Yu Tian received Gao Mei’s call while cracking walnuts.

“Xiao Yu, next Wednesday is your brother’s birthday. I’m planning to throw him a surprise party and would like to invite you to join. Could you also help me strategize?”

Gao Mei’s tone was cheerful: “What does your brother like? What kind of birthday gift do you think would make him happy and memorable?”

“I had Qi Sihao check your brother’s schedule for his birthday. He’s not on night duty, just outpatient clinic, so he can get off work normally in the afternoon. Qi Sihao has already agreed to use some excuse to trick him into coming for dinner. I’ll book a private room, decorate it, and invite several of his close friends from the hospital…”

Gao Mei was obviously full of anticipation about celebrating Yan Ming’s birthday this week, her mind racing with ideas, feeling very excited.

But Yu Tian was much calmer.

Actually, after returning home last night, Yu Tian was still somewhat dejected. She really felt reluctant to part with Yan Ming.

Though all the difficult questions in her notebook had been resolved, wouldn’t there be more questions in the future?

Besides, Yu Tian wanted to have an older brother. In her heart, she had already considered Yan Ming’s family, but now her beautiful dream was shattered, and she and Yan Ming had returned to a stranger status.

No matter what, her brief stint as Yan Ming’s fake sister had now ended. Going to someone’s birthday party to ingratiate herself would be inappropriate.

Even from Yan Ming’s perspective, he probably wouldn’t want Yu Tian to have any intersection with his social circle. After all, even though Yu Tian repeatedly emphasized she could clarify things with Gao Mei, Yan Ming had directly refused.

Come to think of it, Yan Ming had once used the excuse of her being his sister to avoid blind dates with Gao Mei. If Yu Tian went out to explain now, it would seem like she was deliberately exposing Yan Ming and causing him trouble.

Since they wouldn’t see each other much in the future anyway, Yu Tian felt she should stay quiet and keep a low profile.

So Yu Tian casually made up an excuse: “I have work arrangements that day. I’ve scheduled to film material with a doctor in a neighboring city, so I’ll be on a business trip.”

Gao Mei was somewhat disappointed but had to accept this reality.

After hanging up, Yu Tian cracked a few more walnuts before cleaning up the shells and returning to her data comparison analysis.

She had been quite busy these past few days.

The eye disease science education video featuring Qi Sihao had already gone online, with results better than Yu Tian had expected. Qi Sihao, in his white coat, looking serious, was quite impressive. This guy was good-looking, and when dressed up properly, he looked the part.

Somehow, someone discovered Yu Tian’s video, and because of Qi Sihao’s face, the video suddenly broke out of its niche. The platform gave it traffic support, and Yu Tian even got a dedicated platform assistant to help with keywords and trending topics.

Yu Tian’s account gained nearly 100,000 followers overnight, energizing her to strike while the iron was hot and drag Qi Sihao into making a couple more episodes where he’d perform but not sell his body.

However, before completing new medical science education videos, there was one matter that needed to be resolved.

After last night’s misunderstanding, Yu Tian returned home and stayed up all night talking with Ms. Song Chunxiang, finally understanding the whole story.

“Yan Wenhua and I are better suited as friends. We did get along well at first, but after spending time together, we realized we didn’t have that special feeling of wanting to spend our whole lives together.”

“He’s a good person with high character. I was the one who suggested breaking up, but I was afraid that if I told you, you’d worry that I was refusing to remarry because of you, fearing you’d feel psychological pressure again. I didn’t expect you to misunderstand all along…”

Ms. Song Chunxiang was very regretful, but since it had come to this, she took it as an opportunity to come clean: “The man you saw at the seafood restaurant is someone I met when buying fish. I was cheated by the fish vendor—I picked fresh live fish, but the vendor switched them for dead ones. If he hadn’t spoken up to warn me, I would have been fooled.”

“I didn’t think much of it initially, but we kept running into each other while grocery shopping. We chatted and exchanged contact information. I didn’t think of anything else, but as we got to know each other, I found him quite suitable.”

Song Chunxiang’s words were understated, but her eyes and face showed unconscious smiles: “Yan Wenhua’s family conditions are too good. Though he doesn’t look down on our average circumstances, being with him means going to upscale places, and I felt unsure of myself, always like Liu Laolao entering the Grand View Garden, feeling constrained and like I was acting.”

