Ch7 - Upset Face.

Editor: Waterlily- Overlord Shay

One month after agreeing to the new job, Xue Yingshuang started cooking for Xing Yun. 

As a handsome, high-powered businessman, Xing Yun still had a few requirements for his meals. Therefore, in his eyes, Xue Yingshuang’s cooking was too ordinary, too unrefined, and without any style.

In the morning, Xing Yun’s breakfast was a bowl of red banmian.

He rarely ate noodles before, and even then he only ate Western-style pasta. He didn’t like this kind of home-cooked noodles and noodle soup at all.

He picked up his chopsticks and said in disgust as if  he didn’t know if he wanted to eat it or not: “Banmian and banmian, what else do you know besides noodles?” 

Xue Yingshuang: “I also know noodle soup and fried noodles.”

Three minutes later, Xue Yingshuang asked Xing Yun, who was eating noodles seriously with his head down and sweating profusely: “Do you like noodles?”

Xing Yun’s mouth was full of noodles, and he nodded unsuspectingly: “I like it.”

“Will you eat it next time?”

“Eat.”

“Okay, then I’ll make Lao Ganma noodles next time.”

“Lao Ganma?” Xing Yun’s hand shook and the noodles on his chopsticks fell off.

“What’s the matter?” 

“Nothing.” Thinking back to when he turned his nose up at the small  Lao Ganma gift box and Xue Yingshuang’s upset face, Xing Yun felt guilty and uneasy, but he could eat it.

A few days later,  Xing Yun got up in the morning, and with half-opened-half-closed eyes, walked to the kitchen sleepily while wearing a tie: “What’s for breakfast?”

Xue Yingshuang said, “There is still some chicken soup leftover from last night. I’ll use that to cook noodles.”

Hearing that he was going to eat yesterday’s leftovers, Xing Yun suddenly woke up, his already big eyes widened, and he said displeased: “Did I ask to eat leftovers?” 

Xue Yingshuang glanced at him and persuaded him: “Let’s eat a little to cushion your stomach first. If you don’t like it, I’ll contact the assistant to buy breakfast for you later.”

Xing Yun slammed the kitchen door, the more he thought about it, the more angry he became.

After a while, Xue Yingshuang came up to him with a large bowl of chicken soup noodles. When Xing Yun looked at it, he stared: “So much, are you feeding the pigs!”

Xue Yingshuang said, “If you can’t eat it, leave it, I’ll eat it.” 

After Xue Yingshuang finished speaking, he went into the kitchen again. Xing Yun picked up his chopsticks in disgust, thinking to himself that he ate chicken soup last night, and he was going to eat chicken soup again early this morning. What kind of life is this? He has to eat leftovers? He hates leftovers the most!

However, the chicken soup from last night tasted much better today. Xue Yingshuang skimmed all the oil slick on top of the soup, so it was not oily at all, but fragrant. In addition to noodles, the bowl of chicken soup also had vegetables, mushrooms and a few fish balls for balanced nutrition.

Xing Yun, who didn’t want to eat a bite just now, lowered his head and thought to himself that the chicken noodle soup was really delicious. He likes chicken noodle soup.

While eating, he heard Xue Yingshuang’s voice from behind him: “Make way, make way.” 

Xing Yun skillfully moved to the side, and in an instant there was another poached egg in his bowl that had just been fried and taken right out of the pan.

“I’ll help you add an egg.“ After Xue Yingshuang finished speaking, he took the spatula and went back to the kitchen.

The poached egg is like a soft-boiled egg, and the egg yolk is dense and thick. Xing Yun ate the poached egg, not knowing why he was in a very good mood.

Why is this little stand-in so nice to me? 

Xing Yun lay on the sofa motionless after eating the noodles.

Xue Yingshuang helped him pack his briefcase, and then looked at the clock: “Boss, it’s almost time for you to leave.”

Xing Yun didn’t want to move, and his voice was a bit lazy: “Why are you so good at cooking?”

