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Chapter 38 Birthday
Chapter 38 Birthday
A birthday party is different from a wedding reception.
Kang You only invited close relatives and friends, all the others were classmates and friends of his daughter Kang Qirun.
The birthday party is set on the garden lawn of Kangzhai. Players in tuxedos play musical instruments in their hands. Various cartoon characters dressed in doll costumes dance to the music everywhere. Cute and bright macaron dessert carts are parked at the venue. Desserts and beverages of different shapes are constantly being made on the side, the musical fountains are staggered and rotated, and the colorful windmills hanging high in the air extend to dozens of meters away..
The children's chattering laughter was incessant. Kang Qirun couldn't speak loudly but kept laughing. When he saw Ren Zhaoyuan from a distance, he jumped excitedly and waved to him. The golden star balloons tied to his hands flew up and down with the movements.
Ren Zhaoyuan walked to her side, squatted down, and said "Happy Birthday" to her.
"Thank you uncle," Kang Qirun was told not to speak loudly, and raised his hand to show Ren Zhaoyuan's wrist, "Thank you uncle for the gift, it's super beautiful, they all envy me."
Ren Zhaoyuan smiled and said, "You're welcome, does your throat still hurt?"
"It doesn't hurt anymore, the doctor said it's getting better soon."
"Well, that's fine. You play with your friends first, and I'll go to your dad's side."
"Uncle," Kang Qirun took Ren Zhaoyuan's hand, looked up at Tan Zheng standing behind him, lowered his head and asked Ren Zhaoyuan, "Dad said you have a boyfriend, is that him?"
Ren Zhaoyuan said "yes".
Kang Qirun looked very unhappy, he held Ren Zhaoyuan and asked softly, "Are you going to get married?"
"Mr. Tan," Kang You walked over to greet them, "Zhaoyuan, I've caused you trouble."
Ren Zhaoyuan stood up and stood side by side with Tan Zheng. Kang You exchanged a few words with them. When he was about to walk towards the side where the adults gathered, he found that Kang Qirun had not let go of Ren Zhaoyuan's hand.
"Runrun?" Kang You leaned over and touched her head, "Dad take uncle over there, you can play with your friends."
"I want to talk to my uncle alone for a while."
Kang You was originally fond of his daughter, but recently because of her daughter's health, he was obedient. Seeing her insistence, he looked at Ren Zhaoyuan apologetically.
Ren Zhaoyuan nodded in response: "I'll be here later."
After speaking, Ren Zhaoyuan looked at Tan Zheng, the two eyes met briefly and then separated, and Tan Zheng followed Kang You to the other direction.
"Runrun likes Zhaoyuan very much."
"Indeed," Tan Zheng looked sideways at the two people in the distance, one big and one small. Thinking of how serious Ren Zhaoyuan was when he went to the counter to choose a new gift yesterday afternoon, he said, "Zhaoyuan also likes her very much."
Tan Zheng answered calmly, Kang You smiled lightly, and raised his hand to signal the waiter to come forward to deliver the wine.
"He can't get what he wants from ordinary people," Kang You said with a consistent smile on his face, taking a sip, "It seems that An Yu is going to change hands?"
Tan Zheng raised his eyes: "Why did President Kang say this?"
- "I want a controlling stake in the Kang Corporation."
——"Whether unrealistic love or realistic clichés, I want them all, and they must be 100% of them all."
On the wedding day, Ren Zhaoyuan's words were still in his ears.
If these words were from other people, Kang You would only find them ridiculous, and would never take them seriously.
But at that time, Ren Zhaoyuan said every word sincerely, and there was a vague expectation in his words that he might not have noticed it himself.
What's more, Ren Zhaoyuan does have affordable capital.
So gentleman Kangyou quit, waiting for the person Ren Zhaoyuan was looking for.
Some things, even if you can't do it yourself, even if you feel naive in your heart, when someone is willing to persist despite everything, they still can't help but want to see if they can really get a result.
Unfortunately not.
Kang You's calmness has already been cultivated to perfection, and the stunned moment only appeared in his eyes and disappeared in an instant, chatting and laughing with Tan Zheng like a normal chat.
"I thought that at this age, I could still have such naive persistence. I think it's just an excuse for refusal."
Hearing him say this, Tan Zheng understood seven or eight points, but when Kang You pursued Ren Zhaoyuan, Ren Zhaoyuan wanted him to use the Kang Group to prove his sincerity.
"As long as Zhaoyuan is willing, An Yu is always his."
This time, the astonishment in Kang You's eyes became more obvious, and then he flashed by and raised his glass with a faint smile.
"I am ashamed of Mr. Tan's courage."
Tan Zheng's expression was calm and Kang You clinking glasses, even Ren Zhaoyuan, who was late, didn't see the clue.
But my heart can no longer be calm.
Ren Zhaoyuan once rejected Kang You and asked Kang You to use the entire Kang Corporation as a bargaining chip to prove his sincerity.
What about him?
Has Ren Zhaoyuan ever asked him to show any self-evidence?
