the next morning.
"Hey, son, don't you have to go to school today?" Su Ran asked with a surprised look at Su Han, who was dawdling at home in the morning for the first time in history.
"Go."
"Then if you don't go out soon, you will be late for a while," Su Ran reminded.
"I know." Su Han frowned and said in a muffled voice, obviously as if he still had something to say.
"Um, do you have anything to do today?" Su Han hesitated and asked in a low voice.
"Huh? It's a bit of a business, right?" Su Ran said leisurely, she has a lot of things to do today, but she has to wait until she goes out.
"What's your business?"
"It's nothing, just fill out a community questionnaire, and then help Aunt Zhang upstairs to ask her granddaughter to vote, and then help Grandma Dabao download an app, etc..." Su Ran tilted her head and said nonsense.
"You..." Su Han's expression was a little deep, staring at Su Ran, he couldn't help but say, "Did you forget something?"
"Huh? Did I forget something?"
I didn't forget!
Su Ran roared in the depths of his heart.
"Yeah!" Su Ran glanced at the time on the phone, and urged Su Han: "It's 16, hurry up, if you don't go out, you're going to be late!"
"Oh." The young man replied dully, turned around, turned his back to Su Ran and went out the door, hiding the loss on his face.
…
"Huh..." Seeing Su Han going out, Su Ran breathed a sigh of relief.
She quickly jumped off the sofa, rushed into the kitchen, and found the pile of baking ingredients she hid yesterday from under the cabinet and in the corner of the refrigerator.
Flour, cream, piping bags... Anyway, Su Ran basically bought all the things that the shopping guide recommended yesterday.
right! Under the strong recommendation of the other party, Su Ran reluctantly bought an automatic egg beater.
Get ready, roll up your sleeves and do it!
…
On the other side, Su Han arrived at the school.
Liu Yangyang at the back didn't seem to see how stinky the expression on Su Han's face at the moment was at all, and rushed up to put on Su Han's shoulder with a rippling face.
"Brother Han! Is it your birthday today?"
When Du Wentao next to him heard Liu Yangyang's words, he turned his head and looked over: "Today is your birthday?"
"En." Su Leng replied coldly, not too eager to speak.
In my heart, I was sulking: Even someone as young as Liu Yangyang knew that today was his birthday, but that woman completely forgot!
"Wow, it really is!"
"How did you know?" Du Wentao asked Liu Yangyang.
"It was pushed by QQ, ah, this." Liu Yangyang handed the phone to Du Wentao and said, "At first, I thought Brother Han also filled in randomly, so I came to ask."
"Yes, I have to give my brother Han a gift." Liu Yangyang tapped a few times on his phone.
A message "Space gift: Liu Yangyang gave you a cake, I wish you a happy birthday" was sent to Su Han's mobile phone.
"Liu Yangyang, can you be more stingy? Space gifts are also called gifts?" Du Wentao looked at Liu Yangyang with contempt and said.
"Why not, then tell me what you're giving."
"I?"
"Uh, why don't I send me a 'marriage advertisement' in my circle of friends? Don't look down on me and tell you, I have more than 1,000 friends in my circle of friends, more than half of them are beautiful women, and the advertising space is very tight! "
"Come on, just like my brother Han, I still need you to advertise, as far as my brother Han nodded, do you believe that the school girl of the fourth class can become my sister-in-law?"
"You don't know what to do with merit-based admission. In my circle of friends, there are not only the school beauties of our school, but also the school beauties of several other middle schools!"
…
Du Wentao and Liu Yangyang were playing tricks over there, looking at Su Han with a cold face, they finally realized that they had left the protagonist of the story behind.
"Cough, by the way, Su Han, it's your birthday today, why didn't you post on a Moments or something?" Du Wentao asked, and then he thought, it seems that Su Han has never posted on Moments.
"What?" Su Han asked.
"Uh, it's probably just posting birthday gifts, taking pictures of friends celebrating their birthdays, etc."
Hearing this, although Su Han didn't speak, his expression was obviously disgusting.
However, before Du Wentao came up with any more creative ways to do it, he saw that Su Han had already opened a circle of friends and quickly edited with his fingers, but he didn't know what he was editing.