“But with him it’s different—both our families are ordinary common people…”

From her mother’s words, Yu Tian learned that her current boyfriend was surnamed Dai, had a son one year older than herself, and had similar experiences to her mother—also widowed in middle age, raising his child alone without thinking of remarrying. Now that their children were grown, they happened to meet each other at just the right time.

“He’s been nagging me, saying I won’t introduce him to my child. If you’re free, why don’t our two families have dinner together to get acquainted?”

Yu Tian was naturally delighted. Seeing her mother find her second spring made her happier than anything, so she readily agreed.

Ms. Song Chunxiang didn’t delay this time and quickly arranged a meeting.

“Next Wednesday evening, coincidentally, it’s Uncle Dai’s son’s birthday. He says it’s double happiness, so we’ll have dinner together to celebrate.”

Yu Tian’s attention was completely absorbed by her mother finding new happiness. She even put down her new project, her heart and eyes full of excitement: “Great! I’ll prepare a gift for him. Can’t show up empty-handed when it’s someone’s birthday on our first meeting.”

As long as her mother was happy, no matter who the new partner was, as long as he treated her mother well, Yu Tian would support it wholeheartedly.

She was eager to make this work, so she was very attentive when selecting a birthday gift for Uncle Dai’s son.

But she had too little information about him—no details about his interests, hobbies, height, weight, appearance, or temperament. If she bought something rashly, it might not only be unsuitable but could even be problematic.

After much consideration, Yu Tian finally decided to make a cake herself, which would show sincerity and be safe.

She decided to act immediately. Yu Tian had recently seen a recipe for low-calorie, reduced-sugar cheesecake, and she planned to make this while also recording a food program episode to boost popularity.

Yu Tian decisively purchased ingredients, planning to make it a day ahead and store it in the refrigerator once the ingredients arrived.

After handling this, she buried herself back in analyzing recent trends in medical science education programs on the platform, beginning to plan what Qi Sihao should discuss in the second ophthalmology episode.

The first ophthalmology program had unexpectedly broken out of its niche because of Qi Sihao’s appearance, drawing platform attention and promotional support. She should make good use of this opportunity to truly contribute something valuable to ophthalmology education.

Actually, during her frequent visits to the ophthalmology department at the First Affiliated Hospital, Yu Tian hadn’t just focused on scheming with Yan Ming—she had also been observing.

Today’s young people grew up in the Internet age. Even when experiencing eye discomfort, even for minor issues like conjunctivitis, they have good medical and health awareness and can naturally and smoothly book appointments through various apps and come for treatment.

Of course, among ophthalmology patients, those in their prime years were relatively few. Most of what Yu Tian saw were teenagers and children—for example, those with myopia, astigmatism, or eye fatigue. Parents of this generation pay great attention to their children’s eye habits. Besides “intensively cultivating children,” there’s even slang like “cultivate the child’s eyes first.”

Once while waiting for Yan Ming to finish work, Yu Tian accidentally chatted with a young patient’s parent and learned how much today’s parents value their children’s vision. They not only supervise eye exercises and emphasize outdoor activities, but some parents even carry light meters to find locations with optimal lighting for their children’s eyes to relax.

Therefore, whether children or young adults, they have relatively advanced ophthalmology health awareness. The real gap exists among the elderly.

Most families focus more energy on raising children and often neglect elderly family members. Many elderly people, adhering to habits of not wanting to burden their families or preferring to endure silently, combined with a lack of knowledge about eye disease intervention methods, often only receive family attention and surgical intervention after vision deterioration or eye diseases develop to very serious stages.

But by then, it’s often too late.

Cataracts, glaucoma, floaters, age-related macular degeneration, and various fundus diseases—elderly people are the hardest hit group.

Now, elderly people also have smartphones and often browse videos and use social media apps. If they used more accessible short video formats, combining entertainment with education in situational mini-dramas, could this better help elderly people improve their lives?

You know, even if an elderly person is mobile and healthy, losing vision would cause their quality of life to plummet dramatically.

But what are the most common eye diseases among elderly people? What do they most urgently want to know about eye care? Though Yu Tian had read some literature, she felt she needed to personally visit and chat with elderly people.

But where could she find elderly people for research?

Fortunately, facing Yu Tian’s dilemma, Qi Sihao, who came home from work to visit and freeload dinner, quickly brought a solution—

“Elderly people? This Saturday, the Health Bureau has arranged free clinic activities in old residential areas where elderly people gather. Want to come along? The First Affiliated Hospital will also send doctors for volunteer activities. I saw the notice in the hospital group chat and signed up. Our ophthalmology department will go too.”

