Duan Xiâs birthday is on the eighteenth of the seventh lunar month, and itâs his eighteenth birthday as an adult. The Ruan family takes it seriously, but considering that theyâre in Beidu, the Ruan family specifically asked Duan Qianyang for his opinion.
Although Duan Xi was raised in the Ruan family, he still carries the Duan surname. Duan Qianyang really hopes Duan Xi can celebrate his birthday with the Duan family, but he didnât dare to make the decision casually, fearing that Duan Xi might not be happy.
The question of where to celebrate the birthday was tossed around and eventually landed in Jiaojiaoâs lap.
Jiaojiao thought for a moment. It didnât seem appropriate for their whole family to go to the Duan family, and it also didnât make sense for the entire Duan family to come to their home. So, she simply decided to hold the celebration at the Ruan family hotel.
Jiaojiaoâs opinion was Duan Xiâs opinion, so the matter was settled just like that.
However, until the day before Duan Xiâs birthday, Jiaojiao still hadnât decided on what birthday gift to give him. Over the years, she had already given all the things that could be given, like watches, pens, belts... Anyway, any gift that a guy could get, she had basically given before.
And this time, for Duan Xiâs eighteenth birthday, she couldnât repeat the gifts she had given before. It was really worrying. She originally thought that Ruan Lei and Lu Zishu, being the same age, could offer some suggestions, but it turned out these two were even more conventional.
"Give him a red envelope, let him buy whatever he wants." Ruan Lei.
"Jiaojiao, you have so much pocket money, just give something casually." Lu Zishu, now, didnât dare have any ideas about Jiaojiaoâs savings, but still coveted them.
"No way, Brother Xu has his own money. He has way more money than I do." All these years, the bonuses given to Duan Xi by the Ruan family hadnât been missed, and all were stored here with Jiaojiao, being more than ten times her amount.
"How much money does he have?" Upon hearing this, Ruan Lei and Lu Zishuâs eyes lit up.
"Way more, at least ten times more." Jiaojiao remembered last time she went to deposit money in the bank, it was already close to two million, right?
"..." Ruan Lei.
"..." Lu Zishu.
Jiaojiao has a hundred thousand in savings, Duan Xi has more than ten times hers... that is... ten, hundred, thousand, ten thousand, hundred thousand, dad!
"Sorry, weâve disturbed you." The two quickly bid farewell, clutching their own meager wallets.
"What are those two boys doing, so rash?" Ruan Jianguo just helped Ruanlin with farming, walked in sweaty, stood by the table, and poured himself a glass of plain water, gulping it down.
When he put the glass down, he found Jiaojiao looking at him and gently asked, "Sweetheart, whatâs wrong, why are you looking at daddy like that?"
Jiaojiao immediately shook her head, indicating nothingâs wrong. This is the kind of question you could ask anyone, just not the Ruan big spender at their house.
Jiaojiao ran out of the room. It was past three in the afternoon, with the sun being quite strong. Ruanlin was planting seeds in the ground opened up by Ruan Jianguo, rushing to plant them by the season so they could be harvested by autumn.
Rou Rou had a big water bottle in its mouth, and after Xiaobai poked a hole in the ground with its tail, Ruanlin placed a seed inside, Rou Rou covered it with its paw, and then poured in a bit of water, finishing the job.
The person, the wolf, and Changchong worked quite harmoniously in farming.
Even if Jiaojiao wanted to intervene, she couldnât. She squatted under the tree shade, watching for a while. When Ruanlin finished a row of planting, she straightened up and saw Jiaojiao with her chin propped on her hand, looking pitifully cute on the side, and laughed, "Sweetheart, what are you doing squatting here?"