Time was fleeting.
During this period, Laura Su went to school and lived as usual.
On weekends, she would occasionally hang out and have high tea with Nancy Xi .
Of course, sometimes, she would go out and have fun with Uncle Huo.
Time flew in the blink of an eye. Look, it was only two days from her birthday.
Laura Su also became nervous.
She was not only nervous about the threshold of being 18.
Moreover, she was nervous about the bustling from top to bottom at home.
When Dad was around, her birthday would be grand every year.
But she had never imagined it to be so grand.
Servants started to decorate the place. Hundreds of thousands of flowers were transported home by air only as ornament.
Besides, it turned out that Uncle Huo invited several chefs making desserts from France.
The chefs were studying the menu every day, so that the birthday party could be most exquisite and satisfy everybody.
The atmosphere at home became especially solemn all of a sudden, so that no servant would talk to her when she went downstairs every day.
Since everybody was too busy to pay any attention to her.
Even Uncle Pan would be checking the variety of dishes and various ingredients sent over every day, so as to ensure perfectness.
Laura Su sat in the room and was a little struck dumb.
It was just a birthday.
Was everybody making a mountain out of a molehill?
Such atmosphere put her under great pressure.
“Knock, knock, knock.”
Someone was knocking at the door to her bedroom.
Presently, the door was open.
Laura Su turned around and looked. She couldn’t help laughing: “Uncle Huo, you have come off work, right?”
Debra Huo walked over with a smile, and inquired on looking at the card in front of her: “Have you written down the name of all your classmates you want to invite?”
Laura Su didn’t speak. She bit the nib and seemed hesitant when she looked at the cards.
“What’s up?” He sat down and looked at her, “Is there any problem?”
“Not really…” She frowned, looked at the man and said: “I have several good friends in class, but most classmates are unfamiliar to me…”
She had been to school for such a long time, many classmates just smiled at her, only a few would really talk to her.
So, who on earth should she invite?
Who shouldn’t be invited? She had no idea.
“Invite those you like, not those you don’t like. But…” He punched her in the face, “I want to give you a grand birthday party, and I wish you can be the most dazzling one on the day of becoming an adult. Likewise, I also wish more people can witness this moment, do you understand?”
Xinghan College was a famous college for wealthy people.
Everything here depended on wealth.
All college students here would hold birthday parties to prove the financial strength of their families, so that they wouldn’t be looked down upon.
Although he scorned at it, he wished his girl could be the happiest and most enviable one.
“Then…can I invite the whole class?” She knitted her brows and inquired.
“Of course!” He smiled, “If you want, you can even invite freshmen.”
“No, no, no!” Laura Su hastened to wave her hands, “That’s not necessary! Our class is enough!”
It would be too exaggerated to invite all the freshmen.
“OK, go to bed early, dozens of dresses will be sent over tomorrow, you can take your time and take your picks.” With it, the man stood up, “I’ll see to a document in the study, go to bed early, and don’t stay up!”
“OK!” Laura Su nodded and followed him with her eyes.
Uncle Pan said, in fact, Uncle Huo was quite busy these days.
But as her birthday was about to come, he would still manage to find time and choose the styles of cake and various desserts with her.
“OK, I’ll have to hurry up!” She cheered for herself secretly, and then scribbled down the list.
——
It was Saturday.
“Holy cow, so beautiful!” Nancy Xi exclaimed at her beautiful dresses, “Tang, these are completely customized for you, they look so perfect!”
Laura Su wore a pink dress, grabbed her hand and chuckled:“I’ll give you the dresses you like, tomorrow will be my birthday, let’s wear the dresses together, OK?”
She never liked being dressed up like this.
She always felt quite awkward and uncomfortable in that way.
Besides, there would be so many people tomorrow; would it be an embarrassment by that time?
“Hey, this won’t do!” Nancy Xi hastened to refuse, “You’ll be the protagonist tomorrow, so how can I overshadow you? By the way, there hasn’t been enough space to put my dresses in the wardrobe for a long time. It’s such a headache for me! Why are you giving more to me?”
“Ah?” Laura Su knitted her brows. The expensive dresses all over the bed were a headache for her: “Wh..which one should I pick?”
Nancy Xi cupped her cheeks. Each of the dresses was pretty and perfect.
But tomorrow was her birthday!
She had invited the entire class.
So that meant those girls would surely come over in stunning clothes.
After all, girls were girls; they all wanted to become the most dazzling.
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