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Before the banquet ended, Sheng Yinian left the banquet hall with Yun Miao.

The corridor was long, and the light shone down from above, casting long shadows of the two people.

"Mr. Sheng, please wait a moment."

Xia Mingshu walked out of the banquet hall.

When she came to the two of them, she first looked at Yun Miao.

"Miaomiao, you've worked hard tonight."

Yunmiao smiled and shook her head.

"Auntie, I didn't do anything."

Xia Mingshu patted her shoulder and looked at Sheng Yinian.

"Mr. Sheng, thank you for helping me out tonight."

She reached out and shook hands with Sheng Yinian.

This handshake lasted a second longer and was a bit firmer than the one at the dinner party.

"I am well aware that our company is far from qualified to cooperate with Jing Shu Group."

Sheng Yinian looked at her without saying a word.

Xia Mingshu smiled.

"But I will not give up. Please give me more time. I will definitely catch up with the pace of Jing Shu Group."

Sheng Yinian paused for a moment.

"President Xia, there's no need to belittle yourself."

Xia Mingshu's expression froze for a moment.

Sheng Yinian spoke in a very indifferent tone.

"I judge people by their character, not by their size."

After saying that, he took Yunmiao's hand and left.

After leaving the hotel, Yunmiao took a step behind him and followed him toward the parking lot.

As she walked, she suddenly had a whim.

She took his hand and, like a kitten, rubbed her face against his warm palm.

Before he could react, she had already let go of his hand and quickly walked a few steps forward, overtaking him.

After a moment of silence, steady footsteps sounded behind me.

Yunmiao didn't turn around. She just walked ahead with her hands behind her back, head held high, and swaggering ahead.

"What would you like to eat?"

Sheng Yinian's voice carried a faint smile.

As soon as Yunmiao heard the word "food," she immediately turned around.

She was so nervous at the banquet that she didn't eat anything.

I'm so hungry right now.

"Basil rice".

An hour later, Yunmiao came out of the restaurant, completely satisfied.

"I'm so full." She rubbed her stomach. "Let's take a walk to digest."

The two walked slowly along the sidewalk. This was not a main street, and there weren't many pedestrians.

The night breeze was gentle, carrying the fragrance of unknown flowers.

The streetlights shone through the gaps in the sycamore leaves, casting dappled gold patterns on the ground.

Yunmiao walked ahead of Sheng Yinian, feeling so happy she wanted to hum a song.

Perhaps it's because my aunt's matter has finally been settled, or perhaps it's because the basil rice is so delicious.

Or perhaps there are other reasons, but she didn't want to investigate.

The sycamore trees rustled, and the streetlights cast the shadows of two people, one in front of the other.

Yunmiao stopped in her tracks as she passed a cake shop.

She turned around and skipped back to Sheng Yinian.

"Sheng Yunian, I want to eat cake."

Sheng Yinian's gaze fell on her stomach.

"Not holding on anymore?"

Yunmiao sucked her stomach in forcefully.

"I can't take it anymore."

She also gestured behind the two of them.

"And look, we're all gone..."

He paused halfway through his sentence.

"They've all gone... over a hundred meters. The basil rice is almost digested."

She tilted her head back and looked at him expectantly.

Sheng Yinian stared at her for a moment, then smiled helplessly.

"You can only eat one piece."

"Okay," Yun Miao readily agreed.

Sheng Yinian was about to take her hand, but she dodged it.

"You wait here for me, I'll go in and buy it myself, I'll just use your card!"

After saying that, Yunmiao ran into the cake shop.

A few minutes later, she came out holding two cakes high in her hands.

"Sheng Yinian, look! Look! I've gotten a great deal!"

She ran excitedly to Sheng Yinian.

"I'm so lucky to have a buy-one-get-one-free cake deal today..."

Before he could finish speaking, a childish voice came from the side.

"elder sister."

Yunmiao turned her head and saw a little girl standing beside her.

The little girl had two braids and big eyes. She was looking up at the two cake boxes in Yunmiao's hands.

"Sister, you shouldn't eat too many sweets at night."

The little girl held up one finger and pointed to one of the small boxes.

"Could I have this as a gift?"

Yunmiao looked down at her, somewhat reluctant to give the cake away.

This is not a free gift.

This is the spoils of her battle of wits with Sheng Yinian.

But she was also a little soft-hearted.

She looked up at Sheng Yinian.

They noticed that Sheng Yinian's gaze was fixed on a bench not far away.

A young woman sat on the bench, looking somewhat like a little girl.

The woman was looking down at her phone, but her gaze was clearly drifting away from the screen; she was avoiding eye contact and pretending not to be looking this way.

Yunmiao understood.

She had seen similar incidents online some time ago, but didn't think much of it at the time.

Surprisingly, in reality, there are mothers who actually encourage their children to ask for free cake.

"No," Yun Miao refused decisively. "If you want to eat it, ask your mom to buy it for you."

The little girl pouted, ran back to the bench, and threw herself into the woman's arms.

The woman was holding the little girl, her expression somewhat embarrassed, and she kept her head down, not daring to look in their direction.

Sheng Yinian took the cake from Yun Miao and led her to the roadside.

The Bentley had stopped on the side of the road at some point.

Assistant Xu stood next to the car door and opened the back door.

Once in the car, Yun Miao stared intently at the cake in Sheng Yinian's hand.

"Sheng Yinian, cakes don't taste good if they're left out for too long."

Sheng Yinian glanced at her sideways.

"You can only eat one piece."

Yunmiao opened her mouth, then closed it again.

ruthless!

Her gaze lingered between the two cakes before she finally chose the larger one.

"I want that box of Basque cheesecake."

She reached out to take it, but Sheng Yinian didn't give her the cake.

He opened the cake box.

I picked up the spoon, scooped out a spoonful, and brought it to her lips.

Yunmiao was stunned for a moment, then obediently opened her mouth and put the spoon in her mouth.

The rich, creamy cheese flavor, mixed with a slightly caramelized milky aroma, melts on the tongue.

She squinted her eyes and mumbled, "Delicious!"

After chewing a couple of times, she suddenly opened her eyes, her expression showing a hint of conflict.

"Sheng Yinian, should I have let that child have his way just now?"

Sheng Yinian scooped up another spoonful and held it to her lips.

"My little friend, why should you let the other children have their turn?"

Yunmiao paused in her action of biting the spoon.

She looked up and met Sheng Yinian's gaze, a blush gradually spreading across her face.

"What? I'm... twenty years old."

"Hmm." Sheng Yinian took out a tissue and wiped away a little bit of drool from the corner of her mouth. "A twenty-year-old kid."

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The next day, an open class at 8 a.m.

When Yunmiao arrived at the lecture hall, Xia Xixi and Lin Shuhe had not yet arrived.

She pulled out a chair and sat down, only to find that the two classmates at the table behind her were excitedly discussing something together.

"Hey, have you heard? Someone is going to donate a new laboratory building to our college."