Sheng Xing Ze and the original owner's birthday are on the fifth day of the New Year. According to the custom, the New Year's fifth day is the day to welcome the God of Wealth.
In his previous life, Sheng Xing Ze's father was not happy with his mother; therefore, Sheng Xing Ze had never had an actual birthday celebration since he was born. When his mother was still alive, she would secretly prepare a small cake for Sheng Xing Ze. However, after his mother passed away, no one in the house remembered his birthday; even he himself did not take his birthday to heart.
The original owner and Sheng Xing Ze are having completely different fates. Father Sheng's business had developed rapidly in the year the original owner was born. He and Mother Sheng have always believed that their son is a lucky star coming to their lives.
On the fifth day today, Father Sheng and Mother Sheng did not wake up Sheng Xing Ze who was still asleep, so by the time he woke up, it was almost noon.
Sheng Xing Ze rubbed his eyes and came downstairs. His morning voice was quite soft when he first woke up, "Mom, Dad, why didn't you wake me up?"
Usually, Mother Sheng could not wait to wake him up at six o'clock, but today was quite different.
Yu Bai was having a great conversation with Sheng Xing Ze's parents in the living room, when he saw the young man go downstairs, the three of them stopped talking.
I must be seeing things, how can Yu Bai be here?
Sheng Xing Ze blinked and patted his face again, then found that Yu Bai was still sitting on the sofa, looking at him with a smile.
"What's the matter with you child? Yu Bai has been waiting for you a long time." Mother Sheng pretended to scold him, stood up and rubbed Sheng Xing Ze's head, "Hurry and wash up, it's time for lunch."
Sheng Xing Ze had already finished his morning routine as soon as he got up. He lowered his head and touched his stomach, he could clearly feel his stomach was growling in hunger.
"Why are you here?" He turned to Yu Bai, wondering, "New Year greeting?"
Yu Bai handed him a box, "Happy Birthday, congratulations on entering the thirty team."[1]
Sheng Xing Ze was stunned for a moment. He had long forgotten about his own birthday. The box in front of him was the first birthday gift that he had received in so many years.
He took the box with a smile, weighing the box by shaking it, tossing it up and down to try to guess what it could be, "Thank you, what's inside?"
Yu Bai smiled mysteriously, "You will know when you open it tonight, it definitely is to your likings."
Sheng Xing Ze took Yu Bai to his room, "How do you know my birthday?"
"I accidentally saw the information you submitted when you auditioned." Yu Bai's tone sounded like he was talking about the most casual thing ever.
He would never admit that he specifically asked the director for the information in order to give Sheng Xing Ze a gift, and he was able to get the gift in time for Sheng Xing Ze's birthday.
"Really?" Sheng Xing Ze always kept a skeptical attitude towards Yu Bai's words, because his impression of the man's arrogant nature was quite deep.
"You think I would specifically check on it?"
"I think it's very likely." Sheng Xing Ze looked thoughtful.
Yu Bai tapped on Sheng Xing Ze's head, "Narcissist."
At the warm invitation of Mother Sheng, Yu Bai stayed at the Shengs to have lunch with them. Lunch was a simple bowl of Chinese cabbage noodles with a golden egg on both sides.
"Let's pick up Xing Xing's cake in the afternoon, will Xiao Yu come too?"
Yu Bai nodded agreeing with a smile.
Mother Sheng deliberately wanted to bring the two children closer, knowing Yu Bai would be formal with them around, she waved her hands and pushed the two children out of the door, "That settles it, Xing Xing, you young people go to pick it up, your dad and I will prepare good dinner for you at home."
Sheng Xing Ze and Yu Bai drove out right after eating, or more like Yu Bai was driving, Sheng Xing Ze sat in the passenger side.
On their son's birthday every year, Father Sheng and Mother Sheng would always reserve a birthday cake for Sheng Xing Ze at the same cake shop. Usually, cake shops do not open on the fifth day of the New Year. Since the Sheng Family were being very generous, and every time it was a huge order; this store made an exception.
Sheng Xing Ze gave Yu Bai the shop's address, but Yu Bai seemed to not listen to him. The man took the opposite direction. Sheng Xing Ze noticed Yu Bai took a different path after a while.
"Where are we going?"
"I've already ordered the cake for you," Yu Bai originally planned to send it directly to the Sheng residence. However, the cake shop did not have a delivery service. Yu Bai was still worried about how to pick up the cake. Now it happened that there was such an opportunity to solve his trouble.
The storefront of the cake shop Yu Bai pre-ordered the cake was not conspicuous from the outside, but it was winning at being exquisite, and it gave a good impression at first glance.
"Hello, may I ask you here for pick-up?" A shop assistant walked up to them with a professional smile, and did not seem to have any judgement on them having their faces completely covered.
Yu Bai nodded and took out a voucher for the cake to show to the shop assistant. The assistant quickly brought out Yu Bai's preordered cake.
The cake Yu Bai pre-ordered was a double-layer cake with a dark jam spread around the cake, creating the appearance of a starry sky. The upper layer was a chibi version of Sheng Xing Ze's portrait, it was being outlined by a few strokes. Sheng Xing Ze recognized himself at a glance. He smiled and turned to look at Yu Bai with eyes curving into a smile. The galaxy in the middle of the cake seemed to fall into his eyes, so bright that he could not move his eyes.
The lower layer was a starry sky hand-painted by the cake chef, and the biggest star was written with the words "Happy Birthday to Xing Xing".
