish was very greedy, and only Lian Jue could realize it.

After dinner, Kang Tong helped Chen Ting go back to the room before he packed the table.

He still has two exams tomorrow, and he needs to review his homework and also needs to take a break early.

This day seemed to be no different from every day in normal times, except that Chen Ting's mood of not waiting for Lian Jue to return home gradually turned from joy and expectation to become anxious.

The prime TV series was played from the previous episode to the ending song. The clock rang several times in the 'tick', and Chen Tingwei's mood went from rising to falling as the rotation of the pointer cycled.

While the TV was already playing nighttime news, he held his cell phone and struggled for a long time, but he edited a WeChat message and asked when Lian Jue would come back.

Until he was very tired and sleepy, he curled up and fell asleep on the sofa, but he did not receive a reply from Lian Jue.

Before falling asleep, Chen Ting suddenly thought that fortunately he made chiffon cake without using butter, otherwise the cream might melt after so long, and the cake would be unfavorable. He thought in a daze that he put the cake in the refrigerator in the afternoon, how could it melt... In fact, the cream cake made today also tasted good, so he should leave a piece for Lian Jue.

But forget it, Lian Jue doesn't like to eat butter.

Chen Ting had several vague dreams without interruption, and all the contents in the dream were Lian Jue's face.

Lian Jue kissed his forehead, said happy birthday to him, and even sang a birthday song to him.

He felt that Lian Jue looked strange when singing a birthday song, and he smiled very differently, which made Chen Tingwei realize that it was a dream - so he woke up with the short "drop" sound of the door lock.

Even Jue didn't seem to expect that the headlights in the living room were still on. He paused for a few moments when he entered the door, because Chen Ting would only leave a standing light in front of the sofa for him before he could usually.

Chen Tingwei had just woken up from a sweet dream. Before he could completely fade away his sleepiness, he heard the movement at the door and quickly sat upright from the sofa.

He turned his head and looked at Lian Jue who was entering the door. His slender eyes were bent unconsciously, his eyes were bright, as if he had received a belated surprise, and even his tone became very cheerful: "Are you back?"

Lian Jue should have just finished a social event. His expression was a little tired, and his eyes were light green. Chen Ting had inferred from the fatigue that he had not hidden properly between his eyebrows that he should have drunk wine.

Hearing his voice, Lian Jue looked up, his face feeling a little tired, but he stopped without going up or down when he passed Chen Ting and didn't see the clock behind him.

Lian Jue withdrew his gaze from the clock and looked at Chen Tingwei, and his face, which had been soothing halfway, had completely sunk.

It was almost half past midnight, and Chen Ting was guarding the living room for no reason. He neither followed the doctor's repeated instructions to have a good rest, nor did he wear more clothes as he reminded a few days ago.

Lian Jue's face change was not discovered by Chen Ting. Perhaps because he was too happy to see Chi Gui's Queen Lian Jue, Chen Ting was carelessly ignored Lian Jue's serious face.

He half-kneeled on the sofa and stared at Lian Jue's shoes without blinking. His expression and eyes were full of joy. But as soon as he opened his mouth, he sneezed gently uncontrollably.

The atmosphere suddenly became stiff, and even Chen Tingwei noticed the severity in Lian Jue's eyes.

He may still be immersed in the sweet scene in his dream just now, and he could not overlap the gentle sermon that celebrated his birthday in his sleep with the cold sermon that was in front of him now.

Chen Ting did not look at his expression, and was inexplicably guilty, but he was still worried that Lian Jue had not kept his promise and came back early. He couldn't help but complain in his voice: "Why did you come back?"

Lian Jue did not answer his question, and he had a cold face from entering the door. His voice was very low, mixed with the dissatisfaction caused by drunkenness. His tone was very different from the gentleness of this period. His not kind tone was filled with a very obvious question: "When is it still not sleep?"

Chen Ting hurried to look at the wall clock in the living room without his reminder. The smile in his eyes paused for a moment.

Chen Tingwei, who was originally moved by Lian Jue's sudden low emotions, realized that his birthday had ended sloppyly, the curve of the corners of his lips slowly straightened.

He withdrew his gaze from the wall clock, lowered his eyes briefly, and covered the loss in his eyes. When he raised his head again, he had already calmed down.

He didn't want Lian Jue to find out that he had changed from excitement to loss. He didn't remind Lian Jue, so he couldn't blame Lian Jue for missing his birthday.

"Are you very busy today?" Chen Tingwei pretended to be innocent and whispered, "It's so late to come back."

Lian Jue raised his eyes and glanced at him coldly, as if he didn't want to do as he wanted to break his difficult mood. He repeated what he had just said and asked him: "What time?"

Chen Ting didn't look at his eyes, but felt that something had hit his heart hard, which made his joy and expectation come to an abrupt end in this serious reprimand. But he couldn't figure out what he had done wrong and made Lian Jue angry as soon as he entered the door. He only felt that the sadness overflowing under his chest made his nose sour.

Chen Ting's eyes, which were not full of light, slowly dimmed. He lowered his eyes, not knowing how to answer his words.

The spirit he rekindled from his loss was like a very weak cluster of flames. As soon as it was ignited, it was ruthlessly cut off from the source by Lian Jue.

Even the joy of seeing Lian Jue when he woke up was extinguished.

Chen Ting didn't open his mouth, his throat seemed to be pinching hard. The tight feeling made him not make any sound for a while. He stopped for half a minute before he replied in a low voice: "...1.20."

Lian Jue had already walked to him and stood still, lowered his head and stared at the blanket he had folded at hand, and then turned his gaze back to Shen Tingwei.

Chen Ting didn't seem to realize his mistake. He sat on the sofa, with his head hanging down, looking like he was criticized, with a piece of clean calves exposed under his spacious trousers, and the plush slippers on his feet were kicked where they were kicked when they got up just now.

Lian Jue's eyebrows were still frowning: "Don't you know your body? How did the doctor explain it?"

Lian Jue was stained with the coolness of late autumn, and the clear and rich aroma of wine covered the sweet wine that was faded by Chen Tingwei's depression. Chen Tingwei blinked his eyes quickly, dispelling the blur that faintly appeared in his eyes.

Seeing that he lowered his head and did not speak, Lian Jue seemed to have made a judgment in his heart, and seemed to have to listen to him say: "Are you waiting for me?"

Chen Ting didn't pursed his lips, and held a smile that seemed to be very heart-wrenching but was actually very reluctant. He raised his head to meet Lian Jue's eyes. Lian Jue's outline became clear again in his sight. He shook his head gently and said softly: "No, I accidentally fell asleep."
To be continued...