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Xue Yingshuang smiled “Hehe”, but there was no smile on his face because of the contract, and he didn’t answer. 

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Xing Yun’s tie was tied in a half-asleep state, and the tie was a bit crooked. Xue Yingshuang saw this and reached out to help him adjust it.

Therefore, when Xing Yun opened his eyes, all he saw was Xue Yingshuang’s beautiful face very close to him. As long as he raised his head, the two of them could kiss. 

What do you want to do!

Xing Yun pushed away Xue Yingshunag’s hand like he got an electric shock, turned sideways and defensively stared at Xue Yingshuang.

Xue Yingshuang didn’t know what set him off again and just said, “It’s time to go to work.”

Xing Yun: “Don’t want to go.” 

Xue Yingshuang had no choice but to say, “What do you want for dinner? Let’s make a menu later, so you can eat as soon as you get off work.”

Xing Yun’s eyes were still full of resistance, but when he heard that he could eat, this president finally got up slowly.

“You’re saying it like you can cook a lot, and list the menu……” Xing Yun said disdainfully, then quickly added, “I want to eat the boiled beef you mentioned last time.”

“Ok.” 

“And squirrel-shaped mandarin fish.”

“No problem.”

“And the banmian from last time.”

“Go to work quickly. I’ll send the menu when you get there!” 

Seeing that Xue Yingshuang promised him everything he asked for, Xing Yun was in a good mood and finally left for work.

The face of Xue Yingshuang who had just approached him appeared in his mind, and his eyes narrowed again. Could it be that this little stand-in……

Recently, Xing Yun likes to watch a TV show that teaches people how to raise dogs. As long as the show time is up, he will definitely sit in front of the TV and watch it on time.

In order to match this older child, the place where the two ate was moved all the way from the dining table to the living room. 

It happened that Xue Yingshuang also wanted to raise a dog. This kind of program that teaches people how to train bad dogs to follow the rules was quite helpful to him, so he watched it, and the two of them had a lot of conversation topics as a result.

This day’s program happened to talk about the conditions for raising dogs. The title of the program was “The relationship between the owner and the dog is based on love.”

Xue Yingshuang said in his heart: If the owner loves the dog, he can get the dog’s love.

Xing Yun said in his heart: If a dog loves his owner, he can get the love of his owner. 

During the commercial, Xue Yingshuang asked Xing Yun: “What kind of dog do you want to raise?”

Xing Yun didn’t answer, Xue Yingshuang said to himself: “The breed of dog is too precious and not suitable for me. If I want to, I can raise a little local dog, it’ll  also be obedient and good to keep.”

Xing Yun still didn’t speak, Xue Yingshuang glanced at him curiously, and Xing Yun quickly said, “I don’t keep dogs.”

Xue Yingshuang thought he was saying that this house was not suitable for dogs: “The community is quite suitable for dogs to walk.” 

Xing Yun said again: “I don’t raise dogs.”

A few moments later, he shouted, “What’s so great about dogs? Why should I have a dog!”

Xing Yun gritted his teeth when he said this. Xue Yingshuang thought to himself that since you don’t raise dogs, what do you always do when you watch other people raising one on a dog show? And watching it so seriously! Every time the program is broadcast, he is as obedient as a primary school student in class, staring at the TV intently.

……the president isn’t trying to learn to be a good, well-behaved dog, is he? 

Speaking of which, every time it’s time to eat, Xue Yingshuang has just placed the dishes on the table, he hasn’t even had time to call out Xing Yun, with just the sound of placing the bowl down, Xing Yun can appear in front of it in an instant, like a puppy who only hears knocking on the dog bowl.

Xue Yingshuang couldn’t understand why Xing Yun’s reaction was so huge.

In fact, it’s not just this matter. Xing Yun is like the weather, unpredictable. After getting along for a long time, sometimes Xue Yingshuang can guess the reason for his unhappiness, but more often than not he can’t catch it.

In recent days, Xing Yun’s company is set to launch a new season of merchandise, and when a large number of merchandise is about to be shipped out, he is busy as hell. 

