Transmigrated into Substitute Bride ‘Fu Lang’

Transmigrated into Substitute Bride Fu Lang

Chapter 11 : 南瓜甜点

[Pumpkin cake]

Chen Xing nodded in surprise when he heard about the arrest of the Lai family, revealing a happy look, “I know, I will go and take a look tomorrow.”

 

Gu Lang looked at Chen Xing’s bright smile, his fingers moved slightly, suddenly wanting to stretch his hand and touch his head, but in the end he restrained this impulse of his and coughed covertly.

 

When Chen Xing heard Gu Lang’s cough, he immediately snapped out from his excitement and looked at Gu Lang as he said nervously, “What’s wrong? Are you not feeling well?”

 

Chen Xing knew that Gu Lang rarely went out in the past because of his poor health, and even if he needed anything, he would always instruct Qiu Jiu to do it, while today he went out especially for his matters. If something happened to Gu Lang because of this, he would not be at ease.

 

After Gu Lang finished coughing and saw that Chen Xing was staring at him nervously, he gently waved his hand, a placating smile appeared on his pale face, “I’m fine, it’s just an old illness, I’ll be fine once I get used to it.”

 

Seeing that Chen Xing’s gaze on him was still worried after he finished talking, Gu Lang suddenly changed the subject, “By the way, what were you doing in the kitchen just now?”

 

Hearing that, Chen Xing suddenly remembered the pumpkin pastries he had just put on the stove to steam. He hurriedly ran to the stove and put out the fire in the stove and then opened the lid of the steamer.

Looking at a yellow dessert that looked like a mini version of pumpkin, Chen Xing first let out a sigh of relief, then looked at Gu Lang and said proudly as he was taking credit for his achievement, “I was making this this morning, do you want to try it? I used pumpkin on the outside and I used sweetened red bean paste on the inside.”

After Gu Lang nodded, Chen Xing took two small plates, gave Gu Lang and Qiu Jiu three for each of them and handed it over to them.

 

The moment Qiu Jiu got the pastries, he was surprised at its shape and after holding it around for a while, he gasped in admiration, “This is really well made. I’ve never seen such exquisite pastry before.”

 

Chen Xing smiled and did not respond. He used to specialize in cooking and was not really familiar with pastries. This one was also some of the few things he knew how to make.

 

Gu Lang took a look at it before he ate it. One bite brought out the faint fragrance of glutinous rice mixed with pumpkin, followed by the sweetness of red bean paste. The combination of the two creates an unusual and delicious taste.

 

Gu Lang’s eyes lit up after the first bite, and the speed of his next bite increased. He finished the cakes on the plate in three or two bites, and then his eyes went to the steamer, looking like he wanted to eat more.

 

Chen Xing noticed his eyes and covered the steamer, looking at Gu Lang and said, “This has glutinous rice and red bean paste, both of which are not easier to digest. We’re going to eat dinner later, so you can’t eat this anymore.”

 

Seeing the disappointment crossing Gu Lang’s eyes, Chen Xing pursed his lips and coaxed him, “This dessert can be kept for a longer time. If you want to eat it, you can eat it tomorrow.”

 

The expression on Gu Lang’s face only got better by these words, he put down the small plate as if nothing had happened and looked at Chen Xing, “In that case, I’ll go and rest first. Call me when it’s time to eat.” After saying that, he turned around and left unhurriedly.

 

Chen Xing looked at Gu Lang’s back as he left. He didn’t know if it was his illusion, but when Gu Lang left just now, he seemed to look at the steamer a few times with regret.

 

Thinking of Gu Lang’s that expression of reluctance for sweets that he was trying to hide, Chen Xing suddenly felt that he was somewhat cute~

 

The next day after breakfast, ‘the not in ease Chen Xing’ still decided to personally go to the streets to inquire about Lai Jiu’s news.

 

When Chen Xing arrived at the street, he found that it was as lively as usual and there seemed to be no change.

 

Chen Xing walked towards Granny Sun’s wonton stall. After he got closer, he saw that two more tables had been added to the original one, and all three tables were full of people waiting for Granny Sun to serve the wanton.

 

Watching Granny Sun working around as she dropped wontons and scoop out the wontons, while her little grandson helped out beside her but still so busy that they couldn’t handle it, Chen Xing walked over to her and said in a gentle voice, “How about if I help you?”

 

Seeing that it was Chen Xing, Granny Sun immediately gave up her place next to Chen Xing and told her how many bowls she needed and how many wontons per bowl she needed, and then watched as he finished the ordered wontons at twice the speed of her own.

 

Only when all the wontons were served did Granny Sun breathe a sigh of relief and look at Chen Xing with gratitude, “Thank you, if you hadn’t given me the recipe to improve the wontons, I’m afraid my family’s wontons wouldn’t be as popular as they are now.”

 

Chen Xing smiled brightly, “I didn’t help much either. I just told you a little about how to boil the soup and mix the filling, it’s all your own credit that makes the business so prosperous.”

 

Granny Sun looked at Chen Xing, who did not take credit for his own, therefore her fondness for him grew a little more, then as if she remembered something, she hesitantly said towards Chen Xing, “Xiao Xing, do you know about the Lai family?”