If had to say what Ren Zhaoyuan wanted from Tan Zheng, it was just a question when he mentioned "in the future" and "forever".
This is precisely the most unprovable thing.
But he said love, for many years, and forever. Ren Zhaoyuan clearly said he didn't believe it, but he still agreed.
"What do you think?"
Tan Zheng drank some wine and didn't drive. Sitting in the car with only him and Ren Zhaoyuan, he unknowingly relaxed his nerves. Ren Zhaoyuan caught him in a moment of daze.
"I was thinking about what I could give you."
"Huh?" Ren Zhaoyuan asked, thinking of the cake he had just eaten, "Worrying about my birthday present?"
Tan Zheng took advantage of the situation and asked him, "Is there anything you want?"
Ren Zhaoyuan thought for a while: "It seems that I really don't want anything."
Tan Zheng didn't speak, Ren Zhaoyuan looked at him sideways between the red lights: "Don't worry, just cook me a table of dishes."
"Okay, any more?"
"Just make it delicious," Ren Zhaoyuan said with a smile, "but you've already made it delicious enough."
Ren Zhaoyuan smiled and Tan Zheng followed suit: "There is still room for improvement, you can order food, is there anything you want to eat?"
This time Ren Zhaoyuan said it.
"Can you make dumpling skins?"
"Yes," Tan Zheng asked, "what would you like to eat?"
Ren Zhaoyuan laughed for a while before saying, "Wait for your birthday—"
Tan Zheng waited for his next sentence: "Yeah."
"Let's dig the shepherd's purse."
"what?"
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Tan Zheng asked his subordinates to find some places where he could dig shepherd's purse. After finding them, he took the time to go to the field and chose a village in the suburbs.
Below the villa is a large field of wild vegetables. Fishing can be found in the river behind. There are also many poultry and livestock on the mountain. After Tan Zheng decided on the day's itinerary, the boss watered the shepherd's purse garden two or three days in advance of the time. By then, the ground would be dry and the shoes would not stick, and the shepherd's purse would taste good when it was full.
Birthday is the best weather in recent days, blue sky, white clouds, warm sun, cool breeze;
"Actually, the best time to dig shepherd's purse is March 3rd."
Tan Zheng has met a business partner who likes to eat wild vegetables. He has eaten shepherd's purse, but he has never come to dig in the fields since he was a child.
"It's early," Ren Zhaoyuan walked slowly along the narrow and long path. "It's the third day of the third month of the lunar calendar, but it doesn't matter. It can be eaten now."
"We'll dig again then."
Ren Zhaoyuan smiled and looked sideways at him: "Also."
"Let's cook here for you at noon, okay? The ingredients are the freshest."
"Okay," Ren Zhaoyuan agreed, and asked again, "What if I don't agree?"
"There are also preparations at home, you can go wherever you want."
"waste."
"Don't waste it, go back to eat at night, and solve it all."
Ren Zhaoyuan replied with a smile: "Listen to your arrangement."
The large field of shepherd's purse here is considered to be semi-farmed and semi-wild. The owner of the villa did not specially manage it after planting the seeds, and has been allowed to grow to ensure that it is pure natural and pollution-free.
The two of them each took a small shovel and a small bamboo basket and chatted while digging, and soon the bamboo basket was full.
"Where did you go to dig for shepherd's purse?"
Ren Zhaoyuan pinched a plant and shook off the soil from its roots: "I dug it on the side of the road when I was a child. Shepherd's purse has a strong growth potential, and it can be found everywhere in the woods beside the fields."
Tan Zheng remembered that Ren Zhaoyuan had said that he lived with his grandmother when he was a child.
"Where did you live as a child?"
"A township in N City has now merged with several neighboring towns and changed its name."
"I've been to N City, but I only stayed for one night and went to two scenic spots," Tan Zheng learned from Ren Zhaoyuan to dig a few trees at a distance, so that the ground would not be obviously bald, "No wonder you like Su Cai."
In fact, don't really like to eat Su cuisine, and don't eat it often. Many places are not authentic. After Ren Zhaoyuan has eaten it, he doesn't want to order it again.
Simply put, it's more like tasting a memorable memory.
"The scenic spots are similar and not very interesting. I have the opportunity to take you around. Some restaurants have been opened since I can remember, and their dishes are more authentic than many famous chefs."
"I'll see if I can steal a teacher by the way."
Ren Zhaoyuan laughed: "You've cooked enough deliciously."
"Learning is endless," Tan Zheng said with a smile, and then asked, "Do you go back often?"
"I will go back once a year on the anniversary of my death in winter. If you have time, I will take you to see your grandma."
Tan Zheng was startled and immediately agreed.
"When my grandma died, I wasn't there." Tan Zheng was not born when his grandma died, so he had no impression, but when Ren Zhaoyuan said this, Tan Zheng wanted to say something, and told Ren Zhaoyuan that he also wanted to bring him to his family. before.
"Tan Qing is quick, my parents have always wanted to see you, but don't worry, I haven't agreed, it's up to you to decide."
Ren Zhaoyuan agreed.
