"Happy birthday." The voice was light and elegant, making Xia Shihan appear even gentler.
"This is your birthday gift." Xia Shihan placed an exquisitely wrapped small gift box in front of Lin Tai.
"What did you say?" Lin Tai's face was full of confusion—happy birthday? Xia Shihan said that?
No way, he didn't remember Xia Shihan giving him a gift in the novel, let alone saying happy birthday so gently.
"Is this for me?" Lin Tai had already experienced this plot once; he simply did not remember Xia Shihan giving him a gift.
What was wrong with Xia Shihan?
Why was the heroine not following the script anymore?
Should he accept the gift or not?
Lin Tai found it hard to decide.
"Today is your birthday. If not for you, then for whom?" Xia Shihan's cold lips rarely showed a hint of indulgent smile.
She was still the same as in the previous life, unchanged at all.
Xia Shihan had a secret: she was a reborn person. She didn't understand how it happened, but after she died in her previous life, she was reborn young again.
At this time, Lin Tai was still alive, and she was filled with joy, no longer wanting to miss out on her own love.
"You... came alone today?" Lin Tai's eyes flickered. Although this heroine felt strange, it did not affect his acting.
He looked around but didn't see Ye Bai.
Strange, why was the male lead absent?
What exactly was going on?
"Mm." Xia Shihan's eyes flickered; she thought of someone—Ye Bai.
The man who died by her hand in the previous life was the one who killed Lin Tai.
This time, Xia Shihan wanted to strangle Ye Bai in the cradle early, but her strength was still insufficient, and Ye Bai's backing was strong.
She needed more time.
This time Xia Shihan would not let Ye Bai hurt Lin Tai even a little.
"Do you like it?" Xia Shihan knew Lin Tai liked watches. The watch she gave was an expensive custom-made birthday gift she specially ordered from abroad for Lin Tai.
"Patek Philippe?" Lin Tai immediately recognized the watch's brand. The case was 950 platinum, the crystal sapphire glass, set with 55 jewels. It was a Patek Philippe Grand Complications series.
The most special part was the center of the dial, where small blue diamonds spelled out Lin Tai's name—clearly a custom piece showing how much Xia Shihan cared.
"Let me help you put it on." Seeing Lin Tai's surprised expression, Xia Shihan happily reached out to help.
"Isn't this your watch?" Xia Shihan lifted Lin Tai's sleeve and saw a special watch there, less valuable than her Patek Philippe but clearly given with care.
Most importantly, she knew that watch did not belong to Lin Tai—it was given to him by someone else.
She remembered every watch Lin Tai had except this one.
This made Xia Shihan frown slightly; who was targeting her little darling?
"Um, Lin Ziyu gave it to me." Lin Tai answered vaguely.
"Lin Ziyu?" Xia Shihan's eyes flickered. She knew Lin Ziyu well—the crazier woman from her previous life who had stabbed Ye Bai's business mercilessly, allowing Xia Shihan to surpass Ye Bai.
Called crazy because she would do anything to avenge Lin Tai.
As Xia Shihan put the watch on Lin Tai's wrist, the surrounding Second-Generation Heirs were stunned.
This was not the plot they imagined!
Xia Shihan's personality was cold and aloof, always rejecting pursuers, especially Lin Tai.
In the past, Xia Shihan hated Lin Tai to the extreme—even looking at him was disgusting.
Not to mention giving him gifts; attending Lin Tai's birthday banquet was only possible because Lin Zhentian sacrificed a multi-billion deal to get her there.
Such a Xia Shihan not embarrassing Lin Tai in public was already showing her face.
Now not only was she giving gifts, but she was personally putting the gift on the person she hated most.
"Did I see that right? That watch looks like the top Patek Philippe series, and it's custom-made. Xia Shihan actually gave it to Lin Tai as a gift?"
Everyone present was born wealthy.
They weren't surprised by the watch's tens of millions value, but they couldn't accept that Xia Shihan would personally give Lin Tai—the lazy toad—a gift!
And a custom one at that. This care shocked them beyond expectation.
It really blinded their 24k diamond eyes.
Was Lin Tai about to counterattack Xia Shihan?
They had never heard of this!
Wasn't Xia Shihan publicly rejecting Lin Tai's proposal not long ago?
"Could it be because of Lin Zhentian?"
"Definitely. It's said that every Lin Tai's birthday banquet, Lin Zhentian gives Xia Shihan multi-billion deals to invite her."
"I knew that from previous years, but Xia Shihan was always cold and unwilling to say more."
"Could it be that this time Lin Zhentian gave most of the Lin Family to Xia Shihan?"
"That spoiled kid, Lin Zhentian really spoils his son."
After the shock, the crowd quickly concluded.
To make Xia Shihan so enthusiastic, the Lin Family's cost must be huge.
Their eyes on Lin Tai became even more disdainful.
"…" Lin Tai heard the speculation around him and unconsciously nodded. Yes, it must have been his father's business concessions that made Xia Shihan act this way.
Thinking this way, Lin Tai relaxed. The heroine's persona had not collapsed.
Only pitying his father—maybe not half the Lin Family, but tens of billions in deals were possible.
"Shihan, I like the real you. You don't have to..." Lin Tai felt he had to help the heroine maintain her persona.
"No, I'm sincere." Xia Shihan whispered in Lin Tai's ear. "I'm going to see Uncle Lin first, we'll talk later."
Xia Shihan had heard the gossip around and did not care, as long as Lin Tai didn't misunderstand.
She wanted to carefully investigate Lin Ziyu's situation.
Knowing oneself and the enemy, one hundred battles without danger—this was Xia Shihan's life motto.
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