V1: Chapter 63: A Gift for You

"Ah..."

She acted instinctively.

Liang Lin looked slightly embarrassed and asked, "Why is there no sound when you walk?"

"Maybe it's because I'm an octopus from the sea?"

Liang Di smiled slightly.

She remembered Liang Lin's classic line, "I'd rather like an octopus from the sea than the prince."

"Hmm..."

Liang Lin scratched her head, clearly not remembering the line, but it had a vague recollection in her mind, a strange sense of familiarity.

"The dessert shop opened, and I ordered a cake to bring back for you to try." Liang Di presented the beautifully packaged gift box to her.

"I don't like cake."

Liang Lin refused, pushing the gift box back.

"It's fine if you don't want to eat it, but take a look first."

Liang Di said, tearing off the ribbon from the gift box.

What's so special about a cake? It's just a cake base with cream piped on it, a few strawberries, and a few blueberries.

The gift box was slowly opened, revealing the cake inside to the two girls. Liang Lin glanced at it briefly, then her eyes widened.

A lifelike black swan cake appeared before her.

Liang Lin's mouth dropped open as she pointed at the exquisite cake.

"This... are you sure this is a cake? Isn't this some kind of artwork?"

Liang Di nodded.

"It's just a cake."

Yesterday, the pastry chefs worked tirelessly, but the cake they made didn't satisfy Liang Di.

She had intended to fire one of the pastry chefs, but the chef gritted his teeth, knelt on the ground, and begged Liang Di for another chance.

Liang Di said, "I'll be here again at this time tomorrow. You can design it, but you can't make it ahead of time. If you do, and I find out, you're fired."

The next day, which is today, Liang Di finally nodded in satisfaction.

"This cake looks amazing. If you can maintain this level of exquisite craftsmanship in the future... your current salary will triple."

The pastry chef's eyes immediately lit up, showering her with compliments and repeatedly patting his chest in assurance.

Timeline returns to the present.

Liang Lin looked at the cake in front of her, gasped, and circled it twice, stroking her chin, unable to resist praising, "It's truly exquisite... If you didn't know better, you'd think it was carved from wood and then painted."

"However... this goes beyond the realm of food, doesn't it?" Liang Lin frowned.

"Would anyone really bear to eat such an exquisite cake?"

Liang Di smiled and pulled out a painting from behind her back.

"Look~"

"Hmm? Eh?"

Liang Lin looked closely and saw that the painting depicted two girls. The silver-haired girl was feeding the black-haired girl cake with a fork. The black swan cake in the painting was placed on a table covered with a checkered tablecloth, the surrounding scene was luxurious, and both girls were dressed in elegant gowns.

"This is..." Liang Lin leaned closer to the painting, squinting her eyes.

She pointed to the black-haired girl in the painting, "Is this... me?"

Then she pointed to the silver-haired girl on the other side and asked, "Is this... is this you?"

Liang Di nodded, "Do you like it? This painting is for you; it's our first painting."

To be honest, Liang Lin felt a little touched.

Few people had given her gifts before, except for her subordinates.

Yes, they had stuffed two women into her room. She was only fourteen years old then, and faced with two heavily made-up prostitutes, she was terrified.

That wasn't a gift, nor a surprise; it was a shock, a complete shock!

Liang Lin nearly collapsed to the ground, clutching her heart and dying.

Such a normal gift, besides Hilary, had only been given to her by Liang Di.

Liang Di's first gift to her was a ruby ​​necklace; this time, it was a painting of the two of them.

Hmm… maybe, if she were gentler, not so perverted, maybe she could consider trying a more ambiguous relationship with her?

.....

No, no, no!!

The moment that thought crossed her mind, Liang Lin shook her head violently.

How could she have such a strange idea?!

Liang Di, Liang Di was completely not her type. Not only was she taller than her, but she wasn't cute at all. Liang Lin liked the kind of sweet, soft girl she could hug tightly, not…

She sized up the girl in front of her.

Not this kind who could hug her and press against her!

Damn it, I can't have these rebellious thoughts anymore.

"Oh, oh... okay."

Thinking this to herself, her hand honestly took the painting, muttering in a barely audible voice, "Oh, thank you, anyway... um, it's pretty."

"Huh? What did you say?"

Liang Di leaned closer to Liang Lin, tilting her head.

"Oh dear, I didn't say anything, anyway, the painting is pretty, I'll take it!"

Liang Lin hugged the painting tightly to her chest.

Liang Di couldn't help but smile, trying hard to suppress her laughter.

Yes, she heard everything, but she pretended not to, wanting to tease the proud Liang Lin. In her eyes, Liang Lin's flustered appearance was really cute.

"Well, I'm a little hungry, so... I'll eat this cake too."

Liang Lin was indeed starving, and without hesitation, she sat on the sofa and cruelly broke the neck of the black swan—it was a piece of dark chocolate.

The dark chocolate wasn't particularly sweet; instead, it had a slightly bitter taste, which Liang Lin liked. Too much sweetness would just make her unable to eat anything.

The chocolate tasted like ordinary dark chocolate, and the cake tasted like ordinary cake—nothing special, nothing overly extravagant. The only truly amazing thing was its design. And then there was the painting.

"Oh, so you went out today to work on the dessert shop. That's good. Is this your new idea?"

Liang Lin praised generously while eating.

"It's quite good; it should attract the attention of those noble ladies."

Liang Lin genuinely admired Liang Di's business acumen.

Liang Di hesitated for a moment, then finally nodded.

"Um… yes."

She lied.

Today, she only glanced at her shop's affairs before having the driver take her directly to the residence of the headmaster of the noble academy.

Today, she went to resolve Liang Lin's matter.

At that time, she knocked on the door of the dean's house. The dean's servant opened the door from the inside and said before Liang Di could speak, "Our duke asked, 'Miss Liang Di, have you come to resolve Miss Liang Lin's matter?'"