Chapter 63: An Unforgettable Birthday Party (03)

  Having made a wish, blowing out the candles, Chen Haonan smiled and picked up his knife to cut the cake. However, just at this moment, the door of the room was heavily knocked, accompanied by the knocking sound, someone shouted loudly: "Haonan!"

  "Who is it?" Li Donglin asked suspiciously in a low voice, and the expressions of several girls also became serious.

  "It seems like Xiao Qiuying!" Chen Haonan said after listening carefully for a while.

  "Xiao Qi Ming?" Li Donglin was startled for a moment, and the three girls also curiously stared at Chen Haonan.

  "Don't ask so many questions, just take a look and you'll know..." Chen Haonan put down the knife, smiled mysteriously, and went to open the door.

  "Autumn Ming, it's really you, you stinker—" Chen Haonan opened the door and indeed saw Xiao Qiuming standing outside with a smile on his face. Just as he was about to give him a big hug, he suddenly saw three girls standing behind him, and Chen Haonan immediately swallowed back what he was going to say next.

  "Hao Nan, you little rascal didn't even invite me to your birthday party, aren't you being too unfriendly?" At this time, Xiao Qiuyue had already slipped into the private room and deliberately put on a serious face.

  "Isn't this perfect timing!" Chen Haonan smiled foolishly. However, he quickly pointed at the several girls behind Xiao Qiuying and asked, "Qiuying, who are these..."

  "Don't you recognize me?" A slender girl walked up and said with a smile before Xiao Qiuyue could respond.

  "This voice seems so familiar!" Chen Haonan's eyes lit up, and he suddenly remembered something. However, Li Donglin suddenly rushed forward, as if he had discovered some major secret, saying: "Are you the one I met with Haonan in Youyuan last time? There was a girl with you then, your name is Xiao...?"

  "Xiao Fei!" The girl saw Li Donglin tapping his forehead with his finger, thinking hard, and hurriedly reported her name with a smile.

  "Xiao Fei?" Hearing this name, Chen Haonan seemed to have recalled some memories. However, he didn't think further because he had already discovered that the other two girls were Ouyang Yiweng and Lin Yuwei, both from class 214. Especially Ouyang Yiweng, he remembered that on the first day of school when they were assigned to Class 3 of the liberal arts department, her few words had intimidated him. Precisely because of this, Chen Haonan paid special attention to her and deliberately memorized her name for a long time...

  However, another thing suddenly emerged from Chen Haonan's mind. That was the "Orange Hit Head Incident".

  This matter has something to do with Xiao Qiuyue. Since becoming sworn brothers with Xiao Qiuyue, some of the young whippersnappers in the class have been very respectful towards Chen Haonan, often coming over to chat and even sending him gifts. At first, out of respect for his classmates, Chen Haonan always treated them warmly, but a few times, some guys actually offered him cigarettes, which made him furious and he scolded them loudly. However, it didn't have much effect, and the shameless guys continued to try to curry favor with him in various ways...

  That afternoon, Chen Haonan was doing his math problems carefully. A little boy named Zhang Xiaowu sat in front of him with a smile and called out "Nan-ge" repeatedly. Chen Haonan was concentrating on solving the problem on his draft paper and didn't pay attention to him. He just glanced at Zhang Xiaowu briefly and continued doing his problems. Unexpectedly, Zhang Xiaowu suddenly pulled out a big orange and said: "Nan-ge, have an orange, this one is really sweet!" As he spoke, Zhang Xiaowu started peeling the orange skin.

  To be honest, Zhang Xiaowu looked like a traitor who was trying to curry favor with the Japanese devils, but Chen Haonan wasn't one of those little ghosts! He felt disgusted when he saw Zhang Xiaowu sitting in front of him, but he was worried that if he kept talking nonsense, so he opened his mouth and said: "Just put it down, don't bother me!" As soon as he spoke, his eyebrows furrowed. Although Chen Haonan's face looked fierce, when his eyebrows were furrowed, it really made people feel a little intimidated. Zhang Xiaowu saw this, put the peeled orange on Chen Haonan's desk and quickly slipped away.

  With his head down, Chen Haonan finished the problem and just lifted his head to see a peeled orange placed on the edge of the table. Thinking about what had just happened, he couldn't help but smile. Holding the orange in his hand, Chen Haonan muttered softly "No good deed goes unpunished!", and casually threw it backwards.

  Chen Haonan's seat was very close to the left back corner of the classroom, and often just by leaning a little bit, some trash could be easily thrown into that corner without even aiming - there were three large trash cans placed there. This was the result of N times of practice, and it was absolutely accurate!

  So, Chen Haonan habitually threw out the orange, but no matter how precise the calculation, there are times when it goes wrong. As soon as the orange left his hand, a loud "ah" cry immediately rang out. Chen Haonan was frightened and quickly turned around, but what entered his line of sight made him stunned: the orange that had just been thrown happened to land squarely on a girl's forehead - her face was full of orange pulp and juice, only to see that mouth open wide, wide...

  Seeing this, Chen Haonan couldn't help but feel silly: thinking back to when he played with a slingshot, his aim was so bad it was pitiful, yet today he could hit the target without even aiming - if this were in the past, his friends would definitely have cheered loudly.

  "What's wrong with you? Why are you throwing things around?" Chen Haonan was standing there, stunned and at a loss for what to do. The girl rushed up to him, shouting and scolding, her manner fierce and intimidating, like a female demon.

