Chapter 8 Her True Identity 2
"At this point in time, Xing Yeliu and the others should still be in the Special Management Office, right?"
I walked towards my destination, holding the gift box in one hand and taking out my cell phone with the other, and sent a text message to Qian Yuefang.
Because of this distraction, I bumped into a girl who was walking towards me.
"Don't you look where you're going?"
The girl cursed loudly, and then she pushed me hard.
I was not prepared at all and stumbled. The box in my hand was kicked by the other party and flew out. Several small desserts rolled out of the box.
"Oh no, my dessert!"
I rushed over and picked up the dessert. Fortunately, half of the dessert was still in the box, but unfortunately, half of the dessert rolled out. Although the place was grass and there was no dirty soil, there were still some grass clippings on the dessert.
I blew away the grass scraps on the desserts with great concern. I didn't want to waste my parents' efforts, but I couldn't put the dirty desserts together with the intact ones, so I used clean paper towels to separate the dirty desserts from the intact ones and put them back in the box.
After doing all this, I turned around and looked at the girl.
"I didn't look at the road before and accidentally bumped into you. That's my fault, but you bumped into me on purpose and kicked my things away. Isn't that too much, Xia Lei?"
I looked coldly at the old acquaintance across from me.
That’s right, it’s Xia Lei whom I haven’t seen for a long time.
She had been depressed for a long time since she was defeated in the Special Management Office's qualification review. It was said that there was also a wave of withdrawals from the Night Star Fan Club, and the number of members was now less than a quarter of the peak.
Although her glory days are gone, Xia Lei's outfit today is still exquisite and gorgeous - a khaki tassel vest, a fairy-style lace long skirt, and her hair tied into a princess bun. The only thing that remains unchanged is the dazzling star crown-shaped hairpin on her head.
"Humph, who told you to be blind?"
When Xia Lei saw me, all the new and old hatreds surged into her heart and her expression distorted.
I frowned deeply and said, "You ruined my dessert. I don't want you to compensate me, but you should apologize to me."
This nine-grid dessert gift box is in limited supply at my family’s Happy Bakery. It takes my parents a long time to make one of these handmade boxes.
I stopped Xia Lei who was about to leave.
"Apologize? There is no such word in my dictionary. Lin Weiya, don't think that you can be proud in front of me just because you temporarily deceived Xing Yeliu and Jing Fengyin with your little tricks. In my eyes, you are nothing."
"Then do you know what you are in my eyes?"
When I was extremely angry, I laughed instead. Xia Lei took two steps back and asked, "What is it?"
"You are a flower, a ferocious man-eating plant that everyone avoids!"
"Lin Weiya, you stinky girl!"
Xia Lei raised her hands high in anger, but I was wary of this move and grabbed her hand tightly when she waved her hands down.
"Let me go! Lin Weiya, you little bastard who deserves a lesson!"
Xia Lei struggled desperately, but I grabbed her hand and shook it hard. When she raised her hand to swing at me again, I took two steps back and took out my cell phone.
"I filmed everything you did to me."
When I said this, Xia Lei froze in place.
"You—despicable!"
"Humph, this is justified retaliation! If the teachers and students of the academy knew about your violent behavior, I wonder what they would think?"
I shook the phone in my hand. Xia Lei had stepped on my bottom line again and again, so I had to fight back like this.
Xia Lei was shaking with anger, her face turning pale and blue. She bit her lip, but didn't dare to move forward, so she withdrew her hand and glared at me with eyes as sharp as knives.
"You—I'll let you go this time!"
She stamped her feet, turned around and ran away quickly the other way.
"You still owe me an apology! Xia Lei, I remember it!" I shouted at her back, but Xia Lei ran even faster.
"Well, now I should be able to have some peace and quiet for a while."
I opened my phone, but there was no video in it. I lied to Xia Lei. There was only one unread text message from Qian Yuefang in my phone, and I opened it and took a look. He said that the three of them were waiting for me in the office of the Special Management Office.
Special Management Office.
The aroma of black tea wafted throughout the room, and on the wooden coffee table was placed the gift box that I had brought specially.
I looked at Xing Yeliu and the others with an apologetic look and said, "This is a dessert sent from my hometown. I brought it here especially for you to try. However, it's all my fault that I fell on the road. The ones here are not edible anymore..."