"Hey, the surname is Du, what do you think Brother Han is going to post? Why has it been written for so long and hasn't finished yet?" Du Wentao asked for a while.
"You ask me, I want to ask you!"
"Wait a minute, Su Han posted on the Moments, and we can see it right away." Du Wentao said, his fingers kept pulling down to refresh the Moments.
"Have it!"
"What, let me see!" Liu Yangyang put his head close, and his eyes widened when he saw the photo Su Han sent.
"Wow! Brother Han, you actually posted a photo of you and Mother Su!"
The group photo was the last time Su Ran took Su Han at the station. Su Han also added a sentence to this circle of friends: On important days, thank this person.
"You said this is Su Han's mother?" Du Wentao didn't see Su Ran at the last parent meeting, so he didn't know what Su Han's mother looked like.
"God, this is actually Su Han's mother, if you didn't say it, I would have thought..."
"Think what?"
"Nothing." Du Wentao wisely shut his mouth.
"However, Su Han, your mother is really beautiful!"
"P's." Su Han said rudely.
"Uh, it's very nice for P's to be able to P's like this. I envy you for having a photo that can be used for normal social interaction." Du Wentao thought of the photos that he was forced to open by his mother. Call it a history of blood and tears.
Ignoring Du Wentao's incompetent wailing, Su Han kept staring at the screen of his phone, watching the new comments pop up on the top from time to time.
"What's the big day?"
"is it today?"
"Brother Han, don't play dumb riddles, just say it directly."
Su Han didn't have many WeChat friends, most of them were classmates, and some elementary school classmates. He had never seen Su Ran before, and when he saw the person in the photo, he asked directly.
"Wow, who's in the picture?"
"What a beautiful lady, ask for a phone number!"
"Brother Han, who are you and who in the photo?"
…
There were many such comments, but Su Han didn't reply to a single one.
My eyes searched twice in these 40 likes and 30 comments, but unfortunately, none of them were from Su Ran's hair.
After a while, Su Han changed his WeChat avatar to the previous photo.
Unfortunately, there is still no news from Su Ran.
"By the way, I'll be going to Sutuo tomorrow, and the school will be dismissed earlier this afternoon, or let's have a meal, just in time for Brother Han's birthday!" Liu Yangyang suggested.
"Let's go to the cafeteria for lunch."
"Why?"
"Do you think everyone is like you, and your parents are far away? Su Han must be going home to spend the night with his family. How can he have time for a string with us."
Liu Yangyang: Makes sense.
Su Han: Fart!
So far, the woman has not responded at all...
Don't women usually like to brush the circle of friends when they have something or nothing? There's no reason not to see this one of him.
She, shouldn't she be blocking him
Su Han gritted his teeth and said secretly.
Su Rancai didn't block her own smashing, but now she was facing a messy kitchen and had no way to start, and she had no time to watch the circle of friends.
"Who said I don't have time?"
Su Han said, and quickly sent a message to Su Ran.
Han: I'm going to have a skewer with my classmates this afternoon, and I'll go home later.
When Su Ran received Su Han's news, he was studying how to turn the box of cream from liquid to foaming solid.
Seeing Su Han's news, he almost dropped his phone in the pot.
Looking at the unfinished "big project" in front of her, Su Ran was struggling. In fact, it would be good to go out with her classmates today.
However, Su Han withdrew the message at this time.
"So you're going to hang out with us? Then I'll be with you."
"Let's call Li Yang and a few more people, it's more cost-effective."
Liu Yangyang and Du Wentao were excited when they heard Su Han say, "I just don't want to be with you."
"My God! Brother Han, you are too hurt!"
"Can you still be a classmate happily?"
…
Ignoring the two of them, after Su Han withdrew the message, he sent two more messages to Su Ran.
Han Erzhao: Du Wentao just got the wrong phone, he sent that to his mother.
Han Erzhao: I went home on time after school.
After receiving the news from Su Han, although Su Ran became nervous again, she was still very happy in her heart.
At the same time, Su Ran also noticed Su Han's new avatar.
ma: Son, you changed your avatar.
Su Han was about to reply: he slipped his hand while choosing a picture.
