Late at night.
As everyone returned to their respective rooms.
After Pei Yiman finished tidying up the scene, she stretched beside Ling Wuyuan, then casually sat down next to him and said with a smile:
"Today, you were unusually happy..."
Without denying it.
Ling Wuyuan replied in a highly certain tone:
"Indeed."
"Of late, today really was my happiest day."
Generally speaking, birthdays were not particularly important to him beyond their slight special significance.
At the very least.
He had never held any firm opinion on whether or not to celebrate his birthday, always taking the attitude that it was fine either way.
But the people who celebrated his birthday with him could give the occasion many additional meanings and directly affect how important the whole matter was to him.
Though she did not know the exact thoughts in his heart, Pei Yiman still nodded in satisfaction.
"That's good. After all, that is the meaning of it all."
Having said that.
Against the night outside the window.
She directly rested her head against Ling Wuyuan's shoulder, slowly closed her eyes, and quietly enjoyed the peace before them.
Knowing that she had been utterly exhausted during the day in order to return as soon as possible, Ling Wuyuan said nothing more and simply remained motionless, allowing her to lean against him.
As he silently watched the beauty beside him, who had become increasingly lovely after more than a year's tempering by time, he silently recalled the many events of the day...
Though everything that had happened today had been ordinary, without any earth-shaking event or heart-pounding danger, he truly liked this feeling.
After an unknown amount of time.
Pei Yiman slowly opened her eyes. Looking at Ling Wuyuan's profile, she said:
"Over this past year or so, you've spent most