"The pastries here really are delicious, you recommended them to me initially, and I didn’t believe you."
"How about that, do you believe me now? I told you, don’t just go to the Century-old Cake Shop all the time. They haven’t introduced any new varieties in years, whereas this place has better stuff."
Watching the two leave happily, Lin Yuan also felt very cheerful.
Entering the shop, Liuzi, with his sharp eyes, spotted her and greeted her with delight, "Madam, you’ve arrived?"
"Where is Mr. Meng?" It wasn’t Meng Liangdong sitting at the counter, but Liuzi.
Liuzi pointed towards the back of the hall, his eyes twinkling with mischief, "Right there, he’s with Boss Mo."
Seeing Lin Yuan shoot him a look, he quickly put away the gossipy tone, coughed, and said seriously, "Boss Mo is changing Mr. Meng’s dressing. The doctor said the bandages need changing every three days, otherwise it might scar."
After speaking, he couldn’t help but mutter to himself, thinking what a big fuss for a man to be worried about scars, quite the delicate soul.
Lin Yuan nodded, just as Meng Liangdong and Mo Sanniang came over from the back hall having just finished changing the dressing. Mo Sanniang was fine, but Meng Liangdong’s face was flushed red, and he kept his eyes down, not daring to look up.
"Sister, you’re here." Mo Sanniang greeted Lin Yuan with a smile, "Is the little sister here today too? How’s the embroidery practice going? Any progress?"
Of course, she was referring to Lin Wei.
Lin Wei sweetly called her Sister Mo and said with a touch of shyness, "I’m only good at embroidering plants; as for mandarin ducks, my mother says they look like wild ducks."
"Ha ha, that’s just your mother having high standards for you."
Lin Wei’s words amused Mo Sanniang, who had grown close with Lin Yuan’s family. She had seen some of Lady Liu’s embroidery work and admired her skills deeply. In Mo Sanniang’s own words, it was a real pity for such skilled work to not be passed down.
However, fortunately for her, the successor, Lin Wei, seemed very talented in Mo Sanniang’s eyes.
"Sister Mo, I came this time because I wanted to buy some silk threads from you; I’ve run out of mine."
Upon hearing this, Mo Sanniang quickly put down the scissors and bandages she was using to dress a wound, took Lin Wei by the hand, and led her back to the shop, "Perfect timing, I just got a new batch of silk threads. You’ll definitely like them."
After saying goodbye to Lin Yuan, the two of them left.
Even after they had disappeared into the shop, Meng Liangdong’s gaze lingered at the doorway, seemingly lost in thought.
Liuzi playfully waved his hand in front of Meng Liangdong without getting any response, giggled, and said, "Mr. Meng, you should follow them!"
Meng Liangdong subconsciously thought about nodding but then abruptly came back to his senses, and his face grew even redder.
Embarrassed, he laughed awkwardly and returned to the counter amid Liuzi’s laughter, his hand involuntarily touching the shoulder that had accidentally been brushed by Mo Sanniang while changing the dressing, a mixture of joy and shyness on his face.
Lin Yuan, seeing his reaction resembling that of a young girl with a newfound crush, what was there not to understand? Clearly, Meng Liangdong had feelings for Mo Sanniang, but it was uncertain whether Mo Sanniang felt the same about him.
With this in mind, Lin Yuan remembered the wedding cakes that Ma Xiaonan had ordered for Xie Zhiyuan and Ma Xiaoqian. After inquiring with Liuzi about it, who wasn’t very clear about the cakes, but remembered everything about the front hall.
"Madam, these past few days Miss Ma and the young master visited again, mainly to buy pastries, and they also asked about the wedding cakes. I assured them everything would be delivered on time, and that was all," Liuzi said.
After a thought, Liuzi added, "However, that young Master Ma also came alone twice, looking around as if he wasn’t just here to buy things but seemed to be looking for someone."