cast a peach

Chapter 73 Happy Birthday

Sister Zhihua replied to her WeChat.

Tan Mingli quickly opened it.

Ah... so it's here.

Tan Mingli gently rubbed her chin with her fingers.

This place is actually very close to her home.It takes about 10 minutes to drive there.

She carefully read the address twice, memorized it in her heart, and then turned off the phone.

The Lantern Festival just passed two days ago, and today is the last day of February.

Tomorrow is Xiao Shui's birthday.

These days, she has been busy with the finishing touches after her second uncle's departure and some other messy things. She has almost no free time, and she has been procrastinating again and again until today.

But fortunately, she managed to finish everything before Xiaoshui's birthday.

Although I have been working overtime these days, it is still worthwhile.

It was almost time to get off work, so Tan Mingli went to the bathroom to carefully touch up her makeup before going out.

When I went out, I ran into the secretary Xiao Liu.

Xiao Liu bowed to her and said, "Mr. Tan!"

After the greeting, I suddenly remembered, bah bah bah, what Mr. Tan, now he has to be called—Tan Dong.

I was used to calling her before, but now I can't react when I change her name, and I blushed and bowed my head to apologize:

"Yes, sorry Tan Dong, I just forgot..."

Of course Tan Mingli wouldn't care about this little insignificant mistake, but instead thought she was quite cute, and said softly:

"It's okay. Don't worry about it, huh? Just get used to it."

She has always been very kind to little girls, whether it is in life or work, she will give special treatment to women, more or less supportive, even if she has not liked Xiaoshui before, she has always been like this when she thought she was a straight girl .

Seeing that her badge was not on properly, Tan Mingli smiled and touched the fabric on her chest, and said with a smile, "Xiao Liu, look at your badge."

If it was in the past, she would probably just help the girl tidy up, but now...

She felt that she should still pay attention to the distance and scale of getting along.

Although she hasn't fallen in love with Xiaoshui yet, she is already demanding herself according to the situation of having a family.

Xiao Liu let out an "ah" and frantically adjusted his badge. While doing it, he did not forget to raise his head and thank him: "Thank you, Director Tan, for reminding me!"

"It's okay, it's just a small matter, just pay attention next time."

Tan Mingli waited for her to finish tidying up before saying softly, "I'll be off work first. Goodbye, Xiao Liu."

Eh?

The Tan family has recently changed from the old to the new, and has undergone a major adjustment from top to bottom. There are a lot of chores. In the past few days, Tan Dong has been working overtime until late at night to deal with these things. She thought it would be the same today.

Xiao Liu asked subconsciously: "Aren't you working overtime today? You left so early."

As soon as the words come out, it feels wrong.

Help, isn't that something a little secretary like her can ask?Can she hang her bald mouth that says everything directly on a salted fish and sell it for free, SOS!

The boss is usually so gentle that she doesn't even have the vigilance that a secretary should have.

Tan Mingli didn't feel offended when she heard the words, she just nodded and said with a smile, "Yes. I have something to do."

"There is...a very important person to meet."

She raised her hand and hooked her long hair behind her ears, her expression was natural and natural, a gentle light shone from the bottom of her light-colored eyes, and her voice was soft and soft.

Xiao Liu: HP -99999.

When the boss left, Xiao Liu immediately yelled in the secretary group:

Ahhhhhhhh help!Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu Tan Dong is really good at Su and flirtatious! !Mom, I am no longer a straight girl, I want to marry her! ! !

"Happy birthday!"

Du Jingrong hugged Zhao Guangshui happily, "Our Xiaoshui has grown up by another year! I wish our baby Xiaoshui a healthy, healthy and safe new year!!"

"Look at the gift I bought for you."

Du Jingrong let go of Zhao Guangshui and couldn't wait to encourage her.

Zhao Guangshui smiled helplessly, glanced at his overjoyed good friend beside him, and said softly while unwrapping presents:

"What's the matter, it's my birthday, why do you look more excited than me?"

