Chapter 724: Next Year (2)

He had already taken off his jacket. It was probably because he had rolled up his sleeves for the sake of convenience when he was boiling the brown sugar ginger tea.

Shi Yao had just turned her head around, but before she could open her mouth to speak, she saw that there was an obvious scar on his exposed arm.

The scar was already scabbed, but it still looked rather frightening..

Shi Yao suddenly recalled the words that sister Jiayi had told her. Staring at Lin Jiage’s arm, she couldn’t help but ask, “You… you were beaten up by Grandpa Lin, weren’t you?”

Hearing Shi Yao’s question, Lin Jiage hurriedly pulled down his sleeves, but he still managed to grasp the main point of her question. “How did you know that it was Grandpa Lin?”

A second after he finished his question, he seemed to have understood what she was trying to say. “You knew about it?”

Even though his words weren’t very clear, Shi Yao knew that he was referring to the excuses he had made up for Grandpa Lin. She nodded and said, “UN, I called Sis Jiayi, and she told me…”

After two seconds of silence, Shi Yao spoke up once more, “Why did you lie to Grandpa Lin Like That? If you did that, wouldn’t you be misunderstood… you…”

As Shi Yao spoke, she was at a loss for words.

“Yaoyao, I’ll definitely keep my promise to you.”

“But… But you can’t allow yourself to be wronged.”

“Really?”Lin Jiage suddenly broke into a wide smile, “I don’t feel wronged at all…”

Lin Jiage’s casual words caused tears to well up in Shi Yao’s eyes. She subconsciously lowered her head and maintained her quiet and obedient appearance for a long while, it was only then that she whispered, “Lin Jiage, thank you…”

“Alright, this is something that I’m willing to do…”as Lin Jiage spoke, his gaze fell on the cake box on the table,”… What’s that? A cake?”

“Un…”hearing Lin Jiage’s words, Shi Yao raised her head to take a look at the cake. Then, she took out the exquisitely wrapped box from her bag, she handed it over to Lin jiage and said, “This is for you, and the cake is for you as well.”

“Mine?”Lin Jiage’s eyes were filled with pleasant surprise. Due to his agitation, his fingertips trembled slightly when he received the box.

“UN. It’s your birthday today, and I promised you that I would give you a birthday present…”Shi Yao explained in a low voice before adding,”… I chose the present, so I’m not sure if you like it…”

Before Shi Yao could finish her sentence, Lin jiage spoke up first, “I like it!”

After answering Shi Yao’s question, Lin Jiage raised his wrist and glanced at the time, “It’s not even midnight yet. It just so happens that I haven’t eaten the cake for my birthday yet. Since you brought a cake with you, why don’t we cut a cake?”

Shi Yao didn’t reject his offer.

Lin Jiage pulled the cake in front of him, opened it, and placed a candle in it.

Before blowing out the candle, Shi Yao sincerely wished Lin Jiage a happy birthday. On the other hand, Lin jiage clasped his hands together and made a wish with a devout look on his face.

When he blew out the candle and cut the cake, Shi Yao couldn’t help but ask curiously, “What did you wish for?”

Lin Jiage’s hand froze in mid-air.

He didn’t say a word, but in his mind, he suddenly recalled the wish he had just made.

His wish was that next year he would hear her say happy birthday to him.

He said next year, not that year, he said next year, next year next year, next year next year next year next year… until there was no next year in his life.

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