Chapter 63: Taking You to Fly

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After running to the gate, Little Drop didn’t see Li Yan, so she quickly dialed Li Yan’s number by the roadside. Because of her running, she was a bit out of breath. Just as she was taking a deep breath to speak, Li Yan’s voice came through immediately: "In key moments of movies when there’s a rush, directors like to have the protagonist run with their legs. Do you like running too?"

Little Drop quickly turned her head, looking around. She knew he was nearby since she ran there.

"Li Yan, where are you? Why can’t I see you?"

"Walk to the center, put away your phone, and you’ll see me."

Without a doubt, Little Drop immediately put away her phone and quickly walked to the center of the school gate. She looked ahead to see if a car might suddenly drive up. He had seen her running towards him, so he had to be nearby. But her eyes couldn’t find Li Yan or his car.

Just as Little Drop was perplexed, she suddenly noticed the students returning from outside were all exclaiming and looking to the left. She couldn’t help but turn her head to look to the left.

Suddenly, her eyes widened and her mouth gaped open, finding it hard to believe what she saw.

Out of nowhere, countless rose petals showered down on her from the sky, like a rainfall of petals. And amidst the petal rain, she could faintly see Li Yan walking in the air towards her!

Seeing the petal rain, Little Drop was enveloped by immense surprise and happiness. But witnessing Li Yan striding effortlessly in the air towards her, she found it hard to believe it was real. It must be a dream, right? Only in dreams could one experience endless surprises, only in dreams could everything turn into reality.

Yet very quickly, as the night wind danced the rose petals around in the air, they floated onto her head, some landing on her forehead and face, making everything feel so real.

Even if it’s a dream, it’s a beautiful dream!

Little Drop reached out her hands, welcoming the falling rose petals, feeling the fantasy and splendor of being in a petal rain.

At this moment, she noticed Li Yan, who was elegantly floating from the air, had landed beside her and extended his hand to her.

Li Yan didn’t speak, rose petals still falling above, and the students inside and outside the school gate had stopped passing by, all changed to spectators. But Little Drop didn’t care; in her view, since it’s my dream, why should I mind the reactions of passersby in the dream?

She immediately extended her hand to Li Yan, but Li Yan didn’t take her hand; instead, he grasped it and pulled her into his arms.

Having spent an evening of anticipation and disappointment, now followed by consecutive surprises, Little Drop found it hard to distinguish whether it was dream or reality. She decided not to discern dream from reality, closing her eyes and pressing close to his chest. His solid chest, his warm embrace...feeling so real, why care if it might be a dream? If it truly is a dream, she wishes not to wake up!

At that moment, Li Yan’s gentle words reached her ears, "I said I would spend the whole day with you on your birthday, so I came early..."

"Hmm, I’m very happy."

"I said I’d spend a week thinking about how to celebrate your birthday. Now, I want to take you flying!"

"I already feel like I’m flying..." Little Drop closed her eyes. At this moment, she truly felt unreal, as if floating mid-air.

Just after she blissfully spoke these words, she suddenly sensed weightlessness. Following that, she realized she truly didn’t have her feet on the ground. She vaguely heard cheers and applause from nearby, and she quickly opened her eyes.

Opening her eyes, Little Drop was astonished to find she really had flown up! She wasn’t standing on the ground anymore but was more than two meters off it, and they were ascending higher, flying at an angle. She also noticed it wasn’t her flying; it was Li Yan holding her, taking her soaring!

Oh my! He really can fly!

Little Drop watched as the crowd below became smaller, holding Li Yan tightly, she asked excitedly, "Uncle, so you really can fly! Are you Superman?"

Li Yan softly laughed in her ear, "Do you like it?"

"I love it!"

While speaking, Little Drop noticed they had flown higher, reaching the treetops nearby. She, being thrilled by the Joy Valley, Ocean Park, and Joy World themes, felt no fear, only exhilaration and excitement. Observing the onlooking students at the school gate growing distant, seemingly all raising their heads to take photos and such, she almost wanted to cheer.

"Not flying anymore? Uncle, you’re amazing! Standing not on the treetop but hovering in the air! Can you fly around the school roof for me? I’ve never viewed the campus from above!"

Hearing Little Drop’s excited words, Li Yan got a bit sweaty and could only say, "Well... the area is too large, nowhere to support, probably the steel wire master can’t achieve that! I’ll discuss it with them next time."

