"ah?"

Qin Yi had a mouthful of beef noodles in her mouth when she didn't expect Zi Xuan to ask this.

"I think your Swiss rolls are quite unique. I've eaten at many dessert shops over the years, and there may be some that taste better than yours, but none of them are as creative. These floral-scented Swiss rolls, if paired with some traditional Chinese-style packaging and promotion, will definitely become a hit, just like that sweet drink from Chayan Xise."

Qin Yi was somewhat intrigued, seemingly surprised that a big star was so knowledgeable about commercial packaging.

But he still declined, saying, "Your idea is good, but I'm usually quite busy. I won't be setting up a cake stall here next week; I'll be doing other business."

Zixuan picked up a large chopstick of stir-fried rice noodles, opened her mouth wide, and put it into her mouth from a distance.

Her lipstick remained perfectly intact throughout the entire meal, demonstrating the self-discipline of a female celebrity when eating.

"What's so difficult about that? I don't have time to open a shop anyway, my main job is being a female celebrity."

“I’ll be the major shareholder, providing capital and connections. You can be the technology shareholder, handling R&D. I have several cousins ​​who are currently job hunting. Once you develop the product, you just need to teach them how to do it. I have people here who can handle the rest, like marketing and store operations.”

After hearing these words, Qin Yi was even more tempted, but she was still a little puzzled: "Why would such a big star like you be interested in selling desserts and cakes for such a small profit? You can easily earn more than a dessert shop's profits over several years by just taking on a business deal."

Zixuan chewed the tender beef with elegance.

After swallowing it gently, he said, "You can't say it like that, and you can't calculate things like that."

"Our industry is a youth-oriented one. We do earn a lot during our peak years, but there will always come a day when our looks fade. That's why many celebrities pursue both their star career and business ventures. If we do well in the physical business, we have a stable source of income, which gives me more confidence. And who says it's a pittance? Cake shops have very high profit margins. If we can open a popular chain store, we can earn just as much as a celebrity."

"A big star like you should have many options for a side business, so why did you choose the dessert industry? There must be a reason, right? It can't be that you just suddenly wanted to open a cake shop because you saw how delicious my cakes were, can it?"

As if someone had spoken her mind, Zixuan's face flushed slightly.

He took an awkward sip of water, cleared his throat, and looked at the distant starry sky.

"Actually, I didn't look like this before. In junior high school, I had a protruding mouth and was fat. My classmates called me Dinosaur Girl. There was also a very tall and fat boy who they called Fat Tiger."

"Although we are both overweight, we have excellent grades and are class leaders. Our classmates usually just tease and laugh at us a little, but they don't dare to do anything too extreme."

"Until the third year of junior high, we got a new homeroom teacher. As soon as she took office, she had to give the whole class a diagnostic test and said that the three students with the highest total scores would each be rewarded with a box of cheesecake. That day, Fat Tiger got first place and I got second place. I was very happy when the cakes were handed out, and Fat Tiger was also very happy. I was happy because I received a reward and praise, and Fat Tiger was happy because he really loved eating cake. I heard from the boys in the class that he had loved eating desserts since he was a child."

"But just as I was happily leading the cheesecake off the podium, the fourth-ranked student in my class reported me, saying that I went to the teacher's office at noon to peek at the test papers. That day, I collected my classmates' homework and went to the teacher's office to hand it in. The teacher wasn't there, so I just put it on her desk. Because I saw a test paper on the desk, I took a few more glances out of curiosity. I didn't know that the teacher was going to give a diagnostic test in the afternoon."

"That day, in order to be fair, the teacher canceled my grade and gave the cheesecake to the fourth-place student who reported me. Actually, I can accept all of this. I'll just take it as a lesson and not look around the teacher's desk in the future."

"But the fourth-ranked girl and a few other troublemakers in the class cornered me in an alley after school, saying I was shameless and that I had cheated on all my previous grades. I was not convinced, so I started fighting with the girl. I was strong back then, and I knocked her down in a few moves. Her boyfriend at the time got angry, and a few of the guys rushed up and beat me up."

“I couldn’t beat those boys, and they immediately pinned me to the ground and demanded an apology. I refused, and the girl grabbed my hair and tried to slap me. Just then, Fat Tiger happened to walk by with a cheesecake in his hand. The three boys saw him and warned him not to meddle.”

[Student, what you did was wrong. You shouldn't hit people, especially boys shouldn't hit girls.]

“I remember he said something like that, and the girl’s boyfriend slapped me hard on the head in a very provocative way, ‘I hit you, so what?’ Fat Tiger put the cake on the ground and rushed over to hit the boy without saying another word. He was already 180 cm tall in the third year of junior high school, and he could fight three against one without being at a disadvantage.”

"And what about you?"

Qin Yi was enjoying the delicious stir-fried beef noodles while listening to the exciting celebrity gossip, having a wonderful time.

"If those kids hadn't held me down, I definitely would have gotten up and fought that woman!" Zixuan said, standing up excitedly.

"It was like releasing all the pent-up grievances that had been building up for so long. The girl and I pulled each other's hair, slapped each other, and kicked each other. We both got bruises, but I was fatter and taller than her, so I probably hit her more often and harder."

"And then what?"

Qin Yi couldn't imagine the scene of this seemingly exquisite and beautiful female celebrity in front of her pulling each other's hair and kicking each other wildly.

It must be beautiful.

"Later, a teacher who was passing by on his way home from get off work bumped into us and dragged us all to the principal's office. Everyone was punished and criticized, and we had to write a self-criticism."

"You're going to write about Fat Tiger too? He's the kind of person who stands up for what's right when injustice is done."

Zixuan shrugged: "Anyone involved in the fight had to write a self-criticism. He lost his chance to be selected as a model student that year because of this. I still remember when we were dragged to the office, he didn't forget to pick up the crushed cheesecake on the ground and put it in his schoolbag."

“I asked him how he could still eat it, and with one eye swollen and the other squinting, he replied, ‘It’s still in the box, it didn’t fall on the ground, it was just crushed, but it’s still very delicious if you scoop it out with a spoon.’”

"This person really has a deep love for desserts!" Qin Yi couldn't help but exclaim.

"Hehe, that's right." Zixuan got carried away and stuffed a big mouthful of stir-fried beef noodles. At this moment, she forgot her self-discipline as a female star and even got lipstick on the noodles.

"So what happened between you and Gian afterward?"

"Later, my dad felt that I must have some mental problems because I hadn't told him about being bullied at school for so long, so he immediately transferred me to another school. The change of environment really helped me feel much better. I took the initiative to get braces to correct my protruding jaw and worked hard to lose weight. Now I look like a completely different person compared to when I was in junior high school."