“If anything happens to my mom! I will definitely not let you off!”
As soon as Lin Yao answered the phone, she heard the man viciously uttering threats.
An allergic reaction from eating her cake?
That was absolutely impossible!
She wouldn’t claim the ingredients she used were the best, but she could definitely guarantee they were fresh!
But having run her shop for so long, this was the first time she had encountered such a situation. She quickly thought of a reason and immediately asked,
“Does your mother have any allergies? I can say with certainty that there are no issues with our cakes. Could it be possible that your mother ate something else that triggered her allergy?”
But the man on the other end of the phone was completely unreasonable.
“What allergies? My mom ended up in the hospital because she ate your cake! She’s in emergency care right now, and you’re still trying to deny responsibility?”
The man was extremely agitated, but she could understand his feelings—after all, it was his mother who was in trouble.
Lin Yao had no choice but to patiently explain, “You’ve misunderstood. I have no intention of denying responsibility. Which hospital is your mother at? I’ll go over right now to see what’s going on.”
“If it really is because of the cake I made, rest assured, I will take full responsibility!”
But who would have thought that upon hearing Lin Yao wanted to go to the hospital, the man immediately refused loudly.
“I don’t need your fake sympathy!”
“Now that my mom is hospitalized! I will definitely not let you off!”
After saying that, he hung up the phone without giving Lin Yao a chance to speak.
Lin Yao immediately called back but found her number had been blocked.
Under normal circumstances, he should have told her the hospital address so she could go check, and she had already said that if it really was the cake’s fault, she would take full responsibility.
But the man on the phone was so abnormal—he wouldn’t even tell her which hospital.
This reminded her of what she had seen online before—sometimes competitors would deliberately cause trouble, or sellers would try to scam money!
Even though Lin Yao already suspected it was likely a competitor, she still couldn’t be sure.
She found another phone and called the man again, but the call showed it was busy.
Lin Yao, unwilling to give up, sent a text message.
On the other side.
“Miss Su, I’ve already called that woman as you instructed, but she doesn’t believe it was because of the cake at all. She even asked us for the hospital location so she could come over!”
The person on the phone was the same man who had just called Lin Yao.
Su Yuqing listened to the man’s words and smiled, asking in return, “You didn’t tell her, did you?”
The man immediately shook his head in denial. “How could I? We’re following the plan!”
Su Yuqing nodded in satisfaction and took a sip of the red wine in her hand. “In that case, proceed with the plan tomorrow.”
First Shen Qianqian, and now Lin Yao.
What did she lack compared to that nobody Lin Yao?!
One day, Boyan would realize that only she, Su Yuqing, was worthy of standing by his side!
Lin Yao waited in the cake shop with her phone for a long time but never received a reply from the man. This confirmed her suspicion that it was a competitor trying to cause trouble.
What she couldn’t figure out was—were they just making a call to scare her?
In the evening, Huo Boyan returned home to find Lin Yao already waiting in his room.
At least she was obedient.
Lin Yao was still thinking about what happened during the day. She felt that the matter wasn’t so simple and planned to go to the shop tomorrow to make another call and ask further.
Just then, a figure suddenly pressed down on her—it was Huo Boyan, fresh out of the shower.
No way, looking at him like this, he wanted to continue what happened last night!
Didn’t he get tired after a whole day of work?
“What are you thinking about?”
Feeling the lack of focus from the person beneath him, Huo Boyan said discontentedly.
“I’m not thinking about anything, hurry up…”
How could Lin Yao dare to voice her true thoughts? Little did she know that telling a man to “hurry up” in bed was like an aphrodisiac to him.
Not only would he not let her off, but he would also torment her even more intensely.
When Lin Yao opened her eyes again, it was still the alarm clock that woke her up. The other side of the bed behind her was already cold—so cold it couldn’t get any colder.
She finally understood the terror of men. If he kept this up every day, wouldn’t she end up with a sore back and aching body every single day?
Just thinking about it felt terrifying.
Downstairs, Aunt Li was preparing breakfast. Seeing Lin Yao, she immediately went up to her, smiling cheerfully, and said, “Madam, you’re awake. I’ve made breakfast, it’ll be ready soon. Just wait a few more minutes.”
Aunt Li was experienced—how could she not tell why Lin Yao was waking up so late, and later each day? She was so delighted she wanted to call Old Master Huo right away.
Lin Yao remembered Huo Boyan mentioning that Aunt Li originally took care of Old Master Huo. Now that she and Huo Boyan were married, Aunt Li had come here to look after them.
She also knew that Aunt Li was sent by Old Master Huo to keep an eye on them.
Business at the shop today wasn’t as good as yesterday, but Lin Yao was already used to it. Before long, several people suddenly appeared outside the shop.
Some were carrying a single-person hospital bed with an elderly woman lying on it.
Two others were holding a banner with large characters that read, “Heartless Cake Shop! Made My Mother Hospitalized!”
Before Lin Yao could even process what was happening, she saw one of them take out a loudspeaker and shout, “Everyone, come and take a look!”
“Everyone, come and take a look!”
“My mother ate a cake from this black-hearted shop and ended up in the hospital. She still hasn’t been able to get up!”
It was noon, the time with the heaviest foot traffic. His shouting quickly drew a large crowd.
Looking at these people, Lin Yao recognized the man who had called her yesterday. She had already felt yesterday that the matter wasn’t so simple.
Today, they had indeed come knocking on her door.
“Everyone, please help me!”
“The person lying on this bed is my mother!”
“I just want justice!”
“And I want everyone to know about this black-hearted cake shop!”
“Don’t ever buy cakes from her shop again!”
The people gathered around heard the man’s words and looked at the elderly woman lying on the hospital bed—it was indeed an old lady.
“No way?”
“Could eating a cake really be that serious?”
“I’ve bought cakes from her shop before. They were quite delicious. How could this happen?”
“How could there be such malicious people in this world?!”
…
For a moment, everyone was talking, as if they had already believed that Lin Yao’s cake shop had truly caused the man’s mother to fall gravely ill.
“You’re slandering me! My shop uses only fresh ingredients. There’s absolutely no way something like this could happen!”
“I can see you’re a competitor, jealous of my business doing well, trying to frame me on purpose!”
Lin Yao was never one to swallow insults. In this situation, she clearly understood that the man didn’t want her to run her business here.
Now she could only retort loudly, hoping those around her would see through the man’s intentions.
“Now that you mention it, if they’re competitors, such things really could happen.”
“So they’re competitors! No wonder it’s like this.”
“One competitor framing another.”
“Seeing someone else’s business doing well and trying to frame them—this person is truly wicked!”
Seeing that the surrounding comments were no longer on his side, the man immediately said, “I’m no competitor!”
“For the sake of your tiny little cake shop, would I go so far as to let my mother end up like this?”
“You just don’t want to admit it!”
“My mother only became like this after eating your cake!”