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Chapter 19: Are you willing… to take me away? (2/2)

Even Lin Yuhui had let him knead her quite a few times, though she never stopped him.

This subdued Shen Cheng’s arrogance.

When he saw Wen Yuanyuan, whose cheeks only flushed slightly before, now turning red up to her neck, making a sound like a boiling kettle, Shen Cheng felt like steam could burst out of her head like a steaming cake in an oven at any moment.

After a brief pause, Wen Yuanyuan bowed deeply to Shen Cheng and then hurriedly ran out the door without saying a word.

Shen Cheng saw that, as the girl ran out of the shop, she stumbled a bit, almost falling.

Watching her silhouette disappear, Shen Cheng stood awkwardly for a moment before quietly taking the steamed cake out of the oven and trying a bite.

Hmm, it tasted quite good.

After finishing the cake in a few bites and washing the plate, he tore down the hiring poster at the shop’s entrance before heading upstairs to the second floor.

At that moment, the room’s sole occupant and two cats had finished bathing, changed clothes, and were now sitting in a row on the sofa, watching TV.

“Senior, do you think that girl was here for a job? Was she an intern?” The landlord lady asked, tilting her head as Shen Cheng walked in.

Her hair, still emitting a faint steam, was not yet completely dry, cascading softly over her face like white jade, making her appear very appealing.

“No, she came to apply for the pastry chef position, and I hired her.” After saying so, Shen Cheng added, “She has a lot of talent in that area, at least not worse than me.”

“Oh?” Lin Yuhui suddenly became interested, after all, she was well aware of her senior’s expertise in making desserts: “Not worse than you? Did you keep her contact details?”

Hearing this, Shen Cheng paused slightly, scratching the back of his head somewhat awkwardly.

“Forgot to ask?”

“…Yes.” Shen Cheng nodded in admission.

In fact, Shen Cheng wanted to get her phone number, but she got scared and ran off…

“Then what about her name? Surely you at least asked your employee’s name, right?”

“Ahem… She is Wen Yuanyuan…”

Lin Yuhui curled her lips.

With an awkward laugh, Shen Cheng turned his gaze to Sugar: “Is your health better?”

Sugar nodded: “Almost fully recovered.”

“That’s good.” Letting out a breath, Shen Cheng sat wearily on one side of the couch.

At that moment, the TV was showing a nature documentary, featuring a cuttlefish spraying out a cloud of ink and then darting around.

Cheese sat cross-legged on the couch, hands gripping the edge, body leaning forward, eyes glued to the TV screen, her pale yellow eyes sparkling as a bead of drool hung from her mouth. She didn’t even notice Shen Cheng had returned.

Shen Cheng chuckled softly, feeling somewhat empty inside since Cheese didn’t pounce on him as usual when he opened the door.

Maybe they should have hotpot sometime and give Cheese plenty of cuttlefish balls…

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In the blink of an eye, it was late at night.

Standing by the familiar trash can, looking into the pitch-dark alleyway, Shen Cheng sighed, placing the plastic bag with the cake at his feet, intending to leave.

“Uh…”

At that moment, a somewhat childlike girl’s voice timidly came from the alley, causing Shen Cheng to immediately tense, his lifted foot stopping in midair as he turned subconsciously to look into the alley.

A frail figure emerged trembling from the darkness, speaking with humble hopefulness:

“Are you willing… to take me away?”

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