Recap
Yu Sheng sat on the balcony and looked at his phone.
One by one, they turned their phones over, and the screens of the group video merged into a night sky.
The camera of the mobile phone can’t catch much light, only the most eye-catching ones can be seen, shining extraordinarily brightly in the night.
“Happy adulthood.”
Lao He smiled, and warmly blessed this student who was unwilling to say anything about his birthday: “The future is like the sea of stars; boundless and bright.”
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It took a long time after the video ended before Yu Sheng put away his phone.
Lao He didn’t tell the truth, and the students in Class 7 didn’t know it, they rushed to grab Lao He’s red envelope in the group.
Sentence after sentence of “happy adulthood” appeared in the chat.
Yu Sheng also snatched a red envelope, seven yuan, ranked second. The Sports Committee has the best luck, but he are not happy at all, whoever dares to mention what happened, he will chase them to have a duel.
No one understood his pain, the class monitor quickly banned the words of the sports committee, and spread the screenshot of the amount of the red envelope to the entire class.
The sports committee was heartbroken, and privately messaged him: brutal and inhumane! Where’s your humanity?!
Looking at the total amount of “11.11”, Yu Sheng couldn’t help but smile, followed suit and saved the screenshot, and posted it on Moments.
Class 7 was lively for a while before they calmed down.
Seeing Cen Rui’s actions, Yu Sheng originally thought that he would be tied up to celebrate his birthday after twelve o’clock, but there was no movement at all, only Jin Linkun quietly closed the balcony door.
“The rest of the people can only arrive tomorrow morning, and the latest one will arrive at 11:30am.”
Jin Linkun took his hand and pointed to himself: “The station is ten minutes away from here. Washing up will take 5 minutes. My task is to let you sleep for at least until eleven thirty-five.”
“…” Yu Sheng was amazed at the strict time concept of the top students, “How many people are there?”
Jin Linkun didn’t speak this time, and leaned over with a smile, and kissed him on the temple: “Secret.”
This person only remembered to keep it a secret now. Yu Sheng put away his phone and wanted to talk, but suddenly he was completely covered by the warm temperature.
In October, the wind outside is quite cool. Jin Linkun hugged him, wrapped him in his arms, and wrapped him tightly with his coat.
The heat seeps in little by little.
It’s a little warm.
Yu Sheng glanced down: “…Why did you come out with a hot water bottle?”
“Mistake.” Jin Linkun was also a little embarrassed, “Liang Yifan came up with the idea that it can make you feel warmer.”
But Liang Yifan’s idea was to warm his arms with a hot water bottle, and then take them out before hugging.
In the end, he was sitting in the bedroom with the hot water bottle in his pocket, watching Yu Sheng standing alone on the balcony through the window, lost in thought on his phone.
Jin Linkun coughed lightly, one hand was about to remove the hot water bottle that destroyed the atmosphere, but was held down by another hand that was a little cold, and took it from him.
“I’m fine.”
Yu Sheng held the hot water bottle and shook it in his hand: “Just now our class teacher gave us a coming-of-age ceremony.”
Jin Linkun hugged him and listened quietly.
Yu Sheng lowered his head and pressed his lips together.
It seems that there is a lot to say, but he did not know how to put it.
He only knows that his heart is full, his chest is full, and he feels surrounded by warmth all around him, invisible to the touch but feels so real, protecting him to the present, and supporting him to go on for a long time.
“Ge.”
Yu Sheng closed his eyes, rested his head against the crescent of his neck, and breathed quietly for a while, then suddenly said: “Our teacher just gave me a field of stars.”
Jin Linkun: “…”
Half an hour later, Jin Linkun hugged the sleeping boy into his arms, and sent a message to a group of people in the living room: Do you have any birthday presents, hurry.
Jin Linkun: Their teacher finished giving away the stars.
A group of high-achieving students had exhausted all their imaginations on this matter, and when they got this bad news, they simultaneously froze for a moment.
