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Shao Cixin and Wen Zhihan stared at each other as the vibrant, sunny strains of the radio gymnastics music filled the air.
Wen Zhihan felt that her wife’s brain circuits were just as vibrant—composed of bells and whistles[1].
She spoke first, her hand moving to turn off the speaker, “Okay, let’s settle down. Why did you start playing this?”
Shao Cixin said calmly, “To preserve my dignity.”
Wen Zhihan: “?”
Shao Cixin said, “And also to purify Assistant Guan’s ears.”
Wen Zhihan: “…”
Not for the first time, she couldn’t help but feel awed by her wife’s logic.
Sure enough, no matter where she was, you could never guess Shao Cixin’s next step.
But the most important thing was that she was still very cute.
Right now, Shao Cixin was wrapped in a blanket with only her face exposed, wearing a cheerful expression, with no trace of embarrassment.
“When you go out later, you can tell Assistant Guan that I’m auditioning for a track,” she said. “If that doesn’t work, just say that I was doing exercise, and that I pressed on the other music by mistake.”
She looked up at Wen Zhihan with bright eyes.
“How about it? My reasoning is so bulletproof that people will call me, the person named Shao Cixin, a little genius!”
Wen Zhihan was amused by Shao Cixin’s actions. She raised her hand to stroke Shao Cixin’s head. “Yes, it’s very good. Our Cixin is a true little genius.”
Shao Cixin: “Hehe.”
It was so fun to have a wife who humored you.
Wen Zhihan maintained her posture and leaned over to take a closer look at Shao Cixin.
She realized that Shao Cixin had even put on makeup to maximize her alluring charm.
Her overall appearance was natural and appropriate, charming and gorgeous, but not overdone.
With every frown and smile[2], she looked like a charming thousand-year-old fairy.
Locked underneath the blanket, she appeared particularly pitiful and humorous.
Wen Zhihan helplessly gazed at Shao Cixin. She stroked her long hair with one hand. “I’ll give the documents to Assistant Guan first. You just wait for me like this, okay?”
Shao Cixin nodded her head obediently. “I brought all the documents you left in the room to the study. They’re on the table. I didn’t mess with them randomly.”
Wen Zhihan replied gently, “Okay, I understand. Thank you for helping me clean up.”
Shao Cixin smiled.
Wen Zhihan stood up to leave.
Shao Cixin subconsciously reached out to hold her.
Wen Zhihan turned back and saw the pitiful-looking Mrs. Wen.
She caught up with Shao Cixin’s thoughts almost instantly.
Shao Cixin had spent the entire day preparing for this moment, dressing up carefully and going the extra mile to show off her charm. But she ended up being treated like this, wrapped up like a rice dumpling, not even receiving a single kiss from her birthday wife…
It was really a shame, considering how beautiful she looked today.
Wen Zhihan understood.
She leaned down again and kissed Shao Cixin’s lips, praising accurately, “Our Cixin is very beautiful today. Very, very beautiful.”
Shao Cixin was like a delicate and beautiful rose, attracting all living beings to come closer to her, even giving Wen Zhihan the courage to fly into her flames.
As long as she could have her gaze, this life was enough.
Their love expanded, their kiss deepened.
Wen Zhihan pulled back to reality at the last second, her rational mind calling them to a stop before anything else happened.
Wen Zhihan gently stroked Shao Cixin’s long hair.
She looked into Shao Cixin’s autumn eyes and said in an extremely gentle voice, “Be good, Cixin. I need to go and give Assistant Guan the documents. Then I’ll be back right away.”
When she was finished, she pressed a kiss on Shao Cixin’s bright red lips.
Shao Cixin nodded. “Okay, go ahead.”
Wen Zhihan’s fingers caressed Shao Cixin’s cheek, reluctant to leave.
They were already together, and there would be countless opportunities to see each other, but at this moment, even a moment of separation felt unbearable…
Forget it, was better to resolve the situation as soon as possible and come back to accompany Shao Cixin.
Thinking this, Wen Zhihan resolutely stood up and left, gently closing the door behind her.
When Guan Yan heard the sound of Wen Zhihan’s approaching footsteps, she rose to her feet.
