Chapter 39: The Paper Crane with Magic

  "Big Wooden Uncle, come and catch me!"

  Carrying lanterns and barefoot, Su Yu Xi and Mu Yan ran on the beach, playing happily.

  Yu Jing looked at the red wine dripping from the bottle and only then realized that the Lafite bought by Mu Yan had already been drunk by herself.

  Since Mu Yan put down his own feet, he has been drinking non-stop. She seems to feel a little scared because she deeply feels a kind of deep-seated fantasy about happiness that has been buried in her heart for a long time. Subconsciously afraid of being sober, so she hopes to be more drunk.

  Yu Jing downed the half cup of red wine in one gulp, followed by a long sigh.

  Years of baptism in the business world, a bottle of red wine is far from intoxicating herself, and a gust of cold wind makes her even more sober.

  Listening to his daughter's happy laughter, Yu Jing fell into deep thought. After a long while, a hint of determination and decisiveness suddenly flashed in his eyes, and the corners of his mouth also added a touch of subtle smile.

  Yu Jing didn't watch lazily as her daughter played with Mu Yan, but instead took out the buttercream cake that Mu Yan had bought at the supermarket, lit the number five candle and shouted loudly: "Yu Xi, come quickly to make a wish and blow out the candles!"

  When she saw her mother light the birthday candles, little girl ran back immediately.

  "Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday..."

  Among the birthday songs sung by Uncle Big Tree and Mom, Su Yu Xi faced the birthday cake, with her hands clasped together in front of her chest, closed her beautiful big eyes and made a wish.

  After opening her eyes, Su Yu Xi took a deep breath and blew out the candle.

  Looking at her daughter's rosy little face full of happiness, Yu Jing asked gently: "Yuxi, what wish did you make?"

  "Mom, I can tell you too, but first give me the gift!" Su Yu Xi said with a hint of bargaining.

  "Okay, but Mom's gift for you is in the car. Why don't we ask Uncle Da Mu to get it?" Yu Jing said with a smile.

  "Mmm!" Su Yu Xi nodded vigorously.

  Mù Yán actually saw a set of Barbie doll toys when he was putting things in the trunk, and after Yú Jìng said something, he immediately took them over.

  Su Yu Xi was delighted after seeing it and immediately opened the packaging and hugged it in her arms.

  Seeing her daughter liked the gift, Yu Jing smiled and asked: "Okay, you can say your wish now!"

  "Uh, I hope next year on my birthday Uncle Da Mu can still come and spend it with Yu Xi, and...and..."

  When the daughter actually expressed such a wish, Yu Jing's heart was filled with a wave of melancholy. Seeing that she seemed to be afraid and didn't continue, she gently stroked her daughter's hair and softly asked: "Is there anything else?"

  Under her mother's caress, Su Yu Xi seemed to have gained some more courage, her big eyes blinking as she looked at her mother and asked: "Mommy, I told you not to get angry, okay?"

  "Okay, today is Yu Xi's birthday, Mom will definitely not be angry!" Yu Jing gently hooked up Yu Xi's little nose and smiled in agreement.

  With her mother's promise, Yu Xi finally felt at ease and looked up at Mu Yan with big eyes, saying: "Mom, I have another wish, can you make Big Wooden Uncle my dad?"

  When he heard this, Yu Jing's face suddenly became stiff, and even Mu Yan was embarrassed. He had never thought that after accompanying this little girl for half a day, she would actually want him to be her father.

  Perhaps because she had promised her daughter, Yu Jing didn't get angry and instead asked gently: "Yuxi, why do you want Big Wooden Uncle to be your dad?"

  "Because Big Wooden Uncle will play with me and also protect me from being bullied by others!" Yu Xi said.

  Upon hearing this, Yu Jing felt a pang of sadness again and glanced at Mu Yan, her eyes filled with complexity.

  Mu Yan crouched down at this time, rubbed Su Yu Xi's little head and smiled: "Yu Xi, it's not impossible for you to want Big Mu uncle to be your dad, but Big Mu uncle can only be your godfather. You also can't tell others, only in front of Big Mu uncle and your mom can you call me godfather or dad, but usually, at most you can only call me Big Mu uncle."

  "Why?" Su Yu Xi pouted her small mouth, very puzzled.

  "Rain, have you ever heard of the story of mermaids?" Mu Yan suddenly asked.

  Su Yu Xian nodded and said: "Huh, the prince didn't marry the mermaid, so the mermaid turned into bubbles?"

  "Yes, Big Wooden Uncle has also been cast with magic. If you reveal the secret to Rain, Big Wooden Uncle will disappear too. But as long as Rain keeps the secret, Big Wooden Uncle will come to accompany you often!" Mu Yan said softly.

  "Rain, don't tell others, Uncle Big Tree, you can't disappear!" As soon as Su Yu heard what Mu Yan said, she immediately agreed and even directly threw herself into Mu Yan's arms, afraid that her big tree uncle would disappear.

  Yu Jing looked at them, feeling uncomfortable in her heart, and towards Mu Yan, she felt grateful from the bottom of her heart, and her eyes became even more determined.

  "Big Uncle Mu, by the way, where's the gift you gave me?" After Mu Yan comforted her for a few moments, Su Yu Xi seemed to remember something and asked Mu Yan.

  Muyan smiled and took out five small paper cranes from his bosom.

  This small paper crane was made from just five pieces of colored paper, worth at most a few cents. Yu Jing had not expected that Mu Yan would actually use this as his daughter's birthday gift.

  Even Su Yu Xi felt a little surprised, although the small paper crane looked pretty good, but it seemed to have some gap with her own expectation, and the naive her directly asked: "Big Wooden Uncle, is this really the gift you gave me?"

  Mù Yán smiled and said, "Yes! Yu Xī, don't look down on these five small paper cranes, they have all been cast with magic. Big Tree Uncle can't always be with you, but if you miss Big Tree Uncle or need his help, just give one of the paper cranes to your mom, and Big Tree Uncle will quickly appear before you."

  "Really!" Upon hearing this, Su Yu Xi obviously became very happy, but soon fell into despair: "Uncle Da Mu, can you give me some more paper cranes? Five is too few, what should I do when they're all used up?"

  Little Yuanyuan was so anxious that she almost cried, Mu Yan rubbed her little head and smiled: "Yu Xi, don't worry, because today is your fifth birthday, so there are only five paper cranes. Next year when you're six years old on your birthday, Uncle Da Mu will give you six paper cranes again, and seven when you're seven!"

  As soon as she heard this, Su Yu Xi happily hugged the five small paper cranes in her hands, and these few small paper cranes seemed like her most precious things.

  Yu Jing knew that these few paper cranes were indeed the gift her daughter wanted most, Mu Yan was not her father after all and couldn't always be by Yu Xian's side, so she used five paper cranes to comfort her. Perhaps in her heart, as long as there were paper cranes, then she would be a child with a father, and her father would come to her side. Yu Jing suddenly felt her eyes moisten.

  Kneel down and beg you to collect it!