Rao City, West Second Ring Road, Fated Beginning Courtyard Restaurant.
"Put a few more balloons over there. It looks too sparse."
"Move the flower baskets over that way. Don't block the path."
"Test the speakers and microphones thoroughly again."
"Where's the host? Have they signed in yet?"
"We still need more chairs. Go get another four or five..."
Lin Zhe's forty thousand yuan had certainly been well spent.
Besides booking an enormous private dining room and a lavish table of food and drinks,
Song Xiaoya had also brought people to set up a small stage in an outdoor area of the restaurant.
The stage, lighting, sound system, flowers, scenery...
And so on and so forth-everything was there.
Han Li's birthday banquet had been given the full ceremonial treatment.
"Xiao Zhe really spared no expense this time, making Lili's birthday banquet so grand. That boy's been devoted to his parents since he was little."
Han Mei, who had arrived early, watched Song Xiaoya and the others arranging the stage, her eyes full of envy.
Han Mei was six years older than Han Li and was already fifty-two.
Yet she had never even had a decent birthday celebration.
She always claimed she didn't care about birthdays, but that was just talk.
Didn't birthdays cost money? Who could bear to spend it?
So even a day as meaningful as a birthday was rarely commemorated.
On her birthday, she went about her day as usual, as though nothing had happened.
At most, she would let out a quiet sigh while lying in bed at night, just before falling asleep.
What parent didn't want birthday wishes from their children?
Even if they bought nothing and simply offered a birthday wish, it could make their parents happy all day.
"Ahem, Mom, when your birthday comes around