Their eyes collided with each other. They both unconsciously began replaying the third set of the national primary school radio gymnastics in their mind.
One, two, three, four.
The chant had wormed its way into their ears.
Guan Yan: “…”
For some reason, she felt influenced.
Embarrassment quietly seeped into the awkward atmosphere.
Fortunately, Wen Zhihan was the type of person whose facial expressions did not reveal any emotions[3].
“Sorry, my wife is testing the sound effects for our Bluetooth speakers.” She smiled calmly. “The documents are in the study room. Please wait a moment.”
Guan Yan nodded, politely standing as she waited for her boss to return.
—Sure enough, that was the playlist of the boss’s lady.
She had long heard of Shao Cixin’s bells-and-whistles personality, but this was the first time she encountered it in person.
As it turned out, her reputation was well-deserved.
Guan Yan took the documents and left without a fuss.
Wearing a flat expression, Wen Zhihan closed the door behind her, then locked it so that nobody could disturb them.
When she returned to the room, Shao Cixin was rearranging the rose petals that had been scattered on the bed.
Her eyes fell on Shao Cixin’s clothes.
Shao Cixin donned a crimson suspender skirt, adorned with delicate satin laces and a daring, hallow slit.
Her pale skin sharply contrasted the warm and sexy dark red, becoming even more tender and alluring. Her every movement was filled with seduction.
Wen Zhihan never expected Shao Cixin to prepare this type of birthday surprise for her.
She was beyond beautiful tonight.
But at this moment, Shao Cixin was wholeheartedly focused on the task of fixing her petals.
Guan Yan’s arrival had not only disrupted her plans but also caused her carefully arranged decorations to gather into a circle like a pancake.
It had no sense of beauty, which was unacceptable.
When she was almost done, an extra hand suddenly landed on her waist.
She saw Wen Zhihan’s smooth arms gliding along her back until they finally intertwined between her stomach.
Shao Cixin’s lips raised into a smile. She straightened and asked, “Is Assistant Guan gone?”
“Yes.” Wen Zhihan pulled her closer.
Shao Cixin turned to look at her.
Their lips touched, and they exchanged a kiss.
“Next time you bring someone back, remember to tell me first.” Shao Cixin raised her hands to caress Wen Zhihan’s face. “If I bring someone back, I will also tell you in advance.”
Wen Zhihan nodded.
This time, it was purely by accident. She had forgotten her birthday at work.
So when she opened the door and saw nothing, she thought Shao Cixin had gone out. She didn’t expect…
Wen Zhihan lowered her eyes and smiled softly.
What an unforgettable birthday.
Shao Cixin immediately took the opportunity to show off everything she had accomplished to Wen Zhihan. “I worked on the preparations and decorated this whole room by myself. What do you think?”
She had deliberately chosen the bedroom instead of the living room. She wanted to create an unexpected surprise.
—When Wen Zhihan opened the door, she would think that Shao Cixin hadn’t prepared anything, but it was all actually in the bedroom!
Wen Zhihan smiled. “I like it very much.”
Then she hugged Shao Cixin tighter and kissed her behind the ear affectionately.
“This is my favorite birthday present.”
No matter how excellent anything else in this world was, it couldn’t compare to her Shao Cixin, the only person who made her heart beat.
Shao Cixin curled her lips into a happy smile.
Her efforts were not in vain.
The dark night became a prelude to spring.
Wen Zhihan’s kisses landed gently on Shao Cixin’s body, and her fingers snaked under a pair of thin suspenders.
She began gently taking the dress off along Shao Cixin’s snow-white shoulders.
“Wait.”
Shao Cixin grabbed Wen Zhihan’s hand, unexpectedly asking her to stop.
She poked Wen Zhihan’s stomach.
“Eat the cake first. You just got off work, and you haven’t eaten anything yet,” she said. “Let’s go make a wish, blow out the candles, and eat!”
She would not let her Mrs. Shao go hungry.
There was only one Wen Zhihan. Who could eat for her if she was starving?
Wen Zhihan sighed helplessly as she was led out of the room by an enthusiastic Shao Cixin.
She now understood the feeling of “being forced to turn off your engine.”
