Instead of feeling relieved, the woman was now somewhat annoyed when she saw that her daughter
was waking up. 'How could she be waking up so soon? If I had known this would happen, I would have
given her more sleeping pills last night, ' the woman thought with irritation.
"Jenny? Oh, thank goodness you're awake. How do you feel now? Do you feel ill?" The woman asked
putting on an expression of concern on her face.
"Jenny? Thank goodness, you're awake. I was so worried about you. Are you all right?" When the little
girl's father noticed that his daughter was waking up, he hurried to her side. He also pretended to be
anxious and spoke to her with concern in his voice.
The little girl woke up feeling anxious and confused. However, when she saw clearly that there were so
many strangers around staring at her, she hid behind her mother in fear. "Mommy, where am I? I want
to go home. Can we go home now?"
"Jenny, my baby. It's all right. Don't be afraid. Do you remember the little cake you ate last night? You
suddenly passed out after eating that cake for no apparent reason. I was so worried about you." The
woman held the little girl tightly in her arms and spoke to her in a gentle voice.
The little girl nodded her head innocently and said, "Yes. I remember that, Mommy. That cake was
really delicious. It tastes better than any cake I've ever eaten before. Mommy, can I have another one,
please?" The little girl was only about four or five years old. She looked at her mother with an innocent
expression.
"Jenny, listen to me. You can't eat those cakes anymore. Do you know that you fainted after eating that
cake last night? There must be something wrong with that cake. Fortunately, you're okay. Otherwise, I
don't know what I would have done." The woman held the little girl in her arms again and cried
crocodile tears.
The man embraced the woman and the little girl and began to cry as well. The couple were putting on a
real show for the people around. Only the little girl was the true victim in all of this.
"Ashley, what should we do now? Do you think it's really because she ate one of our cakes that she
fainted?" Ellie looked at the family of three hugging each other, then she walked over to Ashley and
asked with an anxious tone.
Ashley patted Ellie gently on the shoulder and comforted her, "Don't worry, Ellie. It will be okay. I don't
believe there is anything wrong with our cakes."
Ashley approached the little girl and asked in a gentle voice, "Hello, little cutie. Did you faint last night
after you ate the cake?"
Ashley had a sweet and tender face, and everyone felt at ease and comfortable speaking to her.
Ashley was wearing a soft smile on her face and her voice was particularly gentle. All of this made her
look so charming.
The little girl stared up at Ashley. 'She is so beautiful, ' the little girl thought.
And then she opened her mouth to say something, but her mother quickly covered the little girl's
mouth. "Jenny, don't talk to strangers. Have you forgotten what I have told you?" The woman warned
the little girl and her words sounded slightly threatening. Ashley felt uncomfortable when she heard how
the woman spoke to her daughter.
The little girl looked away from Ashley and then turned to her mother. She was obviously frightened by
her mother's scolding expression. Therefore, she pressed her lips timidly and didn't dare speak
anymore.
The young people among the onlookers around the cake shop had almost all left. It was Monday and
most of them were actually in a hurry to get to work. Although they were curious to see how this whole
incident would eventually work out, they didn't want to risk their boss firing them because of it.
The onlookers that were left behind were mainly some older men, who had nothing better to do than
hang around and collect gossip.
Just then, the siren of an ambulance could be heard coming down the street. Once the man heard the
siren, he was in an obvious panic.
Ashley looked at the panicked man and sensed that there was something wrong because he was
behaving very strangely. It didn't make sense that he would become so anxious when the ambulance
came. In fact, he should be more relieved than worried.
As soon as the ambulance arrived at the entrance of the cake shop, two nurses and a doctor on the
ambulance got out quickly. Soon they came to the little girl.
The little girl did not show any trace of fear. Instead, she just looked at them curiously.
The doctor asked, "Who made the phone call?"
Ashley answered the doctor and explained the whole incident to him, then she looked at the little girl
next to the woman.
No matter how reluctant the man was, he still had to go to the hospital. After a short period of inquiry,
they got in the ambulance and left for the hospital. After all, there shouldn't be any reason for him to
refuse going to the hospital. Ashley said a few words to Ellie and then got in the ambulance with them.
The ambulance was equipped with only some basic equipment. The doctor gave the little girl a simple
medical check-up and found nothing wrong with her.
"Little girl, do you feel anything wrong with you?" The doctor who was wearing a white coat asked
kindly after conducting the medical check-up on the little girl.
Children were very sensitive to how a stranger approached them, and they could sense if there were
any ill intentions.
The little girl knew that the doctor was a good man, so she shook her head obediently.
Then the doctor touched the little girl's head gently and then turned to Ashley and the couple and
asked, "Which one of you is related to the little girl?"
"Me. I'm her father and she's her mother." The man answered the doctor quickly and gestured to
himself and his wife.
"We just gave her a simple medical check-up and found nothing wrong with her. Now that you insist
that she fainted after eating their cake, could you explain the whole thing in detail to me?" The doctor
looked at the examination report in his hand and then raised his head to look at the couple.
The man and the woman glanced nervously at each other. Then the father began, "Doctor, the whole
thing was like this. We bought some cake when we passed their cake shop yesterday. Later we got
home and had something to do, so we put the cake on the table. Unexpectedly, Jenny was greedy
when she saw the cake on the table, so she ate it all. And then she didn't wake up this morning..."
Although the man was somewhat uneasy, he was obviously relieved to be told that there was nothing
wrong with his daughter. So he repeated the same story as he said earlier.
When he said that the little girl fainted all of a sudden, the couple deliberately squeezed out a few
tears, pretending that they were extremely upset by the whole incident.
"After a simple examination, we affirm that she shows no signs of poisoning and she doesn't have any
discomfort now. It might be because of the limited medical equipment that we have on board that we
failed to find anything wrong with her. However, it doesn't matter. We'll have a detailed examination
once we get to the hospital," the doctor said reassuring the couple.
The little girl was very sweet and obedient and she just sat there quietly without saying a word.
Soon, they arrived at the hospital.
The doctor quickly got out of the ambulance and the nurses took the little girl into the examining room.
When the couple wanted to follow the doctor into the examining room, they were stopped by a nurse.
The nurse looked at them and said apologetically, "I'm sorry. But you can't go in. Please wait here for a
moment." Then the nurse turned and followed the doctor into the examining room and closed the door
behind her.
The man turned to Ashley and warned her with a menacing voice, "Jenny fell ill after eating your cake.
If anything happens to her, I won't let you get off so easily!"
Although the man felt guilty, he knew that if he was going to win the battle, he must speak with great
confidence. The whole point was to intimidate Ashley. So instead of looking half-distracted, he
straightened up and looked directly at Ashley with threatening eyes.
Ashley, on the other hand, didn't feel threatened by him at all. She returned a cold glare back at him
and said, "As I said, our cakes are hand-made and safe to eat. Besides, there has never been any
other case where one of my customers has fallen ill after eating any of our cakes. I'm not that easy to
bully. If it turns out that you are fabricating evidence to slander me, then I will make you pay dearly for
it!"
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