Chapter 725
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He had already removed his jacket. Most likely, he had rolled up his sleeves when he was brewing the Brown Sugar Ginger Tea earlier.
Shi Yao turned around, and before she could say a word, she saw a clear wound on his exposed arm.
The wound had already scabbed over, but it still looked a little ghastly …
Shi Yao suddenly recalled the words that Sis 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 rolled up his sleeves. However, he still managed to catch the main point in her words. "How did you know that it was Grandpa Lin?"
A second after he asked the question, he seemed to have understood what she meant, and he asked, "You knew about it?"
Even though his words were ambiguous, Shi Yao knew that he was referring to the excuses he had come up with for Grandpa Lin. Thus, she nodded and said, "Un. I gave Sis Jiayi a call, and she told me about it …"
After two seconds of silence, Shi Yao spoke up once more, "Why did you lie to Grandpa Lin like that? Wouldn't you end up causing others to misunderstand you … You … "
As Shi Yao spoke, she suddenly found herself at a loss for words.
"Yaoyao, I'll definitely fulfill my promise to you."
"B-but you can't allow yourself to be wronged."
"Am I?" Lin Jiage's brows suddenly relaxed, and he smiled. "I don't think that I'm wronged at all …"
Lin Jiage's nonchalant words left Shi Yao's eyes welling up with tears. She subconsciously lowered her head, maintaining her quiet and obedient demeanor for a long while before she finally said softly, "Lin Jiage, thank you …"
"Alright, I did it out of my own free will …" 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 look at the cake. After which, she picked up her bag and took out an exquisitely wrapped box from it. She passed it to Lin Jiage and said, "This is for you. The cake is for you too."
"Mine?" Lin Jiage's eyes were brimming with delight. Due to his agitation, his fingers were trembling slightly as he took the box.
"Un. It's your birthday today, and I promised you that I would give you a present …" Shi Yao explained softly before adding, "… I was the one who chose the present, so I didn't know whether you would like it or not …"
Before Shi Yao could finish her words, Lin Jiage had already interjected, "I like it!"
Lin Jiage raised his wrist to take a look at the time and said, "It's not twelve yet, and it just so happens that I haven't had my birthday cake yet. Since you brought a cake, why don't we cut a cake together?"
Shi Yao didn't turn him down.
Lin Jiage pulled the cake closer to him, tore it open, and inserted the candles.
Before blowing out the candles, Shi Yao earnestly wished Lin Jiage a happy birthday, and Lin Jiage even placed his palms together devoutly to make a wish.
When he was about to blow out the candles and cut the cake, Shi Yao couldn't help but ask curiously, "What did you wish for?"
Lin Jiage's cutting of the cake came to a halt.
He didn't say anything, but in his mind, he recalled the wish he had just made.
His wish was that he could hear her say happy birthday to him next year.
The next year he was talking about was not the next year. The next year he was talking about was the next year after the next year after the next year after the next year after the next year after the next year after the next year … until there was no next year in his life.
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