Touya Yaoyao

"Is making a strawberry cake really that complicated?! Strawberries, milk, cake flour, heavy cream, eggs, vanilla powder, powdered sugar!"

Frowning as she stared at the list of materials in front of her, Yu Yaoyao looked utterly miserable. Seeing her pained expression, Liu Ying couldn't help but offer words of comfort:

"It's alright, I can handle this. You just need to keep an eye on things from the side."

Although Liu Ying's words relieved Yu Yaoyao, she immediately felt it was not quite right. After all, it was a task that the two of them had to work together, and it didn't seem appropriate to give it all to him alone.

But she really had no talent for cooking, which was truly painful. So she frowned, feeling a little guilty and embarrassed, and said:

"Isn't this a bit inappropriate?!"

"It's alright. Leave the professional stuff to the professionals. If you interfere and the cake doesn't taste good, don't blame me."

Liu Ying's words were teasing, and her expression carried a hint of mockery. Yu Yaoyao blushed awkwardly, then said shyly:

"Then I'll have to trouble you, Brother Liu. Please, Brother Liu, take me on a ride and make me look cool!"

As she spoke, she tilted her head and made a heart shape with her hands.

Liu Ying seemed to be hearing this from someone for the first time, and seeing this strange gesture, she couldn't help but laugh and tease them:

"Alright, alright, I'll show you how to be cool, I'll take you to new heights."

As he spoke, he couldn't help but laugh.

The atmosphere was harmonious, and the online comments were quite witty. As a fan of Liu Ying, I couldn't help but feel especially proud to hear a beautiful girl praising my idol.

[I'm not bragging, but our Xiaoying, no, Brother Liu, can not only carry you to new heights, but he's also a master at missions.]

What's that girl's pose?! It looks a bit like a heart, quite cute.

[Want to make a heart shape with your hands?! I can do that too! If I make a heart shape, will Brother Liu make me a cake?!]

[Don't get your hopes up, upstairs. Brother Liu's cake isn't something you can just eat whenever you want.]

[You talk as if you could actually eat it.]

……

On the other side, Shen Zhenzhen and Jiang Cheng, Li Yue and Xia Man also looked distressed and bitter. They were all not very good at making cakes and were kitchen disasters. Now they were being forced into this task and felt like they had been tricked.

They all hesitated and looked at each other, only to see the same confusion in each other's eyes. After a long while, they all made up their minds at the same time to give it a try, hoping they could get away with it!

As for Bai Taoyi and Ye Lanmei, the two didn't exchange a single word from beginning to end. The air in the car seemed to stand still. Finally, just as Ye Lanmei was about to speak, she was silenced by a dismissive glare from Bai Taoyi. Ye Lanmei looked at Bai Taoyi with resentment, but ultimately remained silent.

The two of them sat there until they reached the supermarket entrance. Then they saw Yu Yaoyao and Liu Ying walking and discussing something, while Xia Man, Li Yue, Shen Zhenzhen, and Jiang Cheng reached a consensus to cooperate and help each other to complete the task.

Looking at the harmonious atmosphere of others and then at her own desolation, Ye Lanmei wondered if she was just incredibly unlucky. But Bai Taoyi didn't give her time to think about it and left the spot, heading straight into the supermarket.

Yu Yaoyao searched for a long time before finding the ingredients for making strawberry cake. She greeted Liu Ying, who was pushing a cart, but suddenly saw Bai Taoshi with an indifferent expression.

For some reason, when Shirato looked at her like that, her cheerful movements stopped a lot, and she even looked a little embarrassed.

Bai Taoshi snorted coldly to himself, took a fresh cream from the shelf next to her and put it in the shopping cart, while Ye Lanmei hurried behind him, trying her best to keep up.

Watching Bai Taoshi walk ahead and Ye Lanmei chase after him, Yu Yaoyao tilted her head in confusion, wondering if they were playing a game of "you run ahead and I chase behind"?

Seeing Yu Yaoyao's puzzled expression, Liu Ying couldn't help but ask curiously:

"What are you looking at?!"

The reason she asked was because there was nothing in front of Yu Yaoyao. His words brought her back to her senses, she smiled awkwardly, and then asked again:

"Have you bought everything?!"

Liu Ying took the whipped cream and calmly said:

"Don't worry, everything's here. See if there's anything you want; I can help you pay the bill."

