Chapter 504 A Carefully Prepared Birthday Gift

The time of the college entrance examination passed slowly and quickly.

For most candidates, every exam is an ordeal, but the more it is, the closer it gets to the end of the last exam, and the more excited everyone becomes.

No matter whether I did well or poorly in the exam, at least my study career of more than ten years is about to come to an end.

Well... because of the special nature of the college entrance examination, which is like "thousands of people crossing a single-plank bridge", for many students in China, they study before the college entrance examination, and after passing the college entrance examination, it seems that they don’t need to study anymore.

Although theoretically, only after entering university is one truly entering the field of professional study, which requires more enthusiasm and energy to face.

But for most people, it’s more of a sense of liberation.

This is also why many students relax as soon as they arrive at university, and engage in retaliatory play and spending, which results in their university studies becoming a mess.

To put it bluntly, if you stay in a high-pressure environment for a long time and then are suddenly released to a place where there is not much obvious pressure, the pressure difference before and after will be too great and you will be ruined.

However, students like Xu Youyu don't have to worry too much about this issue.

At five o'clock in the afternoon on the 8th, Li Luo arrived at the gate of the No. Affiliated Middle School on time and waited for Xu Youyu.

Although he was not taking the exam himself, Li Luo was still a little nervous and silently wished Xu Youyu good grades.

In comparison, Xu Youyu himself might not be as nervous as Li Luo.

As the bell rang for the end of the last subject of the college entrance examination, Li Luo breathed a sigh of relief and stood under the tree waiting quietly for Xu Youyu to come out.

"what?"

Xu Youyu followed the crowd from the teaching building to the school gate. He spotted Li Luo in the crowd almost immediately. He trotted over to him with a happy smile on his face, but then asked in confusion, "Are you alone?"

"Uncle Xu said he wanted to show off his cooking skills tonight, so Aunt Cui is helping him in the kitchen." Li Luo laughed and said, "Xixi and Zhusheng went to buy snacks, and they also picked up your birthday cake so that you can have it on your birthday tonight."

"Is that so?" Xu Youyu raised the corner of his mouth, and was quite satisfied with this arrangement. He followed Li Luo towards the direction of Bi Hai Lan Ting, and moved closer to Li Luo, putting his arm close to his. "Then does what you said in the letter still count?"

"What?" Li Luo raised his eyebrows, thinking that he had said so many things in the letter, who knows which one Xu Youyu was talking about.

"Celebrate my birthday together on the 8th, and go on a date alone with me on the 9th." Xu Youyu looked at Li Luo and blinked, "You didn't forget it, did you?"

"Oh, about this." Li Luo smiled, "Where do you want to go, Sister Yu?"

"Well, I need to think about this." Xu Youyu saw that the two of them had crossed the intersection and came to the street diagonally opposite. There were basically no people from the school around, so he secretly reached out and held Li Luo's hand.

Then she walked forward seriously as if nothing had happened, with a thoughtful expression on her face, "There aren't any movies I want to watch recently, and it's boring to just go shopping. Oh, right..."

"What? Have you thought of it?" Li Luo felt the softness of his palm and subconsciously glanced around to make sure that there were no acquaintances nearby before continuing to walk forward with Xu Youyu.

Xu Youyu nodded with a wicked smile, then leaned close to Li Luo's ear and whispered, "Last time on Xixi's birthday, I remember you guys seemed to have made a handmade cup?"

"Uh..." Li Luo's face froze when he heard this. He turned to look at Xu Youyu and couldn't help but twitched his lips, "You...are interested in this?"

"What?" Xu Youyu blinked and asked innocently, "Xixi can go, but I can't?"

"Xixi has been there once, so if you go there again, it won't be that special." Li Luo said, "I'd rather go to some places we haven't been to with Sister Youyu."

"That sounds nice." Xu Youyu snorted, "Then why did you go to a handmade shop like this with Xixi the first time instead of with me?"

"I went there with Xixi in this life, but I went there with Sister Youyu in my previous life." Li Luo said half-jokingly.

Xu Youyu groaned, and couldn't help pinching his lower back: "What about Zhu Sheng? Could it be that he went there in his next life?"

"Ahem..." Li Luo coughed, then asked, "So Sister Yu really wants to go?"

"Go ahead, making handicrafts is quite interesting." Xu Youyu smiled and then said, "I see Xixi still carries that water cup with her every day, moving it back and forth between school and home, how troublesome."

"I'll go with you this time. You can put a cup at home and another at school. Isn't that convenient?"

"Is my suggestion a good one?"

Li Luo: "...That's indeed quite convenient, but it doesn't necessarily have to be a cup, right?"

