Edited by Jules
Dinner was pre-ordered by Luo and was from a nearby restaurant that was famous far and wide for its delicious flavours and top-quality presentation. Plenty of diners would come from abroad on account of its reputation. Usually, even wanting to order in advance wasn’t easy; who knew how Luo was able to order on the very day.
The dishes which were delivered this time were also perfect; both the flavours and textures were well-preserved.
But even so, Xiao Lan still felt that the most delicious dish on the table was the simple-looking and undecorated cookies.
It had been a very long time since he had spent his birthday with someone.
Ever since his mother died, he had always lived alone. Even on his birthday, he was still doing his best to work, study and hide from loan sharks, and he didn’t have any free time to celebrate.
Moreover, what could he celebrate with? Instant noodles, leftovers, or bento that he couldn’t fully pay for?
Aside from visiting his mother to sweep her grave on his birthday, Xiao Lan was practically on the verge of abandoning the habit of celebrating birthdays.
His birthday was merely a day filled with work, loneliness and exhaustion; it was no different from any other day of the year.
A birthday like this where someone specially prepared everything just to celebrate it and even carefully recreated the most unforgettable flavour from his memory was simply so warm it was like a dream.
After dinner, Luo tidied up the table, then turned off the lights in the house.
After that, he opened up the cake ordered for Xiao Lan and lit up the candles.
In the warm glow of the candles, Luo held the cake and walked towards Xiao Lan.
He placed it on the table before Xiao Lan and said with a smile, “Happy birthday, sir.”
His figure was limned in the glow of the candles. At this moment, it was like there were only the two of them left in the world.
Luo’s voice was soft as he told Xiao Lan, “Make a wish ba. Perhaps a passing god will hear it and your wish will come true.”
Xiao Lan smiled.
Although he didn’t believe in the existence of gods in the world, he still closed his eyes and secretly thought of a wish.
What should he wish for?
Wish he could survive in the Advent World?
Wish he could unravel all the mysteries of what had happened to him?
No, he would do all that even without wishing for them.
Then…
Xiao Lan thought of the person standing beside him.
The weak shadow when they first met, the flat-headed black cat, the handsome human form, and the figure that appeared easygoing and powerful in his memories.
The help he gave Xiao Lan as well as the disaster of him being torn to shreds and imprisoned for reasons that until now were still unclear.
Xiao Lan made a decision —
If there truly was a god in the world that could make a wish come true, he hoped that they could allow Luo’s future life to be peaceful and smooth, and a little less painful and torturous.
At that moment, he suddenly understood his mother’s desire. It turned out that wanting another person to be safe and happy was honestly an extreme luxury.
Sometimes, it might not be achieved even if one used up their entire life.
We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.
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Luo’s deep voice rang out. “Why are you looking at me? Did you make a wish related to me?”
Xiao Lan said, “Yes ah. I made a wish to god that he can save your soulful art skills.
“Unexpectedly, god said it was too hard, and asked me to change to a more reasonable wish.
“I refused, and he left.”
There was a smile in Luo’s voice. “Perhaps god also appreciates my art very much.”
Xiao Lan couldn’t help smiling. “Looks like I blamed him wrongly.”
Xiao Lan didn’t say what his wish was and Luo tactfully didn’t ask any more.
The two smiled, not minding the nonsensical exchange at all.
Luo didn’t turn on the lights. He leaned over slightly in the moonlight and stretched out a hand to Xiao Lan. “Can you put your hand out?”
Xiao Lan stuck out his left hand a little puzzledly.
Luo grasped Xiao Lan’s wrist with one hand, and took out a black bracelet with the other.
It was a men’s bracelet that didn’t have much decorations and was extremely simple in design. The entire thing was black and didn’t reflect any light at all, making Xiao Lan think of Luo’s shadow form.
Luo put the bracelet on Xiao Lan’s wrist. “If you are in danger but I am unable to rush over, break this bracelet, and you’ll be able to temporarily summon my shadow for help.
“It’s a birthday present; I hope you like it.” His words faltered. “And I hope you will never have to use it.”
Xiao Lan withdrew his hand, gently stroking the average and normal-looking bracelet on his wrist.
If this was an extremely expensive gift, he might have refused it; however, this gift was even more valuable than anything money could buy.
Moreover, he couldn’t refuse such intent.
Xiao Lan accepted the gift. “Thank you. This is the best birthday gift.”
Luo: “It’s good that you like it.”
Luo met Xiao Lan’s eyes while in that slightly bent posture.
The clear and cold moonlight spilled onto his body, highlighting his face and causing his already perfect silhouette to look a little bewitching.
It was at odds with the cool night.
The two thus gazed at each other like that.
Xiao Lan, however, realised that Luo was getting closer and closer, so much so that he had a clear view of the other’s thick eyelashes.
At the same time, he could hear his heart speeding up. A thump, a thump, another thump… as if it was on the verge of escaping the shackles of his chest.
