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Luo Ning didn't want them to compete with her for Xiao Jie's first barbecue.

He instructed them to bring up all the food from below and to start cooking the hot pot as well.

Otherwise, Xiao Jie's roasted food wouldn't be enough to supply them all.

Xiao Jie smiled and whispered in her ear, "I'll give you some first, not give it to them."

Luo Ning wasn't embarrassed at all that her little scheme had been exposed. She proudly raised her head and said, "You dare to give them to them first?"

Xiao Jie adored her haughty demeanor; she was meant to always be haughty.

Liang Xiao exclaimed "Eh!" and called the others to go down and either serve the dishes or cook the hot pot.

In short, no one should be idle, except for the big shots, of course.

When they were all almost done, Xiao Jie's first batch of barbecue was ready.

Of course, the first match will definitely go to Luo Ning.

Although Luo Ning pretended to be stingy, when the barbecue came out, she took a few skewers and left the rest on the table in the rest area for them to eat themselves.

"It would be nice if there was some wine."

Liang Xiao ate the delicious barbecue and looked at Luo Ning with a grin.

Xiao Jingran also looked at Luo Ning expectantly. In this kind of weather, barbecue and ice-cold beer are the perfect combination.

Luo Ning rolled her eyes. "There's some in the fridge. Go get it yourself."

"Okay, thanks, boss."

Liang Xiao pulled Zhou Jibai downstairs, with Xiao Jingran following behind.

Fu Xing wanted to stop them, but considering there were no tasks tomorrow, he decided to let them relax today.

Needless to say, Xiao Helin's private base didn't have as many rules.

The three men each carried two cases of beer upstairs.

"Boss, so you've been prepared all along. But isn't this a bit extravagant? Let's just take one and each of us can try a little bit."

In the apocalypse, tobacco and alcohol are more precious than food. Liang Xiao felt a little guilty that they had drunk so much of the boss's liquor.

I always feel like they come to the boss's place specifically to improve their lives.

Luo Ning then took out several bottles of baijiu and red wine from his bracelet space and looked at the wines in the hands of the three people.

"Will you drink it or not? If not, put it back."

"Drink, how can we not drink?"

Xiao Jingran quickly spoke up; his skin was thicker than anyone else's, and he immediately opened a can of beer for himself.

"Enough with the nonsense, let's drink until we drop tonight!"

Luo Ning poured himself a glass of Moutai, took a sip, and said, "Good wine."

The few grown men present hadn't touched these things since the apocalypse, and now the rich aroma of alcohol wafted out.

Everyone drank a little, except for Bai Yu, who was coaxed by Cheng Rang to let her drive back and not drink.

Everyone else started drinking, even Xiao Helin poured himself a glass of baijiu.

Wang Hu and his men were waiting for them downstairs, so they didn't need to leave anyone to drive them.

Xiao Jingran looked at his brother, who usually only drank red wine, and saw that he was drinking baijiu (Chinese liquor) today.

He then stealthily moved closer to Xiao Helin, "Brother, how about a good drink to drown your sorrows?"

I've told him to put aside his pride and seriously pursue her, but he wouldn't listen, and now he's here drowning his sorrows.

Xiao Helin originally had no such thought, but after hearing him say that, he suddenly had it too.

He kicked Xiao Jingran in the leg and said, "If you say another word, get back inside."

Xiao Jingran rubbed her leg. "If it's not true, it's not true. Why are you being so fierce?"

Liang Xiao mocked him from the side. The two of them were already very friendly, and now they were laughing at him without any restraint.

Xiao Jingran and Liang Xiao got along well, and when she saw that she was being mocked, she went up to him and playfully fought with him.

Thus, although Luo Ning's birthday party didn't have a large number of people, it was by no means deserted.

Liang Xiao and Xiao Jingran are each ten feet shorter than the others, plus the three little ones.

The noise here attracted the zombies from afar.

Wang Hu below saw the zombies, but didn't want to disturb the people above.

They had no choice but to reluctantly lead their underlings down to drive them away.

Everyone had almost finished eating.

Xiao Jie gestured to 1, 2, and 3 to pull the blackout curtains, and the terrace immediately became much darker.

There are also various colorful lights, flowers, and balloons that Xiao Jie has arranged here, and the atmosphere is immediately created when it gets dark.

Xiao Jie took out a cake that he had prepared in advance from the bracelet space.

Light the candles and present them to Luo Ning.

Luo Ning stared wide-eyed at the cake in front of her; this was actually her house too.

There was no one else in the house except Luo Ning.

Xiao Jie's work was very realistic; it was a miniature version of her house.

123 secretly showed her the cake Xiao Jie made; it was in her likeness.

But she didn't expect that she was only part of the cake. Xiao Jie used fondant to make her likeness, and then made the shape of a house.

She was sitting on a swing on the balcony, which was also filled with fresh flowers.

Luo Ning mentioned that she felt the balcony was too empty and wanted to plant some flowers there.

She just said it casually, never expecting that Xiao Jie would actually appear on the cake.

"Look at the flowers on the balcony, aren't they pretty? If they are, I'll help you with that later."

Looking at the lifelike image of herself and the flowers, Luo Ning realized that the cake was mostly made of fondant, which explained why Xiao Jie had taken so long to prepare it.

The cake looks a lot like the retirement life she initially envisioned, except that back then, he and the three little ones weren't part of her plans.

The others all admired Xiao Jie, even if they didn't understand him.

I also know that it takes a lot of effort to make this cake.

This level of patience and perseverance is something they lack; no wonder the big boss was willing to keep him by his side.

Shen Yi and Xiao Helin also admired Xiao Jie; they couldn't match his level of dedication.

They liked Luo Ning, but they didn't want Xiao Jie to act as if he were living entirely for Luo Ning.

Seeing Luo Ning happy, Xiao Jie was even happier than she was.

Happy birthday! Make a wish!

Luo Ning closed her eyes and made a wish, while the others exclaimed in surprise, "Happy Birthday!!"

Luo Ning closed her eyes but didn't know what to wish for; she didn't seem to have anything in particular she wanted to achieve right now.

"Then let's wish for world peace, and for the world to return to normal soon!"

Although she spent ten years in the apocalypse in her previous life, and the world was never at peace or returned to its pre-apocalyptic state, she still missed the way of life before the apocalypse.

The candles were blown out, and another round of cheers erupted from the crowd.

"Alright, let's cut the cake!" Xiao Jie handed Luo Ning a knife.

"It looks so good, I don't even know where to cut it."

"It's okay, go ahead and cut it. If you like it, I'll make it for you later."

"Okay." With the promise fulfilled, Luo Ning happily cut the cake and shared it with everyone.

Although everyone was already full, no one refused.

After eating the cake, everyone took out the birthday gifts they had given to Luo Ning.

The most proactive one was 123, which went to great lengths to prepare a birthday gift for its host.

"Host, watch me, look at my gift first."

123 enthusiastically handed Luo Ning a piece of paper. Luo Ning took it and looked at it in confusion. Why give her a piece of paper?

She tried to open it, but 123 stopped her.

"Wait, host, wait until they've all left before you look."