This was exactly what she needed. Yu Tian immediately asked Qi Sihao for the time and location of the free clinic activity and added it to her schedule.

Since she planned to collect information about elderly people’s most urgent knowledge gaps regarding eye diseases and eye care at the free clinic, Yu Tian couldn’t fight an unprepared battle. She needed to prepare questionnaires quickly and purchase small gifts to encourage elderly people’s enthusiasm for answering questions.

So she squeezed in time to complete the low-calorie cheesecake production, then was pushed forward by time.

Before she knew it, it was already Wednesday evening.

The restaurant was arranged by Ms. Song Chunxiang’s new boyfriend. When Yu Tian and Song Chunxiang arrived, he was already waiting at the entrance.

“Old Dai, we’re here!”

Ms. Song Chunxiang waved. A middle-aged man who had been eagerly waiting at the main entrance smiled and ran over.

Completely different from Yan Wenhua’s temperament, Old Dai dressed casually without much attention to appearance. He wasn’t tall, slightly hunched, not handsome—at most a neat middle-aged man with a smile on his face, looking somewhat shy when he saw Yu Tian.

Though Old Dai obviously couldn’t compare to Yan Wenhua in external conditions and family background—he wasn’t a business elite or successful person in any sense—he seemed ordinary, like someone who could live a steady life.

From the familiar and natural conversation between her mother and him, Ms. Song Chunxiang was indeed more relaxed with Old Dai, unlike the tension and restraint she showed with Yan Wenhua.

The two were very warm, like old friends, yet like chattering old married couples. Old Dai was talking about ordering fish, complaining that the seafood here cost twice as much as the farmers’ market, but thinking it was worth it to treat Song Chunxiang’s family to dinner. Song Chunxiang complained he should have just cooked at home…

“But today is Xiao Xin’s birthday, so we should celebrate anyway. It’s wonderful that you’re willing to come—makes it more lively.” Old Dai sighed while saying, “Good thing I booked the private room early. Today must be an auspicious day—this restaurant has three birthday celebrations. The owner said they’re giving each birthday party a complimentary bowl of longevity noodles…”

Yu Tian followed alongside them, listening to their chatter, feeling genuinely relaxed and happy.

Maybe her mother and Yan Wenhua not working out was a sign—because someone more suitable was waiting ahead.

Entering the private room, Old Dai smiled at Yu Tian: “I brought some drinks myself. Xiao Xin went to the car to get them. I’ll introduce you to two young people in a bit. You’re about the same age and both young people—you’ll get along…”

Yu Tian didn’t want to be a third wheel for this middle-aged couple and immediately said she also needed to get something from the car.

She did need to get something. In her rush earlier, she’d forgotten the important matter—the cheesecake she’d made was still in the back seat.

But when Yu Tian finished getting the cake, she unexpectedly encountered a familiar face in the underground parking garage elevator.

Well, strictly speaking, only Yu Tian was familiar with the other person.

He was a major streamer on Yu Tian’s platform, with the ID “Paid Vacation,” a very well-known product reviewer, and very versatile. His reviews covered a wide range—women’s cosmetics and skincare, household items, kitchen appliances, food, and even maternal and child products. He could provide professional evaluations and suggestions for everything.

Before becoming an up-loader on this platform, “Paid Vacation” already had a huge fan base on Weibo. He initially developed by being fair and impartial in reviews, even being sued or troubled by many product companies, but nothing stopped him from telling the truth. Products that didn’t pass his reviews simply didn’t pass.

He fought through all resistance like this, preventing ordinary people from falling into shopping traps, and gradually grew and expanded.

Only in recent years, with the rise of live-streaming sales, did he open a live-streaming room on the platform, offering group purchases for products he reviewed and deemed worthy of recommendation. After receiving platform traffic support, he became even more successful.

Yu Tian could recognize him because he showed his face during live streams, and his fame was also connected to his appearance. In this era, most streamers were quite good-looking.

He looked more sunny than in live-streaming cameras, like a sporty guy with regular, handsome features, tall with long legs. Not only was he rare among product review streamers for his excellent looks, but even in a crowd, he was handsome.

Besides attracting rational fans, his face even attracted some “sasaeng fans” like celebrities. Yu Tian had heard gossip before—”Paid Vacation” allegedly had an ambiguous, intimate relationship with a dance-section up-loader on the platform, suspected of dating. That girl was subsequently doxxed and cyberbullied by “Paid Vacation’s” extreme female fans. The matter only gradually died down after “Paid Vacation” clearly clarified that he and the girl were just friends, and the girl temporarily left the platform and public eye to recover.

