After simply tidying up the house, Lu Zheng took the child back to the bedroom to rest.
The father and daughter slept until 5:30 in the afternoon, and the sun was almost setting.
It's time to make dinner again.
Lu Zheng went to the bathroom and washed his face. He had eaten too lightly recently and he began to feel tasteless in his mouth.
A friend in the group happened to ask him to go out and play skewers. After hesitating for a while, he took his children out for the appointment.
In the past, people often went out to walk on the road in the middle of the night. When they were hungry, they would just find a roadside stall to eat skewers and drink.
But with their children, Lu Zheng felt that eating at roadside stalls was unhygienic, so he asked them to find a kebab shop with a good environment.
The child couldn't eat spicy food, so Lu Zheng ordered toast and fried rice for her.
Yuanyuan looked at the large table full of meat skewers and prawns, and her mouth watered with greed. She suddenly felt that the condensed milk toast in her hand was tasteless.
"Dad, I want to eat meat skewers too!"
"This is very spicy, you can't eat it."
Lu Zheng loves spicy food, and almost all the skewers he orders are spicy.
"oh…"
Yuanyuan sighed in frustration and swallowed pitifully.
We hadn't gotten together for a while, so we chatted all over the place, ordered a few beers, and decided not to get drunk or go home.
Lu Zheng has a good alcohol tolerance. He can drink ten taels of liquor, but he basically won't get drunk if he drinks beer.
When everyone was drinking happily, the child sitting in the corner quietly stretched out his little hand and took a bunch of grilled pork belly.
As soon as it was brought to his mouth, Zhao Qi noticed it and loudly revealed: "Ah! There is a little mouse eating secretly here!"
"!!!"
Yuanyuan tightened her grip on the skewers and took a big bite before her father looked over.
The entrance was filled with the aroma of burnt meat, and as she chewed, the spiciness was also stimulated.
Yuanyuan, who has a very low tolerance for spicy food, instantly turned red in the face and started sticking out her tongue like a puppy.
"Spit it out!"
Lu Zheng put his hand to her mouth and asked the waiter for a glass of warm water to rinse the child's mouth.
"..."
Yuanyuan swallowed the pork belly stubbornly and drank from the water glass.
"Is it still spicy?"
Lu Zheng then took the remaining pork belly from her hand.
If the child is not watched for a while, he will get into trouble!
"hot!"
Yuanyuan sucked hotly, and her mouth was red. It looked like it was swollen.
"Will you eat it next time?"
Seeing her looking angry and funny, Lu Zheng hugged her into his arms to prevent her from doing anything while he wasn't paying attention.
"Still eating!"
The child's answer was unexpected. He raised his hand to pick up the small yellow croaker in front of him.
"It's not allowed. Children can't eat this!"
Lu Zheng caught her evil hand in time and looked at her seriously.
"Then I won't be a child!"
"Then what do you want?"
"I want to be a dad and eat skewers!"
"What did you say?"
Lu Zheng would laugh angrily at the child's surprising words every time.
Others were amused by the child's childish words and had a clever mouth at a young age.
In the end, Lu Zheng couldn't resist her, so he ordered a new dish of grilled shrimp and oysters without spicy food for her to cope with it.
Fortunately, the child is greedy but also knows how to be satisfied. After almost eating, he rests in his arms and stops making fuss.
"Brother Zheng, it's your birthday in two days. Do you want to go out to celebrate?"
Everyone looked at him and planned to celebrate his birthday together.
In the past, he would spend his birthdays alone at home, and he wouldn't even call out.
Having a child this year, he is more optimistic than usual and may be willing to come out for a get-together.
Besides, he has never been absent from everyone's birthdays, so I wanted to organize a grand birthday for him out of brotherly bond.
Lu Zheng looked at their nervous expressions and raised his lips with a smile: "No need, there's nothing easy to do."
It's still the same as in previous years.
"Why?" Everyone was a little disappointed
"I don't like birthdays."
Lu Zheng lowered his eyes as he spoke, looking at the sleepy child in his arms, picking up his coat and wrapping her tightly.
“How could anyone not love birthdays?”
One of them looked at him in confusion, and Zhao Qi pushed him with his hand, indicating that he should stop asking.
There are very few people who don't love birthdays, unless they have some unpleasant memories.
"It's getting late, I'll leave first, and you should go home early."
Lu Zheng called the waiter to pay the bill, said goodbye to everyone, and left with the child in his arms.
The wind in the middle of the night at the end of July was not cold, but a bit stuffy.
Lu Zheng held the child and went to take a taxi on the roadside, and the words asked by his friend just now rang in his ears.
In fact, he loved celebrating birthdays when he was a child and started looking forward to them several days in advance.
At that time, Feng Nuan would personally make a cake for him, and Lu Chao would also give up work and go home early to blow out the candles with him.
On their first birthday after their divorce, I waited from early morning until midnight, with no cake or gifts.
Everyone seemed to have forgotten what day it was, and they didn't even say happy birthday to him.
The next day he cried and called Feng Nuan, who only gave him a few perfunctory words of comfort and then sent him a red envelope.
Lu Chao said that he was too busy and didn't think about it. It was just a birthday, and it wouldn't matter if one of them was missed.
Every birthday since then has been like this. He comforted himself that his parents were very busy, so he forgot his birthday.
Until Feng Nuan posted about Lin Yao's birthday party in Moments, a carefully decorated luxurious venue and exquisite and cute cartoon handmade cakes.
Everything shows her love and cherishment for this child.
Lu Chengxing's birthday is also grand. The Lu family will invite famous people from all walks of life to celebrate.
Lu Chao will also play the role of a happy family of three with them on this day.
He will always be the outsider.
Therefore, it’s not that they have bad memory, they just simply can’t remember their birthdays.
When all your expectations are in vain, you don’t want anything anymore.
Lu Zheng opened the back door and was about to sit in with the child when she woke up.
"dad?"
Yuanyuan opened her eyes and called him softly, reaching out to grab his clothes.
"Just sleep a little longer, we'll be home soon."
Lu Zheng coaxed softly, raising his hand and patting her shoulder.
The car drove smoothly on the road, and he leaned against the window and looked at the lights in the distance.
Maybe he could spend his birthday with his children this year, buy a nicer cake and blow out the candles together.
When the child celebrates his birthday next year, he plans to have a big party and invite all his close friends to celebrate.
The first birthday we meet must be grand and lively.
He wanted his children to feel valued and not lose the joy of birthdays like himself.
Plans cannot keep up with changes.
On my birthday——
Before Lu Zheng could order the cake, the child was picked up by Li Yan.
The two of them were mysterious, not letting him follow them or telling them where they were going.
"Not to mention pulling her down, you must send her back before dinner."
"I know, see you tonight."
Watching the two people leaving, Lu Zheng vaguely guessed the content of their activities.
Today is his birthday, Li Yan will not forget it.
Taking the child away at this time is most likely to give him a surprise.
But this was just his inner conjecture, and he didn't dare to have high expectations.
Anyway, the child will be back before dinner. Even if there is no surprise, he can share the cake with the child.
Lu Zheng was always like this, cautiously looking forward to it while breaking his illusions with his own hands.
Keep yourself awake all the time so that you don't feel the drop or make yourself uncomfortable.
