Zhou Yi's words explained why he came here today. It was not surprising that Sansan was close to him and would negotiate with him to prepare a mysterious gift.
After Zheng Pianqing listened to the explanation, her eyes focused on the cake. The pink envelope on it was very conspicuous.
"The things have been delivered, you can go." Zheng Yuemi did not give Zhou Yi any face, and directly issued an eviction order to him. She knew that Sansan liked Zhou Yi, and if Sansan stayed with Zhou Yi for dinner, Zheng Pianqian would not be in trouble because of her face. She won't refuse, but she will still be the one who feels uncomfortable when the time comes.
Zhou Yi completely guessed what Zheng Yuemi was thinking. He smiled and nodded, then looked at Zheng Pianqing: "Happy birthday."
Facing his blessing, Zheng Pianying had no special reaction, and her eyes didn't even stay on him for a second.
On the whole table, only Sansan's attitude towards Zhou Yi was warm, "Uncle Zhou, thank you, I'll give it to you."
Sansan was very polite. Zhou Yi had done her such a big favor, so naturally she couldn't ignore the etiquette, so she sent Zhou Yi to the living room herself.
Sansan's behavior was the only comfort for Zhou Yi today. Before leaving, he touched Sansan's head and said, "I'll leave first. Go back and celebrate your mother's birthday."
"Uncle Zhou, are you sad?" Sansan observed Zhou Yi for a while and finally asked what was on his mind.
Zhou Yi did not deny it, but smiled helplessly, "Am I so obvious?"
Sansan patted his arm like a little adult and encouraged him, "Don't be discouraged. Come on."
Zhou Yi: "Okay, I'll listen to you."
Zhou Yi didn't waste Sansan too much time. After saying a few words, he left first. Sansan returned to the restaurant, took a pair of scissors himself, and carefully unwrapped the cake.
None of the three adults at the table intervened, leaving this task entirely to Sansan.
After unpacking, Zheng Pianqing saw the complete appearance of the cake - it was pink overall, with a red heart on it. It should have been a layer of sandblasted chocolate. The outside was very bright, and a string of "happy-" was written on the heart. birthday".
As soon as Zheng Pianqing saw the decoration and decoration of the cake, she knew that Sansan could not finish it alone, but she did not expect that Zhou Yi would have such ability.
At this time, Sansan asked expectantly: "Mom, do you like the cake I made?"
Zheng Pianqing came back to her senses and nodded without hesitation in the face of Sansan's expectant eyes, "I like it very much, thank you Sansan."
Sansan chuckled, "As long as Mom likes it, I can make it for you every birthday in the future. I will do better when I grow up. By then, I can make beautiful flowers without Uncle Zhou's hand." .”
There was no need to ask now. Sansan's words indirectly said that Zhou Yi taught the cake piping and decoration step by step - even literally.
Zheng Linxu and Zheng Yuemi also understood the meaning of these words, but they were not moved by Zhou Yi's behavior. They were just surprised that a prodigal like him could really have such patience with children.
The cake is raspberry cream flavored, and the middle layer is also made of raspberry jam, which neutralizes the sweetness of the cream very well. The whole cake tastes particularly good because it is made by Sansan, even though I don’t have much of a sweet tooth. Zheng Linxu was very proud to eat a piece of it and praised it.
Zheng Pianqian has not had such an unforgettable and formal birthday in many years.
At the end of dinner, as soon as the family returned to the living room, someone rang the doorbell. Zheng Linxu opened the door. Standing at the door was a courier: "Hello, is this Ms. Zheng Pianqing's home? There is a door here. A share of her international express delivery.”
Zheng Linxu looked back at Zheng Pianqing.
When Zheng Pianqian heard that it was her express delivery, she got up to sign for it herself. When she signed the document, she saw the sender's information.
The express delivery was from Qin Lie.
After Zheng Pianqian signed for it, she opened the express box, which contained several boxes of limited edition chocolates, an envelope, and a black velvet box.
Zheng Pianqing opened the envelope first.
Inside the envelope was a postcard from the Federal Polytechnic with Qin Lie's handwriting on it.
He didn't write a long speech, only a few simple sentences: [Happy birthday, I went on a business trip to Paris last week, and I think the necklace suits you very well. The chocolate is for Sansan, I hope she likes it. 】
The signature is his name and the date.
Zheng Pianqing felt a little sour in her eyes after seeing this string of familiar handwriting - after Qin Lie left New York, they occasionally contacted each other, but not frequently. It was more like old classmates caring about each other casually. Zheng Pianqing also I asked him if he had found the right person, but Qin Lie said that he was not in a hurry and had to find it slowly.
In fact, last week, the two of them chatted for a while and counted the days. Qin Lie had already sent the express delivery, but he never mentioned a word during the chat.
After Zheng Pianqing read the postcard, she took out the box from the box, opened it, and saw the necklace inside.
It was platinum, and the pendant was a sun set with diamonds. Seeing this shape, Zheng Pianying instantly understood why Qin Lie gave it to her.
"It's so beautiful!" Sansan also came up and saw the necklace in the box, and couldn't help but praise it.
After Zheng Pianqian heard Sansan's voice, she immediately came to her senses and handed several boxes of chocolates to Sansan, "This is yours."
Sansan: “Mine?”
Zheng Pianqing said "hmm" and explained the reason to her: "Uncle Qin Lie gave it to you. Put it in the refrigerator and eat it slowly."
Sansan nodded as if understanding, and asked hesitantly: "But mom, didn't you and Uncle Qin Lie break up?"
In Sansan's view of cognition, breaking up means no contact in the future, let alone giving gifts, so she fell into deep confusion.
Zheng Pianqing smiled and explained to her very patiently: "He and I are no longer boyfriend and girlfriend, but we are still good friends."
Sansan understood better this time: "So that's it."
No matter what, Sansan was very happy to receive two boxes of limited edition chocolates unexpectedly. She took them and took a photo as a souvenir.
As soon as Sansan finished taking photos with her mobile phone, she received a message from Zhou Yi: [Is your mother happy to receive your cake? 】
Zhou Yi and San San both send English messages to communicate. Although San San can speak Chinese, she knows very few Chinese characters.
When the two of them chatted, they mostly relied on voice messages. Even when Sansan replied, they were very simple words or emoticons.
For example now:
Afterwards, Sansan shared with Zhou Yi the photo she had just taken and paired it with a chocolate emoji.
Zhou Yi: [Your mother gave it to you? 】
Sansan: [NO, it’s Uncle Qin Lie. 】
Zhou Yi: [He went to find your mother? 】
Sansan: [NO, express delivery. 】
