Chapter 212 - 211: Desire
Chen Afu, seeing the redness around Dabao’s eyes, bowed his head and rubbed his own face against the top of his head. In a soft voice, he said, "Good son, make a silent wish and don’t say it out loud. Just blow out the candle in one breath. Your wish will come true."
Dabao looked up at her and asked, "Can I make only one wish? I have so many wishes."
Chen Afu looked at his bright eyes, twinkling like the stars of a summer night, pinched his little face and smiled saying, "Today you can make only one wish, save the rest for later. In the future, every birthday you have, your mother will make a cake for you."
Dabao nodded his head, glanced at the others with pride, happiness bubbling up in his heart.
He silently made the one wish he most wanted to come true: to stay with his mother forever and ever, never to be separated. After making his wish, he sneaked a glance at his mother. He wanted to tell her about this wish so badly but he couldn’t. With great effort, he held back the words that were about to burst out - because if he spoke, the wish wouldn’t come true.
Then, he blew out all the candles in one breath.
Chen Afu led the applause, removed the candles, and then divided the cake into pieces, letting Xia Yue and Qiu Yue distribute it to the children and the already impatient Jin Yanzi, Qi Qi, and Hui Hui.
The cake smelled so good that the children almost swallowed their tongues, and they ate until they were stuffed. After they finished, they still wanted more, but Chen Afu spread her hands and indicated there was no more.
Including Dabao, a group of children all ran over to behave cutely at Chen Afu.
Dabao licked the cream on his lips with his tiny rosy tongue, adoringly gazing at his mother, conveying thousands of words in his little eyes.