Little Di opened her eyes wide: "Are we... doing the wire stunt like in the movies?"

"What do you think?" At Li Yan’s signal, the two were slowly lowered down.

As they descended, Little Di didn’t indulge in the dreamy feeling as she did before. She fumbled on Li Yan for a bit and then looked up. Sure enough, they were suspended by wires.

Once they landed, someone came over to help Li Yan unfasten the wire buckle around him. The follow-up work would be taken care of by their wire stunt team. Li Yan took Little Di by the hand and walked to a car that had been parked nearby.

Little Di finally realized, "Uncle, so you hired people for the wire stunt. I thought you could really fly!"

"Haha, are you a bit disappointed now that the trick has been exposed?" Li Yan started the car.

"Not at all! You’ve already given me a huge surprise! I’ve experienced the feeling of flying. I’m sure all the girls watching below must be so envious of me!" Little Di said, leaping over to give Li Yan a smooch on the face.

"Hey! I’m driving here."

"Heehee... just messing with you, since you deliberately kept it a secret from me."

"It’s just that I didn’t have enough time. I originally planned to call you after the wires were set up, but you came out on your own."

"Outdoor LCD ads, newspaper announcements, sponsoring a tennis tournament, hmm... it seems indeed you had no time, but if I hadn’t come out, the whole school would be hunting me down."

As the car moved, Little Di also saw the large LCD advertising screen outside some event wall, where it was indeed displaying "Happy Birthday, Little Di." Even though she already heard about it in the dorm, seeing it in person was still very exciting for her. After they passed by, she kept looking back.

"Li Yan..." she gently called his name.

"Hmm?" Li Yan knew when she called him by his full name, she tended to speak seriously, so he glanced at her.

"All of this tonight... did you spend a lot of money?" Little Di bit her lip lightly.

She didn’t have much concept of money, but guessed that hiring singers, sponsoring the student tennis tournament didn’t require much. Hackers might be friends, but the outdoor LCD ads and the full-page newspaper ads must have cost a lot, not to mention the wire stunt team... With his income, it might take a year or two of salary, right?

"Not too much. As long as it surprises you and gives you a happy, unforgettable memory, it’s nothing." Li Yan smiled reassuringly.

"I know... You probably found it hard to get me a gift, so you organized such a grand, special gesture to make me stand out at school. But... I really don’t care about these things. As long as you can call me, be with me, even if we’re just sitting quietly, I’d be very happy." Little Di said earnestly.

Because of the gap in their identities, she worried that Li Yan might think she liked arrogance or luxury, and also worried that Li Yan might feel self-conscious about not being able to give expensive gifts due to financial constraints.

Li Yan parked the car on the roadside, reached out to gently stroke the back of her head, and said softly, "Little Di, I understand what you’re trying to say. And I didn’t have those thoughts. I just simply wanted to give you a unique way to celebrate. Of course, maybe things got a little flamboyant earlier, but rest assured, there won’t be any more events coming up. I’ll be with you your whole birthday."

Little Di grinned, "Really?"

"Really!"

"Really no more plans?"

"Yeah, how about I take you home? I’ll stay at your place tonight." Li Yan turned off his phone in front of her. Then jokingly said, "From now on, I’m completely yours!"

Seeing his actions and hearing his words, Little Di felt a flicker of excitement in her heart. Because between her and Li Yan, there was Zhang Yurong. She believed Zhang Yurong and Li Yan didn’t have feelings for each other before; otherwise, Li Yan wouldn’t have accepted her. But now, she realized, ever since the first time she went to his place and they were publicly seen together, Zhang Yurong seemed to have developed a sense of crisis, and her feelings with Li Yan had been rapidly heating up. And because of her positional advantage, Little Di needed fifty points, while she needed a hundred to surpass.

She also understood that in Li Yan’s heart, Zhang Yurong always held a place!

But now, Li Yan had turned off his phone and wasn’t going home tonight. And what he said, ’From now on, I’m completely yours!’ showed that at least for her entire birthday, he’d be entirely hers!

The thought of being able to be with him completely, without anyone else, even if just for a day, warmed Little Di’s heart.

"No way!"

"Hmm?"

"Nonsense, people wouldn’t hold a room for you without payment till now? Let’s go!" — This time, don’t let Little Di down, keep those votes coming from friends who like Little Di! (To be continued, for more on what happens next, please visit www.qidian.com, support the author, and support original reading!)