The Stars In Your Eyes

The job offered is just redrawing the sketch, making a presentation, and rendering one 3D interior of this project. His professor said one of the 3D artists is sick, so if Bai Yutang could make the 3D also, he'd be paid double.

Bai Yutang calculates the time needed, and it will take about 1 week the most. His professor said he'll get paid 1500 yuan for the whole job, 750 yuan if only to redraw and make a presentation. It was a big payment for a university student. It's also a fair amount of payment.

Their professor sometimes asks for the third or fourth year student to do these kinds of part time jobs. Bai Yutang received this job, since it also will train him about the real working environment he will have when he graduates. And he also got paid.

So he agreed, and his professor will send the material through email. He could contact him anytime if he found difficulty, and his professor expected it to be done before 10 days, including the revision. This is the first part time job he took, he is determined to do it with his best effort..

After he said good bye to his professor, Bai Yutang turned his head to Mu Xiaoya who was still sitting in the same place with a pale face. He could see her forehead layered with sweat, and looked like a prisoner facing the death sentence.

It's a good thing that these sisters of her also still accompany her and didn't run away.

Bai Yutang then sits on the tables next to them, without the partition between them. He looked at them with cold glare. Then he started to speak.

"So can anyone explain to me, what is this madness you girls are thinking about?"

Mu Xiaoya fidgets her hand and sits uncomfortably in her chair. Her mouth opened, wanting to say something to him. But no sound could be heard.

Bai Yutang just glared at them silently. He was really mad. Finally one of the girls whose name he doesn't know starts talking with a stuttered voice.

"W.. We're apologise if we offended you, senior. This.. This is not Mu Xiaoya's fault. It's our fault."

Bai Yutang just kept his glare silently, waiting for these girls to speak more. But they say nothing, with their head lowered down. Didn't dare to look at him. Finally he opened his mouth.

"I was asking you, what kind of madness you girls are thinking about me, especially about a friend of mine. A senior, that I respect highly. And I'm not seeking your excuses."

The other girl spoke with a low voice, "It's.. It's our fault, senior. We're just making this wild imagination in our head when we see your senior with you. We.. We really apologise for our wrong way of thinking."

Bai Yutang still silently glares at them.

"So when is the first time this madness is infecting your mind? My senior is a respectable person, he's a very good man. And we definitely don't have any this indecent relationship between us like you girls imagine." Bai Yutang decided to ask about these things clearly with these rotten girls and clarify this matter for Jian Ge.

"Answering senior, it was last year. We saw you and your senior coming to eat at the fast food restaurant outside the dorm." The girl next to Mu Xiaoya answered weakly. Her voice almost could not be heard, just like a mosquito.

Bai Yutang coldly answered, "It was just one dinner, and you girls already think like that? Or you girls stalking me around just to satisfy your imagination?"

"No senior! We definitely didn't stalk on you. The second time we saw you and your senior was in the Huxian restaurant. It was all an accidental meeting! We didn't mean to stalk you.."

Now Bai Yutang remembers, it seems Mu Xiaoya maybe with this group of girls that was staring at him and Jian Ge that time. And he thought these girls were just fangirling Jian Ge just like a bunch of girls everywhere when they saw Jian Ge. But it never occurred in his mind that these girls were actually fangirling about him having a relationship with Jian Ge!

"You said you're not stalking, but why does Mu Xiaoya pretend to approach me and my friend to play a game together? While in fact she's a mole for your group."

This time the other girls hurriedly defend Mu Xiaoya, saying that it was their fault to push and press her to do that.

But then Mu Xiaoya finally opened her mouth and said in a meek voice, "I am truly sorry, senior. I beg for your forgiveness. I don't have any excuses, because you're partially right. One of the reasons I braved myself to talk to you that time is because I am really curious about you and Jian Ge. But my sisters didn't force me to do that. And I do really enjoy playing Magallan with you and the team. Please forgive me, senior."

Bai Yutang speechless. But he didn't show any changes in his face. It was still a cold frozen face. He really needs to teach these girls to think right and get rid of those dirty minds about him and Jian Ge.

"I said it once again. And i hope you girls didn't have any wrong impression, ever again. I'm a straight guy. Jian Ge is also a straight guy. We didn't have even an ounce of romantic relationship between us. Jian Ge is just a very kind and respectable man. He treats everyone with the same kindness. So don't ever think that his act toward me is due to the fact that we have that kind of relationship. It really makes me mad to hear you girls thinking that Jian Ge kindness on that way."

"Yes, senior. We admit that, we apologised. And we won't think like that ever again." These girls said in unison.

"Mu Xiaoya, I hope I won't hear these kinds of things again from you. And especially don't ever say these kinds of things to anyone. I can't prevent you from joining us in the dungeon raid or co-op, because it will be suspicious if you suddenly disappear from our circle. So I pretend that we have no discussion today. But I expect you to behave properly. I respect you as my junior, so i hope you also respect me back as your senior."

