The Stars In Your Eyes

It's been two weeks since the birthday dinner. Yu Dong now sounds like a broken record. Keep repeating his praise and feeling about My Xiaoya. Mu Xiaoya doing this.. Mu Xiaoya likes to do that.. And so on.

Bai Yutang is happy for his friends, but now he understands why the single people looking at this phenomena are called eating dog food. He really hates this dog food. Who won't hate this kind of thing if you are forced to listen to it over and over for the millionth time a day.

After that dinner, Yu Dong followed Bai Yutang's advice to beg Jian Ge to tutor him on how to talk to girls. Especially, how to talk to a girl that you want to pursue.. 

Because of Jian Ge's lesson, Yu Dong started to have confidence and slowly met Mu Xiaoya often. Usually in the cafeteria or library, and of course inside the game.

Either Jian Ge is a good teacher, or Yu Dong is a good student, or maybe Mu Xiaoya also likes Yu Dong. Bai Yutang didn't know which way, or which God granted Yu Dong's wish, the sure thing they got closer in these two weeks. 

They often eat together in the cafeteria. Mu Xiaoya also didn't look awkward even though Tang Yuxuan and Liu Xiang joined them. Their conversation is always lively, and Mu Xiaoya is also a funny girl. She has many things to talk about besides games and architecture. 

She's a good match with Yu Dong. She's not the shy type of girl, so Yu Dong feels very grateful for that. Otherwise this shy DongDong will fail to find more conversation topics with Xiaoya.

It's true that Yu Dong hasn't declared his feelings, not yet to have meals together with just both of them. But Yu Dong's words echoed for the zillionth time today.

"Jian Ge said to take it slowly and naturally. It's important to show Xiaoya that she's important to me, but I also have to give her time to convince her that I could be the best man for her."

Bai Yutang rolled his eyes and decided to give him a cold shoulder. He really can't listen to this anymore. Thank God this afternoon he had an appointment with one of his professors.

His professor asked him whether he wants to make extra money. Since his project is already done, and his final exam still in another four weeks, he decided to meet his professor to calculate whether it will distract his preparation for the final exam or not.

His professor offered him this job after he saw Bai Yutang's presentation which included his artistic hand sketch. It was a sketch of his project, drawn using Jian Ge's birthday gift. Jian Ge gave him a drawing pad with a digital pen. The pad connected to his computer, and it's such a wonderful gift.

Bai Yutang is now always using that to draw. Drawing with the pad and the pen truly feels like paper and a real pen. The stroke, the controls, and the pressure sensitivity truly feels different compared with drawing in his tablet.

With that, he fixed his original sketch, and the final result after editing the sketch using the pad in the computer is one of the best art he made. He put that on his presentation, and his professor praised him for that.

Since it was not a school project, his professor said he wanted to meet in the cafe near university to talk about the part time details. Bai Yutang doesn't want to make his professor waiting for him in the cafe, and also want to runaway from this torture from Yu Dong. So he left the dorm earlier and headed to the cafe.

When Bai Yutang goes inside, he chooses the table near the window. This table is located in the corner. If he sits on his chair, it will hide him from the next table and the entrance due to the partition has some potted plant on top of it.

He drew a sketch in his tablet, for later moved into his computer and re-draw using his drawing pad. He feels that Jian Ge's gift is the best birthday gift in his whole life. 

He knows this drawing pad is quite expensive, proven from the top notch quality. He browsed the price, and wasn't surprised to see the price is above 2000 yuan1. It was more than half of his monthly allowance.

He decided to use it well, not to waste Jian Ge's kindness.

When he was busy drawing, his head bowed down and his bangs covering his face. With his thin posture, he was completely hidden from other visitors. It's still thirty minutes to his appointment.

Then he heard some girl's voice in the table next to the partition, calling for a familiar name with a loud ecstatic voice.

"Xiaoya, here! We're here."

Bai Yutang's ear perked hearing that familiar name. Is it the same Xiaoya with Mu Xiaoya?

"Sister! Why did you come so early? It's still 10 minutes from our agreed time."

Hearing that crisp voice, Bai Yutang now sure that is the same Mu Xiaoya that he had to listen over and over again from Yu Dong's mouth. Bai Yutang can already imagine Yu Dong's face if he told him that he met her here by accident. Bai Yutang decided to keep silent and didn't greet her.