"Hey, am I happy for you?"

Du Jingrong smiled innocently, and said, "You'll be an adult as soon as twelve o'clock today! You're an adult, Xiao Shui."

Zhao Guangshui also smiled softly when he heard the words, lowering his eyelashes.

Yes, after today, she will be an adult.

I don't know...is there a little bit closer to the mature type that sister Lili likes?

What Du Jingrong gave was a set of animated gashapons, a complete series, neatly packed in a box.

"Wow!"

Zhao Guangshui's eyes widened in surprise, and he looked at Du Jingrong, "How do you know I like this?"

She hugged the box and looked at it lovingly: "I've wanted this series for a long time. It's hard to buy. It was sold out as soon as it was released..."

Du Jingrong raised her chest proudly: "Sister is awesome or not, just say whether you love sister or not, just say!"

"Love love love, love to death."

Zhao Guangshui was amused by her embarrassing appearance, and gently hugged his good friend: "Thank you very much, I like it very much, Jing Rong."

Hey!Why are you so gentle!

Du Jingrong was embarrassed, and held back for a long time before whispering: "I'm a straight girl! Xiao Shui'er, you can't shake my sister's morale with your beauty."

"I know, I know, you are a straight girl."

Zhao Guangshui really couldn't laugh or cry, why did he get involved in this all of a sudden!She knew that she couldn't get away with Du Jingrong's kind of warm style, and she would feel uncomfortable if she was a little more serious. She had to say a few strange words to make people angry and laugh, so that she could feel comfortable.

After walking a few steps with the box in his arms, Zhao Guangshui suddenly thought of something funny, bent his eyes, smiled and said softly:

"But I'm not."

?

A question mark slowly appeared in Du Jingrong's mind, and after thinking for a few seconds, she finally realized what shocking event Zhao Guangshui had just said calmly, and ran in front of Zhao Guangshui with her schoolbag on her back:

"I'll go, Xiao Shui, did I hear you right? What did you just say?"

Help!

Did Xiao Shui officially come out to her just now?

How should I put it... Although she knew that Xiao Shui didn't dislike falling in love with girls before, when she really heard her say it, she was still very excited and unbelievable.

After all, Xiao Shui really looks straight!

Zhao Guangshui looked at her with a smile, and said in a soft voice, "That's right, it's what you think."

Du Jingrong's eyes lit up, she took her arm, looked around, lowered her voice and began to gossip:

"Then...is there any chance for you to find out..."

"Yes."

Zhao Guangshui admitted it very quickly, and she replied frankly: "I just confessed to Sister Li a while ago."

Only now was Du Jingrong completely stunned.

"No, Xiao Shui," she stopped and asked in a daze, "What did you just say? Who did you confess to?"

"I said, I confessed to Sister Li."

Zhao Guangshui didn't bother her either, and patiently repeated what he had just said.

"Which sister pear?"

Du Jingrong's expression was still dazed, a little incredulous, "...couldn't it be Sister Li, right? Just, the one you borrowed from her house?"

Zhao Guangshui laughed:

"Besides this sister pear, which sister pear do I have?"

Du Jingrong was not calm anymore, took Zhao Guangshui's hand, and asked a series of questions, "I'm going, when did this happen? Why didn't you tell me before? Did she agree to you? You two How is it now... are you talking?"

She asked a lot of questions in one breath, with a worried and nervous expression.Zhao Guangshui also laughed, with a very gentle look, he patted the back of her hand lightly, signaling her not to react too much, and then slowly answered one by one:

"It happened last Christmas. Because I haven't figured out how to tell you, I haven't told you. Sister Li didn't promise me. I moved out from her on the second day of Christmas. Now Live elsewhere."

She speaks very calmly, but the amount of information between words is very large.