I pointed to the dessert which had some grass on one side of the gift box and was a little damaged in shape.
"Xiao Wei Ya, you fell down? Are you okay? Are you hurt?"
After hearing this, Qian Yuefang immediately jumped over and sat next to me, looking at me carefully. Jing Fengyin and Xing Yeliu also looked at me with concern.
"I, I'm fine! It's just a pity... This dessert was specially sent by my parents. It's the signature gift box of my bakery. The taste is no worse than the ones you make at Earl's Rose Pastry Shop!"
I smiled and responded to them, then pointed to the intact desserts and said to them: "However, you can still taste these. This is the matcha frozen sweet cake, this is the jasmine cake... this... uh, Xingyeliu, and that is the broken Xuelici, you can't eat it..."
While I was introducing them, Xing Yeliu, who had been silent the whole time, suddenly picked up a fallen dessert and put it in her mouth.
I jumped up to stop him , but he finished it in one bite and said "not bad". Qian Yuefang and Jing Fengyin each took a fallen dessert and tasted it.
"Wait, don't eat those. They've all fallen to the ground and made a mess. Oh, why are you..."
I watched them eat their desserts without a care in the world, feeling both angry and amused.
Qian Yuefang said to me while eating: "This is a precious dessert that your parents sent specially for you, Wei Ya. It would be a waste if you don't eat it..."
"It just fell on the grass. It's nothing serious. You don't have to worry so much..." Jing Fengyin said to me with a smile after finishing a small dessert.
"Well, this tastes pretty good. It feels like a fusion of Chinese and Western desserts. Your parents' craftsmanship is superb..."
Xing Yeliu, who is usually very picky, did not forget to give comments after eating the dessert.
They were about to reach out to take it, so I quickly took the dessert box away.
"Okay, I know you don't mind. But don't eat the other ones that are already dirty."
I blinked, looked at them with amusement but touched, and said, "I know you are doing this to show your consideration for me, but there is no need to force it. If you like, you can eat the remaining intact desserts."
Because the desserts specially sent by my family were ruined, I didn’t want to ruin my parents’ kindness, so I didn’t throw away the dirty desserts. Unexpectedly, the members of the pastry club also noticed my kindness, so they did this - even if it was damaged, it was a gift from my friend’s family, so I had to taste it with gratitude and respect.
My heart was warmed again this morning.
It was great to meet them at the Earl's Rose Pastry Shop.
"Okay, okay, we'll listen to you, don't hide anymore! I want to continue tasting the delicious desserts made by my uncle and aunt!"
"Well, the one I just ate was slightly damaged in appearance, but it tasted great..."
Seeing that they were willing to cooperate, I took out the remaining intact desserts and invited them to taste them again.
"Come on, try this! This is my mother's specialty. Like Qian Yuefang, she likes to use flowers and plants."
"My father likes to research new things. This dessert is an innovative experiment combining Chinese and Western elements. Senior Jing Fengyin, I think you will like it..."
"Xing Yeliu, I think this dark one suits you very well..."
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As I introduced them, I recommended desserts that suited their tastes one by one. Qian Yuefang and Jing Fengyin accepted it easily, but Xing Yeliu picked up the dark chocolate pie, looked at me dimly, and asked, "Why do you think this is suitable for me?"
Because you have always been a black-hearted person in my mind!
Of course, I couldn’t say such words out loud, so I smiled and said to him, “Haha, of course it’s because of your mysterious temperament like the night!”
Xingye Liu reluctantly accepted my explanation and put the chocolate pie into her mouth.
I looked at him expectantly. Actually, this chocolate pie had a special surprise.
"This...this taste..." Xing Yeliu frowned at first, then looked at me suddenly, "It's a double layer of filling!"
"You're right! This is a one-of-a-kind double-layer chocolate pie created by my father! The first layer is mint vanilla, and the second layer is sweet orange... Some people like it very much, while others think it's a dark dish. The reviews are at two extremes." I explained very proudly.
"Wait, Liu, Wei Ya, are you talking about double chocolate pie?"
Upon hearing this, Jing Fengyin suddenly showed a very surprised expression.
"Is the double-layer filling unique? Someone at the Earl's Rose Pastry Club has made desserts like this before." Qian Yuefang interrupted.
