Chapter 216: There are always many firsts to try in life (3 in 1)

Tuesday, April 20th, sunny.

The mood is one of nervousness and anticipation.

Rika had just finished a class in the morning when he asked the teacher to leave.

He didn't tweet or call Shen Yu and snuck out of the school by himself.

It's a shame that Rika hasn't been home on her own for eight months, and it's really annoying to have a tall, handsome boy picking her up every day.

After getting used to being picked up and dropped off, I felt a little nervous and a little lonely when I went off on my own.

Rika walks not too fast, carefully checking his route and heading towards the cake shop near his home.

"Welcome."

"Hello ......"

Smelling the sweet scent of the cake shop, Rika became less nervous and asked, "I ordered a birthday cake online the day before yesterday, my mobile number is 1887927xxxx, has it been made yet?"

"Just a moment haha, let me check ...... is ready, you are picking up right?"

"Mmmmmm, I'll just get it myself."

The two of them are always together, so I had to hide the cake order from him.

The clerk brought out the finished cake, which was not large but very delicate and beautiful, with a few words written on it according to the wishes provided by Rika: Happy birthday, husband!

Then on top of the cake, there was a pair of little candy figures, also in the image of Shen Yu and Rika, which were very cute.

"Very good! Please help me wrap it up, it's a birthday present oh, it should be wrapped beautifully oh ......"

"Don't worry, I'll pack it up beautifully for you, and here's a gift box so you can pick one out for yourself."

Rika picked for a while and as she watched the clerk packing, she asked again, "Sister, can I have one of those ...... ribbons for wrapping gifts?"

"Eh? Oh, sure."

"Thank you!"

With the cake in his hand, Rika walked out contentedly and did not linger outside, heading straight for home.

I was relieved to see the door to my home, but I was glad I didn't get lost, I was really awesome on my own.

Putting the cake in the fridge is not a worry for Shen Yu, who doesn't usually open the fridge door except on a whim to cook.

"Wow, is this cake?"

"Well well, today is Shen Yu's birthday, Xiaomeng No.1 has to keep it a secret for me, don't tell him yet, I'll surprise him tonight!"

"Yeah, yeah."

Suddenly remembering something, Rika's face flushed and she said oddly, " Is Xiaomeng I spying on me and Shen Yu in the kitchen every day?"

"There's no peeking."

Xiaomeng I was honest: "I was looking at it openly, you were kissing and hugging, I felt so shy, but I was curious, Rika Rika, what was it like? When I asked Shen Yu about it, he wouldn't even tell me."

Rika: "...... I won't tell you either. And kids are not allowed to watch these, they have to keep their eyes closed!"

"Can I do the same with Shen Yu later?"

"No way, Shen Yu is my husband."

"But Xiaomeng No. 1 loves your husband the most!"

"No, no."

With time running out, Rika put the cake away and went back to the school, waiting for Shen Yu to pick her up from school.

It may seem like a normal day, but she had already done a lot of things on the sly today and was a little excited and wanted someone to share it with, so she called Shen Yu.

Just after two rings, the phone was answered.

"Are you out of class yet?"

"Uh-huh! Shen Yu, are you off duty yet?"

"I'm on my way, I'll be at school in a few minutes."

"Then I'll wait for you!"

The wait for the upcoming meeting was the most torturous. Rika was holding her mobile phone and looking in the direction of Shen Yu's arrival with her toes.

Five minutes later, his car was in sight and Rika's eyes widened considerably, her mouth naturally beaming as she waved at him from afar.

The car stopped steadily in front of her, opened the passenger door, got in, and the first thing she did was look at him and smile before clumsily fumbling with her seatbelt to put it on.

"Been waiting long, classes finished earlier today?"

"Because I miss you!"

She couldn't even hide her intense fondness as she said this.

Every time Shen Yu thought she liked him a hundred percent, she could always tell him once again that her liking was a hundred and one, a hundred and two ...... up to infinity.

At least there was no other girl in the world who could wait day after day after day after school with such a smile when she saw him.

"I miss you too."

"How much do you miss me?"

"I was afraid that my lovely wife would be picked up at school while I was away, so I rushed over to pick you up as soon as I got off work."

"Then they'd have to dig in from a previous life to do that."

Rika says: "I've probably loved Shen Yu since my last life!"

Shen Yu doesn't even realise it's his birthday, but his parents do know, but they're in cahoots with Rika, who is the family after all, with his own little group of three.

Vaguely, Shen Yu felt that today was different, but couldn't quite put her finger on what it was.

Is the wind more boisterous, or is the weather gentler, or are the little finches on the branches singing better than yesterday?

"Did you think it seemed ...... quite beautiful today?"

