Yunding Ranch

Chapter 401 Surprise Party
Lu Li originally thought it was just a small dinner gathering, calling it a party, but in fact it was just cooking a few extra dishes and preparing a few bottles of red wine to celebrate the arrival of a new member to Brandon and Jasmine's family.Unexpectedly, Lily and the others also came over one after another, and the scale of the dinner immediately began to increase.

Ronald famously said, "The dog's nose smelled something delicious, so he came all the way." Everyone laughed.

But Lu Li knew that it was Cole who called them and specially invited them to celebrate together.This is a good thing, the more lively the party, the better, not to mention a party celebrating new life, which makes everyone more welcome.

Lu Li then asked Cole to call the Marshall Valley Ranch next door to invite Robert and Chloe to come with him, and of course Justin and Finley couldn't be missed.

The clock had just passed seven o'clock, and the whole main house was already bustling with people, standing or sitting, chatting and laughing happily.

The pasture seems to have entered winter, and the sky darkened early. Brandon lit the fireplace. The orange fire blocked the dense night, and the room gradually warmed up. The thin fog made the outside world hazy and blurred.

Lu Li was still busy in the kitchen. Looking at the sky outside through the light, he couldn't help speeding up his movements a little. Out of the corner of his sight, he saw Cole standing at the entrance of the kitchen. He raised his voice and said, "You can greet everyone Lu Lian After taking a seat, the water is already boiling next to it, after the dish is cooked, I will serve the dumplings, and then we can start.”

"Wait." Cole put his index finger on his lips, made a "shh" gesture, and looked back at the crowd behind him, showing a mysterious expression.Lu Li raised his hand and turned the fire to the minimum, and leaned over, "What's wrong?"

Cole said in a low voice, "We have prepared a cake. We want to surprise Jasmine."

Lu Li immediately showed a look of enlightenment, "No wonder!" From just now, Cole, Tony, and Randy have been talking in a low voice, and then Cole has been going in and out, I don't know what he is busy with, now It seems that this is the answer.

Cole nodded in affirmation, "You are in charge of preparing dinner, we always have to do something." Then he looked back at Jasmine and Brandon surrounded by the crowd, the little princess was hugged in Liu Xiaoyan's arms , Lily was sitting next to them, and the two were talking in a low voice. Brandon stared at the little guy intently, his eyes full of doting.

"I'm going out now to light candles, and then Tony will turn off the lights in the room, and Randy will start singing happy birthday. We need your help, can you distract everyone?" Cole said himself the goal of.

Lu Li nodded in understanding, with a big smile on his face, "No problem. Call everyone over and help me bring the dishes to the restaurant, and then I'll put the dumplings in the pot. Everyone will gather in the restaurant. Just push the cake to the restaurant." Such a surprise party is always full of anticipation, and Lu Li couldn't help but gear up, looking forward to seeing the expressions of Brandon and Jasmine.

Kirby made an "OK" sign and sneaked out through the back door.

After confirming that Cole left, Lu Li raised his voice and shouted, "Jessica, you can call everyone to the restaurant, and before everyone goes in, come here and serve a plate of food, there is only one last dish left, and we can start the meal. "

"Finally!" Jessica stretched her waist greatly and jumped up excitedly. The others also stood up one after another, laughing and joking.

"It's finally time to eat!" "It's been a hard day today, I think I can eat a whole sheep!" "Isn't the protagonist today the little princess? This is a party for Brandon and Jasmine, don't get the focus wrong. "...

Everyone walked to the kitchen consciously, and under Lu Li's arrangement, they carried the dishes and walked to the dining room.

Looking at Scarlett in front of him, she was the last person standing at the kitchen door. Lu Li was stunned, and the words on his lips could not help but pause for a moment. The intention of evasion made Lu Li laugh, "May I trouble you to go to the refrigerator? There are beers and drinks in there. Then, for wine, you can ask Tony."

Originally, Lu Li planned to confess to Tony, but since Scarlett was in front of him, he decided to follow suit.

The smile on the corner of Scarlett's mouth bloomed brightly, she nodded, and said, "Okay."

Seeing everyone entering the restaurant, Lu Li first opened the lid of the pot next to him, divided the dumplings into two batches and threw them down; then he filled the pot with the last dish, Mapo Tofu, and shouted, "One more person , and a dish." At the same time, he neatly put the pot into the sink, took another soup pot, filled half of it with water, put it on the stove, and started boiling water again.

It was Adam who came over. He seemed very proactive. After defeating Tony and Jessica, he grabbed this opportunity.

However, Lu Li, who was busy at the moment, didn't have time to communicate with Adam, so he just pointed to the mapo tofu, "Can you serve it to the table, please?"

