Perhaps because Wenliang's personality was not pleasing in his previous life, his family rarely celebrated his birthday. They would just boil two eggs and put them in his backpack. As for his friends, there was no need to mention them. You couldn't even count them on one hand. Who would care whether it was his birthday or not? Only Tan Yu would get an extra meat dish from the school cafeteria on this day, and the two of them would get together to improve their lives. As for gifts, he should not dream of them.
Wen Liang himself actually didn't care. It was just the beginning of his life's trials and tribulations. He didn't know what was worth being happy about or celebrating. But since many things had become different in this life, he had no choice but to let nature take its course and satisfy the wishes of his parents and friends.
Ding Mei and Ding Lan closed the shop early today and went home. They cooked a sumptuous dinner and opened a bottle of Moutai for the first time. Wen Liang and Wen Huaiming divided it in half each. The small living room was filled with laughter and joy.
After finishing the meal, he looked at the alarm clock on the wall and saw that it was almost eight o'clock. Wen Liang nodded at Wen Huaiming, who coughed and said, "Don't you have something else to do? You've already eaten, so hurry up!"
Ding Mei was cleaning up the dishes. Hearing this, she turned around and said, "What time is it? Can't you do it tomorrow? It's a rare opportunity for the whole family to get together. I'm happy to celebrate your birthday. Don't go out tonight."
"Mom, I have an appointment with some friends. I don't want to stand them up. How about this? I'll go over and say hello and I'll be back soon."
Ding Lan also chimed in, "Xiao Liang, just go. It's good for a boy to make more friends!" Her thoughts would sometimes involuntarily linger on Wen Liang's past. She felt that it was not easy for him to make a few friends, and boys all wanted to save face, so he shouldn't be unable to hold his head up in front of his friends because of his parents' strict control.
"Okay, let's go early and come back early," Ding Mei finally said, "I just drank some wine, so be careful on the road."
The restaurant Xu Yao and the others booked was Yaxiang Garden, which had a first-class environment and a high price. Fortunately, the girls and Zhihe Ren Yi and others were not short of money, and Tan Yu's family had also made significant progress because Tan Xue's work had improved significantly, so it was not a problem for them to contribute a little.
Wen Liang asked the front desk about the location of the private room. A male waiter in work clothes took him up to the second floor. When they reached the door of the room, he smiled and said, "Sir, this is the private room you reserved."
Wen Liang thanked him and looked at the door first. Fortunately, it was closed tightly, not half-hidden, and there was a wash basin on the top. He didn't know if these guys would play a prank, nor did he know what secrets were hidden behind the door. But based on his understanding of Ren Yi and others, it would be a shame to not do something weird with such a good opportunity, as it would be a shame to their wretched faces.
"Dude, could you please open the door?"
Wen Liang stopped the waiter who was about to leave. Although he felt strange, he still knocked on the door obediently, then grasped the door handle and gently pushed it open. Before he could see what was going on inside the room clearly, more than a dozen water lines were fired at the same time, instantly soaking his entire body.
"Hahaha, you're like a drowned chicken now, right?" This is Ren Yi, who is holding a water gun in his hand and laughing wildly towards the sky.
"Take a picture quickly, take a picture quickly!" Zhang Song fiddled with the camera in his hand. Xu Yao was anxiously jumping up and down beside him, fearing that Zhang Song would be too slow and miss this historic moment.
"Brother Wen's wet body is so tempting. My heart is beating fast. Wow, haha!" It was so disgusting that only Liu Zhihe with a lewd smile on his face could describe it.
The others also laughed together. Wen Liang half emerged from behind the dumbfounded waiter, waved his hand, and said, "Hey, what are you laughing at?"
"Well… "
The noise in the room stopped abruptly, and everyone realized that they had shot the wrong person. Wen Liang's whole body was as dry as the Sahara Desert, so how could he be wet at all? The male waiter was drenched, and water dripped down his cheeks. He looked at everyone in the room with a bitter face, not knowing what to do.
Wen Liang stretched out his right hand and pointed at the heads one by one. Ren Yi was embarrassed and quickly threw the water gun aside. Liu Zhihe hid behind Yang Yang, but his fat body exposed him completely. Xu Yao seemed like a little white rabbit caught eating carrots. She pretended to be calm and held Ning Xiaoning's hand sitting next to her, saying, "Hey, Xiaoning, you're back from the capital. Long time no see. Come and give me a hug!"
Ning Xiaoning looked helpless in the face of Xu Yao's shameless bear hug. Wen Liang had no way to deal with this group of people, so he took out 500 yuan from his wallet and handed it to the male waiter, saying, "I'm sorry, it's my birthday today, and my friends were joking around. I didn't expect to scare you. This little money is my apology. Go and change your clothes."
The waiter refused to accept it. He only earned a few dollars a month. Five hundred yuan could cover two or three months' salary. He said, "It's okay. It's a hot day. Just treat it as a drop in temperature. We are all grown men. It's not a big deal."
Wen Liang stuffed it into his hand and said with a smile: "Take it, or I will feel bad..."
