Chapter 23 If you're allergic to alcohol, don't drink! ...
Yu Nianqing looked back at Heng Xing, then back at the cake she had spent hours making, her grip on the trolley tightening.
Hengxing stared blankly at the back of his head, wondering why Mr. Yu's mood had suddenly plummeted, and why the atmosphere had suddenly become awkward.
The two remained silent in the corridor, while the robot vacuum cleaner, which was born unable to speak, continued its carefree, creaking journey towards the driver's seat.
A moment later, Yu Nianqing realized that she was inexplicably throwing a tantrum and wanted to speak up to ease the awkward situation.
Before he could speak, Heng Xing walked up cheerfully as if nothing had happened, took the trolley from his hand, and muttered to himself as he pushed it, “Mr. Yu, I originally wanted to put a picnic mat in the driver’s cab, but you know I don’t have anything fancy like that, so I thought a bed sheet and a picnic mat would be about the same.”
She left a loophole, and Yu Nianqing knew this was her way of giving herself an out. He continued, "So, Captain Heng, you used a bed sheet instead of a picnic mat?"
"No, I used a mattress instead of a picnic mat," Hengxing said with a hint of pride.
Yu Nianqing followed behind her, looking at her smiling eyes from the side, and then smiled, "Is the floor too cold? You can turn up the heat."
“No, Mr. Yu, we are about to embark on a long voyage, so we need to conserve fuel.” Heng Xing turned to look at him and lectured him earnestly.
"Of course, most importantly, I don't have any summer clothes."
She only had two sets of secondhand clothes bought on the black market and one set of hospital gowns with the same long sleeves and trousers.
Yu Nianqing couldn't help but chuckle, covering her mouth as she laughed.
Hengxing had always thought that covering one's mouth while laughing was a bit pretentious, but when Mr. Yu demonstrated it, it became elegant and pleasing to the eye.
Seeing that he was in a good mood again, she explained about her cake, "The previous cake was spoiled, so I thought I'd buy another one."
"It's okay if the cake is spoiled." Yu Nianqing looked directly into her eyes hidden between her golden curly hair.
He doesn't care.
More than that, he worried that his surprise wouldn't leave a mark on Captain Heng's heart, which was why he had felt uneasy and frustrated just now. Captain Heng had always been too gentle, and he always found it difficult to control his emotions in front of her.
However, more than the surprise, he has now discovered something more important.
"Captain Heng, did you really use the hair oil I gave you?"
Why is it still so rough!
Hengxing reached out and brushed the curly hair from her forehead, quickening her pace. "Let's go have a picnic in the driver's seat first."
Yu Nianqing sighed as she watched the Alpha suddenly speed up and escape from her sight, then jogged after her.
The robot vacuum cleaner had been waiting in the driver's seat for a long time, and Hengxing took the cake off its head and placed it on the table.
"Mr. Yu, would you like a drink?" She magically produced more than a dozen canned iced drinks from her spatial storage.
Yu Nianqing, who had just arrived in the driver's seat, asked, "Did you buy this at the same time as you bought the cake?"
"No, I found it in the refrigerator."
Not only that, the source of the drinks also included the space buttons she had on hand.
I wonder how those two guys on the mining planet are doing now.
"Look, it's iced cola."
She put them all in the refrigerator yesterday, and now the tin cans are condensing on the surface, leaving a damp mark when you touch them.
“Captain Heng, desserts go well with slightly bitter black tea. I have a tea set, let’s have some tea together,” Yu Nianqing said.
Hengxing ignored him and shoved a bottle of cola into his hand. "I don't care, it's my birthday today, you have to listen to me."
She patted the mattress. "Come on, sit down. I'll cut the cake."
"I'll eat yours, you eat mine."
Yu Nianqing sat down next to her, holding a cold can of cola.
Hengxing took out the serrated knife that came with the cake and started cutting the cake he had spent a lot of money on.
Watching Hengxing cut the cake in half, then in half again, and then scoop out a quarter of it for himself.
Yu Nianqing's eyes twitched, and she quickly pressed down on her hand, "Captain Heng, you don't need so much."
Hengxing looked at the cake in her hand and said, "It's not much, you should eat more."
Raise your hand to continue scooping a quarter of the cake into the cake dish.
"Really, you don't need that much." Yu Nianqing took the serrated knife from her hand and cut the cake in half again, then in half again...
Looking at the cake on his plate, which was less than the width of a finger, Hengxing realized for the first time in his life what "a slice of cake" meant.
"Are you full?" she asked sincerely.
Yu Nianqing handed the knife back to her, saying, "Eating too much cake will make you fat."
Hengxing looked at his arm, which was a size smaller than hers: ...
“Omega and Alpha are different,” Yu Nianqing said. “Captain Heng, you are too thin. You should eat more.”
"Okay, I think I should eat more too." Hengxing pulled the cake he made in front of him, cut it in half and then in half again, put a quarter of it into his own plate, and then pulled the tab on the Coke.
She squinted, enjoying the sound of the bubbles, which sounded like celestial music.
Captain Heng, enjoying his cola and cake, looked a bit like a golden cat stretching lazily in the sun—very cute.
Yu Nianqing used a fork to poke into the strawberry, then put it in her mouth, gently biting it with her pearly teeth, savoring the sweet taste of the fruit and the smooth cream.