Du Jingrong couldn't bear to hear it, and she couldn't bear to blame her why she didn't tell her immediately. She opened her mouth, wanting to comfort her good friend who fell in love for the first time and ended up so tragically, but felt that the words were too pale. It didn't work here, so I had to squeeze her hand and said softly:

"Don't be sad, Xiao Shui, I'll introduce you to a beautiful senior in the future—the kind that's prettier than Sister Li, how about it?"

After she said that, she felt that it was hard to find a senior who was prettier than Tan Mingli, so she hurriedly added:

"Uh... I'm not 100% sure that she's prettier than Sister Li... But anyway, she's a very beautiful senior! Really! Let me introduce you."

Zhao Guangshui's heart was warm, and he didn't refute her, but just nodded slightly.

Walking to the school gate, Lian Keqin was waiting for her at the gate.

She was still the same, dressed in black, with a high ponytail, glasses on the bridge of her nose, standing upright, with a straight waist, with one hand in her pocket expressionlessly.

Moreover, she is very tall, and she stands out in the crowd, and the students who come and go can't help but look at her more.

"Wow... that's great, bking in the world..."

Du Jingrong especially likes this type, her eyes are almost glued to women.

What did she just say b?

After Zhao Guangshui heard this, he looked at Du Jingrong in a daze, seeing that she had already started to become a nympho, so he didn't ask, but just smiled helplessly.

Weird internet slang.

"Let's go, Miss Zhao."

Lian Keqin came over and took her hand naturally.

Zhao Guangshui was also used to her holding him like an adult holding a child. After turning around and saying goodbye to Du Jingrong, he obediently followed the woman into the car.

Then I was taken aback by the large bouquet of flowers and cakes on the co-pilot.

"what……"

Zhao Guangshui was stunned for several seconds before he came back to his senses, "This, what is this..."

Lian Keqin observed her expression, and said calmly: "It's nothing, it's just a little surprise. Do you like it?"

Well, it doesn't look like a big surprise.

Why?Obviously this is the method she learned after studying the topic #女孩最想的生日礼物# on a certain red book all night.

Why wasn't Xiao Shui so moved that he rushed over to hug her and cry bitterly?

Zhao Guangshui finally came to his senses and realized that this was a birthday surprise that Lian Keqin specially prepared for her. He took another look at the flowers and cake on the co-pilot and couldn't help laughing.

Sister Lian probably learned the method from some social software that she doesn't know.

What, this behavior is really too cute!

Her laughter was very clear, and she said deeply, "I like it... Thank you, Sister Lian."

The child came to coax her again.She could see clearly that Zhao Guangshui obviously didn't like it very much, he just thought that what she did was very interesting, or wanted to comfort her so he smiled so happily.

Lian Keqin put a blank face, "It's okay, it's okay if you don't like it."

After sitting in the car for a while, Zhao Guangshui still had a smile in his eyes, looked at the expressionless woman driving, and joked, "Sister Lian, do you still have balloons in the trunk of the car?"

"..."

Lian Keqin sighed, "That's not so vulgar."

Decided, I will uninstall a certain red book when I go back.

The woman thought for a while, turned to look at Zhao Guangshui, and said with some difficulty: "But I still have a restaurant..."

Zhao Guangshui thought she was so cute, and nodded with a smile: "Then let's go, it's okay!"

Lian Keqin booked a French restaurant with a great atmosphere. When Zhao Guangshui entered, the waiter in a suit bowed on the spot. He was taken aback. He turned to look at Lian Keqin. Lian Keqin already sullenly said no. Words have come out.

"If I had known earlier, I would have put balloons in the trunk of the car."

Lian Keqin smiled awkwardly.

Convinced, his face was lost in one night.

She knew that she couldn't believe the routines in a certain red book!

It was quite late to come back after eating, Zhao Guangshui was a little sleepy, leaned on the passenger seat and fell asleep for a while, and was still a little confused when he stopped the car at the gate of the community, squinting his eyes and whispering:

"Have we arrived yet..."

"arrive."

Lian Keqin nodded.

Seeing that the girl couldn't even open her eyes, she didn't think much, and said casually, "Let me hug you."

