"Happy Birthday, Mengmeng." Li Bingbing said softly with a small smile on her lips.
Mengmwng felt so happy when her mother was smiling at her. She ran and hugged her by her leg, "Thank you, mama! I"m happy that mama didn"t forget Mengmeng"s birthday!"
Li Bingbing took a glance at Lu Xian Yu who carried Qinqing in his arms before she turned to her daughter who was hugging her leg. She chuckled a bit, "Why would I forget? Come, we don"t want this ice cream cake to melt so be we better start singing, shall we?"
"It"s ice cream cake?!"
"Ice cream cake?!"
The children exclaimed at the same time. They were surprised but at the same time, they were excited to have it.
Lu Xian Yu placed Qinqing on the chair before he called Mengmeng, "Come, princess."
Mengmeng released her mother"s leg before she went to her father and raised her arms, asking to be carried.
Lu Xian Yu chuckled, he scooped her up before he made her stand on the chair that was beside Qinqing"s.
Li Bingbing went and placed the cake on the table. She took the birthday candle and placed it on top of the cake before she lit it up.
"Now then, let"s all sing for this little angel." Lu Xian Yu patted her head.
"Hurry up! Hurry up! The ice cream cake will melt!"
Li Bingbing placed her hand on her daughter"s shoulder, "Calm down, Mengmeng, don"t jump, you might fall."
Mengmeng turned to her mother and hugged her from the side, "Okay, mama."
"Happy Birthday to youuu," Qinqing started to sing.
Li Bingbing and Lu Xian Yu turned to the little boy before they looked at each other and smiled, they turned to Mengmeng and joined Qinqing in singing.
"Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday
Happy Birthday, Mengmeng!"
Qinqing clapped happily for his sister. He was smiling brightly at her.
Mengmeng stared at Qinqing for a while before she started tearing up. She suddenly felt bad and guilty since there were times where she thought of hating her brother for stealing their mother"s attention.
Qinqing"s smiling face was the exact replica of his father"s smile. Her brother was the cutest, how could she start hating him?
She let go of Li Bingbing before she leaned and hugged her brother instead, "Thank you, Qinqing!"
"Jiejie, ice cream cake will melt..."
"Oh yeah!" She let go of him before she turned to the cake. She closed her eyes to wish. She quietly wished inside her that one day, her papa would come home.
She blew the candle and everyone clapped for her after.
"Let"s eat! Ice cream cake! Ice cream cake!" Qinqing jumped a few times on the chair.
"We can"t eat it yet, you need to eat a proper breakfast, the ice cream cake is for dessert," said Li Bingbing.
The children pouted at her words and complained, "But mama!"
"It"s Mengmeng"s birthday, just allow them this once." Lu Xian Yu said with a smile.
Li Bingbing sighed, "You"re spoiling them so much."
He chuckled, "They are children."
"It doesn"t mean that you have to spoil them."
"Mama, pleaaaase!" The children begged at the same time.
She sighed in defeat, "Fine, just this once."
After their breakfast, Lu Xian Yu took the kids back to their room while Li Bingbing washed the dishes.
He took his laptop and opened a folder inside. There were a couple of videos inside but he only clicked one with a t.i.tle "5" in it.
Lu Xian Yu waited for Li Bingbing to get in before he started the video.
On the video, Xia Sinian appeared.
"It"s papa!"
"Papa!"
Li Bingbing was surprised to see Xia Sinian"s face on the video.
"Is it on?" Xia Sinian"s gentle voice was heard from it.
"Yes! yes! It"s on, papa! We can see you!" Mengmeng exclaimed happily.
Xia Sinian sat on the chair that was on the middle and he smiled at the camera, "Happy birthday, Mengmeng!"
"Thank you, papa!"
As Xia Sinian started talking and saying his wishes for Mengmeng, Li Bingbing turned to Lu Xian Yu with a confused look on her face.
It was a recorded video of Xia Sinian and in the video, he still looked healthy. Why did he have a video of Xia Sinian?
It was actually because of Xia Sinian"s other request, the request he asked Lu Xian Yu in the hospital. He has recorded 16 birthday videos for Mengmeng and Qinqing. Aside from that, he already prepared gifts for them as well.
"As for your mother... Bingbing."
When Li Bingbing heard her name from the video, her eyes were filled with tears.
"I"m sorry for leaving you with our children." A sad smile appeared on Xia Sinian"s lips, "But I hope that you"re doing well. Do take care of our children, okay? Even if I"m not there with you, I am always watching over our family."
The tears flowed unchecked down her cheeks and dripped from her chin.
"Bingbing, Mengmeng, Qinqing, I love you all. Always remember that, okay?"
Mengmeng and Qinqing nodded their heads, "We love you too, papa."
"I should get going now. Your papa is a very busy man." He chuckled lightly, "Happy birthday, Mengmeng, see you in your next birthday." He waved at them for a while before he ended the video.