Chapter 112: Hello, Senior Brother Xiao Han
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Apart from being a guest, there was another reason for Lin Xiaowan’s visit. Hong Minhua indeed had the intention of letting Lin Xiaowan participate in the competition to gain experience. After all, Lin Xiaowan truly lacked experience. Her life was leisurely, and she did everything according to her preferences. If she was not interested in something, her expression, which made her look pitiful, would show it.
Xiao Han, on the contrary, had participated in countless competitions, big and small, and had won many awards.
Hong Minhua wanted someone to explain the matter to Lin Xiaowan and see if Lin Xiaowan would change her mind.
Lin Xiaowan and Xiao Han arrived at Hong Minhua’s house almost right after each other. The duo had not seen each other for a long time.
Lin Xiaowan looked up and called out softly, “Hello, Senior Brother Xiao Han.”
Xiao Han said with a smile, “Hello, Junior Sister.”
Hong Minhua did not care much about formalities. She waved her hand and said, “Alright, alright. There’s no need to be so polite here. It’s not the first time you meet each other.”
Lin Xiaowan, who was much more familiar with Hong Minhua now, put her bag down and showed Hong Minhua something on her phone. She said, “I recently found a patissier who makes pastry at home. His recipes look simple. Grandma Hong, have a look at what he’s making today.”
Hong Minhua put on her reading glasses. After all, she was already old. She needed her glasses to have a clearer look.
Meanwhile, Xiao Han looked at his junior sister who was talking intimately to his teacher in a low voice and was a little lost in thought.
Lin Xiaowan seemed gentle and harmless. She always had a smile on her face. Her face seemed to always be glowing. When she spoke, it was slow and soft with a lilt at the end of her words. It made people pay attention to her.
Hong Minhua did not like savory snacks so she chose steamed white sugar cake.
Seeing Xiao Han standing at the side silently, Lin Xiaowan called out twice to him to ask for his opinion, but he did not respond to her. In the end, she walked over and waved her hand in front of him as she called out again, “Senior Brother Xiao Han?”
Xiao Han returned to his senses and asked, “What’s the matter?”
Lin Xiaowan asked, “Why are you in a daze? I’m going to make steamed white sugar cakes with Teacher. What do you think?”
Xiao Han smiled, revealing his canine teeth, and said, “I’m fine with that. I’ll help out. Although I don’t know much about these things, it shouldn’t be a problem for me to help.”
They needed a lot of sugar to make steamed white sugar cake. Hong Minhua did not have enough at home, and she had already instructed someone to help her buy it. However, the other person had yet to arrive. Seeing there was time, she rose to her feet and said, “Let’s go. Follow me to the studio. Since we have some time now, let your senior brother help you?”
“Junior Sister, how’s your lesson going? If you have nothing to do, you should come to the studio,” Xiao Han said.
Xiao Han would not stay in the studio for too long. The competition he had just participated in was very important, and the winning work was ready to be exhibited and auctioned off. There was a foreign art gallery that wanted to work with him, and he also wanted new experiences to broaden his horizon.
Hong Minhua chimed in, “Your senior brother has a lot of experience with competitions. You should listen to what he has to say about them.”
Then, Hong Minhua sounded a little proud as she looked at her favorite student and continued to say, “Xiaowan doesn’t have time to play around. After all, she’s the boss of a shop now and has a lot of things to do…”
Lin Xiaowan felt very guilty when she heard these words. After all, she was not busy at all. Zhu Yingyue was the one who was really busy. She was just a silent partner. Recently, she did not even visit the shop much.
Meanwhile, after hearing Hong Minhua’s words, Xiao Han looked slightly surprised. He asked, “Junior Sister is planning to participate in a competition?”
It was only natural for Xiao Han to be surprised. After all, Lin Xiaowan had only started taking lessons recently. If Hong Minhua recommended someone to join a competition, it meant that the other person was very talented. He could not help but wonder how much Lin Xiaowan had improved for Hong Minhua to recommend Lin Xiaowan to participate in a competition..