It was still the height of summer in June, but the month had quietly drawn close to its end.
In the blink of an eye, June 22 arrived.
It was Saturday, and school held makeup classes as usual. Lin Meng Qiu seemed to be in a particularly good mood today, though-even the Daily Fresh Milk she supplied to Chen Shi'an every day came in two bottles today.
After all, tomorrow, Sunday, was her birthday!
Ever since her mother passed away, Lin Meng Qiu had not looked forward to her birthday like this in a very, very long time.
In previous years, she had always spent her birthday quietly. She never posted on Moments or told anyone when her birthday was, quietly treating it like the most ordinary day of the year. Only after school would she go home and have a lavish dinner with her dad.
The birthday cake was small, and the only birthday present she received was from her dad.
But Lin Meng Qiu had never minded. She did not even want to celebrate her birthday... because on that day, she always missed her mother especially badly.
This year, however, was different.
This year's birthday was special: it was her eighteenth.
Everyone said that turning eighteen made you an adult, and there were so many things you could do as an adult. Even Zihan and the others in class kept going on every day about being able to use their own ID cards to go to internet cafés...
When she was little, eighteen had always seemed so far away, such an impressive age. Who would have thought time would pass so quickly, and her eighteenth birthday would arrive before she knew it?
Her mother would still be absent from her birthday this year, but unlike in previous years,