Yu Yaoyao always believed in the principle of "a fool wouldn't take advantage of a stranger," but she shook her head and refused when offered a bargain by a stranger.

"no"

Seeing that she answered no, Liu Ying didn't think much of it and led the people to pay the bill. On the way, they met Jiang Cheng and his group who were shopping. As someone who had been through it, he kindly gave them some advice on making cakes.

Once the items were purchased, it was time to show off their skills. Liu Ying was the first to head to the cake shop, followed by Bai Taoshi and Ye Lanmei, then Shen Zhenzhen and Jiang Cheng, while Li Yue and Xia Man were the last group.

I heard they realized they hadn't bought enough things on the way, so they went back. They're quite the careless duo.

Sure enough, when Liu Ying said she would do everything herself, she really did. She took care of everything from beating eggs and mixing to baking. Yu Yaoyao just sat there, unable to do anything. With no other option, she started entertaining herself.

The strawberry cake didn't use many strawberries, so a large portion of the strawberries and leftover whipped cream were left on the table.

Yu Yaoyao looked at the strawberries, then at the cream, and couldn't resist starting to make them. She started because she suddenly remembered the strawberry Santa Claus recipe she saw online.

She remembers cutting the strawberry in half at the top third, then squeezing some cream on it, placing the strawberry tips on the cream, using three black sesame seeds for eyes and mouth, and finally decorating the hat and buttons with cream.

To be honest, at first glance, she does look quite like Santa Claus. Her actions naturally caught Liu Ying's attention. However, seeing her smug and serious expression, Liu Ying didn't disturb her. Instead, she watched her busy around with amusement and a touch of doting.

This little girl has quite a few ideas; she actually managed to make something like this.

On the other hand, because she had learned to make cakes, even with her expressionless face, Shiratoya made a very good strawberry cake. As for the other two, they were rather disastrous.

Since none of them had ever done it before, they made a mess everywhere, even getting covered in flour and cream. Eventually, Liu Ying couldn't stand it anymore, so she helped clean up the mess and taught them step by step, which allowed them to barely complete the task.

Yu Yaoyao was unaware that Liu Ying had left midway, so when a hand suddenly appeared in front of her, wanting to eat the Santa Claus she had made, she subconsciously reached out to grab it, only to find that the hand looked somewhat familiar.

She must have seen wrong, she wondered to herself, but when she looked up and saw Shirato Shirai's narrowed, condescending expression, she couldn't help but twitch her lips.

It really is him?! He's like a bandit. Thinking this, she subconsciously moved her Santa Clauses with her other hand, but Shirato Shiro was no pushover. He stretched out his other hand, successfully snatched one of the Santa Clauses, and shamelessly threw it into his mouth.

"Okay"

Bai Taoshi watched Yu Yaoyao's sullen expression and continued talking to himself. His face showed no remorse, but rather a calm and even self-righteous teasing:

"It's just a strawberry, do you have to be so stingy?"

Yu Yaoyao squinted, gritted her teeth, and glared angrily at Bai Taoshi. What did he mean by "just a strawberry"? She had worked so hard to make it, and she hadn't even eaten it yet! This guy had already beaten her to it!

The thought made her want to curse, but considering it didn't suit her status, she hesitated, then put on a pitiful expression, as if on the verge of tears, and said:

Why did you steal my strawberries?! We were friends before!

These words immediately attracted everyone's attention. Liu Ying even forgot that she was instructing Jiang Cheng to bake a cake and rushed to her seat.

Bai Taoshi's lips twitched, and he looked at Yu Yaoyao with disgust, unable to help but say in an annoyed tone:

"What's wrong with just one strawberry?! You wouldn't be that petty, would you?"

"I'm sorry, I'm just that petty," Yu Yaoyao thought to herself, looking like she'd been bullied badly. Tears welled in her eyes as she looked at Bai Taoshi and cried out:

"Brother Liu bought these for me, and I haven't even eaten them yet! You've already started eating them. Can't you afford strawberries?! Why do you have to eat mine?"

These words struck like a bolt from the blue, leaving everyone around stunned. Bai Taoshi stared at Yu Yaoyao in shock, thinking that he had only eaten a strawberry made by Yu Yaoyao and hadn't done anything to offend anyone, so why did her words sound so strange?