"SURPRISE.." Xiaochen jumped in front of him.
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU.. BROTHER.." He said popping the party popper. Everyone including Butler Bai started to clap his hands.
Weicheng looked at the happy faces of everyone, and shook his head with a smile.. He knew they were all inside the moment he entered the room, and were hiding. Still he played along and reacted accordingly to see what they were up to. But never expected it to be this.
Weicheng raised his eyebrows. And looked at his enthusiastic younger brother. A warmth filled in his eyes.
"Happy Birthday to you. Happy Birthday Cheng 'ge.. Happy birthday to you.." Xiaochen sang along with other servants. Elder Gu, who was standing in front of the servants, smiled.
Xiaochen walked close to Weicheng carrying a dark chocolate cake with lots of lit candles. He was extremely careful with each step so the candle does not blow out.
He stood in front of Weicheng and looked at him with a bright smile.
"Happy Birthday Brother." He said.
Weicheng stood silently. Unknown emotions filled his heart. He didn't know what to say or what to do. He just looked at the person standing in front of him.
"Brother. Fast. Fast.. Blow the candles before it's late." Xiaochen said anxiously.
Weicheng in a daze was about to blow the candle but was suddenly stopped by Xiaochen.
"Brother, what are you doing? Make a wish and then blow." He hid the cake from Weicheng who was about to blow before making a wish.
Weicheng, who came out of his daze. Raised his eyebrows and then slowly closed his eyes playfully. After a moment. He slightly opened his eyes and peaked at his little brother, Whose eyes were sparkling with anticipation. Weicheng sighed internally and opened his eyes. And then blew out the candles.
"Yaaay.." Xiaochen exclaimed followed by the claps of the servants.
Weicheng shook his head helplessly.
"Come come cut the cake…" Xiaochen put the cake on the table and dragged Weicheng towards it. Then he gave a knife to him.
Weicheng took the knife and cut a small part from the cake. He took the piece and was about to feed Xiaochen. But Xiaochen stopped him.
"First bite for brother.." And then fed the cake to Weicheng.
He took a bite and raised his eyebrows and then glanced at Xiaochen whose eyes were sparkling as if he was waiting for Weicheng's reaction. A playful smile evoked on Weichengs face and then he frowned.
"Mmmmmmmm" He looked as if it was hard for him to swallow the cake.
"Is it bad…?" Xiaochen asked dejectedly.
"Yeahhh… Extremely bad…." Weicheng said with a disgusted face. And with much difficulty swallows the cake.
"Which baker did this…? Does he not know how to make cake?"said Weicheng.
"We…Well…" Xiaochen didn't know what to say and looked closely at the Cake he made.
"I am sure, I did everything correctly.." He murmured.
"What..?" Weicheng asked as if he was confused..
"Oh… it's nothing. Well, every baker can make some mistakes. It can't be that bad..?" He said hesitantly.
"If you don't believe me. Eat it.." Weicheng took a big slice of cake and fed it to Xiaochen. And Xiaochen, who didn't expect the sudden attack, opened his mouth slightly. But the amount of cake wasn't something his mouth could handle. And cake was all around his mouth.
"Mmm" Xiaochen closed his eyes and expected the worst but felt the delicious taste. And Open his eyes in surprise.
"Wait.. it's delicious though..?" He said happily and looked at Weicheng with joy and confusion.
He paused and saw the playfully smile on Weichengs face. The servants looked at each other and tried hard to suppress their laughter. Xiaochen looked at everyone in confusion. Suddenly he saw his reflection on the nearby wall mirror and finally realised that the cake was all around his mouth. He looked like a monkey.
"Pffffff…" Bai Zen couldn't hold it anymore and laughed out…
"Hahahahaha ... .So..Sorry..Y..Young master.." He looked at Xiaochen again and laughed more and more. Servants and Elder Gu began to laugh too.. Even Butler Bai looked like he was controlling his laughter.
Xiaochen looked at everyone and glanced at his brother.
Weicheng licked the remaining cake in his finger and said,
"Oh, it is actually delicious.." he said as if he found something amusing.
Xiaochens face turned red and he ran towards Weicheng.
"You…"
Weicheng took a step back.
Xiaochen took some cake which was stuck on his face and tried to apply it on Weichengs face. But Weicheng was tall and agile enough to avoid all his attempts. He tried again and again but Weicheng dodged everything.
Finally Xiaochen, who was utterly defeated, sat on the couch and began to pout. Weicheng smiled helplessly and knelt down near Xiaochen. Xiaochen glanced at his elder brother and turned his head to the other side. Weicheng smiled and showed his cheek. Xiaochen peaked at his brother and with a big smile rubbed a little cake on his cheek and looked at his art with extreme satisfaction.
"Happy..?" Weicheng asked.
