"Happy birthday Little Yue~! How does it feel, hmm~?"
I smiled warmly down at my daughter as she sat at the table, her young face full of youthful innocence as she grinned back at me, those dual colored eyes finding me instantly as I appeared behind her.
"Mother! Yue'er is happy Mother is here!"
She shot out of her seat and hugged me, giggling to herself as she spun around me when I lifted her into my arms.
"I'm happy to be with my baby girl too~! Mother is proud of you, Little Yue! So very proud!"
My daughter continued to giggle, burying her face into my chest and missing the way my expression shifted instantly as I stared at Gao Chen, who sat at the other end of the table sipping from a wine gourd, her orange eyes hard as she stared back at me.
