Chapter 12 Birthday

When she arrived at the hospital, Lan Fei's right hand, which was scalded by coffee, was red from the back of her hand to her wrist.

Because of the lack of timely treatment, there were a few big blisters.

"Please make way. Don't stand in the corridor."

A anxious nurse was hurried and trotted through the crowd.

Lan Fei avoided those people while protecting her right hand from being hit.

The nurse who had just passed rushed into the doctor's office and shouted, "Is Doctor Lin here? The ambulance just sent a few people with burns. They must be operated as soon as possible."

Soon, a thin, bespectacled male doctor followed her through the corridor again.

Lan Fei looked at them. The man was too thin and the white coat was too loose for him.

Another person shouted in front. "Nurse! Bed three wants a nurse... You, and you, go and push two stretcher beds over."

Everyone was so busy. Lan Fei smacked her lips and felt a little bored.

Her right hand, which was usually used to hold the scalpel, was also waiting to be treated.

Hearing the phone ring, Lan Fei took it out of her bag and was stunned when she saw the caller ID.

She hesitated and didn't want to answer.

There was a long line in the corridor of the hospital. People were chatting or chattering on the phone. The nurses and doctors were talking. It was so noisy.

Her current mood was in a mess.

Taking a deep breath, Lan Fei picked up the phone and put it beside her ear.

She was a little choked. The person on the phone had been talking for a long time, but she still couldn't make a sound.

After a long time, she finally said dryly, "Mom."

When she was a baby, she had been taken by the wrong family and had not lived with her real family. She didn't have the chance to bond with her mother, Lin Yiyun. Although she was her mother, she was more like a stranger.

Hearing Lan Fei's emotionless voice, Lin Yiyun paused for a long time and said, "Yes."

"Your birthday is in two days. Come back for dinner then. Xuexue will be back too. Our whole family will have a reunion dinner."

Lin Yiyun's gentle voice was overly polite.

But Lan Fei corrected her. "Mom, my birthday is tomorrow."

"Yes, I know that."

Lin Yiyun's tone was still calm. "I never got Xuexue's birthday wrong."

...

Then the two were silent. Lan Fei felt her heart aching. Lin Yiyun waited for her answer and did not say a word.

"I..."

The moment she opened her mouth, she felt her lips seemed to be stuck together, and it was extremely difficult for her to say anything. "Mom, can you celebrate my birthday alone this year? Ever since I came back, I haven't..."

"Where is this idea from? Isn't it good to celebrate your birthday with Xuexue?"

Lin Yiyun interrupted her. "You know better than I do what the environment you used to live in was like. Ever since Xuexue got there, her life was bad. It's nothing to have a meal and a birthday together. It's just a gathering."

"What about me?"

Lan Fei shouted in her heart.

Ever since she returned to her real family, Lan Fei kept feeling that she was an outsider every day.

Su Xue, the daughter of her adoptive parents, grew up beside Lin Yiyun and was loved and pampered by her own mother, but she, Lan Fei, the real child of the Lan Family, lived a life worse than the adopted daughter.

It was ok for Lin Yiyun to pity Su Xue. But what about her? She was her biological daughter. She grew up in "that kind of place" as Lin Yiyun said. Why didn't she pity her own daughter?

It was just a birthday. It was okay.

If she couldn't get her mother's love, why did she want to have an exclusive birthday party?

With a self-deprecating smile, Lan Fei said softly, "Okay, I'll celebrate it with her."

"Great."

Lin Yiyun hung up the phone decisively as if she didn't want to say anything else to Lan Fei.

The noisy hospital corridor seemed to quiet down for a moment. Lan Fei stood there in a daze, unable to hear or see anything.

"Number 125, Lan Fei."

The nurse called out for the third time. The people in the corridor looked at each other, but no one came forward.

Someone pushed and came forward from the crowd. "Doctor, why don't you check me first? No one answered after a long time. Maybe the person has left."

Lan Fei regained her senses and patted the man on the shoulder from behind. "I'm sorry. I'm still here."

*

The huge crystal lamp was extremely luxurious. Lan Fei had seen this brand before. It was said that the cheapest one cost at least ten thousand.

And it was sold at a bargain price only once a year.

Lu Jishen's villa was filled with the lights of this brand, even the small night lights on the wall.

Raising her hand with gauzes, Lan Fei looked at the bright lights through her fingers. She suspected that Lu Jishen had no taste but just picked the expensive ones.

Grabbing the cashmere shawl, Lan Fei got up from the sofa and went to the second floor.

Back in her room, Lan Fei opened the closet door and rummaged inside for a while. She couldn't find a dress to wear for tomorrow's birthday party.

After thinking about it, Lan Fei changed and went out.

When she came back, she had a beautiful and exquisite paper bag in her hand.

After a dreamless night, Lan Fei was about to go out after washing up and had not seen Lu Jishen.

His room was empty.

There was no scent of anyone.

"I can't take good care of Soong Que. Ask someone else to do it. I won't go there anymore."

She took out her phone and typed a text message. Lan Fei quickly sent it to Lu Jishen, then walked out of the neighborhood and stopped a taxi.

Before coming back to the Lan Family, Lan Fei bought a bouquet of flowers and two brooches.

The Lan Family lived in the villa built on the ground that it bought, and it was as big as a small park.

The birthday party was set in the garden. The red carpet was spread all the way from the gate to the door of the villa. There were long tables, with wine on one side and desserts and snacks on the other.

Balloons and ribbons were everywhere, and the most extravagant thing was a round table covered with flowers, which looked like a huge flower ball from afar.

On the round table, there was a cake of ten layers.

Lan Fei glanced aound and bit her lower lip. All the styles were Su Xue's favorites. There was nothing she loved.

She wasn't here for her birthday, but to attend someone else's birthday party.

"Mom, this flower is for you. The mother suffers a lot to give birth to a child. You should be the main character today." Across the bustling crowd, Lan Fei walked straight to Lin Yiyun and handed her the flowers.

Lin Yiyun smiled politely and took the flower.

Ignoring the polite look on Lin Yiyun's face, Lan Fei took out two more boxes from her bag, one for Lin Yiyun, and the other for Su Xue, who was all dressed up next to her.

"Happy birthday."

Lan Fei pursed her lips and smiled. The smile was faint and indifferent.

But she was being sincere. After all, these people were her family.

"Oh, you've prepared a gift for me."

Su Xue blinked arrogantly and opened it in front of Lan Fei.

There was a brooch on the black velvet cloth. It had a silver base and a thin layer of small diamonds inlaid on it.

"Just this?"

Su Xue pouted and casually grabbed her friend who was passing by. "Xiaomei, didn't you say you were going to buy a brooch that day? Here, take it. It's not very good, but saves you the trouble of buying a new one."

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