Translator: Cheese
The work efficiency of the Ministry of Public Security was indeed high, and soon they filmed a scene of the dessert shop.
Today, the school had given Su Tian and a few girls a holiday to let them support the work of their police comrades and contribute to the fight against crime.
And in cooperation with the police, the dessert shop did not open for the public.
This program would definitely be broadcast on China Central Television. At that time, audiences all over the country would be able to watch. For the dessert shop, it was simply a giant, free advertisement. Su Tian was super energetic.
The shop was beautifully decorated, neatly arranged with all kinds of desserts. In addition to the already popular Kaka cakes, there was also a new product He Qingwan had just developed, a Nemo strawberry crepe cake1.
The red of the strawberries was striking among the selection of majority white, coffee, and yellow.
Many of the staff who were filming couldn’t help but look over and ask He Qingwan why she was selling this.
He Qingwan gave a slight smile. “This is a new product and hasn’t been priced yet. When the filming is over, all the desserts in the shop are for everyone to eat.”
The shelf life of desserts was very short, and these things couldn’t be kept for sale tomorrow. Asking everyone to eat them was the most cost-effective choice.
When everyone heard this, they all smiled with joy and expressed their thanks to He Qingwan.
After all, they had stayed in Luocheng for several days, and many people had heard of this dessert shop where people lined up every day.
The money wasn’t the issue; the income of people in the media industry wasn’t low. The main point was that the boss had warmly invited everyone to eat dessert; it felt too damn amazing.
“Hey, Xu Ling, why are you in a daze?” someone asked.
The young boy named Xu Ling hurriedly tore his gaze from a certain cake, a little confused. The puppy on that cake just now, wasn’t it… Kaka?
Although it could be a coincidence, it couldn’t be such a huge coincidence.
The manhua comic he had designed hadn’t been released yet. The feeling of seeing the manhua protagonist in this little countryside town was really… like a motherf*cking fantasy.
After the filming, Xu Ling was lucky enough to get a Kaka cake. He was holding the cake, unable to bear eating it.
Ji Shaoheng came over and saw him stupidly staring at the cake and asked, “Xiao Xu, what are you looking at?”
Xu Ling turned his head. Seeing that it was Ji Shaoheng, he hurriedly called out, “Uncle Ji.”
Ji Shaoheng knew Xu Ling from long ago. This kid was 2-3 years older than his family’s little brat and was his classmate. After graduating, he joined the TV station. Based on his observations, Xu Ling’s relationship with the little brat wasn’t too bad.
Ji Shaoheng’s gaze fell on the cake in his hand. “Something wrong with the cake? Come, let me see…”
Saying that, he very naturally took the cake from Xu Ling and viewed it from all angles. “There’s no problem. Does it not taste right? I’ll try…”
With that, he cut a small piece and popped it into his mouth.
!
Xu Ling: “…”
He wanted to cry but had no tears as he watched Ji Shaoheng eat half his cake. He cursed in his heart:
F*ck, Uncle Ji is still so shameless.
…No, he’s getting more and more shameless.
After the filming, Su Tian sent away her classmates and saw that strange young man again.
The youth was wearing a white shirt and black windbreaker, quietly standing not far away. People were coming and going nearby, but he seemed to be standing along in another time and space. There was a strange sense of isolation from the people around him.
He really was a strange person.
Su Tian just took a look and retracted her gaze. She turned back, but that youth walked over again.
Su Tian: “…”
Before she could open her mouth, Xi Yun had rushed over, gasping, “Jiejie, hurry, Auntie’s calling you…”
Su Tian no longer looked at the youth. Seeing that Xi Yun had rushed over so anxiously, she thought that something had happened, and she hurriedly returned to the dessert shop.
He Qingwan: “Tiantian, did you send all your classmates away?”
Su Tian: “En. What did you call me for?”
He Qingwan was taken aback. “I didn’t call you.”
Su Tian: “…Didn’t you ask Xiao Yun to call me?”
He Qingwan: “I didn’t.”
Su Tian: “…”
Outside, Xi Yun had his cheeks puffed and his hands on his hips, staring at the youth in front of him with full hostility. He warned, “You weird guy, don’t come close to my jiejie.”
The youth raised his brows. Where did this stinky kid come from?
He bent down, looking at the stinky kid in front of him, and lifted the corners of his lips. Before he could speak, they heard Su Tian’s distant call: “Xiao Yun.”
Xi Yun quickly turned his head. The youth also stood up and looked over.
Su Tian hurried over, but Xi Yun quickly stopped her halfway through. “Jiejie, don’t come over, there’s a weird bad guy.”
Su Tian followed Xi Yun’s gaze. The youth’s lips lifted up. He asked, “Nemo is in my house. Do you want to see?”
Su Tian: “……!?”
She looked at the youth in front of her with suspicious eyes.
Could this person have transmigrated like herself? Otherwise, how could he know Nemo? After all, Liu Kaiyan’s 《Nemo》 manhua wasn’t finished yet.
Did he hear her talking about Nemo and suspect that she also transmigrated, so he came to contact her using a secret code?
Unfortunately, she had zero desire to recognize her fellow countrymen2 at all.
Su Tian secretly grew alert. In the future, she couldn’t tell any more stories about her previous life in public. If she really did run into a fellow “villager,” things would really be troublesome.
Xi Yun anxiously declined: “Not going, not going. Don’t go, jiejie, he must be a bad guy lying to you.”
Hmph, don’t think he was easy to deceive because he was young. Everyone on TV said that human traffickers trick people into remote places before doing bad things.
Su Tian held Xi Yun still and said to the youth: “I’m sorry, I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
Saying that, she took Xi Yun and walked away.
Youth: “…”
He opened his mouth, watching as one big and one little gradually walked away.
The kid also turned his head and made a face at him.
The youth stood there for a while. Waiting but not seeing Su Tian come out, he could only go back.
The fish tank was bubbling with life. Sea anemones eagerly unfurled, and colorful fish shuttled through them.
When it saw him, Nemo twisted its body and swam over. He poked the glass, saying to the clownfish:
“Poor Nemo, your mom doesn’t like you.”
He spoke with pity, but no one knew whether it was pity for Nemo, or for himself.
The author has something to say:
Nemo would like to express that he will not carry this pot.
[1] 层蛋糕: lit. layer cake. There are a lot of examples online (source)
[2] 认亲: as in recognize each other as fellow transmigrators
Cheese Translations 
That cake looks amazing 😩
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I want a bite of cake too!
Foodie here!
Thanks for the update 🥰😘
Poor guy! The fl might really think his a stalker.
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