Chapter 56 : Chapter 56

Chapter 56 : Senior Sister Tang Yihan Is Truly Terrifying When Angered

I closed the book and placed it in a secure drawer, just in case it got stolen and I’d have to pay for it.

After checking the foot traffic outside and confirming no customers were likely to show up, I slipped into the back kitchen.

I wanted to ask my Senior Sister about getting an advance on my wages.

My money was barely enough to get by, and it definitely didn’t support buying those things.

“Ying Shiqian! Don’t sneak up on me while I’m decorating! I’ll kill you!”

As soon as I arrived, I heard those words.

Then I saw Senior Sister Tang Yihan holding a cream piping bag, shoving it right into the still-laughing Ying Shiqian’s mouth.

A flood of white cream shot straight into her mouth, even overflowing.

Sometimes, I couldn’t figure out why Senior Sister Ying Shiqian, who loved slacking off and goofing around, always came here to stir up trouble when she had nothing better to do.

Could someone really embody both slacking and causing chaos at the same time?

Caught off guard, Ying Shiqian stumbled and fell to the ground, cream spurting from her mouth.

It seemed too thick, and she instinctively swallowed a few gulps.

“Ugh…”

Before Ying Shiqian could react, even I barely had time to process it.

I felt a surge of energy, a fluctuation that instinctively triggered my Spirit Vision state.

I sensed the energy in Senior Sister Tang Yihan’s body becoming active, as if a spell had been triggered.

“Hey! Wait! Senior Sister, don’t use a spell!”

I rushed forward instinctively, stopping Tang Yihan.

If she used a spell here, wouldn’t the place just explode?

Especially since it was Senior Sister Tang Yihan who had warned me not to use spells here in the first place!

“Let go. I’ve got the money to pay for this place. If I don’t turn this idle slacker into an afro-head today, my name isn’t Tang Yihan.”

Though she said that, Tang Yihan didn’t release the spell.

I knew my attempt to stop her was merely symbolic.

If I couldn’t hold her back, I was ready to bolt at any moment.

“Senior Sister, Senior Sister calm down, calm down. It’s not worth it, really not worth it.”

I immediately softened my voice, trying to mediate.

“Hmph, for Little Han’s sake, I’ll let you off.”

Perhaps sensing my cooperation, Tang Yihan went along with my words and stopped her spell.

“Ying Shiqian, how many times has it been this week? The manager’s not here, so your skin’s itching again? Why don’t you go to Fengqing Street to blow off some steam instead of coming here to make a scene?”

“Wuu… hehe… my bad, I was being cheeky. Uh… the cream’s kinda sweet today…”

Ying Shiqian scrambled to her feet, trying to change the subject.

After swallowing the cream in her mouth, she quickly wiped the traces from her lips.

“Sweet? Hope it chokes you.”

Tang Yihan seemed to return to her usual self, starting to clean up her tools.

Unlike them, I felt like I’d just heard something incredible.

Fengqing Street?

Was that something I was supposed to hear about?

It seemed like a place everyone knew about.

But I’m a good student.

I wouldn’t go there.

I’d just secretly search it up on my phone to find out where it was.

Just in case I accidentally wandered there and didn’t know what to do.

Purely for knowledge’s sake.

“By the way, Little Han, why’d you come here? Sorry you had to see that.”

“No, no, it’s fine.”

I waved my hands quickly.

It wasn’t the first time I’d seen this in the past few days, so it wasn’t a big deal.

“Um… I came mainly to… ask about an advance on my wages. I want to buy some stuff.”

“Running low on cash?”

Tang Yihan said casually, as if advancing wages was no big deal.

“I’ll talk to the manager and have her transfer it to your account.”

“Thanks, Senior Sister. I’m really short on money. I just started with meditation, and I mainly want to buy some necessary things to try it out.”

“Meditation? Oh, want to try it early? If you’re experimenting, just get some incense. Meditation is tough to get into without a teacher’s guidance.”

“Is it really that hard?”

I couldn’t help but ask.

It sounded like she was warning me not to spend too much on it.

“Yeah, meditation is the first lesson for new students. Teachers guide you one-on-one, and in the first class, you might even enter a dream state. That makes it easier to feel the meditation state.”

“Dream state?”

Hearing that term, my first thought was hypnosis leading into a dream.

“Yeah, your teachers will explain it to you. I don’t know how to explain it.”

Tang Yihan said while busying herself with her tasks.

Seeing her so busy, I didn’t press further.

I’d check the library after work.

I already had a general idea, anyway.

I wondered if the dream state was the hypnosis method mentioned in the books.

“Well… you guys are busy, and it seems like customers are coming to the front, so I’ll go.”

I made up an excuse to slip away.

When I got to the front, there were actually no customers.

After I left, Tang Yihan’s face darkened.

She carried the half-finished cake to the still-disheveled Ying Shiqian.

“Clean this place up. And this it’s your lunch.”

“No way!”

Ying Shiqian let out a pained wail.

This cake wasn’t any of the samples sold in the shop, and there hadn’t been any custom orders lately, so it was probably one of Tang Yihan’s experimental creations.

Ying Shiqian knew the power of Tang Yihan’s new products; they'd definitely make her sick!

It was pure dark cuisine!

“If you don’t finish it, I’ll smear the rest on your face. And write a report on its taste and texture afterward. I’ll use it to improve next time.”

Tang Yihan’s light words sealed Ying Shiqian’s miserable fate for lunch.

But Ying Shiqian clearly knew how to handle this.

Without hesitation, she smeared the entire cake on her face.

She’d rather do that than eat it.

“You!”

Tang Yihan hadn’t expected such decisiveness.

“I choose to smear it on my face… wait, no, this time’s different. It actually tastes… good?”

“If it tastes good, then write the report on its flavor and texture. I’m going to record this recipe’s process.”

“Tch…”

After Tang Yihan walked away, Ying Shiqian’s face twisted.

Clearly, the cake didn’t taste as good as she’d claimed.

“Ugh… What a boring person. I’ll go play with Little Han.”

After saying that, Ying Shiqian scraped the cake off her face and used a cleaning spell to tidy her disheveled appearance.

Even with the cleaning spell, her uniform was tainted by Tang Yihan’s creation.

To Ying Shiqian, it was mental pollution, and she naturally didn’t want to keep wearing it.