To make up for the debt owed to Lin Qingping and Gu Juncheng

Gu Juncheng had nothing to say.

If you can't lie.

"Is seeing me really that important?" Her words still echoed in his ears: "To me, seeing you is more important than selling ten more cakes."

"It's very important!" So important that she transcended reincarnation and came back from another life, just to see him again.

Gu Juncheng took a deep breath and wiped the fine sweat from her forehead. "Let's go."

"Go...where to?" Lin Qingping didn't react for a moment, thinking he was going to leave.

“Go back to the shop! You’re so busy, I’ll be your waiter,” he said.

"Aren't you busy anymore?" Lin Qingping smiled slightly.

The two returned to the store.

It's such a waste for someone as strong as Gu Juncheng to be a waiter. He's so powerful; he'd be an expert at kneading dough! Later, even Wu Tianping came to the kitchen to knead dough.

It's not a technical job; all you need is strength and to follow instructions!

On this day, batches of bread were baked and cakes were made one after another.

It was an extremely busy day.

In the evening, we went to Liang Jiaqi's restaurant across the street for dinner.

At the table, Liang Jiaqi raised his glass to apologize to Gu Juncheng, "Brother Gu, I was ignorant and rude. I apologize with this glass of wine."

The boy, not yet twenty, was young and inexperienced, full of vigor, and his smile was radiant.

Gu Juncheng smiled slightly and drank the cup.

How could an old man like him argue with a child?

Looking back at Lin Qingping, she was talking to Mei Li. They were talking about something, and she was smiling brightly. The light shone into her eyes, making them glow.

It was a happy day.

Everyone is very happy.

Liang Jiaqi opened the wine to liven things up for everyone. Wu Tianping was a wild child, and once he got into a good mood, no one could stop him. As a result, everyone drank too much at the meal, and Gu Juncheng also drank too much.

Lin Qingping recalled her limited time with Gu Juncheng, and it seemed that he had always been a self-disciplined person, and she had almost never seen him drink too much.

He was a man of few words to begin with, and when he drank, he would just drink alone, one cup after another, which made Lin Qingping a little worried.

"Aren't you going back to school tonight?" She remembered that he usually went home on Saturday afternoon and returned on Sunday night.

"No need," he said, and then drank another glass.

This is unacceptable!

Lin Qingping ended the meal by saying that everyone was tired today and should go home to rest early.

She felt that Gu Juncheng was acting strangely today, and she would have to ask him about it when she got back!

On the way back, she supported him, afraid he was drunk, and asked him, "Gu Juncheng, are you alright? Are you okay?"

Not only did he not respond to this, but his face visibly darkened, and he walked away very quickly.

Lin Qingping: ...

Is this trying to prove something?

The first thing Lin Qingping did when she got home was to make him a soup to help him sober up.

As she was rummaging through drawers and cupboards looking for ingredients to make soup, Gu Juncheng's voice rang out behind her, "What are you doing?"

"I'll find something to make you a hangover soup."

She continued searching, head down, when a voice behind her said, "Aren't you tired?"

"It's alright..." He's definitely tired; who wouldn't be tired after a day of non-stop work? But his soup...

Before she could finish her thought, her body was lifted into the air, and then she was engulfed by an overwhelming smell of alcohol.

He really drank a lot...

He was holding her like that, and she already felt dizzy from the smell of alcohol.

She knew what he was going to do, and sure enough, he carried her straight upstairs and into a room.

Lin Qingping's immediate reaction to this matter was to refuse, because her mother-in-law had repeatedly instructed her before she passed away that Gu Juncheng should be supported more and that he should be disciplined.

But he was drunk today, and his strength was too great. She was pinned down by him and couldn't move at all. She blurted out, "Gu Juncheng, aren't you tired today? I'm really tired..."

With just one word, "tired," Gu Juncheng stopped.

Lin Qingping could already feel his tense muscles and rapid breathing, but he still stopped, panting, and got off her.

"I'm going to take a shower." She quickly disappeared from the room.

Lin Qingping inexplicably felt that perhaps she shouldn't have refused just now?

She could already hear the sound of water running from the bathroom next door. She shook her head and thought, "Never mind, I'll make him some hangover soup first."

However, by the time she brought the soup up, he was already asleep.

