Chapter 276 - It Turns Out That Mother Wants Dad To Feed Her Cake
No matter how strong of a woman Song Yajing was, as Lu Dinghua looked at her like this, she began to blush.
She withdrew her gaze and looked towards her older brother.
Song Jin had a sip of red wine and emotionally said, “Little Sister, I know the education of the Song family has enabled you to have a stable position as Madam Lu. But at the same time, you also lost the happiness of being a woman. Isn’t it better this way? You can start to slowly enjoy life. Let go of the reins, and hand this family over to Ning Qing. She is a great successor; you can tell just by the banquet itself.”
This time, Song Yajing did not rebut him, but she had a faint smile on her face.
At this moment, the grandfather clock in the hall rang. Dong, dong… It struck a total of 8 times. Song Yajing was born at the exact timing of 8 o’clock as the bells rang.
Pa! The lights in the hall all went off, and the door of the kitchen opened up. The flickering lights of candlelight successfully captured the attention of everyone present on the scene immediately.
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She opened her mouth and had a bite from Lu Dinghua’s hand.
“Mum, what do you think of the taste?” Ning Qing’s face was full of anticipation as she looked at Song Yajing; this had really been her first time baking a cake.
Lu Dinghua let go of her, Song Yajing took a step backwards and she gave it a taste. Her expressions froze, but she smiled very quickly. She complimented Ning Qing and said, “Umm, it’s good.”
“Really?” Ning Qing was immediately delighted.
Everyone got a piece of cake and had a taste. Everyone’s expression was the same as Song Yajing’s. After they froze for a while, they shared intense laughter among themselves. “Haha!”
“Director Ning made this cake personally; it is definitely different from the rest. This taste cannot be found elsewhere. We are all honoured here today to have a taste thanks to Madam Lu.”
Ning Qing smiled even brighter.
Suddenly, music rang out through the hall. The birthday party always had music playing, but this music was different. It started with the sound of a trumpet, then it was slowly joined by the piano, drums…. The banquet hall was filled with a romantic vibe from the melody of France’s Romantic Era Chanson music.
The crowd looked towards the stage. The curtains were lifted up, and there was a French band performing on stage.
At this moment, someone exclaimed, “Oh my god, it was actually Stven Band! This band performs French classical music and has created a new wave throughout China in the previous century. They won many girl’s hearts. Stven Band represents the memories of a generation. They are already over 60! They have been in retirement for decades and have existed only in people’s memories. Who invited them here? This couldn’t have been accomplished with money alone!”
Everyone channelled their gaze at Ning Qing.
The main singer of Stven was already singing. That familiar melody rang out, and the beautiful memories from that generation came back like a flood, Song Yajing looked at the stage in shock.
“Dad.” Ning Qing gave an indication towards Lu Dinghua. The girl’s bright and beautiful eyes were sparkling like the stars in the sky, “What is Dad doing standing there now?”
Lu Dinghua understood, he withdrew his gaze, bent down his waist in a gentlemanly manner, and extended his hand towards Song Yajing. “Dear, can I invite you to have a dance with me?’
Song Yajing glanced at Ning Qing. Ning Qing was smiling brightly with curved eyebrows. “Mum, forget about your burden and enjoy your time!”
Song Yajing slowly curled up her lips into a smile and gave a nod towards Ning Qing. Then, she gave her hand to Lu Dinghua.
The two of them shared a dance.
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Lu Dinghua was holding onto Song Yajing’s waist, and the two of them were dancing. Lu Dinghua looked towards the Stven band on stage and asked in a gentle voice, “You like Stven? When Stven was popular, you were only 18 at that time; I didn’t expect you to be chasing after stars.”
“That’s right, at that time I was only 18 years old! I was at the age of rebellion. On the surface I acted like a prim and proper daughter of a wealthy family like my parents demanded me to. But I skipped classes, and I would go with my younger sister Yashu to climb over the walls to secretly watch Stvn’s concerts. I did not dare buy tickets, as I was afraid that my parents would find out. So my sister and I hid outside to watch. That was a chilling day in winter. Our feet and hands were all frozen, but we were all so happy.”
Sometimes music could make a person more drunk than a bottle of red wine. All of Song Yajing’s memories retreated to that beautiful time of her youth. She removed the mask on her face and she let out the smile that she had from when she was a youthful girl.
Lu Dinghua looked at her face seriously and smiled while he kept silent.
Song Yajing let go of his hand and said, “Dinghua, I have actually never liked such social dances. You probably do not know about this, but before I married you, I learned how to dance. At that time, my younger sister and I listened to Stven’s songs and danced to this type of music.”
Song Yajing moved her limbs around and danced 4 small steps.
“Mum, you are such a great dancer!” Ning Qing clapped her small hands in applause from a distance away. Lu Shaoming cupped onto her small shoulders and also channelled his gaze towards his own mother.
Song Yajing felt her face go red. She tucked the curled hair by her cheeks behind her ears. Lu Dinghua saw her behaving like this and hugged her in his embrace once again. The movements of the duo were the product of their affluent upbringing, and they were proper and standard. But two of them did not dance the proper steps from then on, and they were casually hugging one another.
“What else do you have to tell me?”
“There is still another secret. When I went on that blind date with you, I actually didn’t like you.”
“Why?”
“Because at that time, I had a crush on a boy in school. He sang Stven’s songs really well. But my father and my older brother said that Lu Dinghua was my only choice.”