House Dad's Literary Life

Chapter 263 – Yang Yi, Who Doesn’t Understand Charm

After unwrapping the remaining three gifts, leaving Yang Yi’s gift as a suspense for later, it was time to enter the important part of the birthday party, the part that Xixi was most looking forward to: blowing out the candles and eating the cake!

“Turn off the lights, turn off the lights, quickly turn off the lights!” The little girl giggled and ran back from the kitchen early, squeezed into her mother’s arms, and then directed Mo Xiaojuan.

The lights dimmed, leaving only a few small lights. Yang Yi pushed the cake out of the kitchen slowly with a small cart. There were 31 candles on the cake, and the bright candlelight illuminated the surroundings.

“Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you…” Yang Yi still sang that birthday song and walked up to Mo Fei.

Mo Fei looked at the many candles, then raised her head, pursed her lips and stared at Yang Yi, but it was a bit dim, making it difficult to see her facial expression clearly.

“Wow, so many candles! Mama, I want to blow them with you too!” Xixi gestured with her little hands, “Just blow a little, okay?”

“Of course, you can. Mama can’t blow so many candles all at once. Come and blow them out with Mama!” Mo Fei couldn’t help but complain, “Your Papa is really something, why did he put so many candles? Three would have been enough!”

“After this birthday, you’ll be thirty-one, right? Why only three candles?” Yang Yi said foolishly, “Oh, three candles make sense, but Xixi has four candles, and you only have three, so doesn’t it make you look younger than Xixi?”

Mo Fei rolled her eyes and sighed helplessly. It was really impossible to communicate with this clueless guy.

At a certain age, which woman doesn’t care about her age? This clueless guy didn’t even have the slightest sense to realize it and just blurts it out, really…

Tonight, no, this whole week, I won’t let him into my bed! Hmph!

Xixi thought her mother’s sigh just now meant she had already started blowing. The little girl anxiously pulled her mother and said, “Mama, no, you haven’t made a wish yet! You need to make a wish before you can blow the candles!”

“Yes, make a wish!” Mo Xiaojuan shouted from a distance as she waited to turn on the light1, “Sister, you should make that wish, for your current album to achieve platinum record sales in the future!”

Mo Fei ignored her. She listened to her daughter’s words, she clasped her hands together, closed her eyes, and began to make a wish.

What wish should she make?

If it were a few months ago, Mo Fei would have made two wishes. One wish would be for Xixi to grow up healthy and happy, and the other would be for her own music career to go smoothly without too many ups and downs.

However, now that she had Yang Yi standing behind her, supporting her, Mo Fei felt more confident about her future. So, she wanted to change her second wish.

“…Thank you, dear heavens, for letting me to meet a man who loves me, cherishes me, and supports me. I hope Yang Yi can always be healthy and happy… Finally, please allow me to be a little greedy and make a third wish. I hope that the love between Yang Yi and me can continue like this, I don’t ask for anything better or happier, I just hope that it will never change and we can continue to be peacefully happy like this!”

Mo Fei closed her eyes and made her wish very seriously, taking a long time.

Xixi was getting a little impatient from waiting. The little girl secretly reached out and poked the cake, then stuck out her little tongue to lick the cream on her fingers.

It was cool, sweet, and super delicious!

She couldn’t wait to eat it quickly!

Fortunately, Mo Fei finished making her wish in time and then blew out the candles with her.

“Puff, poof…” Amidst the sound of Xixi spitting saliva, Mo Fei blew several times before finally blowing out all the candles.

Mo Xiaojuan could finally turn on the lights, and then it was time to cut the cake and eat it.

The little girl couldn’t wait to push out her small desk and sat on it, asking her mother to bring the cake to her. Originally, they were going to eat the cake on the coffee table, but Xixi was not tall enough to reach it while sitting, and it was tiring to eat while standing.

Mo Xiaojuan sat casually on the carpet, without caring about her image at all, and ate just like Xixi, getting cream on her nose.

“Brother-in-law, where’s your gift?” Mo Xiaojuan urged, “Take it out quickly, let’s see what it is.”

“This was originally the last program.” Yang Yi smiled and went to the study to carefully bring it over, placing it on the coffee table.

