Chapter 674 An Unexpected Visitor on Eve's Birthday

Thick blinds divide the bright sunlight into countless parts, and when it falls into the room, only a bunch of neatly cut rectangular blocks of color remain.

But it was these patches of color that burned Mikael's eyes, causing him to gradually wake up.

"Well……"

What caught my eye when I woke up was not a familiar or unfamiliar ceiling, but a computer.

So strange...why not sleep on the bed?

Mikael rubbed his eyes and flicked aside the eye mucus he picked out. His tired body stretched itself, and a yawn took shape with all his strength.

Something slipped from his body, and after a while, Mikael realized that it was a blanket. The blanket fell from the body, and part of it fell to the desktop, touching the mouse, and the computer with the screen turned on again, revealing a pale Word document.

"Still haven't written a single word?"

Mikael supported his head with his hands, only to feel that his head was swollen and heavy.

But after paying such a price, the harvest is still nothing.

It's quite funny.

But hasn’t it always been like this? Hard work will not necessarily be rewarded. This is the normal state of life. Therefore, he was not too depressed.

The birds outside the window were chirping, and from time to time they would flutter their wings and fly around twice, then fall back to the branches again, as if they were just stretching their muscles.

"Dong-dong-dong-dah-dah-dah-dah-dah-dah-dah!"

Alicia's unique knocking method came from behind, and a picture quickly emerged in Mikael's mind - she was lazily leaning on the door frame, with a quirky smile on her lips, letting four fingers The joints danced on the door, playing a series of brisk and unknown tunes.

Thinking of this, it was hard for him not to smile.

And Alicia had already pushed the door open while he was smiling.

"Did you have insomnia again last night?"

She walked up behind Mikael, reached out and held his head, and gently pressed his temples with her slightly cold middle finger.

"Sorry, I suddenly felt some inspiration last night, so I got up and wanted to write something. Anyway, there is no need to worry about the holidays these two days - I didn't wake you two up, right?"

After the words were spoken, Mikael felt that they were a bit redundant.

If he didn't wake up, where did the blanket on his body come from?

"Are you worried about something? Ever since you had Eve and we moved out of the Golden Courtyard, you almost no longer write manuscripts at night."

"I……"

Mikael looked at the empty document, with a wry smile on his lips.

Although he didn't say anything, Ellie quickly understood what he meant.

"Would you like to record our story?"

"yes."

Mikael sighed softly.

"Just like what he said at the beginning, this story has no meaning and no value to be remembered, but as long as the person who has read this story is making certain choices, he suddenly thinks of this story and it affects him. choice, then this story was given meaning. They gave me a chance to survive by forgetting all this, so when I remembered everything, I also wanted to let this story be told again. What they saw.”

"But, it's still a bit difficult."

"Yes. I clearly remember everything that happened in my mind, but it is not easy to delete and arrange these memories into a story that can be read. It is just a story. At the beginning, I felt like I didn’t know how to write, and there were also some unspeakable parts of the story that followed, and I didn’t know whether to keep them or hide them.”

"But it's not an option to keep doing this."

Ellie hugged Mikael's head from behind. Mikael was so comfortable that he couldn't help but take a deep breath, but Ellie quickly let go of her embrace, and her five fingers moved around Mikael like they were tapping on a piano. A flash across his head.

"At least now, it's time for you to wake Eve up! Go quickly, I'll serve you breakfast, and you won't forget what day it is today - it's Eve's birthday! In a while, Maeby Us, Ava, Sakura, Eden, Aponia, Phyllis... everyone will come! Mei and Kevin will definitely bring Adam with them, so be prepared!"

"Yeah, that's true."

Mikael gathered up the blankets and folded them, then stretched and stood up.

Ai Li had already left the study, and when he followed him out, he immediately smelled the aroma of fried eggs.

So the pace couldn't help but speed up.

Walking into the nearby bedroom, Eve huddled up in the quilt in a formal manner, especially around her neck, which was wrapped quite tightly, but her feet were exposed.

