Chapter 56: Senior Sister Tang Yihan is Terrifying When She's Angry
Translator: RaidenTL
Chapter 56: Senior Sister Tang Yihan is Terrifying When She's Angry
I closed the book and tucked it away in a secure drawer, just in case it got stolen and I ended up having to pay for it.
After checking the foot traffic outside and confirming that no more customers were likely to drop by for a while, I slipped into the back kitchen.
I wanted to ask Senior Sister for a salary advance. After all, my money was barely enough to cover my living expenses, let alone buy those specialized items.
"Ying Shiqian! Don't you dare sneak up on me while I'm piping frosting! Drop dead!"
As soon as I arrived, I heard that shout. Then, I saw Senior Sister Tang Yihan take the cream-filled piping bag in her hand and shove it straight into the mouth of the still-snickering Ying Shiqian.
Next, I witnessed a glob of pure white cream being injected directly into her mouth, even overflowing a little...
Sometimes I really couldn't understand why Senior Sister Ying Shiqian, who loved slacking off so much, enjoyed coming here to cause trouble whenever she was free.
Could the states of "slacking off" and "troublemaking" truly coexist in a single person?
Ying Shiqian hadn't expected this. Caught off guard, she stumbled and fell back onto the floor. Cream sprayed from her mouth, and because it was so thick, she even instinctively swallowed a few mouthfuls.
"Blegh... ugh..."
Before Ying Shiqian could even react, I nearly missed it myself.
I felt a surge of energy. This fluctuation caused me to instinctively enter a state of Spirit Vision. I could feel the energy within Senior Sister Tang Yihan becoming active, as if a spell was being primed.
"Wait! Stop! Senior Sister, don't use magic!" I instinctively rushed forward and grabbed Tang Yihan. If she used a spell here, wouldn't the whole place just blow up?
Besides, Tang Yihan was the one who had warned me never to use magic in the shop!
"Let go! I have the money to pay for the damages. If I don't turn this lazy bum into a literal afro-head today, my name isn't Tang Yihan!"
Despite her words, she didn't actually cast the spell. I knew perfectly well that my attempt to hold her back was mostly symbolic; if I couldn't stop her, I was ready to bolt at any second.
"Senior Sister, Senior Sister~ calm down, please calm down. It's not worth it, really, it's not worth it," I immediately began to plead in a high-pitched, cutesy voice to play peacemaker.
"Hmph. For Xiao Han's sake, I'll let you off." Sensing my cooperation, Tang Yihan followed the lead I gave her and stopped her movements.
"Ying Shiqian, look at how many times this has been lately. The Shopkeeper isn't here, so your skin is getting itchy for a beating again? Why don't you go to Sentiment Street to blow off some steam instead of coming here to annoy me?"
"Mmph... hehe... my hands just have a mind of their own. Um... today's cream is actually pretty sweet..." Senior Sister Ying Shiqian scrambled up and tried to change the subject. After swallowing the rest of the cream, she hurriedly wiped the traces from the corners of her mouth with her hand.
"Sweet? I hope it chokes you." Tang Yihan seemed to return to her usual self and began tidying up her tools.
I, however, was different from them. I felt like I had just heard something scandalous. Was "Sentiment Street" really something I should be hearing about?
It seemed like a place everyone knew about. But I was a good student; I wouldn't go there. I'd just secretly look it up on my phone to find out where it was.
What if I accidentally unlocked that part of the map while wandering around? I needed to know what to do.
It was just for the sake of broadening my horizons.
"Right, Xiao Han, why did you come back here? Sorry you had to see that just now."
"It's fine, it's fine." I waved my hands dismissively. This wasn't the first time I'd seen such a scene over the past few days; it was nothing new.
"Actually... I mainly came to ask if I could... get a salary advance. I want to buy some things."
"Out of money? I'll talk to the Shopkeeper and have her transfer it to your card," Tang Yihan said casually, as if a salary advance was no big deal at all.
"Thank you, Senior Sister. I really don't have much left. Since I've just started getting into meditation, I wanted to buy some necessary supplies. I want to try it out and see if I can do it."
"Meditation? Oh, you want to try it early? If you're just experimenting, I suggest just buying some Meditation Incense. Without a teacher's guidance, getting the hang of meditation is very difficult."
"Is it really that hard?" I couldn't help but ask. Senior Sister was likely telling me this so I wouldn't waste too much money.
"Yes. Meditation is the very first class for new students. The teachers will guide you one by one. In fact, in the first class, you can even enter a Dreamscape. It's much easier to feel the meditative state in that place."
"Dreamscape?"
Hearing that word, my first thought was being hypnotized into a dream.
"Yeah. Anyway, your teacher will explain it to you. I wouldn't know how to explain it properly even if you asked me." Tang Yihan continued with her work as she spoke.
Seeing how busy she was, I didn't feel right pestering her further. I'd just go to the library after work; at least now I knew what to look for.
I wondered if "Dreamscape" was the same as the hypnosis methods mentioned in the books.
"Then... I'll leave you two to it. It looks like a customer might have arrived at the front desk. I'll head out first." I made up a random excuse to slip away. Once I got to the front, there were actually no customers at all.
Meanwhile, back in the kitchen, Tang Yihan's expression darkened the moment she saw me leave. She carried a half-finished cake over to the still-disheveled Ying Shiqian.
"Clean this place up. And this—this is your lunch."
"Nooo!"
Ying Shiqian let out a cry of agony.
This cake wasn't any of the samples currently sold in the shop, and there hadn't been any custom orders lately. This meant the cake was almost certainly one of Tang Yihan's experimental new recipes.
A new recipe from Tang Yihan... Ying Shiqian knew the power behind those. It would definitely make her vomit!
It was pure Dark Cuisine!
"If you don't finish it, I'll smear the rest on your face. Remember to write a report on the flavor and texture for me afterward. I need to make improvements for next time." Tang Yihan's casual words sealed Ying Shiqian's tragic fate for the afternoon.
However, Ying Shiqian clearly knew how to handle the situation. Without hesitation, she smashed the entire cake onto her own face.
She would rather do this than eat it.
"You!" Tang Yihan hadn't expected her to be so decisive.
"I choose the face-smear... mmm... wait, this isn't right. The taste is actually okay?"
"Since it tastes okay, then keep helping me by writing that report. I'm going to go record the recipe and process."
"Tch..." As soon as Tang Yihan walked away, Ying Shiqian's face twisted in disgust. Clearly, the cake didn't taste "okay" at all.
"Good grief... what a boring person. I'm going to go play with Xiao Han." After saying that, Ying Shiqian scraped the cake off her face and used a Cleaning Spell to tidy herself up.
Even though she had used the Cleaning Spell, her uniform had been tainted by Tang Yihan's "masterpiece." She still wanted to change into a fresh set. To Ying Shiqian, this was already a form of Mental Pollution, and she naturally didn't want to keep wearing it.