Xia Li didn't run far.
She didn't run all the way back to her dormitory, she didn't even go downstairs.
Instead, they went up to the two floors above the student union office.
Even if a fox comes to chase her, it will only chase her downwards, so this place is absolutely safe.
"...Huff, huff..."
Xia Li was panting heavily.
Even though she ran very fast, it was only such a short distance, and her physical strength shouldn't have been that weak.
But this time, she heard her heart pounding wildly, causing her breathing to become disordered.
She leaned against the wall, slowly squatted down, and finally plopped down in the dimly lit corridor.
Xia Li hugged her knees with both hands, looking like a frightened child.
She glanced sideways at the familiar-looking cake—of course it looked familiar, it was a cake that had been sold from her house.
I just stared at it for a while.
Xia Li seemed to gradually recover.
She pulled the cake back to her side.
Before opening it, she took out her phone and called her mother first.
"…Hello."
She lowered her crisp voice: "Yeah, I got to school a while ago. Didn't you see the WeChat message I sent you?... Oh right, I was pretty busy today, are you done?"
“…”
"That's good, Mom. The boy you mentioned who came to our house to make a cake yesterday... yes, the one from Jiangda University. Was he tall and thin, wearing glasses... with short hair?"
“…”
"Oh...yes, I know him. Yeah, he's also a friend of Brother Bei's; he's the one who introduced him..."
“…”
While her mother was still talking on the phone, Xia Li became somewhat distracted.
It really was that guy.
The heart that had been hanging in suspense finally died.
Xia Li sighed, talking to her mother on the phone as she sat cross-legged, then gently untied the ribbon on the cake box. She held the phone between her cheek and shoulder, and lifted the lid with both hands to open it.
"...Huh? Does he or she like it...?"
Faced with her mother's question, Xia Li instinctively wanted to say, "How would I know?"... but she didn't say it and stopped talking.
The entire cake was presented to her after its outer packaging was removed.
The cream was thick in some places and thin in others. Although many layers were applied, Xia Li could still see many uneven areas.
The small cream flowers scattered around were of varying sizes, looking rather disharmonious and not at all like the perfectionist person their student council president usually was.
The design on the cake—the rabbit's head is a bit too big, and the fox is too small.
If this finished product wasn't handmade by a customer but sold from her shop, it would definitely be a disgrace to her reputation.
Xia Li frowned slightly, a hint of disdain in her expression, yet a smile unconsciously crept onto her face. She straightened the phone and answered the person on the other end:
"Hmm... I think I quite like it, after all, it was you who taught me, Mom..."
“…”
"What do you mean by 'important sentiment'? I don't understand at all!"
“…”
"Mom, I'm only a sophomore in college! Don't talk to me about marriage!"
"..."
"Mom, I miss Dad a little."
Xia Li stood up. Her small body was just taller than the railing of the corridor, but she had to tiptoe to lean on it. She looked up at the dark sky and wondered if it was because of the cake that the cool air tasted sweet.
“…”
"Mom, do you remember, before we opened the cake shop, we made cookies together... and then we made a whole lump of them..."
"..."
"What do you mean by using vulgar language? It's just a bunch of nonsense!"
“…”
"Yes, but my dad enjoyed it so much. We thought it was a great success, but after eating it, he almost threw up."
"..."
"Hehe, please tell my dad that I miss him, and ask him to come to me in my dreams... Okay, I have something to do here. Bye-bye."
Xia Li said.
As she hung up the phone, she sat cross-legged in front of the cake.
She pulled out a plastic knife, disposable fork, and plate from the packaging box, and then cut the cake in half.
But as the knife sliced across the rabbit and fox patterns, she paused, then the blade continued to cut along their edges.
Successfully kept the two little animals on the same piece of cake.
Then, he picked up another piece, took a fork, and put a large chunk into his mouth.
"...So sweet."
"As expected of my family's cake."
"The quality is excellent."
"It tastes so good and has absolutely nothing to do with foxes..."
"If he went to another restaurant, he definitely couldn't make food this delicious..."
"hey-hey."
Xia Li let the cream cover her lips while looking up at the sky.
The night sky was devoid of moonlight and stars, shrouded in a thick fog.
Just like a young girl's heart.
She suddenly whispered:
"Dad, I've met someone just like you."
Even if my cooking is terrible, he'll still praise it as delicious.
"Although their taste is a bit better than yours."
"You can genuinely eat it, while he's forcing himself to pretend it's delicious..."
Xia Li muttered to herself for a while, then chewed on her plastic fork and typed into her phone.
Xia Li: Remember to finish your cookies quickly.
[Summer Pear: It will taste bad if left for too long]
[Xia Li: Don't reply to me even if you see this!!]
Xia Li: You bastard! You pervert!!
[Li Si: 1]
Xia Li: ...
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