Chapter 67 Hengxing, why are you blushing?

Yu Nianqing smiled. "Did you bring it with you?"

Hengxing: "I brought some, including chocolate and raisins."

Yu Nianqing: "Where is your shop?"

Heng Xing turned and pointed in the direction she came from, "It's about two kilometers away. Just walk straight along this path, turn left at the second intersection, and that's the only cake shop on that road."

Yu Nianqing bought two more bags of toast with her. "Do you accept custom cake orders?"

"Yes, yes, sir. Here's my dad's contact number. You can talk to him."

Hengxing looked at this big client with shining eyes, and the tuft of hair on his head almost stood up happily. It was worth being late today.

Seeing her excited expression, Yu Nianqing couldn't help but laugh. "Are you passing through here again tomorrow? Could you bring me something else?"

Heng Xing scratched his head. "I won't be passing through here tomorrow."

Yu Nianqing paused, then asked, "Why?"

The young female Alpha downstairs looked at his puzzled expression and was a little confused. She glanced down at her school uniform and said, "Because tomorrow is Sunday, I have the day off."

After saying goodbye to the major client, Hengxing rode his electric scooter toward the school.

She was already half an hour late when she got downstairs to the teaching building. She glanced at the timetable and saw that the first class was math. She decided to hide in the toilet and wait until the first class was over to avoid being scolded by the math teacher.

As soon as I entered the restroom, I was greeted by my math teacher with a kind smile.

He asked kindly, "Did you hide in the toilet because you were late?"

Hengxing blurted out, "Master, I dropped my dad's shop key in the toilet yesterday. Let me look for it first."

The math teacher smiled as usual: "I bought my breakfast at your bakery today. The shop is doing very well."

"How did you come in with him?"

Back in the classroom, before Hengxing could even sit down, her deskmate Rongwan tugged at her sleeve and asked a gossipy question.

"I'm not going to say anything more, I'm so unlucky," Hengxing whispered.

"What's wrong? Did he ask you to participate in the competition again?" After receiving an affirmative answer, Rongwan asked again, "Did you agree?"

Hengxing took the stationery out of her spatial storage and arranged it neatly on the table. "Where would I find the time?"

get out of class ended shortly after I sat down.

The math teacher glanced in her direction, sighed, and left the classroom.

The classmate who ordered breakfast from Hengxing yesterday came to her table to pick up her meal.

"Your toast, fifteen Star Coins."

"Your lava bread, ten star coins."

...

"Chu Le, your chocolate cake, 20 star coins."

"Okay, the terminal is now in your possession. Take a look."

Heng Xing handed her the delicate little cake, then suddenly remembered something, "Chu Le, isn't that row of villas near the mango tree path in your neighborhood all uninhabited?"

Chu Le looked down at the terminal and transferred the star coins to her. "Oh, right, I heard from my mom yesterday that someone moved in. Did you see them today?"

Hengxing: "Mm."

Chu Le casually pulled up a chair and sat down next to her, asking mysteriously, "Hey, what does that person look like?"

Heng Xing: "What do you mean?"

Chu Le whispered, "I heard from my mom that a wealthy widow moved into that house. He bought it outright without any negotiation."

"Does he live alone?" Hengxing frowned.

That gentleman bought three cans of cookies and two bags of toast; he probably couldn't finish them all by himself.

Chu Le: "Probably. They just moved to Koze, and maybe the dead Alphas couldn't stay where they were."

"Actually, it's not necessarily true. Maybe Koze has some old flame he hasn't seen for years. Otherwise, why would he come to our little broken planet?"

"So, did you see what he looks like?" she asked curiously.

Heng Xing: "I don't remember."

Chu Le's amused gaze inexplicably displeased her.

After Chu Le left, Heng Xing finished sending out the remaining orders and started doing his holiday homework.

She has to work part-time at the spacecraft factory this afternoon and tomorrow, so she doesn't have time to write these things.

*

As the electric scooter sped away and disappeared from sight, Yu Nianqing's smile gradually faded.

