Chapter 54 Strawberry...cake, at this moment, became Yue Yiyue's lifelong enemy.
Yue Yiyue stared at Wu Zhen, not missing a single expression on her face.
It doesn't seem like a lie.
His face showed regret, disappointment, and a hint of self-blame.
After a long pause, Yue Yiyue neither refused nor agreed.
She looked at the cake shop behind Wu Zhen, where several dejected people came out, seemingly because they hadn't bought the cakes they wanted.
Do you know what a wishing cake is?
Wu Zhen shook her head and asked Yue Yiyue curiously, "What is this? I've never heard of it."
"Is this thing related to my cousin?"
Yue Yiyue quickly recounted the events.
Finally, Yue Yiyue frowned and said, "Your cousin... well... he might already be dead."
“It’s not about whether I’m letting him go or not. I’ve never really known him, so you don’t need to tell me these things.”
I witnessed He Wu remove my head just a few hours ago; I certainly wouldn't survive that.
Yue Yiyue didn't want to be unfairly blamed for something he hadn't done.
"If you're only helping me because of him, then forget it."
"I'm not a very capable person; I can't save him."
Wu Zhen's face paled slightly at the blunt words.
"No, impossible. This is a time of peace. How could such a thing happen?"
"Yue Yiyue, you must be joking... I promise you, I will never go near Gu Nanqiu again... My father only has this one nephew, if he finds out that something happened to him... he will beat me to death."
Wu Zhen forced a smile, a hint of ingratiation in her voice: "I'll agree to anything you ask, please don't joke like that."
While it wasn't exactly a crowded time of day, two people standing on the roadside talking were still quite conspicuous.
Seeing the strange looks coming from passersby, Yue Yiyue sighed, "I don't know him well. If you feel better about blaming me for this, then I'll take the blame."
"As for your father, that's your family matter. If there's anything you need to do, you can go through legal procedures or call the police."
"I have other things to do, don't keep me from getting in my way."
After saying that, Yue Yiyue walked towards the target cake shop, no longer giving Wu Zhen any extra glances.
They are unimportant.
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After searching several stores, Yue Yiyue still couldn't find the so-called matcha-flavored cake.
Several passersby who were searching with her also gave up after looking at several places without finding anything.
As they left, they watched Yue Yiyue rush off to another house like a hardworking ox.
They huddled together and figured this person must be facing some special difficulty, otherwise they wouldn't be so fixated on a cake.
The group huddled together and whispered for a moment before quickly catching up with Yue Yiyue: "Good luck, stranger!"
As she spoke, she stuffed the tips they had copied down about wishing cakes into Yue Yiyue's hand.
The bold words above read: "The chances of refreshing the cake increase after 6 PM."
The report also indicated the likelihood of several cake shops offering matcha-flavored strawberry cake.
Several other places had a big "X" marked on them, with huge funny faces drawn next to them: "This place has absolutely nothing! Anyone who comes here is doomed."
Watching the girls' laughing figures disappear into the distance, Yue Yiyue thought for a moment, then caught up with them in a few quick steps: "That cake will have consequences if you eat it, such as becoming a soulless puppet or a mindless believer. Unless you have a specific wish that you want to fulfill, it's best not to touch it."
The girls were taken aback when Yue Yiyue caught up with them and said those words.
The shortest girl, who was also the one who slipped the note to Yue Yiyue, was the first to react: "If that's really the case, why did you go to so much trouble to find him?"
“Because, my very important friend was taken away by this.” Yue Yiyue looked at the note in her hand. She organized her thoughts: “Someone made a wish, hoping to be with her.”
"So this cake kidnapped the person. It's most likely to brainwash my friend, or it could turn my friend into a soulless puppet, so that the conditions for being together can be met."
The girls stared at each other, their eyes filled with incomprehension.
The women looked at each other, seemingly doubting the veracity of the story.
The tallest girl in the line seemed to remember something and asked, "Speaking of which, isn't there an unbelievable couple in our class? The guy ate the cake and then inexplicably got together with the richest girl in our class."
"That guy eats and drinks from her every day, and he often belittles her..."
Several people fell silent at the same time.
Seeing that these girls had their own ideas, it seemed they wouldn't be looking for that so-called wishing cake anymore.
Yue Yiyue turned around and continued walking towards his next destination; time waits for no one.
He hadn't walked more than a few steps when those same people caught up with him and patted him on the shoulder.
It was the shortest girl again. She tilted her head back and patted her chest: "Hey—we'll help you too. Let's form a group and split up to look for customers at different places. It's too tiring for you to do it all by yourself."
Yue Yiyue stopped in her tracks and turned around to look at the group of girls she didn't know, somewhat puzzled as to why they would come to her aid after she had only said a few words.