But she did feel a little hungry, so she agreed to eat a full meal before having “dessert.”
Shao Cixin took the fruit cake from the refrigerator.
The cake was not big, just enough for the two of them.
Shao Cixin had gone to the market to pick the fruits herself, then personally delivered them to the cake shop.
She wanted to ensure that the fruits were so fresh and sweet that they could make people smile in exuberance when they ate them.
Back in the present, she prepared the atmospheric lighting, lit the candles, and ran to turn off the main kitchen and dining room lights—all in one breadth.
Shao Cixin sprinted back to the coffee table, sat on the carpet, and picked up her phone, prepared to play back a happy birthday song for Wen Zhihan, complete with perfect tones and a steady singing voice.
Wen Zhihan calmly took away Shao Cixin’s phone, held her hands, and said with gentle eyes, “I want to hear my beautiful Mrs. Wen sing.”
So what if it was out of tune? The important aspects were that it was cute, and Wen Zhihan liked it.
She liked whatever Shao Cixin did, she was her wife’s number one fan.
Shao Cixin’s expression read, “There’s nothing I can do, why did the universe let me spoil you,” but for the sake of her wife, she opened her mouth.
She discarded her burdens and sang with great confidence.
As long as Wen Zhihan dared to like her singing voice, she dared to say that she was the queen of singers…but only in private.
After singing, Shao Cixin’s eyes darted to Wen Zhihan with anticipation. “Okay, make a wish and blow out the candles!”
Wen Zhihan silently gazed at her lover across the candle flames.
The orange luster fell on Shao Cixin’s face like a gentle shower, her peach blossom eyes shrouded in mist and rain, soft and charming.
But the light in Shao Cixin’s eyes were as bright as stars.
This light was hers—hers alone.
Wen Zhihan couldn’t help but hold Shao Cixin’s hands. Her eyes curved slightly, and her voice was soft. “I hope Cixin’s wish will come true, and that she will win the Best Actress award as soon as possible.”
Shao Cixin was startled.
Wen Zhihan continued, “I hope she will never encounter troubles, and that she will be happy and safe throughout her life.”
Shao Cixin’s eyes flickered with the candles.
Wen Zhihan turned and said her last wish.
“I hope that year after year, there will be a day like this.”
Her wishes were all about Shao Cixin.
She hoped that Shao Cixin could obtain what she desired, experience what she couldn’t experience in her last life, and live with no regrets.
She hoped that they would always have days like this, remain together forever, and never be separated again.
Wen Zhihan’s sincere emotions, mixed with the soft glow of the flames, melded in Shao Cixin’s eyes. Warmth welled up in her retinas, but she didn’t know what to say.
These were obviously meant to be Wen Zhihan’s birthday wishes, but all her birthday wishes turned out to be about her, Shao Cixin…
Shao Cixin stood up and embraced Wen Zhihan, moved by Wen Zhihan’s actions.
She was blessed to meet this person…
She was suddenly reminded of how Wen Zhihan had kept her love buried in their previous life.
The memory caused Shao Cixin to lose control of her emotions, her voice carrying a hint of moisture, “Zhihan, you are so good…
“To meet you, I must have saved the galaxy in one of my previous lives…” She continued, “But I’m afraid it’s impossible to do it again in this life, so I must commit more good deeds and accumulate more virtues. This way, I can meet you and become your wife in our next lives too!”
She blabbered “Oh, my wife you are too good…”
Wen Zhihan was so amused by Shao Cixin that she didn’t know whether she should laugh or cry. She held her in her arms and patted her head.
“Our Cixin is also very good. She prepared so many surprises for me,” she coaxed. “I will continue to like Cixin in my next life, so be good, don’t cry.”
Shao Cixin’s emotions were stirred again. After acting spoiled by her wife for a while, she forced herself to stop.
“Hurry up and blow out the candles. Then we can eat the cake. You still haven’t eaten yet, don’t go hungry…”
Wen Zhihan smiled and helped Shao Cixin wipe away the tears that had gathered in the corners of her eyes. Her wife was very cute.
She couldn’t help but ask, “I want Cixin to feed me. Is that okay?”
Shao Cixin nodded.