At this point, it is inevitable that Ren Zhaoyuan's parents will come to mind.
Tan Zheng knew that Ren Zhaoyuan was at his uncle's house during the Chinese New Year. Yesterday, Ren Zhaoyuan said that he would go home the night before his birthday and eat longevity noodles the next morning, which was also his uncle's house.
Ren Zhaoyuan's parents should have also passed away, but Ren Zhaoyuan never took the initiative to mention it. He guessed that something bad might have happened, and he didn't ask for fear of making Ren Zhaoyuan uncomfortable.
Especially since it was his birthday today and wanted to make him happy, Tan Zheng wouldn't even ask. He wanted to jump over and change the subject as soon as his mind changed.
Ren Zhaoyuan seemed to be able to see what he was thinking.
"My parents are in good health."
Tan Zheng was startled, and then apologized.
"It's okay," Ren Zhaoyuan smiled, "I never told you."
"You don't have to say it if you don't want to."
"It's nothing, let's talk about it."
Ren Zhaoyuan and Tan Zheng just sat on the ground, next to a bamboo basket full of green shepherd's purse.
"They are very powerful. They are the kind of people whose identities will be kept secret by the state. I still don't know what research they do."
Tan Zheng was very surprised, but he didn't show anything, he only looked at Ren Zhaoyuan and responded softly.
He could feel that Ren Zhaoyuan was in a low mood.
"Everyone is different, they care about different things, and their own values are different. They never thought about having offspring. When they got married, they wrote to each other, "Join hands and dedicate this life to the strength of the motherland." I was surprised. "
"They couldn't go home once for many years, and they couldn't take care of me, so I lived with my grandma when I was a child. Later, after my grandma died, I was taken to my uncle's house."
This seems to be a complete story, and the reason is enough to support the result, but letting Ren Zhaoyuan narrate it in such a simple and bland way, and before narrating it, he has to prepare the ground for his parents, and his heart can't help but feel sore.
He said the reason and the past, but he alone did not say what he was accepted.
Ren Zhaoyuan originally wanted to talk to Tan Zheng about himself.
When two people are together, they will say things they can't say to others and do things they can't do with others. Shared privacy is each other's privilege and the best way to make each other feel special.
But after habitually summarizing it in the most objective words, suddenly don't know how to describe those dusty things.
I haven't mentioned it for too long, and even the talk itself has become rusty.
After a brief moment of daze, the cheek was touched gently and softly.
Ren Zhaoyuan turned his head to the side, Tan Zheng raised his chin slightly and kissed his forehead again, and with a brief blink, the thin eyelids fell down to the tip of his nose.
Finally, it's rare, too light, too shallow, a kiss.
"I love you."
Ren Zhaoyuan blinked his eyes, and the trembling of his eyelashes could be caught from the extreme distance.
Tan Zheng's voice was as soft as a kiss, and he repeated what he just said to him.
"Zhaoyuan, I love you."
The author has said:
Compensation for being late - a small theater (that's what it should be called);
An excerpt from Kang Qirun's diary in the small theater:
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I thought that Uncle Ren would be my other dad.
In the past, my father promised me that he would get my consent before getting married, and he would find someone I like, and I agreed.
I don't like new mothers.
But if Dad brings back the new mom, I'll tell everyone I like her a lot.
Dad and Mom don't love each other, but they both love me, so hopefully they can live with the people they love.
You will be happy when you are with the one you love.
I thought I wouldn't like it.
But I like Uncle Ren very much.
He will not describe me exaggeratedly when he sees me, as if I am the only one in the world with two eyes and one mouth, and only I can play the piano and draw.
He doesn't deliberately approach me in the same way as a child, and he doesn't go around the corner and ask all kinds of questions about Dad.
He speaks in a very nice voice and doesn't have a weird tone when he talks to me.
The scent on his body is not the scent of the perfume used by aunts in skirts.
It smells so good, don't get tired of smelling it for a long time.
He's very good looking, the best looking uncle I've ever seen.
I asked my dad if he was my new dad and he laughed so much, I knew it.
But he didn't become my new dad.
Dad said, it's like two pieces of a jigsaw puzzle, it's not enough to fit together, but the pattern on it is correct.
I guess Dad may feel ashamed to say it so complicatedly, that is, he likes Uncle Ren, and Uncle Ren doesn't like him.
Really bad.
But what can I do, I especially like pineapple, the pineapple house is very interesting, the pineapple smells very good, but it doesn't like me, it will be very itchy and itchy after eating, so don't eat it.
Dad said that Uncle Ren couldn't be my new dad because Uncle Ren found the puzzle with the pattern he wanted.
I asked my father if Uncle Ren would marry that uncle, and my father said, maybe.
If I can't get married, I still hope Uncle Ren and Dad get married.
I quietly asked Uncle Ren again, but Uncle Ren's answer was a bit strange.
He said "hopefully".
why?
Doesn't the other uncle want to marry him?
It seems not.
The world of adults is really troublesome, I just want to ask whether it will be or not, but no one will tell me.
what!
Agreed to keep it a secret!
shh-
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Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!