With Wang Defa and relatives' strong proof, the people in the family compound had to believe that Shen Mingzhu really knew how to make egg cakes.

Now there was nothing much to say about Shen Mingzhu, and some people started to talk about Ma Sufen's faults.

If Ma Sufen hadn't been telling everyone in the family compound that Shen Mingzhu was bragging these past few days, Shen Mingzhu wouldn't have been given the nickname "The King of Bragging".

"Grandma Zhou Hao, please stop gossiping about Pei Yang's wife. Look at how ridiculous this is. When Pei Yang comes back and finds out about this, I don't know what he will think of us."

Ma Sufen immediately frowned, "Can you blame me for this? It's her own fault that she is so petty, hiding her skill, fearing that someone would learn it and take away her job. Humph, what's so great about making an egg cake? My daughter-in-law can earn money and take care of the whole family, isn't she much better than a delicate little girl like her? She's so proud of herself just because she earns a little money."

"Auntie Ma, what you said is really sour. The money someone makes from baking two egg cakes is equivalent to half a month's salary for your daughter-in-law."

"That's right, your daughter-in-law is good, but Pei Yang's wife is not bad either."

Hearing everyone praising Shen Mingzhu, Ma Sufen went home angrily with a dark face.

"Look at her. She has always been competitive. Now she is so embarrassed."

Everyone joked secretly for a few minutes and then talked about Shen Mingzhu's egg cake again.

Everyone was puzzled. It was just an egg cake. It was not impossible to buy it outside. Why did they have to go to Shen Mingzhu to buy it? Was it so delicious? Could eating it make one immortal?

Shen Mingzhu was in a very good mood.

Firstly, she had concluded another deal, and secondly, Pei Ziheng, who usually acted like a rebellious son, actually knew how to protect her as his stepmother outside, which made her feel very relieved.

After cleaning the oven, she called her stepson over.

"Since you have been so brave in defending my reputation out there, I have decided to reward you well."

Hearing Shen Mingzhu say this, Pei Ziheng just felt a little curious, but then he heard Shen Mingzhu change the subject, "But fighting is wrong. A gentleman uses words instead of fists. Violence cannot solve problems, it will only intensify the conflict. So I want to teach you a lesson. The merits and demerits offset each other, so just pretend nothing happened."

Pei Ziheng: “…”

After talking for so long I still felt lonely.

Upon learning that Shen Mingzhu really knew how to make egg cakes and had taken on another business, Shen Baolan felt jealous again. Not only jealous but also puzzled.

The two of them are from the same village, and she knows Shen Mingzhu's background very well. How could a lazy person at home suddenly learn how to make egg cakes?

She couldn't sleep until she got to the bottom of it.

But she was worried that if she went to Shen Mingzhu to ask, Shen Mingzhu would use various means to trick her. She was not stupid, and she would not go through with it again after being fooled twice.

Looking at her young and ignorant stepson, Shen Baolan's eyes rolled and she came up with an idea.

Shen Mingzhu was not surprised to see Shen Baolan coming to her house, but she said with disdain, "Why are you here again?"

Shen Baolan was also shameless. She carried her stepson and walked into the door, joking, "Why, you're hiding a man at home, are you afraid I'll find out?"

Shen Mingzhu rolled her eyes, but for the sake of the child, she didn't give Shen Baolan the cold shoulder.

"Where is your Pei Ziheng?"

Shen Baolan put her stepson Zhou Hao on the ground, looked around and said, "Let Xiaohao play with your Pei Ziheng for a while, and we can chat for a while."

Seeing this, Shen Mingzhu had no choice but to take Zhou Hao to Pei Ziheng's door. After knocking twice, the closed door was opened.

"Zhou Hao is here, play with him for a while."

After glancing at Shen Baolan in the living room, Pei Ziheng slightly moved aside, and slammed the door shut as soon as Zhou Hao entered.

"You are such a loser. You can control a four-year-old child. You even have to knock on the door to enter his room. Isn't this treating you as an outsider?"

"She's just an outsider. I'm not his biological mother."

Seeing that the attempt to sow discord failed, Shen Baolan sighed again, "That's right. If they are not your biological children, you can't raise them well no matter how hard you try. We can just make do with them. In our situation, we still have to have a child of our own so that our position is secure."

Shen Mingzhu teased, "Why don't you hurry up and have a baby with your man? Why are you coming to me?"

"I do want to have a baby, but I'm having my period now."

As she spoke, Shen Baolan suddenly winked and said, "Mingzhu, you and Pei Yang haven't had your wedding night yet, right?"

"Who said that?"

"You still want to hide it from me? I bet you are still a virgin!"

Seeing Shen Baolan's determined look, Shen Mingzhu felt inexplicably uncomfortable, as if her privacy had been pried into by someone.

"You are the virgin. The day Pei Yang and I got married..."

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Shen Mingzhu described the plot she had read in the novel in a vivid way, leaving Shen Baolan stunned.

Pei Yang is so fierce?! Shen Baolan curiously asked Shen Mingzhu what she felt, and Shen Mingzhu shyly replied, "You know."

“…”

Shen Baolan pretended to drink water, but she was thinking about what Shen Mingzhu said. What kind of experience was that? Why didn't she have it?

After leaving Pei's house, Shen Baolan immediately asked her stepson, "Xiaohao, did Pei Ziheng tell you who his stepmother learned how to make egg cakes from?"

Zhou Hao wolfed down the egg cake given by Shen Mingzhu and had no time to reply to Shen Baolan.

Shen Baolan was anxious and took the egg cake from her stepson's hand. "Don't eat it. What did Pei Ziheng tell you?"

"I want to eat egg cake! Give me egg cake!"

Seeing that her stepson was making a fuss, Shen Baolan had no choice but to return the egg cake to him and took off a small piece and stuffed it into his mouth.

It tastes sweet, soft and chewy, with a strong egg aroma.

Shen Baolan was still not satisfied and broke off another piece and stuffed it into her mouth. This time Zhou Hao refused to accept it and kicked his two short legs and cried non-stop, insisting that Shen Baolan return the egg cake he had eaten.

Shen Baolan coaxed the boy for a long time, until her throat was sore, and finally she managed to calm him down by saying that she would buy him a toy tomorrow.

Afterwards, Shen Baolan asked Zhou Hao again whether Pei Ziheng had told her where Shen Mingzhu learned how to make egg cake.

"Yes."

"Really? Oh, you are my good son!"

Shen Baolan happily hugged Zhou Hao and gave him a big kiss, then continued to ask, "What did Pei Ziheng say?"

“I learned it from books.”

“…”

Bullshit! If Shen Mingzhu could really learn how to make egg cakes by reading books, she would cut off her head and let Shen Mingzhu use it as a stool! (End of this chapter)