 

When Chen Xing heard her ask this, he suddenly remembered the purpose of his visit and hit his own head, looking at Granny Sun as he said, “That’s right, Granny. I am here to ask about the Lai family, since you know about it, can you tell me about it?”

 

Granny Sun heard Chen Xing ask this, she then told him everything she knew, “I heard that the newly appointed county magistrate had started looking for the evidence of Lai Shiye’s crimes a long time ago. He had finally collected all the evidence recently and arrested him yesterday after confirming it. In a few days, he will deal with Master Lai in front of everyone.”

 

As Granny Sun said this, the deep wrinkles on her face broke into a smile as she patted Chen Xing’s hand and said happily, “As long as the county magistrate deals with Master Lai, we can be at ease in the future. You are a lucky kid, so good!”

 

Granny Sun didn’t say the rest of the words after that, but Chen Xing understood what she meant by lucky. One day Lai Jiu was looking for trouble with him and the next day something happened to him. Won’t this be called lucky?

 

Just when Chen Xing was about to say a few more words to Granny Sun, help her wrap some wontons more, buy some delicious food and go back to celebrate, two officials came to this street.

 

As soon as the officers entered the street, the officer looked around, as if he was looking for something. When they had finished looking around the street, it looked like they didn’t find what they were looking for and after whispering to each other for a while, he then walked towards the shops on either side. Inside, the shopkeeper happened to be Boss Qiao.

 

Boss Qiao looked at the official and gave him a charming smile, “I wonder what brings the officials here? Is there anything you want to eat?”

 

The official looked at the pretty and charming lady (shop owner) in front of him and his mind wandered for a moment, then he remembered what he was here for, quickly restrained himself before he looked at the woman in front of him and said, “We are here to find someone. Do you know that there is a little Ger who previously sold mapo tofu on this street, where is he now?”

 

Hearing the official ask about that little Ger, Boss Qiao’s eyes flashed, as if she had thought of something good, the corners of her mouth curled up into a light smile, and with a flick of her finger, she pointed precisely to Granny Sun’s wonton stall, her red lips slightly opened and she said indifferently, “Look, that Ger, he’s at that wonton stall, wrapping wontons with that old granny~”

 

After thanking Boss Qiao, the officer walked with his colleague towards the small wonton stall.

 

Boss Qiao looked at their backs and then looked at Chen Xing, who was unaware and mindlessly wrapping wontons in the distance. The corners of her mouth curled into a malicious smile.

 

Chen Xing was about to help Granny Sun finish wrapping the rest of the wonton and then go back, suddenly had the illusion that he was being watched by someone, therefore the moment he raised his head and looked around, he saw two official officers walking towards him.

 

Until the two officials approached, Chen Xing was immediately on guard, so much so that Granny Sun, who was next to him, also became nervous.

 

“You are Chen Xing, right?” One of the official officers looked at the only Ger here and asked in a husky voice.

 

Chen Xing looked at the two tall officials in front of him and hesitated for a moment, still nodding his head in the end and admitting, “Yes, I am.”

 

“Please come with us.”

 

Hearing this, Chen Xing’s heart thumped, and his heart couldn’t help but beat faster. Didn’t they say that Master Lai had already been arrested? Why were there still official officers coming to trouble him now?

 

Next to him, Granny Sun suddenly interjected and asked cautiously, “Two official masters, can you tell me what you are looking for Chen Xing for?”

 

Hearing Granny Sun’s careful enquiry, the official who spoke seemed to have realized something as the expression on his face eased a little. He looked at the grandma and Ger who were staring at him nervously and managed to showed a gentle smile,

 

“Don’t be nervous! It’s all my fault for not making myself clear. The county magistrate has recently collected all the evidence of Master Lai’s crimes and will prosecute and punish him according to law in the next few days. All the money that Master Lai scraped from the people will be handled by the government, so among them is a stall that is not very eye-catching but can keep from the wind andand the rain. The county magistrate heard about this young Ger being harassed by Lai Jiu, he took pity on him and asked us to ask if you would like to rent the stall. If you want to rent it, we won’t look for anyone else. If you don’t want to rent it, we’ll give it to others. Because it’s stolen goods, the rent for that stall is only half of what it is for the other stalls.”

 

Hearing the official say this, Chen Xing’s eyes lit up at once, but he soon hesitated again. After all, he didn’t know that county magistrate either, so how such a good thing suddenly fell into his head?

 

That talking official was also a man who knew how to get things done. Seeing Chen Xing’s hesitation, he smiled and said, “If you are worried, you can go over with us to see that stall first. In a couple of days a corresponding notice will also be posted at the official’s entrance to explain it, so you can rest assured.”

 

Hearing that the official had been so thorough, Chen Xing himself became a little embarrassed and nodded his head in agreement, “Then I’ll trouble you.”

 

Upon seeing this, Granny Sun also wanted to go with him. Chen Xing knew that she was worried about him and at the same time he was a little embarrassed.

 

The two of them left together with the two officials. The hawkers around them could not hear their conversation, so they were all speculating what they had done to deserve the officials’ personal attention.

 

Boss Qiao who had just shown the officials the way, at this moment, was leaning against the door, staring at Chen Xing’s back with joy and glee, hoping to hear the news of his misfortune in a few days.