Without looking up, Lu Li concentrated on making the dipping sauce for the dumplings.For Americans, ketchup, mustard, and mayonnaise are all dipping sauces, or even the whole world, but for the Chinese, this is obviously not the case.

Adam couldn't help being a little disappointed. He thought that there would be at least an eye contact.Holding the plate and turning around, Adam's shoulders still drooped involuntarily, but then he heard Lu Li's voice, "Don't steal it."

A simple sentence, but with a sense of intimacy and familiarity, the corners of Adam's mouth could not help but rise, and his shoulders reopened, "Of order, sir!" Even with that, his steps became brisk.

The first pot of dumplings was cooked in no time, and they were put on a plate. Lu Li walked into the restaurant with the plate and solemnly announced, "Tonight's main course is here! Guys, get ready for... the dumplings." !" That high-pitched voice made everyone excited, and everyone slammed their knives, forks and chopsticks on the plate on the table, roaring and screaming, so lively.

Then Lu Li saw that Tony blinked his left eye and sent a signal. Lu Li knew that the time had come. He calmly moved his jaw back towards Tony and continued, "Beforehand, there is still corn in the pot." And potatoes, as well as rice, if everyone is not used to eating - I believe, it is definitely not my reason."

Even if there were no extra words or hints, it was enough. Randy and Jessica immediately began to protest, and then Ronald followed suit loudly, "It must be you, it must be!"

Lu Li's words did not stop, "So, I mean, so, you must not be hungry. However, I strongly recommend dumplings, which is the highlight of today."

"Ho Ho Ho Ho", everyone started cheering, at this moment, the lights in the restaurant suddenly turned off, and then you could hear voices asking, "What's going on?" It seems that there are quite a lot of people who don't know why , the voices of Ronald and Li Huainan were exceptionally loud, "Is there something wrong with the line?" They tried their best to calm everyone's emotions.

panic?That's not the case.However, there were a lot of chattering noises, and the scene was a bit chaotic for a while.

Lu Li looked around, looking for the direction of the light source.Before he had time to put the dumplings down, the basin gradually began to conduct heat, and his fingertips could feel a wave of heat, which was slightly hot.Lu Li didn't want to ruin the results of his hard work this afternoon, so if it's a surprise party, Cole had better be quicker.

In the darkness, Lu Li looked towards the direction of Brandon and Jia Siming in his memory. He could vaguely hear the voices of the two talking, but the little princess didn't make any noise, and she was still sleeping soundly.This reassured Lu Li a little, which meant that the surprise hadn't been seen through yet and the plan was still going ahead.

Turning his head to look in the direction of the back door, as expected, a faint candlelight appeared in his sight, a bright red flame burning in the darkness, reflecting Ke Erna's hands pushing the cart, creating a small circle around him. The night is slowly receding like a mist.This little bit of light can't help but attract the attention to project it.

Lu Li stepped aside slightly and faced the direction of the cart. At the same time, he remembered Jasmin's position and was ready to turn around at any time, when Tony and Randy's rough singing came from his ears, "Happy birthday to you! Then Jessica also joined in, and the smile on the corner of Lu Li's mouth couldn't help but bloom, and he sang along, "Happy birthday to you!"

Lu Li could hear someone clapping and clapping to the beat. This was the little princess's first birthday, and he hoped it would be the most wonderful beginning of her countless birthdays in the future.Lu Li also wanted to clap his hands, but he didn't have the time to clap his hands now. He regretted it a bit. He should have put the plate down just in time.

After the wonderful singing sounded, Lu Li could even imagine the confused expressions on everyone's faces. The slightly slow clapping and absent-minded singing gradually approached and faded along with the warm candlelight. No matter what the reason was, everyone finally concentrated. Start joining the party, singing in unison.

"Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you..."

When Lu Li saw Cole pushing the cake and walking towards him, he took half a step back to get out of the way, gestured to Jasmin's position with his chin, a bright smile appeared in his eyes, he seemed to be able to see Jasmin's Surprised expression.And of course, Brandon.

But at this moment, Cole was pushing the cart towards him. Lu Li's eyes widened and he signaled, "Wrong way."

Cole didn't seem to notice that the cart stopped right in front of Lu Li, and the faint but bright candlelight illuminated Lu Li's face, "Wrong way." Lu Li had to stop, leaned forward slightly, and lowered his voice. , said directly to Cole.

However, Cole did not respond, nor did he panic. Instead, he took half a step back unhurriedly. With a bright smile on his face, he clapped his hands and joined everyone's singing, and sang loudly, "Dear Fourteen, I wish you all the best!" Happy birthday to you!"

(End of this chapter)