Wan’er is just too clever, too outstanding, finding soone worthy of her is really difficult. It was not easy to finally find Li Zerui, and I don’t want to give up such a good son-in-law no matter what. If we miss him, we don’t know how long we might have to wait to encounter a second one. Moreover, Li Zerui is the Young Master of the Li Family, one of the four Prominent Families. Marrying into their family would make Wan’er the Young Madam; with such a status and position, Wan’er definitely won’t suffer the slightest grievance.
Thinking it over and over, Zhou Ping feels that the Li Zerui before her must have been specially sent by heaven to be her son-in-law.
Similarly, Li Zerui is also very happy chatting with Zhou Ping now, trying to understand so of Wan’er’s hobbies and the like from Zhou Ping’s words or her habits so he can figure out a way to make Ding Wan’er not oppose this marriage arrangent. Although there is a marriage contract, if Ding Wan’er does not agree, it would lead to many unpleasant things. Thinking of this, Li Zerui is all the more enthusiastic in his conversation with Zhou Ping, ceaselessly learning everything about Ding Wan’er.
Ding Wan’er walked around the lawn, receiving nothing but birthday wishes and similar comnts on how beautiful she looked today. Accustod to such courteous platitudes, Wan’er responded politely. Unknowingly, she found herself beside the table where Ding Yi and others were sitting because Lin Feng was there. She had dressed so beautifully tonight to catch Lin Feng’s eye but only faced him now, and her heart, which she could no longer control, was pounding.
"Happy Birthday, I carved this by hand, a birthday gift for you." Seeing Ding Wan’er walking towards him, Lin Feng also got up to greet her, directly handing her a fist-sized wooden rabbit, a gift that wasn’t expensive but was made by his own hands. Ding Wan’er would surely like it.
"Thank you, I really like it." Ding Wan’er took the rabbit from Lin Feng, overjoyed. She hadn’t expected Lin Feng to have made her a gift by hand. Additionally, the rabbit was beautifully carved, lifelike. She was born in the year of the rabbit and had always loved rabbits very much. She wondered how Lin Feng knew.
"A birthday gift? Lin Feng, didn’t you already send Wan’er a birthday gift before? Those ten large flower baskets and this string of pearls, why give another rabbit?" Standing to the side, Leng i felt very puzzled. How many birthday gifts did Lin Feng intend to give Ding Wan’er today?
"I made this one; those ten flower baskets and the necklace were his own clever idea," Lin Feng said, pointing at Huang Shi standing behind him but without a hint of bla.
"That big sister... no... Ding Wan’er, I didn’t an any harm. Just seeing that the Boss is usually quite busy, I was afraid he would forget to give you a birthday gift, so I decided to give it in advance, to save you from blaming him for not preparing a birthday gift." Upon hearing Lin Feng’s words, Huang Shi hurriedly explained to Ding Wan’er, slipping and calling her "big sister" in his haste, but then quickly corrected himself, realizing it was too early to call her that, and tried to articulate his rationale, which nonetheless didn’t seem to co out right.
"This..." Ding Wan’er, in her wildest dreams, hadn’t expected all this to be Huang Shi’s doing. She suddenly didn’t know what to say and stood there stupefied. Realizing that the pearl necklace was not a gift from Lin Feng, she imdiately felt uncomfortable, quickly turning to remove the necklace.
"There’s no need to take it off; the necklace suits you really well, and it looks beautiful on you." Seeing Ding Wan’er’s gesture, Lin Feng imdiately stopped her because the necklace truly complented her. He hadn’t thought of buying a necklace as a birthday present; otherwise, he would have given Ding Wan’er one just like it. It looked so beautiful on her that there was no need to remove it.
"Alright then, but I like the little rabbit more." Hearing Lin Feng’s words, Ding Wan’er didn’t insist further, lowering her hands from behind her back. After thinking for a mont, she felt she should add sothing, so she spoke again.
"Wan’er, it’s about ti, we should cut the cake. They’ve already brought out the cake cart, let’s go over," Leng i said, noting that the cake cart was already out, signaling it was ti to cut the cake. Since they had already greeted Lin Feng, she reminded Ding Wan’er to return to the cake cutting, after all, there were still a bunch of people in the yard. But Leng i also took an extra glance at Lin Feng before turning away, her heart still fluttering with anxiety over that day’s events.
Although Leng i looked calm on the surface, inside her heart was boiling over. She hadn’t talked much with Lin Feng these past few days and didn’t know what he really thought. Leng i’s heart kept guessing whether Lin Feng would accept or keep his distance from her...
