SWG Chapter 83

Chapter 83

Li Wan felt bored all morning, let out a long yawn, and put down her phone.

Today is the weekend!

It’s so hard to do business in the winter. Except for the Chinese New Year, no one wants to wrap themselves up like a dumpling to come to the photo studio in winter, because that means they need to prepare for the photo shoot like peeling an onion.

She yawned again, and rested her head on the counter in a daze.

Xiao Wenyu came down from upstairs with a plate of snacks, and said gently with a smile, “Xiao Wan, would you like to try the new product Ruan is developing? Mango cream box.”

Ruan Shengyi stayed in the bakery during the day, researching with Sister Wang what popular desserts are available in big cities. They mainly picked some that were not too expensive, so that even if they tried to spread them out, they wouldn’t easily lose too much money. For example, this mango cream box is common in big cities, but it is definitely a rare and novel product in small counties.

Not everyone has the leisure to go shopping in Beishi every day, and takeout has not yet fully connected the two places, so this is a good business opportunity.

It’s just that I don’t know how it tastes yet.

Li Wan raised her hand, “I want it, thank you teacher, and thank you Ruan!” Teacher, how is the handover of the cake shop business going? Is it going smoothly?”

“It’s going smoothly, I don’t need to worry about it, I’m just responsible for eating every day. Oh, by the way, it seems like there’s a reservation today?”

“Yes! There’s a college student who wants to take an ID photo, and the format sent is from Beishi University of Science and Technology, tsk tsk tsk, this child’s grades are really good! But her Douyin nickname…hahahaha, ‘Stealing the Cripple’s Crutch’, this child is really naughty.”

Xiao Wenyu also laughed silently, with her arm resting on the bar, leaning half of her body on it to relax.

Today she was wearing a gray long knitted sweater with a white cardigan on top, and when she leaned like this, her clothes leaned over a little, making her feel particularly comfortable.

Li Wan dug a big spoonful of cream into her mouth, feeling the cream melting in her mouth, squinted her eyes comfortably, and couldn’t help but sigh, “Since the cream has started to pursue health, it feels like it’s been a long time since I’ve tasted something so delicious! It will definitely be very popular!”

“Hey, it’s really confusing. Is there any need for cream to pursue health? If you get fat, just move around more, which can just make you stronger. Pursuing health is really annoying!”

Xiao Wenyu patted her head, “Health has nothing to do with being fat or thin. The health that cream pursues does have a bit of an impact on the taste. But these are all the costs of the exploration process. Isn’t it popular to neutralize the two recently? This is after the neutralization.”

“Wow! What a vision! Teacher, go to the back room to rest. I’ll take care of it later.”

As soon as she said that, the person arrived. The door was pushed open, and a girl with a backpack and glasses nervously pushed her glasses up.

Her glasses were already covered with a layer of white mist.

Li Wan choked on a mouthful of cake, almost suffocating. The boss couldn’t watch her like this and still urge her to work, so she simply took a tissue and walked over to hand it to the girl, saying, “Are you, ‘Crutch’?”

The girl nodded, said thank you after taking the paper, and acknowledged the nickname.

Xiao Wenyu stood half a meter away from her, watching her lower her head to wipe the mist from her glasses, and frowned slightly.

She couldn’t see the girl’s face very clearly, but even so, she still felt that this child looked a bit familiar.

Until the girl wiped the water mist from her glasses, properly put on her glasses, looked up at her, hooked her lips in a shallow smile, revealing the two small dimples at the corners of her mouth, her eyes quickly scanned the room, and she sighed, “What a beautiful photo studio!”

Xiao Wenyu’s eyes widened slightly.

The girl tilted her head, “What’s wrong?”

She, or rather, Shen Mingyuan, quickly noticed the bulge under the knitted sweater, and exclaimed, “Boss, are you having a baby?”

Her words made Xiao Wenyu instantly calm down and put on a smile again, “Yes, if you have a reservation, come in. I’ll give you a simple makeup.”

“Boss, you’re working so hard. Why don’t you let that sister help me?”

Li Wan took a breath and walked over. After seeing her face clearly, she was also stunned for a moment, but Xiao Wenyu quickly woke her up. The woman signaled her to find Ruan Shengyi and ask Ruan to bring some food and the small winter hand-warming gifts she had prepared for the customers.

Li Wan walked away in a daze.

Shen Mingyuan said in surprise, “Are there small gifts today?”

Xiao Wenyu said patiently, “A test project. My lover has been making a lot of food recently, so it’s just right to use it as a souvenir.”

The girl’s eyes lit up for a moment, “Wow, lover, what a beautiful name. Boss, this is a photo that I will put on my resume next year, please make it both realistic and beautiful.”

Xiao Wenyu smiled, “You are so beautiful, you can definitely be both realistic and beautiful.”

Besides, this familiar face, although there are some differences and a bit of immaturity, is generally the same face she sees every day, and she has always been thinking about how to take a formal photo of this face, not a portrait, so it is of course easy to take.

It is also easy to put on makeup.

After all, if she is not mistaken, this should be the sister who Ruan Shengyi said was sent away.

When conceiving offspring, although it takes two people to participate, the child is more influenced by the conceiver, especially the appearance. Children from the same mother always look very, very similar.

For example, the “Crutch” sister in front of her and her little boss, although there are differences, the traces of being born from the same mother are too obvious.

The world is really small.

Xiao Wenyu sat on a high stool, bent slightly, and carefully applied eye makeup to the person in front of her. Just at this moment, Li Wan trotted in, followed by Ruan Shengyi carrying a bag of bread and a cup of hot milk.

Li Wan played a trick and didn’t tell her about the customer in the store, so most of the bag was for Xiao Wenyu, and the rest was the so-called souvenir.

