CHAPTER 283: CHAPTER 280: CINDERELLA’S COMEBACK 25

Song Yingying’s face was ashen, tears rolling down her eyes.

She stared at the medicine, motionless and seemingly lost in thought.

Liu Mei’er, however, appeared utterly terrified.

Jiang Zhengwei held Liu Mei’er’s hand and quietly comforted her.

Anning looked at Song Yingying, "Keep treating your husband as usual these past few days, just don’t take this medicine. If you don’t believe me, you can have someone test this medicine’s composition to see if I’m lying to you."

Song Yingying wiped away her tears and thanked Anning with great sincerity.

Anning nodded, reaching into her backpack to pull out a Jade Pendant: "Wear this."

After Song Yingying accepted and wore the Jade Pendant, she wasn’t sure if it was psychological, but she initially felt exceptionally irritated, unable to resist snapping at anyone she met and wanting to lash out in anger, feeling overwhelmingly agitated inside.

But after wearing the Jade Pendant, she felt as if all that irritation had vanished, replaced by a refreshing clarity.

She looked at Anning with increased respect in her eyes.

Anning stood up, "Now that you know the reason, you must have some idea in mind. We should not interfere in these matters, so we will take our leave."

Song Yingying hurriedly said, "Please, don’t leave yet."

She ran upstairs and soon returned with her phone, which had been left in the bedroom, intending to add Anning on WeChat.

After they became friends on WeChat, Song Yingying transferred some money to Anning.

Liu Mei’er did not stay to accompany Song Yingying either; she and Jiang Zhengwei also rose to leave.

The couple first dropped Anning off, then returned home.

On the way home, Liu Mei’er still looked deeply shaken: "I never expected Ge Jiandong to be such a scoundrel. I thought he treated Yingying quite well, and even said that Yingying hadn’t married the wrong person, but it turns out..."

"Honey, I am wholeheartedly devoted to you."

Fearing Liu Mei’er would overthink, Jiang Zhengwei quickly expressed his sincerity: "Apart from you, I never spare another woman a single glance, and I can’t bear to see you suffer..."

Liu Mei’er laughed slightly: "Of course, I trust you."

Then, grinding her teeth, she said: "Ge Jiandong still wants to scheme against Yingying. Does he really think the Song Family is extinct? Even though the Song Family isn’t as powerful as before, Yingying still has us friends. Ge Jiandong better not expect to gain anything from her."

Liu Mei’er truly despised Ge Jiandong.

She and Song Yingying had grown up together since they were children, their families being neighbors. Both the same age, they played together even before they could speak, sharing an exceptionally close bond.

Song Yingying had also always treated Liu Mei’er well; they were inseparable, only becoming slightly less close after each got married, though they still made time to get together.

In Liu Mei’er’s heart, Song Yingying was as important as family.

Naturally, she couldn’t stand to watch Song Yingying suffer such a great injustice and do nothing.

Jiang Zhengwei knew what Liu Mei’er was thinking.

Of course, he wasn’t afraid of Ge Jiandong.

After all, the Jiang Family might not be very wealthy, but they were much stronger than the Ge Family.

Before Anning went to the Song Family’s home, she had called Mr. Gu and told him not to pick her up as she was going to a classmate’s home to do homework together, and her classmate’s father would send her back.

Therefore, Mr. Gu and Mrs. Gu were busy all day today.

They were busy with renovations in the shop and sorting out some dishes’ ingredients.

When Anning returned home, Mr. Gu and Mrs. Gu were not there.

She did not make a call either, but instead took the keys from next door to water the flowers Xiao Yuan was raising and closed all the open windows.

When she returned home, Mr. Gu and Mrs. Gu were still not back.

Anning cooked dinner by herself.

After cooking, she went back to her room to do homework.

It was a while later that Mr. Gu and Mrs. Gu came back.

The family ate dinner together, and while Mr. Gu and Mrs. Gu were washing the dishes, they discussed what dishes to prepare for the shop, focusing on which dishes should be the main draw.

