Chapter Thirty-One: See Maintenance Through to the End

  Cheng Qiao, who was holding today's dessert, walked out from behind the screen with a calm and composed demeanor amidst the cheers and screams. Seeing his thin lips pursed and his eyebrows furrowed in an unusually stern expression, I thought he must be feeling quite desolate and helpless inside.

  At this time, he didn't have to be in the spotlight and surrounded by people like a rare white whale.

  Logically speaking, no matter which server it is, as soon as they see that a customer has ordered dessert, they should immediately rush to deliver it. However, with the addition of several new employees in the store, they not only need to quickly get familiar with daily cleaning and hygiene but also need to practice operating procedures in the dessert shop as soon as possible. Therefore, we should give them more opportunities to try out, including this morning.

  But Auntie meant that Qiao could temporarily hide in the kitchen for now and make a grand appearance when the peak guest period arrived, but he was still pushed out.

  The main thing is that the person who started it all wanted to see a good show, so they coerced and bribed him into coming out.

  The one who started it all was me.

  Because I don't just want to see the long-lost guests' crazy and infatuated expressions, but also want to see what kind of interesting reactions new employees will have when they encounter this situation...

  When you see Cheng Qiao shining like a moon surrounded by stars, what will you feel?

  Actually, the last time I was borrowed by Cheng Qiao under the name of "treating a cold" and touched my tongue, although I didn't mention it, but in my heart, I still had a lingering resentment. Seeing that Cheng Qiao also occasionally felt a bit awkward, but they were all carefully covered up by me.

  After all, it's not as simple as just kissing on the lips or forehead. Even if there is a secret recipe that can "cure a cold" with a tongue kiss, but the position of the tongue is clearly in the deep zone, where can it be easily touched by someone who only has a friend relationship without even saying anything? Of course, it's not okay to touch just because you say so.

  Instead of a couple, the two people unexpectedly French-kissed, and this behavior seems abnormal no matter how you look at it, as if it was done on purpose. But surprisingly, Cheng Qiao's expression at that time was innocent and sincere with a hint of bitterness, not looking fake at all.

  Furthermore, based on my understanding of him from knowing him for so long, I couldn't see any other motives in his heart besides thinking about his future wife all day.

  But... is it possible that Cheng Qiao has been intentionally pretending to be an innocent little white rabbit to deceive all of us?

  I suddenly remembered the text message I sent to A Qian this morning.

  It was almost two o'clock at that time, and Bai Yue next to me was sleeping very soundly. Because I slept too much during the day, my mind was clear and I had no sleepiness, so I suddenly sent a text message to A Qian, asking her how far she and Tony were from having a mixed-blood baby.

  I thought Ah Qian was already asleep, but unexpectedly, the phone in the drawer suddenly vibrated a few seconds later, scaring me.

  "The tadpoles haven't been born yet." Ah Qian replied.

  I black-lined my head and said another sentence: "Despicable. Tony was also shot while lying in the water."

  A few seconds later, the phone vibrated again: "It's already late at night and you're still in high spirits. Did you have a great time with Xiao Qiao today?"

  When I saw the two words "moisturizing", I was stunned and immediately thought of that wet kiss in the daytime. My whole face turned black, and I typed out one letter at a time: "Do you think Xiao Qiao will have schizophrenia?"

  "Why say that?"

  "It feels like..."

  "So tell me why you have this feeling."

  I was taken aback and thought she would just retort with "Your feeling is wrong".

  "After some deep thought, I finally called out: 'He acted very abnormally in front of me today, so I suspect that he usually wears a fake mask in front of us.'"

  This time she took a bit longer to respond. Almost over a minute: "He doesn't need to pretend in front of us."

  What kind of answer is this? I stared blankly at my phone, unsure of how to respond.

  "I didn't expect the phone to vibrate again: 'If you insist on thinking that he's pretending, then you should at least find out what his purpose is. If you can't even find a purpose, then it can only be said that your feeling is wrong again.'"

  I gritted my teeth and trembled as I sent out this message: "Is it possible that Xiao Qiao likes me?"

  The mobile phone has completely fallen silent now.

  Just as I suspected that A-Qian had fallen asleep, the screen finally lit up again. I immediately opened it, but there were only a few short sentences.

  "Do you like me? Are you still pretending to be a victim in front of me? Is this way of picking up girls a bit silly?"

  I suddenly realized.

  Yeah, if Cheng Qiao is like other normal guys... and likes me, then he's usually in front of me, pretending to be a naive and innocent good boy, it's a bit too suppressive. How can this provoke my improper thoughts about him? Although if he wasn't so pure, I wouldn't have had the chance to get to know him...

  "Dear you are a seasoned emotional doctor. Easily and effortlessly solved my problem." I didn't think much about it, and happily sent it out.

  "Yao Yao, if you want to take Xiao Qiao as your boyfriend, we won't look down on you, sincerely."

