"Happy birthday, may it be joyful." Filio wiped his nose and smiled.
"Be happy."
With both hands behind her back, Shang Xiaoqi spoke as she walked over, then handed a small flower picked from the field to Sun Changkong.
"Xiaoqi, you're the best." Sun Changkong exclaid with surprise as he took the little red flower, giving Shang Xiaoqi a strong hug and rubbed her cheek. Shang Xiaoqi blushed and shyly backed away.
Sun Changkong put the little yellow flower in his mouth and bit it twice. Then, under Shang Xiaoqi's shocked gaze, she turned to look at Kong Youling, who was staring blankly at the candles.
"Goo goo ga ga," the white-haired girl said with a serious face.
"No penguin language allowed," the red-haired girl said fiercely.
"Happy birthday."
Kong Youling's lips curled slightly, her snow-white hair swaying in the evening breeze, dyed a golden hue by the sunset.
"That's more like it."
Sun Changkong said softly, finally turning to look at Ji Minghuan, who was holding the cake, staring at him silently.
"Happy birthday, boss lady."
Ji Minghuan said quietly, with little expression on his face. The sunset cast a glow over his face, and the breeze from the mountainside tousled his bangs, revealing his forehead.
Sun Changkong stared blankly at him for a mont, then nodded and looked away:
"Mm."
"Don't rush to eat, make a wish after blowing out the candles first," he added.
"What birthday wish did you make back then?" Sun Changkong asked him.
"My wish was... I hope everyone can happily die together." After finishing, Ji Minghuan looked up into her eyes, "How about that? Isn't it a great wish? Don't you dare imitate ."
Sun Changkong was taken aback.
The other kids around were also stunned, it was the second ti they heard Ji Minghuan say sothing like that, but last ti, Ji Minghuan was clearly absent-minded.
Ji Minghuan raised an eyebrow and continued, "Why are you all so surprised? What I an is, even if we're stuck in the Salvation Society for life, at least every year we can have birthdays here and gather every few days."
He paused: "Then, we can grow old together and go joyfully to our deaths. What's wrong with that?"
He sighed, "Actually, that's what I ant last ti too. I don't know why you all were so scared."
He counted his fingers and added, "See, it's like in that Romance of the Three Kingdoms drama, they often say, 'Don't ask for the sa birth year, month, and day, but the sa year, month, and day of death.'
Saying this, he pouted, looking up at the kids on the field.
They were finally convinced by him.
"Traitor... Stop saying such scary things," Shang Xiaoqi said coldly, "Middle-school syndro."
"Like you have the right to call middle-school syndro," Ji Minghuan chuckled with mock anger.
Filio wagged his tail happily, saying nonsensically, "World peace."
Mario continued playing his ga console with a blank expression, "So scary, no wonder you're the Restricted Level one. Throw your collar around, and then beat us all up."
Ji Minghuan looked over at the girl sitting on the cloud, her head bowed, fiery red hair dancing in the sunset. The breeze carried the fresh sll of the field, and the mountains and clouds were a rosy hue, like wine.
"And you, have you forgiven yet?" he asked.
"Mm... Since you celebrated my birthday, I'll forgive you for your previous nonsense," Sun Changkong said, patting Ji Minghuan's back vigorously.
After a mont of silence, she hugged him tightly, her head lowering gently to rest on his shoulder.
"Wow, what are you doing?" Ji Minghuan froze, hurriedly pressing the cake down, "What if the cake gets on your clothes?"
Sun Changkong lowered her eyes, murmuring softly, "Hmph... I haven't even asked for my birthday present, hugging you isn't okay?"
Ji Minghuan fell silent, no longer trying to break free.
At this ti Filio, like a husky, crawled over from the field, covered in yellow petals, and stretched his arms out to hug them both.
He leaned in close to Sun Changkong and Ji Minghuan's heads, his soft wolf ears brushing against their cheeks.
Shang Xiaoqi froze, watching this with a slight blush, suddenly turning her face away:
"S...so shaless."
anwhile, Kong Youling rushed over and hugged her, pushing Shang Xiaoqi down into the field, causing Shang Xiaoqi to panic and blush, the two of them rolling around in the sunset-covered field.
"Boring," Mario snorted coldly, silently playing his ga console, only to be hit head-on by the Sorsault Cloud, knocking him into the flowers in the field.
"What the heck?" He got up, glaring at Sun Changkong from a distance.
"What do you an, what the heck?" Sun Changkong smiled, "I felt sorry seeing you alone, so I wanted to have the Sorsault Cloud hug you."
"I hate you all," Mario muttered, rubbing his reddened nose, his arms wrapped around his knees in a frown, giving up on the ga console altogether.
But after a while, Filio suddenly pounced on him like a playful wolf pup, pinning him down into the field.
Sun Changkong clutched his stomach, pointing at Mario, laughing heartily.
Ji Minghuan watched quietly, the breeze brushing against his cheeks.
Suddenly, his gaze t Sun Changkong's. At that mont, the sunset completely sank beneath the horizon, the field dimming to just the flickering candlelight.
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