Annoying habit of playing pranks

He knew Chen had said she would be out of town the whole day, but Xia couldn't help but hope. Plus, Chen had the annoying habit of wanting to surprise everyone all the time and playing pranks.

Si Xia pulled Zenghai's chance as soon as he get the chance and whispered in his ear, "Is Chen here?" "She's supposed to be." Huo Zenghai replied, looking around. "Who do you think arranged all this?" he added, as Xi Hua came towards them.

"Happy Birthday Xia." she said with a hug and handed him a small box.

"You really shouldn't have." Si Xia whined, handing the box to assistant Chuan who had miraculously appeared beside him. Hua smiled and raised her glass, "I really should have. Anyway, go change out of your work clothes and we'll cut the cake." she added pushing Xia towards the stairs and pulling Zenghai towards her. "And you, you're gonna come help me arrange everything." she scolded him.

Si Xia continued to look around and politely smile at people as he made his way to the stairs and climbed them. "Come on Chen. Where are you? And what do you look like today?" he mumbled to himself, scanning the crowd.

Finally, not being able to spot Yu Chen, a very disappointed Xia made his way towards his bedroom. He opened the door and instantly stiffened. Si Xia could tell at a glance that someone had been in here. He was a very organised person and would notice if anything had been moved in his personal space. Xia scanned the room with narrowed eyes, wondering what had the person who broke in here wanted.

"Come on Xia, you're being paranoid. It's a party. Someone probably stumbled in here drunk. What else did you expect." Si Xia mumbled to himself as he walked into the bathroom to freshen himself up.

He frowned as he came out of the bathroom a few minutes later. "Oreo? How did you get here?" Xia spoke, furrowing his brows. Upon hearing his voice, Oreo turned his head to look at him. Si Xia expected Oreo to bound up to him, but instead the naughty dog only gave a bark and turned away his face to continue staring at the closet for some inexplicable reason.

Si Xia smiled to himself as he walked towards his closet. There was only one person in the whole world for whom Oreo would ignore him. And sure enough. Chen figure came into view as soon as he opened the closet.

Yu Chen jumped on him as her face broke into a radiant smile, shouting surprise and happy birthday, and was joined moments later by Oreo as he leapt on both of them.

"He's really getting very naughty." Si Xia spoke as he put down Oreo and a few pats on the back by him and a few kisses on the head by Chen. "Oh come on!! He's just a baby!" Chen whined.

Si Xia rolled his eyes with a smile, "He's gotten too heavy for a baby. I'm pretty sure you would have fallen if I hadn't been here." He burst out laughing the next second as his sentence led to Chen shutting up and pouting.

"I'm not gonna scold him babe. I just meant that he needs to learn not to jump in our arms anymore." he added, patting Chen's head with his free hand.