Chapter 277
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Lu Jinnian felt like he was dreaming. He stood there elegantly, his gaze fixed on the tie clip. After a long while, he lifted his head and said in a hoarse voice, "Thank you."
Qiao Anhao smiled slightly. Under the bright light of the study room, she looked even cuter and gentler. "I didn't know what you would like, so I picked one for you based on your preferences. I don't know if you'll like it or not."
"I like it." Lu Jinnian replied without hesitation. He continued to stare at the tie clip in the box, then carefully closed the box. "I like it a lot."
Qiao Anhao continued to smile, a hint of gratification in her eyes.
Lu Jinnian's fingers gently caressed the box. He stared at Qiao Anhao's smiling face, and the coldness in his eyes lessened. He never liked to reveal his thoughts to others, but the words suddenly floated out of his mouth. "It's been many years since I've received a birthday present."
That simple sentence made the smile on Qiao Anhao's face gradually disappear. She thought back to the day when she stood outside the study and overheard Lu Jinnian say, "Besides, there's nothing much to celebrate on my birthday". His expression was the same as now, even though his tone was indifferent, it revealed a hint of sadness.
In her memory, Lu Jinnian had attended many of Xu Jiamu's birthdays, but he had never celebrated her birthday. Qiao Anhao couldn't help but ask the question in her heart, "You don't celebrate your birthday?"
"Mmh." Lu Jinnian didn't open his mouth, but only made a sound with his throat. After a while, he slowly said, "After mother passed away, I haven't celebrated my birthday."
Lu Jinnian said it lightly, but Qiao Anhao didn't know why, but when she heard it, a dense and sharp pain crept up her heart.
She knew that Lu Jinnian and Xu Jiamu had the same father but different mothers, and that Lu Jinnian's mother had passed away early, but other than that, she didn't know much else.
Even if Xu Jiamu, who was the same age as Lu Jinnian, didn't know his birthday, but their father, Xu Bofu, should know... Even if he was an illegitimate child, he was still Xu Bofu's flesh and blood. Even if he couldn't make his birthday party as spectacular as Xu Jiamu's, he should have at least given Lu Jinnian a present or a blessing, right?
Qiao Anhao moved her lips. "What about Xu Bofu? He doesn't celebrate your birthday? "
Lu Jinnian's expression instantly turned cold, and a hint of viciousness slowly rose in his eyes.
Qiao Anhao froze, realizing that she might have said the wrong thing. A sliver of uneasiness rose in her heart, and she bit her bottom lip. Just as she was about to say "sorry", Lu Jinnian, whose expression was as cold as ice, slowly turned his head. He stared at the night sky outside the floor-to-ceiling window, and as though he was talking about someone else, his tone was strangely calm. "Compared to celebrating my birthday, he would rather I didn't have a birthday."
To his biological father, his birth was a stain on his life.
If it was possible, his father probably wouldn't have wanted him to be born into this world.
The pain in Qiao Anhao's heart intensified.
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