But I saw Su Ran sent another message.
ma: Very insightful!
Su Han:…
"Brother Han, are you really not going?"
"No." Su Han said, putting away his phone.
…
In the afternoon, when Su Han came home from school, as soon as he opened the door, a strong smell of burnt came out.
Su Han nervously glanced around the house, especially the kitchen, and found that there was no fire, so he was temporarily relieved.
Then I noticed the changes in my home.
Several balloons of different sizes were placed around the empty room, four balloons in the shape of "Happy Birthday" were posted on the large white wall, and there were several dishes on the table.
Although it is still a familiar restaurant and a familiar taste, after the takeaway was brought back, it was obviously carefully arranged.
At this moment, Su Ran came out of the kitchen.
Different from the way she usually wears home clothes when she is at home, Su Ran changed into a nice dress.
The moment he saw Su Han, a big smile appeared on Su Ran's face.
"Children, happy birthday!"
"you… "
So you remember!
Su Han widened his eyes and looked at Su Ran.
"How is it? Are you surprised or surprised?" Su Ran asked with a wink at Su Han.
Today, she looked like she was asking for attention before she went out. She wasn't blind, so she couldn't see it. I kept holding it back without laughing, just to surprise Su Han!
"It's normal." After a while, Su Han suppressed the surprise just now, turned his head, and said coolly.
It's just that the corners of the boy's raised mouth couldn't be suppressed.
"What is this?" Su Han asked suddenly, pointing to something on the table.
Judging from the shape and size, isn't this the big and heavy express box that was abandoned in the corner of their house before
However, at this moment, the box was covered with a layer of wrapping paper with small purple flowers, and a large bow was stuck on it.
"A birthday present for my son!"
Hearing this, a bright light flashed in Su Han's eyes.
"The gift will be opened later." Seeing that Su Han was about to open the gift, Su Ran stopped him.
Gifts are guessed at the end, which is tradition.
"Oh."
Although, I can't help but be curious about what's in this box.
However, on the face, Su Han still tried his best to pretend that I didn't care at all, and turned his eyes to the other side.
"Then what is this?" Su Han asked, pointing to the thing on the table next to it that was covered by the pot lid.
Vaguely, there is a bad premonition.
"This, birthday cake", after a pause, Su Ran added: "I made it myself!"
"Jianjiang..." Su Ran took off the lid of the pot as if offering a treasure.
The lid of the pot was lifted, and a semi-spherical green object placed on a plate fell into Su Han's line of sight.
"How is it?" Su Ran asked.
"Uh, it's pretty good." Su Han said blankly.
This should be regarded as one of the few remarks against Su Han's intentions, but unfortunately, the young man is obviously not very good at lying, and he can't hide the stiffness on his face.
"Hey, forget it, don't comfort me, just say it if you feel ugly." Su Ran sighed and said.
The Internet only wrote "How to make cakes for beginners", and it didn't say that it was so difficult. She really tried her best.
"No", looking at Su Ran's lost face, the young man panicked for a while, and hurriedly explained: "It's really good."
"I think it's fine." Su Han added.
Su Ran: Erza, your eyes have betrayed yourself.
"Then look, can you see what I'm doing?" Su Ran blinked at Su Han and asked, pointing at the "cake".
It's a bit like the way the teacher asks a dozing student to get up and answer a question.
"Uh, Earth?" Half Earth
"No, have you ever seen one that makes half the earth?"
"Isn't it? I think it's quite similar, so what are these plaques? Isn't it a continental plate?" Su Han asked, pointing to the deep and shallow places on the cake.
"Of course not!" It was just that her color was not evenly mixed, and it felt like this.
"Is that a turtle?" Green things, he could only think of this.
"Turtle? Where does it look like a turtle?" Su Ran retorted, and then stared at her own work on the plate.
Cough, don't say it, it's really similar.
"Forget it, it doesn't matter what it is, it doesn't affect the fact that this is a cake." Su Ran waved her hand and said.
"You haven't said yet, what are you doing?" Su Han stared at Su Ran and said seriously.
"Uh, dinosaur, right."
"Is this a dinosaur?"
"Not like it?"
