Chapter 50 - 50. Happy Birthday

Third person POV

Xu Tingfeng and Yao Jian were standing on the stage, Yao Jian's face was very serious and on the other side, Xu Tingfeng was smiling as wide as possible. Even though Xu Tingfeng was smiling but his eyes were bone chilling. Since Xu Tingfeng was on stage, Song Tao became the referee.

Song Tao: " Ready, fight!"

Both of them disappeared in the air, the bystanders looked around but didn't find them. Then Song Tao pointed to the sky, they looked up and saw them fighting in the air. Every Yao Jian's attacks were blocked by Xu Tingfeng.

Then Yao Jian kicked Xu Tingfeng's head but was dodged by Xu Tingfeng, Xu Tingfeng grabbed Yao Jian' other leg and used his full strength to threw him to the ground. " BAAM" Yao Jian was slammed to the ground, dust were everywhere, blocking his vision. But he saw a silhouette that getting closer to him in rapid speed. He immediately dodged to the side and " BAAM".

Xu Tingfeng sky dived from the sky and bashed his Guan Dao ( Guan Yu's weapon. Guan Yu is not my character, he exists and he is my hero!) towards Yao Jian's previous position. The impact was too big that it created a big hole. Then 5 knives flew towards Xu Tingfeng, he easily blocked the knives and he rapidly swung his Guan Dao behind him.

The dust were instantly cleared, Yao Jian squatted as he dodged Xu Tingfeng's attack. Hand claws appeared on his hand as he upper cut Xu Tingfeng with his claw. Xu Tingfeng somersaulted backwards while Yao Jian kept attacking him with the claw. But Yao Jian didn't realize that when Xu Tingfeng somersaulted, Xu Tingfeng swung his Guan Dao and knocked Yao Jian feet.

Yao Jian fell and before his back touched the ground, he managed to use his claw to support himself back up. But Xu Tingfeng was faster than him, the moment Yao Jian stood up, Xu Tingfeng pointed his Guan Dao on his neck. Xu Tingfeng smiled widely.

Xu Tingfeng: " Bruh, I win."

Yao Jian unsummoned his hand claw and chuckled. Xu Tingfeng unsummoned his Guan Dao, he laughed out loud and slapped Yao Jian's back.

Xu Tingfeng: " Ahahaha, I almost lost there."

Yao Jian: " Please don't joke Master. You aren't even serious in the match."

Xu Tingfeng: " Geehee~"

Hong er always thought that she could defeat Xu Tingfeng with agility but after watching the match, she knew it would be hard. All of that happened in a very short time, Xu Tingfeng and Yao Jian's match only took 4 minutes. After all of the matches ended, they went back to their usual training.

Xu Tingfeng unsually left the training field but today he looked a bit fidgety. Hong er looked at Xu Tingfeng with a confused expression but she decided to not care about it.

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Dinner*

5 people sat together in a round table, Hong er looked at their face and felt a little bit suspicious.

Hong er: ' Since this morning, everyone had been weird. Lin laoshi and Ruo er ( Shu Zhiruo) are weird too. They looked like they were hiding something from me.'

But she just shook off her thoughts, ' maybe they have some problem.' After they finished their dinner, Xu Tingfeng excitedly talked about Hong er's performance in the duel match. Xu Zhiqiang and Xu Zihao nodded their head in agreement. Xu Tingfeng kept talking non stop that it started to make Hong er suspicious.

Hong er: ' Father kept talking the same thing for 30 minutes already.'

Hong er: " Father, why are you so nervous?"

Xu Tingfeng: " N-nothing…"

While Hong er was focusing on Xu Tingfeng, Song Tao nodded his head towards Bai Huiqing. Bai Huiqing lightly nodded back.

Bai Huiqing: " Hong er, can you accompany mother for a second?"

Hong er: " Yes, mother."

The moment Bai Huiqing and Hong er left the hall, Xu Tingfeng sighed and loosened his body.

Xu Tingfeng: " Fuuhh~ Hong er is so sharp, she almost exposed our plan. Now, let's do the plan."