"What else can we do over there?" Xu Youyu followed Li Luo into the gate of the community, turned his head and asked curiously, then took the opportunity to hug Li Luo's arm and leaned on him.

Li Luo felt Xu Youyu's soft body close to him, enjoying it while recalling: "They are all relatively basic and simple things, cups, bowls, plates and the like."

"Then we'll talk about it when the time comes. There's no rush to confirm it." Xu Youyu hugged his arm tightly, and then asked, "Last time, besides going to the craft shop, what else did you and Xixi do?"

"I didn't do anything..."

"Then why do I remember Zhu Sheng mentioned it." Xu Youyu recalled, "You had lunch at noon and went to that place..."

"Um... a bath?"

"Yes, yes, yes!" Xu Youyu raised his index finger and nodded with a smile, "I haven't been to such a place yet. How about going there tomorrow?"

"...Isn't this just a replica of Xixi's birthday last time?"

"What does it matter?" Xu Youyu snorted. "As long as the people who go there are different, it will be a unique experience. I don't care about such things."

"If Sister Yu doesn't mind, let's make the arrangements for tomorrow."

"Then it's settled~" Xu Youyu smiled expectantly, and stretched out his hand very seriously, putting his little finger in front of Li Luo, "Pin it down."

Li Luo hooked his little finger up and said with a helpless smile: "Sister You Yu, you are so childish."

"You talk too much. Today I'm the birthday girl, so stop talking."

After the two of them made a pinky promise to each other for a hundred years, they finally arrived at the entrance of the corridor.

Xu Youyu glanced at the Mercedes SUV in the parking space downstairs, then looked at the license plate number, and then asked in surprise: "Are uncle and aunt here too?"

"Oh, yes." Li Luo nodded. "Aunt Cui called and said that there would be a lot of people around to celebrate your birthday."

"Is that so?" Xu Youyu withdrew his gaze from the Mercedes-Benz SUV and followed Li Luo into the elevator. Then he suddenly said, "After my birthday, I will find time to learn how to drive."

"Sure." Li Luo was stunned for a moment, then nodded, "It's good to learn how to drive before going to college."

"Then I want to buy a car to drive around." Xu Youyu said with some interest, "It just so happens that I have saved more than 800,000 yuan in royalties from this book. I'll take out half of it and buy a car, right?"

"It's up to you." Li Luo didn't mind her spending money like this.

After all, it was Xu Youyu who earned the money with her own ability, and she is free to spend it however she wants.

Besides, Li Luo is very clear about Xu Youyu's abilities. Her strength in writing online articles is obvious. She is not the kind of person who is a flash in the pan. Her subsequent content output is very stable, and she will not lack money in the future.

However, Li Luo added: "It's better to discuss it with your parents. Also, my uncle has connections, so he might be able to get a discount on the car. I'll go with you to buy it then."

"Okay~" Xu Youyu smiled happily, automatically ignoring Li Luo's previous words that were a bit disappointing. He only heard Li Luo say "I'll go with you", then patted his shoulder and said, "I'll take you for a ride when the time comes!"

"Then I'll look forward to it." Li Luo smiled, walked out of the elevator with Xu Youyu, returned to the door of 1502, took out the key and opened the door.

At this time, Ying Chanxi and Yan Zhusheng had already returned with snacks.

Because Xu Rongsheng was cooking in the kitchen today, Lin Xiuhong did not go in. But unexpectedly, Cui Suling was also sitting on the sofa in the living room, but Li Guohong was nowhere to be seen.

Li Luo glanced around and asked curiously, "Where is my dad?"

"In the kitchen." Lin Xiuhong laughed, "Today they are cooking, and we are having a good time."

"You're back?" Cui Suling looked at Xu Youyu. Seeing her happy face, she knew that her previous arrangement of letting Li Luo pick her up alone was correct. "How did you do in the exam?"

"It's about the same as usual." Xu Youyu sat on the sofa with a relaxed look on his face, slumped down, and leaned on his mother. "I don't know the score line for Tsinghua University and Peking University, but Qianjiang University is definitely a sure thing."

"It's OK. Don't come closer. It's so hot." Cui Suling pushed her head away. "Even after the exams, you can't relax during the summer vacation. You can't mess up your biological clock, okay?"

"Oh..." Xu Youyu was disliked by his mother, and his face was full of resentment. Then he rolled his eyes and leaned lightly on Lin Xiuhong's shoulder on the other side, "Auntie Lin, I'm so tired after the exam."

Seeing the interaction between mother and daughter, Lin Xiuhong couldn't help laughing out loud, but she didn't expect Xu Youyu to come over directly.

Lin Xiuhong felt it was quite subtle as she felt the weight of Xu Youyu's long hair cascading down and resting on her shoulders.

It was as if my future daughter-in-law was acting coquettishly to me.