Mikael couldn't help but snickered twice, then stretched out his index finger and lightly scratched the pink sole.

"Well……"

Eve frowned in her sleep, but did not wake up.

"Ah, it seems we still have to use the old method."

Mikael whispered to himself in a low voice, then raised his foot and slowly stretched it under Eve's nose.

Eve's small nose twitched slightly, and her silver eyebrows, which were the same as Mikael's, quickly twitched, wanting to wrinkle into a "W" shape. When she opened her eyes, she saw what was in front of her. At that moment, Dangjie let out a shrill scream:

"Mom! Dad used his feet to stink me again!"

"Ah? Mikael!! You worthless guy!!!"

Two minutes later, Mikael stood in front of the sink, brushing his teeth and rubbing the bump on his head, while Eve was standing on a stool, brushing her teeth as well, but with a clenched look on her face.

"Pfft, pfft, pfft!"

She spit a bunch of toothpaste foam in front of Mikael, but her fierce look was like a kitten who could not resist and could only use her eyes to convey her anger. Mikael could not help but reach out and rub her long silver hair, which had become messy due to sleeping, into a mess.

"Hurry up! Come and have breakfast!"

Hearing the urging voice outside, the father and daughter hurriedly sped up their actions.

Ellie had already prepared hot water for the two of them to wash their faces at the sink. Even the father and daughter's towels were placed on the side of the basin. The two washed their faces in the same basin. Mikael poured out the hot water, stood on tiptoe and hung the basin and towel on the rack beside him. Eve had already jumped down from the high stool, and then punched Mikael on the butt with a standard forehand punch.

"Go to hell! Stinky dad!!"

"Shh! Don't curse your father like that."

Before Mikael said anything, Ellie had already poked her head out of the door.

The expression on Eve's face froze. She was stunned for a long time before she asked back in confusion:

"But mom, didn't you scold her like that just now?"

Ellie smiled without saying anything, and Mikael had already knocked her on the head with a slap.

"Of course, children don't understand parents' affairs!" She then rubbed Eve's hair and asked: "Today is your birthday. Aunt Mobius and Aunt May will be here soon. Adam will also come by then. I have to comb your hair well - you don't want Adam to see your messy hair, right? So, should I comb your hair now or after breakfast?" "Of course, breakfast first!" Eve raised her hands and shouted with full energy. The blue-pink eyes, like her mother, only had the desire to eat.

…………

However, Mikael, who had collected several short videos of hair braiding, finally came to the sink with a plate after more than ten minutes. The hair combing was finally handed over to Ellie to complete. The reason was quite simple - "Last year, you spent half an hour to do it for her, and she ended up with a sky-high braid. For this, Eve was ridiculed by Adam for half a year. This year, you can't play with it anymore!!"

But... washing dishes is not bad either.

As soon as the faucet was turned on, the warm water that Ellie had adjusted was used. Although the temperature has been rising recently, even if cold water is used, the hands will not be frozen, but...

Sometimes, it is not just the hands that are warm.

It is just a few dishes, and it does not take much time to wash all the pots.

The door of the bathroom was closed. Through the frosted glass on the door, Eve could be vaguely seen sitting on a stool, letting Ellie play with her hair. Just looking at the hazy outline, it seems that Ellie has not decided what hairstyle to give Eve until now.

Mikael couldn't help shaking his head and laughing, but as he laughed, he walked back to the study, facing the empty documents, and was in a daze alone.

Where should I start writing, how should I write this story?

Is it really difficult to write?

Mikael couldn't help asking himself.

The answer is - it is not difficult.

Although he did not have the experience of writing a novel, he had been working in a media company in the past few years after the world restarted, and he had been exposed to too many words. It was not difficult to just convert those memories into words.

Perhaps, what really prevented him from writing was never the various reasons he said, but a fear that was so thin that it was difficult to detect -

Is he really qualified to write this story?

