The Little Ancestor Teaches You How To Live
Chapter 498: I’ll Spend Every Birthday with You from Now On_1

Chapter 498: Chapter 498: I’ll Spend Every Birthday with You from Now On_1

"Wait for me," Susu said as she fumbled in her pocket and, after much rummaging, produced a mini Bluetooth speaker.

She pressed the button on top, and music began to play.

The theme song from Titanic, "My Heart Will Go On," started to fill the room.

Lu Zhanyu laughed, charmed into amusement.

"Susu, who taught you that?" Lu Zhanyu asked.

"How does big brother know it wasn’t my own idea?" Susu’s little face was a picture of surprise.

Big brother was so clever, she hadn’t even mentioned it yet, and he already knew!

It must have been obvious.

Only the giant centipede, Lu Zhanyu was certain, was Susu’s own idea.

Lu Zhanyu inquired, "Was it my grandfather or your nephew who taught you?"

"You are so smart, big brother!" Susu praised, "my little nephew taught me this song!"

As she spoke, Susu pulled out a delicate little cake from her pocket.

"This was from my handsome nephew."

She followed it up with a small gaming console.

"This was from my well-behaved nephew."

Then she produced a black card.

"This was from my eldest nephew, I don’t know what it’s for."

...

Knowing that Susu was fretting about what gift to give, her nephews had all pitched in with ideas.

Watching Susu pull item after item from her little pocket like Doraemon, Lu Zhanyu couldn’t stop laughing.

Susu paused and, looking at Lu Zhanyu, said, "Big brother, your smile is very beautiful! You should smile more often!"

Lu Zhanyu himself was startled for a moment before realizing how heartily he had laughed today.

He then reached out and gently touched Susu’s head, "Thank you, this has been the best birthday I’ve ever had."

Lu Zhanyu had no memory of those first two birthdays.

The subsequent ones, marred by the successive passing of his parents, hadn’t been joyously celebrated.

Only today did he have a truly happy birthday.

"Hehe, as long as you’re happy, big brother! We’re good friends, I’ll join you for your birthday in the future too!" Susu said.

"Do you keep your word?" Lu Zhanyu asked.

"Of course! If you don’t believe me, let’s make a pinky promise!"

"Alright, let’s make a pinky promise." Lu Zhanyu was the first to extend his pinky.

Susu didn’t hesitate to hook her slightly smaller pinky around Lu Zhanyu’s.

"Hook, line, and sinker for a hundred years—no backsies."

Above where Lu Zhanyu and Susu were, aside from the professional balloon operator, there was also Lu Zhanyu’s grandfather, his old eyes brimming with tears.

At his age, he had only Zhanyu as a direct descendant.

And his only grandson had been living unhappily due to the shadow cast by a leg injury and a car accident.

The grandfather’s heart had been constantly on edge as long as his grandson hadn’t found joy.

But now, finally, his grandson had enjoyed a birthday, and there would be a second, a third... The old man could rest easy at last!

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Chu Yanxi arrived at the Lu family’s home with Lin Yushan right after school.

Today was Lu Zhanyu’s birthday. Since Qin Susu took the day off from kindergarten, she suspected that the other had gone to celebrate Lu Zhanyu’s birthday.

She could hardly wait to see Susu embarrass herself or to witness Lu Zhanyu losing his temper.

On the way to the Lu family’s place, Lin Yushan repeatedly reminded Chu Yanxi not to bring up the topic of the birthday or mention Lu Zhanyu’s mother.

Of course, Chu Yanxi understood; she wasn’t a fool like Qin Susu.