Reborn as a Mortal Heiress Pampered by Big Shots-Chapter 282 - 233 Coming-of-Age Ceremony~_3

Apart from when squabbling and seeing eye to eye, there wasn’t a chance for such close contact.

Xia Ye didn’t even realize that old codger Heavenly Dao was so ’flamboyant’?

Once she put on the new earrings, they felt cool and chilled.

It was only when she got closer to Jiang Xuan that she noticed his earrings had also been changed.

It was a very small black diamond.

And it was the same craftmanship as hers.

There was no visible setting, a design that was both simple and exquisite.

It turned out they were a matching set.

The new earrings were already in place, but Jiang Xuan did not move away.

He kept the same pose, the same distance, his gaze burning as he stared her ear, as if he wanted to melt it with his intense look.

Xia Ye didn’t need to do anything, even if she wasn’t wearing this outfit today; simply her presence was a temptation.

Jiang Xuan moved closer, bit by bit.

The color in those long eyes was darker and deeper than the night outside the window.

After a silent moment, Jiang Xuan licked his lips slightly and leaned toward her earlobe...

Just as his lips were about to touch her earlobe—

"Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you~"

"Happy birthday to Yeye~~ happy birthday to—"

When Xia Ye heard the voices, she pushed Jiang Xuan away with a palm.

Without a shred of mercy.

Xu He, Xia Yuzheng, and Xia Xing, who she thought weren’t home, came out from the corridor together.

Leading the way was Mother Wu pushing a small cart with an exquisitely lovely red velvet cake on it.

There were eighteen colorful candles on the cake.

Xu He’s voice was warmer than the candlelight, "Little Tiangao, after midnight it’s your 18th birthday, may you forever be happy and joyful," she said.

Stunned, Xia Ye then remembered, July 15 was her birthday.

No wonder everyone at home had been so secretive lately.

Xia Ye’s eyelashes fluttered.

After tonight, could she go clubbing?!

In great spirits, Xia Ye thanked them demurely, "Thank you, mom, thank you brothers, thank you dad."

Xia Yuzheng noticed Jiang Xuan was also there, and his smile twitched slightly, "Mr. Jiang is here too, no wonder we’ve been waiting in the corridor for so long without seeing Yeye come in..."

They had prepared the cake earlier, just waiting to surprise Little Tiangao when she got home in the evening.

When they heard a car outside, they hurriedly turned off the lights inside and hid on the side of the corridor.

They figured Little Tiangao would definitely pass through the corridor on her way to her room, and then the three of them could roll out the cake for a surprise.

But after waiting for more than ten minutes, Little Tiangao did not head toward the corridor, so they had no choice but to push out the cart.

Xia Xing held several gift boxes in his hand, "Little Tiangao, these are the birthday gifts from your brothers, including ones from big brother and third brother, specially shipped from overseas," he announced.

Xia Ye took the gifts, "Thank you~"

Now that the family matriarch was in good spirits, she would be happy with whatever they gave her.

Holding his arms, Xia Xing looked at Little Tiangao’s pleased eyes, feeling delighted inside.

Then looking at Mr. Jiang, a sudden urge to boast sprang up mischievously, "Mr. Jiang probably didn’t know about Little Tiangao’s birthday tomorrow, right? It’s alright, it’s normal not to; after all, we’ve already given our gifts..."

Jiang Xuan laughed softly too.

"Click—"

He closed the jewelry box that contained the earrings with one hand, placing it on the coffee table, "How could I forget her 18th birthday, the gift is already on her," he declared.

He didn’t remember when he had acquired that exceptionally fine pink diamond, but such good material was most suited for making earrings for this little ancestor.

Xia Xing followed his gaze to the pink diamond on Little Tiangao’s ear, still maintaining his handsome composure, but inside he was fuming like a pufferfish.

Jiang Xuan joined the Xia family in celebrating Xia Ye’s cutting of the cake.

When it came time for the birthday wishes with the candles blown out, a myriad of images flashed through Jiang Xuan’s head from her little brain—

Bars, dance floors, saunas, health spas, and those pink-lit, indescribable little places.

Jiang Xuan:...

He doubted whether she had got her gender wrong when she was reborn.

Each person got a slice of cake, and aside from the valuable gifts, this looked just like a lovely birthday gathering, warm and full of love just like other families.

Even Mother Wu liked this atmosphere, unlike the young lady’s birthdays, which were always extravagantly celebrated.

That night, Xia Ye took those presents back to her room.

Instead of hurrying to open the others, she first took a photo of the earrings from Dao-friend and posted it in her friend circle.

No caption, just a photo.

But for Xia Ye, this was already quite rare.

Right at midnight, Xia Xian and Xia Tiao’s WeChat messages popped up simultaneously.

Despite being in countries with different time zones, both were precisely on time, not a second late in sending birthday blessings to their darling little sister.

After sending his wishes, Xia Xian noticed a new post in Little Tiangao’s friend circle.

Clicking to have a look, it was a photo of an earring.

Whose birthday gift had the honor of being specially praised by Little Tiangao?

His own gifts didn’t even make it into the shot.

He felt a twist of jealousy.

Xia Xian zoomed in to take a closer look at the image, and his handsome eyebrows suddenly squinted...

Wasn’t this the extremely rare pink diamond he had given to Mr. Jiang some months ago as thanks for helping him out with a cargo issue???

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Mini-theater:

Yeye: This pink diamond is so beautiful, where did you get it?

Jiang Xuan: It doesn’t matter, as long as you like it.