A Young Woman's Heart

"Isn't Yinyin always like this?" Xuan Anyi said with a look of habit. "Haven't you ever been touched before?"

"No...? Hmm? Auntie, you've been touched!"

"Wait, didn't she touch them all?"

"I'll only touch what I like~!" Hua Yinyin said smugly.

Xuan Anyi and Cha Li both rolled their eyes at her, indicating that this person was beyond saving.

"So tired..." After half an hour, Hua Yinyin felt she couldn't hold on any longer.

"Didn't you just find it funny?" Xuan Anyi teased with a smile.

The other three remained calm and composed. Cha Li and Xuan Anyi continued chatting without stopping their work, as if they didn't feel any pain at all.

"Half an hour should be enough. Next, cover it with plastic wrap and let it ferment for about half an hour. Hmm, let me see, it seems we made a bit too much dough. Is it too uniform to make bread all of it?"

"No, I'm making cream bread." Xuan Anyi shook her head.

"I want to make toast!"

“I’m the meat floss one.” Li Wanyan stared at the dough in her hand. She was the first one to finish kneading it, and now she was sitting on a chair in the kitchen, lost in thought.

Speaking of Ye Wen's kitchen, it's really big enough to be used as a dining room. It's even equipped with chairs and a special food preparation table. Being a chef here would be a real treat.

"Then let's contribute Hua Yinyin's money."

"What? I wanted to knead a nice-looking loaf of bread!"

“I already know what shape she wants to knead…” Xuan Anyi couldn’t help but laugh.

"What? What? Don't think such nonsense!"

In the end, I used Mizukishi's dough.

Since we're making cookies, we need to dilute it further, which means adding more milk and stirring.

It should look as thick and creamy as possible.

Then put it into a piping bag, and you can freely make the cookie shapes you want.

“We have molds here that we can use.” Mizuki took out a large pile of molds that were neatly arranged, some cartoon-shaped, some regular, and some with special designs.

However, since it's a free-form activity, everyone should create their own shapes.

Li Wanyan was the most conventional, slowly turning the piping bag and squeezing out one common cookie shape after another.

Xuan Anyi simply wrote on the iron plate. Come to think of it, cookies shaped like Chinese characters would be quite nice, since each character looks like a painting.

Cha Li, on the other hand, painted it as a landscape painting.

This has gone beyond the category of cookies, hasn't it?

“Here are some raisins that can be put in the cookies.” Mizuki Shi picked up a handful of raisins and tore them in half with her hands. “But these raisins are quite large, so it’s best to tear or cut them, otherwise they will look out of place.”

"Hehehe..." Hua Yinyin started laughing strangely again.

She used a piping bag to create a delicate cylindrical object, and even added two spheres next to it.

"Low-brow humor, can't you be a little more creative?" Cha Li said irritably.

Hua Yinyin started to play dumb: "Isn't a rocket creative enough?"

"Is that a rocket?"

"Yes." Hua Yinyin opened her eyes wide, her clear eyes looking so innocent and naive. If you weren't familiar with her, you would really think that she was the one who was dirty!

"You're kidding me!"

"No, no, Yin Yin, the real one should be a little crooked."

"Huh—!?" Hua Yinyin looked at Xuan Anyi in shock. "Auntie, you...you really are an auntie, so knowledgeable!"

"I heard it from the boys," Xuan Anyi said with a faint smile.

"Then draw a crooked one..."

"You still say it's a rocket..." Cha Li finally caught them red-handed.

"No, did I say that? I said it's a banana."

What are those two round things?

"orange."

Why draw them together?

"It was a coincidence."

"Tsk." Cha Li clicked her tongue, feeling that the conversation couldn't continue.

A moment later, she couldn't help but peek out again: "What's this now? Don't tell me it's a peach."

"It's a peach."

"It's your butt, isn't it?" Xuan Anyi teased.

"No, at most it's..." Hua Yinyin pointed to her chest.

"This is too blatant..."

"Hehe, you want some but I won't give it to you? You have to give this to Xiaoyaoyao later!" Hua Yinyin said happily.

Cha Li suddenly realized: "So this was your purpose all along!"

"Yeah, otherwise why would I knead the dough?"

"It's full of wicked humor..."

"Even a quirky sense of humor is still humor. It's not like we made a lump of... you know. Don't you think it looks good?"

"And what about your 'rocket'? That's a bit disgusting, isn't it?"

"Why is a rocket disgusting?" Hua Yinyin asked in confusion. "Besides, this is a banana, and that is a rocket."

Hua Yinyin's ability to feign ignorance was so strong that Cha Li didn't even know how to refute her.

This is truly a case of a scholar encountering a soldier—reasoning is useless.

After everyone has made the cookies, put them directly into the oven to bake.

The dough here was almost ready, so I started making bread again without stopping.

It was quite a fulfilling experience.

Since bread doesn't need to be shaped much, you can put it in after the cookies are baked.

"Ta-da! A 3D version! A life-size mold!" Hua Yinyin pointed to the two breads she had sculpted and said, "My peach bread! The pink on top is made with strawberry jam!"

"Real-life mold...?" This term was too technical for Cha Li to process.

"Yinyin knows so much~" Xuan Anyi understood and covered her mouth with a light laugh.

"Hehe, they'll be the same size once they're baked."

"I can't wait to see Yao Yao eat it!"

“Your little Yaoyao can’t eat that much,” Cha Li teased.

Li Wanyan, who had been silent until now, finally spoke up: "Yaoyao likes pork floss bread, but doesn't like bland bread."

"Hey—but adding pork floss makes it look like a moldy...uh...uh...peach!"

"You weren't talking about peaches, were you?" Cha Li asked.

"There's not much difference, at least the last character is the same, right?" Hua Yinyin blinked happily.

Xuan Anyi picked up a freshly baked cookie: "Hmm, it's pretty good."

"Ah, that orange was made by me!"

"It's clearly an egg..."

"I was also thinking of treating Xiaoxi to this rocket."

This time, not only Cha Li and Xuan Anyi covered their foreheads, but even Li Wanyan's lips twitched slightly.

This guy's perverse sense of humor is just too much, isn't it?

"It's okay, Auntie ate the rocket, so I'll treat Xiaoxi to this slightly curved banana." Hua Yinyin puffed out her chest triumphantly. "Hmph, luckily I have a backup plan!"

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Chapter Twenty-Seven: Feeding the Rabbits

"Aren't you taking this bus home today?" Tian Tingchan was waiting for the bus at the bus stop, but Zhou Yong showed no intention of getting on.

They can ride in the same car, they just arrive at different stops.

"Uh, I have to transfer today, so this means I'll have to take an extra transfer. You go ahead."

"what happened?"

“I almost forgot a friend asked me to help feed the rabbits… I wonder if they’ve starved to death these past few days…” Zhou Yong slapped his forehead. “But they should have some spare food, right…”

"A rabbit? A rabbit will probably eat itself to death."

"Huh? Really? Oh no... I hope Rabbit is alright..." Zhou Yong said nervously. "They set off yesterday, and today is their second day... They should be fine."

"I'll go with you."

"Huh? Aren't you going home, Chan-ge? You just said you felt sticky and uncomfortable and wanted to go home to take a shower." Zhou Yong scratched his cheek in confusion.

“I used to have pets too,” Tian Tingchan said softly, gently adjusting the collar around her neck.

That means—I'm far more professional than you in this area.

"Oh……"

"Not welcome?"

"No, no, that's even better. I'm getting bored going alone anyway," Zhou Yong chuckled sheepishly. "But I'll have to transfer later, it might take almost an hour—the place is in the suburbs."