Damn, How could my family be so wealthy?
Chapter 178 - 177: Celebrating Your Birthday According to Your Mood?

Chapter 178: Chapter 177: Celebrating Your Birthday According to Your Mood?

"Su Mu, I..."

He Qiya saw that Su Mu didn’t get out of the car but did not mind.

She ran to Su Mu’s driver’s side, wanting to invite him.

But after half a day of psyching herself up at home, He Qiya found that as soon as she saw Su Mu, all her courage seemed to drain away.

"I..."

She hemmed and hawed for a long time but couldn’t utter a complete sentence.

"He Qiya, do you actually have something to say or not? It’s very hot today, you know?"

Although the air conditioning was running inside the car, due to the lowered windows, waves of hot air were still rushing into the car.

This intense heat made Su Mu very uncomfortable.

Originally, Su Mu had thought He Qiya really needed something from him, which is why he had stopped the car.

After all, a normal person wouldn’t stand by the roadside basking in the sun for no reason on such a scorching day, right?

Now, seeing that He Qiya couldn’t get to the point, Su Mu thought she was simply making a fuss over nothing again.

"If there’s nothing, I’ll be on my way."

As he spoke, Su Mu began to put the car back in gear.

"Wait a second, wait a second, Su Mu, tomorrow is my birthday."

He Qiya knew Su Mu’s personality well, understood that if she kept dilly-dallying, he would indeed hit the gas and take off.

In her urgency, He Qiya no longer needed to muster her courage.

She spoke directly, stating the reason she was seeking out Su Mu.

Unfortunately, Su Mu didn’t understand.

"Your birthday is tomorrow? Didn’t you just have a birthday not long ago?"

Due to what He Qiya said, Su Mu shifted back to neutral.

It just seemed strange to Su Mu since he had also attended He Qiya’s birthday celebration with his parents.

Not even a month had passed since then, so how could Miss He be celebrating another birthday?

Could it be that her birthdays weren’t celebrated annually?

But monthly didn’t make sense either, right?

Or did He Qiya celebrate her birthday according to her mood?

"The last time was my mother organizing a birthday banquet according to the lunar calendar, but my real birthday is tomorrow, my solar calendar birthday."

Seeing Su Mu’s confusion, He Qiya hurriedly explained.

She feared that Su Mu might think she was deceiving him and just ignore her, which wouldn’t be good.

"Solar calendar birthday?"

Su Mu understood; young people didn’t like celebrating lunar birthdays—it was too cumbersome to remember.

Su Mu expressed that he could understand this point.

However, most people wouldn’t hold another birthday party after having one, which seemed like an unwritten rule.

Could it be that the He Family didn’t care about these conventions and would host another birthday party for He Qiya tomorrow?

Was this He Qiya inviting him to attend her birthday banquet?

Otherwise, Su Mu couldn’t figure out any other reason for He Qiya stopping him.

"I want to ask you to spend my birthday with me tomorrow."

He Qiya closed her eyes briefly, summoning every ounce of courage to say this.

Ask him to spend her birthday with her?

To Su Mu, this didn’t sound like an invitation to He Qiya’s birthday banquet.

"I don’t quite understand what you mean by asking me to spend your birthday with you tomorrow," Su Mu said, frowning slightly.

Could it be that He Qiya’s ability to express herself in her native language had deteriorated after a few years abroad?

Shouldn’t He Qiya have meant to ask him to attend her birthday banquet tomorrow?

"Tomorrow is my solar calendar birthday, and since we’ve already had a party at home, I’d like to celebrate by myself tomorrow."

"But I don’t have many friends here in China. You are my only friend. Could you please spend my eighteenth birthday with me tomorrow?"

After finishing, He Qiya looked at Su Mu with her beautiful, wide eyes.

In fact, He Qiya was very afraid that Su Mu would outright reject her.

Tomorrow was a very important day for He Qiya.

If Su Mu hadn’t shown up, He Qiya might not even have thought about celebrating.

But there were no ifs, Su Mu had indeed truly appeared.

On such an important day, He Qiya wanted to spend it with Su Mu.

Of course, if Su Mu rejected her invitation, He Qiya had already decided to treat tomorrow as an ordinary day.

She wouldn’t bring up celebrating again.

"Accompany you for your birthday?"

Su Mu finally understood what He Qiya meant.

Only, Su Mu had not expected He Qiya to seek him out for this reason.

Su Mu thought for a moment that He Qiya’s situation was quite pitiable.

Because of her mother’s stubbornness, He Qiya’s personality had become exceptionally cold.

It turned out she had only one friend in the country.

Moreover, Su Mu felt that his mother had also said to treat He Qiya like a sister.

If possible, to take He Qiya and help her integrate more into society, to allow He Qiya to slowly return to the life of a normal person.

Thinking of this, Su Mu felt that it was just about accompanying a sister for her birthday.

Since he had no other plans for tomorrow, Su Mu thought it wasn’t a big deal.

"Sure, how do you want to celebrate tomorrow?"

"Su Mu, you, you’ve agreed?"

He Qiya did not expect Su Mu to accept so readily, and she was somewhat unable to react.

"If you haven’t decided, just go back and think about it, then WeChat me when you’ve made up your mind."

Heat kept pouring into the car from outside.

Su Mu’s forehead was beginning to show fine sweat.

Having agreed, the next part was up to He Qiya.

Su Mu didn’t want to keep standing in the sun on the road and seemed eager to end the conversation.

"Alright, I’ll go back and think about it and then tell you."

He Qiya also noticed the fine beads of sweat forming on Su Mu’s forehead.

After waving to Su Mu, He Qiya stepped back several paces to the side of the road.

Su Mu raised the car window, engaged the gear, and stepped on the gas.

"Vroom..."

The blue Ferrari elegantly made its way toward the mountaintop.

Only then did He Qiya wipe her own forehead.

He Qiya had been standing directly under the sun, drenched in sweat not just on her head, but all over her body.

If one looked closely, they would see that the clothes on He Qiya’s back were already sticking to her skin.

But now, these matters were of no concern to He Qiya.

With Su Mu accepting her request, the smile on He Qiya’s face could no longer be hidden.

Thinking that she would spend her eighteenth birthday tomorrow with someone she cared about, He Qiya’s heart pounded excitedly.

Because He Qiya had not been certain that Su Mu would accept her invitation.

Even in her heart, He Qiya felt it was more likely that Su Mu would reject her.

Therefore, He Qiya truly didn’t have any concrete plans for how to celebrate her birthday the next day.

That’s why she had been at a loss for an answer when Su Mu asked her.

In He Qiya’s mind, if Su Mu didn’t accept her invitation, then planning a whole bunch of things would only make her feel worse if he declined.

But now it was different; Su Mu had personally agreed to her request.

He Qiya felt she should go back and think carefully about how to spend tomorrow’s birthday.

Turning around, He Qiya got into her own Ferrari 599 that had been parked on the roadside, started the engine, and drove toward the He Family villa.