This was a cake that belonged to Sheng Xing Ze.
"Thank you, I like it very much," Sheng Xing Ze stepped back two steps, slightly tiptoeing to whisper to Yu Bai's ear.
Suddenly being grazed by an unexpected heat, Yu Bai's ear got crimson red, and he stiffly asked the shop assistant to pack the cake.
Sheng Xing Ze really wanted to touch the glamorous red earlobe, but he was afraid that Yu Bai would blow up on the spot, so he resisted his urge.
Just as Yu Bai was about to leave with the cake, the shop assistant that greeted them earlier stepped forward shyly.
"Excuse me, are you Yu Bai?" The shop assistant's eyes looked forward with expectation. Even though it was a question, she did say it in an affirmative tone.
Yu Bai wanted to deny it, but the shop assistant quickly stopped him in a panic, "I'm your fan, I just want a signature, and I will never tell anyone." She also made a gesture of zipping her mouth to let Yu Bai believe her.
Sheng Xing Ze quietly poked Yu Bai with his elbow, and motioned him to satisfy the little shop assistant who worked overtime on the New Year.
Yu Bai finally agreed.
Sheng Xing Ze took the cake from his hand and saw that there were several staff waiting in line for Yu Bai's signature, also looking in this direction eagerly. He said to Yu Bai that he would bring the cake to the car first, so he could turn on the heater while waiting for Yu Bai.
Yu Bai stayed in the cake shop to patiently sign the autograph for each staff member.
"Is that Xing Xing?" The shop assistant whispered to Yu Bai while looking at the direction of Sheng Xing Ze's departure, "Today is Xing Xing's birthday?"
Yu Bai happened to finish signing his autograph, nodded and made a "hush" gesture towards her.
The shop assistant was being looked at by Idol's eyes, covering her chest with excitement as her heart beat faster.
"Happy Birthday to Xing Xing," she said with a trembling voice.
"Thank you, I'll tell him."
Yu Bai finished signing the last one and took a group photo with the staff before leaving. The shop assistant, who greeted them earlier, held the signature in her hand, and her excitement was beyond words.
When Yu Bai came to order the cake two days ago, she was the one who took his order. As a fan of Yu Bai for so many years, she recognized the person in front of her as her Idol as soon as Yu Bai entered the shop, but Yu Bai fully covered himself up, only revealing a pair of eyes. She feared that Yu Bai did not want to be recognized so she did not expose his identity.
Yu Bai showed the shop assistant a picture and asked all the patterns on the cake to be drawn according to the picture. The best cake chef in the cake shop was on vacation these days, but in order to achieve the same effect as the picture, Yu Bai personally asked him to help complete the cake.
There was a chibi version of a little person surrounded by the stars in the picture. The little person was very delicate. The surrounding stars were of white color instead of the common golden yellow color.
Although the shop assistant was not a fan of Sheng Xing Ze, she had also seen one or two photos of Sheng Xing Ze. The moment she saw the picture, she was certain that it was Sheng Xing Ze.
Today, when she saw someone coming with Yu Bai, her first thought was Sheng Xing Ze. After a few more glances, she found that the person looked even more like that chibi little person on the cake, which confirmed her suspicion that the two guests were Yu Bai and Sheng Xing Ze.
As a fan, the shop assistant only knows information about Yu Bai and no one else. Because of the man's family background, he has very few friends in the circle. The only time he would participate in any late night party was with the filming crew. The paparazzi could hardly dig any big news about him.
Ever since he met Sheng Xing Ze, Yu Bai was being photographed by paparazzi too many times, also his name actually got onto hot search quite frequently. Now Sheng Xing Ze was able to have Yu Bai personally order the cake to celebrate his birthday, and the cake was a unique one at that. This was definitely something Yu Bai had never done in many years since his debut. If the CP fans knew about it, the shop assistant wondered what kind of fantasy will be set off.
Oh my god, this is the perfect CP.
The shop assistant murmured in the direction where the two left.
She was not a CP fan, but after witnessing all this, she was now firmly standing on the CP fans side.
If this is not love, then I don't have the qualification to fall in love.
Sheng Xing Ze and Yu Bai returned home with a cake. Yu Bai could not refuse the enthusiasm of Mother Sheng and stayed at Sheng Xing Ze's house for dinner before going home.
Father Sheng's cooking was indeed very good. Yu Bai set a goal in his mind to learn how to cook from Father Sheng to save his crooked cooking skill.
When Yu Bai left, Sheng Xing Ze packed a layer of the cake and asked him to bring it home to his little niece.
"I cannot finish all the cake by myself."
Yu Bai's refusal was futile, so he just brought the cake home.
Sheng Xing Ze helped Father Sheng clean up then returned to his room. The birthday gift on the bed was still sitting there for most of the day.
Looking forward to opening the gift for the whole day, now suddenly he was a bit scared to open it.
What would his first birthday gift be?
He slowly held up the box and opened it little by little.
Inside the box was a piece of clothing, the fabric was very comfortable, and at a glance one could tell it was very expensive.
Sheng Xing Ze carefully took out the clothes and put them on the bed to unfold. Some designs that did not belong to men's clothing appeared in front of him.
This...was a dress, a woman's dress entered his field of vision.
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Notes:
[1] Thirty team -- People who are over 25 years old and are about to move towards 30 years old. In recent years, I think the joke is that even when you turn 22, you're already in the thirty range...which is odd but oh well...