Can he write this story well?

Will his expression cause misunderstandings and thus taint this story?

"Heh--"

With a sigh, Mikael sat up straight and slowly stretched his hands to the keyboard.

It's okay.

He told himself in his heart.

As someone who has personally experienced the entire story, no one is more qualified than him to write this story.

Can doing nothing and writing nothing guarantee the purity of this story?

No, this will only bury this story forever, and those who have gambled their memories for the ending of this story will also lose their memories of this story forever.

So...

Mikael put his fingers on the keyboard keys.

He must write it, and he will definitely write it.

No one needs to encourage him, and no one should interfere with this process.

Because this was the agreement he made with those who saved him from the beginning.

He typed a quotation mark on the blank document.

But suddenly, the doorbell rang and interrupted his thoughts.

"Mikael, someone is coming, go open the door!"

Ellie also called him.

"It's a bit unfortunate... but it doesn't matter."

Mikael closed his eyes and exhaled slowly.

Once you have made up your mind, it's no big deal even if you are interrupted.

He turned and walked towards the door, turned the doorknob to open it, and saw the emerald green outside the door at first sight.

"Ha! I won't be the first one to arrive, right?"

Mebius put his hands in his spotless white coat and looked at him with a smile.

"Really, but you came so early, Klein has to work overtime again."

"Do I look like someone who is so ruthless and only knows how to drive people to work?"

Mobius raised his eyebrows, stepped into the house, and took out a pair of green slippers from the shoe cabinet without waiting for Mikael to do anything.

"Where's Alicia?"

She asked casually.

"Combing Eve's hair in the bathroom, how--"

Suddenly hit, Mikael took two steps back, leaned against the wall, and his hands fumbled around the wall for a while, and finally put them on Mobius' waist.

"Mikael, who came first? Why didn't you hear anything?"

Hearing this, Mikael hurriedly patted Mobius on the waist twice, and the latter ended this long and exciting kiss with a playful smile.

"It's me, what's wrong. I'm the first one to arrive, and you're disappointed?"

Compared to Mikael, who was panting heavily, Mobius had a relaxed attitude and didn't mind showing off his presence.

"Ah, it's Mebius, then I won't be in a hurry, I'll try a few more hairstyles for Eve. Mikael, you will be the one to entertain Mebius!"

"Oh——"

Mikael just responded, but unexpectedly Mebius rushed over again as if he had received an imperial decree.

"Hey, what are you doing——uh——help——"

After the resistance was ineffective, Mikael could only pray in a vague voice:

"Door...close the door first..."

However, Mebius didn't care about his request at all. She was just like a person who saw a water source in the desert, greedily asking for Mikael's saliva, and even her hand had reached into the hem of Mikael's T-shirt...

"Cough cough!"

At the critical moment, the cough at the door finally saved Mikael.

"That...did I come at the wrong time?"

Hua carried a bag of snacks and looked expressionlessly at the men and women who were completely entangled in the living room. Only familiar people could catch a trace of panic from the calm eyes.

Mikael finally managed to struggle out of Mobius's arms. He stared at Hua with a burning gaze that was almost like a savior, and shouted in a suppressed voice:

"No, Hua, you came at the right time!!!"

"?"

Hua frowned, watching Mikael rushing towards her with a touching face. She frowned, obviously misunderstanding something, so she closed the door from the outside with a "bang".

…………

Not long after, in the living room-

The TV was playing a documentary about walking into nature, and the gray and furry slow loris was moving its short arms and long legs at the same time, crawling gently and slowly on the branches at night.

Its round and long head looked like a cat stuffed in a cup, and its amber eyes were as prominent and bright as gems, but this animal, which was cuter than a cat, took advantage of the slow movements of cold-blooded animals in the cold night and swallowed a lizard into its mouth in one gulp.

"Oh!!"

Eve in Mikael's arms let out a cry that was neither pitiful nor excited. In contrast, Mikael, who was holding her, looked hopeless.

