"Hey, so what month were you born in 99?"

Sitting in the store, she casually opened the calendar on her phone and said, "I'll make a note of it so I can prepare a gift for your birthday in advance."

"October," Qin Yuhuan scalded the dishes and chopsticks with boiling water, "October 7th, no gifts, Ziyi, I don't want to..." He paused, "I don't really want to celebrate my birthday, I'm not being polite."

Ziyi put an asterisk on October 7th, then looked up: "Why?"

"My mother passed away in mid-October. I don't like October, Ziyi." Qin Yuhuan half joked, "Or, your birthday is in July, you can call me that day, and we can celebrate it together."

"Hey, you know a lot. I'm July 28th, a Leo. I'll call you then, and we'll have two birthdays. Buy a two-layer cake, one for each of us." Ziyi turned to her birthday on the calendar and marked it. "I have too many things to do. I rely on the calendar, otherwise I'll forget it the moment I turn around. But don't worry, on July 28th, I'll bring you over to celebrate your birthday with me no matter where you are."

Qin Yuhuan curved her eyes and said, "Thank you, Ziyi, you are very considerate." Just like her? No, Ziyi was even better than she had ever expected.

"What's this?"

Ziyi's words were interrupted by the waiter who was serving the food.

The hot grilled fish with side dishes was served.

"Eat quickly, eat quickly. I like the charred piece on the side the most. If I come here alone, I have to order a four or five jin fish." This time it was still a four jin fish, but they added some side dishes. "Both the side dishes and the fish are low in calories, so it should be fine."

"I'm not picky about food." Qin Yuhuan still said the same thing, but this time, he added, "It's easy to feed."

"That's right, librarian, you are satisfied." Ziyi picked up a large piece of fish and put it in Qin Yuhuan's bowl, "My favorite, try it quickly. I haven't touched the chopsticks yet. Remember to give you the serving chopsticks next time."

Qin Yuhuan raised her hand and tied up her hair. "No need to use serving chopsticks. It's okay. It's up to you."

She lowered her head and took a sip. The fish was fully flavored, yet still had a burnt aroma. Just as Ziyi had said, it perfectly suited the taste of the people of Licheng.

"You like to call me by my name, 'Ziyi', 'Ziyi' every time." Ziyi imitated Qin Yuhuan's slow speaking tone, and she started to laugh as she imitated. She glanced at Qin Yuhuan's wrist and said, "Do you have any rubber bands left? Lend me one."

"Yes." Qin Yuhuan took off the remaining rubber band from her wrist. "My family used to run a grocery store. We sold rubber bands. I have a lot of them at home."

"Hmm... now that you mention it... I seem to have some impression of it. It's the first one on the left under Longxing. It has a big storefront."

Ziyi is good at studying, but her spare time life is more diverse. When she is free, she often goes shopping with Shen Zhiming. Licheng's economy is not very developed, but there are many ethnic minorities and it is the capital city, so there is still a lot of fun in spare time. When you go out after ten o'clock in the evening, the streets are still brightly lit and crowded with people.

"Yes, that's the store my parents opened before." Qin Yuhuan seemed very happy that Ziyi could remember it. "One year, you came to my store to buy a scarf."

"Yes, Auntie told me several times that I picked clothes that looked good but were not warm enough." Ziyi remembered everything and said, "I said it doesn't matter, I just like good-looking ones, mainly the ones Auntie recommended to me, bright red or leopard print. I felt that I was still young at that time, and I couldn't stand dark colors."

There is an ethnic group in Licheng that particularly prefers bold colors and exaggerated prints. Even now, they only wear large florals when they go to the beach.

"But now that you mention it, I don't know whether it was good luck or bad luck. Not long after that, a kind person stuffed a hand-knitted scarf into my drawer. It was very warm, so I didn't use the scarf I bought."

At first, I used it because Shu Baizhu liked it, but later I got more and more used to it.

"I don't know who gave it to me. If she wants me to know, I may not accept that affection, but for this scarf, I will treat her to a meal at least. She's a good cook. Hey, why are you distracted and not eating?" Ziyi went to get two more dipping saucers and gave one to Qin Yuhuan.

But Qin Yuhuan once again asked the soul-searching question in her serious tone: "Will you accept gifts from everyone?"

"How is that possible?" Ziyi added a lot of dishes to Qin Yuhuan. "Many people gave me gifts in high school, but I accepted that scarf as the only one I received. Don't be afraid of you laughing at me. At first I thought it was from Shu Baizhu, but now I know it's not. But I've already received it and worn it for several years, so there's no way it's not. Licheng is very cold in winter, and my mother is a career-focused woman. When I was young, the nanny she found for me even skimped on my clothes, so I'm more afraid of the cold than most people. Maybe I have some psychological trauma, so I feel safer when I wear more clothes and wrap myself up more."

"Withholding your clothes?" Qin Yuhuan seemed to have moved on from the previous question and was attracted by Ziyi's words.

"It was the nanny who abused the child. Didn't my mom take care of me alone? When she couldn't spare the time, she asked the nanny to take me to buy winter clothes. The nanny thought my mom didn't care much about me, so she bought me cheap clothes that looked thick but were actually stiff. But she underestimated me, and I underestimated Ms. Ziyu's shrewdness. One day, my mom came home and touched my clothes and realized something was wrong. I hugged her and told her off, saying that my aunt took me to buy clothes and never went to brand stores, and then she was fired."

All the clothes that Ziyi wore since she was a child were bought in specialty stores. She was young and didn’t know whether the quality was good or not. She only knew that she had to buy her own clothes in specialty stores and brand stores in large shopping malls.

However, the nanny only took her to a small shop on the side street. She was unhappy, but Ziyu was too busy. At that time, there were no phone watches or mobile phones. The nanny didn't give her money. She waited for a long time and pretended to be stupid for a long time before Ziyu came home, but she was really cold.

Since then, Ziyi has been very afraid of the cold.

"Not only that, that auntie also didn't change my bed sheets and quilt covers. She wouldn't change them for as long as my mom was away on a business trip. Sometimes it was a month, sometimes it was two months. When my mom called me, she would pretend to do housework and watch me. It was very annoying. Later, my mom and I learned the secret code for help, but we didn't encounter such a thing again after that."

"Then... you can also come to me in the winter." Qin Yuhuan stretched out a hand, "I will be very warm in the winter, do you want to check the goods?"

Ziyi laughed at the side, "I can't take it anymore, Qin Yuhuan, why are you so funny? It's funny, can the word "inspection" be used like this?"

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