Chapter 113: Happy Birthday
“Do you think I’ve gained weight lately?”
“No.” Yue Zhongxian frowned. “Sister is very thin.”
If he didn’t know how good her figure was, he would have suspected she was malnourished based on her weight. A female who was only 46kg but had a 36C.
He didn’t dare to imagine what it would be like if she were a bit heavier…
Thinking this, he made up his mind to feed her until she was a bit plumper.
‘Buzz buzz buzz~’
On the side, Xiao Mi flew over to spoil the mood and correct the master’s data.
[Responding to Master, your current weight is 46.7k—aiya!]
Before it could finish, it was swatted away by the youth.
“Sister, you are the same age as me and still growing.”
“True, maybe I’ll even get taller. But…”
She was being taken care of so well every day.
Eating good food all the time but not exercising—she was becoming like a “rice worm” (parasite). She really was going to be spoiled.
She still had to exercise a bit.
“Xiao Erduo, any exercise recommendations?”
“Exercise?”
Yue Zhongxian raised an eyebrow as if he had thought of something and suddenly withdrew his hand.
“Sister, wait for me.”
A moment later, he ran downstairs holding a shuttlecock (jianzi).
“I made this for you.”
“What a beautiful chicken-feather shuttlecock!”
Su Miantang’s eyes lit up. She surprisingly stroked the bright, smooth feathers, but the more she felt them, the more something felt off.
“This… why does the texture feel so much like green peacock feathers? Xiao Erduo, where did you get the materials?”
“On the Star Network. They’re sold everywhere.”
“They sell green peacock feathers on the Star Network?”
Was he joking?
That was an extremely endangered protected animal on the planet.
“Yeah, they’re just plastic counterfeits. Sister, I’ll go clean up the back garden first. You can try it out now.”
“…Okay.”
Su Miantang nodded, but after he left, she half-doubtingly opened a long green peacock tail feather she had tucked into the pages of a book.
This was something Lanlan had personally plucked from a green peacock when they went to the Animal Planet to play. The touch of the feathers on this shuttlecock was exactly the same.
Were there really such realistic counterfeit products on the Star Network?
John’s words suddenly flooded her mind.
‘He didn’t just hit me; he warned me not to get close to you! Otherwise, he’d pluck all my feathers and throw me into the sea to feed the fish!’
‘Miss Su Miantang, please believe me. He’s faking it, he’s lying to you. He’s lurking by your side with no good intentions…’
As if possessed, she pulled out a feather and took out a lighter.
Burning protein would produce the smell of singed feathers, which was completely different from polyethylene.
With a ‘shua’, an eerie orange flame flickered to life. Just as it drew near the feather, the youth’s clear and cheerful voice suddenly came from outside the villa.
“Sister, I’ve finished cleaning up. Come over quickly, let’s have a competition!”
She looked up and saw his radiant face in the brilliant sunset. His eyes and heart seemed to be entirely filled with her.
In an instant, she felt a bit guilty and extinguished the flame.
What was she doing?
Xiao Erduo was so good to her, yet she was doubting him.
She tossed the lighter aside, picked up the shuttlecock, and smiled. “Okay, I’m coming.”
To thank the youth for the variety of delicious food he had made for her during this time, Su Miantang left work early after finishing her tasks at the Research Institute. She bought some ingredients and went home to bake a cake.
Yue Zhongxian returned from Moon Comet Star carrying a large bag of fresh ingredients. As soon as he entered, he saw a familiar pair of shoes.
“Sister, you’re back?”
“Why so early today?”
He ran excitedly into the kitchen and saw the young girl busy by the oven, wearing an apron.
“Sister, what are you doing? Why are you cooking personally?”
“Xiao Erduo, come here.”
After the task was complete, Su Miantang picked up a paper box tied with a bow and presented it to him mysteriously and solemnly.
“A surprise for you.”
“This is?”
“Open it and see.”
He untied the bow and saw a very exquisite cake. A small lop-eared rabbit—his beast form—was drawn on it with cream, along with four large characters: HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
“Birthday?”
Today wasn’t his birthday.
“Yes.”
“Didn’t you say you’ve been wandering since you were a child and never had a birthday, and you don’t know when your birthday is?”
“Then from now on, today is your birthday—your birthday on Central Star.”
So that was it.
It turned out that every casual word he said, she remembered.
He suddenly felt a twinge of regret…
For deceiving her.
“Why today?”
“Because today is also my birthday.”
Perhaps it was.
She clearly remembered that before she came here, her birthday was approaching.
However, too many things here were different from Earth, including the laws of time and space, so she could only guess a rough date based on intuition.
Hearing “my birthday,” the light in Yue Zhongxian’s honey-brown eyes flickered. The final piece of the city wall in his heart—the one that constantly reminded him of his true identity—finally collapsed.
It collapsed completely.
She actually set his birthday on the same day as hers.
Born in the same year, same month, and same day…
In a vow, this was the most beautiful expectation.
From now on, they would be the closest people in this world.
“Try the taste.”
“See if you like it?”
Su Miantang used her index finger to lightly scoop a bit of cream from the corner of the cake. Just as she was about to put it in her own mouth, the youth, his mind lost in love, let out a soft “mhm” and then took her finger into his mouth, licking and sucking on it.
A wet, hot, and slippery sensation came from her fingertip. Su Miantang’s whole body couldn’t help but tremble. “I… I told you to taste the cake, not my hand.”
“Sweet!”
“The cream on Sister’s finger is even sweeter!”
The youth’s eyes crinkled in a smile. A glint of success seemed to flash past, which was perfectly captured by the girl.
Fine, he was teasing her on purpose, was he?
She grabbed the remaining cream nearby and smeared it on his face.
“Hahahaha!”
“I’ll turn you into a spotted rabbit!”
She ran off immediately after smearing it, like a prankster. The youth was quick to react, grabbing her slender waist and holding her firmly in his arms, retaliating by smearing her back.
“Then Sister will become a little spotted cat too!”
“Hahaha, it tickles! Xiao Erduo, let me go!”
“No!”
Amidst their laughter and play, they completely failed to notice how intimate their posture had become.
Suddenly, Su Miantang felt something pressing against her from behind. She couldn’t help but look at the youth in confusion. “What’s that?”
Yue Zhongxian froze entirely.
“Let me see.”
She reached out curiously.
Yue Zhongxian was so scared his voice changed pitch. “Sister, don’t…”
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