Of course Ying Xuan didn't pick up. She never picked up calls.
But Shi Weiwei was angry at her. She called Xuan again as the hubhub died in the room and everyone started eating the other cake.
As the room was a little silent, Shi Weiwei frowned.
She looked towards the door, she thought she heard Xuan's ring tone from outside!?!?
Weiwei pushed her way across the room and opened the door and saw that Ying Xuan was indeed standing outside, struggling to open the door.
She was holding a cake with both of her hands which led to her not being able to open the door.
Xuan threw a thankful glance at Weiwei as she entered.
As she entered, the eyes of the whole room fell on Xuan.
She smiled guiltily as she scanned the room.
Finally, her eyes met Wei Jingyu's, who was looking at her with a....she could not tell his expression, his whole face was covered with the cream of the cake.
Xuan mouthed, 'Happy birthday.' not knowing whether he would understand it or not.
And it seemed like Jingyu did, because he ran across the room and threw himself over Ying Xuan, who had just enough presence of mind to hand the cake to Weiwei beside her, before Jingyu crashed into her and the two fell on the floor.
There was dead silence in the room when Su Shaoyan suddenly laughed.
"Don't tell me this was your wish Jingyu!?!?" he shrieked and the whole room burst out laughing.
Wei Jingyu was also unable to hold in his laughter as he stood up and helped up Ying Xuan, who had already been a little dirty with flour and cream, and now her clothes were spoiled with cream.
Ying Xuan chuckled as she signed, 'Happy birthday.' She took the cake from Weiwei and handed it to Jingyu.
Wei Jingyu was beaming as he placed the cake on the table and Shi Weiwei asked, "Where were you Xuan!?!? What were you doing? Don't tell me you were ordering a cake?"
Before Ying Xuan answered, Wei Jingyu spoke, "She was baking this."
Shi Weiwei turned to look at the cake and now that she looked closer, it indeed looked handmade. The cream was a little messy and the letters on top were weird.
Shi Weiwei slapped her forehead, "So this was your gift!!!"
Su Shaoyan exclaimed, "When did you learn to bake??!!"
Mo Kio joined in, "I don't care. Let's see what it tastes like!!"
Everyone agreed but as they advanced closer to the cake, Wei Jingyu growled and took it in his hands. "It's my birthday gift!! I'm not sharing!" he said and looked around.
Mo Kio chuckled, "Come on Yu, don't be like that. We can have a bite at least?"
Wei Jingyu narrowed his eyes and said, "No. There are already two cakes. Eat that." and turned away.
Mo Kio: "....."
Shi Weiwei: "....."
Su Shaoyan: "....."
Ying Xuan: "....."
Literally everyone in the room: "..."
Su Shaoyan was the first to recover as he laughed, "Let's let Jingyu have his birthday present. There's more than enough for everyone to eat and drink."
Mo Kio was next, "Yeah. Let's enjoy."
The party started once again as everyone flocked around Xuan asking her where she had baked the cake. Ying Xuan blushed and told that she had sneaked into the mess kitchens.