December 24.
Christmas Eve.
It was Xu Shi's official twenty-seventh birthday. He decided he would never use traditional age reckoning again. It made him sound so old.
Celebrating his birthday for the first time filled him with indescribable excitement.
He had imagined celebrating his birthday with Xie Yanci countless times, but had never thought it would come true one day.
With Xie Yanci...
"Hehe."
Just thinking about it made Xu Shi smile.
Unable to control his pounding heart, he turned around and rested his forehead against the door, hiding there to grin to himself.
The person he had loved for twenty whole years.
The person who had sustained him through twenty-seven years of such painful, agonizing life.
He had never really dared to say it, but Xie Yanci meant far more than just a little to him.
Being too forward would make him seem too cheap.
He really didn't dare expect anything now.
The feeling of disappointment hurt too much.
His excitement gradually settled, and for no reason, sadness crept into his heart again...
"Baby!" Xu Yu's voice suddenly came from outside the door. "Hurry up and open up! Your granny's here!"
The big bad wolf.
Xu Shi burst out laughing.
He truly envied Xu Yu's cheerful, optimistic nature.
Shaking his head to shake off all those tangled emotions, Xu Shi patted his cheeks before opening the door.
"Surprise!"
Xu Yu blew a party horn, and its unfurling end sprang straight against Xu Shi's chest.
Xu Shi couldn't help laughing. He reached out to flick the pink birthday hat on her head. "You came dressed like this?"
"What's wrong with it?" Xu Yu thought she looked very festive.
Beside her, Zhou An shook his head helplessly too. "I even took the subway here with her. I didn't dare admit I