Shadow and Light: The Bride Who Clicks Her Way to Love-Chapter 155 - 156: Birthday Party

"Just a small celebration..." Xia Ling said regretfully, "Not fun."

"That’s because you’re too playful," Su Xingyu smiled and said, "Lu Shifeng likes peace and quiet, and so do I."

"I’m not playful at all!" Xia Ling retorted childishly, resting her chin in thought, "Why don’t you make something for her yourself? How about a birthday cake? He’ll definitely be touched!"

Su Xingyu’s eyes lit up; that was a great idea.

No need for a big event, yet sincere enough.

The next day, she instructed Mrs. Gui to buy a bunch of ingredients and learned how to bake a cake.

From childhood to adulthood, she had never done such things; she stumbled for several days, hurting her hands with several cuts, and finally managed to produce something that looked somewhat decent. It was a round, white and dark-gray interwoven tiramisu, with simple and clean colors that suited him, the fluffy cream looked like the clouds in a dream.

Mrs. Gui praised her, "Young mistress, you’re so skilled; young master will definitely like it."

Her mood improved too. On his birthday, she nervously called him, "Lu Shifeng, can you come home tonight? You... haven’t been home for a long time." She wanted to surprise him, so she didn’t mention the birthday celebration.

On the other end, Lu Shifeng’s voice was as cold as always, "Realized your mistake?"

Just that sentence sparked her anger, "What did I do wrong? Was it reasonable for you to be so fierce that day?!"

His voice turned colder, "Don’t admit fault? Then think about it some more."

He...

This bastard...!

She swallowed her anger and coaxed him to come home, yet he was still being proud!

Su Xingyu was so angry she wanted to smash her phone, but when she glanced at Mrs. Gui, who was making throat-slashing gestures and widening her eyes in urgency, the raging fire in her heart suddenly couldn’t burst out anymore. Alright, today was his birthday, she’d let it slide. She just wanted him home, she didn’t want her painstakingly made cake to go to waste! She took a deep breath, trying to restrain her temper, "I don’t think I did anything wrong, but if you think I did, come home and say it to my face. What’s with hiding like this, are you even a man?"

There, she used reverse psychology.

A moment of silence, Lu Shifeng said, "Fine."

He hung up the phone.

Only then did Su Xingyu breathe a sigh of relief, realizing that there was a cold sweat at her temple. Talking to this man was really exhausting, it felt like fighting a battle every time. Under Mrs. Gui’s coaxing and comforting, Su Xingyu suppressed the impulse to chop the bastard into pieces, focusing on using all the skills she learned in the past few days to carefully craft a cake.

The sweet aroma of rich cream filled the air, beautiful and alluring.

Mrs. Gui smiled and said, "Young mistress, it’s really hard on you, young master will surely like it."

Su Xingyu said, "Whether he likes it or not, there’s only this one. When he comes home, if he’s still unreasonable, I’ll never make another one for him in this life, or the next!"

"How could that be," Mrs. Gui’s heart pounded, quickly soothing, "young master truly cherishes you."

Cherishes?

Su Xingyu sneered a few times, grateful if he didn’t treat her like an enemy! She didn’t place too much hope on today’s birthday celebration, just hoping everyone could move past the incident from before, and live in peace from now on.

She waited with the cake for him to come home, but even when it was eight o’clock at night, he still hadn’t shown up.

"Where did your young master go?" she practically asked through clenched teeth.

"This..." Mrs. Gui wiped sweat from her forehead anxiously, finally ready for reconciliation, but how could the young master be so inconsiderate! She hurriedly called and nervously reported back to Su Xingyu, "Young mistress, young master said... he said... there’s a very important party tonight, he... can’t come back."

"Can’t come back yet he promised me!" Furious, Su Xingyu was about to smash the cake.

"Young mistress! You mustn’t!" Mrs. Gui quickly stopped her, "Young master also said to bring the cake over!"

"Bring the cake?" Su Xingyu paused, turning to look at Mrs. Gui, "How did he know I made a cake for him?"

Mrs. Gui was speechless; she initially didn’t want to tell young master that young mistress was planning a birthday celebration for him. But if she said nothing, young master might truly leave young mistress aside! What party could be more important than marital harmony? So Mrs. Gui quickly told him everything, that young mistress made a cake and waited for him at home.

Su Xingyu somewhat guessed what had happened based on her expression, displeased, "If he doesn’t come back, then he doesn’t come back. I’ll feed the cake to dogs, you don’t need to say more."

"Young master really has something urgent," Mrs. Gui felt her head swelling, trying to convince both sides, "You know young master is very busy. If it wasn’t impossible to find time, why would he not come home for his birthday? By the way, young master also asked you to change into an evening gown and attend, saying it’s a very grand party. He’s sent his own car to pick you up."

Su Xingyu paused again.

She understood changing into an evening gown, any party with him involved should be no less ranked.

But he actually sent his own car to pick her up...

She remembered when she first married in, he bought her a car; she thought a Bentley too ostentatious and chose a car just a notch down in class, less eye-catching on the road. But even a car one notch down from a Bentley is still luxurious, perfectly suitable for attending a socialite banquet. His actions showed how much importance he placed on her.

At least regarding attending this party.

Understanding this, her mood slightly improved, and she went upstairs to change.

She changed into a silk evening gown that shimmered with elegance, paired with pearl earrings and a necklace drop, looking graceful and captivating. She took the packed cake and stepped downstairs, getting into the car he had sent, smoothly arriving at the banquet site.

The doorman politely opened the car door for her, "Welcome, beautiful lady."

Another doorman checked the credentials of the driver accompanying her and opened the door to the banquet hall, "Honored guest, welcome to attend Mr. Lu Shifeng’s birthday party."

She was slightly surprised, this was actually Lu Shifeng’s birthday party?

No wonder he wouldn’t come home for his birthday; here was such a lavish party!

Fragrant scents and shadows, a gathering of celebrities.

She carried the exquisite cake in a large bag, searching for his figure in the banquet hall, and quickly found him—

At the center of the hall, the focus of the crowd, he was surrounded by people like stars around the moon, standing next to him was a beautiful woman in an elegant white evening gown, her dignified smile resembling a hostess.

...Zhuang Heng!

Seeing her standing by Lu Shifeng with a smile, inexplicably made Su Xingyu’s heart feel uneasy.

She bit her lip, tightened her grip on the cake box, and walked over quickly.