Shen Yu can't find the right adjective to describe the day, whether it's the ticking of the clock, the scenery or the girls around her, there's something different about it.

Lu Xun said, "Buddha is born from the heart, if you have Buddha in your heart, everything you see is Buddha, so it's because Shen Yu is in a good mood today."

"...... Is that what Lu Xun said?"

"I don't know eh, I often see a lot of things online that people say and they all say it was Mr Lu Xun who said it."

"Stop it."

After lunch, Shen Yu and Rika lounge on the sofa together.

Rika leans over him, takes his hand and cuts his nails.

Shen Yu usually cuts her own nails, but Rika is different, cutting them gently and carefully, and polishing them with a file.

After clipping her nails and sweeping the floor, she nestled back into Shen Yu's arms, pulling his big hands around her, wrapping them around her waist so that his big hands landed on the small of her back, and then her small hands landed on the back of his.

After lunch, it's nice to take a nap.

The sun shines into the living room, and with your eyes closed you can feel a warm red.

Noticing his large hand wandering, Rika hummed softly and asked him, "You're not sleepy ......"

"Sleepy ......"

"Then you're still touching it, you big pervert."

"...... instinct."

"Only through clothes."

"......"

It was not defended after all.

After a brief 40-minute nap, Rika fixes his clothes and helps him with his collar and hair, and they leave for work together.

As the new business unfolded, a number of companies were interested in the AI solution offered by Three Blues Technology - after all, there were two versions of the core of the game on offer - and some companies that didn't have the means to develop their own AI approached Three Blues Technology.

As the core project leader, Shen Yu also needs to go out to meet with clients after the sales colleagues have made appointments and encountered some high quality clients and in-depth questions.

These days Shen Yu is also busy with this matter, according to the client's situation to write a preliminary set of programs for demonstration and explanation, this is also Three Blues technology invited to the first big customer, if the project can be negotiated, the contract price will not be less than 10 million, of course, the development cycle may also take a year.

Shen Yu did not go to the office and drove with Rika to the client's office after his lunch break.

The office environment here is so much more upscale than theirs, as the client's company is in the financial sector.

With the development of AI concepts, finance is a popular project for AI applications, mainly because of its own logic, which is very complex and requires a lot of rationality, while the human mind has limitations after all, such as human weaknesses like chasing up and killing down.

Rika's face was tense and serious as a young secretary, but it was the first time she had ever been in such a high-class office, and with a folder in her arms, she followed Shen Yu's side honestly.

"Very nervous?"

"One Diu Diu!"

"It's a Diu Diu not nervous, right?"

"Will Shen Yu be nervous?"

"There's nothing to be nervous about, my heart doesn't even skip a beat with this kind of thing compared to confessing to you."

"Hehe, bragging rights!"

As we chatted and got on the lift together, Rika was less nervous with the calm and confident Shen Yu by his side.

Shen Yu's style of work is different from Shen Deyou's. His father is a more traditional boss, dealing with customers in a very oily way, which is also a characteristic of the traditional physical industry, it is difficult to negotiate a deal without a few meals and a few bottles of wine.

The high-tech industry is different, the only core competitiveness is the strength of research and development and product results, as long as your technology is better than others, then you have the right to speak.

After a brief meeting with the technical director who had arranged the meeting, both parties entered the meeting room together.

This technical meeting was also attended by several technical cadres and the vice-president who was already sitting in the main seat looking through the information.

Everyone in the room was a little surprised to see how young Shen Yu was, but nothing was said, only a question mark was raised about the technical meeting.

Rika sat beside Shen Yu, both of them brought their laptops, she helped to record the meeting elements, it doesn't matter if you can't remember them, there is a recording anyway, you can go back and sort them out, with such an elegant secretary accompanying her, even Shen Yu's aura is much higher.

Whether or not the other person has strength is known from the moment they open their mouth.

Shen Yu's confident and loud voice rang out in the conference room as he handed out materials to the attendees, opened a PowerPoint and began to explain the project, including algorithmic trading, insurance, asset management, credit, etc. He made the idea of the AI solution particularly clear, and even the vice president, who knew nothing about AI, was fascinated.

This was followed by a simple demonstration of the procedure, after all, the people who are shooting the project are the management, management you can't ask him to know very well, but at least let him know what you are talking about, after satisfying this point, and then discuss the specific technical implementation with the technical staff attending the meeting.

Rika could understand the first part of the meeting, tapping on the keyboard and taking notes, and also taking notes on the other party's questions and needs.

At the beginning, the questions were many and varied, and Shen Yu answered them all patiently and professionally, gradually the questions stopped and the meeting went on for almost three hours, with two rounds of coffee, before everyone settled down.

"I am very grateful to Mr. Shen for taking the time out of his busy schedule to come and explain and demonstrate to us today. I found Mr. Shen's presentation very thorough and the technology implementation very solid, and I am looking forward to working with Three Blues Technology."

