"Yeah! Let's eat!" The mussel cheered, "This time I want to savour my food!"
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The Fairy Guest Restaurant was a famous restaurant in this town. It not only had an elegant environment but the food was scrumptious too. It was usually crowded and today it was fully booked.
Gu Xijiu looked at the crowd at the entrance and knew that she was wrong. She thought that she had missed dinner time in hopes that the restaurant would be less crowded. She did not expect that there would still be many customers queuing outside the restaurant.
Gu Xijiu guessed that she would need to wait for at least an hour to be her turn.
She asked the mussel, "Do you want to change the venue or take a waiting card and come back after an hour?"
The mussel was very obsessed with nice food. It insisted to wait in order to dine at this restaurant.
Gu Xijiu sighed and went to the waiter who was in charge of serving customers waiting outside and handling the waiting cards.
When the waiter looked at her and saw the mussel and the Wind Caller, he whispered and asked, "Are you Miss Gu Xijiu?"
Gu Xijiu was surprised. She raised her eyebrows, "How did you know?"
The waiter was relieved. His attitude was even more respectful, "Please come in. There is someone who has been waiting for you."
Gu Xijiu was shocked.
"Who is this person?" She casually asked.
The waiter smiled, "You will get to know soon. The customer is waiting for you on the second floor to give you a surprise."
Who was this person?
No other person could recognize her with her current appearance. Whoever that could recognize her should be someone that she was familiar with. For instance, the students and teachers from Tianju Hall. After all, the mussel and Wind Caller were the living sign of her.
She suddenly recalled someone. Could it be Qian Lingyu? It was highly possible.
After she healed him from the venomous worm, he had always said that he wanted to buy her a good meal as a token of repayment.
The meal in Tianju hall was too expensive and it only accepted spiritual stones as a payment method. Qian Lingyu was very poor in collecting spiritual stones, so he had not been able to buy her a meal. Therefore, it was possible for him to do so at this place today.
Anyway, it was good that she could have the meal immediately, so Gu Xijiu still went in with the waiter.
It was overcrowded downstairs, but it was very quiet upstairs. The waiter brought her to the staircase and did not walk forward anymore. He just smiled and asked her to go upstairs, "Miss Gu, please."
Did he actually book the whole floor? It was too pricey and it looked like it was Qian Lingyu's style to be luxurious.
Gu Xijiu walked up to the second floor. When she opened the curtain, she was stunned.
At that very moment, all the lights on the second floor were all switched off together.
She saw nothing in the sudden darkness and subconsciously wanted to brandish the sword on her waist. Suddenly there was a glowing pearl illuminating slowly in the middle of the hall.
Gu Xijiu was shocked.
What did she see?
A large birthday cake!
The birthday cake was placed on a round table with a circle of red candles surrounding the cake.
There were exactly 23 candles. At this moment, a song played with accompanying music. It was the most common song but unlikely to be heard at this place, "Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you…"
The voice was low and magnetic, like the sound of a cello.
Gu Xijiu stood still at the place. It was a familiar yet strange. Her peace of mind was disrupted…
She already knew who this person was!
It was Long Siye!
No one would know that today was her 23rd birthday except for Long Siye. No one would know the modern way of birthday celebrations except him. No one would know how to make a modern birthday cake except him.
She stood still there and stared at the cake.
In fact, Long Xi had never celebrated her birthday before, because she was always busy in completing tasks. Every time when it was her birthday, she was out on a mission.
Long Xi had promised her before that if there was ever a chance, he would celebrate her birthday by making a birthday cake and sing a birthday song for her…
Gu Xijiu had waited for a long time but until the day she was dead, Long Xi never had the chance to do so. Now he had fulfilled his promise. However, it was in the other world and after so many incidents had happened…
She was stunned for a moment before she asked, "Overlord Long?"
"Xijiu…" Long Siye finally appeared under the glowing of the pearl. He looked at her with a big smile, "Happy birthday!"
He was wearing a snow-white robe with silver patterns. He was tall, strong and smiled gently.
He did not have the same appearance as he did in the modern day, but the smile was still the same. The way he looked at Gu Xijiu was also the same.
Gu Xijiu had mixed feelings, so she was quiet. Long Siye waved at her, "Come on, blow your candles and make a wish."
Gu Xijiu did not want to move, but she also did not know what to say. Nevertheless, the mussel in her sleeve was excited as it was its first time seeing a birthday cake. It immediately rolled out from her sleeve, "What is this? Is it delicious? It has a very strange shape!"
Gu Xijiu remained silent. She was forced to walk over, "I never expected to see you here."
"I am here to celebrate your birthday. Xijiu, do you like it?" Long Siye smiled at her. Under the candlelight she saw his shining eyes, as if he wanted to light up her world.
Gu Xijiu did not want to look at him anymore and said with courtesy, "I don't deserve it. I'm sorry for bothering your time. Today is not my birthday. My birthday falls on 10th July…" The original Gu Xijiu's birthday was indeed on 10th July.
Long Siye was slightly disappointed but immediately smiled. Apparently, he did not want to argue with her, "Come on, blow the candle and make a wish first."
"I can only eat this after the candles are blown and a wish is made?" The mussel clipped the sleeve of Long Siye and tried to catch his attention.
"Yes."
"Then, it is easily done. I wish I could eat well and eat enough every day!" The mussel immediately made a wish. Before Long Siye could react, the mussel already issued a strong wind and blew all the candles.
"Hey!" Long Siye subconsciously shouted, "Don't…" before he continued his sentence, the mussel had opened its big mouth and the whole cake was gone.
Long Siye was speechless and stunned.
The mussel still commented, "This thing looks interesting but the taste is just average. It is too sweet! I don't really fancy sweet stuff…"
Long Siye almost wanted to hit its shell and crack it. He grabbed his fingers and released them. If Gu Xijiu was not there, he would have thrown it into the nearby lake!
Gu Xijiu felt that the scene was hilarious, but somehow felt guilty too.