Chapter 1130: Chapter 1130: Beyond the Age of Love Heard Only with Ears Lu Jingan is always considerate in the right measure, without crossing lines or being too aggressive, handling both propriety and distance just perfectly. Faced with such a man, Xia Siyu found herself unable to say a word of refusal. She pressed her lips into a smile, tacitly accepting his gesture. The waiter quickly brought out the set menu Lu Jingan had ordered, which included her favorite steak and red wine, along with… a custom black swan cake. Xia Siyu looked at the black swan rose cake and raised an eyebrow in confusion, “Why did you buy a cake?” Today wasn’t her birthday. Lu Jingan calmly opened the cake box, “I originally planned to celebrate at home, but since I heard you are going to South Sea tomorrow, I had the cake delivered here. That way, we can have dinner together and also send you off, killing two birds with one stone.” Updates are released by 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵•𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮•𝓷𝓮𝓽 “Is today your birthday?” Xia Siyu wasn’t oblivious; she almost instantly grasped the deeper meaning in his words, “Why didn’t you say so earlier.” She hadn’t prepared a gift for him and felt somewhat rude. Lu Jingan crossed his hands on the table and smiled warmly, “Birthdays aren’t important; what’s important is who you spend them with.” Xia Siyu’s eyelids drooped, hiding the flash of resistance in her eyes. Although Lu Jingan was indeed a warm man, she felt a bit resistant to this excessive consideration; sometimes it seemed too deliberate, thus appearing quite unreal. Maybe… she had already outgrown the age of hearing love tales, and it was hard for his bluntness to stir any ripples within her. Xia Siyu composed her emotions, lifted her gaze again to Lu Jingan, and politely said, “Since it’s your birthday, let me host this dinner today.” The elegantly styled Western restaurant had them seated facing each other, with the table adorned with red wine and rose cake. Their gentle conversation made them appear very much like a couple in love. At least, to Yun Lih, it seemed overly showy, extremely eye-catching. Across the street from Cloud Western Restaurant, a black Cayenne was parked. The rear window was lowered by ten centimeters, and a pair of deep, cold eyes fixedly stared at the Western restaurant. He had arrived in Cloud City close to evening, originally intending to meet Xia Siyu and have a meal together. But her phone had been left unanswered. Yun Lih had sent someone to check around and finally found her at Cloud Western Restaurant, only to witness a scene that left him frustrated. At this moment, someone suddenly knocked on the car window. The assistant acting as the bodyguard-driver lowered the window, seeing the traffic cop salute and handing over a parking violation ticket. Inside the Western restaurant, Xia Siyu constantly felt an unsettling gaze on her back. She was always perceptive and confident in her intuition. Taking advantage of Lu Jingan’s focus on cutting steak, Xia Siyu’s sharp eyes scanned inside and outside the window, but her peripheral vision only caught a glimpse of a black Cayenne merging quickly into traffic from the roadside, with a traffic cop standing nearby. Was her feeling mistaken? Xia Siyu withdrew her gaze, pondering with flickering eyes. She had just taken a sip of juice when she saw Lu Jingan pull out a slim box from the inner pocket of his suit jacket. “Sisi, this is the gift my sister brought for you from Faliang a while ago. I hope you’ll like it.” Lu Jingan directly pushed the gift box towards Xia Siyu, perhaps fearing her rejection, and added, “It’s from her; if you don’t accept it, you can return it to her personally.” Xia Siyu had met Lu Jingan’s sister, who was over thirty and also the type of a strong female leader in the business world. But from her impression, they weren’t close enough to exchange gifts. Xia Siyu looked at the slender box, vaguely guessing it might be a necklace or bracelet-like accessory. She put down the juice cup and shook her head, “Sister Lu and I…” Before finishing her sentence, a loud “bang” sound came from overhead, plunging the entire Western restaurant into darkness. The restaurant had a power outage. For a moment, the staff seemed a bit panicked since this was the most top-tier Western restaurant in Cloud City, and such an incident had never occurred since its opening years ago. The restaurant manager quickly instructed staff to contact the repair engineer, leaving the main hall in pitch darkness, with only the dim light from the streetlamp outside making the outlines barely identifiable. Lu Jingan’s expression remained unchanged; the cake on the table hadn’t been cut, and the jewelry box hadn’t been handed to Xia Siyu. The sudden power outage almost disrupted his rhythm and arrangement. “Looks like I’ll remember my birthday this year,” he chuckled, showing no sign of anger. Xia Siyu answered absentmindedly, her mind still pondering whether the gaze she’d felt earlier was friend or foe. Lu Jingan turned on his phone’s flashlight and waved to the waitstaff, “Could you light a candle for us, please?” Even in a power outage, he managed to turn the unexpected situation into another form of romance. However, Xia Siyu suddenly stood up, “Why not call it a day?” “What’s wrong?” Lu Jingan paused and stood up as well, “If you don’t like candlelight dinner, we can go to another place.” Xia Siyu picked up her bag and apologized with a smile, “That would be too much trouble; I just ate quite a lot, and there’s some business I need to handle back at the company. I’ll contact you once I’m back from the trip.” Lu Jingan seemed a bit disappointed but graciously nodded in agreement, “Alright, I’ll see you off.” Given this situation, Xia Siyu would seem ungrateful if she refused further. She agreed with a half-smile and prepared to settle the bill. But Lu Jingan stated that he had prepaid the expenses when he booked the place, so if she wanted to treat him, it could be left for another time. Xia Siyu found Lu Jingan’s thoroughness impeccable; despite being of similar age, he was impeccable in his attention to detail. They walked out of the Western restaurant side by side, but due to the power outage, the elevators weren’t operational. Both their cars were parked in the underground parking lot, so under the guidance of security personnel, they had to take the stairs to the third basement level. Then, the two were separated by a group of playful hip-hop teenagers charging down suddenly from above. Coming from a good background, Lu Jingan had always been disdainful of such reckless social youth, but there were simply too many of them, laughing and messing around. He called out to Sisi a few times, but his voice was drowned out by their whistling. Tonight, it wasn’t just Cloud Western Restaurant experiencing a blackout; the entire Cloud Tower had lost power. Xia Siyu faintly heard Lu Jingan’s calls, but the incessant flow of playful teenagers made the stairwell feel extraordinarily crowded. She attempted to lean against the wall, hoping to continue down after they left. However, in the dim stairwell, someone bumped into her; as she dodged, her forehead accidentally collided with someone’s chest. Xia Siyu furrowed her brow and said in a flat tone, “Sorry.” Tonight’s strange incidents just kept piling up. She didn’t know who she’d bumped into, but the person carried a faint scent of traditional Chinese medicine.