Ding Wan’er and Leng i went back to where the cake cart was, prepared to start cutting the cake and officially begin the evening’s PARTY. The guests in the yard, seeing Ding Wan’er approach the cake cart area, knew that it was ti to cut the cake. So, everyone stopped chatting and started to gather around the cake cart, ready to watch Ding Wan’er cut the cake.
As "Happy Birthday" music played, just as Ding Wan’er was about to cut the cake, Ding Bo and Zhou Ping spoke up. They felt that now was the perfect ti for Li Zerui to help Ding Wan’er, which could also send a signal to the other guests, indicating that Ding Wan’er was already spoken for.
"Wan’er, wait a mont, let Zerui help you." Zhou Ping was becoming more and more fond of Li Zerui, seeing him as the flawless son-in-law. As her daughter was about to cut the cake, she hurriedly called out for Li Zerui to co up and cut the cake with Ding Wan’er, thinking to herself that she had picked out such a perfect son-in-law for her daughter. It felt like a perfect match.
"What? No... no need, I can do it myself, I don’t need anyone’s help." Hearing her mother’s words, Ding Wan’er imdiately sensed sothing was amiss, and now realizing what was happening, her parents wouldn’t be introducing her to a boyfriend, would they? No wonder when she ca out just now, they hastily introduced her to this man she had never even t before, how... how could they do this!
Let alone now, even in the past, parents shouldn’t have done this. She had already made it clear to them that she wasn’t going to consider personal matters until she was 25, and they had agreed. But today, they suddenly introduced a boyfriend, what... what does this an?
Moreover, Ding Wan’er’s heart was now completely filled with Lin Feng; it was impossible for her to like soone else. If she had not t Lin Feng before, it wouldn’t have mattered much if her mother had asked her to do this. She could have just treated it like a eting with soone she’d see only once, but today’s entire birthday party was for Lin Feng. How could she possibly let Lin Feng misunderstand at such a critical mont? If she really agreed to cut the cake with Li Zerui, which could lead to Lin Feng’s misunderstanding, then all her efforts would truly be wasted.
So, without a second thought, Ding Wan’er promptly declined, even thinking that she would rather not celebrate her birthday at all than cut the cake with this man, which shows how determined her stance was at this mont.
"The cake is so big, let Zerui help you," Zhou Ping said, surprised by her daughter’s response and even more puzzled to see such a big reaction from her. Logically, her daughter should not be acting this way. What happened to her today? Why wouldn’t she even listen to her own mother? It’s just cutting a cake with Li Zerui; it really shouldn’t elicit such a big reaction.
"Wan’er, let help you. Besides, all the guests are waiting here, it’s not good to keep them waiting," Li Zerui couldn’t help but speak out, trying to piggyback on Zhou Ping’s words to help Ding Wan’er cut the cake. He thought since he was Ding Wan’er’s fiance, helping her cut the cake was the most natural thing to do. Moreover, it would also send out a signal to others that Ding Wan’er and he had a special relationship—it was both proper and necessary to do.
At this point, Li Zerui was acting as if he were indeed Ding Wan’er’s fiance. After seeing her, he had been completely bewitched by Ding Wan’er and was no longer the Li Zerui who was intent on how to break off the engagent.
"Thank you, but no need. I can absolutely do it myself. This matter, my own affair, I will absolutely not let others intervene," Ding Wan’er was now very clearly sensing sothing was wrong, so she refused Li Zerui’s help with a very cold expression, making a double entendre that clearly showed her position.
Ding Wan’er now thought that if there was to be a man in her life, it could only be Lin Feng, definitely no one else. So now she had to cut off any hopes from other people. Thinking this, Ding Wan’er looked at Li Zerui with an even colder gaze, making Li Zerui feel that she was very angry.
"Well, alright then, no problem," Seeing Ding Wan’er’s attitude, Li Zerui knew he couldn’t force anything at the mont or it would backfire. After all, he had an engagent with Ding Wan’er, and there was plenty of ti to let her gradually accept him. There was no rush to insist on doing anything at this mont, so he simply answered briefly and then stood aside silently.
After this, Ding Wan’er’s originally happy mood was significantly dampened, but with all the guests waiting in the courtyard, they were all here for the birthday party, and she had to make sure they were happy. With that thought in mind, Ding Wan’er forced out a smile, then raised the cake knife and was about to make the cut, planning to mingle briefly before heading back to the villa.
Just as Ding Wan’er was about to cut the cake, suddenly, a strong wind picked up around the villa, bringing with it so dust...
"Ah! The wind’s picked up!"
"The candles!"
"Don’t let the candles blow out!"
...
Seeing the situation unfold, everyone exclaid in alarm, but it was too late to rush over and block the wind. Having birthday candles blown out by the wind is a very inauspicious sign, so they could only hope that Ding Wan’er, being the closest to the candles, could prevent them from going out.
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