Now he wore sportswear and sneakers with a headband, looking like he’d just come from some sports venue, carrying drinks.

Wait…

Yu Tian stared at him—drinks, Paid Vacation, Dai Xin…

Her eyes widened as she tentatively asked: “Hello, are you Dai Xin?”

He paused, nodded, and looked at Yu Tian. Soon his expression changed from confusion to understanding: “Are you Aunt Song’s daughter?”

It was Dai Xin!

Yu Tian was somewhat delighted: “I’m Yu Tian. I’ve watched your live streams! I’m also an up-loader on the platform!”

Both being up-loaders on the same platform, even though their focus areas were completely different, they had many common topics. Yu Tian didn’t expect such a coincidence. She forgot this was their first meeting and chatted with Dai Xin about everything from the platform’s recent traffic support programs to important considerations for live-streaming.

They hit it off well and quickly followed each other.

After quickly viewing several of Yu Tian’s episodes, Dai Xin, worthy of being a top up-loader, gave suggestions from production and editing perspectives, pointing out some shortcomings.

“Have you considered increasing live-streaming frequency? You could appropriately use some filters, continue in your current healthy recipe direction, but show your face?”

Dai Xin looked sunny and seemed to have a straightforward, sunny personality: “You’re very beautiful. Showing your face would add significant value. Though I’m a product review up-loader and we’re not in the same target market, much of the traffic is universal. If you don’t mind, we could interact sometime. I could help drive traffic to you…”

What was there to mind about this? This was Yu Tian benefiting from the association.

They had now left the elevator and entered the restaurant’s main hall.

Regarding Yu Tian’s thanks, Dai Xin was casual, joking: “I just saw cuts from your previous live streams. Your latest episode was making low-calorie cheesecake.”

Saying this, he glanced at the cake box Yu Tian was carrying and smiled: “I assume this is my birthday gift from you, so I should at least live up to this handmade gift.”

Only then did Yu Tian belatedly remember to wish him happy birthday.

Her bashful, nervous appearance made Dai Xin laugh: “We might be family in the future, so don’t be so formal and polite. Just call me Brother Xin.”

After saying this, Dai Xin suddenly slapped his forehead: “Look at my memory. I forgot the gift my dad asked me to bring for Aunt Song in the car. Let me quickly put down the drinks and go get it.”

Yu Tian was considerate: “Don’t trouble yourself. I’ll carry the drinks for you, and you can go get them directly.”

Dai Xin thought about it and didn’t stand on ceremony: “Then I’ll trouble you. See you in the private room.”

Yu Tian smiled and took the drinks, carrying things in both hands as she walked toward the private room.

Today was indeed perhaps a good day. Besides the three private rooms Old Dai mentioned having birthday celebrations, two large halls were hosting full-moon banquets and weddings. The main hall was crowded, especially with many children chasing and playing.

Though Yu Tian was very careful, she couldn’t avoid a half-grown child suddenly darting out. The child was playing a chase game with companions, running very fast. When he saw Yu Tian and tried to brake, it was too late. Yu Tian, carrying a cake in one hand and drinks in the other, became clumsy and slow-moving. Just as she was about to be knocked down by the child, a hand reached out from behind and grabbed Yu Tian’s hand.

Because of this pull, Yu Tian barely avoided being hit head-on by the child.

But also because of this pull, she suddenly lost her balance and was about to fall.

She was falling toward the left. If Yu Tian threw away the cake in her left hand, even if she fell, she could support herself on the ground and basically be fine, but this way, the cake would definitely be smashed.

Almost in a split second, Yu Tian made her decision. Not only did she not let go of the cake, she instinctively pulled the cake toward her chest, trying to hold it with one hand.

But the expected pain of hitting the ground didn’t come. Before Yu Tian could react, she fell into someone’s arms behind her.

She was stunned for a moment, then quickly regained her balance and straightened up. Just as she was about to apologize, she paused when she saw his face.

It was Yan Ming.

He pressed his lips together, slightly frowning as he looked at Yu Tian. As always, he was elegant and calm, with pale skin and deep features, one hand still holding Yu Tian’s.

He was the one who had pulled her away just now.

“Yan…” Yu Tian paused. “Senior Yan Ming, thank you!”