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When Cui Suling saw this, she rolled her eyes and said, "Look at you, how embarrassing it is! You might as well go be your Aunt Lin's daughter and let Li Luo be my son. Li Luo is much more obedient than you."

When Xu Youyu heard this, he snorted, "That's not impossible."

As she spoke, she looked at Li Luo, pointed at Cui Suling, and said with a smile: "From now on, this is your mother."

Then Xu Youyu turned his head to look at Lin Xiuhong and said affectionately: "Mom~"

This made Cui Suling very angry.

Lin Xiuhong, on the other hand, was laughing so happily that she couldn't stop. The word "Mom" made her head feel numb, which was really unforgettable.

Li Luo looked at Xu Youyu lying on the sofa with a helpless look on his face. He could only be thankful that Ying Chanxi was in the bathroom and Yan Zhusheng was practicing in the piano room.

After Xu Rongsheng and Li Guohong finished preparing dinner, the eight people sat in a circle at the dining table.

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Although Xu Rongsheng doesn't cook usually, this dish tastes pretty good.

It’s not as good as the cooking skills of chef Li Luo, but it’s already quite good for ordinary home cooking.

Xu Youyu praised sweetly while eating, Cui Suling hummed beside him: "I cook for you every day, but I never see you praise me like this."

"Mom, are you jealous?"

"Oh, why should I be jealous? Just eat your meal."

Everyone else is used to the bickering between the mother and daughter. They know that they actually have a good relationship, but it's just that way they talk.

After finishing their meal and clearing the table, Ying Chanxi and Yan Zhusheng put the birthday cake they had brought in the afternoon on the table.

Taking out a "1" and a "8" candle, Xu Youyu personally inserted the candles into the cake. Looking at the numbers on it, there was some emotion on his face.

Xu Rongsheng and Cui Suling also expressed the same sentiment.

Before they knew it, their daughter had already turned eighteen and become an adult.

Moreover, it happened to be the day when I ended the college entrance examination, and I crossed the threshold of 18 years old, which was really memorable.

Xu Rongsheng took out a lighter, looked at Xu Youyu and asked for her opinion. When he saw his daughter nod, he lit the two candles in front of him.

Yan Zhusheng took out a guitar.

Ying Chanxi turned off the lights in the living room.

Then, the melody of the birthday song flowed out from Yan Zhusheng's hands.

Li Luo and the others clapped their hands in response to the music, surrounded Xu Youyu, and sang softly:

"Happy birthday to you~Happy birthday to you~"

When the song ended, everyone applauded to celebrate.

In such an atmosphere, Xu Youyu's cheeks were rosy and his face was full of satisfaction.

"Make a wish." Li Luo said softly.

"Yeah." Xu Youyu closed his eyes, and many beautiful wishes came to his mind.

Just when Xu Youyu was making a wish, Ying Chanxi and Yan Zhusheng became sneaky and quietly moved a bunch of things from somewhere to the table.

Li Luo took a curious look at it but couldn't tell what it was because it was covered with a layer of red cloth that was usually used to cover gift boxes.

You have to open it to know what's inside.

Because Xu Youyu was making a wish, Li Luo couldn't ask directly.

It was not until Xu Youyu finished making a wish, opened his eyes, blew out the candles in one breath, and turned on the lights in the living room that she noticed the extra things on the table.

"What is this?" Xu Youyu showed a puzzled expression on his face.

The other four parents, including Xu Rongsheng, also had no idea what Ying Chanxi and Yan Zhusheng were trying to say.

"This is a birthday present we prepared for you." Ying Chanxi tried hard to hold back his smile.

Yan Zhusheng still had no expression on his face, and his level of facial control was much better than Ying Chanxi's.

When Xu Youyu heard that it was a birthday present, and such a big one at that, an expression of surprise appeared on his face.

"Oh, you two are too polite." Xu Youyu said this, but his hand had already touched the red cloth, "Then should I open it now?"

"Yeah." Ying Chanxi nodded and almost couldn't hold back her laughter. She quickly hid behind Li Luo and then covered her mouth and laughed silently.

Xu Youyu didn't notice Ying Chanxi's strangeness. His eyes fell on the gift in front of him, and he lifted the red cloth on it with anticipation.

The next second, about ten stacked paper books appeared in front of Xu Youyu.

"There are so many books?" Xu Youyu was surprised for a moment, thinking that Ying Chanxi and Yan Zhusheng were quite tasteful and knew that she loved reading.

But the next second, her face froze and she realized something was wrong.

Because the cover of the book at the top had four big characters written on it:

The Age of Art

In an instant, Xu Youyu's head buzzed, he felt dizzy, and he almost fainted.

(End of this chapter)