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Qiao Wanqing and Gu Yanqing had both assumed he would ask for lots of snacks, so they had prepared a whole big box of them to "make his wish come true" and give him a happy, satisfying birthday.

Of course, whether they would actually let him eat that much afterward was another matter.

Mrs. Gu failed to see how desperately her grandson wanted cake and said, "One more, sweetheart!"

"..." Koukou did not understand why he had to make so many wishes. He immediately refused and said to Mrs. Gu, "Grandma, Koukou wants to eat, eat cake. After, after cake, then make, make... a Xu!"

Koukou spoke much more smoothly now, though he still tended to stutter with long sentences.

Everyone laughed at Koukou's bluntness. How could Mrs. Gu bear to make him Xu again? She said, "Of course you can. Blow out the candles, and then we can cut the cake."

Koukou immediately blew out the candles. Qiao Wanqing held his hand and helped him cut the cake.

As the birthday boy, Koukou was supposed to wait until he had finished cutting the cake before eating, and usually the first slices went to others. But he was the youngest one there, and he had been craving it for so long, so Qiao Wanqing gave him the first slice.

Having finally gotten the cake he had been longing for, Koukou was overjoyed. He licked the frosting with a satisfied look on his face. Because he had leaned in too close, some had gotten on the tip of his nose and his cheeks. He licked the corner of his mouth and said with a beaming smile, "Yummy!"

Seeing how happy he was, Qiao Wanqing smiled and cut up the rest of the cake, handing it out to the other children who