Chapter 71: Birthday

The call ended, and Ye Xuan called Lin Xu again, saying, “Dean Lin, I have something I want to ask for your help with tomorrow.”

Lin Xu was suspicious and asked, “Help? What kind of trick are you up to now?”

Ye Xuan smiled and said, “It’s nothing much. It’s just that tomorrow is Mengli’s birthday, and I want to arrange a grand birthday party for her. At that time, I will have my sister take Mengli away, and we can decorate the entire academy. What do you think?”

Lin Xu immediately responded, “Are you crazy? Su Mengli is indeed a treasure of our academy, but using the entire academy to arrange a birthday party for her, how will others see it? Other people also want to celebrate their birthdays at school. As the dean, should I agree or refuse?”

Ye Xuan replied directly, “That’s not a problem. I just want to borrow the academy’s venue and staff. I didn’t say I won’t spend money.”

Lin Xu immediately said, “Money? Do you think we lack money? How can our prestigious Awakening Academy in the Magic City hold a birthday party for a student just for money?”

Ye Xuan smiled and said, “You may not lack money, but what about spirit stones? For Mengli’s birthday party tomorrow, if the academy is willing to cooperate with me in the decoration, I am willing to pay 200 spirit stones as the cost of renting the venue. What do you think?”

Lin Xu responded again, “This is not about spirit stones, it’s a matter of principle, you know? The school has its rules…”

“500 spirit stones!”

“Deal! Rest assured, tomorrow I will mobilize all the faculty and students of the school to cooperate with you and ensure that your girlfriend has a grand birthday party! But you, kid, really don’t take spirit stones seriously,” Lin Xu said honestly.

Ye Xuan said lightly, “There’s nothing I can do. I don’t lack anything else, just not spirit stones.”

“Alright, anyway, you can rest assured tomorrow. I will cooperate with everything,” Lin Xu said.

“Thank you, Dean Lin.”

“No need to thank me. I’m just doing it for the sake of spirit stones,” Lin Xu said truthfully.

Early the next morning, Ye Xue found an excuse to take Su Mengli out of the school.

As soon as the two left, Lin Xu mobilized the entire school, saying, “Listen up, today is Su Mengli’s birthday. At the request of Ye Xuan, we all need to celebrate Su’s birthday. This morning, we will work together to decorate the birthday party.”

A female student expressed dissatisfaction and said, “Dean Lin, I just had my birthday the day before yesterday. Why didn’t anyone celebrate for me?”

Lin Xu responded calmly, “That’s because you don’t have a boyfriend like Ye Xuan. This time, Ye Xuan paid 500 spirit stones to rent our academy’s venue. It’s only right for us to help him with the decoration. In addition, everyone who participates in the decoration will receive five credits. Now, time is running out, so let’s get to work!”

Upon hearing this, the female student had nothing to say. 500 spirit stones were enough to sell her whole family, and she couldn’t come up with so many spirit stones.

No one likes to be treated unfairly, even if Su Mengli is an SSS-class genius. However, since she exchanged spirit stones for this opportunity, no one could say anything.

Next, everyone in the school started to move, going to the corresponding stores to buy balloons, ribbons, background boards, and other decorative items for the birthday party.

The style of the entire academy was visibly changing at a rapid pace. The originally solemn academy atmosphere turned into a cute pink theme, with balloons and ribbons hanging everywhere.

Even on the school gate, the words “Happy 18th Birthday Su Mengli!” were covered by 32-inch aluminum foil letters.

Everyone was busy, and finally, everything was set up by a little after 11 o’clock. After a short break, they waited for Su Mengli to arrive.

Finally, at twelve o’clock, Su Mengli and Ye Xue returned. Ye Xue immediately noticed the changes in the academy, so she covered Su Mengli’s eyes and said, “Mengli, close your eyes first. Someone has prepared a surprise for you.”

Su Mengli was stunned for a moment, nodded slightly, and then, with her eyes covered by Ye Xue, walked into the academy.

Then, Ye Xue let go of her hand, and in front of her, there was a scene of colorful lights, balloons, and ribbons. The entire academy had been carefully decorated as a birthday party venue.

Then, everyone in the school, from Dean Lin Xu to all the ordinary students, began to sing, “Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you…”

They sang while clapping rhythmically, cooperating very well.

At the same time, various colored balloons fell from the sky, creating a beautiful scene.

In the midst of the music, a person wearing a panda plush toy pushed a birthday cake over. The birthday cake was over one meter tall, with eighteen candles on it, and the words “Happy Birthday” written on it.

Then, Ye Xuan’s voice came from the plush toy, saying, “Mengli, happy birthday!”

When Su Mengli heard this voice, tears of excitement almost flowed out. She never expected that her 18th birthday would be so wonderful.

The congratulations from hundreds of people made her very grateful, and Ye Xuan’s appearance made her even more touched.

At this moment, Ye Xuan pushed the birthday cake in front of Su Mengli. Then, he opened his arms and hugged Su Mengli.

Su Mengli’s eyes turned red. In her excitement, she didn’t care about being shy. She squeezed herself into Ye Xuan’s arms as if she wanted to merge her entire body into his, becoming a part of Ye Xuan.

As for Ye Xuan, he heard the long-lost prompt sound again: “Congratulations, host. The favorability of your partner, Su Mengli, has increased to 80 points. Please continue to work hard!”

Ye Xuan noticed that the system’s prompt changed from “friend” to “partner.” It seemed that she was indeed different from others, even the system knew!

The favorability only increased by ten points, and it still couldn’t increase her talent, but Ye Xuan wasn’t surprised. Favorability is something that becomes more difficult as it goes on. Being able to increase by ten points now already satisfied Ye Xuan.

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