Chapter 220: No Birthday Gift
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Nan Ge did not take Nan Zhe’s words to heart.
In her opinion, this was just a joke.
Birthdays were birthdays. It was just a candlelight dinner. How touched could she be?
Nan Ge thought so not because she did not have confidence in Shen Yanqing, but because her family had paid special attention to every one of her birthdays since she was young. This meant the celebrations tended to get very big
How touched could she be?
Moreover, Shen Yanqing had been thinking about his future wedding recently.
She did not think that there would be any surprises on her birthday. At most, she was looking forward to what birthday gift Shen Yanqing would give her.
She really could not guess.
Because she did not want to ruin the atmosphere that day, she did not test Shen Yanqing.
Fortunately, it was soon her birthday.
The night before her birthday, she watched a movie with Shen Yanqing.
There were only two of them in the theater. It was probably because he had booked the entire theater since this movie was very popular recently.
After watching it, it was already 11:40 pm.
It was ten minutes later when they left the theater and returned to the car.
Sitting in the passenger seat, Nan Ge slowly untied her scarf and did not notice Shen Yanqing’s actions.
At midnight, an alarm clock rang in the car.
Nan Ge paused slightly and looked in the direction of the sound with the scarf in her hand.
On the other side, Shen Yanqing pressed the alarm clock with one hand. The notification stopped abruptly, and the car fell silent again.
In the dim light, their eyes met.
“Is it midnight?”
Nan Ge blinked and began to look forward to something.
Under her gaze, Shen Yanqing said unhurriedly, “Happy birthday.”
After that… there was nothing else.
Nan Ge blinked again, momentarily at a loss.
Was that it?
Nothing else?
Where was the birthday present?
None, either?
Soon, she comforted herself. Perhaps the surprises were all at home.
Yes, that must be it.
As Shen Yanqing drove back, Nan Ge seemed to be on steroids again and became especially excited.
When she came out of the elevator, she jogged to open the door. She had a feeling that once the door opened, it would definitely be filled with surprises.
Unfortunately, when the door opened, the lights in the room were no different from usual. The living room to the bedroom was clean, and there was no scene as imagined.
Hence, the night passed peacefully.
It was so calm that Nan Ge almost lost sleep.
After waking up in the morning, Nan Ge woke up with a listless expression, washed up, and had breakfast.
From last night until now, everything seemed to be no different from usual.
Other than Shen Yanqing’s happy birthday at midnight, her phone was silent.
Other than some apps wishing her a happy birthday, her parents, her brother, and Yu had never sent her a message.
This also put Nan Ge in low spirits. It could even be said that she was disappointed.
Shen Yanqing naturally noticed it. He placed the fruit juice he had just gotten beside her and said, “Finish it and go change.”
‘What?” Nan Ge lay on the table, too lazy to open her eyes to look at him.
Hearing her weak voice, Shen Yanqing quickly comforted her. “A few new venues have been built in the Undersea World of Huai City recently. You haven’t been there in a long time, right? It’s your birthday today. Why don’t we go check it out together?”
“Undersea World?” If it were before, Nan Ge might be very happy, but she was indeed not interested now.
Sensing that she was about to reject him, the man continued, “If you don’t go, I might not be able to give you your birthday gift.”
“Huh?” On the other side, Nan Ge sat up straight. “A surprise?!”
“Yes.” He smiled. “How could I not have prepared a gift for your birthday?
However, if you reject me now…”
As he spoke, he pretended to be sad. “I’ve been preparing carefully for a long time. I thought you would like it.”
“Of course, we’re going! Who said I’m not going?!” Nan Ge picked up the fruit juice beside her and drank it in one gulp. “Ahem, give me 20 minutes!”
As they were about to leave, Nan Ge received a call from Nan Zhe when she was changing her shoes.
She held the phone to her ear with one hand and reached for the shoes by her feet with the other. She swayed and almost lost her balance. Fortunately, Shen Yanqing stood at the side and reached out to help her in time.
Immediately after, the man squatted down and held her ankle to help her put on the remaining shoe.
It was also at this moment that Nan Ge realized that Shen Yanqing was not dressed particularly casually today. He was dressed rather formally.
However, she did not think too much about it and was quickly attracted by Nan Zhe’s voice on the phone.
“Are you listening?”
“I’m listening. What are you doing? Why are you calling me early in the morning?”
Nan Ge snorted proudly.
“Nothing. I just called to wish you a happy birthday.”
“…” Nan Ge raised her eyebrows. “That’s it? Where’s my birthday gift?”
It was fine if he did not send his blessings punctually, but why was he being so unthoughtful?
“I don’t have time to go to Huai City today. Let’s talk about it another day when you come home.”
Hearing his casual tone, Nan Ge was a little angry. “Don’t tell me you’re not prepared?”
The siblings argued on the phone for a while. In the end, Nan Zhe changed the topic in time and asked her, “What did Shen Yanqing give you?”
Hearing this, Nan Ge secretly glanced at the figure walking beside her and whispered, “I don’t know.”
“The two of us are going out now,” Nan Ge reported truthfully. “Don’t call me again today. I’ll settle the score with you when I get home!”
Don’t try to change the topic.
In her opinion, Nan Zhe was unprepared.
This was because, on her birthday previously, Nan Zhe would take the time to come back even if he was studying overseas. The gifts were personally handed to her.
Therefore, if he was ready, no matter how busy he was today, he would definitely come over to give it to her.
Moreover, Jiang City was so close to Huai City, much closer than overseas.
Hmph. They were all excuses.
After she hung up on Nan Zhe, he was not angry.
He smiled and sent a message to Shen Yanqing. Then, he put away his phone and went downstairs to look for his parents.
He had always woken up late and was still asleep when he received a call from Shen Yanqing. He said that Nan Ge did not seem to be in a good mood. It was probably because she did not receive everyone’s blessings and felt that she had been neglected.
Thinking about it, it made sense. In the past, Nan Ge’s birthday was especially important to her family. Yu Yu and the others who were usually good friends with Nan Ge would also give her blessings and gifts.
Youyou had indeed never felt so aggrieved before.
Fortunately, Shen Yanqing was meticulous. He ended up waking up to call Nan
No matter what, he had to talk to Nan Ge first and keep her distracted.
In order to achieve the desired effect, he had to crush her a little first.
However, they could not go overboard. Nan Ge’s fragile little heart could not
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