"Uh, what are these lumps of tugging?" Su Han asked, pointing to the lighter-colored pile of unknown cream on the cake.
"Dinosaur spines."
"What about the dinosaur's head?"
"Isn't that the head?"
"What about the tail?"
"Here." Su Ran pointed to a prominent place on the edge of the cake and said.
Su Han: Uh...
He thought that place was just a product of the woman's smearing of the cream.
"I think it's quite similar." Su Ran stared at the cake and looked around again.
She really did it according to the pictures on the Internet, and at most there are only a few deviations.
"En." Su Han nodded again against his will.
"Cough, that's what, anyway, it's a birthday cake, as long as the meaning is right." Su Ran felt that this topic might not be able to go on, so Su Ran decisively changed the topic.
"Go and change your school uniform, wash your hands, and come over for dinner."
"good."
When Su Han came out after washing his hands, Su Ran had already inserted colored candles on the "cake".
"1, 2... , 13, just right."
"I'll come." Seeing Su Ran preparing to light a candle, Su Han stepped forward and took the lighter in the other's hand.
The small hemispherical cake was filled with candles scattered in a circle, looking a little funny.
However, as the lights in the room were turned off and the candles were lit, the whole atmosphere suddenly became very warm.
Even the green cake looked less ugly because it was covered with a soft candlelight.
"My son turns thirteen today, it's great." Through the candlelight, Su Ran looked at the young boy sitting opposite and said with emotion.
Su Ran has no way of knowing how the villain in the original work entered the age of 13 after experiencing the accident at the age of 12.
However, it is good to be like Su Han is now.
The still young boy, although there is still a bit of childishness on his face, has already seen his composure and sharpness for the first time.
Moreover, I don't know if it's an illusion, Su Ran always felt that compared to when they first met, although Su Han also looked so cool, there seemed to be a little more smile between his brows.
"It's just a birthday, what's the difference?" Su Han turned his face away and whispered.
This candle must have been produced by a small workshop, otherwise why would he feel astringent and uncomfortable when staring at the candlelight
"Of course it's different. After today, you are one year closer to becoming an adult."
"Come on, hurry up, make a wish, maybe it will come true next year."
"Birthday wishes, this is all a lie to children." Su Han said leisurely, but he closed his eyes with both hands according to Su Ran's words.
Well, he hoped that the family would always be as good as it is now.
"What wish did you make?" Seeing Su Han open his eyes, Su Ran asked curiously.
Hearing this, Su Han frowned and said with a serious face: "It doesn't work if you say it."
"Hehe, okay, then I'll make a wish too."
Su Ran didn't close her eyes, and the following words looked at Su Han and said: "After today, your son will be thirteen years old, I hope that in the next year, you can live happily every day and be able to Get to know more friends and get along with classmates happily…”
Su Ran's tactful and gentle voice, with beautiful blessings, sounded in the small room. In such an atmosphere, people could easily be infected.
"Cough, it's time to eat." Suddenly Su Han held his chopsticks and lowered his head.
"Hey, wait, I'm not finished yet!"
"Last sentence", Su Ran said, and added: "I hope that the girl I like after my son smashes it will also like you, and her family will like you too, and I hope that the friends you will meet in the future are all landlords. cub."
"What's the meaning?"
"People are stupid and have a lot of money, haha." Su Ran's words completely turned the warm atmosphere at that moment into an illusion.
Su Han:…
"Come on, blow out the candles!"
…
Just then, there was a knock on the door.
"It should be you er, Mr. Lu said before, the person who gave you your birthday gift, I'll go take a look." After saying that, Su Ran got up and opened the door.
"Hello." Su Ran looked at the man in suit and leather shoes standing at the door, feeling a little familiar.
"Su, er, Ms. Su, I'm here at this time. I'm sorry to disturb you. My name is Zhou Fu. I'm here to give a birthday present to the young master on behalf of Mr. Zhou." Zhou Fu said while looking at Su Ran in front of him.
Apart from a casual glance at the hotel more than ten years ago, this was the first time Zhou Fu had met Su Ran himself by accident.
The moment he saw Su Ran, Zhou Fu finally understood why his husband had doubts about the Lu family's investigation ability before.
