Chapter 63.2
Cheng Yu’s Weibo wishes were the first official attempt to wish Lin An Lan a happy birthday, because in no time at all, Lin An Lan quickly received a slew of well-wishes.
He replied to them all and only after the last one did Cheng Yu finally finish his shower and walk out.
Lin An Lan immediately put his phone down and took the bag, curious, “What did you give me?”
“Open it yourself and take a look.” Cheng Yu sat down beside him.
Lin An Lan opened the bag and took out a rectangular box, which was luxuriously stamped in gold on a black background. Looking at the length, Lin An Lan guessed that it was a watch.
And it was really a watch. The brand was very niche. Lin An Lan hadn’t seen much of it, but the whole dial was beautifully designed.
The case of the watch was silver and white, with a beautifully engraved tulip on top, delicate but not eye-catching.
The center of the dial was set with the waves and the forest, which changed with the time; the forest lush during the day and the waves deep and heavy at night.
This was clearly a custom-made watch, and when Lin An Lan turned to the back, he saw the letters YL.
“You had it custom-made specifically for you?” He asked.
“Do you like it?” Cheng Yu asked in reply.
Lin An Lan nodded. He liked it– the watch itself was fine enough without being ostentatious, showing understated luxury, not to mention the fact that it was custom made by Cheng Yu, which showed that he had obviously put some thought into it.
“It’s very nice.” He smiled, “I like it a lot.”
“It’s good if you like it.” Cheng Yu smiled, took the watch he was holding and helped him put it on his wrist.
Lin An Lan couldn’t stop looking at it, his eyes filled with happiness.
Moving closer, he kissed Cheng Yu, “Thank you.”
“You’re welcome.”
Cheng Yu stroked his hair.
The two of them shared a kiss gently in the ambiguity of the candlelight then lay down on the bed, waiting for the official birthday tomorrow.
However, even though it was his official birthday, it wasn’t really that grand, much less ceremonious.
At noon, Cheng Yu prepared Lin An Lan’s favorite dishes and accompanied him to lunch.
He prepared a bowl of longevity noodles, not too many, just as a good sign. Lin An Lan cooperated and finished the noodles, giving him a thumbs up for his excellent cooking skills.
After dinner, they started watching an interesting movie together, but their minds were elsewhere, and as they watched, they rolled together and kissed, eventually pulling up the covers and hiding from the daylight to be intimate with each other.
The house was well heated, and Lin An Lan leaned against Cheng Yu, feeling just the right amount of comfortableness and coziness.
As he dozed off like an insatiable cat, he thought to himself that it would be nice if the days could stay like this.
At six o’clock in the afternoon, Lin An Lan left the house and went to the hotel that Yang Wang had booked earlier to spend his birthday with Zhuo Siya and the others.
Cheng Yu was naturally with him.
He had never spent a birthday with Lin An Lan before, let alone with the rest of his team for his birthday, so his whole body had excitement and anticipation written all over him, even more so than Lin An Lan himself.
Lin An Lan couldn’t help but smile, “Have I ever spent a birthday with you before?”
The excitement in Cheng Yu’s heart dropped instantly.
“No.” He whispered.
There was no complaints, no aggression, just a truthful answer that even sounded a little embarrassed.
“Not this year either?” Lin An Lan was puzzled, “Isn’t your birthday in the summer? It’s not that far away from the day we established our relationship, but we haven’t done that either?”
“Hmm.” Cheng Yu replied calmly, “At that time, I hadn’t succeeded in wooing you yet.”
“So it was after your birthday that our relationship took a leap forward?”
Cheng Yu nodded, “Yes.”
“Is it because something happened?” Lin An Lan was curious, “How else could you suddenly have surged forward within two months?”
“It’s probably because quantitative change triggered qualitative change, and you finally found out in those two months that I might not be bad enough to try.”
Lin An Lan frowned, “But two months isn’t a lot of volume compared to eight years, and even if it was a qualitative change, it shouldn’t have happened so suddenly in two months right? Is there something that triggered it and became the last straw that broke the camel’s back, that’s why I agreed to be in a relationship with you?”
Cheng Yu stopped the car and looking at the red light in front of him, was silent for a long time before he thought of something that he might be able to use to explain this change. Although it was a bit embarrassing, with something like a lie, once you started, you would have to continue with a second lie.
And then it would snowball until it got bigger and bigger.
Cheng Yu apologized to Lin An Lan’s adoptive father in his mind before saying softly, “The end of July is the anniversary of your adoptive father’s death, and this is the first year of his passing.”
Lin An Lan instantly ran out of words.
This was probably the straw that broke the camel’s back, he thought to himself.
It must have affected him and upset him that the people around him had left him one by one, and that he had lost his family once again.
And at this time, he saw Cheng Yu, the one who had been courting him and had never given up, the one who loved him so much and wanted to be with him.
They had known each other since high school, he had loved him for eight years, he was a real and stable presence, so he had accepted Cheng Yu. He had wanted to be with someone who was stable, someone who wouldn’t leave him.
”I understand.” He continued, “At that time, I must have felt uneasy, so I wanted to seek peace and security in your arms.”
Looking at Cheng Yu, he felt a little guilty. He guessed that he hadn’t really liked Cheng Yu that much at that time, but had only agreed to go out with him out of uneasiness.
That explained why Cheng Yu was always suffering from a lack of love, because he hadn’t felt the same amount of love he had for him before his memory loss.
That was why he had been so surprised and excited to see that he had blacklisted Jiang Xu.
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