Morning dawned and the alarm clock rang. Song Yujin quickly got up and turned it off. Then, he shook Lu Suo’s shoulders.
Lu Suo was in a daze.
“I don’t want to attend school.”
Song Yujin ignored Lu Suo’s complaint and said calmly, “Go and wash up.”
Lu Suo looked at him with a pitiful expression on his face.
Song Yujin was already used to this. He patted Lu Suo’s head skillfully.
“Be good.”
Lu Suo was about to say something, but his eyes suddenly widened.
“What’s that? A Christmas stocking? It’s huge!”
Song Yujin turned his attention to the stocking. Clearly, there were many things stuffed inside. He was confused.
‘Where did it come from? I know that Santa Claus isn’t real.’
Lu Suo noticed another Christmas stocking and pointed at it.
“You have one too!”
Lu Suo quickly got out of bed and began rummaging through his Christmas stocking. There were various things inside.
“This is great!”
Song Yujin also checked his stocking and came to a conclusion.
‘I’m sure these are prepared by Song Ci or Lu Gan.’
Lu Suo had the same thoughts.
“Are these from mom and dad? But mom already gave us a gift last night…”
Song Yujin did not expect the situation to develop this way. He tried thinking of ways to smooth things over.
Suddenly, the door opened. It was Song Ci.
“Good morning.”
She looked at the two children who were holding their stockings.
Lu Suo quickly asked, “Mommy, did you prepare this for us?”
Song Ci chuckled.
“Do you like it? Merry Christmas!”
Lu Suo was elated.
“I love it!”
Then, he asked, “But mom, you already gave us a present last night. Why are you doing this twice?”
Song Ci looked at Lu Suo with a confused expression.
Lu Suo continued, “You gave me a crystal ball.”
After that, he picked up the crystal ball and handed it to Song Ci.
‘Huh? Isn’t this the crystal ball I bought for Yujin when we moved in? I thought it would be a nice decoration for his empty desk, but he never displayed it.’
Song Ci looked at Song Yujin silently. The latter felt really awkward. His expression was basically saying, “Please don’t expose me.”
Of course, Song Ci caught the hint immediately. She smiled and said, “That’s different. Besides, two surprises are better than one!”
“Thank you, mom.”
“You’re welcome. Now go and wash up.”
“Okay.”
Lu Suo reluctantly went to wash up and Song Ci left to eat her breakfast.
Song Yujin heaved a sigh of relief.
‘If I knew this would happen, I wouldn’t have prepared a gift for Lu Suo. Ugh… If he finds out, I’ll be so embarrassed!’
Song Yujin took his Christmas stocking and left Lu Suo’s room.
After breakfast, Song Ci sent the two children to school as usual. On the way, Lu Suo was very clingy towards her.
Song Ci smiled.
‘He’s clearly in a good mood.’
Meanwhile, Song Yujin was trying to forget the whole incident.
In the classroom, Song Yujin took a book and prepared to read. All of a sudden, Lu Suo approached him. The former asked softly, “Little uncle, that crystal ball was from you, right?”
“!!!”
Song Yujin’s heart was beating rapidly, but he tried to remain aloof and replied indifferently, “It’s from my sister.”
Lu Suo raised his eyebrows.
“Do you think I’m stupid? Mommy’s first reaction was confusion and she looked at you before saying anything. It’s so obvious.”