To make up for the debt owed to Lin Qingping and Gu Juncheng

He lied.

But in the heat of the moment, I was only thinking about quickly dispelling Wan Xuening's thoughts, and those words just slipped out.

At that moment, he was driving his car, with a small cake on the passenger seat, heading towards Sunny Day School.

Once they were outside the school, he called Qingtian and asked her to come out.

When Qingtian received his call, she panicked completely. Her first instinct was to refuse to go out, but refusing seemed too inappropriate. She knew it was his birthday; not bringing a gift or going out for dinner was already rude enough, and now that he was coming to see her, she…

She walked out of the school while answering the phone.

"I'm already on my way out, I'm hanging up now!" Qingtian said hastily, then hung up the phone, using the time to calm herself down.

But this sweltering weather is so hot that it burns people's hearts; how can one calm down?

Qingtian ran all the way, and when he reached Zhiyuan, he was covered in sweat again.

At that moment, Zhiyuan leaned against the car, bathed in the setting sun, and watched her run towards him with a smile. His calm and composed demeanor made Qingtian feel extremely embarrassed.

Does she look too disheveled? Doesn't her sweaty face look ugly? Isn't her hair a mess? All sorts of wild thoughts made her uneasy.

Zhiyuan couldn't help but laugh. "Am I that scary right now? Why do you look like you've been called on by the teacher and can't answer a question? I'm not a teacher."

sunny:……

My inner monologue: I've never been this nervous when the teacher calls on me to answer a question!

"I'm sorry, Zhiyuan." Her face was flushed, probably from running too fast. "I was supposed to go to your birthday party, but I have a group discussion later..."

Zhiyuan grinned and joked with her just like when they were kids, "You didn't go out to eat, so you didn't give me a gift?"

Sunny Day: ...Why does this person keep asking her for things! He's asked twice already!

She glanced at the coral stone he was still wearing around his neck and felt a surge of annoyance, thinking to herself: "Oh my god, just take it off!"

"Alright, alright, I'm just teasing you. I didn't come here to ask you for a gift." Zhiyuan turned around, opened the car door, and took out a small cake for one person. "Even though you're not coming to celebrate my birthday, I still want to treat you to birthday cake!"

A small strawberry cake, very fresh, the strawberries are bright red in the sunset.

"This... I'm so embarrassed!" Qingtian said softly.

"You know you're embarrassed?" Zhiyuan laughed. "Come on, let's eat over there, it's cooler there."

The trees lining the sidewalk outside the school were lush and green, completely blocking out the sunlight. There was a bench on the sidewalk, and Zhiyuan walked towards it with the cake in his hand.

After hesitating for a moment, Qingtian had no choice but to go along.

The two sat down on the bench, and Zhiyuan carefully removed the cake packaging and handed it to her. "Eat up, I've already eaten, blown out the candles, and made a wish."

Sunny was really embarrassed, and at the same time, she was wondering: What does it mean that this guy is giving me cake on my birthday?

She had no appetite for the cake; she took a small bite and wanted to put it back, but Zhiyuan forced her to finish it.

Having no other choice, she ate it all in no time, wanting to hear what Zhiyuan had to say to her.

"sunny."

Finally, Zhiyuan spoke up, "There's something I'd like to ask you to help me with."