Chapter 87: What Is Going On?

At that moment, Lu Huaxing took out his phone and called, “Hello? What on earth is going on with you? I placed an order for a cake at your shop, so why hasn’t it been delivered yet?”

That morning, Lu Huaxing had ordered a single-tier cream cake from the bakery.

Ever since pork prices had gone up, even cakes had become more expensive. At the time, Lu Huaxing had even argued fiercely with the order clerk, asking why pork getting dearer meant cakes had to go up too.

The clerk’s reply left him speechless: bakers, too, wanted to eat pork.

He had originally meant to order a two-tier cake, but after the price increase, Lu Huaxing miserly changed it to a single tier.

After all, everyone had already eaten their meal; it would just count as dessert. If he could save money, then he would save it.

With a single tier, he could cut the price in half.

“Boss, we’re almost there. Don’t worry,” came the voice of the same clerk as before, and the tone was somewhat unpleasant.

“I’m telling you, I’m a man of standing. If you don’t hurry up and deliver the cake, I’ll file a complaint against you,” Lu Huaxing said, growing more and more regretful. He had already paid the full 58 yuan, and now he could no longer threaten the other side.

After hanging up, Lu Huaxing lifted his head and said to the others, “Don’t worry. I ordered the cake early this morning, so there’ll definitely be cake later. And let me tell you, I paid for this cake myself.”

Lu Huaxing was truly shameless. The others had spent five or six thousand yuan on dishes to treat everyone, while he had only put out a little over fifty yuan and was still showing off here.

Just then, a waiter pushed open the door and came in. “Sir, there are a few people outside delivering a cake. They say someone in this room is celebrating a birthday.”

“Haha, yes, I ordered it. Hurry and let them in,” Lu Huaxing cried out happily.

Suddenly, a teacher asked in surprise, “Isn’t it just a cake? Does it really need several people to deliver it?”

“You don’t know, do you? Who am I? I’m a school leader. The moment I make a call, they take it very seriously. Even if it’s only a single-tier cake, they—” Lu Huaxing had been speaking with great pride, but then he gaped and fell silent.

Several men carefully wheeled in a very beautiful, special bicycle. In truth, it could hardly be called a bicycle; it was a prop cart, with a large tray on it, and on the tray sat a three-tier cake of exquisite workmanship.

No wonder several people had to bring it in. Otherwise, with even the slightest mishap, the cake could have fallen and been ruined.

Good heavens, how much must this cake cost? Just the things used to carry it probably came to around a thousand yuan.

As for the cake itself, there was no need to say more.

Lu Huaxing suddenly froze. He had ordered a single-tier cake, so how could it have become a three-tier one? And he had not ordered any prop cart either. This cake certainly cost far more than 58 yuan.

“Wow, Director Lu, you’re amazing. You actually ordered such a huge cake for Teacher Yi. I wonder how much it cost?” one female teacher said enviously, looking at Lu Huaxing.

“Yes, if a man spent so much money ordering a cake for me, I’d be very happy too,” another female teacher nearby chimed in.

“Director Lu really is something.”

Originally Lu Huaxing had wanted to tell them that they might have delivered it to the wrong room, but hearing the crowd’s flattery, he found himself savoring it.

“Please have the birthday girl come over and sign,” said one of the men.

“Xiaoyan, they’re asking you to sign,” a teacher called out.

Yi Xiaoyan frowned and asked, “Sir, did you perhaps deliver it to the wrong room?”

“No. Room 323, this is the place,” the man replied, turning to check the room number and nodding firmly.

“Bro, does your order list have Yi Xiaoyan’s name on it?” one teacher asked, still quite sharp.

“Yes, it does. It says Miss Yi Xiaoyan. Is there a Miss Yi Xiaoyan in this room? Is today her birthday?” The men were also a little worried.

This cake was not cheap at all, 3,188 yuan. If they delivered it to the wrong place, their boss would certainly tear them apart when they returned.

“Xiaoyan, I told you so. It must be the cake Director Lu ordered for you. Director Lu, how much did this cake cost?” a teacher asked Lu Huaxing.

Lu Huaxing was embarrassed again. He had not ordered a cake like this at all, so how could he know how much it cost?

But the man then helped him out. “This cake is the most expensive in our shop, 3,188 yuan. It’s made entirely of fruit. The most expensive in the city.”

“My heavens, a 3,188-yuan cake! Director Lu, only you could be willing to buy something like that,” one teacher exclaimed in astonishment.

“Yes, only someone like Director Lu has money. Unlike some people who deliver parcels—he probably would never come to a place like this to eat in his whole life,” said a male teacher named Niu Pei, who had long wanted to curry favor with Lu Huaxing. Of course he understood Lu Huaxing’s intention: he was trying to狠狠 slap the face of the man standing beside Yi Xiaoyan.

Yi Xiaoyan did not believe the cake had been sent to her. She came over to look at the order on top, and indeed her name was written there. “Ah, how is this possible? Who on earth sent this to me?”

“Yi Xiaoyan, didn’t you hear what Director Lu just said? He ordered the cake for you. If it wasn’t sent by Director Lu, then was it sent by the delivery man?” Zhu Pei sneered.

“It was me who sent it,” He Haoxuan said with a smile. “Xiaoyan, do you like it?”

Zhu Pei had not expected He Haoxuan to say that, and was instantly irritated. “He Haoxuan, you really are shameless. Someone as poor as you, wearing only sandals, could you possibly afford such an expensive cake?”

Yi Xiaoyan also did not quite believe He Haoxuan. He had always cared about face, and now, in front of so many people, he might recklessly claim credit.

“Director Lu, tell He Haoxuan loudly that this cake was bought by you,” Zhu Pei said, turning to Lu Huaxing.

Lu Huaxing laughed awkwardly. “Zhu Pei, in life one should keep a low profile. Don’t show off too much.”

Even now, Lu Huaxing still did not know what was going on with the 3,188-yuan cake. He had clearly ordered a 58-yuan single-tier cake, so why had such an expensive one been delivered?

A cake like this was nearly an entire month’s salary for him. It was a little frightening.

Could it be that I cursed at the bakery staff just now, and they got scared, so they specially sent such an expensive cake to apologize to me?

Hahaha, Lu Huaxing was no ordinary man now. He was a school leader. A nobody from a cake shop certainly would not dare offend him.

The more Lu Huaxing thought about it, the happier he became. He had already confirmed to himself that the cake had been sent by him.

Otherwise, who else would have the money to afford such an expensive cake?

“Xiaoyan, as long as you’re happy, it doesn’t matter how much I spend,” Lu Huaxing said with deep affection, gazing at Yi Xiaoyan as though he had gone months without pork.

Yi Xiaoyan said nothing and lowered her head to sign the order. The man had said that if the person concerned did not sign, they could not leave.

But not long after they left, a young man wearing work clothes and carrying a single-tier cake came in.