Xiao Lan couldn’t help shifting his gaze to Luo’s always-smiling lips.
In the moonlight, those lips appeared a little cold, but didn’t stop the person gazing at them from imagining their softness and temperature.
As if… they were very fitting…
As he looked and looked, it was like Xiao Lan was being lured in, and he reached out to loop his arms around Luo’s neck, abruptly shortening the distance between them and hastening this burgeoning kiss.
At that moment, there was nothing in his mind.
As if on instinct, his body moved before his thoughts did.
In short, it was — losing one’s head over looks.
When Xiao Lan’s senses returned, his lips and tongue were intertwined with Luo’s. The touch of those lips was, as expected, just as soft and scorching as he had imagined, entangling him in a gentle strength.
It was very obvious that he and Luo were currently… kissing.
Xiao Lan’s mind instantly went blank, and he couldn’t even think whether or not to push Luo away.
Time seemed to stop and Xiao Lan wasn’t clear as to how much of it had passed.
Up until Luo’s voice rang out in his ears. “Sir…”
The voice was deep and slightly hoarse, and also contained a slightly satisfied smile.
It was then that Xiao Lan’s mind started moving again, though his thoughts still weren’t very coherent.
What the fuck?! What did he just do…
Th- th- this…
Fuck! Fuck!! Fuck!!!
Xiao Lan felt as if his neck wasn’t holding a head but a boiling hot kettle that was now boiling over and even emitting scalding steam.
His face instantly turned red.
Xiao Lan leapt to the side, and he used the fastest evasion move he had recently trained in to avoid Luo’s gaze.
Then, his footsteps didn’t stop and he fled back to his room, trailing a line of smoke as if a monster was chasing him.
Immediately after, Xiao Lan scuttled into his room and directly locked the door. He buried his head under the blanket, looking just like a startled ostrich.
Currently, Xiao Lan’s mind was in chaos.
After being single for so many years, could he finally have gone wild from it?
And entered the stage where anyone looked pretty?
No, no, no, Luo wasn’t at that level of attractiveness ah; he was much more lethal…
Bah! Was this the main point?!
Various chaotic thoughts tumbled around in Xiao Lan’s head, successfully messing up his mind which hadn’t even recovered yet and turning it into a puddle of paste.
Xiao Lan lay on his stomach in bed, unmoving, like a salted fish absorbing the essence of the sun and moon.
He really wanted to give up on thinking ah…
The other side.
Luo watched firsthand as Xiao Lan disappeared before his eyes at a peak speed he had never seen before.
He reached up to gently touch the corner of his lips.
Unexpectedly, it was his shy owner who went in first ah…
In the silence of the room, Luo quietly laughed. “But, this isn’t bad either.”
This meant that in sir’s eyes, he was already someone whom he could act even more intimately with, right?
On a level that was no longer the same as Tie Hanhan, Shirley, and so on.
“It’s fine even if you run away now.
“Because sir ah, you’re already caught in my web.
“You can’t escape.”
Luo caressed the back of the chair Xiao Lan had been sitting on. A trace of the warmth which belonged to Xiao Lan still remained, identical to its owner’s temperature, but also not too hot.
Quietly standing there, the lips of the man in black curved upwards.
•
An unknown amount of time passed.
“Huu…” Xiao Lan, who was still acting like an ostrich, raised his head to take a breath.
The consequence of smothering one’s head under the pillow and letting one’s imagination run wild was that he now felt that he was about to touch the gates of heaven.
Fact proved that even for an advanced player whose constitution exceeded that of regular people, he was still in danger of suffocating from covering his face with a pillow for too long.
Although he couldn’t understand what twisted his brain to make him act that way, at least right now, Xiao Lan’s mood had settled slightly. His brain also slowly regained its capacity to think.
However… He still hadn’t figured out how to face Luo.
Right at that moment, as if refusing to give Xiao Lan time to think, there was knocking on his bedroom door.
For someone to knock on the door at this time, the only candidate was…
Xiao Lan’s heart, which had settled a little, instantly picked up.
“Sir, the cake hasn’t been eaten yet. Shall I bring it in?” Luo’s voice sounded at the door.
His voice sounded no different than usual, and Xiao Lan couldn’t decipher what he thought of what had just happened.
Xiao Lan’s mood, which had just settled, flipped over again, and was on the point of overloading. “No… I… I can’t eat anymore for now; leave it for breakfast tomorrow ba.”
“How can I let you eat overnight food? It’s not good for the body.” Luo’s voice was still tranquil.
But in a place Xiao Lan couldn’t see, there was a smile on Luo’s lips, and he appeared to be in a very good mood.
“It – It’s fine… It’s just one night, it’ll be fine.” Xiao Lan did his best to stop the other from coming in, so much so that his forehead was about to start sweating.
After a period of silence.
Luo’s voice rang out once more. “Alright, I’ll prepare a share of it for breakfast tomorrow.”