Looking back at this familiar yet unfamiliar room, I felt a little empty inside.

Thinking of his Captain Heng.

Saying he didn't care would be lying to himself; Heng Xing's unfamiliar, polite smile made his heart tighten.

Not knowing when he would wake up, he wanted to take this opportunity to see Captain Heng's growth trajectory.

Today is Saturday. Yu Nianqing had heard her say that she would work part-time as a ship repairman during her weekends off.

He decided to go to the cake shop now and visit the shipyard in the afternoon.

After putting on a cardigan, he left the house and headed towards the cake shop in the direction Hengxing had pointed out.

As he passed through the gate of the residential area, he heard several elderly people pointing and whispering about his back.

He listened intently, and fragmented phrases like "widow," "rich," and "lover" reached his ears.

He smiled nonchalantly, and in a way, he was indeed there to see his mistress.

Heng Xing pointed in the right direction, and in just over ten minutes, he arrived at the bakery.

Jiangtai Bakery

Jiangtai is the name of this neighborhood. Behind the bakery is a three-story building with a small footprint. Clothes are hanging on the rooftop balcony, among which the oversized school uniforms are particularly eye-catching.

The shop's interior design is warm and inviting, with warm yellow lighting making the bread displayed in the glass case look even more delicious and tempting. Everything is clean and tidy, showing the owner's dedication.

Yu Nianqing pushed open the door and entered the bakery, only to find no one inside. There was a commotion coming from the kitchen, accompanied by a sweet aroma of bread scrambling to escape.

"Just a moment." A gentle voice came from the kitchen.

While appearance is innate, voice is a more revealing indicator of personality.

Yu Nianqing wandered around the store alone, feeling a little uneasy. Anyone would be nervous meeting their parents for the first time.

The store wasn't big, and he soon turned to the cashier, where a family photo on the wall caught his eye.

A blonde female Alpha sits in front of the camera with her dark-haired husband in her arms, while the man holds a blonde girl with golden eyes in his lap.

She's tiny, and doesn't look much bigger than An'an.

Captain Heng looks more like his mother.

He wanted to take a picture of it with his device, but he didn't.

It's just a dream, something you can't take with you, so let's look at it a few more times.

"Sir, is there anything you need?" A man wearing an apron, a chef's hat, and a mask came out of the kitchen, revealing only a pair of soft gray eyes.

Yu Nianqing retracted her previous guess; judging solely by his eyes, Captain Heng looked like her father.

Seeing his stunned expression, the man smiled and softly reminded him, "Sir?"

"Oh." Yu Nianqing snapped out of her daze. "Um, manager, I'd like to order a cake."

Hengxing said that her father got married after graduating from high school at the age of eighteen and had her at the age of nineteen. According to this calculation, he is now about thirty-seven or thirty-eight years old, only about ten years older than her, so she should call him brother.

But when the title was about to come out, I felt a little awkward and changed it to "store manager" on the spot.

"What kind of meal would you like?" He turned on the virtual screen beside him. "How many people are planning to eat?"

Yu Nianqing lowered her eyes and carefully selected the type of cake. "Two people, I need it tomorrow, can you deliver it to my house?"

"If it's within three kilometers, my daughter can deliver it; if it's more than three kilometers, I'll have to use a food delivery app."

"Oh, it should be within three kilometers, in that neighborhood over there." The man's gentle gaze made Yu Nianqing's scalp tingle, unsure of where to look.

After paying the deposit, he prepared to leave. The man smiled and saw him to the door, kindly telling him, "Come again next time."

Yu Nianqing didn't know how many "okay"s she replied. When she got outside the store, she said "goodbye" and left quickly without looking back.

After just a dozen minutes of conversation, he was certain that the man was naturally gentle inside and out. His eyes, which were so similar to Hengxing's, made him feel uneasy, and he didn't know where to put his hands.

When you first see a family photo, it's easy to feel that the husband and wife's appearances are not symmetrical. The woman is overly handsome and striking, while the man can only be described as good-looking.

