When the food on the table was half gone,
"No way, I need to eat some more noodles!"
Jian Jingyu said as he got up and headed to the kitchen in Huang Yan's house.
"Me too! Poach another egg for me!"
Wang Tianwei had been eating in the cafeteria for over three months; even the most delicious meals had grown tiresome!
During that time, she also had to undergo some "starvation challenge" training every now and then. Right now, she wished she could just jump straight into the pot to eat!
Zhang Lyra had to pull her back from time to time just to make sure she didn't stick her head into the pot...
While pulling her, she shot a glance at Huang Yan.
Huang Yan quietly put down his chopsticks and also stood up to go to the kitchen.
After he and Jian Jingyu finished all the preparations in the kitchen, they used the optical computer to turn off the lights outside!
Wang Tianwei was in the middle of eating when everything suddenly went dark!?
"Huh!?"
Her first reaction was to check the pot. Seeing that the hot pot still had power, she breathed a sigh of relief, swiftly pulled out a tool kit, and stood up.
"Sir Huang, are the lights in your house broken? Let me check the fuse box for you first!"
"Hey!"
Zhang Lyra failed to hold her back and had to speak up,
"No! Turn around and look first..."
Wang Tianwei had already taken out her voltage tester pen. Hearing this, she turned her head, only to see Huang Yan coming out of the kitchen carrying a large cake covered in candles!
Beside him, Jian Jingyu was holding a bowl in one hand and a giant bouquet of preserved flowers in the other...
"Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you~"
"Happy birthday to you, uh~"
Zhang Lyra also joined in singing the birthday song. The combination of two tenors and one female alto actually sounded quite good!
"What is this! So you're celebrating my birthday!"
Wang Tianwei's face flushed red.
Wang Yi and Cheng Yin had discussed with her long ago whether she should have a coming-of-age ceremony like Huang Yan did, but she refused, claiming she was too busy with training recently.
So her parents each transferred a sum of money to her and mentioned they had prepared another property for her on Planet Tianshu, telling her to go take a look when she returned...
Wang Kaiyu had sent her a large box of rare materials, which she hadn't even had time to open yet!
She was so busy today that she completely forgot about it!
She threw the tool kit and voltage tester pen back into her spatial button and sat back down in her seat.
"You should have said so earlier~ Hehe!"
Huang Yan brought the custom-made cake in front of her.
"Make a wish."
Wang Tianwei put her hands together and closed her eyes.
"I want to become a top-tier mecha master! Design the most awesome mechas! Lead 'Major Threat' and Qilin to the pinnacle!
...Everyone stays together forever! Make lots and lots of money! Always have delicious food! Grow a bit taller..."
Five minutes later,
"...That's about enough. There are only eighteen candles, do you want to make eighty wishes?"
"Hehehe, sorry, I got greedy!"
Wang Tianwei finally opened her eyes and blew out all the candles in one breath!
"Sister Zebra, eat the longevity noodles first! I personally had the robot cook them for you!"
"Hey! If you hadn't said anything, I would have thought you cooked them yourself!"
"No way... I tried boiling them twice, and they were either raw or clumped together and inedible! It's a technical job, quite difficult..."
There was no room for the cake, so it was set aside for now.
Zhang Lyra cleared her throat while Wang Tianwei was eating the noodles and pulled up a video saved on her optical computer.
"Ahem, according to team tradition... swallow the noodles in your mouth first..."
Seeing that her mouth was empty and she definitely wouldn't choke, Zhang Lyra finally played the 3D projection.
Three people dressed in zebra costumes appeared before Wang Tianwei.
"Say bye-bye to all your troubles~"
Wang Tianwei looked at the two people wriggling on the screen, and Huang Yan in the middle, standing unyieldingly with a zebra mask on, holding a sign that read "Happy Birthday Sister Zebra," and grinned from ear to ear!
But why was her face burning hotter and hotter!?
When she came up with this idea back then, she never thought about how the birthday person would feel seeing it!
Her dead sense of shame seemed to have returned...
It felt like there were needles under her butt, making her unable to sit still. Seeing her like this, Huang Yan finally wore a "so you get your comeuppance" smile!
By the time the whole song was finished, Wang Tianwei's face was as red as a monkey's butt!
No one had ever celebrated her birthday like this before... It left her completely unprepared!
Jian Jingyu found it novel,
"Sister Zebra, why is your face so red!? No way! Did you secretly awaken the 'shyness' skill behind our backs!?"
Huang Yan raised an eyebrow at Jian Jingyu. This guy's combat power has actually gotten stronger too? Teachable indeed!
"Here, Sister Zebra, catch the flowers! These are blue preserved flowers! Wishing..."
"Wishing our friendship lasts as long as preserved flowers, right!? Got it, hand it over!"
Wang Tianwei snatched the bouquet, which was almost as tall as she was, before he could finish speaking. She looked at it from left to right, absolutely loving it!
A few months ago, she was envious of Sir Huang, and now she had one too!
This bouquet would fit perfectly between the sleep pod and the bed in her bedroom~ How perfectly it matched her aura!
"No, it symbolizes that our friendship will never wither! My dad told me to at least change the phrasing."
"...You really are a genius!"
"Hahaha, you flatter me!"
Zhang Lyra also brought out the gift she had prepared.
"Ahem, I picked something you could use..."
It was a brand new mecha master's tool kit. The outside of the box was engraved with the zebra image Wang Tianwei had chosen, and around it was a line of text:
"We are the best in the world."
"Wow~"
Wang Tianwei stared at the line of text on the outside and stroked it repeatedly. Jian Jingyu said,
"If you ask me, 'Major Threat' should have been added to the front! Doesn't it look a bit empty with so few words!?"
Zhang Lyra turned around, pretending to be calm,
"...Anyway, we're the best."
Wang Tianwei pulled her into a hug,
"So you love me this much, Lyra!! I'm so touched! You are the best Little Bear in the world!"
Huang Yan only brought out his gift after she let go of Zhang Lyra.
A box taller than a person landed heavily on the ground, making a loud "Thud!"
"Star Marrow, a growth-type material. There was an auction a while ago, and I remembered you mentioning it before..."
"Adoptive father!! You are my true adoptive father!! Don't worry, Sir Huang, I will take care of you in your old age!"
"...That won't be necessary."
Huang Yan breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing her excited look. It seemed she liked it.
"Ah! I forgot to record it just now! No, no, Goldfish, sing the birthday song for me one more time! Sir Huang, turn off the lights!"
"Hahaha, alright, you're the boss today! We can sing it as many times as you want!"
"...So you're not embarrassed anymore?"
"Sigh! How can a person be shy all the time!? My cake! Star Marrow! And the tool kit! We have to take a picture with all of them!"
Helplessly, Huang Yan adjusted the viewfinder to fit everyone and the items on the ground into the frame.
The four of them sat on either side of the coffee table, with the birthday gifts from Huang Yan and Zhang Lyra in front of it!
The large cake with eighteen candles was placed on top of the tool kit, with the words "Happy Birthday Sister Zebra!" clearly written on it.
The giant blue preserved flower bouquet, as tall as a person, served as the background behind them!
"Goldfish, move forward a little, perfect! Take the picture!!"
"Happy birthday!"
"Click!"
