There was only one room left in this B&B. I heard they were a couple, and the landlord warmly received them.
The room was a bit basic, and Sheng Mingxi felt that he had nowhere to go. He had never stayed in a room with such poor conditions.
Lu Qingqing noticed his disgust and borrowed another set of clean sheets and quilts from the landlord to put on.
Lu Qingqing was busy alone the whole time, with Sheng Mingxi watching from the side. It wasn't that he didn't help, it was just that he had never done such things before.
Lu Qingqing didn't complain either. She was probably used to taking care of others. Both her brothers, Lu Haizhou and Lin Shuo, became "unable to take care of themselves" under her meticulous care.
After cleaning up the room, the landlord gave me two packs of instant noodles and pickled mustard.
Sheng Mingxi looked at this junk food and instantly lost all appetite.
He fell on the sofa, took out his mobile phone, and suddenly received a birthday greeting from the United States in his mailbox.
His hand shook.
He opened his mailbox and saw a familiar name, Feng Xinwen.
"What are you looking at?" Lu Qingqing saw Sheng Mingxi in a daze, so he walked over with the soaked noodles.
Sheng Mingxi immediately closed the mailbox.
Said: "My friend sent me birthday wishes."
"Is your birthday today?" Lu Qingqing was surprised.
She looked at the instant noodles in her hand and felt that she was really sorry for Sheng Mingxi if she only had this for her birthday.
Suddenly she thought of something, put down the bowl and left the room.
When a heavy rainstorm comes, the sea breeze howls outside the window, lightning flashes, and raindrops patter on the glass, which is frightening to hear.
At this time, a thunder struck, and the power grid of the small fishing village was struck by lightning, and it was instantly plunged into darkness.
Sheng Mingxi, who was already asleep, suddenly sat up from the sofa.
"Lu Qingqing, where are you?"
After calling for a long time but no one answered, Sheng Mingxi got up and went to look for him.
At this time, the door opened.
Lu Qingqing walked in carrying a handmade cake.
There were more than a dozen candles on the cake. Under the candlelight, Lu Qingqing's face was covered with a warm halo, and she walked towards Sheng Mingxi like an angel.
Lu Qingqing hummed the birthday song quietly.
"Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you..."
Sheng Mingxi stood there blankly.
He has not celebrated his birthday in twenty years. Except for a few people close to him, no one knows about his birthday, and he never mentions it to others.
"Lu Qingqing, thank you for your kindness, but since my parents passed away, I haven't celebrated my birthday." Sheng Mingxi suppressed his inner emotions and said coldly.
Lu Qingqing stopped.
She looked at the painful expression on Sheng Mingxi's face and felt the same.
"Sheng Mingxi, I know the pain of losing your parents, but today is your birthday. Your parents must be watching you in heaven. They hope you are safe and happy. They don't want to see you in such pain, so for them, you have to be kind.
yourself."
"You won't understand my pain."
"No, I have experienced your pain. When I learned that I was a child picked up by my grandmother at the beach, and when I knew that my parents abandoned me, my pain was no less than yours.
Although my parents are still alive, I haven’t enjoyed the love and affection of my parents for a day. This has never happened before and will never happen in the future. So, you are at least luckier than me."
Sheng Mingxi moved slightly.
"You didn't think about going to find them?"
Lu Qingqing shook his head.
"Where can I find it in the vast sea of people? Can I come back if I find the love I lost?"
"Then you hate them?"
"I don't hate. I believe there are no parents in this world who don't love their children. They must have their own difficulties, so all I can do is live well and live up to the fact that they brought me into this world."
Lu Qingqing put the cake on the table.
"I don't know my birthday, so I never celebrate it. How about we celebrate it together today?"
"This is a cake I made myself, do you want to try it?"
Sheng Mingxi walked over and looked at the birthday cake, which didn't look good but looked very thoughtful. A crack scratched his long-frozen heart.
"Let's make a wish together." Lu Qingqing closed her eyes and began to make a wish.
At this time, the room was surprisingly quiet, as if there were only two of them in the whole world.
Seeing Lu Qingqing's delicate face under the candlelight, Sheng Mingxi also slowly closed his eyes.
Lu Qingqing made three wishes.
When she opened her eyes, she found Sheng Mingxi staring at her blankly.
"Did you make a wish?"
Sheng Mingxi nodded.
"Then let's exchange wishes, okay? I'll send my wishes to you on my phone, and you'll send yours to me."
After speaking, Lu Qingqing sent the three wishes he made.
But Sheng Mingxi made no move.
"Why didn't you send it?"
"My wish cannot be realized." Sheng Mingxi's only wish now is that his grandfather can live a long life.
"Sometimes wishes aren't meant to come true."
Sheng Mingxi raised his head in surprise and met Lu Qingqing's eyes that were as bright as night pearls.
"The wish is to give people the courage to live, to make them brave, strong, and not afraid of any difficulties and obstacles."
"Even if we fail to achieve it in the end, we will not regret it because we have tried hard. People are actually very small, and there are very few things we can decide, so in many cases, don't embarrass yourself and just try your best."
Sheng Mingxi didn't expect that a little girl who had just entered the society knew so many truths.
He now somewhat understood why his grandfather chose Lu Qingqing at a glance among so many applicants.
Maybe Lu Qingqing is not the best, but her experience is the most suitable for Sheng Mingxi.
Lu Qingqing handed the knife to Sheng Mingxi and asked him to cut the cake.
Sheng Mingxi came over, hugged Lu Qingqing from behind and held her hand. "Let's cut it together."
Lu Qingqing's heart beat faster this time.
She didn't know if it was an illusion, but it seemed that Sheng Mingxi had the same heartbeat and shortness of breath as him.
Moreover, the hands of the two of them holding the knife were trembling slightly, and they did not even cut out a complete piece of cake.
Lu Qingqing didn't know whose hand was shaking. She tried her best to focus on the cake, but the heartbeat of the man behind her was like a drum, making her distracted.
The whole process of cutting the cake was very fast, but Lu Qingqingque felt it was very long, so long that her palms became sweaty.
Lu Qingqing had a birthday cake for the first time, and it was made by herself.
This is all thanks to the fact that every time she passes by a cake shop, she has to see how the cake chefs make cakes. It just so happens that the daughter of the owner of this B&B sells cakes made on site on Douyin, with all the materials and tools available.
The cake is delicious.
Sheng Mingxi didn't like sweets, so he only ate two small pieces. But he ate all the instant noodles modified by Lu Qingqing as longevity noodles.