The raise of Maureen Smith and her Good Luck System
Chapter 103: Straight forward

Chapter 103: Straight forward

Liam’s heart was as sweet as if it had been dipped in sugar.

He waved to Maureen again, he didn’t forget to pick up the cake from the floor.

Disgusted by the thought, he held it roughly and glanced back at her as he retreated two steps.

However, he stepped back straight into the stairwell across the hall, his foot slipped due to the missing step and his tall frame wavered, almost taking a tumble.

Maureen was startled but Liam managed to regain his balance and straighten up surprisingly fast.

"Liam felt terribly embarrassed.

He gave Maureen a red-faced look, then turned around and scurried down the stairs.

Maureen stood by the door for a moment, calming her rapidly beating heart, rubbing her cold but grinning face that was somewhat stiff from the cold.

Only then did she close the door and return to her room.

The first thing she did was rush to unwrap the present.

She didn’t bother about the other gifts first, squatting in the corner, directly untied Liam’s big box.

As she opened the large box, it turned out to be full of smaller boxes - varied in size.

The biggest was about the size of a basketball, while the smallest was so delicate that it was only the size of her palm.

All the boxes were bound with bows, demonstrating the similar skill when Liam tied her shoelaces.

Did he personally bind these? Upon guessing this, Maureen couldn’t help but lick her lips.

She counted, there were a total of eighteen small boxes in the big one.

After staring for several seconds, Maureen picked out a silky blue box.

Just holding it in her hand, her heart was pounding as if she was holding a hot potato.

Just when she was about to open it, she felt as if there was no ceremonial sense squatting here, so she jumped onto the bed joyously holding the gift.

She untied the blue velvet silk ribbon on the box and caught a faint scent from inside.

Could it be perfume?

Maureen wondered curiously.

Then she opened it. Surprisingly, it was a finely crafted drum for children.

The fragrance was from the sandalwood of the pellet drum.

" Maureen: ??? What kind of straight guy gift is this? Why would he send her a drum?

She’s eighteen, not three!

Maureen’s face fell, her expression instantly turned wooden.

But then, she saw some words carved on the wooden base of the spinning drum.

A few English words. ——streamtwoyearsold. Maureen didn’t understand what it meant at first, subconsciously thinking it was a trademark.

She turned around to open the other smaller boxes inside the large box and found many other things: a gold watch with feather carvings, a fountain pen, hairpins for children, and a bottle of emerald brown transparent perfume.

Liam perhaps had no idea how to choose perfume.

It wasn’t the kind of perfume young girls would wear, but one that exuded a faint and cool mysterious fragrance, reminiscent of a cello heard from the sky after the rain.

The perfume was aptly named " Suspensor".

And at the bottom of the perfume bottle were a few more English words. ——streameighteenyearsold. In the spark of a moment, Maureen felt as if her world was turned upside down, her mind reeling.

She suddenly understood what Liam had given her.

From one to eighteen, he had made up for every year’s birthday gift. ...

Holding the box, Maureen was overwhelmed by a myriad of emotions, a feeling that was both sour and prickly.

In the quiet room, she could clearly hear her heartbeat.

Thump after thump.

Loud and firm. Like rain pattering down.

Why would he give such a thoughtful gift?

Could he also harbor feelings—— Currently, Maureen’s feelings were akin to having an ant crawling on the tip of her heart, scratching it lightly and causing an itch.

However, that ant only scrabbled around that spot, but wouldn’t drop off. She dared not make such a rash conclusion.

But even so, Maureen knew that this was the most cherished and happiest birthday she’d had in all these years.

She licked her lips and clutched the perfume box as she rolled about on her bed.

However, her cheeks still burned with heat.

She shyly buried her face in the soft pillow, rolling around energetically.

Then, she took a deep breath, but the restlessness in her heart still hadn’t calmed down. She wanted to send a message.

She wanted to chat.

That’s what Maureen was thinking. It was already past midnight anyway, there was no way she could study.

Might as well check if he had arrived home yet, then make a few casual remarks before ending the conversation.

Maureen glanced at the spread out exercise book on the table next to her, guiltily thinking this while reaching for her mobile phone.

She was typing conflicting messages in her head.

And just as she didn’t know what to send, while still typing, A message came from the other side.

Go to bed early. Maureen was startled, feeling unbearably embarrassed.

Had she been caught typing all this time?

The key issue was - how could Liam have known what she’d been writing? Unless he’d been glued to his phone all along! Ah!

Maureen covered her face, not daring to look at her phone again.

She hastily turned it off and buried her head into the pillow. She was burning up.

Her heart was also beating way too fast.

Meanwhile. Liam, who’d been holding his phone all along, tumbled down from the sofa and scrambled up. With nobody around, the corners of his mouth unabashedly curled upwards.

He continued to sit on the floor, staring at his phone, waiting for Maureen’s next message—what was she trying to say all this time when she’d been typing?

But for the rest of the night, ’Little Mask’ didn’t send any messages. Liam: "..."

The next day, with eyes like a panda from staying up late, a groggy Liam moved to the bar to get water.

He proceeded to check his phone and began a search: —Does the phrase ’go to sleep soon’ seem too straightforward and off-putting to girls?