Yin Chang looked puzzled, what are you doing? Still blindfolded
But seeing that the staff and the photographer didn't respond, Yin Chang still bent down cooperatively and asked Shao Junling to cover his eyes for him.
Then, he felt Shao Junling holding his hand and leading him forward step by step.
"Isn't it hide-and-seek? What is this for?" Yin Chang guessed blankly, "Is it because Shao Junling took the longest time to find me, so I have to accept punishment?"
The staff next to him let out a muffled laugh: "You can think so too."
Shao Junling held Yin Chang's hand tightly, but said nothing.
After being blindfolded for ten minutes, Yin Chang gradually became suspicious. Could there be other reasons
Wait, Yin Chang's heart skipped a beat, thinking of something.
Today seems to be...
At this moment, Shao Junling stopped, and Yin Chang vaguely felt that there were people around. Although no one spoke, Yin Chang felt the tense atmosphere of all the staff holding their breath.
"Brother..." Hearing Shao Junling calling him, Yin Chang's heartbeat started to speed up.
Shao Junling grabbed his arm, stood on tiptoe, and untied the ribbon that bound his eyes for him.
His eyes lit up, and at the same time, deafening blessings sounded in his ears—
"Yin Chang! Happy birthday!!!"
I saw that he was in the cave dwelling where he and Shao Junling lived. The place was filled with lanterns and balloons, and it was decorated joyfully.
There is a birthday cake on the table in the center of the room, with Yin Chang's name drawn on it in chocolate, and two candles with the number "19" inserted, which have already been lit.
Even though he thought of this possibility for a moment, Yin Chang was still shocked when he saw this scene.
All the guests surrounded him happily and sang birthday wishes in unison.
"Happy birthday to you...! Happy birthday to you...!"
Yin Chang subconsciously raised his wrist to cover his mouth, his mood at the moment was indescribably complicated.
... because it was too unexpected, and it had been too long since anyone celebrated his birthday like this.
Yin Chang is not a person who likes to make things happen. When he was in middle school, because of his popularity, a girl who liked him once planned a birthday party for him. Yin Chang was also very happy at first, but after experiencing similar situations several times, he found it boring.
Birthday is indeed a special day, but he always feels that he should decide how to live this day.
If the program team greeted him in advance, Yin Chang would probably refuse...
However, seeing everyone doing their best to celebrate his birthday, it would be a lie to say that they are not moved.
The only fly in the ointment is that there are still many cameras facing him at this moment, making this banquet look a bit like a show.
Yin Chang suppressed his messy emotions and tried his best to look happy.
After the birthday song, Yin Chang said: "Thank you everyone... I really didn't expect..." His voice trembled unnaturally, maybe because he was afraid of being too sensational, Yin Chang stepped forward quickly, and blew out the candle with a "huh" up.
Everyone originally wanted him to make a wish or something, but seeing him so straightforward, they were all taken aback.
Huang Han smiled and said: "The birthday boy is too anxious, so hurry up and cut the cake, Xiaolu has been craving this cake all afternoon!"
Everyone laughed at the words, and Yin Chang couldn't help laughing. He pulled out the candles, cut the cake, and asked everyone to sit down.
In addition to cakes, there are many meals, pastries and fruits on the table. Judging by the messy arrangement and unattractive dishes, they should be made by the friends themselves.
Not only that, they also prepared gifts for each.
"Choose whatever you want, don't dislike it." Wang Chen threw a small gift box to him.
Yin Chang was a little surprised: "When did you know about my birthday?"
You can't buy such an exquisite gift box in such a small place, and they must have prepared it in advance.
"I knew it before I came here," Qin Jingshan said with a smile, "It's so hard to behave like usual after seeing you!"
"Yes!" Many people laughed and echoed.
Wang Chen made a "V" gesture with his hands: "Fortunately, I kept it secret, and successfully completed the task!"
"Celebrating Yin Chang's birthday counts as a mission?" Huang Han teased him, "Now we can be regarded as revolutionary comrades in arms who have suffered together!"
Wang Chen hurriedly changed his words: "I mean, if it wasn't for the program crew's instructions, I would definitely have slipped my mouth!"
"Ha ha ha ha… "
"Whether it's a mission or sincerity, everyone's happiness is the most important thing. Thank you for celebrating my birthday." Yin Chang said something on the scene, and then asked a few words about their preparation process.
After listening to their answers, Yin Chang connected all the suspicious details together, such as why he was the only one who was called away at noon and issued a mission card, why the hiding place was so far away, why it took so long for Shao Junling to come to him...
