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After Liu Susu left, the two children started eating in the living room on the second floor. They were sitting across from each other on the carpet.
"Little Wangyue, why aren’t you playing downstairs today?"
"Mom gave me homework. I have to finish my homework before I can go out and play. Otherwise, I can’t go out."
"What kind of homework?"
"To finish writing in ten notebooks."
"That’s a lot." The kid was slow in his writing. This was obviously an excuse to prevent the child from going downstairs.
Youguang’s eyes flashed with uncertainty. She picked up a cookie and took a small bite.
"It’s also good to stay here. There are too many people downstairs. It’s noisy as hell."
"Isn’t it fun downstairs? Don’t you like it, Sister?"
In the past, when there were guests in the house, he had secretly gone to take a look. It was very lively. There were many, many people.
"I don’t like it. Having to smile and talk to a bunch of people you don’t know, or listen to them talk about a load of stuff. It’s such a waste of time."
"Then what kind of birthday party does Sister like?" the child asked with his eyes blinking.
"I don’t need a party for my birthday. I just need to be around with my loved ones."
"Then if it’s my birthday, it’s fine as long as I have my loved ones by my side."
Seeing the child’s serious expression, Youguang couldn’t help but feel her heart ache and also an urge to laugh.
"Little Wangyue, you may wish for your birthday to be in any form, but it must be something you enjoy."
"But, I don’t know what I like. In the past, every time it was my birthday, Mom would buy a cake to eat with Dad and me. And every time we ate cake, Dad would be very happy. But Mom was always unhappy and would get upset. That’s why I don’t like birthday cakes. I don’t wish to spend my birthdays like this anymore."
The child spoke slowly, but he meant each and every word he said.
"I really liked and hoped to have a birthday like Yang Yang’s, because every time Yang Yang celebrated his birthday, he was so happy. Grandpa and Grandma were happy, Uncle and Aunt were happy, and my sisters were also happy. Mom also said that if only our family would celebrate my birthday by holding a grand party for me. It’s my own fault. I am not like Yang Yang who is lovable. Grandpa and Grandma like Yang Yang and don’t like me, so they’d never remember my birthdays."
In the past, Youguang had always felt that it was not good for Wangyue to be so quiet. She had also been trying her best to make him open his heart and get him to confide in the people around him. It would be a good thing for his development.
But after hearing him say so much for the first time today, she felt that she would rather not hear them if she could.
Every word the child had said pierced her heart like a needle, filling it with immense pain.
The child sniffled a little dejectedly as he spoke.
Then, he looked up with a pair of dark eyes. "But now that Sister doesn’t like Yang Yang’s birthday party, I don’t like it either. I don’t want to have the same birthday party as Yang Yang."
Youguang sighed silently and tried to suppress the surging emotions in her heart in order to maintain the calmness in her voice.
"Little Wangyue, just because I don’t like Shi Tongyang’s birthday party doesn’t mean I will not like yours too. If it is your birthday party, then I’ll like it too."
"After all, you’ve always envied others for having it, but you have never had one. To me, it means a different thing."
"Would Sister like my birthday party?" The child’s eyes lit up and then dimmed again. "But I don’t know when there will be a birthday party, so I don’t really feel like having my own party anymore."
Youguang’s heart ached so much that she didn’t know what to do. She could only reach out and gently stroke the head of the aggrieved child in front of her, over and over again.
After a long silence, she said, "Isn’t Wangyue’s birthday coming up? It’s thirteen days away, right?"
"Does Sister know my birthday?" The child was surprised.
"That’s right. I remember Wangyue’s birthday is on May 14, right? If Wangyue’s birthday wish this year is to have a big birthday party, I’m afraid it will be a little difficult. But if you just want to have a happy birthday, it will be easy to achieve."
On the Big Boss’s birthday in her previous life, he’d come to her office just when she’d started work in the morning. He asked her to hypnotize him, and said that he wanted to sleep.
The office had information on all the clients, so she knew very well that it was the big shot’s birthday.
Although ordinary people would find it strange to let their psychiatrist hypnotize them to sleep on their birthdays, Youguang on the other hand felt that it was not a bad idea.
After all, for this big shot who often had insomnia, sleep was indeed a pretty good birthday present.
After she hypnotized him that day, he slept in her office from morning till afternoon.
Seeing how well he slept, she didn’t disturb him even when she knocked off from work.
By nightfall, everyone in the office had left. He unexpectedly invited her to dinner. This left an impression on her.
Ever since then, in her previous life, she had remembered his birthday.