The world is broken, the cubs mend it

After tidying up the house, Lu Zheng took the child back to the bedroom to rest.

The father and daughter slept until 5:30 in the afternoon, and the sun was about to set.

Lu Zheng went to the bathroom to wash his face. He had been eating too light a diet recently and he began to feel that life was boring.

Just then, a friend in the group invited him to go out for hotpot. After hesitating for a moment, he took his child with him to keep the appointment.

The children can’t eat spicy food, so they ordered a shuangyuan hotpot. The sour and fragrant tomato hotpot was very much to Yuanyuan’s taste.

Lu Zheng can eat spicy food especially well. Everyone kept drinking with their lips red from the spicy food, but he was the only one who kept scooping food from the pot without changing his expression.

We hadn't gathered together for a while, so we talked about everything under the sun and ordered a few beers, planning to get drunk.

Lu Zheng has a good alcohol tolerance. He can drink ten liang of white wine and basically never get drunk after drinking beer.

When everyone was drinking happily, the little kid next to him secretly took away the fried tofu skin from Lu Zheng's dipping dish.

This kind of hot pot dish is the easiest to absorb juice, and children will stick out their tongues because of the spiciness the moment it enters the mouth.

"Spit it out now, you can't eat something this spicy."

Lu Zheng quickly took some milk to relieve the spiciness in the child's mouth and wiped the red oil off the corners of her mouth with a tissue.

Children will start to make trouble if they are not watched for a while!

"..."

Yuanyuan opened her mouth and felt like it was on fire, with transparent saliva flowing out from the corners of her lips.

The child's funny appearance made everyone laugh.

Everyone drank until very late, and the little guy couldn't stand it for that long and fell asleep soundly in Lu Zheng's arms.

"Brother Zheng, your birthday is in two days, do you want to go out and celebrate it?"

Everyone looked at him, planning to celebrate his birthday together.

In the past, he always spent his birthday alone at home and would not come out no matter how much he was called.

Having a child this year, he is much more optimistic than usual and might be willing to come out for a get-together.

Besides, he has never missed anyone's birthday, so for the sake of brotherhood, we want to organize a grand birthday for him.

Lu Zheng looked at their nervous expressions and smiled: "No need, it's nothing to worry about."

It’s the same as previous years.

"Why?" Everyone was a little disappointed.

“I don’t like birthdays.”

As Lu Zheng spoke, his eyes drooped as he looked at the sleepy child in his arms, then he picked up his coat and wrapped her tightly.

“How can anyone not love celebrating their birthday?”

One of them looked at him in confusion, and Zhao Qi pushed him with his hand, signaling him not to ask any more questions.

There are few people who don’t like celebrating their birthdays, unless there are some unpleasant memories.

"It's getting late. I'm leaving first. You should go home early too."

Lu Zheng called the waiter to settle the bill, said goodbye to everyone, and left with the child in his arms.

The wind late at night in late July was not cold, but a little stuffy.

Lu Zheng carried the child to the roadside to hail a taxi, and the questions his friend had just asked rang in his ears.

In fact, he loved celebrating his birthday when he was a child and would start looking forward to it several days in advance.

At that time, Feng Nuan would personally make a cake for him, and Lu Chao would also turn down work and go home early to blow out the candles with him.

On their first birthday after their divorce, he waited from early morning until midnight, but there was no cake or gifts.

Everyone seemed to have forgotten what day it was and no one even said happy birthday to him.

The next day he called Feng Nuan crying, but she just gave him a few perfunctory words of comfort and then sent him a red envelope.

Lu Chao said that he was too busy and didn't remember it. It was just a birthday and it wouldn't matter if one was missing.

Every birthday since then has been like this. He comforted himself that his parents were busy and that was why they forgot his birthday.

It wasn’t until Feng Nuan posted a photo of Lin Yao’s birthday party on her Moments, with the luxurious and carefully decorated venue and the exquisite and cute handmade cartoon cakes.

Everything shows her love and cherishment for the child.

Lu Chengxing’s birthday is also grand, and the Lu family will invite well-known people from all walks of life to celebrate.

And Lu Chao will also play the role of a happy family of three with them on this day.

He will always be an outsider.

So, it’s not that they have a bad memory, they just simply can’t remember their birthdays.

When all expectations are dashed, there is nothing left to hope for.

Lu Zheng opened the back door of the car and was about to get in with the child when she woke up.

"dad?"

Yuanyuan opened her eyes and called him in a soft voice, reaching out to grab his clothes.

"Just sleep a little longer, we'll be home soon."

Lu Zheng coaxed softly, raising his hand and patting her shoulder.

The car was driving steadily on the road, and he leaned against the window looking at the lights in the distance.

Maybe this year he can celebrate his birthday with his children, buy a prettier cake and blow out the candles together.

When his child’s birthday comes next year, he plans to hold a big party and invite all his close friends to celebrate.

The first birthday after meeting each other must be celebrated in a grand and lively manner.

He wanted his child to feel valued and not miss out on the fun of his birthday like he did.

Plans can't keep up with changes.

On birthday——

Before Lu Zheng had time to order a cake, the child was taken away by Li Yan.

The two men were acting mysterious and wouldn't let him follow them nor tell him where they were going.

"Forget it, you have to send her back before dinner."

"I know, see you tonight."

Looking at the two people's backs as they left, Lu Zheng vaguely guessed the content of their activities.

Today is his birthday, Li Yan must remember it.

Taking the child away at this time is most likely to give him a surprise.

But this was just his inner guess, and he didn't dare to hold too high expectations.

Anyway, the children will be back before dinner, so even if there is no surprise, he can share the cake with the children.

Lu Zheng is always like this, cautiously expecting things while breaking the fantasy with his own hands.

Always keep yourself awake so that you won’t feel disappointed or feel uncomfortable.

"Godfather, will Dad be sad if we leave him alone at home?"

Yuanyuan walked downstairs and looked towards home again, feeling that this was not a good idea.

"No, Zheng is so smart that he must know what we are going to do."

Li Yan carried her into the car and raised her hand to pinch the child's little face. She believed that with her around, Lu Zheng would be able to resolve his emotional knot sooner and become sunny and cheerful.

As soon as the child left, Lu Zheng felt that the house was much quieter and he found a little sense of freedom.

He likes to be with children, but when the children are young, they cannot be separated from him for a moment. After a long time, he will feel a little bored and have no time to do his own things.

Someone in the group asked if we wanted to go cycling in Nanshan, and those who wanted to go reported their numbers one by one and gathered.

Lu Zheng hadn't ridden a motorcycle for a while and felt itchy, so he followed the others and reported the number.

Group member A: Hey! Isn't this Mr. Lu? Long time no see you.

Group member B: Mr. Lu is not at home taking care of the children today?

Chen Ze: Stop making trouble, if you want to come, come quickly.

"..."

Lu Zheng had only met most of the people in the group a few times, and some of his friends had teased him like this in the group before.

Later, somehow, other people started calling him that too.

If we count his family background, he is worthy of the title "Mr. Lu".

But compared to the young master, Lu Zheng felt more like an unwanted victim.

This time it’s not a competition, we just team up to have fun and ride our bikes around.

Nanshan is located in the suburbs. The mountain is planted with pine and cypress trees, and winding roads are hidden among them.

There are usually more people here in the early morning and evening, and few people come here at noon.