Oh my god, I became the vicious stepmother of four villains

The servant bowed his head and answered respectfully.

"I have already sent people to investigate, but no trace of General Lu has been found here."

The young man curled his lips and said, "General Lu is very resourceful. Even if he wanted to hide, how could you little minions easily find him?"

"Young Master is wise."

"Don't flatter me here. We'll just wait here for this pastry shop to open and see what kind of person the owner behind it is." The young man frowned and said dissatisfiedly.

"But the madam said we have to go back as soon as possible." The servant said anxiously.

"Go back! Go back! If you want to go back, you should go first. Anyway, I will wait until I see this new pastry shop open before I go back. Mother has often said that she wants to change her taste. She is tired of the pastries in Beijing. This is a good opportunity to give her a change."

The young man was a little furious, so the servant didn't dare to say anything and just stood there silently.

The young man had already returned to the inn.

Xia Yingying's store has been renovated, but Xiuniang's inn has not been renovated yet. Now Xia Yingying has nothing else to do and needs Lu Ziren's help, so she wants Lu Ziren to help Xiuniang with the decoration.

"Lu Ziren, um, can you go help Xiuniang?"

Xia Yingying knew that her request was a bit presumptuous. Lu Ziren had nothing to do with Xiuniang.

She asked Lu Ziren to help Xiuniang so openly that it felt like she was asking Lu Ziren to work for free.

Xia Yingying regretted her words as soon as she said them. Her words were too inappropriate. Lu Ziren had no real relationship with her. At best, they were just strangers living under the same roof. How could she have the nerve to ask Lu Ziren to help her friend?

"Forget it, just pretend I never said that." Xia Yingying felt a little regretful. She spoke too quickly just now and now she wished she could bite off her tongue.

Xia Yingying said this and turned around to find something to do to distract herself from the embarrassment.

Unexpectedly, Lu Ziren agreed.

"Okay, since you asked me to go, I will go."

What Lu Ziren said sounded as if he wouldn't go if Xia Yingying didn't want him to.

Xia Yingying's face flushed slightly, she gritted her teeth, pulled her sleeves and said, "You, if you don't want to go, then don't go."

"Before, I didn't want to go, but now I want to go." Lu Ziren raised the corner of his mouth with a half-smile and looked at Xia Yingying meaningfully.

Xia Yingying didn't understand the other implied meaning of what Lu Ziren said, but when Lu Ziren looked at her like that, Xia Yingying became a little flustered, her heart beat fast, and her face turned red in an instant.

She lowered her head, and when she raised it again, Lu Ziren was gone, leaving her with only a dark back of his head.

Xia Yingying rubbed her hot face, went into the room, and took out the list of pastries she had written last time from the space.

Xia Yingying was a little dazed when she saw the elegant and powerful handwriting on it. Then she took a piece of charcoal and started writing next to the words on the pastry list.

Last time I wrote the name of the pastry, now it’s the price.

Xia Yingying's handwriting was written with charcoal at home. It was much better than the brush handwriting, and it was not the kind that could not fit on a huge piece of paper. The words were small and tightly attached to Lu Ziren's words.

Xia Yingying's handwriting was clear and neat, with beautiful characters that looked neat and tidy, but it still looked particularly abstract next to Lu Ziren's beautiful characters that looked like they were copied from a copybook.

There were two completely different fonts on a piece of paper, and they were particularly eye-catching when placed next to each other.

Xia Yingying twitched her brows as she looked at the two fonts.

The business will open the day after tomorrow, so I’ll review carefully what else I have not done.

She and Lu Ziren have already bought the ingredients for making pastries. This time, they also ordered two large ovens for baking cakes and making cookies, which have also been delivered. The scales are new, and even the price signs have been written on them and stuck on the counter.

The card is a square piece of white paper with the name of the pastry written on it and the price marked below.

Because the price had not been decided, Lu Ziren did not write his name, and the card was still blank.

Xia Yingying made four cabinets, one of which was placed in the center of the store, two on both sides of the store, and a small cabinet where the cashier was collected. Xia Yingying planned to use it to place birthday cake models and accept birthday cake reservations.

The cabinets near the wall are filled with biscuits and bread. The prices are also divided into different areas, and the bread placed in the center of the store is sold by the number. Basically, the bread and cakes are complicated in workmanship and have richer flavors.

The plaque was inscribed by Lu Ziren himself, with the four large characters "A Kite of Cake" written in flamboyant cursive script.

In addition to the plaque, Xia Yingying also asked Lu Ziren to write a couplet.

In the center of the counter there is a small rose gold sign with a cake icon and seal script characters on it.

The customized label also has the name and icon of her trademark on it, so that people can tell at a glance that it is sold by her. This is also a sales method.

Xia Yingying also got a special stamp to apply for a points card. The more she buys, the more gifts she gets.

On the wall of the cashier counter was a rose-colored poster with black and white words clearly stating the benefits of opening the store and buying in the store:

The first 30 people who come into the store and make a purchase will each receive a small cake.

For any purchase of goods worth 100 wen or more, a box of small cookies worth wen will be given as a gift.

Anyone who purchases goods worth 200 coins at one time will receive a piece of tiger skin cake worth 20 coins.

Anyone who purchases goods worth 500 coins at one time can only redeem two mousse cakes worth 50 coins, and so on. The more you buy, the more you get.

The flowers for the grand opening have been ordered and will be delivered tomorrow morning.

It was too late to make the cakes now. She had many varieties of cakes now, and she was the only one making them. If she had to make and sell them now, she would not be able to handle it even if she had eight hands. Besides, she didn't have eight hands.

It was too late to make the pastries now, so I decided to make them a day in advance.

Most of the pastries at home require beating eggs. If she were to do it alone, she wouldn't be able to do it even if her arm was broken. Now that she has two free laborers, Lu Ziren and Lu Haoran, she is no longer afraid.

Now Lu Ziren is decorating at Xiuniang's place all day long, except when he comes back for dinner.

Xiuniang also left some food for them, but Lu Ziren was about to come back. Xia Yingying didn't quite understand why Lu Ziren was going through all this trouble.

But these few days, when Lu Ziren came back from Xiuniang's place, his face looked even gloomier than before. Every time he came back, he would stare at Xia Yingying for several seconds, which made Xia Yingying feel nervous.

Lu Ziren stayed at Xiuniang's place for two days and finally stopped going there. Lu Ziren's complexion looked visibly better.

Xia Yingying wanted to ask Lu Ziren what happened, but she held back because she was worried that Lu Ziren would just roll his eyes at her.

After eating and washing the dishes, Xia Yingying returned to her room and had just laid down when Lu Ziren came in and stuffed a purse into her hands.

Xia Yingying looked at the purse in confusion and looked at Lu Ziren in puzzlement.

Lu Ziren said, "The wages Xiuniang gave me."

Lu Ziren was afraid that Xia Yingying would suddenly blame him, so he added another sentence with a strong desire to survive. "I already refused, she forced it on me." "Please vote"