"Happy.." Xiaochen hugged Weicheng with a bright smile. Weichengs face brightened and he hugged his little brother tightly. Weicheng felt many surging emotions. He didn't know if it was the emotions caused by this body or was it his own. Truthfully, he doesn't even want to know. Because, somewhere in his heart he knows the answer. He just couldn't believe his own selfish thoughts.
"Thank you.." He said, caressing his brother's head.
"Brother.. No 'Thank you' between us. Okay..?" Xiaochen said seriously and hugged tightly.
"And if one of us has to say thank you. Then it should be me. Thank you for being here brother." Xiaochens voice shook.
Weicheng didn't say anything. He smiled and thought
'chenchen, Just wait. Brother will find answers for all of your sufferings." He opened his eyes and determination was filled in it.
Everyone smiled seeing this scene. One of the maids came forward and cut the cake into pieces and began to distribute it.
Elder Gu looked around. He thought his remaining days will be filled with darkness and regrets.But fate was still merciful towards him. After many years this house is filled with happiness and smiles. Elder Gu looked at his grandchildren. Suddenly, he saw lights engulfinghis grandchildren as if it was embracing them but before he could look closer, that light disappeared. Though he couldn't see clearly, he felt like It was his son and daughter in law embracing their children. Elder Gu doesn't know if it's just his hallucinations. But he wants to believe that they are still with them and looking after them. Corner of his eyes began to get wet.
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Bai Zen carefully collected the gifts that the servants gave to Weicheng. He was humming a song and was in quite a happy mood. How could he not be happy? As a person who literally grew up in the Gu family, he knew most of the things about this household. As a person who has been loyal to the household, he was very sad when a happy family collapsed just like that in a day.
When he decided to stay as a butler and follow in his fathers footsteps. His only hope was to protect his second young master who lost his family as much as he could, even if it meant sacrificing his own life.
Because Xiaochen wasn't just his young master. He was the sunshine of his life.
As a person with a good score and intelligence, he was often bullied by his classmates who were jealous of him, who is weak but was always able to be a top scorer in all his subjects. They bullied him with words at first but later they began to target him and even beat him.
He was weak mentally and physically, so always endured everything silently. Until he met his young masters, who protected him everywhere. Even though the second young master was weak just like him. Nobody dared to bully him because they were scared of the people behind him. Especially the eldest son of the Gu family.
A prodigy between prodigy's. Who is said to be blessed by the heavens. From look to personality to background nothing was ordinary. Everyone wants to be near that person. Most people look up to him rather than envying. Because, we can only envy those who are somewhat comparable to us but Gu Weicheng was an existence whom nobody can be compared with. Even from childhood. And what made him special was the fact that he has never been arrogant and conceited about everything he has and always been a calm and composed person despite being young. Which made him more admirable.
But that person has one reverse scale. That was his younger brother. Nobody could touch his younger brother which can cause them to face his wrath. Even in the whole rich circle nobody dared to touch that scale.
So, protection from Xiaochen means that you, indirectly, will be protected by Weicheng.
So after that nobody dared to mess with him.
Bai Zen was very thankful for this.
At that time he swore to protect them when he grew up.
And when he grew up everything changed. One of his young masters went missing and the other nearly went crazy. The sudden changes in everything made him confused for a while but still, it not only didn't change his determination of protecting his young master nut instead it made him more sure of his decision.
But watching his young master change day by day made him heartbroken and his only prayer was to see his young master happy once again.
And now his wish was fulfilled. And his young master almost returned his old self.
What else can he ask for?
So Bai Zen was very happy celebrating His Master's birthday after many years. This made him smile like an idiot. Even the maids passing by looked energetic and happy.
"Little Zen." Head maid called.
"Yes.." Bai Zen replied immediately.
"Can you put those boxes outside the gate?" she asked, pointing at some cardboard boxes in the corner.
"Of Course" Bai Zen replied happily and Walked towards the boxes.
He slightly lifted a box and realised it was all light weight party preparation materials. He looked at every box. There were nearly six or seven small boxes. He stacked everything. And carried it all together. Even though the boxes were small and light. Still it covered three fourths of his face.
Bai Zen began to walk towards the gate. Even then he was humming a song and walked through the garden admiring the flowers.
His eyes travelled everywhere except his path. Which caused him not to see the incoming person. The other person who was immersed in his phone also didn't notice Bai Zen. The result was both of them collided and boxes in Xiaochen flew up. The impact caused the confetti paper and sparkle to fly out of the box and showered all over both of them.
Bai Zen who thought he would fall, closed his eyes tightly waiting for the impact but the expected pain didn't come. But instead he felt a tight grab on his waist. Confused, He slightly opened his eyes. In between the falling sparkles and confetti he saw a pair of beautiful silver eyes looking at him.
(TbC)
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AHN Note :
Sorry for the late update. When I have a story I don't have enough time to write and when I have time. I will forget the whole plot I thought. It caused so much delay. Thank you for your patience.
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