After Descending the Mountain, Seven Big Brothers Spoil Me - Chapter 834

Chapter 834: The Birthday Isn’t Over Yet, So Off to Work We Go
Xi Yan was still waiting for his little niece to swoon and leap into his arms. However, Zhouzhou turned her head away, continuing to chat with others as if she hadn’t seen him at all.

She didn’t want to acknowledge him! How embarrassing!

Seeing this, Xi Yan was taken aback. He stepped forward and picked up the chubby girl, sulking, “Did you not see me?”

Zhouzhou looked at the sky and the ground but refused to look at him, marveling, “Wow, Grandma and Grandpa, I can fly! How did I end up in the air by myself?”

This little chubby girl!

Xi Yan was so angry that his face turned green. The others laughed so hard that their stomachs hurt.

These two little clowns.

Xi Mo stood up and took Zhouzhou from Xi Yan, giving him a disdainful glance. “What kind of outfit is that?”

“This is what a K-pop idol would dress like!” Xi Yan said defensively. “This makeup took over two hours!”

Upon hearing this, Zhouzhou glanced at him, stared at his green eyelids for a second, and quickly turned her gaze away.

So ugly, it was painful to look at.

Grandma Qin wiped away her tears of laughter and said, “Zhouzhou’s little uncle, you’d better go and wash off that makeup; you don’t want to scare the child.”

Fine then. Their taste was just awful.

Xi Yan narcissistically pulled out a mirror to check himself, sighed, and finally went to wash off the makeup.

When he came out again, his face was clean, and Xi Mo had forced him to change into a different outfit. He looked much fresher.

Only then did Zhouzhou finally deign to look at him.

“Little Uncle, why are you being so weird on the New Year?”

As soon as the chubby girl opened her mouth, she offended Xi Yan.

Unhappily, he retorted, “What do you mean I’m weird? Do you know how long I prepared to sing this song?”

Zhouzhou shook her head. “How long?”

“Two days!” Xi Yan held up two fingers, heartbroken. “Two whole days for this!”

After two days of hard work, just to make her cringe?

Zhouzhou was dumbfounded.

She looked at him, speechless, and finally said, “Little Uncle, you did a great job. Just don’t do that again, okay?”

Xi Yan: “…”

Fine, just say this little chubby girl has no taste.

No matter how handsome he dressed, it didn’t compare to a flashy outfit that she found nice.

Wait, his big brother wasn’t dressed all flashy either; he wore the most ordinary clothes. Why didn’t she complain about him?

She’s clearly biased!

Xi Yan felt discontent and silently cursed in his heart.

Zhouzhou didn’t care about him. She still hadn’t asked him for a compensation fee for her eye pain; he should count his blessings!

“Let’s go get the cake,” Grandma Qin said, smiling as she stood up and took Zhouzhou’s hand.

Zhouzhou immediately nodded her little head, overjoyed, bouncing toward the door.

Her smile was far brighter than when she had seen Xi Yan.

This made Xi Yan feel even more unbalanced.

But Xi Mo silenced him with a glance, preventing him from making a scene.

Before long, Zhouzhou pushed in a cake cart.

A total of seven layers, symbolizing that she was seven years old.

When she learned about this, Zhouzhou wished she could be a hundred years old right now, so she could have a hundred-layer cake. No matter how tall it was, she could reach it.

Unconsciously, she blurted this thought out loud.

Grandma Qin laughed so hard she nearly fell over, poking her nose playfully. “You little glutton, with so much delicious food, why do you only want cake?”

Zhouzhou tilted her little face up, drooling as she said, “Because cake is yummy!”

“You can’t eat a hundred layers of cake at once! You’d get tired of it, and if you fill up on cake, you won’t have room for other delicious food.”

That made sense.

Zhouzhou tilted her little head, letting go of her obsession with a hundred-layer cake.

“Grandma, I want to eat,” Zhouzhou said, looking up at her.

“Okay, okay.” Grandma Qin put a birthday hat on her, lit the candles, and let her make a wish.

Qin Bei started singing “Happy Birthday.”

Xi Yan listened and thought his singing was still better and more heartfelt.

It was a pity that Zhouzhou, lacking any aesthetic appreciation, couldn’t appreciate his singing.

With her little chubby paw clenched, she had only one wish in her heart: to be a little rich lady!

Then, she puffed her cheeks and blew out the candles in one breath.

“Good!” Qin Bei clapped and ran over, pointing to a piece. “Grandma, I want this one!”

He was so greedy.

Grandma Qin shot him a sideways glance and ignored him, first asking Zhouzhou which piece she liked. After she got hers, she distributed the rest to everyone else.

With the Fourth Bureau and military personnel arriving, the room was filled with tough guys who didn’t care much for sweets.

But thankfully, there were enough people to share, so everyone had enough to eat.

Once the cake was distributed, several kids went out to play.

Xi Mo sat next to Ye Lingfeng and quietly asked, “Why didn’t you tell me about Fred?”

He only found out later that Zhouzhou had been out on a mission with Ye Lingfeng on New Year’s Day, dealing with Fred and his gang. Hearing this made his heart tighten.

Ye Lingfeng, however, looked relaxed, leaning back and crossing his legs. “Why did I need to inform you that? Just dealing with a few garbage people.”

“Don’t worry, we caught them right on the plane. Even if they grew wings, they couldn’t fly away. Everything went smoothly, so there was no need to tell you.”

Fine then.

Fortunately, the outcome was indeed as he said, and Xi Mo didn’t press any further.

He just said, “Next time you go on a mission, take me along.”

He wasn’t at ease with Zhouzhou.

Upon hearing this, Ye Lingfeng said, “You have your own tasks, don’t you have enough time?”

“I’ll come when I’m free.”

“Those opportunities don’t come often.” Ye Lingfeng shook his head, cracking sunflower seeds. “With me here, you don’t need to worry about Zhouzhou. You know her capabilities.”

“And Zhouzhou might not want you there anyway.”

Upon hearing this, Xi Mo frowned and looked at Ye Lingfeng, waiting for his explanation. “What do you mean?”

“Adding another person to a mission means splitting the reward. That little chubby girl would rather kick me out and go on the mission herself.”

Xi Mo: “…”

That’s really something Zhouzhou would do.

His head suddenly started to ache.

Ye Lingfeng was already used to it.

His little girl would never change her greedy ways.

Since there were many guests today, Grandma Qin didn’t cook herself but hired some chefs to come home and prepare the food.

They worked efficiently, and by noon, several tables of dishes were ready.

Zhouzhou quickly climbed onto her chair and started to eat with gusto.

Everything was her favorite food, and the little chubby girl couldn’t be happier.

She wished she could celebrate her birthday every day.

However, not long after, her smile faded.

After dinner, everyone left. Ye Lingfeng patted Zhouzhou’s head with reluctance.

“Zhouzhou, Daddy has to go.”

Upon hearing this, Zhouzhou froze, anxiously hugging his leg and reluctantly asking, “Are you going to work again?”

“Yes.” Ye Lingfeng nodded.

Zhouzhou pouted, her good mood from the day suddenly vanished.

She was going to miss her dad so much.

“Waaah, I wanted to play with Daddy for a few more days.”

Before Ye Lingfeng could respond, the Ancestral Master floated out from the statue and yanked her ear.

“Play, play, play! You count how long you’ve been playing!”

“Go work! Immediately get to work!”