Kong Jiahe: Have they sent them all? Do you want to discuss it with them, for example, they send the Ursa Major constellation, you send the Orion constellation…
Liang Yifan: Give up, Kunshen. It’s difficult to go against fate.
Cen Rui: So let’s just use the most standard way. Just give yourself to Sheng-ge, and let Sheng-ge hug you to sleep every day. Anyway, Sheng-ge likes you the most, and no one else can give it to him except you.
Ding Zhengjiao: Our English teacher said, don’t underestimate the standards, standard methods are the most effective, just like English composition, you write according to the standard method taught to you, 90% better than your own divergent thinking.
Jin Linkun was very worried: But we are already hugging and sleeping together.
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“Sheng-ge’s coming-of-age preparation team” was silent for a moment, and Liang Yifan quietly sent a message: Kunshen.
Jin Linkun:?
Cen Rui answered skillfully: You look out through the crack of the door, we are shining.
Yu Sheng originally thought that sleeping until eleven o’clock would be a daunting job, and when he laid down, he was still thinking about what method Jin Linkun would use to ensure that he could sleep for ten hours, but when he woke up, it was already approaching noon.
Safe and secure, he didn’t even have a single dream.
The group of people who insisted on staying in the living room yesterday had disappeared, leaving only Jin Linkun, who followed him every step of the way to wash up, and was still trying to find out what else he wanted.
“Don’t hide anymore, I can see the blindfold in your hand.”
Yu Sheng wiped his face and put the towel back: “It’s best for me to wear it myself. If I’m not prepared, I might accidentally throw you out.”
Jin Linkun touched the tip of his nose and coughed lightly: “My friend, actually——”
The voice fell, and the doorbell just rang.
Guessing that this group of people are probably going to take him somewhere blindfolded, Yu Sheng didn’t care, went to open the door, and was suddenly covered by the ribbons and gold paper pouring in.
“Look, I told Kunshen to take a blindfold to distract Sheng-ge, it’s absolutely easy to use!”
Cen Rui happily hugged the cake, walked into the living room a few steps, and put it on the table that had been prepared earlier, “Friends, do it!”
Most of the students in the group were crowded at the door, and a few of them carrying their school bags came over and stuffed into his hands with the things they were carrying.
Yu Sheng was stunned, seven or eight gifts were already stuffed in his arms, and golden flowers were sandwiched between colourful shredded paper ribbons, fluttering down.
They didn’t go anywhere, a group of students who came by the early bus squeezed into their house lively.
The bright vitality of the group of students quickly filled the entire living room.
He doesn’t know how many times these people have rehearsed. Before Yu Sheng could react, they quickly took out the wind chimes and dream catcher lanterns that they had prepared earlier, and hung them all over the wall.
There are also post-it notes and small decorations. Cen Rui took out a large figurine and put it on the back of the sofa. Kong Jiahe carefully guarded a pair of beaming porcelain dolls, looked back and forth, and hid them in the deepest part of the TV cabinet.
“Sheng-ge, happy birthday!”
Liang Yifan guessed Ding Ke’s guess is wrong and risk his life to put a small paper crown on Yu Sheng’s head: “I wish you—”
He almost forgot the words he had prepared earlier, he cleared his throat, and continued to speak intuitively: “I wish you to have today every year, and every year for the rest of…”
“…” Yu Sheng took a breath and nodded, “Thank you, I guess that’s no problem.”
It is not known who was the first to laugh out loud, soon after, the loud laughter of the group filled the room.
Cen Rui and the others forcibly stayed in the living room of Yusheng’s house for several days, and they were already very comfortable, lying on the sofa with a smile, slumped together and booing: “Every year has today and every year for the rest of your life!”
Yu Sheng was still a little unable to react, holding the presents in his arms, subconsciously looking back.
Jin Linkun stood behind him.
As soon as he met his child’s gaze, his eyes behind the lenses slightly bent, and he raised his hand to rub Yu Sheng’s hair: “Happy birthday.”
Once he started, the rest of the voices poured in one after another.
