The Stars In Your Eyes - Chapter 148
Bai Yutang was speechless when reading his lover’s message the next day.
[TangTang, I ordered something for your lunch. I hope your mood is better today.]
And he was even more speechless to find that his lover sent him a set of cookies and pastries from the famous patisserie besides the fragrant duck from W restaurant, one of the best Chinese restaurants in town, owned by Song Lixia’s parents.
Bai Yutang knew fragrant duck needed to be ordered one day before since it would take hours to prepare the duck. And it came with one whole duck per portion. Bai Yutang smiling to see this whole fat fragrant duck he can’t possibly finish by himself, then he texted Mu Xiaoya.
If yesterday’s event did not happen, right at this moment he will notice pairs of hungry eyes in this studio pointed at him, just like days before when he received food delivered by his lover. Then he will smile and offer his comrades to enjoy these foods with him. But starting from today, Bai Yutang doesn’t want to share anything again with them.
Bai Yutang might have a mild temperament, and avoid conflicts. But his fingers still trembled with rage if he recalled what happened yesterday. He also remembers none of his comrades here actually being nice to him regarding his lover. This all was bought using his lover’s money. The money his lover earned by working hard every day, from morning till night. Bai Yutang felt no need to feed his comrades who chose to be silent yesterday.
Mu Xiaoya popped her head 30 minutes after she received Bai Yutang’s text. She knows the studio well from her lunch deliveries to Yu Dong last semester. She was gasping in delight to see all the delicious foods and snacks in front of her.
“Senior, is this really for me? This is a lot.” Though she said that, her fingers excitedly shove that fragrant pastries filled with a layer of chocolate and dusted with cocoa powder. This is famous and called dirty bun due to their appearance, but the abundant sweetness and caramelised almond slices sprinkled on top was giving the tongue a heavenly dance of sensation.
Bai Yutang smiled and ate his share. “You know how Jian Ge likes to order things in bulk quantity. Please just take these and share it with your friends. I’ve cut the duck also for my lunch. I can’t possibly finish the whole duck by myself.”
Bai Yutang was quite glad the senior bullying him yesterday was not around. He didn’t like the idea of this person keep bullying him every time Bai Yutang received food delivered to him in the future.
Mu Xiaoya happily took the duck and the pastries. She then realised that the atmosphere in this studio was not like she remembered. “Why don’t you share it with your studio comrades, senior?” She remembers when she delivered food to Yu Dong last semester, his comrades used to drool over the foods she brought even though it was only cheap food from the cafeteria. Mu Xiaoya was sure Bai Yutang’s comrades would enjoy this delicacies more than her.
Bai Yutang smiled, “No need, Jian Ge will be happier if i share it with you. You can share this with Ling Yue also.”
Like this, Mu Xiaoya was often called by her gentle senior to clean up these foods delivered by Jian Kang Lu. She swore she could almost see tears rolling from Ling Yue’s eyes when she chomped on the red velvet flavoured rolls from B bakery who makes its own mark with pieces of orange and cream cheese. Mu Xiaoya’s favorite was the matcha rolls which fell heavily on the bitter and smoky side. The filling was smooth and added a dose of local flavor, featuring red beans for texture.
Not mentioning the fragrant seafood fried rice, or delicate golden fried chicken wings from W restaurant who lived up to its name as the best Chinese restaurant in town. Mu Xiaoya and Ling Yue felt the danger of not being satisfied with their meals in the cafeteria again after tasting these delicacies for days.
She felt weird at first, why her gentle senior didn’t share this food with his studio comrades. Not until one week after she heard what happened in the studio that day. She asked Bai Yutang about it the next time she picked the food Bai Yutang once again offered her to finish.
“Senior..” She anxiously considers not to ask, but she needs confirmation from her gentle senior. “I heard what happened. Are you truly admitting to them that you are with Jian Ge?” Mu Xiaoya almost snapped when she heard that, but she can’t say anything to reveal Bai Yutang’s private matter.
Bai Yutang didn’t show any uneasiness in his face. He just smiled and nodded his head. “Mmm.. That’s all true anyway. Rather than denying it, I admit it since that was the truth. I am Jian Ge’s boyfriend.”
“But..” Mu Xiaoya didn’t have the heart to tell Bai Yutang what the others gossiped about him out there.