  Chen Haonan was already stunned, and when the girl shouted loudly, he couldn't speak at all, and could only lower his head. To think that growing up so big, except for his parents, Chen Haonan had never been scolded by anyone like this before. However, this time, he knew he was wrong, and could only bury his head deeply... Taking a deep breath, he muttered to himself in his heart: "Fortunately, there's no one else in the classroom, or this would be a big deal!"

  Lowering his head, Chen Haonan was speechless. He had once heard a good friend say that if he accidentally offended a girl, the best way to resolve it was to remain silent, or else the storm would come even more fiercely...

  But with his head lowered for half a day, Chen Haonan still didn't see the arrival of "stormy weather". Although so, he still didn't dare to raise his head, he was afraid that the wind and rain would suddenly come pouring down like a landslide... However, a sudden urgent footsteps sounded.

  Chen Haonan couldn't help but feel suspicious, and he hastily glanced to the side: unexpectedly, that girl had run away! He involuntarily wiped a hand across his forehead, letting out a deep sigh.

  Although he got through that easily, Chen Haonan started avoiding the girl everywhere, afraid she would come to ask for trouble. The girl who was hit by the orange was none other than Ouyang Yiweng, and from the day she first came to class 214, Chen Haonan had some lingering fear of her...

  However, Chen Haonan dodged and weaved, never expecting to run into Ouyang Yiweng at his own birthday party... He was somewhat flustered.

  Ouyang Yiweng seemed to have sensed Chen Haonan's nervousness, and she took a step forward with a smile: "My name is Ouyang Yiweng, we've met before..."

  "Right, we know each other, we know each other..." Chen Haonan hastily suppressed his panic.

  "Hao Nan, you know Ouyang Yiweng and Xiao Fei, that's great! By the way, Xiao Fei is my younger sister..." At this time, Xiao Qiuming took over, "Then who is this? This is Lin Yu Fang, Lin Xiaojie is our class's big talent!"

  "Xiao Qiuying, you're talking nonsense again!" Lin Yufei pouted and glared at Xiao Qiuying for a moment before taking a step forward to introduce herself: "I'm Lin Yufei. I've heard of your great reputation, but I didn't expect to run into you on your birthday..." As she spoke, Lin Yufei's face turned red, but she still politely extended one hand.

  "What's with the 'long time no see'? You're just a nobody without any virtue or talent - I'm Chen Haonan, and since we've run into each other on my birthday, let's grab something to eat together!" Chen Haonan said as he shook hands with Lin Yufei. However, in his slightly tense state, he didn't notice that her hand was trembling, nor the excitement and happiness flashing in her eyes.

  "Now that we're here, we definitely won't leave -" Xiao Qiuyue interrupted, grabbing Kong Zi and adding, "But later you have to treat me!"

  "How can that be?" Chen Haonan was getting anxious.

  "What's wrong with that? If you don't let me foot the bill, I'll leave immediately!" Xiao Qiuyue's words were somewhat overbearing. Not allowing Chen Haonan to interrupt, he continued speaking: "Last time you took a heavy blow for me, your shoulder was swollen for so long, and I haven't even properly thanked you, can't this meal be considered my thanks?"

  Yu Fen and Yu Na, the two sisters, were originally annoyed by the sudden arrival of so many uninvited guests. But when they heard that Chen Haonan had been beaten up, their annoyance disappeared instantly, and they rushed forward to ask anxiously: "Haonan brother, who beat you? Is your shoulder better now? Does it still hurt?"

  "I'm fine, I'll tell you about this later..." Chen Haonan didn't expect Yu Fen and Yu Na to be so anxious, but with the "main event" at hand, he could only softly comfort the two sisters and signal them not to speak for the time being. Just as he turned his head to respond to Xiao Qiuyue's words, that guy preempted him again: "Haonan, don't say anything more, you wouldn't be so heartless as to drive me away, would you..."

  "Me, me..." Chen Haonan was at a loss for words. But Xiao Qiuyue quickly chimed in: "Haonan, aren't you going to introduce your friend to us? Is our face not good enough?"

  "Alright!" Chen Haonan really didn't want to ruin the harmony between friends over the bill, so he agreed. Immediately after, he introduced Yu Fen and Yu Na, but just as he was about to introduce Li Donglin and his siblings, Li Donglin cut in and said: "No need for introductions, Xiao Ming, have you forgotten all about our front and back desks from middle school?"

  "Oh, Li Donglin, I didn't notice you standing behind me," Xiao Qiuming was suddenly reminded of some past events, "Do you still remember that time when our chubby female teacher made us stand outside the classroom and face the north wind?"

  "At that time we were even planning to use a firecracker to blow up that fat teacher, but in the end we didn't even dare throw a single firework at her..." Li Donglin said with a hearty laugh.

  "You'll be in trouble when your ugly business is exposed, beware of that fat teacher coming back to twist your ears and spank your buttocks!" Chen Haonan was afraid that Li Donglin and Xiao Qiuming would continue to talk nonsense endlessly, so he smiled and interrupted them. Then he introduced Li Jia to Xiao Qiuming and others. At this time, Yu Fen and Yu Na were also very polite and helped Chen Haonan invite everyone to take a seat. So the nine people sat together laughing.

  "By the way, Autumn, how did you know I was here?" Chen Haonan picked up the knife again to cut the cake, and asked with his head tilted while cutting.

  "Don't ask so many questions," Xiao Qiuyue deliberately changed the subject, laughing and saying, "Are you afraid I'll eat a few of your cakes? Or are you afraid I'll use the cake to smash you?" As he spoke, he slowly picked up a piece of cream with his fork and put it into his own plate. Who would have thought that as soon as he finished speaking, he swiftly slapped a piece of cream onto Chen Haonan's face...