Yan Ming glanced at her: “We’ve both graduated. Calling me senior seems a bit forced.”

Then he looked away: “Just call me whatever feels natural and normal.”

Oh…

Yu Tian went with the flow and politely said, “Dr. Yan, thank you!”

“…”

Unfortunately, Yan Ming wasn’t pleased. He looked unhappy, his gaze dropping down, speaking deliberately: “I’m already off work. You calling me that makes me feel like I’m still working overtime.”

So many rules!

Before, she wasn’t allowed to call him brother, now she couldn’t call him senior, and after work, she couldn’t even call him Doctor Yan!

Yu Tian was beginning to suspect Yan Ming was looking for trouble.

But he had helped her, saving both her and the cake…

Yu Tian psyched herself up for a moment before dryly calling out: “Mr. Yan, thank you!”

This should be faultless!

Sure enough, “Mr. Yan” left Yan Ming speechless.

But he still looked displeased and seemed even more unhappy than before.

Yu Tian didn’t think much about why Yan Ming was here, nor did she have the mind to consider why he was in a bad mood. She just wanted to return to the private room quickly. She thought that after this polite encounter, they could each go their separate ways, but this didn’t happen.

Yan Ming seemed to have plenty of time and nothing to do.

His gaze swept over the cake in Yu Tian’s hands. The somewhat gloomy expression gradually faded from his face, like clear skies after a snowstorm, making Yan Ming’s entire face radiant.

For some reason, his mood seemed to instantly improve.

“You almost fell just now, all to protect this?”

Yu Tian had no time to do reading comprehension on his emotions and just cautiously and puzzledly nodded.

“Lying about such things.” Yan Ming’s previously flat, difficult-to-please lips curved slightly upward, showing a faint smile. Then, looking at Yu Tian, he straightened his face again and looked away. “I’m not that petty or childish either.”

Yu Tian was completely confused, having no idea what Yan Ming was talking about.

Until Dai Xin’s voice from behind rescued her from confusion—

“Xiao Yu! Why are you still in the main hall? Did you forget which private room?”

Dai Xin, carrying a bouquet, ran over to Yu Tian with a smile.

Seeing Yan Ming, he paused and looked at Yu Tian: “Is this your friend?”

Yu Tian didn’t dare to claim familiarity or assume relationships. Yan Ming seemed hot and cold lately, and she didn’t dare presume. She immediately denied: “Just someone I know who I happened to run into. This is Mr. Yan! He’s an ophthalmologist!”

After saying this, Yu Tian was about to smile at Yan Ming, but noticed his expression looked bad.

Yan Ming had indeed been moody lately. Hadn’t his mood just improved? Why was his face visibly dark again?

Better finish the polite introductions quickly and escape!

That’s what Yu Tian thought and did.

She laughed dryly twice, pointing at Dai Xin to introduce him, but being glared at by Yan Ming for unknown reasons made her somewhat guilty. In her nervousness, she even forgot Dai Xin’s full name and got stuck: “This is… Xin… Brother Xin…”

Dai Xin took the initiative: “Hello, Mr. Yan, I’m Xiao Yu’s brother.”

Dai Xin was about to say something else when his phone rang. He looked apologetically at both of them: “Let me take this call first.”

Once Dai Xin left, Yu Tian wanted to leave too. She smiled dryly at Yan Ming: “You probably have dinner plans tonight. You go ahead and take care of your business. Doctors’ leisure time is precious.”

“I’m not as busy as you.” Yan Ming said expressionlessly. “You’ve already found a new brother.”

“…”

How was she supposed to respond to that? Yan Ming was good at saying things that left others speechless.

Yu Tian pointed toward the private room behind her: “My mom is waiting for me inside. Today we’re celebrating Brother Xin’s birthday, the one you just met.”

Yu Tian was just making normal conversation, but somehow it irritated Yan Ming again. He looked even more displeased, glaring at Yu Tian with a somewhat gritted-teeth voice—

“You’re celebrating his birthday? You made the cheesecake for him?”

Yu Tian nodded, puzzled: “Yes.”

Yan Ming’s expression was very ugly.

Yu Tian was momentarily bewildered: “Yan…” She didn’t know what to call Yan Ming anymore, so she simply skipped the name. “Are you feeling unwell somewhere? You look terrible. You were like this last time we met, too. This seems to have persisted for a while. It might not be simple fatigue. Could it be your liver or kidneys…”

Just as Yu Tian was about to continue advising Yan Ming to get a thorough physical examination, Gao Mei’s voice came from behind—

“Yu Tian?”

