Don't think of rebirth.

The portion of the main course was smaller than Gu Qinghuan had imagined. After all, it was not a buffet, and judging by the dishes on the table, she thought there would be more than a dozen dishes on each table.

In fact, each person’s dishes are served separately, cold dishes, hot dishes, soups, and staple foods, one by one.

Fruits and snacks are available on the dining table and are not served separately. There are different types of each dish. If the guests don’t like it, they can change it to something else or just remove it.

In addition, if there is a dish you like, you can request a second portion.

Gu Qinghuan had no interest in the cold dishes—mainly because she had just eaten ice cream, so the cold dishes were removed.

But she liked the roast duck rolls among the hot dishes very much and asked for an extra portion.

She chose a vegetarian soup. The fried food was mostly meat, which she found a bit greasy. The shredded white radish soup provided seemed bland, but was actually quite delicious.

The sweetness of the radish is fully mixed into the soup, which is cooked to just the right degree, not too soft and mushy, nor too raw and hard. After drinking it, you will feel warm all over your body.

The staple food was of course noodles, birthday noodles, so Gu Qinghuan finished it happily.

Xia Suirong and Xia He finished their speeches before the dishes were served. Gu Qinghuan listened to them, but the content was just casual and polite words, such as thanking everyone for coming.

Xia He didn't specifically ask her for this occasion, but she emphasized that there were no large birthday cakes, only small ones, and she hired a very good pastry chef so that everyone could enjoy it to their heart's content.

Yu Jinxin finally found Yin Haode's position. Even through the crowd, he could vaguely catch a glimpse of his ugly face, and he immediately felt relieved.

I'm so sorry, these little cakes were specially prepared for you. If you don't eat them, you will be letting the Xia family down, hey!

Thinking about this, Yu Jinxin had another vague guess: Gu Qinghuan was eating so enthusiastically... Could it be that she specifically asked for the cake?

However, as soon as this thought arose, Yu Jinxin quickly suppressed it.

He could guess, but he could never confirm it. Otherwise, if he let it slip and caused Gu Qinghuan to get into trouble...

Not to mention Xia He, he was really afraid of waking up in the middle of the night and finding Yu Xin standing at the head of his bed with a knife.

After the meal it was time for entertainment. The guests would chat at this time, or go to other small private rooms to play cards. Some would also go to talk to Xia Suirong and Xia He.

Jiang Chuchu was still thinking about the birthday gift that Gu Qinghuan gave to Xia He, so she urged her, "Let's go and give the gift."

Gu Qinghuan looked around: "Where is he? It's not a good idea to go find him directly, right?"

"That's not a problem," Jiang Chuchu snapped her fingers, "We just need to find a waiter. We can go to a small private room first, and then ask the waiter to call Xia He over."

Yu Jinxin: Do you really want Xia He to come find you?

Jiang Chuchu and Yu Xin thought it was quite normal. When Xia He played the role of Gu Qinghuan's younger brother, he often came to her for dinner.

Yu Xin thought about it and felt that if she went to watch Xia He's fun, Xia He might accuse her of being "disrespectful to teachers" and then give her a hundred mock tests as punishment.

She couldn't help but shudder at the thought: "Chu Chu, just go with me, I won't go."

She even dragged Yu Jinxin out as an excuse: "I have to watch him."

Yu Jinxin: Is this my biological sister? !

Jiang Chuchu asked Qin Yue again: "Then are you going?"

Qin Yue even shook his head like a rattle: "No!"

His attitude towards Xia He has always been to keep his distance and have as little contact with her as possible.

If Xia He would do something bad to Jiang Chuchu and Gu Qinghuan, he would still have the courage to go and serve as their bodyguard.

But now, Jiang Chuchu obviously wanted to go and eat melons, so he just gave up.

Jiang Chuchu felt very sorry and had to go with Gu Qinghuan.

The two of them just found the waiter who was closest to them. Before they could speak, the waiter nodded and said, "Excuse me, are you looking for Mr. Xia?"

There were only two people with the surname Xia present. If we want to distinguish between Xia He and Xia Suirong, the latter should be called "Mr. Xia".

Gu Qinghuan nodded: "Yes, I want to find Xia He."

The waiter kept smiling: "Please follow me. Do you need me to bring Miss Gu's schoolbag?"

"Yes, please." Gu Qinghuan thought that the waiter of the Xia family was really tactful.

Jiang Chuchu also asked the waiter to bring her gift over so that she could present it in person.

It wasn't that she was confident about her gift; it was just an oil painting that had been photographed not long ago.

There's nothing wrong with giving a piece of art as a birthday gift.

The point is, if Xia He opens Gu Qinghuan's birthday present in front of her, Gu Qinghuan will know what she gave her - and conversely, she will also know what Gu Qinghuan gave her!

Gu Qinghuan admired the logic of this sentence. It was not easy for Jiang Chuchu to have a bite of melon.

On the way to the box, the waiter brought Gu Qinghuan's schoolbag and Jiang Chuchu's gift.

Jiang Chuchu's gift was not convenient to take, so a waiter accompanied her to the box.

However, as soon as the door of the box opened, Gu Qinghuan and Jiang Chuchu saw Xia He sitting on the sofa and waving at them: "Yo."

"Yo" what "Yo"! Jiang Chuchu's eyes widened, and she was outnumbered by this guy again.

Xia He stood up with a smile and walked to the two of them: "How was the dinner?"

"It tastes really good!" Gu Qinghuan gave a thumbs up, "I thought it would be a very expensive dish, but it turned out not to be that outrageous."

Xia He shrugged: "He is old, and for the sake of his health, he can't eat big fish and meat, so he doesn't want to see others eating in front of him."

Jiang Chuchu's expression is hard to describe: So childish, totally unimaginable, Xia He, are you really not making it up?

After Xia He finished speaking, she skipped the topic, held out her hand, and got straight to the point: "Where's my gift?"

Gu Qinghuan took out the square box from her schoolbag. Before she could say anything, Jiang Chuchu stepped in front of her and said, "Don't be in a hurry. Open mine first."

Xia He glanced at the wrapped oil painting and waved to the waiter, who put the painting against the wall and quickly left the box.

"Although I didn't go to the auction you attended at the beginning of the month, I know all the relevant information." Xia He half squatted down and opened the outer packaging of the oil painting in front of the two of them.

Jiang Chuchu curled her lips secretly. This is the trouble with having a small circle. You can't hide any movement from others.

Seeing the oil painting, Xia He was stunned: "Van Gogh's Sunflower Series, I thought it was the Water Lily Series you just took."

"My dad took that painting away," Jiang Chuchu shrugged, "so I took this one from the warehouse."

"Thank you. I'll take it." Xia He nodded. He still liked sunflowers very much.

"It's my turn next." Gu Qinghuan took out the square box from her schoolbag and handed it to Xia He, urging her expectantly, "Open it and take a look. I don't know if you like it."

Xia He unwrapped the paper as he was told. He unwrapped it very carefully to make sure he could restore it when the time came.

The square box was lighter than he thought, and the things inside were shaking. He slowly opened the lid of the box.

What appeared before my eyes was a hand-bound square booklet.

The first page reads:

【I want to dedicate this story to one person for three reasons. 】

【First, he is my good friend. 】

【Second, he is an excellent backer. 】

【Third, he defeated himself, which deserves praise.】

[If these reasons are not convincing enough, then I don’t mind dedicating this story to the man he once was. ]

[All his current excellence stems from his past efforts, although he is the only one who knows the pain of growing up. ]

So I change my dedication to:

【Dedicated to the former Xia He. 】