Chapter 124 Making a wish to her
Bai Lu didn't finish a big bowl of meat without shedding tears.
Since the cake arrived, we had to move the unfinished dishes from the table to the small square table next to it.
Xiao Wei steadily carried the cake, carefully navigating around the scattered wine bottles on the ground, and under the collective gaze of amazement, shock, and incomprehension, he arrived at the table.
I carefully placed the cake on the table.
After you've finished, go back to your seat and wait to start eating!
"Don't move!"
Luo Shiliu, with a drunken gait, circled the table, his eyes following the cake on it.
As he turned around, he said, "Let me guess what this is. Cheng and I are worldly people."
"I know!"
Xiao Dazhuang had just raised his hand when Wang Hao covered his mouth and blurted out, "It's a cake!"
"They don't have them in town, they don't have them in Pingcheng, they only have them in Nanshi. Last year when we went to Nanshi with Brother Cheng to collect debts, I saw other people buying cakes on the street, and they were extremely expensive!"
Three grown men were circling around the round table.
They went with Xiao Cheng to collect debts, they went out of the city and out of the town, they saw the world, they saw cake, but they had never eaten it.
I wish I could stick my eyeballs into the cake to see through it.
Thankfully, the table was of good quality and could barely withstand the weight of their staggering, drunken gait as they leaned on it to walk.
If the quality is poor, the person and the table will fall over.
"Did your sister-in-law buy this?"
Xiao Dazhuang looked at Bai Lu and asked, "Sister-in-law knows that my brother is taking us out of town to do big business tomorrow, so she specially made this cake for him as a farewell gift?"
No sooner had he finished speaking than he received a sharp rap on the head.
"No need for a farewell gift! Today is Cheng-ge's birthday, and this is a birthday cake that his wife made herself!"
After giving the honest man a flick on the forehead, Luo Shiliu stopped and asked Bai Lu with a grin, "Am I right?"
In an instant, everyone at the table turned to look at them.
The man beside her was especially intensely gazing at her, making Bai Lu's face flush.
"It is a birthday cake, and Xiaowei helped make it too." This explanation doesn't seem very convincing.
Everyone at the table kept their eyes fixed on Bai Lu.
Even Xiao Wei stared at her and nodded seriously: "I only helped a little. The cake was made by my sister-in-law herself. It was a birthday cake specially made for my brother."
Bai Lu: "..."
Why is that kid being so disloyal again!
I made this birthday cake to thank my creditor for his help, and then gave it to him as a gift.
That's not what I meant.
Absolutely no other meaning intended!
The three grown men, having received the correct answer, sat down abruptly, looking at Xiao Cheng with envy in their eyes and hearts.
"Brother Cheng is so lucky!"
"My sister-in-law is so virtuous!"
"My sister-in-law can make birthday cakes, especially for my brother! Oh my god, I'm so touched! I've never eaten cake before, how pitiful!"
"No wonder my brother was so kind today, showing us mercy by letting us in through the front door without having to climb over the wall. He was finally willing to have a proper birthday celebration and eat a good meal. It turns out it's all thanks to my sister-in-law's birthday cake."
"We were all deceived by sugar-coated bullets, no, there were no sugar-coated bullets, we deceived ourselves..."
"Big brother doesn't want to celebrate his birthday with us; he only wants to celebrate with his wife!"
If he had even two peanuts, he wouldn't be this drunk and say something so misleading.
Where did the peanuts go?!
Bai Lu wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl into.
They say three women make a drama, but it seems like three men could win the Best Actor award!
Add to that Xiao Wei, who occasionally lets things slide: "My sister-in-law said that you can make a wish on this birthday cake, and no matter what my brother wishes for, she can make it come true."
Bai Lu: "!!!"
I never said that!
"no……"
"Wow! You can even make a wish on a birthday cake! Big brother, make your wish quickly, and your wife will grant it for you right away!"
"Yes, yes, yes! Big brother, make a wish quickly."
"Don't worry, my sister-in-law said that she needs to light candles and make a wish while the candles are lit so that it can come true."
Xiao Wei knows how to explain.
Bai Lu was speechless.
She's not Aladdin's lamp, she can't grant wishes. Please, boss, stop looking at me like that!
Xiao Cheng not only looked at her, but also stared into her eyes with fluttering eyelashes, and asked with a smile in his voice, "Where are the candles?"
Where did the candles come from!
Bailu doesn't know how to make candles, so this cake is just for eating and doesn't have a wishing function.
While making the cake, she noticed Xiaowei's interest and then explained the tradition of lighting candles and making wishes on a birthday cake.
Who would have thought that a group of men, young and old, would react so strongly to such a vague wish, fixating on it and staring intently at her.
It was as if if she didn't take out the candle, they would use her as a candle to make a wish.
During the White Dew season, all I could do was go to the main house and find a long, round candle that I used as a light source when there was no electricity.
Wrap it with another layer of leftover yam puree from making the cake, and then insert it into the middle of the fruit cake.
"The candles are ready."
"Quickly, who brought a lighter? Light it quickly so that Big Brother can make a wish!" Luo Shiliu had barely finished speaking when...
Xiao Cheng had already lit the candles.
The lighter appeared out of nowhere, as if he had been holding it in his hand the whole time, and its timing was perfect.
Xiao Wei immediately gave the correct way to make a wish: "My sister-in-law said that you should put your hands together in front of your chin when you make a wish."
In the flickering candlelight, Xiao Cheng clasped his hands together, his deep, slightly dreamy eyes not looking at the candle.
I stared intently at Bailu and made a wish.
Bai Lu: "..."
She's not Aladdin's lamp!
Please, sir, don't make wishes on her!
What if it can't be done? Should we kill her?
Xiao Cheng released his hand, clearly having made his wish. He didn't know what to do next.
All we can do is continue watching the White Dew.
Bai Lu's eyes twitched slightly. She pulled out a fruit knife that she had prepared beforehand from the small square table next to her and handed it to the boss: "Just cut the cake and share it with everyone."
As soon as Xiao Cheng took the fruit knife, Xiao Wei reminded him, "My sister-in-law said that the couple should cut it together."
Bai Lu felt like vomiting blood.
She was saying that wedding cakes are cut together by the couple, not birthday cakes!
Who exactly is Xiaowei's Chinese teacher?
"Cut it together! Cut it together!"
"Big brother and sister-in-law, let's cut the cake together!"
The three grown men were so drunk they were practically staggering, yet they still managed to get around the table and cheer.
Before Bai Lu could even disappear into the ground, Xiao Cheng grabbed her wrist, lifted her up, and hugged her from behind, shoving the handle of a fruit knife into her hand and holding her small hand in his large one.
He gently rested his chin on her shoulder.
A cool, refreshing scent drew near, and his sharply defined profile was incredibly close, almost touching her cheek.
The smell of alcohol wafting from her breath swirled around her nose from the side of her face, disrupting her frozen breathing.
"You cut it."
He spoke softly.
The soft, slightly intoxicating syllables, low-pitched and subtly magnetic, were like a warm little brush gently sweeping across the ear.
Bai Lu was completely stunned.
(End of this chapter)
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