The Vice President concluded with a brief summary and then asked the Technical Director to personally escort Shen Yu and Rika downstairs, so that was the end of the meeting for the day.

Rika looked a little upset and grunted: "What's the big deal? If they don't work with Shen Yu, they'll regret it later! Our company is still small and the offer is not high, but when it grows up, we will offer them $50 million!"

Shen Yu laughed, "How do you know they won't work with us anymore?"

"They didn't even mention the contract, the price, the price, Shen Yu came over for a rare trip, just for a meeting and it was gone.

"People's companies are big, so they can't just take the decision on the spot, they must have to compare three more, and a process will take at least a few days."

When Shen Yu said there was still hope, Rika folded his hands, closed his eyes and prayed.

"What are you doing, don't go yet."

"I'm telling Lord Mars to come over to our office tomorrow to sign the contract!"

"Oh, it couldn't have been that fast."

"If Shen Yu feels the same way, then it's a sure thing."

When they got into the car, Rika took two plums out of his bag and gave one to Shen Yu and put one in his own mouth.

"In future, our company will be so atmospherically decorated, and when I was just inside, I didn't even dare to take out the plums from my bag and eat them."

"The pattern is small, in future we will have our own office building, just like Tencent."

"Mmmmmm!"

It was already five o'clock in the afternoon, so Shen Yu and Rika went to the market to buy food together instead of going back to the office.

Shen Yu, carrying the chicken, duck and fish, said breathlessly, "Why did you buy so many dishes today?

"Wow! My aunt and uncle are coming over for dinner tonight, so I'll buy more."

"Why didn't I know that ......"

When she got home, Shen Yu wanted to help Rika clean up, but she wouldn't let him do it, even peeling the garlic and cooking the rice herself, and pushed him into the living room to watch TV.

Shen Yu doesn't watch TV, he wants to go to the kitchen for a kiss and a cuddle.

"Xiaomeng One will see ......"

"Wouldn't that be even more exciting?"

"Bugger! Look, Xiaomeng is peeking too!"

"Meow?"

Bai Xiaomeng is sitting in the kitchen doorway, he doesn't care to peek, he just wants to see when the fish is ready, what's so great about humans in clothes!

At seven o'clock, Shen Deyou and Zhang Xiaoru came over as well.

Looking at the table full of good food and the busy son and daughter-in-law in the kitchen, the old father and mother had a smile of relief on their faces; it was already home.

"Mom and Dad, what brings you here today?"

"What's the brat talking about? Can't we come over if we're okay?"

"Uncle and auntie you're here, the food is ready for dinner."

"Good, well, it smells good! Rika even said Shen Yu has a knack for negotiating with clients, and I don't think anything compares to this great table of yours."

Today is Shen Yu's birthday and Rika is not only celebrating his birthday, but also thanking Shen Deyou and Zhang Xiaoru for bringing her such a wonderful husband, a whole table of dishes that she worked on herself, happy and not tired.

After dinner, Rika mysteriously tells Shen Yu to close his eyes.

"What's up ......"

Shen Yu looked at his parents and then at Rika. He couldn't just close his eyes and kiss him in front of them, but he could just do that in his room.

"Come on, come on."

Shen Yu had to close his eyes.

The lights in the room were off and he seemed to notice, his eyelids moving a little but still not opening.

Little by little, time passed and Xiaomeng I played the birthday song.

He froze for a moment, then felt a warmth inside him, and suddenly felt himself return to his childhood, his hands on his lap gripping his knees ......

"Clang, clang, clang~! Open your eyes!"

Shen Yu slowly opened his eyes, Rika was holding a delicate cake in his hand, half bent over in front of him, twenty-one small candles were dancing in their flames, reflecting her small face, the flames reflected in her eyes, behind her, Shen Deyou and Zhang Xiaoru were looking at him with smiles on their faces.

"Shen Yu, today is your twenty-first birthday, wishing you a happy birthday and a happy day!"

I don't know when she started preparing for this, but looking at the heartfelt smile on her face, and the little bit of the day's events, Shen Yu suddenly felt her nose get a little sore and her throat swallow even more.

What could be the virtue of having such a girl who would remember him so wholeheartedly?

"Mum and Dad also wish you a happy birthday and wish you both the best of luck with your relationship and your career."

"Meow wow!"

Bai Xiaomeng, also with a birthday hat on his big head, jumps in front of him.

Shen Yu was silent for a long time, puffed out a smile, got up and gave her parents a hug, then turned and hugged Rika tightly and kissed her on the forehead in front of her parents.

"I love you ......" whispered in her ear.

"Auntie and uncle are watching ......"