"Who is it?" Jing Fengyin was stunned, looked at Qian Yuefang, and said doubtfully, "I also vaguely remember hearing about this dessert somewhere..."
I looked at them curiously and said, "Really? I thought only my dad could make such a weird dessert!"
"When we were looking for information before, didn't we see it in some document? A very old school history document..." Qian Yuefang reminded Jing Fengyin.
Jing Fengyin frowned and thought for a moment, then suddenly relaxed her brows and said, "Yes! At the Xinggong school anniversary one year, a boy named Lin from a certain club made a double-layer chocolate pie that sold the highest sales volume in the history of the school anniversary event. At that time, we suspected that the boy was one of the maintainers of Earl Rose..."
"What happened next?" I asked.
"We didn't investigate further because that school anniversary happened many years ago. It was too long ago. Liu, you remember this incident too, right?"
"Yes. We didn't check further because of time constraints. We only counted the members of the West Pastry Club in the last 15 years." Xing Yeliu added.
"Before 15 years, the time span was too long, and the archives were not as well preserved as they are now, so we didn't have much time and energy..."
“There aren’t many people who can make such a unique dessert…”
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Jing Fengyin and Xing Yeliu added to their comments one after another, and Qian Yuefang and I just looked at each other, having no idea what they were talking about.
"What does this have to do with the desserts that Wei Ya brought?" Qian Yuefang blinked in confusion.
"Yeah, are you doubting something when you say this now?"
I couldn't help but ask.
"Xiao Wei Ya, I want to confirm two things with you."
After Xing Yeliu and Jing Fengyin looked at each other, they seemed to understand something and looked at me. Jing Fengyin's face was filled with anticipation and excitement.
"What?"
"First, is that double-layer chocolate pie your father's signature dessert?"
"Yes. My father is very stingy. I wanted to learn it, but he said it was a secret that could not be passed on to anyone else! I am obviously his biological daughter..."
"Okay, second -" Jing Fengyin raised her hand to stop my mumbling, "Do you know which college your father graduated from?"
"Ah? Didn't I tell you? My dad and my mom both graduated from Xinggong!"
I looked at them in confusion.
"No, you never mentioned it!" Qian Yuefang shouted in shock.
Jing Fengyin and Xing Yeliu also looked very shocked.
"Ah, maybe I forgot to say it. It's not very important anyway..." I said with a smile.
"How is it not important? This is very important! Ah, I also understand what Liu and Yin are thinking!"
Qian Yuefang suddenly stood up with an expression of sudden enlightenment.
Only my brain was running as slowly as a rusty machine and couldn't keep up with their thoughts.
Xing Yeliu, Qian Yuefang, and Jing Fengyin looked at each other, as if they were silently communicating something, and then all three of their gazes were fixed firmly on me.
"Viya, do you still remember why came to Earl Rose Pastry Club?" Jing Fengyin asked me.
"Because of--"
I looked at Xing Yeliu sheepishly. It was because I punished Xing Yeliu with dessert that the guy grabbed me... Uh, no, it was because...
I suddenly understood something.
"I am immune to the magic of the West Point Club!"
"That's right!" Jing Fengyin nodded heavily. "At that time, we couldn't find out why you were immune to the magic of the West Point Society. But now, combined with your life experience, we have a new idea."
"My background? What does this have to do with my immunity to magic?"
I swallowed nervously.
"Your parents happen to be graduates of Xinggong Academy, your parents happen to have superb skills in making desserts, and their daughter happens to be immune to the magic of Earl Rose... Don't you think of anything about these?" Xing Yeliu stared at me intently.
"I can't think of any."
Qian Yuefang urged, "Stop keeping her in suspense and tell her the answer!"
"Lyu and I suspect that Wei Ya's parents were members of the Earl Rose Pastry Club 15 years ago, or maybe even longer!"
After Jing Fengyin dropped such a heavy bomb, she then dropped another one -
"I think we need to pay a visit to Viya's home."
What?
My parents might have been members of the West Point Club? And Jing Fengyin and Xing Yeliu, three grown boys, actually wanted to visit my house?
I imagined the gossiping looks of my parents and the people in Xinde Town, and I trembled a little.
Wow, how did things develop to this point?