Gao Mei looked very confused: “Didn’t you go on a business trip to a neighboring city? Why are you here today, too?”

She looked at Yu Tian and the cake in her hands, then at Yan Ming, immediately showing a look of sudden understanding: “You came to give your brother a surprise birthday visit, didn’t you? But you’re so secretive! You even lied to me! Your lips are sealed too tight!”

Gao Mei looked at the cake in Yu Tian’s hands: “Did you make this yourself?”

“…”

Gao Mei was still chattering enthusiastically, but Yu Tian only felt her scalp tingling.

Yes, she finally remembered.

Today, Wednesday, was also Yan Ming’s birthday.

Cheesecake seemed to be Yan Ming’s favorite flavor, too.

So among the three people celebrating birthdays at the same restaurant, besides Dai Xin, one of them was Yan Ming…

Because she was too busy, Yu Tian had completely forgotten about this.

Gao Mei didn’t know the inside story. Seeing Yu Tian carrying drinks in one hand and cake in the other, she immediately offered enthusiastically: “Give me the cake, I’ll help you carry it to the private room…”

Yu Tian held tightly to the cake, refusing to let go.

How could she let go?

This was a death sentence!

In her peripheral vision, Dai Xin had finished his call and was walking back toward her with the flowers for Ms. Song Chunxiang.

This was nothing short of a battle royale!

Yu Tian stammered: “This cake… this is for…”

As she spoke, she looked pleadingly at Yan Ming for help.

She and Yan Ming had originally been connected through their parents’ middle-aged dating, almost becoming step-siblings, but this relationship had been used as an excuse to help Yan Ming, leaving Gao Mei unaware. After Yan Ming’s father and Yu Tian’s mother broke up, Yu Tian hadn’t updated Gao Mei on the situation, so Gao Mei still thought Yu Tian and Yan Ming were related.

Gao Mei didn’t know, but Yu Tian and Yan Ming both knew they no longer had any sibling relationship. Yan Ming should also know this cake was for Dai Xin…

So Yan Ming would understand her signal and find some excuse to help her out of this predicament!

But facing her helpless and desperate signals, Yan Ming deliberately turned his face away.

Yu Tian was stunned. In that moment, Gao Mei enthusiastically and kindly took the cake box from her hands.

Taking the cake box, she grabbed Yu Tian and was about to lead her toward their private room.

Yu Tian was on the verge of tears: “Actually… I really… this cake…”

“Gao Mei, Yu Tian is busy today. She’s quite busy.”

Fortunately, at the crucial moment, Yan Ming finally spoke leisurely. His composed gaze glanced back at Yu Tian, then looked away.

So the cake…

But Yu Tian’s smile was becoming stiff, and Yan Ming still didn’t ask Gao Mei to return the cake to her.

“Oh, Xiao Yu, then you go ahead with your business! Being able to specially come and give your brother a surprise cake is already very nice! Let’s have dinner together another time! We’ll gladly accept your cake then!”

After Gao Mei finished speaking, carrying the cake, she turned toward their private room.

What could Yu Tian say? She could only look pitifully at Yan Ming.

“Yan…”

But before she could speak, Yan Ming interrupted her.

“I can’t help it either. It’s already been taken inside.”

He shrugged: “Very unfortunate, your new brother won’t get to eat your handmade cake.”

Though he said this, Yan Ming’s bland face showed no regret or apology whatsoever.

And in the short time, his emotions seemed to have gone through a roller coaster again. His just-terrible expression relaxed again, as if his mood had improved.

But if she didn’t get back this cake, how would she face Dai Xin later? This wouldn’t do!

Yu Tian took a deep breath, steeled herself, and followed Gao Mei’s direction, walking quickly to intercept Gao Mei before she completely carried the cake into the private room.

“Sister Gao Mei, this cake isn’t for… my brother.”

Though somewhat embarrassing, her mother’s new dating prospect and his son were more important now. Yu Tian gathered her courage: “I made this cake for someone else!”

“Because the other person already knows I can make this cake by hand, so this cake can’t be given to you all. I’m so sorry. My brother’s cake is a different style. I ordered it separately and it will… will be delivered later! I have other things to do, so I won’t chat anymore! Goodbye!”

Under Gao Mei’s bewildered and uncomprehending gaze, under Yan Ming’s cold stare, Yu Tian still resolutely carried the cake and walked out of Yan Ming’s private room.