Huo Sinuan sat alone on the sofa in the living room, listening to the laughter from the dining table from time to time, as if he was the most redundant one.
She clenched her sleeves tightly with her hands, and the poisonous snake in her heart spat out a letter. When looking at Huo Yan, his face became more gloomy and ugly.
Having tasted jealousy, one becomes ugly and unbearable.
But such a gloomy expression was only fleeting, and when everyone returned to the living room after dinner, a decent smile appeared on her face again.
"You haven't left yet."
When everyone clamored to unwrap the presents, Tang Qianmo whispered to Huo Sinuan: "If you don't leave like this, some people are really thick-skinned."
The corner of Huo Sinuan's mouth slightly raised: "He hasn't seen the gift I gave him yet, why did he leave?"
Tang Qianmo snorted dissatisfied: "What a big gift, it's so mysterious."
Huo Sinuan raised the corner of his mouth and ignored her.
The coffee table in the living room was filled with all kinds of packaged gift boxes, and a round chocolate cake was placed in the middle, with slender colored candles inserted on top of the cake.
Fu Shihan's eyebrows were twisted into hills, and when he wanted to get up several times, Shen Yuran held him down.
"You have to look like your birthday." Shen Yuran put the paper crown on Fu Shihan's head.
Fu Shihan took it off with one hand, and said flatly, "What a stupid hat."
"You're a birthday star, so you can't refuse." Shen Yuran took the paper crown and wanted to put it on Fu Shihan, but was blocked by Fu Shihan's sharp eyes.
Shen Yuran withdrew his hand and muttered: "If you don't wear it, then don't wear it, it's so fierce."
The paper crown in his hand was picked up by Huo Yan. Huo Yan compared it to his own head, and then put it directly on Fu Shihan's head.
"I think it's very interesting." Huo Yan took out his mobile phone and prepared to take a picture: "You don't wear a paper crown, who knows that you are a birthday star."
Fu Shihan's dark brown pupils tilted upwards, looking at the paper crown on his head, his face sank instantly.
Fu Shihan has a good appearance, and is even more calm and prudent in front of others. He will never play weird things and do things that damage his image.
Everyone thought he would lose his temper and take off the paper crown.
However, he never thought that Fu Shihan looked at Huo Yan's phone camera with a helpless expression, and even acquiesced in allowing her to take pictures of him.
"Okay." He was impatient, and seemed very reluctant to wear this thing.
"Smile."
Huo Yan tilted his head, frowned and looked at Fu Shihan: "Birthdays should be happy, and you always have a calm face, as if someone owes you money."
Fu Shihan's heart was pierced by her tilting his head. Looking at her slightly furrowed slender eyebrows and pink lips, he instantly felt elated.
Unknowingly, his complexion softened, his beautiful peach eyes slightly hooked up, facing Huo Yan's camera, his white teeth lightly parted, and he gave a flirtatious and light smile.
With a "click", Huo Yan pressed the shutter, freezing Fu Shihan's perfect smile that could be called stunning.
Everyone took out their mobile phones to take pictures of Fu Shihan, but he refused to show any face anymore, with an impatient look on his face: "It's almost done."
"Brother, why do you laugh when Huo Yan asks you to laugh? When it's our turn, you treat him differently." Tang Qianmo pouted: "It's not fair at all."
Fu Shihan took off the paper crown and put it on Huo Yan's head, looking at Tang Qianmo: "Not convinced?"
"Of course I'm not convinced."
"I can't bear it."
Fu Shihan was straightforward, too lazy to talk nonsense with this little girl.
"You... are a bit too biased. We are cousins by blood. You don't love me. I love younger sister Huo Yan. It's like this since I was a child." Tang Qianmo stomped his feet, but said with a smile: "Brother, can you give me a reason?" Let us brothers and sisters be convinced."
Fu Shihan directly pulled Huo Yan to sit next to him, and put the paper crown on her upright, as if she was the little birthday star, his eyes were full of pampering.
Huo Yan didn't resist, and sat obediently beside him, with a harmless look in his black and bright eyes.
"Growing up together, look at her honesty, how many times she bullied her." Fu Shihan put on his elder brother's tone: "If I don't protect her more, why don't you wolf cubs eat her alive? "
What Fu Shihan said was true, the brothers and sisters of the Fu family, since they were young, none of them could worry about it, playing together could poke a hole in the sky.
Huo Yan has been naive and honest since she was a child. When she meets these guys, she is always bullied and teased, but every time Fu Shihan always protects her like an elder brother.
Once the sisters of the Huo family spent their summer vacation at Fu's house, a few naughty boys headed by Tang Qianmo secretly fed the caught cicadas into Huo Yan's bed at night, the cicadas neighed, scaring Huo Yan out of bed, He didn't even have time to put on his shoes, so he ran to Fu Shihan's room with bare feet, snot and tears, and refused to let go of his arms, shaking with fright.
At that time, Fu Shihan was arrogant and cold-hearted towards everyone, but he treated this girl as his own sister, full of love and affection.
