On Tang Qiyuan's birthday, Tom Bote and Yuan Qiu always paid attention to it. They started preparing from the day before, cooked a table full of dishes for several children, and arranged the house as festive as a festival.
As in previous years, the seven little Omega happily exchanged gifts with each other. Their birthdays are on the same day, so it is their annual practice to thank each other for their birth and companionship.
After eating at noon, Tang Qiyuan played with his brothers at home for a while, and when he was watching his brothers playing games, he received a call from Sheng Cen.
"Come to my house for dinner later, my mother is going to celebrate your birthday." Sheng Cen said calmly on the phone.
"How did Auntie know that today is my birthday?" Tang Qiyuan asked with a smile while holding the phone.
Sheng Cen was silent for a while, then asked: "... What do you think?"
Tang Qiyuan couldn't help giggling, it was naturally because his good deskmate remembered his birthday, and then told Queen Xia.
Sheng Cen felt a little embarrassed by his smile, coughed lowly, and said in a rough voice, "I'll pick you up later."
"Okay." Tang Qiyuan agreed with a cheerful voice, and an inexplicable anticipation rose in her heart.
He played at home for a while, then calmly waited for Sheng Cen to pick him up.
When Tang Qiyuan followed Sheng Cen to the Orchid Palace, the entire Orchid Palace was silent. As soon as he walked in, Empress Xia and Sheng Xi suddenly appeared, and began to sing birthday songs to him with smiles on their faces. He held two balloons in his hand, clapped his hands decently, and sang cheerfully with them, looking innocent and cute.
Tang Qiyuan smiled moved, feeling warm in her heart.
After singing, everyone began to give gifts to Tang Qiyuan. Empress Xia gave Tang Qiyuan a scarf woven by herself, and Sheng Xi gave Tang Qiyuan a painting he had drawn by himself.
Yan Fei didn't know about Tang Qiyuan's birthday today, but he happened to be here and met by chance, so he didn't prepare a special gift, but took out a membership card from his pocket and gave it to Tang Qiyuan. Store membership card.
Tang Qiyuan accepted the gifts one by one, smiled gratefully at everyone, and was very happy in his heart. The reason why he was so happy was not because these gifts were so expensive, but because he could feel their intentions from these gifts. So very touched.
After Yan Fei finished delivering her gift, she looked up at Sheng Cen and said with a smile, "Brother Cen, where is your gift?"
Sheng Cen didn't answer, he turned around and went upstairs, after a while, he came down with some papers.
Yan Fei couldn't help curling her lips when she saw it, "Brother Cen, isn't this your gift?"
Sheng Cen ignored him and handed the paper directly to Tang Qiyuan.
Yan Fei stared at the two mediocre papers for a long time, but couldn't see anything special, so she couldn't help but feel a little puzzled, feeling that Sheng Cen's gift was really shabby, but the next moment, he Seeing Tang Qiyuan's eyes burst into intense surprise, he smiled happier than when they gave gifts just now, as if he had won some priceless treasure.
Tang Qiyuan turned over the papers one by one, looked up at Sheng Cen in surprise, and asked excitedly, "Did you pass every subject?"
Sheng Cen nodded his head very reservedly, but his eyes were firmly fixed on Tang Qiyuan, paying attention to his every reaction.
Tang Qiyuan cheered happily, jumped up holding the paper, and hugged him, "That's great! You've improved again!"
Tang Qiyuan was very happy. In the last exam, Sheng Cen got a high score of 30 points. He was very pleasantly surprised. He didn't expect that Sheng Cen passed the exam directly!
Sheng Cen bent his lips and asked with a smile, "Are you satisfied with this birthday present?"
"Satisfied! Very satisfied!" Tang Qiyuan's eyes twinkled with little stars, looking at the score on the paper, she couldn't help but want to praise Sheng Cen, "My tablemate, you are worthy of it, you are making rapid progress, it seems that you have worked hard Sure enough, it will not be in vain, we will continue to work hard, you have to believe that as long as you work hard, you will definitely achieve better results."
