The salty life in Life of Pi

Chapter 99 Wang Shengnan's Birthday
Standing at the door, the two of them leaned against the door and listened to Lin Dawei's call.

After Lin Dawei finished his call and went upstairs, Wu Xianyu and Lin Miaomiao walked out of the house and asked as they walked towards the supermarket.
"Auntie is going to have a birthday? Why haven't you told me about it?"

Lin Miaomiao frowned and flipped through the calendar on her phone. After studying it for a long time, she breathed a sigh of relief and relaxed her brows again.
"Huh, I almost thought I remembered it wrong. My parents both celebrate their birthdays according to the lunar calendar. Why does this feel wrong? There are only a few days left. I have to buy them gifts quickly."

After saying that, Lin Miaomiao started choosing gifts on her phone regardless of the fact that they were outside.

Wu Xianyu seemed to be thinking about something. How could he not get involved in such a thing?
On Wang Shengnan's birthday, Wu Xianyu heard the sound of an electric car downstairs. He guessed that the things Lin Dawei had ordered had arrived, so he stood at the kitchen window and looked out.
"Well, uncle is quite romantic, pink roses"

A delivery man from a flower shop stopped downstairs. Wu Xianyu immediately saw the roses in the man's arms. He took a bite of the watermelon in his mouth and stood there watching for a while.

Today is Lin Miaomiao's family affair, so I won't get involved. Although I am quite familiar with them, maybe Wang Shengnan and Lin Dawei have already regarded me as their future son-in-law, but now it hasn't been made clear, so I shouldn't get too close to them, as it will easily make people dislike me. However, the gift has already been taken by Lin Miaomiao.

Taking advantage of her birthday, Wang Shengnan sat on the sofa holding Tang Jiaojiao, watching TV idly. She listened to Lin Dawei and Lin Miaomiao busying themselves in the kitchen preparing lunch. She was really worried. If the food was not delicious, should she praise it against her will?
'bell--'

The doorbell rang, and Tang Jiaojiao jumped down from Wang Shengnan's arms.
"Auntie, please sit still. I'll go open the door."

When Wang Shengnan heard what Tang Jiaojiao said, she stopped getting up and a smile appeared on her face. Jiaojiao was much more sensible than Miaomiao. Miaomiao was still getting into trouble every day at her age.

"Um, Auntie, you may need to come and get this thing in person."

Tang Jiaojiao's voice came, Wang Shengnan was a little surprised, stood up and walked to the door, opened the door a little wider, and was stunned when she saw something outside.

"Hello, are you Ms. Wang Shengnan? Here are your flowers."

Wang Shengnan took the flowers in a daze. It had been a long time since she received this thing. Tang Jiaojiao followed behind Wang Shengnan and helped close the door.

Coming to the sofa, Tang Jiaojiao noticed a note in the flower.

"Auntie, there is something here, and it seems there are some words on it."

"Hmm? Let me see."

Wang Shengnan couldn't stop smiling. She carefully took out the note stuck in the flower. When she saw the words on it, she couldn't stop smiling.

Holding the flowers, Wang Shengnan came to the kitchen and found Lin Dawei who was busy cooking, and nudged him with her butt.

Lin Dawei turned around and saw Wang Shengnan and the flowers in her arms.

"Hey, who gave this to you? It's your first love."

"Your acting skills are not good, so stop pretending"

Wang Shengnan leaned against Lin Dawei gently, the smile on her face could not be suppressed, and her tone was even sweeter.

"Look, it says 'To my eternal first love' on the note."

After saying that, Wang Shengnan glanced at Lin Dawei.

Lin Miaomiao, who was beating eggs nearby, felt the hairs on her back stand up when she heard Wang Shengnan's tone. She couldn't help but clench her toes and shivered.

"Tsk, that's so annoying"

Lin Miaomiao muttered softly. Fortunately, Wang Shengnan and Lin Dawei were not paying attention to her, otherwise she would have been scolded.

"I am your first love, isn't it, Dawei brother~"

Wang Shengnan held the flowers, became shy and looked at Lin Dawei.

Lin Dawei turned off the fire and washed his hands. He could no longer suppress the smile on his face, but his tone was still tough.

"Okay, okay, just consider it a gift from me."

Lin Miaomiao put down the bowl in her hand and hurried out of the kitchen. Lin Dawei began to speak in a hoarse voice.

After standing in the living room for a while, Lin Miaomiao saw Wang Shengnan coming out with flowers, and hurried back to the kitchen, as today's task was not easy.

After a busy morning, it was lunchtime. The father and daughter finally put the food on the table. Wang Shengnan sat at the table, glanced at it, and nodded.

“It looks good, but I don’t know how it tastes”

“The taste is absolutely fine”

Lin Dawei brought the last piece of soup and placed it on the dining table. Just as he was about to sit down, the doorbell rang again. Lin Dawei went to open the door again and saw that it was the cake he ordered. A smile appeared on his face.