Xiao Wenyu didn’t say she needed a souvenir.

Ruan Shengyi took off her coat that was stained with the cold air and said casually, “I brought the food.”

She took a bread out of the bag, held it in her hand, walked to Xiao Wenyu’s side, hugged her familiarly, and put her warm hands under Xiao Wenyu’s belly. Feeling that the woman had relaxed a little, she said in a low voice, “Do you want to praise me?”

Xiao Wenyu smiled, “Can’t you see I’m working?”

Shen Mingyuan also laughed, “Is this your lover? You have a really good relationship.”

Only then did Ruan Shengyi notice the child who was being made up.

It was impossible for her not to recognize her own face, and she would always remember Ruan Qing’s face. Looking at the familiar face in front of her, she lost the strength to speak in an instant.

She, this, this child…

Xiao Wenyu said unintentionally, “Ruan, since you’re free, help me clean up the ID photo area. It’s a mess right now.”

Ruan Shengyi hadn’t recovered from the shock yet. She gave a soft “oh”, let go of her embrace, and turned around somewhat woodenly.

It was quite messy, not just the ID photo area, but also her heart.

Her heart became flustered in an instant, in a mess, and all kinds of thoughts sprouted up like bamboo shoots after rain, forcing her to sweat coldly on her forehead.

With her back to the person who was putting on makeup, she bit her lip and suddenly felt absurd.

She quickly put away her things, turned around, said goodbye casually, and left the photo studio extremely quickly. Xiao Wenyu raised her eyes and saw that she had already closed the door of the shop and was preparing to cross the road.

Xiao Wenyu stared at the back for a while, first lowered her eyes, then retracted her gaze, and sighed softly.

This inexplicable sigh really scared Shen Mingyuan. She picked a gap to ask, “Is there something wrong with my face that makes it difficult to take photos?”

“What?”

“You sighed just now.”

“…No, I just sigh habitually, don’t worry.”

The girl was silent for a while, and seemed to hesitate for a while, then said again, “Don’t sigh habitually, I heard it will sigh away your luck.”

Xiao Wenyu smiled, “Little friend, you’re so cute.” Saying that, she patted the girl’s face, signaling her to open her eyes and see if there was anything she was not satisfied with, while she turned around and slowly packed her things.

Shen Mingyuan looked at herself in the mirror and couldn’t help but reveal a bit of confusion.

She usually doesn’t talk this much, so why is she talking so much today? And…

Shen Mingyuan couldn’t help but gently touch her face. She had heard that the service at this photo studio was particularly good, but she didn’t expect the boss’s makeup skills to be so good. She had once imagined contouring and highlighting, but was unable to implement it due to lack of skill. Now, they were all properly applied to her face.

This store is a bit too strong!

How could such a strong store open in Chuncheng? Why didn’t it go to Beishi?

Now she also wanted to sigh.

The speed of taking ID photos was very fast. After taking the photos, simply selecting and retouching the photos, Shen Mingyuan took the U disk with the saved photos and a bag of photos in her hand, thanked her, and left.

When she left, the boss across the street happened to be coming over with a mask.

Shen Mingyuan couldn’t help but glance at her, making eye contact with a pair of somewhat familiar but exceptionally indifferent eyes for a moment, then quickly looked away, each heading towards their own future.

After the person walked away—

Xiao Wenyu leaned against the computer desk and looked at her, unable to help but smile, “She could’ve just come over, why did she wrap herself up so tightly?”

“That child?”

Ruan Shengyi nodded, “I heard that she did come to Beishi to go to school, I didn’t expect to meet her here.”

She slowly took a few steps forward, and finally couldn’t help but squat down and bury herself in Xiao Wenyu’s arms, and said in a low voice, “She looks really good, right?”

“Yes, she’s from Beishi University of Science and Technology. Does your family have some kind of gene for intelligence?” Xiao Wenyu gently held her face, “Why are you all good students, hmm?”

“…Maybe. But let’s not let her know. The past was too painful. She’s growing up so well now, so happy. She should have a future that’s not entangled in the past. She should.”

It’s not known who she was saying this to, Ruan Shengyi repeated it again in a low voice, she should. Her eyes rarely revealed a trace of confusion, which made people feel distressed.

Xiao Wenyu leaned down and gently touched her forehead, “You look good too, it’s okay. Besides, Ruan knows where she goes to school, so her concern for her is not that weak. Just maintain the status quo, right?”

The confusion gradually dissipated, and Ruan Shengyi nodded.

Xiao Wenyu smiled even more, patted her face, “Moreover, you can still see her on social media, user 778625361. I’ll recommend her to you later. Your name is not easy to be discovered, hmm.”

Only then did Ruan Shengyi smile comfortably, because Xiao Wenyu was able to recite her original username, which she hadn’t changed because she didn’t use it much.

Xiao Wenyu seemed to be able to read her mind, rolled her eyes at her, and complained, “You’re also incredibly lazy, can you change your name?”

“I don’t use it often, it’s enough to have it.”

“I’ve recommended her to you. Her username is: Stealing the Cripple’s Crutch, hmm, don’t think you’ve followed the wrong person.”

Xiao Wenyu managed to see a trace of cracks on the face of the usually indifferent person, couldn’t help but laugh, and pinched the person’s cheeks, which had a bit of flesh.

See, nicknames are very important, some people still haven’t changed it just to cause her trouble!

But it doesn’t matter, she pinned the message to the top, seeing it every day like this, it’s not very difficult to remember.

But, speaking of messages…

Xiao Wenyu put away her playful expression and suddenly said seriously, “Ruan, I have something to tell you.”

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