Mu Xiaoya's face still pale but looked relieved once she heard that. "Yes senior, thank you so much. I promised I won't say anything again, and never think about you and Jian Ge in that way ever again."

Bai Yutang nodded, then stood up and walked out from the cafe. His anger has not subsided yet. But at least he already gave them his reason and explanation.

He really wants to cut the ties with this Mu Xiaoya. But he still thinks about Yu Dong. And he can see, aside from her wild imagination, she was a good girl. Yu Dong really likes her. So he pressed his anger, and decided just to forget about all the crazy things he heard today.

After that he poured all his concentration to his part time job. He strived to do his best, and made himself busy to forget about all the nonsense he heard that day. He finished the task in five days and did all the revision asked in just two days. He really works hard and does his best.

His professor commend him for his excellent job and paid him immediately after he finished the revision. This is the first money he earned by himself by working as an architect. At first, before he took his job, he wanted to treat Jian Ge with the money he earned.

But somehow because of those rotten girls, he's afraid to invite Jian Ge for dinner together. He afraid Jian Ge will also think about him as gay who mistook his kindness into romantic feeling.

Him and Yu Dong are still playing games with Mu Xiaoya, and with Jian Ge too. They are also still eating together in the cafeteria. Even Bai Yutang sometimes found that Yu Dong had lunch together with Mu Xiaoya just the two of them, when he asked Yu Dong to buy him some lunch due to busy working on his part time job.

He's glad, it seems that he doesn't appraise her real personality wrong. He just hoped this girl really didn't think about anything mischief again about him and Jian Ge. He really feels guilty for Jian Ge.

Bai Yutang knows Jian Ge likes to chat with him everyday, and asks him about his day. So it was unavoidable to tell Jian Ge about his finished project. Deep inside his heart, he also likes to hear Jian Ge praising him.

It feels like he's closer to a great person he wants to be. As great as Jian Ge.

In the end, his uneasiness just piled up day by day. His final exams will also be coming soon in the next three weeks. He won't have time again if he wants to show Jian Ge his gratitude. After all, it was because his birthday gift that makes Bai Yutang shows his potential and got his first part time job.

He finally decided to invite Jian Ge to his treat dinner on Saturday this week. Because after that, he only has two weeks left to cram the exams material. Then his final exams, and finally the long summer break. Jian Ge agreed, and also let him choose the restaurant.

He chose the Korean restaurant Jian Ge likes last time. The place is good, serving authentic Korean food with good ambience. The price is also not cheap, but not that expensive.

He especially likes the thin sliced meat grilled with the restaurant's special sauce. The savory taste mixed with a hint of sweetness from the sauce, mixed well with the sesame sauce. The premium Koreans beef ribs there also top notch beef. The ox bone soup called Seolleongtang has a very clean taste. Bai Yutang also likes the seaweed soup and the kimchi they served as appetizers.

Bai Yutang also planned to bring home the seafood pancake, or called Haemul Pajeon, and the stir fried glass noodles called Japchae. His friends like those so much when he brought it back to the dorm last time he ate there with Jian Ge.

One of Jian Ge's habits is ordering so much food and asking Bai Yutang to bring it back to the dorm to share with the other guys.

When Bai Yutang arrived at the restaurant, he saw Jian Ge already there. He sat alone at the table, staring at the window outside. He looks dazzling as usual. Wearing white beige long sleeve shirt, with black dots in the edge of his collar and black stripes in his back. The sleeves rolled to his elbow like usual. His right hand supporting his chin, showing that fancy watch in his wrist. He's wearing a black jeans today, with black leather shoes.

Somehow, he could understand why those rotten girls called Jian Ge immortal fairy. He looks ethereal. But today, Bai Yutang realized. Those faces are different from the faces Jian Ge usually shows him.

That face who's looking outside the window now looks so lonely. There are no gentle eyes, nor warm smiles that he usually showed him. Those eyes, who usually brighten up with a glint of stars sparkled from it, now seems dull and dark. Just like a black hole absorbing the light in their vicinity.

Bai Yutang just stood up there looking at him. Is this the real Jian Ge? He seems so different from the Jian Ge he always knows. He looks so bright, attracting people around him to notice him. But at the same time, Bai Yutang feels like Jian Ge will disappear any moment. Looks tired of the world running around him.

Bai Yutang moving his legs and walking to that table. Jian Ge seems to notice him, turn his head around and look at him walking forward.

At that time, Bai Yutang saw that dimmed eyes lit up. The stars come back to life, sparkling around those black marble in the peach blossom eyes. The thin lips who seemed frozen before, now turn upward, and give him the same warm smile like he always used to.

Bai Yutang doesn't know why, but he feels glad to see those warm smiles and those gentle eyes. And Jian Ge's words echoed in his mind.

'You make me happy, and ease my hard day.'