Chapter 608: Chapter 445: Hoarding Goods by the Millions for the Disaster, Slacking Off While Raising a Kid 33_2
Three-year-olds are different from older children; they tend to be incredibly clingy when they express affection, earnest and enthusiastic, just like now, with eyes glistening like a puppy, Xiangsheng followed Su Zhiruan’s movements and planted a kiss on her face.
“Smack,” with a loud noise, the action was quite pronounced.
“You little rascal, getting so clingy with my wife,” Wen Qingyu’s tone was slightly sour as he finished decorating the cake. Then he pinched his son’s cheek and wrapped his arm around Su Zhiruan’s waist.
But Xiangsheng was a smart little one with high emotional intelligence. Seeing that his dad was jealous again, his eyes darted about, and he hugged Wen Qingyu, climbing up on him and, just like that, gave him a smack of a kiss too.
“Okay, okay, I kissed you!” Xiangsheng jumped down from Wen Qingyu’s embrace and rubbed his palms together, looking forward to the cake with anticipation.
“Wait a moment, sweetheart. Mom and Dad still need to prepare a few dishes. Go play by yourself for a while, and then we can officially start the birthday celebration,” Su Zhiruan said, after finishing the cake, but she still had a few dishes to cook, so she told Xiangsheng to go back to playing.
Xiangsheng obediently walked away to play by himself with his toys, while Su Zhiruan and Wen Qingyu started preparing the meal. But a child that age can’t sit still, especially with both mom and dad around; he just couldn’t resist coming over to bother them. It was like playing a game of hide and seek—
Xiangsheng suddenly popped his head into the kitchen, shouting “Mommy!” However, as soon as Su Zhiruan turned around, he quickly pulled back his head, giggling and running away. After a little while, he did the same thing with Wen Qingyu.
Since children love to play, and today was his third birthday, they let him be. After quickly finishing up with the cooking, Wen Qingyu went to scoop him up, and the family of three sat down at the dining table.
Xiangsheng was delighted by the cake on the table. Su Zhiruan pulled out some candles from somewhere, inserted three of them into the cake, and lit them with a lighter.
Clapping her hands, she said, “Today is our little Xiangsheng’s third birthday, congratulations on growing another year older. We hope that our Xiangsheng stays healthy and safe, and grows up to be a strong man.”
“Dad also hopes you’ll be strong and brave, but most importantly, to be yourself,” Wen Qingyu added his heartfelt wishes, looking softly at Su Zhiruan in the flickering candlelight.
“Alright, now let our little man make a wish. Close your eyes and think of your wish,” Su Zhiruan turned off the lights.
At that moment, only the three candles on the cake continued to flicker, illuminating the smiling faces of the three of them.
Su Zhiruan looked at her son’s tender little face and his hands pressed together, feeling a surge of emotion.
Time flies indeed. In the blink of an eye, he had gone from the wrinkled little monkey lying on the bed to this plump and tender large baby.
“Mom, Dad, I’ve made my wish,” Xiangsheng opened his bright eyes and puffed out his cheeks to blow out all three candles.
Wen Qingyu turned on the light.
As the lights brightened, the little one discovered two elegantly wrapped gifts with beautiful bows in front of him.
“These are presents from mom and dad, wishing you a happy birthday,” Su Zhiruan said with a smile, pushing the two gifts to the child who was grinning ear to ear and whose eyes were wide opened.
“I love birthdays the most!” Xiangsheng clapped his hands and said cheerfully.
“I love mom and dad too, can you be with me every day for my birthday?” Xiangsheng thought he had a great idea and was ecstatic.
“A birthday is the day a person is born, that is, three years ago today, mom gave birth to you,” Su Zhiruan explained gently, “Everyone has a birthday. The next one should be dad’s, and then we can prepare gifts for dad together, alright?”
“Sure!” Xiangsheng was already looking forward to it.
“Mom and dad give me presents, so I also want to give mom and dad presents. It’s so happy to receive gifts,” Xiangsheng said, rubbing his hands together as if he was ready to start preparing right away.
Su Zhiruan and Wen Qingyu exchanged a smile.
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The day after Xiangsheng’s birthday, the torrential rain continued to fall. Although such weather suited staying indoors, staying at home for an extended period could also be stuffy and uncomfortable. Xiangsheng had not yet experienced what rain was like, so Wen Qingyu and Su Zhiruan thought to take him out to experience it.