Chapter 124: The reborn of paranoid boss cannon fodder wife
Chapter 124: Making a Wish for Her
Bai Lu finished a large bowl of meat without shedding a tear, as the cake arrived, forcing her to clear the table of the unfinished dishes.
Steadily holding the cake, Xiao Wei navigated around the scattered bottles, attracting magical, bewildered, and incomprehensible gazes as he approached the table.
Carefully placing the cake on the table, he returned to his seat, ready to start eating.
"Don't move!"
Tipsy, Luo Shiliu took a wobbly stroll around the table, eyes following the cake as he circled. As he spun, he said, "Let me guess what this is. Me and Cheng Ge have seen the world."
"I know!" Xiao Da Zhuang raised his hand, but Wang Hao covered his mouth, speaking first, "This is a cake!"
"No one in the town has it, nor in Ping Cheng, only in Nan Shi. We went with Cheng Ge last year to collect debts, and I saw someone buying a cake on the street. It's especially expensive!"
Three grown men encircled the round table.
They had been with Xiao Cheng to collect debts, been outside the city, seen the world, seen cakes, but had never eaten one.
They wished to peer into the cake with their eyes.
Luckily, the table was of good quality, just able to withstand their wobbly steps as they leaned on it while walking.
If the quality were lower, they might have toppled over along with the table.
"Is this bought by Sister-in-law?" Xiao Da Zhuang asked Bai Lu, "Did Sister-in-law know that Big Brother is taking us out of town for a big business tomorrow, so she specially made a cake for Big Brother as a farewell gift?"
Just as he finished speaking, his head received a wallop.
"Farewell? Today is Cheng Ge's birthday. Sister-in-law made this birthday cake for Cheng Ge!"
Luo Shiliu gave the honest man a wallop and then stopped, grinning at Bai Lu, "Am I right?"
In an instant, all eyes at the table were on her.
Especially the gazes of the men beside her were particularly intense, burning so hot that Bai Lu's face felt flushed.
"Yes, it's a birthday cake. Xiao Wei also helped a bit." This explanation seemed less convincing.
All eyes still remained focused on Bai Lu alone.
Even Xiao Wei was staring at her, nodding earnestly, "I only helped a little. The birthday cake was made by Sister-in-law specifically for Big Brother's birthday."
Bai Lu: "..."
How did things turn out this way?
Clearly, it was a birthday cake made to express gratitude to the benefactor for his care. It was intended as a gift for the benefactor's birthday.
Not the other way around.
Absolutely no other meaning.
Three grown men, with slightly loosened screws, reacted so intensely to the vague notion of making a wish. They refused to let go and kept staring at her. It was as if they thought she would transform into a wish-granting fairy if they kept staring.
Bai Lu had no choice but to find a way to crawl into the ground.
They say three women on stage are a play. Looking at the scene now, three men could easily win the Best Actor award!
Plus, there was an occasionally clueless Xiao Wei: "Big Sister said you can make a wish with the birthday cake. No matter what wish Big Brother makes, Big Sister can make it come true."
Bai Lu: "!!!"
I never said that!
Where did he get that idea?
I'm not a magic lamp!
What if I can't make it come true? Are they going to kill me?
Xiao Wei grasped the precise answer and quickly explained, "Big Sister said when making a wish, you have to hold your hands together, place them in front of your chin."
Under the flickering candlelight, Xiao Cheng held his hands together, slightly lost in his deep, mysterious eyes, not looking at the candle at all.
He didn't understand what to do next.
He could only continue looking at Bai Lu.
Bai Lu, with her eye corners twitching, pulled a ready fruit knife from the nearby small table and handed it to the big guy, saying, "Cut the cake and share it with everyone."
Just as Xiao Cheng took the knife, Xiao Wei reminded, "Big Sister said husband and wife should cut it together."
Bai Lu was close to spitting blood.
She meant that for weddings, the couple should cut the cake together, not for a birthday cake!
Xiao Wei's Chinese teacher must be identified!
"Cut together! Cut together!"
"Big Brother and Big Sister cutting the cake together!"
All three grown men were now sloshed, but they still managed to chant and cheer around the table.
Bai Lu hadn't even found a place to hide yet when Xiao Cheng grabbed her wrist, lifting her into his arms from behind, putting the handle of the fruit knife in her hand and covering it with his big hand.
His chin lightly knocked against her shoulder.
Under the warm light of the swaying candle, with a breath carrying a hint of alcohol that gently brushed past her cheek, White Dew's frozen breath was disrupted.
"You cut it."
He spoke softly.
A slightly tipsy and resonant tone, low and magnetic, brushed against her ear like a warm brush, disturbing her already stiff breath.
"You cut it."
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