Bai Yutang chuckled. “I’m okay, it didn’t bother me. I guess you heard what happened last week. I almost wrapped my projects, and will only be here for the next two weeks. It truly didn’t bother me. I’m really okay.”
Mu Xiaoya could only swallow her anger and pity to see Bai Yutang’s face. She then realised why Bai Yutang shared all these foods with her. Her senior might be gentle and looked okay on the surface, but who wasn’t angry to receive all those treatments. Mu Xiaoya then understood she didn’t need to pity Bai Yutang. This man was loved by the ultimate gong who was even better than her novel’s gong.
She then just decided to enjoy the food and not think much about it. She just channeled her anger to her boyfriend who was now busy and could only meet her on weekends. Yu Dong sounds worried about Bai Yutang.
Gossips traveled fast, it didn’t take long until all the students in architecture lightly shared that the 5th year senior named Bai Yutang was the cutsleeve caught redhanded kissing a man who blew the forum last semester, and his boyfriend is a bald fat 40 years old sugar daddy.
Mu Xiaoya was almost blown with anger and she angrily defended Bai Yutang when her friends asked her at the end of their class.
“Xiaoya, is this really true? I didn’t believe it. I saw our senior Bai with your boyfriend several times. He didn’t look coquettish like other cutsleeve, and also didn’t look like someone who has sugar daddy.”
“What the hell!! Let me tell you, it might be true that senior Bai have a boyfriend instead of girlfriend, but so what? Is it a crime to be cutsleeve? I’ve met Jian Ge, senior’s boyfriend, he was really handsome and you all will salivating over him.”
Mu Xiaoya then remembered the girl beside her who was listening to these conversations, was the one who told her that there’s a handsome guy who kept showing up in the mini market last year when Jian Ge and her gentle senior had a fight last year.
“Chunhua, you met him last year, and drooled over Jian Ge too.”
Yu Chunhua who was listening to them was startled, why did she dragged to this fiery discussion? “When?” She could only ask blankly asked.
“Last year! Mini market guy!”
Yu Chunhua really doesn’t understand what Mu Xiaoya means. She was still blankly staring at her.
“The tall handsome guy who kept showing at the mini market to buy his lunch last year! The one who makes you dragged me to the mini market every lunch time hoping to see him again! The one who looks like the actor from G drama!”
Yu Chunhua’s brain tries to process this input and then remembers about it.
“Ah!!! That one? The one who then kidnaps you for lunch?”
“Yes! The one who then makes you pester me to introduce you and you keep asking about him but i refuse to answer. That one is senior Bai’s boyfriend.”
Yu Chunhua was kinda confused, “Then he showed up there last year to meet senior Bai?”
Mu Xiaoya snorted, “Let me tell you. So what if senior Bai was having a boyfriend? His boyfriend was better compared to all your boyfriend combined. Last year senior Bai was angry with him, and he was showing up here every day placating senior Bai not to be angry with him anymore. Does your boyfriends ever do that?”
Yu Chunhua is still in daze, then she remembers Bai Yutang appearances. “Oh wow.. Yes I can understand if senior Bai chose that guy over girls. He is really handsome, ah.”
The other girls are now curious, how handsome this guy looked? “So it was a lie that senior Bai’s boyfriend was old?”
Mu Xiaoya showed a cold face. “It might be true Jian Ge was almost 40, but that didn’t change the fact that he was handsome.”
Yu Chunhua choked, “Is that true? He doesn’t look 40 at all!!!”
Mu Xiaoya really wanted to tell others about how magnificent Jian Kang Lu was, and it was only natural if Bai Yutang was drawn to him. She then opened her mobile phone and tried to find the picture from last year’s Christmas dinner.
“Here! Now I ask you, who dares to say that Jian Ge was old, bald, and fat!!!”
The first thing these girls saw was not the handsome Jian Ge who stood next to Bai Yutang, but the famous architectural God who sat in the middle.
“Oh! My! God! Xiaoya!!!! Is this Zhen Guo??? This really looked like him!”
Mu Xiaoya then realised this photo was taken with Zhen Guo and his wife. She started to regret why she was too hasty. Is this really wise for her to do.
“Mmm.. That one..”