1078 I Hope You Like It! (2/2)

He walked towards her, a noble and cold aura making him seem high-and-mighty. Yet, today, he was so attentive and easy-going.

Yun Liuli hugged her doll to her chest, her petite face pressed against her diary as her eyes started turning red again.

She held the doll even tighter now. Her nostrils flared slightly, and she was no longer able to hold back her tears. She hurriedly used the little doll to cover her eyes, then sniffled hard to adjust her own breathing.

To have received a birthday cake on her birthday… ought to be a blissful thing, so she mustn't cry.

At dinnertime, the housekeeper came up to call Yun Liuli.

Actually, Yun Liuli was still very full from the cake, but when she thought of how Gu Qingcheng was waiting downstairs to have dinner with her, Yun Liuli bit her lip and placed the doll on the table, then washed her face and went downstairs.

In the dining room, Gu Qingcheng's assistant had just arrived at the Gu residence and was bending over to hand a document to Gu Qingcheng. He seemed very anxious to get Gu Qingcheng to sign the document, whispering at a fast rate in Gu Qingcheng's ear.

Yun Liuli entered the dining room very quietly, and even when she sat down, Gu Qingcheng didn't notice her.

”Miss Yun…” the housekeeper greeted Yun Liuli.

Yun Liuli turned her head and saw the housekeeper smiling at her. He then placed a small bowl of longevity noodles that a servant was holding up before Yun Liuli. ”Happy Birthday, Miss Yun!”

Yun Liuli paused in surprise. She looked towards Gu Qingcheng, and their gazes met…

Her heart rate started to escalate rapidly. Yun Liuli thought she must have fallen sick—it was like her heart had a mind of its own… wanting to leap out of her chest and fly towards Gu Qingcheng.

Gu Qingcheng had already signed the document and handed it to his assistant. He closed the lid to the pen and said, ”Don't break the longevity noodles.”

Longevity noodles were a custom unique to their mother country. It was said that eating longevity noodles on one's birthday symbolized a long life.

The kitchen prepared the noodles very well, doing so according to Gu Qingcheng's instructions. It was a small bowl… with plenty of soup and just one strand of noodle. A child only needed to slurp once, and the bowl would be finished!

It was mainly because Yun Liuli ate too much cake earlier and still had to eat dinner now. If there was too much of the longevity noodles, one bowl and she would be stuffed.

Hearing this from Gu Qingcheng, Yun Liuli nodded and used her chopsticks to pick up the noodle. She slurped it into her mouth in one swoop. It was very smooth and tasty. Yun Liuli finished the bowl, including the soup, then lowered her bowl and said to Gu Qingcheng, ”Thanks!”

”Eat your dinner!” Gu Qingcheng said.

Gu Qingcheng wasn't one who spoke a lot, and Yun Liuli talked even less. After the duo finished their meal in silence, Yun Liuli was served a dessert made with hawthorn.

The housekeeper was worried that Yun Liuli had eaten too much cake earlier and wouldn't be able to digest her dinner, so he instructed the kitchen to make this. But Yun Liuli clearly thought that it was Gu Qingcheng's instructions, causing her little heart to start pounding all over again.

After dessert, Yun Liuli saw that Gu Qingcheng still had work to do, so she got up and obediently went upstairs. When she walked to the foot of the staircase, the housekeeper called her.

Yun Liuli turned around and looked at the housekeeper. The housekeeper handed Yun Liuli a small present with both hands. ”Miss Yun, happy birthday. Sir prepared this present for you. I hope you like it!”

Yun Liuli's heart started racing again. She felt that something had gone wrong with her heart today, as even her ears were scalding hot.

A thin layer of sweat formed on her palms as she received the present. Yun Liuli didn't open it on the spot, merely thanking the housekeeper sincerely before running upstairs. She went back to her room and closed the door, with her heart still thumping wildly against her chest.

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