Wen Zhihan blew out the candles. Then she cut the cake into two slices, sliding them onto her and Shao Cixin’s plates.
Shao Cixin sat on Wen Zhihan’s lap and forked small pieces into her wife’s mouth.
“Does it taste good?”
“Yes, the bakeries Cixin chooses are all delicious.”
“My wife is such a sweet talker,” Shao Cixin batted her eyes. “You’ve worked hard. Eat more and replenish your energy. After all, we need to save our strength for later.”
Wen Zhihan raised her eyebrows.
As her wife implied, physical labor awaited them.
Few activities in the world were as enjoyable in comparison.
As the two of them ate, the cake became increasingly unseemly.
The white cream was not on their fork but on their hands, on their collarbones, drawn with beautiful and smooth lines, or somewhere else entirely.
Wen Zhihan kissed Shao Cixin, opening her “gift.”
Clothes and ribbons were scattered onto the floor.
They indulged each other on the carpet, on the sofa, and on the large dining table. They kissed in their private domains, occupied each other’s bodies, and disrupted the boundless spring scenery.
In the end, Wen Zhihan wisely decided to take a day off.
When she sent the message to her secretary, Shao Cixin had just left several glorious achievements on her neck.
Shao Cixin was like a lively little dog, clinging to her and rubbing all over her.
Wen Zhihan put down her phone and took the other person into her arms.
She drew the two of them even closer and grinded their bodies against each other.
She could never refuse her Shao puppy.
After a while, Shao Cixin saw the Bluetooth speaker left in the room and suddenly remembered her plan.
She quickly got up in shock. “Oh no, I forgot to play my carefully selected BGM”
Wen Zhihan pulled her wife down, puzzled. “What’s the point of playing it now?”
“It adds to the atmosphere!” Shao Cixin replied as if it was obvious.
“Having suitable background music can help people enter the right state of mind. If they are not in the mood, they will be in the mood. If they’re already in the mood, their mood will improve.”
“All of this perfectly enhances the sense of atmosphere!” she continued. “Besides, isn’t it quite appealing to listen to music while doing it?”
“…”
Amused, Wen Zhihan pushed Shao Cixin underneath her, suppressing Shao Cixin’s unique bells-and-whistles approach.
“No need. It’s already very appealing. I like it very much.”
Once Shao Cixin heard Wen Zhihan said she liked it, she became honest.
Since her wife enjoyed things the way they were, she didn’t need to bother with the music anymore.
The whole world[4] was not as great as her Mrs. Shao!
Winter left, spring arrived, and summer approached in the blink of an eye.
The time for the annual film ceremony, the White Jade Awards, came around.
Shao Cixin, who had missed out on the Best Actress award last year, was nominated for the Best Actress award again.
This time, for her hit movie The General, which was released at the beginning of the year.
Sitting in a car heading to the awards ceremony, Shao Cixin stared out the window in a daze.
Her heart was full of excitement and expectation, but also fear.
She couldn’t help but begin speculating wildly.
What if she couldn’t win it this time too…
The author (热到昏厥) has something to say:
Xin Xin: [worry.pg]
I’m afraid I’ve given out too much candy these days…
I’ll see if I can introduce a knife in the bonus chapters (yes, from the senior sister’s point of view in her past life) and satisfy everyone’s curiosity, OvO I’m so considerate.
Everyone should actively post comments QAQ. If you don’t comment, I will lose my motivation…
[1] “花里胡哨” (huā lǐ hú shào) or literally “bells and whistles” is a Chinese idiom that describes colors that are too bright or complicated. It also describes something (or someone) that is flashy and unrealistic—in other words, gaudy.
[2]“一颦一笑” (yī pín yī xiào), or “with every frown and smile,” a Chinese idiom meaning “with every facial expression.”
[3] “喜怒不形於色” (xǐ nù bù xíng yú sè) or literally “happiness and rage do not take shape on one’s countenance,” a Chinese idiom that describes someone who does not reveal any emotions on their face.
[4] Shao Cixin actually says “天大地大，都不如她的邵太太最大!” which could be (more) literally translated as “The Heaven is great, the Earth is great, but neither are as great as her Mrs. Shao!”
