Jiang Mingzhu's tone was very calm, but her tears were falling silently, as if she was exposing her worst scars to others.
Zhou Li loosened her hand a little, and she continued: "You can call him now and ask him."
Zhou Li's hand turned to hold her shoulders, "I don't like people who tell lies."
Jiang Mingzhu: "You just don't believe that I like you. From the beginning, you felt that I had ulterior motives."
Zhou Li: "Have you and Zhan Yubai met before?"
Jiang Mingzhu's sobbing voice suddenly paused, and her fingers became stiff for a moment, but soon returned to normal.
With tears in her eyes, she looked at Zhou Li blankly: "What do you mean?"
Zhou Li: "Has she offended you before?"
The dog's mind turns around very quickly, and he has already thought of this level.
Jiang Mingzhu nodded, and Zhou Li's eyes became more serious. He was about to hear what she said, but he heard her complaining aggrievedly: "If it weren't for her, you would like me."
Zhou Li: "..."
For a moment, he couldn't tell whether Jiang Mingzhu was serious or looking for excuses to deal with him.
Jiang Mingzhu: "She robbed you...how could I not hate her?"
Zhou Li: "Just because of this."
Jiang Mingzhu: "What else?"
He didn't even question the fact that she "liked him" today. Jiang Mingzhu thought to herself that her hard work in acting during this time was not in vain.
The hostility in Zhou Li's body subsided a lot, and Jiang Mingzhu took the opportunity to lower herself down, wrap her hands around his waist, and lean her head into his arms.
A 100% show of weakness and coquettishness.
She sniffed and asked him softly: "Can you buy me a birthday cake?"
Zhou Li looked at her, his tone still cold: "No."
Jiang Mingzhu: "Please, good brother."
She gently scratched his chest with her hand.
Zhou Li felt as if his heart had been scratched by soft feathers, and it was unbearably itchy. He held her hand down and pressed it directly against his body.
Zhou Li: "Stop doing this."
Jiang Mingzhu: "I want to eat strawberry cake."
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An hour later, Jiang Mingzhu was happily lighting candles in the restaurant.
Zhou Li sat aside and watched with cold eyes.
After Jiang Mingzhu lit the candles, she started making trouble again: "Brother hasn't wished me a happy birthday yet."
Zhou Li: "It's not your birthday."
Jiang Mingzhu: "But it's my birthday, so just give me your blessing~"
After she finished speaking, she tried to tug at the corner of his clothes again, like a coquettish child asking for candy.
Zhou Li ducked back and said, "Happy birthday, okay?"
Jiang Mingzhu's eyes lit up and she smiled very happily, "This is my happiest birthday."
Zhou Li couldn't tell for a moment whether she was acting or not. Her tone was so sincere and her expression was like a child who had eaten candy. She looked very lively, but because of his blessing, he said it was the happiest birthday. It seems too exaggerated.
He has always been strategizing, and this is the first time he can't see through a woman like this.
Jiang Mingzhu sang happy birthday to herself.
She sang with good pitch and her voice was soft and delicate. Zhou Li couldn't help but stare at her.
After Jiang Mingzhu finished singing, she clasped her hands together, closed her eyes and made a wish. Looking at her serious look, Zhou Li couldn't help but chuckle.
Jiang Mingzhu blew out the candles and then asked him: "What are you laughing at?"
Zhou Li: "How old are you to still believe this?"
Jiang Mingzhu: "Brother, do you know what I wish for?"
Zhou Li: "Not interested."
Jiang Mingzhu held her face and looked at him piously, her beautiful eyes shining: "My wish is that I hope my brother will like me. A little bit is fine."
Zhou Li: "If you say your wish, it won't work."
Jiang Mingzhu "
"Pfft" he burst out laughing, "You are so old, you still believe this."
Zhou Li: "..." Only then did he realize that he had been tricked by Jiang Mingzhu.
Her goal succeeded, Jiang Mingzhu showed a sly smile.
After laughing, Jiang Mingzhu received a call from Fang Qinyang, "Why haven't you come back yet? Did you agree to celebrate your birthday together?"
Jiang Mingzhu: "I have to be late."
Fang Qinyang: "Huh?"
Jiang Mingzhu: "I'm busy chasing the man I like."
Fang Qinyang and Jiang Mingzhu had a perfect tacit understanding. He immediately knew that she was with Zhou Li, so he stopped talking and said, "Then come back early. The cake is waiting for you."
Jiang Mingzhu: "I know."
After talking on the phone, without waiting for Zhou Li to ask, Jiang Mingzhu explained to him, "It's my bestie's call. She's waiting for me to celebrate her birthday when I get back from get off work."
Zhou Li: "Aren't you leaving yet?"
Jiang Mingzhu: "Who makes me a person who values sex over friends?"
Jiang Mingzhu cut the cake for Zhou Li and gave herself a piece to eat. While eating, she praised, "The cake my brother bought is so delicious~"
She ate very deliciously, as if she were eating some delicacy.
Zhou Li frowned and looked at it. In fact, it was just an ordinary fruit cake. She had pestered him to buy it just now, so he casually ordered one on the takeout app, and it only cost more than 600 yuan.
"Why don't you move? Eat it quickly, it's so delicious." Jiang Mingzhu stopped and urged Zhou Li, with cream still stuck to the corner of her mouth.
Zhou Li: "Not interested."
Jiang Mingzhu went directly to feed him and brought the fork she used to his mouth, "It's very sweet, try it."
"I said no..."
Before Zhou Li finished speaking, Jiang Mingzhu used the method of feeding him Dafu last time and fed the cake into his mouth.
The palate is quickly overtaken by sweetness, accompanied by the aroma of strawberry.
Jiang Mingzhu: "Is it delicious?"
Zhou Li swallowed it before speaking, "It's sweet."
Jiang Mingzhu: "It tastes delicious if it's sweet."
Zhou Li: "Diabetes is waiting for you."
Jiang Mingzhu's tone suddenly became sad, "When I was a child... I never even ate cake."
Zhou Li did not doubt the truth of what she said. There were many children in the orphanage and resources were tight. No matter how good the conditions were, the orphanage could not take care of every child.
Jiang Mingzhu fell into memories, "I was so envious when I saw someone eating birthday cake on TV. When I was a child, my biggest wish was to grow up quickly and open a cake shop."
Zhou Li: "Have you ever found your biological parents?"
Jiang Mingzhu was a little angry: "They don't want me anymore, so I won't look for them."
Zhou Li: "..."
Jiang Mingzhu: "Besides, my adoptive parents are very good to me. They are enough."
Zhou Li didn't answer, his expression was a bit complicated, as if he was moved by compassion.
Appropriate display of weakness is the best weapon. Men already have a complex to save the lost girl. If she exposes her wounds to him, she can at least arouse his sympathy.
After Jiang Mingzhu finished speaking, she covered her eyes with her hands.
After a few minutes, Zhou Li said, "Are you crying? Aren't you very capable?"
Jiang Mingzhu: "I didn't cry."
Zhou Li: "Speak loudly."
For the first time, Jiang Mingzhu did not retort Zhou Li with eloquent words. She always lowered her head and her shoulders were still shaking slightly.
Zhou Li: "You don't want to eat the cake?"
Jiang Mingzhu suddenly stood up, straddled Zhou Li, and wrapped her arms tightly around his neck.
Zhou Li made a habit of pushing her away, but he heard her begging softly: "Can you hug me?"