Therefore, there is no "hide and seek" activity at all. This is a hole dug by the program team specifically for him, just to lure him to the cave dwelling on the mountain to rest.
When everyone is ready, the program team will ask Shao Junling to find him... and Shao Junling is also part of the implementation plan.
Yin Chang squinted at Shao Junling, and saw that he was holding a piece of cake, licking the cream on it intently.
"..." This kid likes eating cakes so much, it is estimated that a piece of cake can easily buy him off.
"However, don't you remember your own birthday?" Qin Jingshan looked at him and said, "I remember my birthday very well."
"That's right, we were still worried about what to do if you figured it out." Wang Chen squinted at him like he was looking at a fool, "I didn't expect that you really didn't notice it!"
"I really forgot." Yin Chang smiled, but a trace of undetectable sadness flashed in his eyes.
During the dinner, they talked about a lot of interesting things during the preparation process, such as how the program team ordered this fresh milk cake from a city two hours away, and it was transported thousands of miles in a freezer. How to prevent You Luming from stealing food all afternoon, as well as the dishes on the dinner table—this time several dishes were cooked by Qin Jingshan.
"The last time I went back, I specially learned how to cook from my aunt at home!" Qin Jingshan said proudly.
"But it looks like dark cooking..." Lang Chizhi stared at a plate of dark braised pork bluntly.
"Hey!" Qin Jingshan couldn't deal with a straight guy without EQ the most.
"Let the birthday star taste it first! Let the birthday star taste it first!" Wang Chen booed.
Yin Chang: "..."
"Yin Chang, a birthday star, still has to be a guinea pig, how miserable hahaha." Huang Han laughed.
Seeing Yin Chang take a sip, everyone asked expectantly, "How is it? Is it delicious?"
"Not... not bad." Yin Chang raised his eyebrows.
Everyone just moved their chopsticks, and it turned out...
"Wow! It's so salty!" "It's really salty!" "Sister Qin, did you kill the salt seller!"
"Lang Chizhi, what did you call me!?"
Yin Chang looked at them and finally couldn't help laughing.
A group of people ate lively for more than an hour before the birthday party ended.
After everyone dispersed and the cameraman retreated, Yin Chang relaxed.
He rubbed his eyebrows and asked Shao Junling: "Did you know what happened tonight?"
"Well," Shao Junling squatted in front of the suitcase, not knowing what he was looking for, "An aunt in the program group called me."
"Why didn't you tell me earlier?" Yin Chang was a little annoyed.
"She said it was a surprise and she couldn't tell you." Shao Junling said seriously.
"I've never seen you listen to others like this before." Yin Chang felt betrayed, because in his heart, Shao Junling was already his own. "I'm your brother, why did you cooperate with outsiders to hide it from me?"
Shao Junling was anxious by his question, turned his head and said, "I, I reminded you."
Yin Chang wondered, "When did you remind me?"
"WeChat header, I changed the cake." Shao Junling blinked, looking very innocent.
"..." What kind of code is this? Who the hell would have guessed that the show crew was going to celebrate his birthday
Yin Chang turned around twice angrily, and asked again: "So you knew when I left at noon? Are you pretending to be asleep?"
Shao Junling let out a "hmm" and continued to squat in front of the suitcase to search.
Seeing that he had been squatting for almost five minutes, Yin Chang was a little impatient: "What are you looking for?"
Shao Junling stood up slowly, holding a piece of something in his hand, walked up to him and said, "Here you are."
Yin Chang took a look and saw that it was a colored pencil drawing.
The painting is a person, a bit abstract, it can be seen that he is wearing sunglasses, but the posture is very strange, and there are two tail-like things dragging on the soles of his feet.
"Did you draw this?"
"Hmm..." Shao Junling looked at him, with a glimmer of hope in his eyes, "It's you."
"This is me?" Yin Chang couldn't believe it, "Is this me!?"
Shao Junling gestured and explained: "It looks like you are skiing in Switzerland."
Yin Chang didn't know whether to cry or laugh. Although he was not as narcissistic as Wang Chen, he had a certain understanding of his appearance. But looking at Shao Junling's painting, he really couldn't connect that abstract figure with himself...
He was a little suspicious of what he looked like in Shao Junling's eyes.
—It’s really ugly.
Yin Chang sighed, no matter what, Shao Junling would draw a picture for him as a birthday present, which was considered intentional.
He adjusted his mood and said "thank you".
"I'm going to take a shower first." Yin Chang found clothes and went to take a shower.
Shao Junling glanced at the painting that was casually placed beside the bed, and then looked at Yin Chang's back, with a disappointed expression.