  When I saw this sentence like a famous warning phrase, I held my phone and almost laughed out loud: "Yes, I fell in love with a temptress, but there was no strong attack at home."

  I fell asleep.

  "Alright! Let's sleep together, dear!"

  After a while, I stared blankly at the screen with the other party's last sent "good night" two words, and my heart was filled with a sigh of relief. Ah Qian this month wouldn't have been forced to open a text message package by the mobile customer service, would she? I've never received such warm words from her before.

  I couldn't help but scroll up a bit and saw that shallow information about Qiao doing something with her boyfriend, I felt a sudden chill.

  I don't even want to think about having a relationship with Cheng Qiao beyond friendship, and I have an inexplicable feeling that I've done something wrong to my own brother. Moreover, he's at this level of receptivity, and although his face is stunningly handsome, as a seasoned rotten woman who has been longing for another extreme strong attack to tame him, how can I afford it?

  But being led by Ah Qian like this, I have determined that Cheng Qiao is still too silly and naive, without a deep understanding of the taboos between men and women, only then would she dare to be so unscrupulous with me.

  After figuring everything out, I had a particularly sweet sleep.

  "Xiao Qiao is so learned! Xiao Qiao is so learned! I want to order the most expensive dessert here! Can you come over?"

  Just as I was lost in the memories of before, a sharp and clear voice suddenly rose above the numerous screams and broke through the encirclement, interrupting my thoughts.

  I suddenly remembered the environment I was in, composed myself and looked in the direction of the sound. At this time, the hall also quieted down due to the girl's sudden appearance, and everyone's gaze converged on her without exception.

  Because a long time ago I had given the instruction that in the store, only desserts are served, so now after hearing the customer's call, Ah Xiu immediately ran over to help the standing girl order.

  The girl with the orange hair tie on her head was clearly a first-timer, and she said shamelessly: "Xiao Qiao senior, I want to ask for your help, I'll order all the most expensive dishes."

  Qiao held the empty tray and stood quietly beside another table of guests, without any intention of moving.

  At this moment, other female customers seemed to have just reacted to what was happening and immediately, without any call to action, they collectively attacked the girl.

  "What kind of person are you? You actually dare to ask Xiao Qiao to help you with desserts!"

  "Does Little Qiao only use desserts here?"

  "You think it's impressive to order the most expensive dessert here? You're just a country bumpkin!"

  "Don't you know who Xiao Qiao is? How dare you mention money in front of him?"

  "Get out! You have no discipline at all!"

  "Right, get out!"

  ……

  Seeing this chaotic scene, I had no intention of intervening to salvage the situation. Auntie also didn't utter a word to stop it, because we both knew that in such a situation, the RMB belonging to that besieged girl... was something we could never get our hands on.

  And what's more, the girl's action of bribing Qiao with money also made me very uncomfortable.

  Soon, the girl couldn't bear the insults from the crowd and pulled her companion's hand to make a tearful escape. The hall immediately erupted in a chorus of triumphant cheers, while Cheng Qiao calmly walked back into the kitchen under the watchful eyes of the crowd, as other waiters quickly got busy taking orders.

  After exchanging greetings with Auntie, I also smiled and greeted the guests while leisurely walking into the kitchen.

  As soon as I pushed open the door, I saw Qiao sitting by the table cutting fruit obediently. When he saw me, he moved his line of sight away with a sulky expression.

  I didn't hesitate either, after greeting Lan Jie and Xi Jie, I went straight to the main table to make my first dessert in a few days.

  Until lunch was delivered, Qiao didn't say a word to me. It was Yan Tao who occasionally walked over to my side while getting dessert from the kitchen and said something like "Boss's wife is really impressive".

  In the afternoon, Ah Chian came to the dessert shop to find me. At that time, I was still in the kitchen studying a series of desserts related to colors. The preliminary plan includes five-color embroidery, one green and thousands of miles, flowers red and willow green, green water and thousand mountains, silver and white wrapping five styles.

  "Why didn't Tony come with you?" I said without lifting my head.

  "I was afraid of affecting your business and didn't dare to come." A shallow lift the materials in front of me, "Is this the idiom series dessert you just told me on the phone that needs to be used?"

  I proudly said: "Don't look at them now, they're like this. Once you've done it, you'll think it's incredibly beautiful."

  "Tsk, what are you mixing everything together for? You're even more timid than them after sending people to the hospital. Why are they all green kiwis, aren't yellow ones tastier?"

  "The green kiwi is for use in 'Green Water Thousand Mountains', whether or not it will work I don't know, anyway you'll have to try it all out later."

  "White, you..."

  A Yao hadn't finished speaking when a voice full of grievances interrupted him: "A Yao, someone just bullied me."

  ps：

  Thanks for the safe talisman reward from [Mie Feng]!