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Chapter 136: Did I Really Trick Them? (2/2)

Shen Cheng’s mouth twitched, and he angrily said, “Are you going to order or not? There are still customers waiting behind you!”

Behind Zhou Dongliang, a few customers poked their heads out and awkwardly said, “Manager Shen, we also want to know…”

“You too?” Shen Cheng narrowed his eyes, a few veins popping on his forehead, while the pen in his hand creaked under the pressure.

Seeing this, those customers quickly pulled their heads back.

Ximing noticed this and glanced slightly at Shen Cheng, with a small smirk forming at the corner of his mouth.

“Uh… I’ll have a mixed coffee with extra milk,” Zhou Dongliang said, shrinking his neck slightly, and then extended a finger to order.

Shen Cheng nodded and wrote down, “One mixed coffee. Got it.”

“Um… I wanted extra milk…”

“No milk!”

“….”

Afterward, Shen Cheng handed over the customers’ orders to Ximing to handle, while he began grinding the coffee for the first customer.

Soon, all the customers’ orders were recorded by Ximing. After putting down the pen, Ximing stretched lazily and then turned his head, squinting and smiling at Shen Cheng, saying, “It seems the previous customer wasn’t wrong, right? Someone seemed to have lost their temper out of embarrassment.”

A trace of awkwardness flashed across Shen Cheng’s face before he retorted, “It’s that guy who deserved a beating! What do you mean by ‘trick’? Was I tricking anyone?”

“Oh~” Ximing drew out his voice meaningfully, then gestured subtly towards Lingxue, who was carrying a cake to serve a customer.

Shen Cheng couldn’t help but look, then fell silent for a moment.

At this time, Lingxue had a cheerful smile on her face, looking like she was thoroughly enjoying herself—like a silly girl happily counting money after being sold.

A middle-aged woman received the cake from Lingxue and, upon seeing her, her eyes brightened slightly, “Young girl, how old are you?”

Upon hearing this, Lingxue folded her arms proudly and said, “I’m already seventeen!”

This wasn’t a fake identity; Lingxue was indeed seventeen now.

The middle-aged woman was slightly taken aback, “Started working at seventeen?”

“I’m not working; I’m just here for a bit of fun…” Lingxue scratched her head, laughing shyly.

“Oh, so you’re Manager Shen’s relative…” The middle-aged woman nodded and glanced Lingxue up and down again before sighing, “I thought you were about the same age as Yanyan, but I didn’t realize you were already seventeen. You should eat more to grow stronger…”

Lingxue: “…”

“Boss.” Sugar walked up to Shen Cheng, handing over Little Qi, and said, “I’ll leave Little Qi to you. I have to work now, and it’s inconvenient to bring her along.”

Shen Cheng nodded, took Little Qi, and placed her on his lap. He smiled and said to Sugar, “Go ahead.”

“Okay!”

Not long after the café opened, the door was pushed open, and a large, fierce-looking figure entered. Though intimidating, Shen Cheng found him extremely familiar.

“Big Long!” Seeing Xiang Long, Shen Cheng greeted him with a smile.

“Boss.” Xiang Long nodded and went to wash and sanitize his hands.

At this moment, Shen Cheng noticed a beautiful young girl with long black hair behind Xiang Long. She looked pure and gave Shen Cheng a sense of familiarity.

As he stared at the girl, Shen Cheng tried to recall for a moment, and then her image gradually overlapped with that of a girl from his memory, who had a completely different aura…

When their two images finally merged, Shen Cheng blinked and then tilted his head in confusion.

Is this… Xiang Xin?

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