Juven's room was not big,

It was a single bed,

There was a drawer at the end of the bed,

There was a desk by the window with two photo frames on it, one of himself and the other of his family, and a short bookcase beside the table,

There was a guitar hanging on the wall.

It was very simple,

Simple.

"I put your clothes in the cabinet, the second drawer, and the other things are in the first drawer,

Do you want to take anything? "

"My makeup bag."

Juven opened the drawer and gave her the makeup bag.

"Thank you."

"You didn't bring your pajamas, so I got you a Rain nightgown."

"Thank you." She tugged at the hem of his pajamas. "You should let me wear your pajamas."

Juven laughed,

"I don't have any extra pajamas for you." But he thought for a moment and found an old set of pajamas at the bottom of the drawer.

"This is my old pajamas. I'll wash them tomorrow,

You can wear this. "

Hayley put on the nightgown,

She picked up the old pajamas and measured it on her body. The length was just right.

"How old are these pajamas?"

"16." He took the pajamas,

He put them on a chair and sat by the bed,

He patted the mattress,

"Go to sleep,

Aren't you sleepy? "

She obediently got into bed. "Where are you going to sleep?"

"Here." He pushed her down, pressed his upper body against hers, and kissed her intimately.

*

In the morning, Aline woke up very early.

Making breakfast for a large family was very tedious, and she was busy for half a day.

When the children woke up one after another, there would be ready-made breakfast for them to eat.

Waffles, muffins, fried eggs, scrambled eggs, toast, jam, tomato slices, lettuce, salad dressing, mayonnaise.

Hayley was the last to wake up. She went to the bathroom in the master bedroom to wash up, then went back to change her clothes and came out to the dining room to eat.

"Sit here." Juven patted the chair beside him.

"What's there to eat?" She sat down.

"Toast?"

"Alright."

Rui Fan took a plate and gave her two pieces of slightly charred toast. He spread mayonnaise on it, added lettuce and tomato slices, and put a fried egg on it.

"Thank you." She smiled at him.

Djékun asked her, "Do you want orange juice or milk?"

"Milk, thank you.

Aline, thank you for breakfast. "

Aline smiled at her.

*

The ranch was not very big, and there was a little corn, pumpkin, etc. There were a few machines and a few workers in the shed, a barn for cows, a stable for horses, and a storage room.

Rain and Djékun each took out two horses, and Juven took Hayley to get saddles.

"Can you carry it?" he asked her.

She wore one of Juven's old denim shirts and carried a saddle. "It's a little heavy, but it's okay."

Out of the stable, Djékun was amused when he saw her struggling. "Let me do it." He said to his brother, "It's too heavy. She can't carry it."

Hayley pouted and whispered, "I've never carried anything so heavy."

Djékun helped her take the saddle to the horse and changed places with Juven.

Juven taught her how to tie the saddle. "Look, it's not very difficult.

The tie around the horse's belly shouldn't be too tight, but it shouldn't be too loose either. "

After tying the saddle, he helped her get on the horse.

He had known that she could ride a horse for a long time. She knew everything that rich children should know. She had played everything that should be played.

He went back to tie the saddle of his horse and checked Djékun and Rain's saddles.

Rain brought a few blankets and tied them to the backs of the horses. Djékun brought a kettle and gave one to each of them.

The four of them walked around the ranch. Juven showed her where the border of the ranch was. There were neighbors nearby, but they were all quite far from each other. There were hills and rivers nearby.

Phoenix and the others were much more relaxed on their ranch. Compared to a bustling city like Los Angeles, they seemed to be more used to this rural life.

They stopped at a small hill at noon, laid out blankets, and ate sandwiches for lunch.

Djékun went to pick some wildflowers and gave them to Rain and Hayley. Juven used the bouquet to weave a wreath for her and put it on her blonde hair.

"Does it look good?" she asked.

"It's beautiful." He leaned over and kissed her cheek gently.

"Do you like it here?"

"It's not bad." She nodded. "It's clean, empty, and interesting here.

What about you?

Do you like it here?

It's not like Los Angeles, where there are parties every day. "

Juven shrugged. "I don't have to go to any parties to be happy."

"I heard you had a lot of fun with Kinou and the others."

She smiled shyly. "That's right!

Do you know what young men think when they're together? They drink and chase girls without restraint. "She turned her head away awkwardly.

"That's normal.

Kinou is very popular. So are you. "

"I'm not." She immediately denied it. "I'm quite obedient.

