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"Even better than you?" Kobayashi Sora knew that Du Ruo was a very skilled magician. "Then it's simple. I'll have someone arrange it later."

"Thanks! Don't hesitate to ask if you need any help."

"There really is." Kobayashi Sora pointed to Heian Nami in the distance, "She's your fan..."

Chapter 672 Happy Birthday

Kobayashi Sora placed the crown on her daughter's head. "Do you like it?"

"So beautiful~" Little Lin Lan stared blankly at herself in the mirror, "Mommy~ Mommy~"

"Run slowly," Kobayashi Sora warned, "You might fall."

Ran Kobayashi immediately slowed her pace and gracefully walked towards Megumi Kobayashi. "Mom, look! It's a crown!"

"It's really beautiful." Kobayashi Megumi chuckled. "Go wash your hands, it's time to eat cake."

"Ok!"

Ran Kobayashi went to wash her hands, while Sora Kobayashi and Megumi Kobayashi brought the dishes and cake to the table.

With everything ready, Kobayashi Ran, wearing a crown, sat expectantly in front of the cake, watching Kobayashi Sora light the candles.

"One, two, three, four, five..." Xiaolin Lan hesitated for a moment, "Six!"

“That’s right.” Kobayashi Megumi chuckled. “After today, Lanlan will be six years old.”

"Only six years old..." Xiaolin Lan remarked with a rather mature air, "So slow."

Kobayashi Sora looked at her daughter and said, "I wish it could go on a little slower."

Megumi Kobayashi reminded Ran Kobayashi, "After you make your wish, you can blow out the candles."

"Mmm." Xiaolin Lan couldn't wait any longer.

Kobayashi Sora turned off the lights, leaving only the warm glow of candlelight in the room.

Bathed in light, surrounded by her parents and rice cakes, Xiaolin Lan closed her eyes and made her birthday wish.

I hope... Lanlan's wishes come true!

This wish is definitely more appropriate, because Ran Kobayashi has many wishes.

I want ice cream to taste even better, gardenias to be even prettier, rice cakes to be even cuter, and I want to play more fun games with my parents...

"Whoosh~" Kobayashi Ran opened her eyes and blew out the candle.

The darkness lasted only a moment, and the lights came on the next instant.

The beautifully lit cake, the delicious-looking and fragrant dishes, the adorable rice cakes, and the happy parents.

"Happy birthday!" Kobayashi Megumi and Kobayashi Sora clapped and cheered, taking out their respective gifts.

"Thank you, Mom and Dad!" Lin Lan exclaimed excitedly, hugging the gift box. "Can I open it now?"

“Of course,” Kobayashi Sora replied, “This is a gift for you; you can open it whenever you want.”

Ran Kobayashi carefully unpacked the package.

Kobayashi Megumi looked at Kobayashi Sora, and the way this child unwrapped her gift was exactly the same as Kobayashi Sora's.

"It's a dress! It's so pretty!" Xiaolin Lan opened her mother's gift and took out a beautiful dress. "Thank you, Mom! Mua~" She hugged her mother and gave her a big kiss.

Kobayashi Sora was clearly even more excited.

"A cute bag!" Xiaolin Lan exclaimed, holding up the small backpack given to her by Xiaolin Kongqing. "Daddy's awesome!"

Then, happily, she picked it up and spun it around.

Kobayashi Sora looked at her daughter with longing eyes.

"mua~" Kobayashi Ran put down her backpack and kissed Kobayashi Sora on the cheek.

"It looks even cuter when you wear it!" Kobayashi Sora exclaimed. "My parents chose it together, and it looks even better when paired together!"

"Oh!" Kobayashi Ran immediately changed into it.

"No need to change it now," Kobayashi Megumi reminded her, "the food will get cold soon."

"Okay!" Xiaolin Lan carefully put away the gift, her face beaming with a happy smile. "I'm going to eat!"

While eating, Xiaolin Lan suddenly thought of something, "Huh?"

Kobayashi Sora looked up. "What's wrong?"

"Lanlan remembers... Daddy celebrated Mommy's birthday." Little Linlan looked at her father, "What about Daddy's birthday?"

“Dad’s birthday and Lanlan’s birthday are very close,” Kobayashi Sora explained, “so they celebrated them together.”

"Today is also Daddy's birthday—Happy Birthday, Daddy!" Lin Lan blinked, her happiness suddenly fading slightly. "But Lanlan didn't prepare a present..."

“Lanlan is still young,” Kobayashi Sora comforted her, “There’s no need to prepare a gift.”

Xiao Linlan shook her head, "Lanlan is already six years old!"

