"Mr. Yao, the chairman just called."

"Father, what did he say?" Nangong Yao, who had just finished the meeting, sat on the chair and pressed his temples in order to relieve some fatigue, and there was a little impatience in his voice - he had been spinning for a week, and now he just wanted to fall asleep.

If there is something important, my father will definitely let him answer the phone directly, and since he didn't do it, it means that he just told him about it.

"It is said that your sister Miss Bai will be eighteen tomorrow's birthday, if you are free, you will go back, and if you are not free, remember to give gifts." As Mr. Yao's personal secretary, Shen Hang naturally knows some things about his boss.

This Miss Bai is a child brought by Mr. Yao's stepmother, and the relationship between Mr. Yao is not far or close, at least he has been with Mr. Yao for many years, and he has never seen this young lady make any trouble.

Maybe it's because of this, the boss of the New Year's holidays will also ask him, the secretary, to prepare some gifts to send back, anyway, it's not a brother and sister, and it's not bad to maintain such a relationship.

Younger sister? Nangong Yao's action of pressing on her temples stopped—that little girl who was thin and had eyes as fierce as a wolf cub?

Those long-ago memories in her mind became clear as if they had been dusted away: "So soon, she will be eighteen."

Since his father handed over most of the work in his hands to him, Nangong Yao, who was anxious about the company's affairs, has not been home for several years, and even during the Chinese New Year, he only made phone calls.

"Look at tomorrow's schedule, and go back if you have time." It's time to go back and see his father, Nangong Yao thought to himself, "By the way, I'll prepare another birthday present." ”

"Yes, Mr. Yao, I'll go down and prepare." The birthday gift was naturally bought for that Miss Bai, and Shen Feihang pushed open the office door and went out while pondering in his heart what little girls of this age liked.

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The sun rises and the moon falls, and the time soon arrives on Bai Ruolian's birthday.

You can always eat your favorite meal today, right?

Bai Ruolian, who had been eating the clear soup and green cabbage root for several days, thought to herself, grateful to herself for this birthday like never before - she was used to eating heavy food, and eating these light vegetables and white meat was as difficult to swallow as chewing wax.

She staggered to the kitchen and looked over the board - yes, there were still no chili peppers, but at least it looked quite appetizing.

"Little Lotus." Gentle and pleasant, a male voice came from behind him, with a slight smile: "It's just ten o'clock, are you hungry?" ”

"Second brother!" Bai Ruolian turned around in surprise: "Didn't you go to country Y for a concert?" When did you come back? ”

Nangong Jin is Nangong Sheng's second son, and he has shown excellent talent in music since he was a child. Nangong's family has money and is willing to spend it, since the child likes it, then invite the best music teacher to give him the best environment.

The combination of congenital and acquired naturally cultivated Nangong Jin, a world-renowned musician who was only twenty-six years old.

Nangong Jin, who even spoke as if with a rhythm, raised one eyebrow, and above that clear face, there seemed to be starlight twinkling in his pale eyes, and his thin and moderately thick lips were slightly upturned, revealing a shallow pear vortex:

"Our Xiaolian is eighteenth birthday, of course I, as an elder brother, have to come back."

Compared with the eldest brother Nangong Yao, who rarely meets and has a cold temperament, Bai Ruolian still has a better relationship with the gentle-tempered second brother Nangong Jin, and knows that he has always regarded music as his life, and often forgets to sleep and eat for the sake of music and ignores everything around him.

But this is probably the reason why he can have this achievement now, Bai Ruolian looked at Nangong Jin who was smiling at herself in front of her, anyway, the second brother would never interrupt his concert and return to China because of such a trivial matter as giving her a birthday.

There is no need to expose this kind of lie at all, who doesn't want to listen to it, "Then since I'm back, my second brother must have brought me a birthday gift, right?" ”

"The gift has been prepared for a long time, but it will not be given to you until Xiaolian has made a wish and blown out the candle." Nangong Jin blinked.

His mysterious attitude aroused Bai Ruolian's interest, and she couldn't help but have some expectations for the next gifts.

"Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you......"

The big pink cake was filled with candles in the style of "eighteen", accompanied by Nangong Jin's gentle voice, Bai Ruolian blew out the candle flame, closed her eyes and made a wish that has not changed over the years: May all my relatives be safe and happy.

"Lianlian, this is your mother's birthday gift." He Xinrou handed a long white dress embroidered with lotus flowers to Bai Ruolian: "Mom has embroidered for half a year, but you are not allowed to be ugly." ”

"How so!" Bai Ruolian took the long skirt in surprise and stroked the skirt with a circle of turquoise lotus leaves crowded around each other - several pink lotus flowers in full bloom poked out of the lotus leaves, spread upward, and even delicately embroidered dewdrops on the layers of petals: "It's so beautiful!" ”

He Xinrou looked at her daughter who she regarded as a treasure, and her eyes were full of love: "Mom hopes that my lotus lotus can be like a lotus for the rest of my life." "Out of the mud but not stained, clear ripples but not demons, this is also the meaning of the name he gave his daughter at the beginning.

"As soon as Aunt He's gift comes out, my gift will definitely not be comparable." Nangong Jin held the box in his hand and handed it to Bai Ruolian: "Xiaolian, you can take it reluctantly." ”

"How can I be reluctant, I also like the gift of the second brother." Bai Ruolian carefully took the long skirt in her hand back into the box, and opened Nangong Jin's gift - the delicate transparent small bottle contained some liquid, which seemed to be perfume.

Sure enough, Nangong Jin explained: "This is a perfume made of ancient lotus, and I specially brought it back from abroad to give it to Xiaolian." ”

The perfume made by Gu Lian is indeed rare, this should be specially ordered by Nangong Jin, Bai Ruolian opened a big smile: "Thank you, second brother." ”

Finally, when he arrived at Nangong Sheng, he gave Bai Ruolian a lotus necklace carved from mutton fat and white jade, which was lifelike and exquisite.

It's really a coincidence, the birthday gifts given by the three people are all related to lotus flowers, Bai Ruolian held the gift in her hand, and smiled so much that there was only a slit left in her eyes.

She is really happy today, and there is no happier day to be with her family on her birthday.

Towards the evening, the four of them had a lively meal, sat on the sofa and chatted.

Nangong Sheng asked some of the second son's fares abroad, whether the concert was going smoothly or not, and so on, so he got tired of getting along with He Xin again.

The two husbands and wives have been like this for so many years, middle-aged men and women show affection no worse than young ones, Bai Ruolian and Nangong Jin have long been used to it, and they don't care about them, they just chatted with themselves:

"I almost didn't recognize Xiaolian at first glance when I came back, and I thought it was a monster in the house."

Bai Ruolian rolled her eyes angrily at Nangong Jin's words: "It's just that there are some acne on the face, where will you become a monster." ”

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It was already dark, and outside the Nangong family's villa, which should no longer allow others to enter, there were suddenly several car horns.

Immediately afterwards, a servant pushed open the door and bowed down to welcome a young man in a suit and leather shoes with a grim face.

This young man who suddenly came had a handsome face, deep and sharp black pupils, perfectly curved lips tightly pursed, and a feeling of being unapproachable all over his body—it wasn't until he saw Bai Ruolian and the others sitting on the sofa chatting that his expression eased a little.