Children loved the process of tearing the gift apart even more . Every second of it was a delight filled with inexplicable antic.i.p.ation .

His father did give him a present before . Every year, on his birthday, he would get him anything he liked or wanted .

Nothing was truly unattainable to him – only those unexpected would be, after all . Thus, for the little guy, no matter what he desired, he just had to express it, and he would get it p.r.o.nto .

Therefore, he could get whatever gift he wanted, regardless of its cost .

However, this could also result in the child not knowing how to appreciate gifts .

Since anything was possible for him to get, simply with a few words, after receiving his father"s gift, he would play with it for a few days, before casting it aside as soon as he grew tired of it .

It would be difficult for a child to treasure things properly if they were easily obtained .

The more it was hard-earned, the more one treasured it .

After all, men were not as sensitive as women . On Little Yichen past birthdays, Mu Yazhe always asked him what he would like to receive in advance .

Whatever it was, his father would send someone to buy it for him .

The item was then given to him without an exquisite packaging and a birthday card . Hence, despite it being a birthday gift, the element of surprise and the feeling of antic.i.p.ation it ought to have were lost .

Mu Wanrou was not too concerned with his birthday as well . At most, she would purchase whatever he had his eyes on . No emotions were involved in the entire process .

As such, this was rather expected .

He was not her biological son, anyway . Without kinship ties, regardless of how big or small a matter it was, she would not be too concerned for him .

While she did pamper him, she was only doing it for appearance"s sake to Mu Yazhe and Mu Sheng . In fact, she was lukewarm in her treatment toward him .

He was not her biological son, so how much maternal love could she bear for him?

Children were all naïve by nature . They looked forward to their birthdays simply because of the surprise and antic.i.p.ation they got from receiving their mystery gifts .

The moment they opened their presents, they would always be filled with happiness and excitement .

As for Little Yichen, he held little interest in opening his presents .

It was because he already knew what his daddy gave him .

Since he knew what it was, he felt neither surprise nor expectation .

However, when Mu Yazhe made an exquisitely wrapped gift magically appear before him now, the innocence in him, which was unique to a child, immediately surfaced .

“Daddy, is this my birthday present?”

Yichen fluttered his bright eyes in curiosity .

“Mm!”

“What is it?”

He was so curious .

“Open it yourself . ”

Still…

Yichen frowned and pouted . He seemed a little troubled .

“What is it?” He noted his son"s strange look .

“I can"t bear to open it,” he muttered timidly .

“You can"t bear opening it?” He was amused to hear that . “Why can"t you bear to open it?”

“I don"t know; I can"t describe this feeling exactly!”

Once Yichen said that, his cheeks were tinted red from excitement .

This feeling of antic.i.p.ation was akin to having a fluffy cat"s claws constantly grazing at one"s heart .

His heart pounded fast…

It was actually his first time feeling nervous and expectant .

He undid the ribbon and carefully tore apart each layer of the wrapping . Because of the extremely focused look he had, he presently resembled a devout Christian .

Unwrapping the gift, a stylish smart.w.a.tch was contained within .