"Look at me and say the same."

Shen Yu let go of Rika when he saw her blush.

Shy as she was, the girl cleared the table and hid in the kitchen and didn't come out.

Shen Yu sat on the sofa with her parents and this exquisite cake on the table.

The candle was still lit and he hadn't made a wish yet.

Coldly, he turned his head, looked at Shen Deyou and Zhang Xiaoru and said solemnly, "I want to marry Rika."

Shen Deyou and Zhang Xiaoru both failed to respond, and only after a long time did they exclaim, "Huh?"

"I said, I want to marry Rika and have children with her."

"......"

This is the first time Shen Yu has said this in front of her parents.

Even though he knew that both his parents wanted him to marry Rika, he still said it solemnly.

"Then, let's tie the knot ...... eh no, you proposed to someone Rika, so shamelessly want to marry her into the door ah?"

"I will propose, and she can only marry me. She's all I want in my life, too."

Shen Deyou and Zhang Xiaoru were relieved to see Shen Yu being so childish, and said, "Just think about it yourself, and when Rika says yes, Mom and Dad will go with you to Yokohama to propose."

When Rika comes out, the conversation stops and she sits next to Shen Yu, urging him to hurry up and make a wish.

Shen Yu then closed her eyes, made a wish, then opened them and blew out the candle with a whimper.

After eating the cake, Shen Deyou and Zhang Xiaoru's mission was complete and they skipped back.

Shen Yu and Rika carried the cake to the roof and ate it while looking at the stars.

"Shen Yu remember, the last time Rika had a birthday, we were here looking at the stars and I made my first wish with the Lord of Mars!"

Shen Yu followed the direction Rika's hand was pointing and then reminded her in a whisper, "Mars is not in that direction ......"

"...... It doesn't matter, the Martian lord doesn't blame his devotees!"

Shen Yu ate the cake, he didn't usually like such sweet and greasy things, but today he ate a lot of it and made sure to finish it, sometimes he ate it in such a hurry that he got a layer of cream on his lips.

He was about to wipe it off with a tissue when Rika kissed him and ate the cake clean from his lips.

"Shen Yu is particularly sweet-talking today ......"

"......"

Shen Yu's heart beat a little faster at her teasing, and he deliberately dabbed some more cream on his mouth, which Rika still came over to help him clean.

It's true that cake is not only delicious but also fun.

The two of you took a bite and I dawdled and finished the rest of the cake.

Rika was nestled in Shen Yu's arms, looking at the sparse stars in the sky, her face flushed red as she asked him, "Honey, how many stars are there in the sky?"

Shen Yu looked up, counted the stars he could see around, and told her, "Twenty-six."

Rika was exasperated by his lack of romance, so she counted along with him, and after counting twice, she proudly told him, "There are only 24 of them! Honey, you're so silly!"

"Is that so?"

Shen Yu looked at her and said softly, "I counted your eyes in too."

The difference between romance and unromanticism is really just a matter of thought, as Rika arched against him like a kitten.

"Husband ......"

"Hmm?"

"What did you wish for today?"

"Not telling you."

Her voice suddenly trailed off, as thin as a mosquito's whisper.

"Rika can grant you a wish today ...... anything you want me to do ...... anything oh!"

Shen Yu looked down at her small, pink face, her big, watery eyes, her heart beating faster indefensibly, and her breath catching.

"Have you thought about it?"

"Well ......"

"Then let's go downstairs."

Shen Yu carried her downstairs and Rika went into the bathroom to take a shower before hiding in her room to change and get ready.

The mood at the moment was one of nervousness and anticipation, sitting naked in front of the dressing mirror, staring at myself in the mirror in disbelief.

Then, as if determined, she changed into a soft white nightgown, took out the gift-wrapped ribbon and tied it around her beautiful hair, and, with a clean blanket in her arms, went to Shen Yu's room and slipped under his covers to await his arrival.

Shen Yu has returned from his bath.

Rika's heart beat faster and she shrank back, clutching the corner of the blanket and looking at him with wide unblinking eyes.

"Husband ......"

"Ahem, I'm a bit nervous."

"Rika is also nervous ...... "

"Then let's not think about it for a while."

"Well ......"

Shen Yu plugged in the night light she had bought two days before and lay down on the bed. With the light turned off, the room was dimly lit, a brightness that relieved shyness without making both eyes go dark.

Skin to skin, the two embraced and kissed for a long, long time, until the clothes on their bodies disappeared without them realising.

"Okamoto, did you really lose it?"

"Don't use ...... safe today ...... Rika wants to give you the best first time ......"

"......"

"I seem to know what to expect ......"

"Blankets, Blankets ......"

"......"

At night, the stars closed their eyes shyly.

Shen Yu is extraordinarily gentle.