Hearing the compliment from his deskmate, Sheng Cen looked at Yan Fei with great pleasure, and raised his eyebrows showing off.
Yan Fei pursed her lips, and leaned close to Sheng Xi's ear to bite, "Brother Xi, Brother Cen is a liar."
He has often come to Lan Palace since he was a child, so he naturally knows how good Sheng Cen is at studying, and of course he will not be deceived by the so-called sixty points. He can tell that Sheng Cen is lying.
Sheng Xi chuckled, and said in a low voice, "Then expose him quickly."
Yan Fei shook his head, pretending to be scared on purpose, and exaggeratedly said, "I don't dare."
Sheng Xi was amused by his appearance, and his pale face was slightly rosy. Yan Fei and others stared at his cheeks, and his eyes straightened unconsciously. The smile on his face followed Sheng Xi's smile. Become bigger, and then pretend to be more scared, making Sheng Xi laugh even more happily.
Tang Qiyuan was very satisfied with Sheng Cen's birthday gift, but Empress Xia felt wronged for Tang Qiyuan, patted Sheng Cen on the head and said, "What kind of gift is this? No, no, Xiao Qi, if you want anything, just ask me." He said, let him give you a gift again."
Tang Qiyuan looked up at Sheng Cen, and asked expectantly, "Is it okay?"
Sheng Cen reluctantly nodded, "Don't ask me to be friends with Chen Zizhan, just do it."
Tang Qiyuan nodded, and said without hesitation: "I want to hear you play the piano."
Since the last time he saw that piano in Sheng Cen's room, he wanted to hear Sheng Cen play the piano himself.
When Yan Fei heard his words, he immediately cheered: "That's great, I haven't heard Brother Cen play the piano for a long time."
Sheng Cen frowned slightly, looked up at Tang Qiyuan, "Do you really want to hear it?"
"En." Tang Qiyuan nodded, looking expectantly.
Sheng Cen hesitated for a moment, took Tang Qiyuan's hand and went upstairs directly, Yan Fei followed and wanted to listen together, but he shut the door mercilessly.
Yan Fei had no choice but to go downstairs resentfully, ran to Sheng Xi's place for comfort, and took the opportunity to act like a baby like crazy.
After Sheng Cen entered the room, he let Tang Qiyuan sit down on the sofa, then walked over and lifted the piano cover, and sat down in front of the piano.
Although he hasn't played this piano for a long time, Empress Xia has always asked someone to clean it carefully for him, so there is no dust on the piano, it is still spotless and brand new.
Sheng Cen stared blankly at the piano for a while, then turned his head to look at Tang Qiyuan, Tang Qiyuan was looking at him expectantly, his dark pupils were clean and focused, he was the only one in his eyes,
He couldn't help smiling, turned his head, put his fingers on the piano, and pressed the keys lightly. The familiar melody was already in his heart. Even though he hadn't played it for a long time, his fingers still seemed to have memories, and he pressed the keys skillfully. .
Following Sheng Cen's movements, the brisk piano sound slowly flowed out of the room. Tang Qiyuan was fascinated lying on the sofa, listening quietly. What Sheng Xi said was right. Sheng Cen really played the piano very well. The gifted kind is good, every note seems to have his life.
Tang Qiyuan was listening to the music, and stared fixedly at Sheng Cen's back. Sheng Cen's sitting posture was very upright, and his movements of playing the piano were very skillful, with ease. Just like the little prince in the book.
Tang Qiyuan thought blankly, he is indeed a prince, but it's a pity that he was not well protected like the little prince in the book, but had to face this cold world from a very young age, but fortunately, he And his mother, his brother, and his favorite piano.
After the song ended, Sheng Cen stopped his movements, turned his head and asked him warmly, "Are you satisfied with this birthday gift?"
"...satisfied." Tang Qiyuan nodded blankly. He was still immersed in the piano sound just now, and he came back to his senses after a half-beat delay.
