Chapter 448: Losing Hope in Seeking Treatment (3)_1
Watching their extreme caution, Lin Yuan couldn’t help but laugh. Were they really that obvious? It was as if she were some flood or ferocious beast.
She didn’t want to go to the Century-old Cake Shop anymore and couldn’t enter anyway. Perhaps the moment she stepped in, she would be entangled by the guards and chased out.
But that couldn’t stop Lin Yuan from learning about their situation. Couldn’t she just listen to the conversations of customers leaving the shop?
Just then, two old women who had shopped together came out. Lin Yuan saw they were headed toward Fuman Building, so she took Xiao Linshuang’s hand and followed them.
"I just bought this Osmanthus Cake, and the young chap even gave me two extra pieces. The Century-old Cake Shop really throws its weight around; can’t believe they’d give away such good stuff for free."
"Isn’t that what you’d expect from an establishment with a century of history? It’s so much better than those new little shops! Hey, have you heard? That new Rice Flower Fragrance on West Street, they say they actually add Five Stones Powder to their mix! How deceitful is that? That boss must have lost his conscience to the dogs!"
"And that’s not the end of it. I’ve heard that the shop assistants there are rude and even yell at people! Humph, the pastries aren’t even tasty to start with, and then they treat customers like that. No wonder their business is lousy! They deserve it!"
Lin Yuan helplessly touched her nose. Her family’s pastries weren’t tasty? The assistants were rude and yelled at people? When had she ever seen that happen?
Ah, so the Century-old Cake Shop would stop at nothing to pull customers their way.
The two women turned the corner at the entrance of the alley. Lin Yuan, feeling she knew enough, didn’t follow any further.