Alicia and Mobius were sandwiching him, one on each side. Both of them had calm smiles on their faces, but the aftermath of the explosion caused by their eye contact was seen by Mikael between them.

He had to cast his eyes on Hua at the other end of the sofa. The meaning in his eyes was self-evident, but Hua's mouth twitched and he could only respond with a helpless look.

It was terrible, really terrible.

Hua pulled the collar of his shirt and felt that the confrontation between the two women almost evaporated the air in the entire living room. Only Eve didn't understand anything, so she couldn't feel anything.

In this situation, she naturally couldn't get close to him at this time. After all, she couldn't be said to have a clear conscience. If she had any intention of getting close to Mikael, it might escalate this silent war.

"Oh, right! I can't think of a good gift for Eve. According to the custom of Shenzhou, I'll give her a small red envelope!"

Mebius suddenly took out a not-so-thin red envelope from his pocket and handed it to Eve.

"On such an important day, you're just giving some money or something, Mebius, you're too perfunctory, aren't you?"

Alicia said with a smile.

But in a blink of an eye, Eve had already put the red envelope in her pocket, which made her look stiff.

"Be good, Eve, give the red envelope to mom, just as your kindergarten tuition for the second half of the year."

Although she was still smiling, Alicia bit every word hard.

Eve seemed to notice that her mother's mood was not right. She was a little scared and tightened the red envelope in her arms, and then looked up at her father.

Mikael looked up at the ceiling expressionlessly-ah? What is a daughter? Or his own life is more important.

"Oh? You actually have to rely on red envelopes to pay for tuition? Is your family's financial situation already so tight? Not to mention Mikael's salary, the gifts you receive every month as a virtual anchor are not a small amount, right? What's more, I heard from Eden that the lyrics of several of her songs were written by you and your wife, and you should have received a lot of money."

"Ah, yes, yes."

Alicia's teeth chattered, but when she saw Eve's nervous face, her expression relaxed again.

"Ah, speaking of which, Eve has already started kindergarten. Time flies."

Ellie gently touched Eve's head, and then smiled and asked Mebius a soul-searching question:

"Dr. Mebius is older than me, right? When will you get married and have a child? If you don't work hard now... Oh, by the way, since you like Eve so much, how about letting Eve recognize you as her godmother and taking care of you in the future?"

It was a very beautiful counterattack. Except for Mikael sighing in his heart and Hua shrinking towards the edge of the sofa and shivering, Mebius, who was really facing this blow, had a livid face.

Ellie finally showed a winner's smile on her face - but only for a second.

Because a child who knew nothing took it seriously.

"Godmother! Please accept my child's worship!"

Eve raised her hands high, then placed her hands flat in front of her to simulate the ground, and then kowtowed hard on it.

"Um...Mom Mobius, will there be red envelopes in the future?"

Mobius smiled and pried open Eve's fingers, snatching the red envelope back from her hand.

But just when Eve was crying and wanted to regret, she took out a thick stack of money from her pocket and stuffed it into the red envelope, almost making the red envelope into a ball, and then handed it back to Eve.

"..."

Alicia silently pinched the soft flesh on Mikael's waist.

"Alas..."

Mikael looked at the ceiling, indicating that he knew nothing.

But the next moment, he saw Ellie reaching out her hand with a weird smile, wiping the corner of his mouth, and then handing the index finger with some lipstick to his eyes.

The muscles on Mikael's face twitched, and finally, with an awkward and stiff smile, he took the red envelope from Eve's hand.

"Be good, it's not good for a child to have so much money, daddy will save it for you."

Eve did not resist, but covered her chest tightly, turned all her attention back to the TV, and her face was neither sad nor happy.

And Hua...she had been moving towards the edge of the sofa without saying a word, almost hiding in the kitchen.

But even so, she could not escape.

"Hey Hua! Why are you sitting so far away from us? Come and sit next to me! Or - don't you like sitting with us?"