He lowered his eyes and said with some regret: "Will you still play for me in the future?"
Sheng Cen looked into his eyes, gave a soft 'hmm', turned around and put the piano back on the cover.
Tang Qiyuan's eyes lit up when he heard his words, and she couldn't help asking: "Even if it's not my birthday in the future, are you willing to play it for me?"
"Yeah." Sheng Cen stood up, using his impatience to cover up a little shyness that had arisen out of nowhere, "Okay, it's time to go downstairs for dinner."
Sheng Cen walked out of the house first, Tang Qiyuan followed immediately, and cheered happily: "Sheng Cen, you really are a peerless tablemate!"
Sheng Cen coughed unnaturally, his ears blushed imperceptibly, "Understood, long-winded."
When they went downstairs, Empress Xia and the others had already prepared the cake, Yan Fei stood by the switch, saw them coming down, and immediately reached out to turn off the light.
The room was dark, Sheng Xi smiled and lit the candles on the cake, turned to Tang Qiyuan and said softly, "Xiaoqi, come here and blow out the candles."
Yan Fei came over and said to Tang Qiyuan in a brisk voice, "This cake was made by Uncle Xia's mother. She has been busy all day. The picture on it was drawn by Brother Xi himself. Isn't it beautiful?"
Tang Qiyuan walked over and looked at the cake with sparkling eyes. On the cake was written the words 'Happy Birthday to Xiaoqi', and there were five people drawn with jam on it. One of them was sitting in a wheelchair. It looked like Sheng Xi. Standing next to him are two people who should be Empress Xia and Yan Fei,
Among the five villains, Tang Qiyuan is wearing a birthday crown on his head, and Sheng Cen is standing next to him. These villains all have sincere and bright smiles on their faces, looking very happy.
Tang Qiyuan looked at it seriously for a long time, raised her head, smiled shyly, and said gratefully, "It's very beautiful, thank you."
Apart from his family, this was the first time someone celebrated his birthday with such care.
Sheng Cen took out a birthday crown out of nowhere and put it on his head, looked down at him, unconsciously there was a trace of tenderness in his voice, "Make a wish."
"En." Tang Qiyuan nodded, clasped his hands together, closed his eyes, and made a serious wish. He paused for a while before opening his eyes and blowing out the candle.
Everyone cheered a few times, and the room was full of laughter. Yan Fei went over and turned on the lights, and the room was lit up again. Everyone had bright smiles on their faces, just like the five little people painted on the cake. .
After blowing out the candles, Empress Xia went to the kitchen and was busy putting the food on the table. Sheng Xi and Yan Fei happily followed to help.
Tang Qiyuan also wanted to go over to help, but Sheng Cen pulled him back and asked, "What wish did you just make?"
"It won't work if you express your wish." Tang Qiyuan looked at her deskmate, not really wanting to say it.
Sheng Cen didn't agree with his statement, and said persuasively, "If you don't say it, how will everyone know what your wish is, and how can they help you realize it? Do you really expect the gods to help you realize your wish?"
Tang Qiyuan thought for a while, and felt that what the tablemate said made sense, so she said, "I wish Sheng Cen to study hard and make progress every day, so that when he becomes emperor, he can take care of us grassroots people."
Anyway, his wish is not to ask the gods to help him see, but to let his deskmate work hard.
"You think a lot." Sheng Cen looked at his deskmate who was worried about the country and the people and smiled, and then said, "One more thing."
"Add what?"
Sheng Cen pursed his lips, "Tell Tang Qiyuan to annoy Sheng Cen less in the future."
"That's impossible." Tang Qiyuan turned her head to the cake and made a serious wish, "Please let Tang Qiyuan urge Sheng Cen to be positive for the rest of his life."
Sheng Cen's eyes moved, and with a little cream on his finger, he tapped it lightly on his nose, and said in a very low voice, "I wish you to realize your wish and stay with Sheng Cen for the rest of your life."