"Then..." Kobayashi Sora pointed to her face, "Can I kiss you again?"

Ran Kobayashi hesitated for a moment, "Is this okay?"

"This is a kiss from six-year-old Lanlan," Kobayashi Sora said earnestly, "It's a super wonderful gift!"

"Is that so?" Xiaolin Lan hugged Xiaolin Kongqing and gave him a serious kiss on the cheek. "Happy birthday, Daddy~ You're six years old now!"

Xiao Lin Kong Qing: "..."

After washing up, Kobayashi Ran drifted off to sleep with a happy smile. Kobayashi Sora turned off the light in her room, closed the door behind her, and returned to her own bedroom.

Kobayashi Megumi, wearing a loose sweatshirt, sat on the bed, the blanket covering most of her body. She put down the book she was holding. "Is Lanlan asleep?"

"Hmm, she also told me she wanted to celebrate her birthday every day." Kobayashi Sora turned off the main light, climbed into bed, and leaned against the headboard like Kobayashi Megumi. "That way, I can grow a year older every day."

Kobayashi Megumi's lips curled slightly, her cheeks flushed pink. "I had the same thought when I was little."

“Time flies…” Kobayashi Sora said wistfully, letting her hand fall onto the blanket. “I still remember when she was born, she was so small, and now she’s six years old.”

Kobayashi Sora still remembers how wrinkled Lanlan looked when she was first born, how she slept soundly in her crib, how she crawled around while babbling, and how she sucked her thumb with a serious expression...

It happened not so long ago, yet it feels like so long ago.

A long-dormant sense of panic resurfaced in my mind.

It is the fear of all that is unknown from the outside world, the panic over everything beyond one's control.

What will tomorrow bring?

What will she encounter? What will she learn? What will she do...?

Kobayashi Sora wanted to have everything in Kobayashi Ran's future under his control, but he was also afraid that this would cause Kobayashi Ran to lose herself.

I want her to have her own ideas and goals, but I'm also afraid that she'll suffer and become physically and mentally exhausted.

The more Kobayashi Sora wanted, the more she feared.

Kobayashi Megumi raised her hand, letting him lean on her shoulder, and gently stroked his hair. "Are you scared?"

"Hmm..." Kobayashi Sora responded in a low voice.

Kobayashi Megumi moved gently, her voice even softer, "I'm not scared."

“I know,” Kobayashi Sora knew her own personality and state of mind, “This is my problem…”

“That’s not a problem.” Kobayashi Megumi gently kissed his forehead. “It’s precisely because Daddy thinks so much that I’m so at ease.”

"Do you remember when we first started talking about children, I went everywhere seeking advice from others?"

"Hmm." Kobayashi Sora certainly remembered that Kobayashi Megumi had asked about Akane Akasaka back then.

Akane Akasaka is currently single.

“I was scared at that time too, and I felt like I couldn’t do it well,” Kobayashi Megumi murmured. “But when I thought about you being there, I wasn’t so scared anymore.”

How good is Chapter 673?

Just as Kobayashi Sora was aware of her own personality flaws, Kobayashi Megumi was also aware of her own problems.

Although his observational skills are better than average, this ability is cultivated through detached and calm observation.

For a considerable period of time, all the excitement belonged to others; she had nothing.

It is precisely because of this situation that she is able to observe others without being disturbed.

After all, there was nothing else going on.

Her observational skills were also developed during this process.

One key element here is non-intervention.

Once she intervenes in the course of events, Megumi Kobayashi is no longer a mere bystander.

When you're in the thick of something, it's hard to see the whole picture.

By not interfering, one can observe calmly.

Because they have seen through the essence of things, they are even less willing to interfere.

This process was repeated continuously, which eventually shaped Kobayashi Megumi's unique personality.

This resulted in her having an indistinguishable, unnoticed presence.

After she developed this habit of calm observation, she could detach herself from the situation at any time and observe the whole picture, even when she was in the midst of it.

However, a sense of presence has become a habitual state.

Kasumigaoka Utaha often thinks that Kobayashi Megumi is a scheming woman, but in reality, it's because Kasumigaoka Utaha herself is a scheming woman.

Kasumigaoka Utaha saw that Kobayashi Megumi had achieved her goal. By deducing the process from the result and then projecting her own complex thoughts onto Kobayashi Megumi, she naturally felt that Kobayashi Megumi was very calculating.

From Kobayashi Megumi's perspective, she simply understood the whole picture and then chose a suitable point of intervention.

It's not that complicated.

Just like her parents, they know everything, but they're too lazy to care.

Although the final outcome was good, both my sister and I found the people we love.