Xing Yun became visibly more and more irritable to the naked eye. While talking on the phone at home, Xue Yingshuang dropped twelve cups in a row. Xue Yingshuang was afraid that before Xing Yun could sell the cups at his business, he would smash them all first.

In order to appease Xing Yun, Xue Yingshuang started cooking early on this day, and made the menu listed by Xing Yun a few days ago again, and added a few dishes that Xing Yun loves to eat.

It’s just that Xing Yun usually gets home at 7:30 at the latest. It’s 7:30 already, and he has waited for Xing Yun to arrive.

He sent a message asking Xing Yun, who said that he’ll arrive by eight o’clock, but it was half past eight when Xing Yun got home. 

When Xing Yun returned home, his face was gloomy. He went straight to the table without even taking the time to put his briefcase down. He seemed to be very hungry.

Xue Yingshuang took Xing Yun’s briefcase and hurriedly helped Xing Yun add food: “You’re hungry after a busy day, right? I cooked a few more dishes today.”

“I’m very hungry, I didn’t eat at noon.” Xing Yun took the bowl and first sandwiched a chopstick of the dish.

It was just the first dish, and Xing Yun’s expression was a little subtle, but Xue Yingshuang was busy with the hot soup and didn’t pay attention. 

Xing Yun changed to another dish, but the more he ate, the worse his face became. When Xue Yingshuang came with the soup, he saw Xing Yun put his chopsticks down and stopped eating.

“What’s the matter?”

“Eat it yourself, what the hell is all this!”

Xue Yingshuang thought it was something sour, so he hurriedly tried it. After eating, he frowned, and tried another one, he then changed to another… Isn’t this delicious? What’s wrong? 

Xue Yingshuang looked at Xing Yun suspiciously, and saw that Xing Yun’s face was livid, faintly about to flare up again.

The two looked at each other in silence, and finally Xing Yun got up and hurriedly left angrily.

This was the first time that Xing Yun hadn’t finished Xue Yingshuang’s meal.

The next day, Xue Yingshuang was trembling when he was cooking, afraid that it would not be in line with Xing Yun’s liking. 

Today, Xing Yun came back relatively early, and as usual during the meal, Xue Yingshuang cooked and ate cleanly, as if nothing had happened yesterday.

Xue Yingshuang didn’t understand what was going on, so he could only assume that it was Xing Yun who was in a bad mood that day.

However, on the third day, Xing Yun had another flare up.

Xing Yun came back late from work, and Xue Yingshuang also cooked the meal early, so he waited for Xing Yun to get home. 

Unexpectedly, as soon as Xing Yun ate it, he directly exploded.

“Can’t you cook a good meal?” Xing Yun slammed the table, and when he stopped, he accidentally hit a few dishes, and two plates of food hit the ground, smashing to pieces with a ”bang”.

The smashing sound was like thunder, and there was silence after the thunder fell.

Xue Yingshuang stood there startled, while Xing Yun panted heavily, his eyes were red, as he clenched and unclenched his fists. 

The two dishes, a squirrel-shaped mandarin fish and a braised pork, are both Xing Yun’s favorites, so they are placed closest to Xing Yun.

But now the two dishes are spilled on the floor with fragments of the plates, meat, and sauce all over the place.

Xue Yingshuang was silent, and without saying a word, he lowered his body to clean up the broken plates, picked up the large pieces first, and then concentrated on the small pieces and put the meat in one place.

Looking at the mess he had made, Xing Yun stretched out his hand unconsciously and wanted to pick it up. 

“I’ll do it.” Xue Yingshuang said lightly, stopping him.

Xue Yingshuang moved quickly and packed it up in a short time.

There are still many dishes on the table, as if the two dishes have never been there. It’s just that both of them knew that the seemingly complete table of dishes was actually missing a corner.

After Xing Yun smashed the dishes, the harmonious relationship that the two had finally established because of the meals suddenly returned to square one. 