Ding Zhengjiao pulled Xia Junhua, busy putting candles on the cake and lighting it. Cen Rui skillfully turned off all the lights, and Kong Jiahe dutifully drew the curtains tightly with a clatter.
Liang Yifan whistled twice, picked up a tune, and someone started clapping and singing: “Happy birthday to you…”
Jin Linkun’s voice was mixed with the singing, low and soft, hugging him tenderly, as if whispering in his ear.
The flame jumped up.
A hand reached out and lightly held his hand.
Yu Sheng took it back slowly, let Jin Linkun lead him to the front of the cake, closed his eyes and stood there for a while, then blew out the candles.
When the lights were turned on again, Yu Sheng had the time to take a closer look at what the living room had become.
There are new decorations everywhere, ranging from Nordic style to Chinese pastoral style. There is a kind-hearted Santa Claus sitting on top of the wrought-iron ornaments, a bell tied with a red thread hangs around the giraffe’s neck, and a framed calligraphy and painting hangs on the wall, which is said to be a gift from the old Vento people.
The cake was placed on the table in the middle, with a lot of snacks and drinks on the side.
The whole style was chosen by Jin Linkun, and the painting on it was so abstract that even Ding Zhengjiao and Xia Junhua, who were in charge of making the cake, couldn’t figure out what it was.
“It’s the pattern provided by Kunshen.”
Xia Junhua sold the person without hesitation, “To be honest, the owner of the cake shop really didn’t want to do it. After finishing it, he specially reminded us not to take pictures and post it on Moments.”
Ding Zhengjiao added: “If all of us do not post it on Moments, they are willing to give us a small strawberry cake for free.”
Looking at a group of people surrounding the cake guessing whether it was a crocodile or a long-haired pangolin, Jin Linkun sat on the sofa, feeling a bit disappointed: “I’ve been drawing it for several days, does it really look so bad?”
Yu Sheng smiled and sat down beside him without saying a word.
In fact, he saw Jin Linkun drawing and erased the drawing, revising it several times.
Unexpectedly, it was also for this.
“It’s actually pretty good.”
Yu Sheng patted his arm, met his boyfriend’s bright eyes, and couldn’t help but raise the corners of his lips: “If you draw more beautifully, I might not be able to eat it.”
Jin Linkun: “…”
A group of well-behaved students never thought of smashing cakes even if it was their birthday. Holding the cake, they thought about how to cut it into equal parts for a long time, and finally chose the most simple cutting method, and passed a piece of cake to everyone.
Jin Linkun took two pieces and handed the one with a whole strawberry on it to Yu Sheng.
Yu Sheng usually doesn’t like sweet things so much, Jin Linkun was afraid that he wouldn’t like them, so he deliberately reduced the amount of sugar, now watching his child lower his heads and eating the cake seriously, he suddenly felt a little regretful.
There should be more sugar.
Find a way to make up for all those years.
The students got together, and at first they were playing some truth or dare, but later they went back to the topic of academics, and it didn’t take long for them to argue about the latest difficult and miscellaneous problems.
A few people got together to argue about the methods of solving a geometrical problem. Kong Jiahe suddenly slapped the table, climbed up on the stool and stood up, and only a group of people remembered to look at his cup.
Cen Rui found the culprit and shook the bottle: “Alcohol content, 14 percent.”
Xia Junhua blamed himself very much: “I was careless, I was careless. Its light pink packaging looks too simple. I didn’t expect such a mystery to be hidden.”
Liang Yifan hugged Kong Jiahe’s legs: “You guys think of a way first, the assistant group leader seems a bit tall.”
Kong Jiahe’s face was flushed, and he waved his arms vigorously: “The beauty of analytic geometry is beyond your imagination, long live analytic geometry!”
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Kong Jiahe was just the beginning, more than one person got too drunk, and the living room was in chaos in an instant.
Ding Zhengjiao didn’t expect a birthday to be like this, and apologised to Yu Sheng: “Sheng-ge, we didn’t expect things to have such an unexpected development…”
Normally, after one drinks and finds something wrong, they will stop drinking. But today they bought a bunch of drinks, and just now they had a few rounds of playing Big Adventure.
