512: Chapter 512 The Sweet-Coated Trap of a Kind Sister!

Wang Baobao picked up the Hundred-Flower Spirit Cake that was emitting a dense fragrance, but she didn't rush to stuff it into her mouth.

She first brought the pastry to the tip of her nose, closed her eyes, and took a deep, slurping sniff.

That intoxicated look made it seem like she wasn't smelling a pastry, but some peerless Immortal Pill that was hard to come by in ten thousand years.

Lin Wan looked at her gluttonous appearance, the smile on her face so soft it could drip water.

Yet, in the deepest part of her eyes, it was as cold as a dry well sealed for ten thousand years.

Very good.

As expected, she's just a stupid girl whose head is only filled with 'eating'.

The Breakthrough point is her.

Having sniffed her fill, Wang Baobao stuck out her pink little tongue and cautiously licked the surface of the pastry.

Just once.

Her big, dark eyes suddenly widened with a 'shua'!

Her pupils dilated.

Her cheeks puffed out.

She stuffed the entire pastry directly into her mouth.

The speed was so fast that Lin Wan didn't even see how her hand moved.

Both cheeks instantly puffed into balls, looking exactly like a hamster with its mouth stuffed full of pine nuts.

"Sister! It's sho gud!"

She shouted indistinctly, her mouth so full that her speech was slurred, but it didn't affect her enthusiasm as she gave a thumbs up.

"Super sho gud!!"

That expression of satisfaction was so pure it would make anyone's heart soften.

Lin Wan smiled.

She took out a snow-white handkerchief from her sleeve, leaned down, and gently helped Wang Baobao wipe away the pastry crumbs stuck to the corner of her mouth.

Her movements were slow and patient, like an older sister who truly doted on her younger sister.

"As long as Baobao likes it. Eat slowly, don't choke."

She pushed the entire food box forward, stuffing it directly into Wang Baobao's arms.

"These are all yours."

Holding the food box, Wang Baobao was completely stunned; happiness had come too suddenly.

So sudden that her little head 'buzzed', and she almost short-circuited on the spot.

Then, her little head plunged into the food box.

One piece in her left hand, one in her right, using both hands at once; the speed at which she stuffed her mouth was terrifying.

Her two cheeks puffed out and then deflated, deflated and then puffed; her mouth never stopped moving.

Several passing Loose Cultivators saw this scene and were all unable to look away.

A burly man with a bushy beard stared wide-eyed, forgetting to chew the roasted meat in his mouth.

"This... this little girl must be the reincarnation of a starved ghost, right?"

A tall, thin man next to him sniffed hard, his expression changing.

"Smell the Immortal Qi wafting out of that food box! That concentration, that purity... I can't even afford one piece if I save for three fucking years!"

"And she's just munching them like snacks?"

Lin Wan squatted beside her, watching her eat with a constant smile, occasionally helping her wipe the corner of her mouth or handing her a cup of water.

The scene was as heartwarming as a painting; an older sister doting on her younger sister was only natural. Who wouldn't say 'how nice' upon seeing it?

"Wang Baobao!!" A roar exploded from upstairs.

Qian Duoduo, with a dark face, came rushing down the stairs, practically rolling and running.

At a glance, he saw Wang Baobao holding the food box and eating wildly, and then he saw Lin Wan squatting nearby with a beaming smile; his soul almost flew away on the spot.

"Baobao!! What did I tell you! You're not allowed to eat things given by others!!"

He lunged forward, reaching out to snatch the food box.

Wang Baobao's reaction was ten times faster than his.

With a 'shua', she turned around, her entire back facing Qian Duoduo, her small arms tightly clutching the food box to her chest.

A low 'wuwuwu' growl came from her mouth, like a small beast protecting its food; anyone who touched it would die.

"Mine! It's all mine!!"

Qian Duoduo's face turned green with anger, but he didn't dare to take action.

What a joke, this little ancestor could slap him into a meat patty with one punch; he'd be crazy to try and take it by force.

He could only turn his head and glare at Lin Wan.

"You! What on earth do you want!"

Lin Wan slowly stood up.

The smile on her face receded slightly, replaced by an innocent, wronged, and aggrieved look.

Her eyes turned slightly red, and her lips were gently pursed.

"Young Master, you've misunderstood."

Her voice was soft and gentle, like the surface of a lake ruffled by the wind.

"I just saw that Baobao is cute and wanted to treat her to some food... I really didn't have any other intentions."

That expression, that tone, those slightly trembling eyelashes—it was sincere to the bone.

Qian Duoduo opened his mouth, but a bellyful of harsh words were all stuck in his throat.

He looked at the gentle and harmless face before him, and at those eyes brimming with a thin layer of moisture.

He couldn't squeeze out a single word of abuse.

In the end, he could only flush red and stiffly throw out a sentence.

"Our boss said it! You're not allowed to go near her!"

After speaking, he grabbed Wang Baobao, who was still buried in her food, and dragged her upstairs.