Xing Yun didn’t go home for several days in a row, only sending the words “Not going home today” to Xue Yingshuang every day.

Facing the boss’s flare up and then disappearance, Xue Yingshuang… had no response.

He should do what he should do every day, clean the house by himself when he goes to work, and study when he gets off work. He also inquired with Xiao Li if there was an interview opportunity in the restaurant. The preparation situation is wrong, so he can change jobs at any time.

After a few days of being at ease in this way, Xue Yingshuang’s phone rang at noon one day. 

Xue Yingshuang thought it was a debt collector, but when he saw it, it was his boss who had disappeared for a few days.

He hadn’t heard Xing Yun’s voice for many days, and Xue Yingshuang almost forgot who it was when he picked up the phone.

But Xing Yun’s voice was still calm and cold. He said, “There is a document in my study. Bring it to the company, by the way, bring me another set of clothes.”

After Xing Yun finished speaking, there was a moment of silence. Xue Yingshuang thought he would explain, but Xing Yun didn’t say anything else, and hung up the phone after a while. 

Xue Yingshuang went to Xing Yun Company once, on the day of the contract signing. Xing Yun’s company was located on the top floor of an office building in the city center.

There are many start-up companies in that building. During working hours, young people in suits go in and out.

Xue Yingshuang walked in among them, unconsciously casting envious glances at them, wondering if he got an undergraduate degree, would he be like them……

“Assistant Xue?” 

The name “Assistant Xue” was too unfamiliar. After Xue Yingshuang reacted, he remembered that his position in the contract was “assistant” and nodded quickly.

The person who came was the “black-clothed bodyguard” he had seen before. Xue Yingshuang later learned that this person was not a bodyguard, but Xiao Zhao, an assistant of Xing Yun.

Xiao Zhao was born tall with a fierce face, with a black suit and dark sunglasses. Many people, like Xue Yingshuang, mistook him for a bodyguard.

Xiao Zhao has a simple personality. Although he is not the smartest person, he is obedient, down-to-earth in doing things, and does not talk too much. That’s why Xing Yun asked him to deal with Xue Yingshuang’s affairs. 

Xiao Zhao took the documents in Xue Yingshuang’s hands and said politely: “Please put the clothes in the office. The boss is still in a meeting.”

Xiao Zhao was so busy that he didn’t even touch the ground. After he finished speaking, he ran away again. Xue Yingshuang could only take Xing Yun’s clothes into the office by himself.

Xue Yingshuang was the only one in the office.

A while ago, when Xue Yingshuang helped Xing Yun clean up the study room, he learned that Xing Yun was selling home accessories and furniture. 

Looking at those warm and lovely home furnishings in the catalog, it was difficult for Xue Yingshuang to connect that image with the image of Xing Yun.

In particular, there were almost no accessories in Xing Yun’s house, and the whole house was empty except for the necessary furniture, like a model house.

It was the same in Xing Yun’s office. The entire office was in a cool color. The tables and chairs were just tables and chairs, and the sofa was just a sofa. There is no additional decoration, giving people a feeling of extreme emptiness.

There are few things, so Xing Yun’s office looks pretty neat at first glance. 

However, Xing Yun had been busy for the past few days and could not help but accumulate some rubbish, especially in the small lounge at the back of the office, all the dirty clothes that Xing Yun had changed out of were piled up on a chair.

Xue Yingshuang put the dirty clothes in a reserve bag, and when he saw that the trash can in the restroom was almost full, he started to clean that up as well.

He cleaned up and looked in the garbage. He saw a lot of plastic bags containing bread and sandwiches. He guessed that these days Xing Yun lived on bread.

As he was collecting them, Xue Yingshuang suddenly thought of something. He stopped the movement of his hand and looked up. 

The trash can is placed under a low cabinet, and a microwave oven is placed on the low cabinet.

Looking around at the small lounge, a simple bed, shower room, and a wardrobe. Other than that, there is nothing else.

There are too few things, but there is a microwave oven?

Xue Yingshuang looked at the microwave oven thoughtfully.