After she finished speaking, she opened the car door and went down, opened the door on Zhao Guangshui's side, and put her arms around her knees and back.

"!!!"

Zhao Guangshui was awakened by her actions, and when she recovered, she was firmly hugged by the woman.

Help, it's still the kind of princess hug in TV dramas.

She had to hook the woman's neck to stabilize her body, and whispered: "Sister Lian, put me down, I wake up, I can walk..."

As she spoke, her voice became softer, and she felt her cheeks were burning hot with shame.

How old is she, why does she want to be hugged by her elder sister?

Of course, Lian Keqin would not play with her like a domineering president, so he put her firmly on the ground after hearing this.

"..."

Tan Mingli stood on the other side of the entrance of the community, watching the strange woman from a distance hug Zhao Guangshui naturally, feeling sore in her heart.

She didn't expect that she had made enough mental preparations, and finally mustered up the courage to meet Xiaoshui, and the first scene she saw was like this.

Is that the "person next to her" who protested to her on the phone on New Year's Eve?

She was about to turn away almost immediately.But she forced herself to read on.

Fortunately, Zhao Guangshui quickly got down from the woman's arms. The girl lowered her head and did not raise her face for a long time.

Tan Mingli was very familiar with her, and knew that she must be shy now.

Tan Mingli's expression remained unchanged, only his jaw clenched slightly, and he quietly clenched his fingers.

She took a few deep breaths, lowered her eyes, and took out her mobile phone to call Zhao Guangshui.

The phone only rang three or two times, and was quickly picked up: "Hello? Sister Li?"

The girl's voice was clear and sweet, with a little imperceptible tension and uneasiness.

Tan Mingli suppressed his bad emotions, and his tone was still gentle and peaceful: "Xiao Shui."

"Sister Pear..."

The girl murmured calling her.

"What are you doing now, Xiao Shui?"

Tan Mingli asked softly.

The girl seemed to hesitate for a moment before answering, "I didn't do anything...just...stay at home."

Little liar.

Tan Mingli let out a trembling breath, raised his other hand, and pinched his wrist holding the phone.

Her hands were shaking uncontrollably.

Xiao Shui lied to her.

She took a look at Xiao Shui walking with the tall woman in front of her, tried her best to smile calmly, and said:

"Really? That's fine."

A long silence followed.

Zhao Guangshui called her anxiously: "Sister? Are you listening?"

"Listening."

Tan Mingli responded gently.

She looked up at the dark night sky far away.

"Xiao Shui, happy birthday."

She suddenly said softly.

"……thanks."

"After today, you will be an adult."

Tan Mingli endured the pain in her heart, and continued gently, "I wish you a healthy and safe new year, and be very happy."

"I sent you a gift. It should arrive tomorrow. I also sent you the gifts you didn't take away last Christmas. There may be more. Remember to sign for it, okay?"

She didn't wait for Zhao Guangshui's answer, and continued speaking slowly.

Zhao Guangshui said "OK" softly.

Tan Mingli fell silent again.

"Do I still have a chance, Xiao Shui?"

After a long time, she asked softly.

"what……?"

Zhao Guangshui didn't realize what she meant by "have a chance" and subconsciously repeated it.

"It's nothing."

Tan Mingli smiled, lowered her eyelashes, and said softly again: "Xiao Shui, happy birthday. I wish you happy every day."

She couldn't go on talking and hung up the phone gently.

Because her eyes were already sore.

She lost Xiao Shui, didn't she?

She was too conceited, thinking that Xiaoshui would always stand there and wait for her, she thought that it would not be too late to come back to Xiaoshui after she had dealt with everything.

Xiaoshui will no longer have anything to do with her, she has a newcomer by her side.

Tan Mingli wiped his eyes slowly with a tissue, and smiled wryly.

When I came here, I must have spent all the makeup I put on just to meet Xiaoshui.

People say that the casino is proud, but the love field is frustrated, and it is true.