Um,
The strawberries and cream in this cake aren't as good as the ones he bought.
He tried another bite of the cake.
The cake base wasn't fluffy enough, and the strawberry jam filling was also undercooked and overly sweet.
Overall, none of them are as good as him.
Yu Nianqing smiled with satisfaction.
Setting aside the half-eaten cake, he asked, "Captain Heng, do you think my cake is delicious?"
Hengxing didn't hold back his praise.
This isn't just mindless flattery; it really is delicious, comparable to her father's cooking.
Yu Nianqing propped herself up on the mattress and looked up at her. "Captain Heng, did you make a wish before eating the cake?"
"Make a wish?"
Oh no, she forgot.
I was thinking about food the whole time.
"Never mind, I don't have any wishes," Hengxing said. "I'll make one next year."
"Don't you have any wishes?" Yu Nianqing asked her curiously.
Hengxing put down his fork and began brainstorming seriously. "I had a wish before, I wanted a spaceship, but that wish came true ahead of schedule, so I don't really have any wishes now."
"Thank you, Mr. Yu, you've granted my birthday wish ahead of time."
But the current circumstances don't allow it; Mr. Yu is with her, and the effects of the suspension bridge on him haven't completely subsided. He's helped her so much—he made her a cake and even gave her a spaceship.
Hengxing was very grateful to him.
After confirming that everything was arranged, she continued to put the next quarter into her plate without any burden.
After Yu Nianqing finished eating the cake on her plate, she rested her chin on her hand and watched as the other girl happily showed off her cake.
The enthusiastic feedback from diners is the best praise for a chef. In addition, although Captain Heng eats quickly, her movements are not hasty or rude, and watching her eat is a joy.
Seeing that she had finished her Coke, he even opened a new bottle for her to replace the empty one.
Hengxing finished eating a quarter of the cake in his hand and closed the cake box again.
She repackaged the two cakes on the table, then lay back on the mattress in a starfish position.
Seeing that she finally had a moment to speak, Yu Nianqing smiled and asked, "Captain Heng, why..."
His gaze followed her movements, and he frowned, sensing something was wrong. "Why is your face so red?"
Hengxing looked at the ceiling, raised his right hand, and put his thumb and forefinger together. "I just have a slight alcohol allergy."
Yu Nianqing: ?
He picked up the soda he had just opened for her and noticed that the bottle was a cocktail of the same color.
He admitted his mistake.
I shook the jar; it was empty.
"I'm sorry, I thought this was also cola. You know you're allergic to alcohol, so you shouldn't have drunk it."
Heng Xing didn't lower his hand that was raised in the sky. "It's okay, don't waste it. I only have a little bit, just a little bit."
She drank several bottles of liquor during the New Year's Eve drinking party at the repair shop and was fine.
Looking at the hand in the sky, she suddenly changed the subject, "Mr. Yu, don't you think my gesture looks like a chicken's head?"
Yu Nianqing: "...Let's go back to our room and rest, okay?"
Seeing him acting like he was comforting a child, Hengxing became indignant and sat up abruptly. "I told you I'm fine, I can still answer questions. By the way, what question did you just ask me?"
He's clearly drunk. Will he have any problems if he's allergic to alcohol and drinks?
Self-blame enveloped him like a thick fog, and Yu Nianqing quickly searched for doctors online for online consultations.
Seeing that he was ignoring her, Hengxing reached out the chicken head on her right hand, bit his sleeve, and shook it, "Tell me, what's the problem, what's the problem, what's the problem..."
Fortunately, this liquor isn't very strong.
"I just wanted to ask you why you like eating cake so much."
"Because my dad owns a cake shop, I can't live without eating cake after a while." Hengxing lay down again. "Desserts are really addictive. I feel unhappy if I don't eat cake for too long."
She clung to the bed, refusing to leave.
Yu Nianqing had no choice but to continue chatting with her, "On Keze Star?"
"Um."
"Is your dad still running the cake shop now?"
"Keze Star is destroyed, there's nothing left."
Yu Nianqing pieced together the information she had previously given her: "Before the explosion, your family took you away from Koze Star. And now, you miss your hometown and want to go back?"
"No, I left on my own. I don't have any family anymore." Hengxing stared at the ceiling.
After drinking, she felt that her mind was still clear, and even more active.
So, she wasn't drunk at all!
"Where is your father or mother?" Yu Nianqing noticed that another parent was missing from the background of her conversation.
"My mother died in an accident when I was very young."
Several wealthy aliens entered the port of Keze Star without turning on their warning lights, and happened to run into the port signer, who was also her mother.
After the incident, the group left without offering any explanation; in their minds, humans were no different from ants.
Two weeks later, when the court investigated the accident, Kezexing only offered a paltry sum of money as a form of charity, without providing any explanation.
The lawyer tactfully told the father and daughter that they had no way of investigating the backgrounds of these people, and that at most they could ask for more money.
The snow-white ceiling gradually shattered into small, alternating dark and light squares. Hengxing stared at these squares, feeling as if he had returned to the port when he was five years old.
That night, her father took her to pick up her mother from get off work, only to find her blood-red, shattered body parts under the bright white lights of the harbor.
If she ever had the chance to meet them again, she would definitely kill them.
Regardless of the cost.
A note from the author: Please don't follow Captain Heng's example; if you're truly allergic to alcohol, then don't drink.
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