The waiter took the money and left with a smile on his face, thinking that it would be nice if such good things happened more often every day. After the door closed, Wen Liang snorted coldly, "Ren Yi came up with the idea, Fatty Liu bought the props, Tan Yu fanned the flames, and Xu Yao must be the organizer. The four of you should pay me the 500 yuan obediently. I will pay you 100 yuan interest for every day you delay!"
When Ren Yi heard the interest of 100 yuan, his eyes immediately turned green and he angrily said, "Dinosaur, roll over, the interest is too high, isn't it?"
"This is a friendly price to give you face. Otherwise, it will go up by ten points."
Liu Zhihe slapped his chest and said, "I don't have any money, but I have a single hair on my chest! Boss Wen, you are a high school student, but you are so unscrupulous as to lend money at high interest rates. Do you really need to go that far in your industry?"
Tan Yu stroked her hair in a very coquettish manner and said, "Brother Wen, I really don't have any money. If you don't mind, I will be your maid!"
Wen Liang laughed, gave the three of them a middle finger, and walked towards the empty seat in the middle. When he passed by Xie Yan, he deliberately teased her with a dark face, saying, "Xie Yan, as a college student who is about to enter Jiangdong University, you must be able to distinguish right from wrong and good from evil when you are with this group of people. I saw you were having a lot of fun shooting with a water gun just now, so you must be vigilant and don't be led astray by them!"
Xie Yan blushed, stuffed the water gun in his hand under the table again and again, lowered his head and said: "I won't dare to do it again..."
"… I was joking, can you hear that?"
Although the splashy welcome ceremony failed because of Wen Liang's treachery, the following scene was still very lively. A group of people ate, drank and played, and after singing the birthday song and blowing out the candles, they started a cake fight. As the birthday boy, Wen Liang naturally became the focus of attention, but because he was too flexible, his success rate in dodging attacks almost exceeded that of Yun Qisong, so he aroused public anger. First, Ren Yi, Tan Yu, Zhang Song and Jiang Tao clamped his left and right arms and pressed him to the ground, and then Liu Zhihe used his own weight to firmly press his legs so that he could not move.
Then the girls cheered and jumped for joy, losing their usual reserve, and rushed one after another to smear almost all the cream on Wen Liang's face. The funniest one among them was Meng Ke. The little girl drew a pig on Wen Liang's forehead with cream. She couldn't stop laughing, so she slipped and fell backwards. Fortunately, it was not serious. She covered her butt and became much more honest. The one who made the most of the last blow was Xie Yan. Under Xu Yao's instigation, he mustered up the courage to stand aside and hesitated for a long time, but was bumped by Meng Ke who slipped and fell. The cake in his hand was stuffed into Wen Liang's mouth, almost choking the uncle. It was all thanks to Ji Su's quick eyes and hands. He ran to the table to pour tea, and held his head and drank a few sips, so as to avoid becoming the first tragic person to be choked to death by cake on his birthday.
After the battle, the house was in a mess, and everyone was staggering and exhausted, but everyone was still in high spirits and having a great time. Xu Yao stood on the chair, clapped her hands, and shouted, "Now I announce... gifts are being given!"
Wen Liangteng sat up straight and was the first to applaud, saying, "I've been ravaged by you all night, and it's finally time to repay you!"
Everyone looked at him with contempt, then lined up and gave each of them their carefully prepared gifts with laughter. Although they were not expensive and Wen Liang had explained it in advance, each gift showed the deep affection and sincerity.
Wen Liang bowed and thanked them, saying, "Dear brothers, sisters, ladies and gentlemen, today's birthday is the happiest I have ever had in my life. Of course, this is also the first time in my life that I celebrate my birthday with my friends..."
"Shh!"
There was a chorus of boos.
"Well, can you please give me some face?"
The boos got louder!
Wen Liang pretended not to hear and happily put the gift into his bag. Ren Yi couldn't help but complain, "Brother Wen, can you give us some face? You've never accepted a gift in your life?"
Wen Liang glanced at Ren Yi and asked, "Brother Ren, I heard that you were very busy during the summer vacation. No one could find you. Did you go out to sell drugs?"
Ren Yi raised his eyebrows proudly and said, "This is much more interesting than drug trafficking. Bro, go to the deaf... Ahem, can't say, can't say!"
Ren Yi's evasiveness aroused everyone's interest. Liu Zhihe sat next to him, put his arm around his shoulders and asked, "Are you going to confess yourself, or do you want me to torture you?"
“I can’t… Ha, ha, don’t, don’t scratch me, okay, okay, I admit it, I admit it!”
Ren Yi's Achilles' heel is being ticklish. It's not just a simple fear, but the kind that makes him laugh until he pees: "I went to a school for the deaf and dumb to be a volunteer teacher..."
Before he finished his sentence, the whole room was filled with gasps. Xu Yao refused to believe it and said, "You want to be a teacher? Do you want to mislead the students?"
Ren Yi smiled and said, "It's not that serious. I just need to learn sign language, play games with the kids, and do some extracurricular activities. I won't miss them."
Wen Liang looked directly at the essence of the problem and said, "Where are you going? No, I remember now, don't tell me that Song Wan is also a volunteer at the deaf and mute school?" (To be continued)