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Chapter 142: Chapter 142: How Did It Break?
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During dinner, everyone noticed with sharp eyes that the cast on Han Jiaojiao’s arm was gone.
"Didn’t the doctor say it would take four to six weeks to remove? It looks like it’s been less than two weeks," Lu Changyuan curiously looked at Han Jiaojiao’s arm, where the skin was still smooth and showed no sign of injury.
Han Yi said indifferently, "She accidentally broke it earlier. Zhou Yan checked it, and said that it was no longer a big deal."
Zhou Yan nodded, "Yes, the bones and muscles have recovered very well, the recovery speed is much faster than I had anticipated, probably due to the special physique of a Superpower User."
Yan Xiao babbled from the side, "Being young is great, when I was a kid, I’d bump my head one day and still run around the next. Not anymore though—last week I got pecked by a chicken, and the wound still hurts."
Han Jiaojiao’s cheeks flushed red, and she silently picked at the rice grains in her bowl, not daring to look up, only glancing fiercely at Han Yi when everyone else wasn’t looking!
Do you not know how the cast really got broken?
Han Yi remained composed and calmly served her a bowl of soup, saying, "Although you’re better now, you still need to keep drinking the soup."
Han Jiaojiao pursed her lips, thinking: Bad brother!
"Are you getting tired of it?" Yu Wanxi said with a smile, "It’s your birthday in a couple of days, I’ll make you a cake."
"Is Jiaojiao having a birthday?" Yan Xiao looked up at her, "Your eighteenth birthday?"
Han Jiaojiao stood proud and nodded confidently.
Hope glinted in Yu Wanxi’s eyes, "Eighteen, officially an adult... Your first birthday as an adult definitely needs to be celebrated properly."
In his heart, Yan Xiao sneered: What does being an adult change? The things she shouldn’t have done before she was legal—she hasn’t missed a single one, murder, arson, relationships...
The table quickly shifted into discussing how to celebrate Han Jiaojiao’s birthday. Yan Xiao suggested gathering some recently arrived brothers for a get-together, as more people meant more fun. Han Jiaojiao wanted to invite Hong Yun and Tian Xinyue over to play, Bai Kairui proposed an outdoor barbecue, and Xiao Jian, rubbing his hands eagerly, suggested that Han Yi should bring out the pool table since his first love in life was guns and his second was billiards.
Out of step, Lu Changyuan interjected, "On the thirty-first... aren’t you going to a banquet?"
The night of December thirty-first was New Year’s Eve, and the senior leaders of Beicheng Base decided to host a New Year’s Eve banquet. This was to create an atmosphere of flourishing development and to entertain Qin Wenhao and his entourage.
Frankly speaking, it was a vanity project.
Han Yi was also invited to this New Year’s Eve banquet. Not only did Duan Shuhua send someone to invite him, but the base leader Ji Huajun also sent an invitation, which had several tickets, clearly leaving spots for Han Yi’s friends as well.
Han Yi gently tapped on the table, saying, "Just showing up will be enough, we’ll go early and come back early."
Han Jiaojiao looked around at everyone and asked, "Is it just my brother and me going?"
Lu Changyuan had already expressed early on that he wouldn’t go. Han Jiaojiao thought that Lu Changyuan must be the kind of person who preferred to stay in dark corners and silently scheme... The empty niceties and mingling at the banquet must seem like a huge waste of life to him.
Xiao Jian shook his head, "I’ll drop Han and Jiaojiao off, and then wait outside. I won’t go in." He hated crowded places.
Han Jiaojiao looked towards Yan Xiao and Bai Kairui—
Yan Xiao wrapped an arm around Bai Kairui’s neck, boasting boldly, "They’re having a banquet, we’ll have a birthday party. So many people need food and drink; we can’t let Sister Yu do it all by herself. Kerry and I will stay to help."
Bai Kairui nodded repeatedly, "Right! We’ll stay and help Sister Yu!"
Yan Xiao’s eyes shifted, then he added, "Jiaojiao, why don’t you stay too? What’s the point of going to that banquet? Such functions are the most boring. The food is never good, and neither is the fun. If you stay, you can host your friends."
"No way!" Han Jiaojiao refused outright. "I’m going with my brother."
Yan Xiao’s eyes nearly squinted into a line, "Han, are you sure you want to bring Jiaojiao? There will be beauties galore at the banquet, be careful or Jiaojiao’s jealousy might spill over."
Han Jiaojiao glared furiously at Yan Xiao!
Han Yi said calmly, "Stay at home, and the jealousy will spill over even faster."
Everyone suddenly looked up at Han Yi.
... Did Brother Han just make a joke? The always gloomy-faced, reticent Brother Han made a joke? Are you sure I heard that right?! Was Brother Han really joking?!!
It must be something wrong with the way my eardrum vibrated today.