Xiao Lan sighed in relief. “Thank you…”
Hearing Luo’s footsteps slowly grow further away, Xiao Lan tossed away the pillow he had been gripping for a very long time.
He fell back on the bed again with his limbs splayed out and stared blankly at the ceiling with an empty mind, feeling as if his whole body was numb.
What should he do tomorrow ah?
AAAAAHAHAHHAHAAAHAA
Thank you for the chapter !!
AHHHHHH!!!! THEY KISSEDDDDDDDD!!!! o(≧∇≦)o
Wahhhh he did it!!! Yayy congrats for the first kiss!! 🤣🤣🤭
Thank you for the chapter ❤️
🤣😅
HSJSJJEKEJDJD FINALLY THEY KISSSSSSSED BSNSNSNSJEJDB
!!!!!! He went for it lmao, didn’t expect that😂🙌
AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊
I had a hunch that they will kiss but didn’t think Xiao Lan would be the one who initiating it HOHOHO looking forward for their development!
Also thank chu for the translation~
Celebration time!
thanks for the chapter~
Ohohohoho, Luo is so lethal XL couldn’t help it xDD
Thx for the ch ٩( >ヮ<)۶
Finally!! Finally they kissed!! And it took 134 chapters for that to happened!
Now, how much chapters more before we get papapa scene?
FINALYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!🥳🥳🥳🤩🤩🥳🥳🥳💓💓
🙂😐😑😶😮😦😳🤭🤣😁
Kyaaaaa!!!!!!
AAAAAAAA FINALLY A KISS WUWUWUWU THAT WAS SO HOT I CAN’T EVEN HELP SCREAMING.
It’s Xiao Lan’s birthday but why do I feel that Luo has been given a good gift but aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa that was so sweet hhhhhhhh 🧡🧡🧡🧡
They arrived at first baaaaase!!!
Thanks for the chapter! 😘😘
I am jealous. Xiao Lan using his wish for Luo to live a peaceful life and Luo giving Xiao Lan a piece of himself… I cried. QAQ
Thanks for the chapter! <3
I’m not expecting that Xiao Lan would be this aggressive 😳😳😂😂😂
Is t-that chibi A-xu I see-
FINALLY AFTER DECADES!!! I HAVE BEEN WAITING SINCE FOREVER AAAAAHHH I AM SQUEALING SO BADLY BA😭😭😭💞💞💖💖💕💕
Not everybody in the comment section collectively SQUEALING AIYAAAAA THANK YOU AUTHOR QIANBE THANK YOU TRANSLATOR JIEJIE THANK YOUUUUUU~~~~♡♡♡♡♡♡♡
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 HE DID IT!!
I mean he BOOKED IT once he was able to think again BUT CON-GRAT-ULATIONS ❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️
AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHY FINALLY! THE MOMENT WE HAVE ALL (with a few exceptions?) BEEN WAITING FOR IS HERE!!! ♡(> ਊ <)♡
But woah… Luo, you’re yandere-ish self is showing more and more frequently lately ah~ (๑╹ڡ╹)╭ ～ ♡
Thank you for the chapter~ 💕
Finally, Ah! Birthday Kiss!
Thanks for the chapters!
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FINALLYYYYYYYYYYY THEY KISSED!! VICTORY FOR US, XAIOLUO SHIPPER!! UWUWUWUWUWUWU SHBDUSNSVUSJDBDUSKAKAB AAAAAAAAAAA
Me and Lou were thinking the same thing, who knew XY would go first AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Aaaaaa finally, all I want to say to Xiao Lan is “Muantap, gass teroos”
Ooohhh … Their first kiss and it’s already the french one !!! Well done Xiao Lan.. So proud of you..
OMFG THE KISSED HELLO
Ackkk this my first time comment omggg they finally kiss😭 i didn’t expect that omg I’m still smiling here like an idiot😭😭❤ congratss on you first kiss xio lan!!^^
Kinda expected our translator to say “oh my how scandalous ” with a hand to heart…..and that nsfw warning
Cake for breakfast. Yum
The waiting was worth it! ♥
I couldn’t stop fangirling (⁄ ⁄•⁄ω⁄•⁄ ⁄)⁄
Luo!! You opportunist! HAHAHAH!
Xiao Lan, I know your brain exploded due to your own actions, but it can’t be helped. Luo is a deadly one. He even already prepared a net in advance for you even before you realized anything, lolol.
They have fucking kissed !!!!!!!
Mc took initiative!!!!!
At the beginning i was thinking what an emotional and heartfelt scene this birthday was turning out to be, and how funny they were being teasing one another AND THEN!!! 🤯🤯🤯 It couldnt have turned out better 😂🥰
AAAAAAh they kissed!!! And he initiated aaahhh!!! Luo knows there’s no coming back from this!! really hoping for more explicit scenes in the future aah
AHHHHHHH YESSS
AAAAAAAAHBAHAHHAHHHHBHHHHHHH TGEY KIISED OMFG AHHHHHHHHHH