There was already a place reserved on the table for the cake. Lin Dawei happily opened the cake box and said as he opened it.
“I spent a long time searching online and comparing cakes before I finally decided on this cake shop.”

The cake box was opened, and a round cake appeared in front of everyone. Lin Miaomiao and Tang Jiaojiao couldn't help but open their eyes wide and exclaimed "Wow".

The entire cake is bright red, in the shape of a classic heart, but it has no edges and is very round. It is called a cake, but it looks more like an art piece.

There are not many decorations, only an edible chocolate sign on the lower right corner of the cake box, which reads
"Happy birthday, my first love"

Wang Shengnan read the above content and turned to look at Lin Dawei with a smile.

"You also said that the flowers in the morning were not sent by you?"

Lin Dawei's goal was achieved, so he naturally admitted it.

"Yes, it's from me. How about it? Do you like it?"

“I like it, haha”

Wang Shengnan held Lin Dawei's neck with one hand and kissed him hard on the face.

Lin Miaomiao stretched out her hand to cover Tang Jiaojiao's eyes and whispered

"Not suitable for children, not suitable for children"

Tang Jiaojiao pushed Lin Miaomiao's hand away, looked up at her, and spoke in a lighter tone.
"Why didn't you remember to cover my eyes when you kissed Brother Salty Fish?"

Lin Miaomiao moved her hand away awkwardly, her eyes darting around. Fortunately, Lin Dawei and Wang Shengnan were both older people, so they just kissed her on the cheek and didn't do anything else afterwards.

Seeing the passion in Wang Shengnan's eyes, Lin Dawei's smile was a little forced, and he quickly changed the subject.
"Don't look at the cake first, eat, eat, then eat cake after the meal. Eat less of this, eating too much will make you fat"

During the meal, Wang Shengnan kept touching Lin Dawei intentionally or unintentionally. Lin Dawei resisted with difficulty and whispered to him:

"The children are here, and it's broad daylight, please be careful"

Wang Shengnan threw a coquettish glance at Lin Dawei and calmed down for a while, but this feeling would not fade away with time. Instead, it would accumulate slowly like a volcano until it erupted and all was released at once.

After dinner, seeing Wang Shengnan trying to pull him into the house for a nap, Lin Dawei felt like he was about to break out in a cold sweat. He quickly took out a small box from his coat hanging at the door and handed it to Wang Shengnan.

"This is your birthday present, open it and take a look"

Seeing that the gift-giving session had already begun, Lin Miaomiao and Tang Jiaojiao ran back to the room and took out their gifts.

Back in the living room, Wang Shengnan had already opened Lin Dawei's gift box. It was a car key with a Volkswagen logo on it. Wang Shengnan was sure that Lin Dawei would definitely not give her a toy in the shape of a car key to fool her. There was only one possibility.
"You bought a car?!"

Lin Dawei had a proud smile on his face, and his expression became more proud. He leaned on the back of the sofa with both hands.

"How about it? Just tell me if you like it or not."

“How much did you spend?”

Wang Shengnan's words froze Lin Dawei's smile, and he showed a helpless expression, "Wang Shengnan, could you please not say something that would spoil the fun during such a romantic moment?"

"It's ok if you send flowers or buy cakes, but this car is not a small amount of money."

Holding the car keys tightly, Wang Shengnan still said that she felt sorry for the money.

Lin Miaomiao took this opportunity to quickly present herself and Xianyu with gifts.
"Mom, let's talk about your business later. First, take a look at the gifts we gave. This big one is from me, and this smaller one is from Xianyu."

"Oh, Xiaoyu also sent one, let me see."

Wang Shengnan's attention was indeed diverted. She first opened Wu Xianyu's gift box and took a look. It was a completely transparent crystal plate with no patterns or designs on it.

Lin Miaomiao hadn't seen Wu Xianyu's gift in advance, so when she saw him speaking with some uncertainty,

"Is Xianyu being scammed? What is this? Why is there no pattern on it?"

"What do you know"

Wang Shengnan was very satisfied. She carefully examined the card and explained to Lin Miaomiao:

"This is called the Peaceful Pai, which means peace and tranquility. In today's society, peace of mind is the best thing. Xiaoyu is so thoughtful."

Hearing Wang Shengnan's praise for Wu Xianyu, Lin Miaomiao felt a little unhappy and took up her gift box and put it in Wang Shengnan's arms.

"Look at it carefully later, look at my gift first, I spent a lot of money on it."

Wang Shengnan had no choice but to open Lin Miaomiao's gift box. What she saw was a string of English letters. As a woman, Wang Shengnan could still recognize them.
"Estee Lauder, you really have too much money and don't know where to spend it, right?"

Seeing this set of cosmetics, Wang Shengnan couldn't take her eyes off it, but she still said that Lin Miaomiao didn't know how to manage the household.