The young mother in front of me is indeed very different from the one in the data.
This Su Ran feels very good, and, it seems, the mother-son relationship between Su Ran and the young master is also very good.
Zhou Fu took a peek at the room and was looking at his Su Han with a wary expression.
Haha, the young master is still the same as the information, and his personality is very similar to Mr.
"By the way, this is a gift from Mr. to the young master." Said, Zhou Fu carefully handed a low-key and delicate rectangular box to Su Ran.
"Ah, thank you, and thank you Mr. Lu." Su Ran said with a smile.
"You're welcome, it should be," Zhou Fu nodded, and took out another box from his pocket: "This is my birthday present for the young master, a little thought, I hope the young master will not dislike it."
Seeing this, Su Ran was a little surprised.
"Uh, how embarrassing is this, you are too polite."
"I've been with Mr. for nearly 20 years. It's also right to give the young master a birthday present. I hope you don't mind Ms. Su." Zhou Fu explained.
"Hehe, how could it be, then thank you." Turning his head to look at Su Han, who had "no cooperation" written all over his face, Su Ran smiled helplessly and thanked Zhou Fu.
"Uh, why don't you come in and eat some cake before leaving?" Su Ran thought about it and said.
"Thank you for your kindness, Ms. Su, I still won't disturb you and the young master to celebrate your birthday." Zhou Fu said very politely.
Can you be on the way? If he doesn't leave, it is estimated that their young master can stare him out of a hole with his eyes.
"Alright then, please say thank you to Mr. Lu."
"Okay, I'll tell you."
After sending Zhou Fu away, Su Ran just turned his head and saw that in front of the table, Su Han had removed the candles from the cake and took a knife to cut the cake.
"Su Han, wait, don't cut first!"
Su Ran wanted to stop Su Han, but unfortunately it was too late, the voice fell, and Su Han also cut the cake on the plate with a "click".
The knife fell and the cake split in half.
The cross-section of a thick layer of cream was exposed, and the large white steamed buns inside were also exposed.
Su Ran: Ha, ha ha...
She was going to make cakes at first, but unfortunately she didn't have an oven, so she used the rice cooker method mentioned on the Internet to make cakes, and now the burnt flour and egg batter is still sticking to the wall of the rice cooker.
Probably not wanting to make Su Ran more embarrassed, Su Han tried very hard to put away the extremely complicated expression on his face.
Ahem, this woman should be making a cake for the first time, so it's excusable, no, it's already very good to be able to make it like this.
Su Han silently moved the plate in front of him, ready to start eating.
"Cough, don't eat it." Su Ran stopped Su Han, and then explained: "This cake, uh, just takes a form, the main function is to make a wish, and now it has completed its mission, so we Let's just eat."
"It's not that you can't eat it." Su Han said with a firm attitude.
"Uh, actually, I'm mainly afraid that you will eat a bad stomach. Don't we have to go to Sutuo tomorrow, and it will be bad if the stomach is uncomfortable on the road."
Su Ran's words finally persuaded him to stop.
After the two had eaten, they finally remembered the three gifts on the coffee table over there.
"Come on, unwrap the gifts." Su Ran said, don't think she didn't see it, Su Han kept looking here during the meal just now.
"Which one are you going to unpack first?" After asking this, Su Ran felt that the question was a bit redundant, because Su Han had completely ignored the choice of the big box gift she gave.
However, when he finally opened the box and looked at the thick stack of exercise books inside, Su Han froze.
"The center point?"
"Well, how is it, isn't it suitable for you?"
Originally, Su Ran also thought about sending Su Han shoes and the like, but thinking that the shoes could be sent at any time, Su Ran decided to send something practical and meaningful.
Su Ran was deeply moved by the phrase "The best choice for sending relatives and children to relatives and children" in a treasure store.
Su Han: I suspect this woman did it on purpose, but I have no evidence.
"You bought a set last time." Su Han said with a dark face, not wanting to answer Su Ran's question about "suitability".
"This time is different, this time is more suitable for junior high school students, and it is still a special hardcover version."
Su Han: Oh, you're happy.
Although he looked disgusted, Su Han carefully carried the hardcover version of the exercise book into the room.