I can't be like Kinou. He always knows different girls, and those girls are very nice to him. Even after they break up, they still think he's great. "

Hayley laughed. "I think I met Kinou first, but he said I was underage and told me to go home."

Juven raised an eyebrow. "Huh?"

"Don't worry. I was sure that Helen would only let me go out to play when I was 16 years old. But okay, I was still underage at that time." She lay on the blanket. "Do you remember when you first saw me?"

"Yes."

He plucked a green bristle grass from the grass beside him and brushed her lips with the flower. It tickled.

"I saw you when you came in.

I thought, 'This girl is so beautiful. Why haven't I seen her before?' "

He was in a daze for a moment, wondering what happened after that.

Why couldn't he remember?

He only remembered that she seemed to have a soft glow around her. Her golden hair was brilliant, and her delicate face was tender. Her faint and soft smile seemed to have a special charm when her gaze swept over his face. He couldn't help but stand up and walk towards her.

She reached out and wrapped her arms around his neck. She lifted her body slightly and kissed him.

He quickly came back to his senses and pressed her back on the blanket. They kissed deeply.

*

It was Juven's 22nd birthday on August 23rd.

Dinner was still an all-vegetarian meal. After dinner, Rain and Djékun cleaned up the table. Aline made a cream cake, and Lipotti carefully took out the cake. Samo filmed everything with a home camera.

Haley looked at all this with great interest.

She was an only child, and she had never experienced the atmosphere of a big family's birthday celebration. Before she was 16 years old, Helen would always take her out for dinner to celebrate, add "Happy birthday, baby", and then give her a gift.

As she had never lacked anything, she had never been very excited about her birthday. She had only been looking forward to her 16th birthday. She had thought that her birthday present would probably be a car, but if she really got the car key, that would be it.

Her younger siblings sang "Happy,

birthday

to

You ". She also sang a few lines.

Juven smiled and blew out the candles. Everyone clapped and turned on the lights.

Samo volunteered. "I'll cut the cake!" So Aline handed her the cake knife.

Samo cut a piece for Juven, and Juven immediately handed it to Aline. "Mom, thank you."

Arlene took the cake. "My.

sweet

Baby, you're 22 years old. "She seemed a little sad and uneasy.

She quickly glanced at Hayley, and then quickly turned her gaze to her eldest son.

Juven didn't know why, but he also felt a little uneasy.

Samo cut another piece of cake and gave it to Juven again.

Juven gave the cake to Hayley. "Baby, thank you."

Hayley felt very strange.

There was a sense of ceremony when the Phoenix family divided the cake. Juven was obviously the male parent of this family, and Aline was the female parent. Father John's presence in this family was very low, and he basically only existed in photos.

It was obvious that the children were very close to Aline and admired her. Aline also tried her best to maintain her position in the children's hearts.

Aline was average-looking, and John's appearance wasn't outstanding. To be able to give birth to a child like Juven, it must be a genetic mutation.

After eating the cake, Aline gave Juven a birthday present. The two older children, Rain and Djékun, also gave their older brother birthday presents. The two younger sisters were still too young, so they didn't need to prepare presents.

Samo was very anxious and asked, "Hayley, what present are you giving your brother?"

Djékun glared at her. "You're so rude!"

Hayley stood up. "Wait a minute."

She quickly returned to the room, took out a small square box, and handed it to Juven. "Happy birthday, honey."

As soon as Juven took the small box, Samo looked at him impatiently. Her eyes only revealed two words: "Open it!"

"Open it and see if you like it," Hayley said very cooperatively.

It was a Bulgari wristwatch. It was round, with silver steel rings, a black dial, and a leather strap. It was simple and elegant.

The good thing about this kind of basic design was that it was simple and elegant. Even if you didn't like it very much, you wouldn't go wrong.

And you had to say "I like it very much", okay?

Juven took off the watch on his left wrist and immediately put on the Bulgari wristwatch.

"I like it very much, thank you."

Samo seemed very disappointed.

*

"Do you really like it?" Hayley whispered to him when they returned to the room.

"I like it very much.

Why? "

"Nothing.

I bought it casually in Paris. "She pretended not to care and said," I just bought something from a random stall as a present. You'll like it. "

"Of course I'll like it. I'll definitely like anything you give me." She suddenly took out a pair of glasses and put them on. "Look, this is the birthday present you gave me last year.

I'm waiting for the day when I'll be wearing all the presents you gave me. "

"That's very simple. I'll take you to Gainesville tomorrow. I'll buy you whatever you want."