It was a very delicate wooden artwork, designed and carved by Yang Yi himself. Catching the eye was a large banyan tree carved from tree roots, with lush leaves attached to it, somewhat resembling the real thing.2

“I want to see too!” Xixi couldn’t sit still. She took a big bite of the cake, with white cream on top of her mouth, and then ran over impatiently, squeezing in beside her father to watch.

“Look here!” Yang Yi held a small flashlight, parted the leaves of the banyan tree, and shone the light inside. “There’s a treehouse here.”

The little girl leaned in with her small head first, her big eyes wide open, staring intently.

The treehouse was very large, with a fence around the outside. Mo Fei was just wondering what the winding staircase was for. The treehouse was the part that Yang Yi had put the most effort into carving. Although it was not larger than a palm, the details inside were done very well. The small windows and doors that could be opened and closed, as well as the fence outside, were all finely crafted, as if it was a world of its own, like a miniature kingdom.

Mo Fei was stunned by the sight.

However, Mo Xiaojuan asked somewhat puzzledly, “Brother-in-law, is there any meaning behind this birthday gift you gave to my sister?”

Yang Yi smiled and said, “Meaning? There isn’t really one, but Mo Fei once told me that when she was little, she liked to play in the treehouse her father built. So, I wanted to recreate that childhood scene for her.”

In fact, at that time, Mo Fei was chatting with Yang Yi, and she mentioned that she was a bit mischievous when she was young…

Upon hearing Yang Yi’s words, Mo Fei’s guess in her heart was confirmed. She looked at Yang Yi with a slightly dazed look in her eyes, and her heart filled with emotion. It wasn’t just because of this little treehouse, but also because Yang Yi remembered what she had said before and because of his thoughtfulness.

“Thank you, Yang Yi! I really like it!” Mo Fei gently bit her lower lip.

“Why thank me? As long as you like it, that’s all that matters!” Yang Yi smiled slightly.

In her heart, Mo Fei had already secretly dispelled the previous complaint she had about Yang Yi’s lack of understanding of romance. Considering the treehouse, she decided to cancel the week-long punishment for him…

“I also really like this. It’s so beautiful! Papa, I want one too.” Xixi looked at it eagerly. The little girl thought it was like a fairy tale world and was especially beautiful. She tugged on her father’s sleeve and whispered softly.

“This is also Xixi’s! Although it’s a gift from Papa to Mama, Mama’s is also Xixi’s, so it’s also Xixi’s,” Mo Fei hugged her daughter and said with a smile.

“Really?” Xixi was pleasantly surprised.

“Of course!” Mo Fei doted on her and wiped the little girl’s mouth with a tissue.

“Hee hee, then I’m going to eat cake. I haven’t finished my cake yet!” The little girl struggled out and ran back with laugh like bells.

However, Mo Xiaojuan was not satisfied. She called out, “Hey, hey, brother-in-law, is it already the last program so soon?”

“Is there more?” Yang Yi was also confused at this moment.

“Didn’t I ask you to prepare a special program?” Mo Xiaojuan asked.

“Isn’t this it?” Yang Yi pointed to the gift on the table.

Mo Xiaojuan rubbed her head and said helplessly, “Brother-in-law, you are Mu Li’ang! When I asked you to prepare a special program, of course I meant for you to write a new song for my sister! Like the one you sang for my sister before, ‘Just Met You’, it was especially good!”

Yang Yi rubbed his nose. He really hadn’t thought about it. Before, he had been focused on the extremely intricate work of the banyan tree and the small wooden house!

However, if he hadn’t thought about it, couldn’t he think about it now? He has so many songs in his head, choosing one to sing wouldn’t be too difficult.

However, Mo Fei came to his rescue, “Xiaojuan, don’t talk nonsense. Writing a song isn’t that easy. It requires inspiration! Yang Yi, don’t mind her. I’m already very happy with today’s birthday, and you’ve prepared such a wonderful gift…”

“No, no, no, I was just teasing you earlier,” Yang Yi smiled slightly, interrupting Mo Fei’s comfort. “Actually, I did prepare a special program!”

“You really prepared one? Hehe, I knew it! Brother-in-law, you definitely won’t disappoint me… my sister!” Mo Xiaojuan exclaimed excitedly. “Quick, quick, sing it for us and let us hear what new song you wrote for my sister!”