Travel Back Twenty Years Ago to Adopt Myself (Completed BL)

Chapter 33

Translator: dapotaturs

Release Date: 04/08/2024

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The mille-feuille cake was finally designed with twelve flavors, and all participants had to sign a confidentiality agreement regarding the recipe.

Jiang Wang joked half-seriously, "Pay attention, once caught leaking the recipe, you might have to compensate between fifty to two hundred thousand, not to mention the subsequent costs for damage to the brand."

The first mango mille-feuille cake officially went on sale on Saturday, limited to sixty-six servings, each accompanied by a small cup of freshly ground coffee, and once sold out, it was gone.

The news was spread early by the staff, and when the doors opened at eight-thirty in the morning, the queue stretched outside the shop for fifty meters.

Surprisingly, people in the small town couldn't handle coffee, mainly because it was too bitter, bitter like Chinese medicine.

But if you added vegetable fat powder, added plenty of milk and sugar, it became neither sweet nor bitter, and the aroma of coffee came out just right.

Now, paired with the fresh and sweet mango mille-feuille cake, the smooth cream and juicy fruit, combined with authentic coffee, created the perfect balance.

Many people missed out on such a rare delicacy and grew tired of the greasy pastries from ordinary bakeries, so they could only buy a cup of milk tea to take away while asking the staff how many servings would be available tomorrow.

"We won't sell any tomorrow," the staff said crisply. "We only sell once a week on weekends."

Others were surprised to hear this. "Business is so good, why don't you make more?"

The staff shook their head.

Another knowledgeable person whispered quietly, "I heard from Aunt Wang who plays cards that the cakes from this shop use a foreign secret recipe. They're delicious but extremely difficult to make. The chefs all have to sign confidentiality contracts before they can learn!"

"What chefs! They're pastry chefs!"

Laughter erupted among the crowd.

Later, the mille-feuille cakes were sold consistently for many years, changing flavors monthly, and without fail, only available for sale on Saturday mornings at eight-thirty.

People living near the Don't Forget Bookstore got used to queuing together every weekend, chatting away, and even became familiar with each of the staff members.

Many Western restaurants and bakeries envied the good business of this bookstore and somehow managed to obtain similar recipes, selling mille-feuille cakes of the same flavor.

But everyone who tried them shook their heads, feeling something was lacking.

"They have a secret recipe; yours just doesn't cut it."

But that's all talk for later.

As soon as Jiang Wang had a short break, he took Peng Xingwang to Cizhou. They bought two soft sleeper tickets and didn't have to squeeze.

The child had never experienced the crowded upper berth of a hard sleeper and thought all train carriages had TVs to watch. The experience was so fresh that they felt reluctant to leave when they got off the train.

Jiang Wang was extremely tired, and as soon as he got on the train, he fell asleep, his hair all messy after four hours.

Cizhou was located in the southeastern province, where the air was humid and warm. Stepping off the train felt like stepping into warm mist, with dense camphor trees covering the sky in a green canopy.