Era: After foreseeing the future, I changed my fate using spatial abilities.

Chapter 21 Birthday
The next morning, the sky was overcast and the weather was muggy all night, but the rain still seemed to be falling.

Su Ning, who woke up early, felt an unexpected sense of peace, as if the knife hanging over her head was finally about to fall, and she only needed to wait for the result.

After she finished washing and dressing, the one in the bed finally woke up.

Good morning, Ningning! Happy birthday!

"Thank you, but it's getting late, you lazybones, get up!"

Even Fu Ying herself found it unbelievable that she could sleep without any dreams and not be affected at all by what happened last night.

It must be because Ningning is by her side, which makes her feel so at ease.

Fu Ying, grinning foolishly, stared at her stunning beauty with a dazed expression: Indeed, there is nothing that cannot be healed by beauty!

"dong dong dong~"

"Ningning and Yingying, it's getting late. Are you all ready?"

"Okay, Uncle Xu, we're coming right away!"

Sticking out her tongue, Fu Ying quickly got out of bed, dressed, and deftly braided two pigtails with her nimble fingers.

He took out a small box he had prepared earlier from his backpack and handed it to her. "Sister Ningning, this is a birthday present I prepared for you. I hope you become more and more beautiful, and that everything goes well for you. I hope we can meet up in Xiangnan soon!"

The small box contained two pearl hair clips of different styles.

Suning carefully placed the box into the drawer under the dressing table, then led her out of the bedroom. The moment the door closed, the dressing table and the box were stored away in the space.

Xu Zixin and Qian Huiru, who were sitting on the sofa waiting, both seemed to be in a pretty good mood today.

Especially Qian Huiru, dressed in a Lenin-style women's suit, couldn't hide the smile on her face and in her eyes, and for the first time, she seemed unusually sincere.

"Ningning looks so beautiful today!"

"Thank you."

It seemed like he had been waiting for a long time. At this moment, Xu Zixin did not say anything, but stood up, turned around, and quickly went to the kitchen.

In no time, she brought out a bowl of boiled eggs in brown sugar water, just like every year on her birthday. "Quick, Ningning, eat it while it's hot, or you'll find it fishy when it gets cold."

"Wow~ Uncle Xu is so nice! Ningning, you eat first, I'm going to wash up!"

Fu Ying winked at her and skipped off to the toilet.

Taking a deep breath and squeezing his palm hard, Su Ning smiled and sat down at the dining table.

The blue-patterned ceramic bowl held steaming hot, dark red sugar water, and as always, contained two boiled eggs.

This is a custom from my maternal grandfather's hometown. On everyone's birthday, eating a sweet boiled egg cooked by their closest relative will bring happiness and good luck for the whole year.

In the past, on my birthday, my grandfather would cook a bowl of rice early in the morning... Now that he's gone, my mother takes over.

Even after his mother passed away, Xu Zixin kept this matter in his heart and has been cooking about it ever since, never forgetting it even once.

During this time, she would also wonder, even if it turned into a real relationship, did he... have any sincerity at all?
"Ningning, why are you crying?"

Subconsciously touching her cheek, Su Ning realized that she had unknowingly burst into tears.

"It's alright, thank you, Dad."

Wiping away her tears with the back of her hand, she lowered her head to eat the boiled egg in sweet soup, unaware of the complex emotions in Xu Zixin's eyes.

It wasn't until Qian Huiru silently stepped forward that he came back to his senses and murmured in a daze, "Ningning has grown up so much in the blink of an eye."

"That's right, they're all old enough to get married!"

"Nonsense! How could my daughter, Xu Zixin's daughter, get married so early!"

"Look, I was just saying it, but you're getting all worked up, Lao Xu. Ningning has such good grades and she's going to university, of course she won't get married so early."

While the two were singing and dancing, Su Ning had finished the egg in his bowl and drunk all the sugar water.

After much fuss, Xu Shanshan finally found clothes she was satisfied with, and Fu Ying, who had finished washing up, came to the living room one after the other.

The two had been at odds ever since they met, their relationship so sour that they didn't even bother to pretend in front of their parents. 'What's the use of dressing up, you peacock? You're still utterly crushed in front of my Ningning!'

"Tomboy, I'll cut that hair off for you someday!"

Their eyes met in mid-air, as if you could hear crackling sparks.

"Shanshan!"

Meeting her warning gaze and recalling the conversation between mother and daughter last night, Xu Shanshan suppressed her anger and said with a forced smile, "Today is Sister Ning's birthday, so I won't argue with a little brat like you!"

"Heh, you talk as if you can do anything to me. Are you afraid of me?"

Fu Ying played with her braids and retorted without any politeness, but then she remembered that today's situation was indeed special.

As he walked past her, he whispered a threat, "If you dare to cause any more trouble today, Xu Shanshan, I'll make you relive the nightmare from four years ago."

"you!"

"Xu Shanshan, remember this: it's not easy for your hair to grow this long!"

Xu Shanshan was so angry she was about to explode when Qian Huiru, noticing something was wrong, grabbed her arm. "Yingying still loves to joke around, haha. Alright, alright, you two girls, stop fooling around. We should get going."

"I'm so sorry, Uncle Xu, she's just so annoying, I couldn't help it!"

"You have such a temper!"

Xu Zixin couldn't do anything about her straightforwardness. After all, she was his best friend's most beloved daughter, so he could only shake his head helplessly and say, "Let your dad worry about it himself."

"Yingying is doing very well."

"That's right, hehe, Ningning has the best taste!"

"Alright, alright, the birthday person is the most important today, you're right about everything."

Xu Zixin smiled indulgently and gently patted her back.

Seeing that she no longer instinctively flinched, and recalling that her genuine emotion when she was moved did not seem feigned, he raised his thick eyebrows slightly. "Let's go, it's time to set off. It wouldn't be good to keep the guests waiting."

……

Kyoto Hotel.

Unlike state-run hotels, this place mainly caters to foreign guests and leaders and officials traveling from various places on official business.

The first floor is a lobby, the second floor has private rooms, and the third floor has a huge banquet hall.

Xu Zixin's position was sufficient to secure a private room, and with the addition of Old Master Fu, it was naturally no problem at all.

Besides the Xu and Fu families, two of Su Ting's old friends were an elderly couple with completely white hair and kind faces, as well as Teacher Quan, Su Ning's homeroom teacher who had taught him for two years.

A large table was packed with people, creating a lively atmosphere.

"Does Ningning still remember us, the two old folks?"

"Of course I remember, Grandpa Zhao and Grandma Xin."

Suning stood up with a sweet smile, bowed obediently to greet them, and then went forward to pour tea for the two elderly people who had come at the last minute.

"Hahaha, as expected of little Su Ting, he's really smart! We've only met twice and he still remembers me after all these years!"

The first time I saw the little one was just a month old, and the second time was when my old friend passed away…

Remembering his old friend's dying words, Zhao Qian silently put down his teacup.

They've spent most of their lives together, and they can understand each other's thoughts with just a glance.

Xin Yulan patted the back of his hand, "Ningning is still here."

"Look at me, I'm getting senile, haha!"

Slapping his forehead, Zhao Qian smiled again. "Ningning, sit down. We can talk about it later."

(End of this chapter)