Transform into a magical girl after getting off work-Chapter 338 - 42 Bo Xue Flutters Gently_5

"But I actually dare not think, if even my birthday... isn’t real, what else is left for me?"

"Is it possible that this day is not my real birthday at all and is just made up on a whim..."

——"When I was young, my family was very poor."

Her words were suddenly interrupted by Lin Yun’s voice.

When he spoke, Lin Yun’s gaze remained ahead, not once shifting towards Bai Jingxuan. It was as if he hadn’t intentionally interrupted—rather, he was merely talking to himself:

"Because only my father took care of me and his health was poor, bedridden most of the year, we were always short on money. Basically, we could only live on subsidies and the money my father earned when he was feeling a bit better as our household expenses."

"In fact, we didn’t have the extra money to buy cake, but even so, he insisted on celebrating my birthday. On my birthday, he always seemed to pull a huge amount of chocolate out of nowhere. He would say that cake was too sweet and cloying, and chocolate was just right, so I never thought there was a problem."

"It wasn’t until I grew up that I learned there’s a holiday called ’Valentine’s Day’, and it fell on the same day as my birthday, February 14th."

"Later on, when I was in middle school, my father passed away due to serious illness. While I was sorting through his belongings, I found our family’s household registration book, and on it, my birthday—it wasn’t February 14th at all."

"He hid the real date from me and lied that my birthday was Valentine’s Day because that day, the streets were full of unwanted chocolates. He could simply pick up some with intact packaging, and there would be something for me to have on my birthday."

Upon saying this, Lin Yun suddenly showed a rare smile: "All because of such a foolish reason, he changed my birthday and kept it a secret from me until he passed away."

Reaching this point in his story, he suddenly looked at Bai Jingxuan and asked somewhat abruptly, "So, do you think my birthday is real or fake?"

Hearing this story that sounded like a joke, Bai Jingxuan didn’t show any trace of amusement. Rather, she was stunned after hearing Lin Yun’s words.

It was only after Lin Yun asked her that she gradually came back to her senses and tentatively began to speak: "Uncle, what day is your birthday now?"

"February 14th."

Lin Yun said with certainty: "Although I haven’t properly celebrated for many years, my birthday is February 14th."

"...Why?"

"Because February 14th is the day that my father and I spent together over and over, bringing me joy and leaving a mark in my memories."

Stopping at a crossroads, Lin Yun turned his face to Bai Jingxuan and said earnestly, "Every birthday that I have memories of is on February 14th, so February 14th is my birthday, Lin Yun’s birthday."

"A birthday, after all, is just a date. The day we were born has already become the past, and no matter how we etch that date’s numbers into our memory, it has already become history."

"For those living in the present, the actual day of the birthday has never been that important. What’s important are the people who gather on your birthday to celebrate with you. No matter what, they are real."

"As long as those people are gathered together and you all firmly believe that day is your birthday, then it is your birthday. Moreover, because of their presence, this birthday is more real than anything else."

After stating this earnestly, he restarted the car and continued driving.

Sitting in the passenger seat, Bai Jingxuan still looked utterly confused: "But isn’t this just self-deception..."

"No, it’s not self-deception."

Lin Yun shook his head: "Our definition as human beings is actually constantly conferred by others. Parents give you the definition of a child; schools give you the definition of a student; the Magic Kingdom gives you the definition of a Magical Girl... We continually meet people in this world, thereby shaping and defining one another."

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"If this is difficult to understand, remember this simple phrase—seeing is believing."

"Your ’parents’, regardless of whether they are the ones who gave birth to you, as long as they truly love and protect you, and have raised you, then, they are your real parents."

"You, as a human being, regardless of what kind of blood or Magic Power you have, as long as you possess human intelligence and your actions conform to human morals, then you are a real human."

"Your enemies, no matter how much they proclaim their own righteousness and confuse others, as long as they do despicable acts that are worse than animals, then they are monsters, creatures even more detestable than Remnant Beasts."

"Including your teacher."

He paused once more, took a moment to organize his thoughts, then took a deep breath:

"No matter what my relationship with her is or whether I will adopt you, as long as she has genuinely made a promise to you and accepted you as her ’daughter’, then that contract is established. Under that promise, you can continue to call her ’mom’ and think of her as your mother."

"So, it’s okay for you to call me Uncle, but when you addressed her again as ’teacher’, it really worried Emerald Sparrow."

These words were the result of deep reflection.