"Gu Juncheng?" she called softly, but the sleeping man did not respond.

He must be very drunk, otherwise, given how alert he is when he sleeps, he would wake up at the slightest noise.

Lin Qingping had no choice but to put down the soup and go take a bath herself.

Zhiyuan returned at that moment, and Sister Zhao went next door to pick him up. Second Sister also came with him.

The shop was busy during the day, and it would be inconvenient to bring the two children to the shop, so she asked her second sister to take them to play at the house next door. When Sister Zhao came back, she went to the house next door to pick them up first.

Of course, some desserts from the shop can be taken home. Zhiyuan is now holding a small cake and is extremely happy.

"Remember to brush your teeth if you eat something sweet at night, or you'll get cavities," Lin Qingping reminded him with a smile.

"I know! Mom, you go to sleep first, you and Aunt Zhao go to sleep too, I'll take a shower and go to bed by myself." Zhiyuan knew they were tired after a long day.

"Okay." Lin Qingping smiled.

She was really tired. After taking a shower, she lay down on the bed and fell asleep as soon as her head hit the pillow.

However, because she was so tired, she slept very soundly and unconsciously leaned against Gu Juncheng.

Gu Juncheng had already washed up, but he could still smell a faint scent of alcohol on himself. He had indeed drunk a bit too much today, but he was neither drunk nor asleep; he was more sober than ever before.

As he watched the woman snuggling into his arms, his gaze grew even more intense.

Finally, she found the most comfortable position and nestled in his arms.

In the end, he still pulled the woman into his arms, letting her long black hair fall over his shoulders.

"Lin Qingping," he whispered her name, "You don't need to be too good to me. It's only been five years, not worth your whole life to repay."

Lin Qingping had class the next day, so she set an alarm for 6 a.m. But she never expected that even after waking up so early, Gu Juncheng would still be gone.

"He had to get to school's morning exercises, so he got up at around 4 a.m.," Sister Zhao told Lin Qingping. She knew this because she also got up at around 4 a.m., and was so excited that all she wanted to do was make sweet soup, knead dough, and bake a cake.

As she said this, Sister Zhao had already prepared the sweet soup and was about to go to the shop.

Well, Lin Qingping was a little annoyed. She had planned to ask him last night what was wrong with him, but she hadn't had a chance yet.

Lin Qingping has been extremely busy this week.

Every day, I live a very routine life, going between school, the shop, and home, barely touching the ground.

Unfortunately, something went wrong at the store during this busy time.

It's not that business is bad, but rather that business is too good. Raw materials are being used up very quickly; in just one week, we've used up almost half a month's worth.

Lin Qingping initially thought it was fine; if she ran out of materials, she could just go to the store to buy more. However, when she went to buy them on the weekend, the store was out of stock!

"There wasn't much stock to begin with, and one boss bought it all at once," the shop owner told her. "But don't worry, my new stock is on its way and will arrive in a few days. Just hold on for a few more days."

What else could Lin Qingping do? She could only wait.

Mainly, she has been making food all her life and has high standards for food quality. Her cakes skipped the stage of vegetable cream cakes that many people ate when they were young and used all animal cream. At that time, there were very few stores that sold animal cream. In addition, coffee beans and other ingredients were all purchased from this import store.

She ran around everywhere, visiting almost every food ingredient store, buying things here and there to scrape together some, and then using her own traditional methods to process some with milk. But these traditional methods were enough for a family, and the amount she could make for a shop was far beyond what she could produce by hand.

And so she held on for another five or six days, until she figured the boss's goods should have arrived, and went to the store to ask the boss.

As a result, the boss told her that the goods had not yet arrived, and the ship had encountered a typhoon at sea and had entered port to take shelter from the storm.

When asked when it would arrive, the boss shook his head, saying he didn't know and it depended on the weather.

Lin Qingping is going crazy.

The shop can only hold on for two more days, no matter how hard they try.

She panicked immediately.

In her past life, she started her business by cooking stir-fries at a fast food restaurant, and she never encountered a shortage of raw materials.

There was no other way but to find a solution from elsewhere. Even Wu Tianjiao couldn't help her with this. Even if Wu Tianjiao had import channels, it would still take time to ship it over.