Chapter 281: Chapter 281: Birthday Party Invitation

After Jiang Qin finished her drink, Wang Jia’er, his face flushed red, finally invited her, “Sister Qing, it’s actually my sister’s birthday tomorrow night. She would really love for you to come to her birthday party.

Ever since she lost the ability to walk and could only lie in bed all year round, she hasn’t celebrated her birthday for five years.

This year, because I got a role in this show, I’m a little better off financially, so after a lot of convincing, she finally agreed to celebrate her birthday.

But her only wish is to invite the ’sister’ who often has me bring her candy to the party, so could I trouble you to…”

“Sister Qing, don’t worry. Besides you, I’ve invited everyone from our crew, so there definitely won’t be any rumors!”

Seeing how nervous and flustered he was, Jiang Qin smiled faintly. “I’m also quite curious about this little sister who’s always writing me thank-you notes.

I was actually planning to visit her when I had a free day. I didn’t expect to receive an invitation from you first.”

Hearing this, the perpetually nervous Wang Jia’er finally relaxed, a boyish smile spreading across his face.

“Then I’ll send you the location tomorrow!”

“Okay.”

….

The next evening, after finishing work for the day, Jiang Qin and Yun Xie used their Flying Car’s navigation to head to the location Wang Jia’er had sent.

Also in the car was Long Hao, who had hitched a ride.

He was currently pouting and said, “What kind of dump is this location? We’re already outside the city.”

Jiang Qin was understanding about it. “Jia’er’s family isn’t well-off, after all. Houses in the suburbs are much cheaper.”

“He’s not well-off, yet he’s inviting our entire crew? Aren’t we going to eat that kid out of house and home?”

Jiang Qin detected the concern in Long Hao’s words and looked at him with a smile. “Don’t worry, Director Wen and the others have already discussed it. Some of them are bringing gifts, and others are giving cash gifts directly.

With this gift money, it should cover the cost of the party with some left over.”

Long Hao let out a dry laugh and turned his head away. “Good. This prince has never liked taking advantage of kids. I’ll give a cash gift, too.”

“Mm, I got her a beautiful dress with a temperature-regulating effect. I wonder if Jia’er’s sister will like it.”

“If she doesn’t like it, it just means she has no taste.”

Jiang Qin reminded him helplessly, “Your Highness, when we get to the Wang Family’s home, please don’t talk like that. Both of the kids are quite sensitive. You might not mean any harm, but they could overthink it.”

However, Long Hao’s focus was elsewhere. “We’re friends now, isn’t it a bit weird for you to still call me ’Your Highness’, Qinqin? Can’t you just call me by my name? Or you can call me Brother Hao, that works too.”

Jiang Qin was speechless.

“Alright, Prince Hao.”

“I meant call me by my name… without the ’Prince’.”

Jiang Qin said with a smile in her eyes, “That’s right, I did.”

Faced with such a soft-spoken Jiang Qin, Long Hao couldn’t get angry at all. The corner of his mouth quirked up, and his eyes filled with adoration as he said, “Fine, you can call me whatever you want. Even ’idiot’ would be fine.”

“I wouldn’t do that. That would be so impolite.”

Yun Xie, who was lazily holding Jiang Qin, suddenly spoke up, interrupting their banter. “We’re here.”

***

After the three of them stepped out of the Flying Car, they saw a neighborhood that looked like it was full of illegal structures.

The buildings here were a mishmash of styles, built from all sorts of different materials. It was clearly an unplanned residential area.

You could say it was an area, in an unsupervised zone, where a group of homeless people had built temporary shelters.

Long Hao frowned deeply and asked, “Which one of these houses does that kid live in?”

Jiang Qin opened her Light Computer to check. “It’s building five in the third row.”

“Fine. I don’t know what that kid was thinking, inviting so many people to such a cramped place.”

“But this also shows Jia’er’s sincerity.”

’Not everyone is willing to reveal their embarrassing circumstances to others. The fact that he invited them so openly just proves that he truly sees them as friends.’

Hearing this, Long Hao didn’t say anything more.

The three of them followed the building numbers and found the fifth house in the third row.

It was a small, two-story house, its surface mottled and dilapidated.

You could tell the material wasn’t good; it would corrode easily.

“This must be it, right?” Long Hao knocked directly on the door.

The door opened quickly, revealing Wang Jia’er, who still had his shy smile.

“Sister Qing, Brother Yun, Brother Hao, you’re here so early? Come in, come in and sit down.”

None of the three looked around indiscreetly, nor did they show any disgust at the poor surroundings.

Jiang Qin smiled and said, “Sorry to intrude.”

But after entering the house, she found that Wang Jia’er’s home wasn’t just small, but also a little too quiet.

She asked in confusion, “Jia’er, has everyone else not arrived yet?”

At her question, a flicker of something passed through Wang Jia’er’s eyes. Then he smiled shyly and guessed, “They probably got delayed on the way. My place isn’t easy to find, after all.”

’That was true. The route here was winding, and the signal kept cutting out from time to time.’

Meanwhile, the rest of the group, who had been led to a different slum area, were bustling about, decorating the venue.

They had no idea they had arrived at a completely different place.

“Then why haven’t you decorated the house? If the birthday party is this simple, it feels a little desolate.”

The room only had a few sets of tables and chairs, decorated with some artificial flowers. It really was a bit too plain.

Wang Jia’er said helplessly, “My sister was worried I’d spend too much money, so she specifically told me to keep it simple.”

Jiang Qin expressed her understanding. “That’s nice. Your sister’s feelings are what matter most. By the way, where is your sister? Can I go see her first?”

’She was genuinely curious about her little pen pal.

After all, in the Interstellar age, choosing to communicate with handwritten letters was a very niche thing to do.

But after receiving candy from her for the first time, Wang Jia’er’s sister had chosen to write a thank-you note on paper, even adding a colorful drawing for her.

One could only imagine how rich the inner world of this girl, who could only lie in bed all year, must be.

She didn’t just want to meet her; she wanted to help her, too.

After all, she was already donating large sums of money to sponsor all sorts of people, so adding one more wouldn’t be a problem.’

Wang Jia’er led them to the second floor, whispering, “My sister and my father usually live on the second floor.

They haven’t really gone out much since they got sick, and they’re afraid of meeting strangers. Usually, the second-hand housekeeping robot I bought takes care of them.”

The three of them nodded without a word.

When they reached the innermost room on the left side of the second floor, Wang Jia’er said, “We’re here.”

Long Hao spoke softly, “I won’t go in. I’m a single male; it wouldn’t be appropriate.”

Yun Xie, who had hesitated for a moment, also didn’t want to go in, but he followed anyway.

But Wang Jia’er stopped him with an apologetic look. “Um, could you wait for me a moment? I’ll ask the robot to see if my sister is ready for visitors right now.

After all… she’s in bed all day. She might need to tidy up a bit.”

“Mm, that’s fine. Go ahead and ask.”

Wang Jia’er operated his computer. After a while, he frowned and said, “Huh? That’s strange. Why isn’t the robot responding?”

“Tsk, don’t tell me the old relic broke down?” Long Hao guessed, his expression exasperated.

Wang Jia’er awkwardly tried to restart the robot while calling out to his sister from outside the door.

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