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Bai Huiqing and Hong er were sitting at a pavilion, the pavilion was built when they were away to the capital. The pavilion was in the middle of a small lake beside Xu residence. Hong er liked the pavilion very much, it was peaceful and refreshing. This was a good place for moon sighting.

Both of them were enjoying the bright full moon, the flower on the side of the lake added a happy atmosphere. But the dark sky slowly brighten, hundreds of small orange dots floated in the sky. Hong er was astonished by the floating things, she stood up from her chair and ran to the side of the pavilion.

She looked up with mouth agape, her eyes reflected the light of moon. She still didn't know what the floating things were, so she turned around and wanted to ask Bai Huiqing about the floaty things. But what she saw was more than a hundred people standing behind her with a lighted up paper lantern in their hands.

There were Bai Huiqing and Xu Tingfeng standing in the front, Xu Yingjie, Xu Yongzheng, Lan Mingzhu, Lin Yingyue, and all of the Xu family were standing there smiling at Hong er. Even Lan Qingshan was here.

All of the servants and elite forces lined up behind them and waving their hand towards Hong er, Hong er waved her hand back and smiled brightly, but she still didn't know what was this all about. Bai Huiqing stepped forward and handed Hong er the lantern.

Bai Huiging: " Today is your birthday my sweetheart. Everybody had come here to celebrate this happy day together. And there is a surprise for you."

Bai Huiqing walked to the side of the pavilion and stretched out both of her hands. the water in the lake started to swirl around and it shoots up. There was a pair of old couple appeared in the air, all of their body were made of water. They waved their hand towards Hong er then Bai Huiqing gave Hong er a letter.

Bai Huiqing: " This is your grandfather's and grandmother's surprise for you. And they wrote a letter for you."

Hong er opened the letter and read it. She was smiling from the moment she read the first few words of the letter.

' My cute little granddaughter, how are you doing? Of course you are fine right? Grandpa and Grandma specially prepared this surprise for you. Do you like it? The gifts are on the way to your residence, it will arrive tomorrow morning. Happy birthday Hong er, I wish you will always be healthy and happy."

Then the pair of old couple water statue changed into 50 people lined up.

Xu Yingjie: " They were the elite forces that stayed in Spider Lily. They had to protect the base so they couldn't come to celebrate the party. The power of chicken soup is truly amazing. "

The 50 water soldiers saluted Hong er, Hong er saluted back with a sweet smile. That day, Hong er told them to warm up the soup, but when they went to take the soup from the carriage, they were confused. ' Why are there 2 pots of soup? That's too many.' But they obeyed the order like a professional.

When Hong er went to the kitchen to take a look at the soup, she saw the soldiers were standing in front of the soup, staring at the soup intently. Hong er found it funny, she laughed and went to the stove. She took a bowl and poured the soup into the bowl. She gave the bowl to a soldier then she took a new bowl and poured the soup again. The soldiers could only stand there with a bowl of soup in their hand, they were confused, ' Is this a new test? Holding our hunger?'

Hong er: " I purposely made these for all of you, so please don't hold back, eat all of it as much as you want."

And since that day, Hong er unconsciously and successfully grabbed all of their hearts. Xu Yingjie passed a letter to Hong er, Hong er bowed and took the letter. She opened the letter and immediatey laughed out loud.

' Young Miss! Happy Birthday! We miss you! Please come and visit us! We are trapped in here! And please don't let Master see this letter!'

Xu Yingjie: " What did they write?"

Hong er folded the letter and put it in her sleeve pocket.

Hong er: " They congratulate me, that's all."

Xu Yingjie nodded and walked back to his previous position. The water went back to the lake like nothing happened. Bai Huiqing turned around and smiled at Hong er. The lantern in their hand started to float.

Bai Huiqing: " Hong er, this is the gift that Xi An's citizens and everyone in here gave you. We wish you a happy 8th birthday, always stay healthy and happy Hong er."

Hong er turned around and bowed to the crowd. She smiled brightly at them and shouted.

Hong er: " Today is the happiest day in my life! I love all of you! Thank you so much!"