121.Birthday (Part I)
At noon on July 7, the mansion of the family under the snow.
Shota came to the gate of the house under the snow alone, originally Shota hoped that Eiri could come with him, but Eiri Ri thought about it and still rejected this tempting offer.
She really wanted to have more time to be with Shota, but there would definitely be a lot of people at Yono's birthday party that she had to bring masks to deal with, so it would be better to stay at home and wait for Shota to come back.
For Shota, the servants of the family under the snow are familiar and can not be more familiar, and when they saw that it was Shota, the Empress Dowager immediately welcomed Shota in respectfully. However, to Shota's surprise, not long after he walked into the door, today's protagonist, Yono, appeared in front of him.
Although he was a little surprised, Shota still offered birthday wishes to Yang Nai for the first time, and handed the gift box he was holding to Yang Nai, "Happy birthday, Sister Yang Nai." β
"Thank you, Shota." Yang Nai showed a decent smile, just talking about the current performance, it is absolutely perfect to interpret what it means to be a lady, "Can I open it now?" β
"Well, of course."
According to normal etiquette, Yono should hand over the gift box to the butler and wait until the end of the party to open the gifts of the guests one by one. But for Shota and Yono, opening up in person can reflect the intimacy between the two even more.
The gift was prepared by Sayuri, and Shota had also seen it in advance, and it was a pearl pendant of Mikimoto. The white pear-shaped pearl seems to shine from within, and above the single pearl, dozens of small diamonds form the shape of three tulips.
The price of this pearl pendant is not expensive, but it is a perfect fit.
"It's so beautiful, did you pick it out?"
"Uh, no, my mother picked it."
"It's really nice to take the gift that my aunt picked to help me celebrate my birthday, Shota."
Yono obviously liked this necklace very much, but when he said this, it was obvious that he had another purpose, so Shota had to roll his eyes at her and stop talking.
Sure enough, Yang Nai continued: "Since you didn't pick it, it's okay to help me put it on, right?" β
"Okay."
Shota nodded, this is not an excessive request, and of course the birthday star has the privilege of the birthday star, and some small requests can be agreed to Shota will not refuse.
Shota took the pendant out of the box and handed it to the maid standing next to him. But to Shota's surprise, Yono didn't turn his back to Shota, but bowed his head to Shota, and Shota only needed to lean forward slightly to kiss Shota's forehead.
"Uh......"
"Hurry up, the others are still waiting."
"What kind of excuse is that?"
Shota pursed his lips, but after taking a step back slightly, he wrapped his hand around the back of Yono's neck, and put the pendant on Yono while asking about the fragrance on Yono's body. Yono looked down at the pearl pendant attached to his collarbone and smiled with satisfaction.
"Let's go, let's go to the hall." After speaking, Yono couldn't help but wrap his arms around Shota's hand and walk towards the hall where the birthday party was held.
"Well, that's not good, Sister Yangnai."
"It's okay, it's okay, I'm inviting all acquaintances."
"But ......"
"Xue Nai won't see it, she doesn't like this kind of occasion, so she won't come here."
Yang Nai seemed to see through the scruples in Shota's heart, and explained directly before Shota could say anything. It's just that what's going on with this immoral sense of doing something immoral behind the back of his fiancΓ©e and her sister?
When Shota followed Yono into the hall, he looked up and found that it was indeed just as Yono said, all of them were a group of people with familiar faces. Probably the children of some people who have a good relationship with the Xuexia family and have to be invited, they didn't think it was strange to see Yono walk in with Shota's arm around him.
For these people, Shota is familiar with it, but the friendship is a little unnegotiable. After greeting some of the more important people with Yono, Shota walked towards the buffet area alone, and Yono couldn't be so free. As the protagonist of the day, Yono must constantly communicate with each guest and thank others for coming.
"Who, Shota, give me a portion of the barbecue clip over there."
"Huh?"
This familiar domineering voice, as well as the tone of the natural command, made Shota look in the direction where the voice came from in surprise, and Akasaka Zhuyin, who was also holding a plate in his hand, appeared in front of Shota.
"Why are you here...... Uh, Miss Akasaka. β
"Why can't I be here? Alright, hurry up and grab a barbecue for me. β
Shota looked at Zhu Yin with a strange expression for a long time, and it wasn't until the other party impatiently walked around Shota's side and took the barbecue himself to that he looked away from Zhu Yin's face as if he had come back to his senses.
"You're making too much fuss, aren't you? I knew Yono, and then she gave me an invitation, so I came. Zhu Yin was in a good mood these days, so he patiently explained to Xiangtai.
"Uh, no, I mean why you're eating buffet here." Shota hesitated for a moment and asked.
Zhu Yin glanced at Yang Nai, who was talking and laughing in the crowd, didn't look at Shota, and said very unceremoniously: "I like it, do you have any opinions?" β
The so-called good mood is only enough for Zhu Yin to explain to Shota once, but because of Zhu Yin's inexplicable domineering momentum, Shota has no interest in continuing this topic with the other party, anyway, it was just an excuse to pull out casually, and he didn't care much.
"Okay, just go if it's okay, don't disturb me to continue eating."
"Obviously, you accosted me first!"
"Oh."
Zhu Yin waved his hand, and walked to the other plate with a look of not wanting to deal with Shota at all. It's the same as when the two first met.,It's still a style of living in your own world.,Completely indifferent to other people's feelings.,Let Shota take back all the words he wanted to ask.γ
Although the personalities of Yang Nai and Xue Nai are also very different, but the surnames are different, it shouldn't be possible, right?
Zhu Yin, who had already walked away, seemed to suddenly remember something, turned his head and nodded at Shota and said, "By the way, Shota, the outline of the script is barely okay, and I look forward to what your script will look like when it is completely written." β
ββ¦β¦ Be. β
Is this the passive skill of the superior? I have to say that Shota really has a sense of being inspired by affirmation.
However, at this time, Shota noticed that Zhu Yin was not wearing a ring on his hand.
"Who is she?"
"A senior, right...... Hiratsuka-sensei? β
Shota turned his head, and the Hiratsuka-sensei, who had thrown an inexplicable trouble to himself and had an inexplicably good relationship with Yono, appeared beside him and asked with his head in his ear.
"Just a senior? Then why did you look at her for so long with such ambiguous eyes? β
ββ¦β¦ I'm just thinking about it. β
"Boy! Obviously I have a girlfriend, half-heartedness is not the right behavior! Although I know that you little boys like mature women the most, ......"
"Then why don't you even have a boyfriend, teacher?"
"You guy!"
For Shota's behavior of directly pouring salt on her wounds, the temper is already quite irritable, and Hiratsuka certainly can't stand such a bad behavior. But because of the occasion, no matter how angry she is, she can only stare at Shota viciously, as if she wants to dig a few holes in Shota with her mind.
"I wanted to praise you, but ...... Sure enough, you're a pretty bad guy at heart! β
"No, if you hadn't made trouble for me, I wouldn't have meant to mock a poor man who hadn't been in love until he was almost 30 years old."
"You! When I was in elementary school, I was ......" Hiratsuka immediately yelled loudly, hurriedly trying to prove something to Shota, such a loud voice naturally attracted the attention of the people around him, and after realizing that he had lost his temper, he barely retracted the words that had not yet been spoken.
Although there are not many customers in the buffet area, there are still quite a few maids standing nearby.
Before Hiratsuka could continue to say anything, the surroundings suddenly fell silent, and it turned out to be Yono's father and mother who came out.