Wang Baobao looked back every three steps, her arms tightly clutching that food box, her large eyes watery as she shouted reluctantly.

"Thank you, Sister!"

"Sister, you're so nice!"

"Baobao will come find you to play again next time!"

The voices grew more distant, eventually disappearing around the corner of the stairs.

Lin Wan stood in place and waved with a smile in that direction.

Her eyes still held a perfectly timed glimmer of tears.

Seeing her look so misunderstood, bullied, yet still kind and gentle, several rough men in the lobby couldn't take it anymore.

"Who is that fat guy? Bullying a young girl like that?"

"Exactly! She was kind enough to treat the little girl to food, why was he so fierce?"

"Tsk tsk, in this world, it's hard to be a good person..."

Condemning gazes shot in unison toward the direction where Qian Duoduo had disappeared.

Listening to the discussions behind her, the curve of Lin Wan's mouth didn't change, and her dimples were still just as sweet.

But the moment she turned her back to everyone, the tears in her eyes vanished as if wiped away by a finger, cleanly disappearing without leaving even a trace of moisture.

She lowered her eyelids.

The smile on her lips shifted from 'gentle' into something else.

Very good.

The first step is complete.

In that little girl's head, there's now only one formula: 'The sister who feeds me = a good person.'

Simple, crude, and unbreakable.

Next, I just need to repeat it until she completely lets down her guard.

Repeat it until she considers me her closest person, and then I'll pull in the net.

...

Over the next two days.

Lin Wan repeated her old trick.

She would always 'just happen' to appear on the path where Wang Baobao was sneaking downstairs.

The timing was precise to an outrageous degree.

Every time, she would be carrying a new food box.

Every time, the spirit cakes in the box were more fragrant, more exquisite, and contained denser Immortal Qi than the last.

On the first day, it was Seven-Colored Hundred-Flower Cakes.

On the second day, it was Nine-Cycle Cloud-Condensing Pastries.

The concentration of Immortal Qi in each piece was doubling.

To what extent?

When the batch of Nine-Cycle Cloud-Condensing Pastries was brought out on the second day, even the air in the stairwell became thirty percent sweeter.

A Loose Cultivator meditating in the room next door was almost hit by that surge of Immortal Qi and nearly suffered Qi Deviation.

Wang Baobao completely fell.

In her world view, which was so simple it was transparent, the rankings underwent an earth-shaking change. Sister Lin Wan formally surpassed Boss Su Chen to take the throne of 'The Number One Good Person in Baobao's Heart'.

And it was a landslide lead.

After all, the Boss only gave her standard meals.

What Sister Lin Wan gave her was the Michelin of the Immortal Realm.

Was there even a comparison?

...

Qian Duoduo was going crazy.

He reported this matter to Su Chen without missing a single word.

By the time he finished, his voice was hoarse.

After Su Chen finished listening, he remained silent for a few moments.

Then he only said a few words.

"I know."

And that was it.

Qian Duoduo stood there for a long time, waiting for nothing.

Looking at Su Chen's calm face, the unease in his heart grew even heavier.

The calmer the boss was, the more something was wrong.

This was the iron law he had summarized after following Su Chen for so long.

He began to suspect there was something wrong with those spirit cakes.

He secretly swiped a piece and ran to all the Medicinal Pill shops and appraisal houses, large and small, in Peng City.

When the results came out, Qian Duoduo felt completely unwell.

No poison.

No Restriction.

No hidden tricks.

Clean as a whistle.

Not only clean, but expensive.

Ridiculously expensive.

Every spirit cake was refined using the highest-grade Immortal Plants. The luxury of the materials and the exquisite craftsmanship made even the experienced Old Manager of the appraisal house click his tongue in wonder.

"Little brother, where did you get this? This craftsmanship, these materials... I'm afraid it was handmade by an Alchemy Grandmaster from some great Sect, wasn't it?"

Qian Duoduo was in no mood to answer.

He quickly calculated the bill in his head.

The spirit cakes Wang Baobao had eaten over the past two days were worth at least five hundred thousand high-grade immortal stones in total.

Five hundred thousand!

high-grade immortal stones!!!

Qian Duoduo's eyes turned red on the spot.

It wasn't out of touch, but heartache, and even more so, fear.

Five hundred thousand high-grade immortal stones!

He, Qian Duoduo, had worked hard to save for most of his life, and his entire net worth added up wouldn't even be enough for a fraction of that amount!

This woman was using it to feed a little girl who wasn't even related to her?

Just like feeding a dog, without even blinking?

Qian Duoduo was a businessman, and businessmen understood one truth best: there's no such thing as a free lunch.

If you treat me to one meal, you're after the money for ten meals in my pocket.

If you give me a piece of clothing, you're after this skin on my body.

Then for a person to smash five hundred thousand Immortal Stones to feed an unrelated little girl...

What was she after?

Qian Duoduo didn't dare to think about it.

But he knew that whatever she was after must be much bigger than these five hundred thousand Immortal Stones.

So big that just thinking about it made his back feel cold.