Huo Yan didn't dare to go back to his room, so Fu Shihan simply left her on his big bed, and after falling asleep with her, he took the blanket and went to the sofa in the living room for the night.
Before dawn the next morning, several cousins and sisters in the family were picked up by him and stood in a row in a military posture. In front of Huo Yan, a cicada crawled on the bridge of everyone's nose, and they didn't stop until they made her laugh.
Since then, the cousins have stopped bullying this silly little sister, knowing that she is being taken care of by the elder brother, and they dare not touch her again with ten courage.
But it's true that everyone likes Huo Yan. She has a bright and straightforward personality, and she doesn't care much. Getting along with her always feels very easy.
So not only Fu Shihan took care of Huo Yan, but even the young masters and ladies of the Fu family took care of her, so Huo Yan was never bullied at school.
More than ten years have passed in this flash.
"Blow out the candles." Fu Shihan pushed Huo Yan's shoulder, interrupting her thoughts.
She blinked inexplicably.
Fu Shihan pushed the cake in front of her, and said softly, "Blow out the candles for me."
"You are the birthday star, so it should be you who blows." Huo Yan insisted: "How can I let others do it for me."
"I'm an adult, you're a brat, I'll give you the chance." Fu Shihan said it as a matter of course, without any shame.
Huo Yan frowned: "Why am I such a poor kid..."
"Sister Huo Yan, elder brother has given you the chance to make a wish. If you don't blow it, I will blow it." Tang Qianmo came over and said in a serious manner: "Elder brother has always been very lucky. When I was young, fortune tellers said that elder brother is seeking benevolence. Deren's precious son of destiny, the chance to make a birthday wish is once in a thousand years, super effective, if you don't want it, just give it to me!"
Fu Shihan stretched out his white and slender fingertips, and pushed away Tang Qianmo's approaching face, and stared at Huo Yan with his dull eyes, and said lightly, "I will give you a wish."
"Is it really so effective?"
Huo Yan was still a little skeptical, but seeing that the wax in front of her was almost burnt out, she simply put her hands together in front of her chest, and made a pious wish—
"Hopefully I can get a scholarship this year!
Huo Yan bulged her cheeks and blew out all the candles.
"Wow, your wish is too wasteful. To get a scholarship, you might as well wish to buy a lottery ticket and win five million." Tang Qianmo seemed rather regretful.
Huo Yan curled her lips, and said, "Winning a lottery is simply an illusory thing, not as real as a scholarship."
She turned her head inadvertently and met Fu Shihan's deep and far-sighted eyes. He just stared at her like this for an unknown how long.
Huo Yan felt his cheeks burning hot
Several brothers and sisters were clamoring to eat cake, Fu Shihan took a knife and fork, and put the biggest piece of cake with chocolate cream and fruit into Huo Yan's small plate, and they shared the rest.
Huo Yan's eyes lit up when he saw this piece of cake with fruit. She likes dessert the most. The sweet taste spread on the tip of her tongue, she was extremely happy.
Fu Shihan watched her mouth full of food with satisfaction, took a paper towel, wiped her mouth, and disliked: "It looks like a cat, what a poor kid."
Huo Yan didn't bother to pay attention to him, he finished eating this sweet little cake happily, and then smacked his mouth with unfulfilled desire.
…
During the entire birthday celebration, Huo Sinuan sat alone on the edge of the sofa, and everyone divided up the cake, but she did not participate. A sister in the family kindly handed over a piece of cake, and she declined, saying that she wanted to lose weight and not eat these sweet and greasy things food.
After eating the cake, everyone excitedly asked Fu Shihan to open the presents. Fu Shihan didn't want to spoil everyone's interest, so he simply sat at the table, picked up the nearest gift box, and opened it.
The first gift was from Xiang Nan, a sports watch that can measure heart rate and fitness.
Xiang Nan suggested to Fu Shihan that it is best to record the number of steps you walk, calories burned, and sleep quality every day to monitor your physical health.
Fu Shihan knew that he was a data user, and no matter what he did, he was always in order. The last time Fu Shihan borrowed his computer, he accidentally found an excel sheet called "Periodic Table for Reasonable Release of Excess Energy-Xiang Nan", and his hands shaking the mouse shook.
"I have added a new special function to this watch." Holding the watch, Xiang Nan solemnly wanted to demonstrate it to Fu Shihan: "It is to turn it on when you are doing special sports, and you can record your duration and energy consumption, and then Automatically generate forms…”
"Thank you." Fu Shihan patted Xiang Nan on the shoulder and interrupted him: "There are still a few children here, if you have anything to say, go back to school and talk about it."
Huo Yan, who was regarded as a child, was playing with the watch that Xiang Nan had modified with great interest, completely ignoring what the two of them were talking about.
Xiang Nan also patted Fu Shihan's shoulder, and said solemnly, "You're welcome."
The gift Shen Yuran gave was a psp game console, while Xu Mingyi drew a safety talisman and gave it to Fu Shihan. He himself said that he had consecrated it himself, and he had read the Guanyin Heart Sutra to it all night, and it would definitely bless Fu Shihan in peace.
