"Qing'e, Qing'e?" Jiang Yanan called twice.
"Oh, oh." Shen Qing'e, who had been frozen in a daze, finally came back to herself.
Seeing that something was off with her good friend, Jiang Yanan asked, "Qing'e, what's wrong?"
At the same time, Yu Wen noticed it too. She studied her friend's screen. Qing'e's expression had changed only after she looked at it.
Shen Qing'e casually turned off the screen and forced a smile. "Nothing. I was just telling my sister I'd be home late today."
Hearing that, the doubts in Jiang Yanan's heart faded considerably.
She said seriously, "Qing'e, after dinner tonight, I'll have my mom drive you guys home."
Shen Qing'e's smile remained unchanged. "Thanks."
Jiang Yanan said, "Thank you for spending my birthday with me."
Yu Wen suddenly asked, "Did Cui Yu and Meng Gui really buy your birthday cake? I remember they both used to like you."
The atmosphere immediately turned awkward.
Jiang Yanan looked helpless. "I wasn't going to tell them, but QQ has birthday reminders, so they found out."
The two of them had acted first and informed her afterward, ordering the birthday cake. What could Jiang Yanan say? The cake couldn't be returned, and she wasn't the sort of person who could bring herself to cruelly reject them. Besides, they meant well.
"I'll give them the money later," Jiang Yanan decided.
Yu Wen felt resistant to Cui Yu and Meng Gui coming to her friend's birthday, but Cui Yu had cleverly invited the class monitor too, leaving her with nothing to say.
She wished, Let it hurry up and be evening already!
Jiang Yanan said, "After dinner, I'll treat you guys to a movie."
River Dam, single-story house.
Jiang Ning had teased Shen Qing'e and was in quite a good mood. He took out