But his silence is what makes him surprised to hear their conversation. It was not his intention to spy on these girls, but he can't help because these girls' voices next to him are quite clear to hear.

"Come come, these big sisters can't wait to hear from you more! Since you didn't want to tell us in the groups or private chat, then we have to kidnap you!"

"How could you keep all these good materials for yourself! Don't you know this sister needs inspiration?"

"I already gave you the hint about the dinner last time, sister. I really feel bad. Senior Bai is really a good man, he invited me to his birthday dinner. And he is also quite sharp. He noticed that you girls keep looking at him at the dinner. I almost choked to death!"

Hearing that these girls mention that they are really looking at him at the dinner makes Bai Yutang freezed, his hand stops drawing immediately and focuses on listening to this suspicious conversation.

"That's her mistake! I already told her to close her mouth and stop drooling over them. But she is just like a peasant looking at the immortal fairy for the first time."

'…. Immortal fairy? Surely it was not him, right???'

"Our God is an immortal fairy! And it's already a miracle i didn't scream out loud when i saw our God serve his little lover that mango pudding with attentive care and his gentle eyes. Oh My God.. I.. Just.. Caaaan't!!!"

"Sister, I keep ordering that mango pudding for this whole two weeks just to replay that scene inside my head."

"And don't you start saying that we're evil. You said that you feel bad for your senior, but I notice you're the first to ask for my fan art drawing."

'What is this crazy conversation? Mango pudding? Means that the immortal fairy must be Jian Ge. But why do they mention his name also? Little lover? And what fan art??'

"I also can't help it sister. To see both of them in front of me, you know how much my hand hurt from my own pinch to stop staring at them. I can't stare at them, so I can only satisfy myself with your drawing."

"I think i heard you say last time that our God is already thirty six years old? I can't believe it. He looks like thirty year the most! What is his profession?"

"He's a doctor, sister. Can't you believe it? Why every time I visit my doctor they're not like our God?"

"A doctor? Are you sure our God is not a model?? Which hospital??? Maybe I can feign sickness to meet him closer."

"If he's a psychiatrist, you don't need to feign illness. You are already sick."

"That senior of yours is very lucky. So did you manage to dig out how he could hook our God to be his love slave?"

'Love slave???'

"Sister, I truly don't know. How do you think I could ask my senior about that? And I don't think they're in an open relationship.. Maybe they're not coming out yet."

"Mmm, that's true. It's kinda hard for couples like that to be open in their relationship."

'Couples?????'

"But sister, I truly feel really lucky to have chances to know this couple. Thanks to you, sisters. Maybe you could try to play Magallan too. They often play together. Every time I play with them, I can sense that Jian Ge really cared about my senior. Oh oh.. Truly a perfect gong. I also feel that my senior is really lucky to have him."

"My instinct is magical. Call me your mother!"

"They are so perfect. We can only support them in the shadows. Just pray for them to be always together and be happy."

"I can see why Jian Ge likes my senior. He's so kind and always gentle too. And Jian Ge, he always treats him like treasure in his palm. And I can't believe I can finally meet a real perfect gong in my life. Jian Ge's face is already superior. But he's also smart, and kind. Ah.. I'm so happy for my senior."

"And he must be a stallion in bed. Have you ever heard your senior complaining that he's having pain on his waist?"

"Yes sister! I think last Sunday when we played together, my senior complained about his back pain to Jian Ge. But under a pretence of having to finish his project. I also think that they just have a wild weekend."

"Ha! I told you! This senior of yours must be very charming in bed, that's why his gong can't even hide those loving gaze every time he looks at your senior."

Bai Yutang feels his head spinning when he keeps listening to this completely absurd conversation. He didn't even want to hear about this more. What kind of illness they have in their brain to have this kind of imagination.

The worst thing is, now he knows why My Xiaoya approached them that time. He's glad that it was not because Mu Xiaoya likes him. But he's not happy that these girls slander his Jian Ge to be a gay. More over, a gay who had relationship with him! What is this madness?

At that time, his professor called him. So he answered his phone, stood up looking at the entrance and waved his hand to his professor.

He can see these girls looking at him like seeing a malicious ghost. Their faces instantly pale, some of them closed her mouth with her palm, and the other dropped her fork to the floor.

Bai Yutang stares at Mu Xiaoya with a cold face, signalling her that he will have a serious talk to her after his meeting.