Were they trying to help me? Based on their words, Yue Yiyue was a little worried that he might have misunderstood them.
Seeing Yue Yiyue's dazed expression with a frown, the short girl continued to explain, "We didn't mean anything by it. Based on what you said, we speculated that the girl in our class definitely didn't do it willingly. Although we're just classmates and have some past conflicts, we're both girls. If more people use this weird thing to make these kinds of crazy wishes, there will be more and more victims, and we might be the next one."
"Let me confirm again, what you just said, you really didn't make it up, did you?"
The petite girl glanced at her friend beside her and sighed, "Forget it, forget it, you don't need to lie to us. Let's not say anything more. Add me as a friend, and I'll add you to the group."
Five minutes later, Yue Yiyue was assigned the store area he was responsible for in a daze, and was then led by one of the burly girls to a place to borrow a small electric scooter.
The burly girl looked at Yue Yiyue and said, "Great job! Alright, let's go! Remember to send the information about the shops you've been to to the group. As for me, I'll go write the article now! Send messages to my friends, and wait for more sisters to help us!"
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After visiting two different places, Yue Yiyue noticed that the group chat had grown from five people to twenty.
Each of them sent a message in the group: "I have purchased and tasted XX cake shop's cake, but it doesn't taste like the one you described."
It's like a tacit agreement.
Yue Yiyue was looking at the screen, wondering why they wanted to buy samples, when she saw the message tagging her: "Friend, we forgot to tell you, these cakes look just like ordinary ones. You'll only know if they are after you've tasted them!"
The latest message that popped up is: "!!! I need help urgently! I don't have enough pocket money. Can anyone lend me some? I have something here that I suspect smells like that."
Soon, the group chat was filled with the sound of red envelopes.
"Received. Write it down, I'll reimburse you later." After sending this message, Yue Yiyue sent a 20,000 yuan red envelope in the group and told them to take it themselves.
"Did I miscount the zeros? Why do I have 1000 here?"
"I'll give you a refund later. I spent all the money on albums a while ago. Thank you, boss!"
Yue Yiyue instructed the shop assistants to cut a small piece off each of the strawberry cakes displayed in the cabinet and give the rest to each customer who came in afterward. At the same time, he expressed his gratitude in the group chat, promising to treat them to a meal and send them small red envelopes afterward.
The cashier, who was checking out, looked at Yue Yiyue's extravagant style and thought to herself, "Another rich person wasting money on some so-called story."
However, since the tip was generous, she naturally wouldn't speak ill of the boss.
She carefully instructed the shop assistants to cut off a corner so as not to damage the shape of the small cake and affect its future gifting.
I casually picked up my phone to check the messages in the group chat. Different stores were all saying, "Why are there so many people buying strawberry cakes today? Is there some kind of promotion?"
A moment later, a post from a public WeChat account was sent to the group via a link. It contained several students' accounts of what happened to people around them after they ate the cake.
After carefully reading the article, the shop assistant's gaze fell on the person sitting at the table, meticulously savoring the cake. The person's expression was focused, but there was no trace of enjoyment for the cake in their eyes...
"Hello, are you the person involved in this?" After finishing her phone call with the owner from behind the kitchen, the shop assistant approached Yue Yiyue. "These cakes will take you a long time to sort out. Do you need our help?"
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Thirty minutes later, in a very secluded corner, someone finally got to eat the matcha-flavored mini cake.
Yue Yiyue hurriedly picked up his phone, thanked the shop assistant, and rushed outside.
The phone kept buzzing with messages; the "lucky one" who got to eat the cake was frantically asking for help in the group chat.
"Hurry! I sense something strange is heading this way."
Five minutes later: "Ahhh! Someone sent me a weird message asking what my wish is! I didn't get it! What could I possibly wish for? World peace?"
Are they on their way?
"He thought I was too slow in replying to messages, so he came!!!"
"I started talking to Him, and now I'm asking why life is so meaningless!!! Family, please help me! Is there any more nonsense literature out there? I told Him I wanted to make a wish later, and He told me it wouldn't count!!!"
When Yue Yiyue rushed into the cake shop, she saw a girl in the corner frantically typing away, looking like she was digging her toes out of her seat. The girl's head was so low she was practically crawling under the table.
Sitting opposite her was the same waitress who had delivered the cake to Gu Nanqiu before. She was still wearing a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, and her clothes were as perfectly pressed as before, without a single wrinkle. She sat on the sofa with her legs crossed, looking at the girl with a sly smile: "This is the one who should really make a wish?"
Without giving the other person much of a look, Yue leaped over in two quick steps, walked to the cake, picked up a clean fork from the side, and cut off a small portion.
Just as Yue Yiyue had imagined, what landed in his mouth was the taste of mango, representing the price he had paid.
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