Hua opened her mouth, and when she didn't know how to answer, the doorbell suddenly rang again.

She quickly volunteered to open the door, but after opening the door, two pink figures appeared in front of her again -

Ying was holding a big watermelon in her hand, and Ling was holding a rectangular gift box in her hand, standing at the door.

"Ah! Ying is here too, come here, let's sit together!!"

Aili stood up with a calm and gentle smile on her face.

But Mikael had already taken out his phone while Ellie stood up and spoke, clicked on Kevin's profile picture, and quickly typed four words:

"Come quickly, help!"

So, when Kevin and Mei arrived, each holding Adam, they only saw Ellie, Mobius, Hua, and Ying sitting on the sofa, talking and laughing, looking peaceful.

"Eh? Where are Mikael and Eve?"

Kevin clenched his sweaty palms, but did not see Mikael.

"Him, hehe——"

Ellie sneered twice and pointed to the closed study door.

"He and Ling went to the room to play games, and Eve is cheering them on."

Kevin swallowed nervously, and glanced at Mei from the corner of his eye without making a sound.

But Mei pushed up her glasses on the bridge of her nose and glared at him gently in return.

"Mei, why are you glaring at me?"

Kevin, who was outspoken, asked directly with grievance.

But Mei just walked Adam to the sofa, turned around and said in a low voice:

"Hey, man."

"I didn't do anything?"

Kevin scratched the back of his head, aggrieved, said hello and ran into the study.

It was not until more than two hours later that the door of the study opened again, and Mikael came out rubbing his sore eyes, followed by the shouts of several people:

"Hit the back! Hit the monster behind me, Brother Kevin!!"

"I'm stuck here on this stone and can't get through!"

"Jump! Hey... Don't press the forward button, jump first and then press the forward button to get through!"

"Hahaha! Uncle Kevin is so lame!"

"It was just a mistake, wait, what did you call me?"

"Uncle Kevin . "

"..."

"Hahahaha!"

"Auntie Ling, your laugh is so ugly."

"..."

Bang——

Mikael closed the study door awkwardly, but found that everyone in the living room had already arrived——

The women were crowded on the sofa in the living room, chattering. Ai Li was of course the undisputed host. After Vilvi, Abonya, Eden, Desdobia, Himiko, Blanca, Ceria and others joined in, the strange feeling was finally diluted a lot.

It seemed that no one cared what was on the TV, and of course no one paid attention to Su who was standing in front of the TV and watching the documentary of traditional Chinese medicine with his chin held up.

Qianjie was frying something in the kitchen with a high fire. It smelled like squid. Hen was helping him, but considering his cooking skills, maybe it was because he couldn't stand the conversation of the women in the living room.

Compared to Hen, Kosmo was much more self-aware. He just stood beside Qianjie with a cold face, observing every step of his cooking.

And Paduo was also standing on the side by the pool. She looked at the ingredients tumbling in the pot and absorbed the aroma wafting in the air. Her eyes were bright and she simply had "I want to eat secretly" written on her face. .

It seems like someone is missing...

Mikael looked into the bedroom and saw the grown-up Gracie looking at the paintings graffitied by little Eve and her mother on the bedroom balcony.

The voices of the women talking were really noisy, and they were talking about topics that Mikael couldn't understand, but he didn't feel irritated.

Instead, I felt a rare sense of calmness in my heart.

This ending... isn't bad either.

Anyone who has seen their past and now will definitely feel this way, right?

That’s why he had to put this story into words…

Ding dong——

The doorbell rang again, and Mikael was stunned for a moment, and then the whole living room fell silent. Only the sound of cooking that almost broke the pots still came from the kitchen.

It's strange, everyone is already here.

Mikael knew that this should not be just his doubts, but this did not prevent him from walking to the door and looking out through the peephole...

Then, he fell silent.

Turning his head and looking at everyone with a smile——

"Don't worry, we are acquaintances."

Mikael opened the door and was met by Mei's smile.