Someone in this world will always rejoice at your arrival, celebrating before you even come

After watching everything that had just happened, the livestream viewers were so swept up in shipping the couples that they had forgotten the world around them.

[Just as I thought, "Gleaming Starlight" and "Flustered but Unbroken Dew" are the sweetest couples right now!! Look at Jiang Jingzhe acting so hopelessly smitten. "We'll definitely have a great time~~"]

[Sweet? Why do I feel like Jiang Jingzhe's smile looks bitter? And his attention seemed to be on Song Nianxing the whole time, like he was jealous.]

[Oh, here we go again with "everyone's drunk but me," huh? Jiang Jingzhe, care about Song Nianxing? Do you think he's Shen Siyi? He isn't blind.]

[Can you say something nice? Our Shen Siyi did nothing to you!]

[Oh, ignore them. Anyway, Jiang Jingzhe definitely likes Qiu Bailu. There's absolutely no way he cares about some Song Nianxing. Look, even with the camera this far away now, he's still clinging to Qiu Bailu's arm. Isn't that pure physical attraction?]

[Something's off, something's off. Forget Jiang Jingzhe and Qiu Bailu for a moment. What is Shen Siyi doing? There's even a cake.]

After they drove to the new date spot Shen Siyi had mentioned, Song Nianxing was captivated by the sight of the silvery beach at sunset. He gazed into the distance, absorbed in the scenery, and failed to notice that Shen Siyi had briefly disappeared from beside him.

When he came back to himself and glanced to the side, he found himself staring straight into Shen Siyi's eyes, which reflected his figure.

His gaze moved down to the cake Shen Siyi held in both hands.

"This..."

Unable to hide his surprise, Song Nianxing kept looking back and forth between the cake and Shen Siyi.

Seeing how flustered he was, Shen Siyi chuckled, then composed his expression. He scooped a little cream onto his fingertip and dabbed it onto Song Nianxing's lips. "Happy birthday."

As he spoke, he slowly lowered his eyes again, as though sinking into a memory, and murmured once more:

"You don't mind me celebrating a day early, do you? I just wanted to be the very, very first person to wish you a happy birthday. Because before... a long time ago, I had a friend. When I found out his birthday was the next day, I wanted to celebrate it for him. I got everything ready early and was just waiting for the next day, but... through a twist of fate, I had to leave before that day came. So I've always regretted it."

As he spoke, he lifted his eyes to Song Nianxing again. At some point, they had reddened a little. "Afterward, I thought that if next time I... if I ever wanted to celebrate someone's birthday again, I would do it and say it ahead of time. So today, happy birthday, Ah Xing. Let this celebration a day early mean that I was already rejoicing and celebrating before you came into this world, all right?"

Song Nianxing listened in a daze. Once he had collected himself a little, he nodded hurriedly. "All right! There's no way I'd mind. After all... after all, I don't even know my real birthday myself, and there weren't many people in this world who remembered my birthday to begin with."

As a child, his parents hadn't wanted him. Once he grew up, Jiang Jingzhe, whom he had thought was his friend, hadn't wanted him either.

The world didn't seem to like him.

But now, someone named Shen Siyi had told him that he had long been celebrating in advance over his arrival in this world.

At the thought, Song Nianxing could no longer keep his voice from catching a little. He hurriedly sniffed, then tasted the cream on his lips before giving Shen Siyi a radiant smile. "It's very sweet. I really like it. Thank you, Senior Shen."

As soon as he finished speaking, brilliant fireworks blossomed in the sky not far away against the gradually descending dusk.

The live comments exploded too, as though fireworks had gone off in them.

[Song Nianxing's birthday is tomorrow too!! I'd never heard about that.]

[Stop, this is starting to hurt. I remember Jiang Jingzhe was already getting a little popular last year, and Song Nianxing wished him a happy birthday on Weibo. He got absolutely dragged that day. People asked if he'd been born an orphan and that was why he loved leeching off everyone's popularity so much. But it turns out that day was his birthday too, and people said that to him.]

[He said he doesn't even know when his own birthday really is. What does that mean? How could anyone not know?]

[Ha, what persona is he trying to sell now? He doesn't know when his birthday is, but he managed to set it to the same date as Jiang Jingzhe's? Isn't that just shamelessly leeching off him?]

[Simply setting his birthday to the same date counts as leeching? Enough. I genuinely feel bad for Song Nianxing now. If Shen Siyi hadn't pointed it out today, would we have known tomorrow was his birthday? No, right? He already said hardly anyone remembers it. What more do you want! We'll remember from now on.]

[Exactly. Maybe your precious Jiang Jingzhe actually discussed it with Song Nianxing when they were in the same group, and they decided together to make tomorrow their birthday. Maybe they really do have a very close relationship!]

[With that imagination, it's a shame you aren't a screenwriter. Jiang Jingzhe would pick a birthday date together with Song Nianxing? You must be dreaming. Is Song Nianxing even worthy?]

[Oh, let it go, let it go. Nobody's got it easy! If you ask me, today's pairings were just too good. If they all get paired with someone different tomorrow, they'll settle down.]

[What's so good about the pairings? Our Du Yuesi only picked Chen Mingyi because she had no other choice, okay?]

[Funny, our Chen Mingyi only picked her at random too.]

"See? You're definitely my first choice for dates like this. So please stop being mad about last time, my lovely big sister~"

The two sets of fans had barely been arguing in the comments for half a second when those words came from Chen Mingyi and Du Yuesi's livestream.

The two were painting dolls, and Chen Mingyi kept shaking Du Yuesi's arm.

The corners of Du Yuesi's lips curled slightly, but she quickly returned to a serious expression. "That was only because you had two invitations and reluctantly gave me one, wasn't it?"

Chen Mingyi immediately shook her head. "Of course not! If there'd only been one, I definitely would've given it to you. Mm... but I can't go on dates with you both days this time, can I? People who don't know would think I had a crush on you."

"Can't you?" Du Yuesi turned her head and looked straight into her eyes.

Chen Mingyi visibly froze. "Can... what?"

Seeing that, Du Yuesi turned her gaze forward again. "Give them both to me, of course. If other people think... let them think what they want. You said it yourself, they're other people. Never mind. Go on a date with whoever you want. It'll give you a chance to look around, too, so you can see more clearly..."

"See what more clearly?" Chen Mingyi leaned in front of Du Yuesi, looking a little puzzled as she asked.

Du Yuesi curled her rosy lips and quickly poked Chen Mingyi's nose with a paint-stained fingertip. "That not a single man is any good."

"That's not true. I think Yuan Man is pretty nice. Why do you always say not a single man is any good?"

"Because they're my rivals."

"Huh?"

"Anyway, go if you want. I can't control you." As Du Yuesi spoke, she added the final brushstroke to the ceramic doll.

Chen Mingyi touched the paint on the tip of her nose.

For some reason, she felt a little heavyhearted.

Du Yuesi had clearly given her permission to date someone else. She ought to have been happy.

"Then I'm really going? You really won't be mad?"

"Mm, I really won't."

"Not even a little?"

"Not even a little."

"...How about you get a little mad after all?"

"No."

"Please, I'm begging you."

As the two kept going back and forth, both sets of fans in the livestream watched in utter bewilderment.