But after just one time, you can feel the man's strong personal charm.

He returned to his "new home" the same way he came, and had some freshly bought toast for lunch, which was delicious and soft. If he had the chance, he could go and learn from Hengxing's father.

The kind where you pay.

Unable to resist her drowsiness, Yu Nianqing went to bed for a nap.

Upon waking, he found himself still in the dream. He hailed a self-driving car at the door and headed to the shipyard, where there were no aircraft.

The technological level of each star within the empire varies greatly, and Koze is not the most backward.

The car ride was quite novel, and Yu Nianqing watched the scenery rushing past the window with great interest.

He had a feeling that he wouldn't be leaving anytime soon.

When he got off the bus at the shipyard, staff members wearing overalls greeted him.

Yu Nianqing: "I want to buy a small spaceship."

The other person: "Okay, okay!"

"Do you have any styles you like? Here are a few that would suit you..."

Standing in the exhibition hall, Yu Nianqing looked around and spotted Heng Xing in a corner. She was introducing the spaceship to a young male Omega.

Yu Nianqing: "Is Hengxing here?"

"She has guests now, would you like to wait a bit?"

“Okay.” Yu Nianqing sat down on the sofa next to her.

The guy in the jumpsuit poured him a glass of lemonade. "Here's a brochure. You can take a look."

After saying that, he walked away with a bitter expression.

Heng Xing noticed him walking towards her out of the corner of her eye. "What's wrong?"

"They said they want your introduction, and they're willing to wait for you. The guy on the sofa, go find him after you finish this order." He patted Hengxing's shoulder sourly before going next door to continue repairing the spaceship.

His colleague laughed at him, "What's wrong with you? Do you think you're a philosopher just because you're putting on a sour face?"

He sighed, "People still have to be good-looking."

*

Yu Nianqing sat on the sofa, ostensibly flipping through brochures, but secretly observing the situation in the corner.

The Omega was grabbing Hengxing's wrist and pulling her to another spaceship model, asking her to introduce it to him.

Seeing the two of them with their hands touching, and mainly seeing Captain Heng's expression that said "the customer is the best," "whatever makes you happy," and "as long as you buy the spaceship, you can do whatever you want to me," Yu Nianqing felt a tightness in her chest and took a big gulp of vinegar, feeling extremely jealous.

He felt a slight stinging sensation in his nose, after all, Captain Heng had always been a man of high moral character and would never hold hands with other Omegas.

After waiting for half an hour, Omega left empty-handed without buying anything.

Heng Xing's smile faltered, and after a sigh, he walked towards Yu Nianqing.

"Sir, do you have a style you like?" She raised her eyebrows in surprise when she saw Yu Nianqing's face, her mind filled with the keywords Chu Le had mentioned that morning: "widow" and "wealthy".

This deal should go through, right? If it does, she'll have enough for her first two years of university tuition.

For the past half hour, Yu Nianqing had been taking deep breaths and trying to convince herself that Hengxing wasn't with her yet and that it was normal for him to hold hands with someone else.

But when he saw her standing in front of him, with the same smile on her face as she did with everyone else, he felt inexplicably filled with anger.

He jumped up, grabbed her hand, and led her to the corner they had just been in. "Tell me about that place."

When he reached the model, he turned to look at Hengxing and suddenly noticed that her ear tips were a little red, and her seemingly calm eyes were mixed with shyness. His anger suddenly dissipated.

Everything still tastes just like it used to.

Hengxing didn't know what was wrong with her, why her heart was beating so fast when this stranger held her hand.

When they arrived in front of the model, she tried her best to control her expression and earnestly introduced this model of spaceship to him.

My head is a little dizzy, and I don't even know what I said.

She only remembered that halfway through her conversation, the man suddenly walked up to her shoulder and whispered something in her ear.

"Hengxing, when he grabbed your wrist just now, was your face as red as it is now?"

Author's note: Of course not! (laughs)