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Chapter 348 Cake
Loneliness, emptiness, coldness.

A strange emotion, like a thick fog, churned in Ai Liang's heart.

Ai Liang's empathy is currently very weak, and ordinary kindness cannot move him at all.

However, correspondingly, he shouldn't have been able to generate such strong negative emotions.

Ai Liang quickly calmed herself down and entered her own mental world.

The gathering dark clouds blocked out all the light, with only the streetlights along the roadside providing a faint light source, their light so dim it seemed they might go out at any moment.

The building was dimly lit, the streets were lined with black and red, lanterns and streetlights hung, and passersby wore eerie smiles.

Everything seemed so gloomy and oppressive, making it hard to breathe.

It felt like I'd stumbled into the world of a horror movie.

An occasional flash of lightning briefly illuminated the dim environment.

But in that brief moment of light, what was glimpsed was not hope, but lanterns with human faces.

These "lanterns" include those by Li Yongming, Li Xiaoya, Dai Mixue, Liu Yuzhu, etc.

Familiar faces flashed before my eyes.

Ai Liang stared at the city with a blank expression.

Just as Ai Liang was about to take a step forward, a series of urgent knocks on the door woke him from his mental world.

"call……"

Ai Liang, whose consciousness returned to reality, slowly let out a sigh of relief.

He got up, walked to the door, and opened it: "What do you need me for...?"

Snapped!
As the firecrackers went off, streamers and confetti sprayed out and landed on Ai Liang's head.

"Happy birthday!"

Ye Qing held a cake in her right hand, a small firecracker in her left, and a fuse in her mouth, and said with a grin.

After she finished speaking, she took the initiative to raise her hand and help Ai Liang brush off the ribbons on her head.

"Oh dear, you look terrible... I'll clean the area in front of the door later."

After brushing the ribbon off Ai Liang's head, Ye Qing casually pinched his cheek, acting like a female hooligan.

Ye Qing held up the birthday cake in her hand: "My arms are sore from carrying it all the way. Can I put the cake down first?"

Ai Liang turned her body to the side to avoid looking away, making room for herself.

The first thing Ye Qing did after entering the house was to put on shoe covers by the door.

This was her second time entering Ai Liang's living room.

As for the first time, it dates back to the beginning of the school year.

Ai Liang slammed the door shut: "How did you know I was home?"

As Ye Qing untied the ribbon on the cake box, she said, "I saw you from afar on the way back, but I walked rather slowly... Where did you go today?"

"I went to buy a car."

Ai Liang avoided the main issue and did not mention her family situation.

"Buy a car?"

Ye Qing asked doubtfully, "Our commute to and from school is only a short distance. Taking the bus is perfectly fine. Why would we need to drive?"

"I bought a motorhome for camping trips," Ai Liang replied.

Ye Qing looked on with envy: "RV? I remember the cheapest one costs several hundred thousand... It's so good to be rich."

After she finished expressing her feelings, she started cutting the cake.

They did not inquire further about matters related to the RV.

Ye Qing wasn't stupid; she keenly sensed that this matter might be related to Ai Liang's family.

She knew very well that Ai Liang wouldn't buy a car for no reason.

Even if I really wanted to buy a motorhome, I would have gone on Saturday instead of waiting until my birthday.

Therefore, the RV was most likely a birthday gift from Ai Liang's family.

To avoid a sensitive topic, Ye Qing began to change the subject.

She pulled Ai Liang to sit down in a chair and personally put a paper crown on Ai Liang's head: "Aren't you curious how I knew your birthday?"

Ye Qing suddenly gripped the back of the chair, pressed her face against Ai Liang's shoulder, and turned to look at him: "If you guess right, I'll feed you cake, okay?"

This was the first time the two had been so close.

Ai Liang could feel Ye Qing's breath gently brushing against her cheek.

However, Ye Qing knew very well that Ai Liang didn't like others getting too close, so before he could react, she took the initiative to get up and create some distance.

No one had ever celebrated Ai Liang's birthday like this before, and he was momentarily lost in thought.

After regaining her composure, Ai Liang calmly said, "The day we first met, I showed you my citizenship card. That's when you saw my birthday, right?"

Ai Liang has not revealed any personal information on any of her social media accounts.

To find out his birthday, you either need to look at his citizen card or retrieve his personal information from the database.

Ye Qing happened to have seen his citizen card.

Ye Qing clapped her hands with a smile: "That's right, it's amazing that you can still remember something like this."

"Back then, you were planning to throw dozens of kilograms of flour at me, which would leave a deep impression on most people."

Ye Qing clasped her hands together, winked her left eye at Ai Liang, and said cutely, "Um... I'm sorry, I didn't know if you were a bad person back then. After all, I'm a girl living alone, so of course I would be careful."

Then she picked up a plate of sliced ​​cake, forked a piece of fruit and put it in Ai Liang's mouth: "Okay, let's not talk about those unpleasant things anymore."

Here, as a reward for guessing the answer, ah~

Ye Qing's face was slightly flushed, and her eyes were a little moist, which made her eyes look particularly lively.

Ye Qing's gaze was not on Ai Liang's face, but fixed firmly on the fork.

Clearly, she was not without shame regarding this behavior.

This intimate feeding behavior made Ai Liang very uncomfortable: "Thank you, but I have my own hands."

"No, this is a reward, we agreed on it."

Although she felt a little embarrassed, Ye Qing still coaxed Ai Liang like a child and put the fork to Ai Liang's mouth again.

Ai Liang moved her chair to the side, and Ye Qing followed suit.

Ai Liang tried to snatch the fork, but Ye Qing held her hand far away. After Ai Liang withdrew her hand, she returned the fork to her.

Ai Liang didn't open her mouth, and Ye Qing just held the fork up without moving.

It has a kind of determination to not give up until the goal is achieved.

Left with no other choice, Ai Liang had to open her mouth and accept the food.

The cake was just a regular fruit cake.

But for some reason, Ai Liang felt that the fruit inside tasted better than any fruit she had ever eaten before.

Ye Qing had no intention of forcing Ai Liang to eat the whole cake.

Perhaps she felt embarrassed too.

After feeding her the fruit, Ye Qing put down the plate, cut herself a piece of cake, and began to enjoy it.

It feels like today isn't Ai Liang's birthday, but my own.

Ai Liang looked at Ye Qing, who was happily eating her cake, and suddenly said, "Thank you."

"Don't mention it. You made me a big pot of braised pork ribs when it was my birthday."

Ye Qing reached out and patted Ai Liang on the shoulder: "You should eat too, it's your birthday, it's too bad if I eat alone."

Just as she finished speaking, Ye Qing seemed to remember something and picked up the gift box that was placed next to the birthday cake: "Here, this is your birthday present. I specially went to Jiuhua City to buy it yesterday. Open it and see if you like it."

Ai Liang was stunned for a moment.

Did she agree to go to Jiuhua City with Yi Wenna in order to buy herself a birthday present?

(End of this chapter)