“Happy birthday to you~~~Happy birthday to you~~~~”
While humming, Su Mucheng took out the knife from the plastic bag. The one-and-a-half-foot-long serrated blade was held up flat, she turned her right hand over and pushed the blade to the left—sharp!
"Oops! It's crooked!"
She is making a birthday cake for Ye Xiu.
Strictly speaking, the word "making cakes" is really flattering to her. She knows nothing about mixing flour, whisking egg liquid, making cake batter, and baking cake embryos. The cake embryos are basically bought ready-made. Use the included serrated knife to cut them into three pieces.
Slice it, prepare to spread cream on it and add fruit. When you cut it with the first cut, it will be bent a hundred and eighty thousand miles away.
Su Mucheng wrinkled her nose, held the top of the cake embryo with one hand, and then cut the second time. This second cut was even more difficult. The top slipped and the bottom shifted. With one cut, it cut directly onto the chopping board. Looking again
, a pit has been dug out on top of the cake embryo...
"Well……"
This was Su Mucheng's first time doing this job. In the early years, he had no money. Later, Ye Xiu entered Excellent Era and became financially better off. He also had teammates to celebrate his birthday. Not to mention that fans sent cakes every year.
There is no need for Miss Su to do it herself.
She thought for a moment, then stood the cake upright and leaned firmly against it with heavy objects on both sides. Holding the knife with both hands, she sawed straight down from the top and worked hard back and forth. The cake foam fell down, and this time it turned out to be quite smooth.
, although there are still some bumps on the cut surface, it has been cut straight to the bottom.
"Well, not bad." Su Mucheng nodded to herself with satisfaction, and was about to go downstairs to buy another cake. She walked out two steps while humming a song, when a voice behind her called out: "Sister Su."
"Qiu Fei?"
Su Mucheng paused and turned back with a smile. Qiu Fei paused for a moment with his eyes on the wallet in her hand. Seeing that she was planning to go out, he whispered: "Sister Su, we have training in the afternoon."
"It's okay, I'm practicing for the team competition this afternoon. I can't say no."
Qiu Fei felt a little embarrassed. In two days' time, Excellent Era will face Xingxin in the finals of the challenge, and Su Mucheng has already decided that he will not play in the team competition. Seeing him standing there awkwardly, he couldn't even tip his toes.
How to put it, Su Mucheng laughed, raised her hand, and patted his shoulder:
"Come to my place to eat cake after training!"
The new cake embryo was cut, ahem, or sawed, and it was smooth sailing. Su Mucheng happily looked at the cake embryo divided into three equal parts, took out the whipped cream from the hotel refrigerator, and held up the cake she bought online at the same time.
Insert the electric egg beater and press the switch.
Beat, beat, beat.
Beat, beat, beat.
Beat, beat, beat.
Hey, why didn't you respond?
On the other end of the network, the store customer service member cried bitterly on Wangwang: "Sister, you have to add sugar first!"
"Ah - oh, I'm sorry." Su Mucheng rushed back, opened a bag of powdered sugar, and poured two tablespoons into the cream according to the instructions above. After thinking about it, Ye Xiu's taste was on the sweet side, and
Haughtily, I poured an extra spoonful.
This time it went smoothly. Stirring at medium speed for two minutes and at high speed for five minutes, the whipping cream in the basin gradually expanded, and beautiful patterns appeared one by one. Su Mucheng picked up the egg beater and was satisfied to see the whipping cream in the basin.
A small corner emerged.
"Are you ready?" She put down her belongings and jumped on the computer to take a look. After comparing it repeatedly with the pictures on the Internet, she finally confirmed that it was really completed this time. She happily spread the cream on the embryo. It was thick and solid.
layer, and spread a big circle around it. With a sense of accomplishment, I picked up the cake knife and took a lick on it.
Bitter sweet!
Su Mucheng froze on the spot.
She took another lick in a daze, and then another lick. Suddenly, tears fell uncontrollably.
Familiar taste.
Sweet to the point of bitterness.
It tasted exactly like the cup of crazy hot cocoa that Ye Xiu made for her when she was huddled in bed with a stomachache.
What is Ye Xiu doing now?
On his side, Tang Rou, Chen Guo, Wei Chen, Qiao Yifan, Baozi, Wu Chen, Mo Fan, Sun Zheping, An Wenyi, Luo Ji...
So many people will definitely celebrate his birthday.
I really want to be with them.
But she couldn't go there.
The final is approaching, and it is not suitable for them to meet at this time.
So far apart, it feels like we are at the end of the world.
She couldn't stand in front of him and say happy birthday to him in person.
She even worked so hard to make cakes to feed so many of them... I don't know if I would leave a piece for her...
It had been such a long time, since he retired, since he walked out of Excellent Era on that snowy night, a full year and a half, and she had never fought side by side with him.
For a whole year and a half, she had been fighting for dungeon records, grabbing materials, discovering members, training new people, and starting from scratch. She had been unable to share much of the hardships for him.
"Ye Xiu, I miss you."
She carefully scraped the cream on the cake, and while scraping, she said to herself over and over again: "I miss you——"
Two days left.
Tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow is the day of the finals. After a year and a half of hard work, I spread my wings and leap towards the other side with all my strength.
The result may be to leap into heaven, or it may be to sink into the abyss.
——But no matter what the outcome is, when that time comes, she will be able to stand by his side with dignity and dignity. Walk hand in hand and share the joys and sorrows.
Allowing herself to think for a moment, Su Mucheng looked at the time and immediately sped up. Although the hand speed of a professional player is mainly used on the keyboard and mouse, it is also somewhat useful in spreading butter, cutting fruits, and piping flowers. Su Mucheng
Mucheng pasted the three layers of cake into a snow-white cylinder, held her breath, and wrote her blessings stroke by stroke with chocolate sauce.
"Ye Xiu"
"Happy birthday"
She lowered her head and looked at the dragon-flying handwriting on the cake, feeling a little dazed for a moment.
She had seen a lot of Ye Xiu's birthday cakes - of course, she had also eaten a lot of them, but at that time, the words written on the cakes were always "Happy Birthday Ye Qiu".
In the eighth season, Ye Xiu retired. His birthday coincided with Excellent Era being eliminated, the team was in chaos, and he himself was not in the mood. This birthday was missed.
And today, she personally wrote "Happy Birthday Ye Xiu" on the cake.
"We must win." She whispered facing the cake, "I won't be able to fight side by side with you the day after tomorrow, but it doesn't matter, I'm here!"
She began to put fruits on the cake piece by piece: "This is the quantum cannon..." Put down a row of kiwis; "This is the Gatling gun..." Put down a row of cherries, "This is the heat missile..." Put down a pile of strawberries;
"This is a satellite ray..." Put down a piece of star fruit and carefully arranged eight blueberries around it...
I wish you a happy birthday, may all your wishes come true, and may you win the challenge the day after tomorrow.
The courier boy rushed away with the cake. Su Mucheng locked herself in the hotel room and concentrated on training. Time flew by. I don't know how long it had passed, but the ringtone of her cell phone suddenly rang.
"Please don't be obsessed with me anymore. I'm just a legend..."
Su Mucheng turned her eyes and opened the screen with her long fingertips. A sweet smile flowed from her eyes to the corners of her lips.