After returning from the bath, Yin Chang lay down on the kang, his whole body calmed down, and the messy emotions in his heart surged up again.
After a while, Shao Junling also came back after washing.
The little guy climbed onto the bed, lay down beside Yin Chang for a while, and broke the silence first: "Brother."
"Huh?" Yin Chang felt a little tired and was too lazy to speak.
"...Are you unhappy?" Shao Junling asked in a low voice.
Yin Chang instinctively said: "I'm not unhappy, I'm very happy."
Shao Junling propped himself up, leaned over, and stared at his face for a while: "Liar...you're not happy."
The other party's decisive tone made Yin Chang a little dumbfounded.
Shao Junling frowned slightly, and guessed like a little adult: "Because I kept it from you, are you unhappy?"
Yin Chang: "...no."
Shao Junling lowered his eyes: "Is my painting not good?"
Yin Chang smiled "puchi", stretched out his hand and pressed him down: "Don't guess, it has nothing to do with you."
Shao Junling broke away from his palm, persevered to get out of his arm, and continued to study Yin Chang's expression.
Yin Chang was seen by him with nowhere to hide, his heart felt loose, and he said, "On my eighteenth birthday last year, my father called me..." Yin Chang closed his eyes and said quietly, "Then That was the last time I heard his voice."
So, since Yoon Dong passed away, he has been avoiding this day.
It wasn't that he stayed so naturally that he couldn't remember his birthday, but that he was deliberately ignoring and forgetting so as not to bring up sad memories.
"At that time, my father said on the phone that in another month, he would come back to make up for my birthday. He also said that he would give me a big gift to make sure I like it..." Yin Chang chuckled, his tone full of endless loneliness and deep love. Deep self-deprecating, "Unexpectedly, a month later, what I was waiting for was the sad news of his death."
The program team wanted to give him a surprise, but Yin Chang didn't want this surprise at all.
Of course, they didn't know anything about his inner grievances, and Yin Chang didn't blame them either.
After Yin Chang finished those two sentences, the room fell into an eerie silence.
Shao Junling stared at him fixedly, but did not respond for a long time.
This feeling of digging open the deep wound in his heart and exposing it to others made Yin Chang very uncomfortable.
Especially when he was facing a young brother who was not familiar with the world, Yin Chang felt that as an elder, he should not be so vulnerable.
"Why are you telling me this..." He raised his hand to cover his eyes, and smiled pretending to be calm, "Hehe, well, it's no big deal, it's been almost a year..."
As he spoke, Yin Chang suddenly felt his body sink.
... Shao Junling hugged him.
The little guy lay on top of him, hugging him with hands and feet, with his little face pressed against his heart, and called softly: "Brother."
Yin Chang rubbed his head, thinking, it's fine now, he still has at least one relative.
Moreover, there are so many friends accompanying him on his birthday tonight.
"I am very happy today..."
Yin Chang was very tired and wanted to urge Shao Junling to sleep, but Shao Junling interrupted him before he finished speaking.
"I am, that gift." Shao Junling told him.
"...Huh?" Because he was immersed in his own emotions, Yin Chang's brain was a little dull, "What did you say?"
"I'm the gift Dad wants to give you." Shao Junling repeated clearly.
"..."
Yin Chang's heart beat uncontrollably, Shao Junling's words seemed to penetrate his chest directly, impacting his heart like a thunderous tsunami.
There was buzzing in my ears, and several fragments quickly flashed through my mind.
—I will prepare a big gift for you, I guarantee you like it.
——Yin Dong wanted to adopt a boy named Shao Junling before his death.
—I am the gift that Dad wants to give you.
…
With a numb heart, Yin Chang murmured unconsciously: "Then why... didn't he tell me in advance?"
Shao Junling raised his head slightly: "Because I didn't agree at that time."
Yin Chang: "?"
Shao Junling explained: "It was three weeks after this day last year that I agreed to my father... to accept adoption."
Yin Chang: "..."
So, this was a "surprise" that Yin Dong wanted to give him at that time? Also have to keep it secret in advance
Shao Junling's firm eyes confirmed his guess.
Yin Chang calmed down a little, and grabbed Shao Junling and asked many details: "How did Dad tell you about this? How did he mention me to you?"
Shao Junling: "He said, you are abroad alone, very lonely."
Yin Chang: "..."
At the beginning, Yin Dong also said a lot, saying that Yin Chang was handsome and beautiful, but his personality was a little sensitive and fragile... Shao Junling had poor comprehension ability at that time, and he still didn't understand a little bit. Now he seems to understand a little bit, but he doesn't want to say it Yin Chang listened, because he thought Yin Chang would be angry when he heard it.