Cherry-flavoured Coke, Laoshan Bottle Oldenlandia Water*, Cen Rui and the others had no good intentions, and secretly mixed some soy sauce into a few bottles of Coke.
*(Laoshan Oldenlandia Mineral Water is a healthy drink prepared through a special process, which uses high-quality Laoshan natural mineral water as a base, image source: baidu)
They have tried all the messy flavours, good students who have never touched alcohol have been tricked by it and without knowing, in a blink of an eye it has become the scene of a group of demons dancing wildly.
Just when Ding Zhengjiao came over to apologise, the two top students from the school were still rolling up their arms and sleeves, preparing to fight each other to the death. They swayed and took a set of mock papers and put them on the table. People can’t stop them at all.
Ding Zhengjiao, who was in charge of planning, didn’t dare to look up. He took a deep breath and wanted to apologise again, but Jin Linkun had already pulled him aside.
Ding Zhengjiao was at a loss: “Sheng-ge, Kun——”
Jin Linkun made a “shh” gesture to him, and pointed to the video recorder in Yu Sheng’s hand with a smile.
With one hand propped up, Yu Sheng sat on the sofa, occupying a good angle of view, and recorded the rare scene in front of him in detail, the corners of his mouth raised.
Ding Zhengjiao was stunned for a while, for some reason he remembered what Cen Rui said at that time.
Maybe only in this kind of rare glimpse, they will suddenly realise that the boy in front of them who seems to be able to carry everything for them and who seems to be more determined than everyone else has just grown up.
There is still class tomorrow, so they can’t let this group of people dance around like this, otherwise more than one school will kill someone tomorrow.
Maybe there will be news on the social media pages.
Jin Linkun waited for Yu Sheng to record enough clips, then took a few people who were still awake to pack up their drinks and food, poured another drink for his child to quench his thirst, and helped a few students who were duelling to the death to give a simple paper to serve as judgement of the winner.
“It’s enough to take a nap, there’s still time to catch the late bus. At worst, I can just wake up with a bucket of water.”
Liang Yifan had also secretly drunk wine a few times before, so he was more experienced. He took over the heavy responsibility and presided over the overall situation: “Help Sheng-ge clean up the house, don’t make a mess, and don’t destroy the overall style.”
There is no style at all in the beginning.
Everyone moved very neatly. They managed to pile up the drunk high school students on the sofa, and rolled up their sleeves to help gather the snacks into a bag and empty cake trays together.
“Do you want more?” Cen Rui was carrying a big bag of ribbons, “What else is this thing for?”
Xia Junhua couldn’t get enough of it, so he patted him on the shoulder: “Keep it, maybe in two months, another lucky little friend will celebrate his birthday…”
Yu Sheng was not used to watching a group of people busy at work, and wanted to help several times, but was pushed back by concerted efforts.
“It’s hard to give up the hospitality, let everyone show their strength together.”
Jin Linkun looked through the test paper, checked it with two ticks at a glance, and patted the back of his hand with one hand, “Do you still want to eat cake?”
The cake was actually not small, but there were many people who came, and not many were distributed.
Jin Linkun was still thinking about whether he should go out and look for it, and then buy another specialised cake for his child. Yu Sheng shook his head, picked up the bottle of wine on the table that had taken down many people, and studied it back and forth for a while.
“This won’t work.” Jin Linkun was taken aback and raised his hand to stop him, “This is much higher than the alcohol content of beer, and it may cause unnecessary side effects…”
“I know.” Yu Sheng nodded and turned the bottle around, “Look at it from this angle.”
Jin Linkun thought that it was 14% from any angle, and when he put down the pen and was about to raise his head, he suddenly paused.
“Ge.” Yu Sheng sat beside him, “Do you think it looks like the drink you poured for me just now? It’s peach flavoured.”
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T/N: Hi~ Apologise if updates is slower, computer broke down D’:
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