By the way, I took a photo and sent it to the circle of friends: the photo my mother sent me.
In the spit, it seems that there is still a little show off, how is fat four
"There are two other gifts, why don't you open them?" Su Ran couldn't help reminding Su Han when he saw that he had finished unwrapping the gifts he had given him, and stopped work and started to clean up the table.
"What's there to dismantle?" Su Han said indifferently. What did the man give him had nothing to do with him, he didn't want to know anyway.
"If you don't dismantle it, I can dismantle it," Su Ran said, and shook his head pretending to be, "Hey, I don't know what's inside, it won't be any dangerous goods."
"What strange series have you been watching recently?" Although he glanced at Su Ran with contempt, Su Han still took the two boxes in Su Ran's hand and removed the outer packaging of the two boxes.
First, the one from Zhou Fu.
Open it up, it's a watch.
The style is very simple and looks unremarkable. However, Su Ran was also a well-known master at the beginning, and he still has some knowledge.
This quick watch, the value is not low.
After that, Su Han reluctantly opened another box.
A rectangular box with a pen lying quietly in it.
Judging from the style of the pen body and the color on it, this pen should be very old.
A visibly worn pen? To be honest, based on Su Ran's knowledge, I really didn't find anything special about this pen, except that it was engraved with numbers and letters when it was opened.
Not only Su Ran, but Su Han was also taken aback when he saw the pen inside.
"Hey, who still writes with a pen now?" Su Han commented with great contempt. After all, he put the pen and the box into the box, obviously intending to hide the gift.
If Zhou Fu was still here, he would definitely be very resentful.
This pen is no ordinary pen.
This was handed down by the ancestors of the Lu family. Although it has no practical use, this pen has been passed down from generation to generation and has long since become a symbol of the head of the Lu family, which is of great significance.
As for the series of numbers engraved on the pen, it is even more incredible.
There is a rule in the Lu family. Every time the head of the family is in power, half of the funds at that time must be deposited in Bank R. Now that it has been passed down from generations, it is already a very huge amount, and one of the keys is exactly It's the string of characters on the pen.
Of course, it is impossible for the mother and son of the Su family to know these things.
Seeing that Su Han was just mocking a sentence by convention, and did not really dislike the gift from Lu Shao, Su Ran was relieved.
…
In the evening, when Su Han went downstairs to throw out the garbage, he looked at the "cake" in the bag and couldn't help but dug a lump of it with his fingers and put it in his mouth.
Sweet.
Su Han was still hesitating. When he wanted to come again, he looked up and saw the car parked not far away and the man who was getting out of the car.
"What are you doing here?" Su Han looked at Lu Shao, who was much taller than himself, and said bluntly.
"Today is your 13th birthday?" Lu Shao asked.
"Knowingly asking," Su Han frowned and said, "What do you want to say."
"Do you know what birthday means?" Lu Shao asked back.
"What else can I do, it's a year closer to my adulthood."
Without judging whether Su Han's words were right or wrong, Lu Shao's eyes sank, looking at the young man in front of him.
"Means you should know more."
Lu Shao said, looked at Su Han very seriously, and said, "I hope you can understand what responsibility is, now, you have important people by your side, and in the future, you will grow into a man, you will also There will be a family that belongs to you, and I hope you will take up that responsibility at any time."
"I hope you can learn to be calm in the face of things. It's hard to avoid impulses when you are young. However, impulses can't give you any help, it will only affect your judgment."
"I hope you are strong. Only by learning to be strong can you always protect the people you want to protect."
"I hope you are brave. Maybe there will be many difficulties in your life that you feel insurmountable and insurmountable, but it is useless to escape. When you face him, you will find that it is actually nothing."
"I want you to be decisive, because, a lot of times, reality doesn't give you that much time to think or hesitate..."
"I'm not talking about dying words..." Su Han lowered his head and said in a muffled voice.
Lu Shao: …
"Cough, I know what you said, now you can go back to your own place? Even if it's not scary at night, it's not okay to scare the flowers and plants..." Su Han turned around, full of disgust said.
"What's in your hand?"
"Uh, trash." He almost forgot to throw it away.
"And cake."
"give it to me."