Lin Miaomiao smiled, sat next to Wang Shengnan, leaned against her and explained

"I made some money from my WeChat public account, and she helped me pick the oranges. The prices are not too high."

"This is at least several hundred if not a thousand."

Wang Shengnan rolled her eyes at Lin Miaomiao and carefully put away the cosmetics.

Turning to look at Tang Jiaojiao, she was also holding a small box in her hand.

"Jiaojiao, have you prepared a gift for Auntie too?"

"kindness"

Tang Jiaojiao nodded vigorously and handed the gift box to Wang Shengnan with both hands.

Wang Shengnan took it with a smile and couldn't help but touch Tang Jiaojiao's face. It didn't matter what the child gave her, as long as she had that heart, she would feel very comfortable.

But Tang Jiaojiao still urged Wang Shengnan to open it and take a look. Wang Shengnan couldn't resist and opened it and took a look. Her eyes suddenly lit up.

"Hey, this scarf is nice, Jiaojiao, where did you buy it?"

"It wasn't bought by me, it was bought by my father. I gave him all my pocket money and asked him to buy it for me. Auntie, as long as you like it."

When Tang Jiaojiao saw Wang Shengnan’s reaction, a smile finally appeared on her face.

Hearing Tang Jiaojiao say this, Wang Shengnan hugged her in her arms and kissed her little face a few times.

"The things Jiaojiao gave me are still the best."

Lin Miaomiao and Lin Dawei both curled their lips and said nothing. There was no point arguing with a child.

After putting away the gift, Wang Shengnan took the car keys and pulled Lin Dawei out of the door, saying to Lin Miaomiao

"Your dad and I are going to check out the car. You can stay home and play with Jiaojiao. Remember to text me before you go out."

After saying that, he pulled the frightened Lin Dawei out of the door.

When Wang Shengnan got to the new car, she stopped looking at it and sat in the driver's seat. She looked at Lin Dawei who had been standing outside and said in dissatisfaction:

"Come in too, it's not hot standing outside."

"It's not hot, I'll just watch here, and then we'll go upstairs after we're done."

Lin Dawei's back was already soaked with sweat, but he still said that it was not hot.

Wang Shengnan leaned on the car window, still smiling, but her tone was not so polite.
"Dawei~Come up, let's go for a walk"

When Lin Dawei heard this, his legs trembled and he wanted to leave first. He had just clearly seen Wang Shengnan put both of their ID cards into the bag in the bedroom. If he got in the car, he would have no control over where to go.

Lin Dawei really wanted to say "I'm not going anywhere" in a tough manner, but he couldn't. Under Wang Shengnan's gaze, Lin Dawei's brows were deeply wrinkled and he got into the car reluctantly.

Wang Shengnan stepped on the accelerator and drove out of the community with a smile on her face.

Civil Affairs Bureau.

Tang Yuanming and Tian Shanshan walked out, each holding a red book in his hand.

Tang Yuanming looked a little complicated, looking at Tian Shanshan beside him

"Just get the certificate like this? Don't you think it's too impulsive?"

Tian Shanshan glanced at the marriage certificate, put it back in her bag, and looked at Tang Yuanming when she heard his words, with a teasing tone.

"That's not what you said when we were having dinner just now."

Tian Shanshan waved and walked towards the parking lot, saying
"Okay, we're just hanging out together. I don't have any deep feelings for each other, but we can slowly cultivate them in the future. When school starts, I'm going to tell the school that I won't be the team leader anymore. You try to get some, I'll focus on my family from now on."

Tang Yuanming followed behind, listened to Tian Shanshan's arrangements, nodded, and his mood gradually calmed down.
"Okay, then I'll make some money. I just happened to see a house recently. It's a little far from the school, not in the school district, but it's cheap. I have enough money for the down payment. Do you want to take a look?"

"Let's go check it out. Once Jiaojiao takes over, she won't be able to stay in the dormitory anymore."

The two got in the car, and Tang Yuanming drove towards the house that Lin Dawei introduced.

Not long after the two left, another man and woman came out of the Civil Affairs Bureau, with a leader-like person following them. When they left the room, the person spoke:
"Boss Qian, everything has been done, so I won't stay any longer."

"Okay, thank you Director Zhao."

Qian Yukun shook hands with the man and watched him return to the Civil Affairs Bureau.

Exhaling, Qian Yukun looked at Pei Yin beside him and waved the small notebook in his hand.

"Okay, we're divorced, so let's go back to our own homes. Remember not to tell my dad about this."

Pei Yin nodded and emphasized

"Don't mention this to Trinity either. Wait until he finishes the college entrance exam."

"understood"

Qian Yukun was a little impatient, and at the same time used the impatient expression to cover up his guilt. Qian Sanyi had mentioned to him that he didn't want to stay with Pei Yin anymore, and he was still a little happy. But Qian Sanyi was raised by Pei Yin after all, and it was still a little cruel to let Qian Sanyi leave her like this.

(End of this chapter)