Anning listened with one ear.

After finishing her homework, Anning went to find Mr. Gu.

Mr. Gu thought Anning was going to ask for money or something, but to his surprise, Anning handed him a note.

He took a look and realized it was a recipe for ingredients.

"What is this?"

Mr. Gu asked Anning.

Anning explained, "This is a filling mixing formula I previously found in an ancient book. While you weren’t home, I tried it myself; it’s really delicious. I thought if you decide to open a restaurant to cook dishes, it would be quite tough, so why not just focus on one item, like selling buns. You can just prepare the filling and hire someone to handle the dough and wrap the buns. This way, it would be much easier."

Mr. Gu was still a bit doubtful: "Is this formula really that good?"

Anning said, puffing up with annoyance, "Dad, don’t you trust me? When have I ever been unreliable? If you don’t believe it, try it yourself."

"Alright then."

Mr. Gu touched his nose and left the house under the mocking gaze of Mrs. Gu.

After about an hour, Mr. Gu returned.

He carried a lot of materials.

The two of them rushed Anning back to her room to study, and they went to the kitchen to experiment with the filling and started to make buns.

By the time it was past ten o’clock, there was a particularly strong and enticing aroma wafting through the house.

Anning smelled it and even swallowed her saliva, showing how tempting the aroma was.

Mr. and Mrs. Gu immediately saved two buns for Anning as soon as they were out of the pot, and the rest they quickly divided between themselves.

The buns were really delicious.

If it weren’t for Mr. and Mrs. Gu’s deep love for Anning, they probably wouldn’t have wanted to leave even the two buns for her.

After eating, they still wanted more but looking at the time, they decided not to make more today and resolved to make them tomorrow morning as breakfast for Anning.

Of course, Anning also got to eat the buns.

After taking a bite, she felt that Mr. and Mrs. Gu were indeed culinary geniuses.

This bun filling formula was something she had learned secretly from a world focused on culinary skills a while back, where everyone loved cooking and took pride in being food lovers, and the culinary skills there were incredibly high, making dishes so delicious they could make someone’s tongue swallow.

Anning had tasted these buns in that world and they were indeed very delicious.

And the buns made by Mr. and Mrs. Gu were not far behind those of that world, showing how high their culinary talent was.

After that, their selling small items in a stall seemed like a total waste of talent.

The next morning, Mr. and Mrs. Gu got up early to steam buns.

When Anning returned from her morning run, she got to eat the hot steaming buns. While eating, she asked Mrs. Gu, "Mom, do you have any extra? I want to take a couple for Nana."

Knowing that Anning’s desk mate and her were close, Mrs. Gu immediately grabbed a lunchbox to pack them: "There are leftovers; I’ve packed them for you. Give them to Nana at school, make sure she doesn’t eat them cold."

Anning nodded, ate her breakfast, and then packed her school bag and left for school.

When she entered the classroom, Wu Lina was already there.

Anning sat down and took out a lunchbox from her bag and handed it to Wu Lina: "My mom made these buns."

Wu Lina, who had a light breakfast that morning and was now a bit hungry, seeing it was a bun, immediately said, "Thanks, I love buns."

She opened the lunchbox, and as soon as she did, a fragrance wafted out, filling the whole classroom.

Wu Lina’s eyes brightened up, her foodie nature clearly showing.

She grabbed a bun and bit into it.

Mrs. Gu had packed the buns while they were just steamed, still hot then, but now they were just the right temperature. Wu Lina bit into the meat filling, the filling’s texture was just right, elastic yet tender, and as she chewed, the aroma filled her mouth and the juice flowed adding layers to the flavor.

The buns had a light wheat scent to their dough, mixing with the fresh tasty filling enhanced the rich and complex taste with each chew, each bite offering a different sensation.

Wu Lina almost swallowed her tongue.

She devoured the bun, and quickly, it was gone.

Wu Lina was shocked, just like that, it’s gone?

And in the classroom, the other students who had arrived and were reading all watched Wu Lina, their eyes filled with desire.