Fu Shihan didn't know if he was consecrated, but last night he did hear Xu Mingyi's nagging mosquitoes all night.
Fu Shihan put the peace talisman in his bag, and smiled faintly: "Thank you, second child."
Xu Mingyi: "It's good, it's good."
Huo Sinuan glanced at Xu Mingyi coldly, obviously dismissive. Tang Qianmo understood Huo Sinuan's expression, and said in a low voice: "There is a saying that courtesy is less important than affection, haven't you heard it?"
"If I don't have the money to give it away, I'd rather not give it away." Huo Sinuan also said in a low voice: "Bringing this kind of thing out is shabby, and I'm not afraid of making jokes, and I don't care about the time."
Tang Qianmo squinted at her: "What a precious gift you have prepared."
Huo Sinuan smiled, and pushed his gift box in front of Fu Shihan: "Shihan, take a look, do you like it?"
Fu Shihan caught a glimpse of the letters on the black gift box at a glance.
Although he seldom uses luxury goods, he also knows the grade of this brand. Huo Sinuan chose to take out such an expensive gift after seeing Xu Mingyi's gift, the intention was actually very obvious.
Compared with the gifts of other people in the family, her gift may not be so eye-catching, but Xu Mingyi's family is poor and can't afford any particularly expensive gifts. In such a comparison, Huo Sinuan's gift will stand out .
The atmosphere at the scene was a little delicate for a while, and even Huo Yan could see her sister's intentions.
Xu Mingyi's expression was calm, as if he was merciful and merciful to save all sentient beings.
Under Huo Sinuan's expectant gaze, Fu Shihan directly pushed away her gift, looked at Huo Yan in front of him, and asked, "Where's yours?"
Suddenly being named, Huo Yan didn't know, so: "What?"
"Your gift to me."
Huo Yan looked at Huo Sinuan, her face darkened instantly, extremely ugly.
"Not ready?"
"Ready." Huo Yan had no choice but to take out his present, a small black gift box, and handed it to Fu Shihan.
Fu Shihan pursed his thin lips lightly, evoking a slight smile, skillfully opened the box with his slender white fingertips, revealing a dark brown leather belt inside.
He had a slightly surprised expression, thinking that Huo Yan would still be the same as in the past, either giving him a watercolor painting, or giving him a handmade gadget.
did not expect…
Huo Yan anxiously observed Fu Shihan's expression, his palms were sweating a little, seeing his serious expression, don't think he doesn't like it.
"Wow, this year's sister Huo Yan's gift to brother is very different from the past." Tang Qianmo shouted first: "Brother, don't call me a child anymore, sister Huo Yan has grown up too."
Fu Shihan's eyes were dark, and there was an elusive expression at the end of those beautiful peach eyes, which seemed gentle and distressed.
His jade-like fingertips stroked the smooth surface of the leather belt, and said with a faint smile, "It's grown up."
With his smile, a stone in Huo Yan's heart finally fell to the ground, as long as he likes it.
Fu Shihan carefully repacked the box, then carried it in front of him like a baby, and then went to unwrap other presents.
And Huo Sinuan immediately said: "Shihan, you haven't opened my gift yet."
Fu Shihan looked at her, then at his parents standing not far away with stern faces, and finally opened Huo Sinuan's gift box with one hand.
Her gift was also a belt.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that this one is far superior to the one Huo Yan presented, both in terms of texture and brand.
Tang Qianmo let out a "wow" in feigned surprise, and said, "Sister Si Nuan, you and Huo Yan are real sisters, even the gifts are the same, so there is a clear understanding."
"Yeah, I didn't think of it either."
Huo Sinuan looked at Huo Yan proudly, she pursed her lips tightly and did not say a word.
Tang Qianmo said again: "Sister Sinuan, your belt must be very expensive, at least five figures!"
"It's okay, I think this brand is more suitable for Shihan." Huo Sinuan said with a meaningful smile: "Boys, belts show class, how can you wear any random brand on your body."
Comparing the same gift like this, Huo Yan's belt paled in comparison.
Hearing Tang Qianmo's words, Huo Yan's face turned livid in an instant. He looked at the belt, then at Huo Sinuan, and clenched his fists involuntarily.
Not because of what Huo Sinuan said, but...
She finally understood why her mother had to pawn the watch left by her grandma!
"I think this belt matches Shihan's temperament very well, what do you think?" Huo Sinuan asked the people around him.
The big guys had different expressions, Xu Mingyi's mouth curled up slightly, he smiled without saying a word, Xiang Nan didn't speak, and Shen Yuran just smiled awkwardly.
Fu Shihan closed the box silently, pushed the box in front of Huo Sinuan with his index and middle fingers, and said lightly, "Thank you, but I can't take it."
Huo Sinuan's face instantly collapsed, and he asked in shock, "Why!"
Fu Shihan lowered his fine eyelashes and looked at Huo Sinuan, his dark brown eyes were as cold as ice.
"It's too expensive to bear."
He raised the box in his hand blankly: "Also, there is already one of the same gift."