Chapter 252: Chapter 234, Unique Style_1
A hundred acres of sunflowers bloomed unrestrainedly in the direction of the sun, the golden sea of flowers swaying gently in the breeze.
In the center of the floral sea, seven characters formed by the planting of sunflowers swayed with even greater intensity due to the spacing around them, seeming to cheer and wave.
At that moment, Xiao Yeyang and Daohua stood on a slope, taking in the scene.
“Do you want to go down and take a look?” Daohua tilted her head to look at Xiao Yeyang, and, seeing no emotion on his face, she was somewhat uncertain if he liked it or not.
Xiao Yeyang took a deep breath of the floral scent in the air and smiled brightly, “Sure!” Saying this, he leaped down from the slope and landed steadily on the ridge, then turned around with a smile to look at Daohua, extending both hands.
“Isn’t this a bit too high?” Daohua estimated the height of the slope and felt it was a bit high, reluctant to jump down, “I might as well go around.”
Xiao Yeyang spoke up, “What are you afraid of when I’m here? Jump, and if you fall, I’ll cushion your fall.”
Seeing Daohua still hesitant, Xiao Yeyang urged with a smile, “Aren’t you usually very brave? How come you’re afraid to jump down a small slope now?”
Daohua frowned, “It’s not that I’m afraid, it’s for safety…”
Before she could finish speaking, Daohua felt a push on her body and then couldn’t help falling forward.
“Ah~”
Unprepared Daohua was startled by this sudden push, but fortunately, Xiao Yeyang was reliable and caught her. Otherwise, she would have had a close encounter with the ground.
Uh…
The posture wasn’t very graceful, since she had flung herself forward and was now hanging onto Xiao Yeyang like a koala.
At this moment, Xiao Yeyang’s body slightly stiffened, his original intention having been to steady Daohua by the side, but he hadn’t expected her to throw her entire body onto him.
Having not fallen to the ground, Daohua breathed a sigh of relief, but immediately felt awkward hanging onto Xiao Yeyang.
“Hehe~”
Daohua smiled sheepishly at the tightly-furrowed Xiao Yeyang, then deftly dismounted from him and turned around furiously, glaring down at the slope: “Who pushed me?”
Atop the slope, Yan Wenkai, who did the pushing, hadn’t managed to withdraw his hand yet and wore a triumphant grin. However, seeing his sister’s fierce look as if ready to devour someone, he retracted his hand and restrained his smile.
“That… I just saw you hesitating, and I was just helping you make up your mind. Look, you didn’t safely jump down?”
After saying this, Yan Wenkai gave Daohua a look as if to imply she should thank him.
Daohua glared, gritting her teeth, “Fourth brother! Do you realize how dangerous that is? If Xiao Yeyang hadn’t caught me, I definitely would have fallen. And if I had broken an arm or a leg, would you take care of me for life?”
Upon hearing this, Yan Wenkai’s playful expression disappeared completely, and he meekly said, “Isn’t that a bit of an exaggeration?”
Daohua huffed angrily, “How is it not? Our second uncle’s second cousin’s husband’s grandfather became paralyzed just from a fall on the ridge.”
Yan Wenkai looked to Yan Wentao for confirmation.
Yan Wentao nodded, affirming that what Daohua said was true, with a look of reproach on his face.
Wenkai enjoyed playing pranks, and it wasn’t a big deal when he did it with the boys, but Daohua was a girl, and girls are fragile. How could he push her so carelessly? What if she’d gotten frightened?
Yan Wenkai swallowed hard and mumbled, “I just saw the Little Prince down there, he wouldn’t let you fall.”
Daohua, now somewhat calmer, and her heart not beating as fast as before, still said unhappily, “Anything can happen. What if he hadn’t caught me? If I had fallen flat like that, even if I didn’t break any limbs, I still could have disfigured my face.”
“I wouldn’t let you fall,” Xiao Yeyang suddenly cut in. Seeing Daohua looking at him, he awkwardly avoided eye contact, “Well… weren’t we going to go in and have a look? Let’s go!”
With that, he took the lead and walked into the sea of sunflowers.
Seeing him leave, Daohua didn’t continue and, after glaring at Yan Wenkai, followed.
“You’re not allowed to play tricks on anyone like this again. It’s only because it was Daohua. If it had been another girl, with what you just did, she would have been scared to tears.”
As soon as they left, Yan Wentao immediately teased Yan Wenkai.
Yan Wenkai weakly nodded and said, “Don’t worry, I wouldn’t tease just anyone, and besides, I only played this joke because I saw the Little Prince standing there with our eldest sister.”
Meanwhile, Xiao Yeyang and Daohua had already walked into the sunflower field.
“You’re not going to tell me these are all planted by you, are you?” Xiao Yeyang glanced at Daohua beside him.
Daohua choked, “A hundred acres of sunflowers, how could I plant them all by myself?”
Xiao Yeyang nodded and laughed, “That’s true, it’s the thought that counts.”
Daohua: “…Even though I didn’t plant them myself, I personally selected and cultivated the seeds, and there’s also…” saying this, she quickly ran ahead.
Seeing this, Xiao Yeyang had no choice but to quickly follow her.
A moment later, Daohua pointed to a noticeably sparser section of the sunflowers and said, “These seven characters that wish you a happy birthday, I planted them myself.” So, she truly put a lot of thought into this gift.
Xiao Yeyang looked at the seven characters in the middle of the sea of flowers, his smile deepening.
This gift was the most unique one he had ever received, and the most unforgettable one.
The gifts from others were either precious antiques or famous paintings, which though also took some effort to find, to be honest, he didn’t lack. Moreover, such gifts could be re-gifted to others. You never know how many hands the gift you received has passed through.
However, this sea of flowers from Daohua truly made him feel his own uniqueness.
It was specially for him alone; no one else had a share in it.
Daohua glanced at Xiao Yeyang’s expression and, seeing that he was smiling all the time, tentatively asked, “How about it, do you like my gift or not?”
Xiao Yeyang looked towards Daohua, his eyes filled with laughter, “I like it, very much.”
Upon hearing his words, Daohua’s eyes curved into a smile, then she exhaled in relief and said, “As long as you like it, to be honest, I was really afraid you wouldn’t like it.”
Flowers, after all, are more appealing to girls.
Xiao Yeyang smiled, “Just for this thought of yours, I wouldn’t dislike it.”
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“Yan Sister, you’re really playing favorites!”
On a slope, Yan Wenkai and Yan Wentao were talking when suddenly, a sour voice came from behind. Turning around, they found Dong Yuanxuan and a few others had arrived, along with Zhou Jingwan, Dong Yuanyao, and Su Shiyu.
Yan Wenkai asked in surprise, “How did you all get here?”
Dong Yuanxuan glanced at him and Yan Wentao, “You two are really having a good time, following the Little Prince out to play while leaving us in the temporary palace.”
Yan Wenkai scratched the back of his head, “We were dragged along in haste, otherwise we would surely have called you too.”
“Hmph!”
Everyone returned a cold snort in unison.
We’d believe that when pigs fly!
“So this is the birthday gift Big Sister gave to the Little Prince? It really is… quite unique!”
Seeing the sea of sunflowers before him, Yan Wenxiu couldn’t help feeling sour.
As a scholar, a connoisseur who appreciated flowers, he found this gift to be much more refined than any gold or silver treasures.
Too bad, the gift was not for him.
Seeing that even their eldest brother Yan Wenxiu was feeling sour, Dong Yuanxuan and the others felt somewhat better inside.