When Two Alphas Meet, One’s an Omega

Chapter 28 – I Coax You, You Coax Me

 

By the time the two men went down, the other five had already sat down around the large round table farthest from the stairs.

 

Yang Yue waved and shouted, “Madame Boss!”

 

And then he turned around and said to Bai Huai, who was taking out a tissue and carefully rubbing the table and the chair. “Bai Huai, can you not understand what I’ve said earlier? Even if the chair is a little gray, your ass won’t rot if you sit on it. Please don’t let me lose my dignity here.”

 

Bai Huai didn’t look up but Jiang Songyi did. He gave a look towards Yang Yue.

 

Yang Yue’s face did not change but he spoke a little calmer than before. “I, Yang Yue don’t deserve dignity. Master Bai, please rub it well!”

 

Lu Qi Feng could not help but chuckle. “Be Good.”

 

“What can I say? I am resilient.” Yang Yue smiles before turning his head. “Madame, are you here yet?” He called out.

 

“Coming, coming!”

 

A kind-looking but excessively thin woman rushed out with a menu. Her face is so wrinkled that no one could easily determine whether she was in her forties or fifties.

 

With a smile on her face, she spoke, “It’s only 05:30. We haven’t opened the doors yet. You’re too early.”

 

Yang Yue took the menu from her. “If we haven’t come early, then there would be too many people and the seats would be occupied already. It will also take an hour for food to arrive. To tell you the truth, your business is so good that you should really hire a few more helpers.” He jokes.

 

The landlady wiped her hands against her apron. “Hey, we won’t be able to make a profit if we would hire too many people for this small business of ours. We won’t earn enough to pay for them. It’s already enough to have two people working here to wash vegetables and cut meat. Besides, my son helps us after his schooling every day.”

 

“Your son seems to be in his third year of high school. Don’t you let him focus on his studies?”

 

Yang Yue is already a better mother than the boss’ wife, but at the end of the day, the middle-aged woman is still the mother and has the right to decide for her son’s future.

The proprietor’s wife smiles sadly. “With my son’s grades, even if he studies hard, he won’t be able to go to a good college. It’s better for him to just come back and help out here in our restaurant.”

 

Yang Yue was about to say a few more words, but Bai Huai interrupted their conversation: “Are you here for dinner or to be a neighborhood committee wanting to gossip?”

 

The landlady didn’t want to talk about her son either, so she went along with it. “Yes, you’re right. Please state your order quickly. I’ll let Xiaoding, my old man, cook your orders first and pick the best meat we have right now. Otherwise, when the customers started piling up, we would be forced to give it at random.”

 

As she inadvertently glanced across Bai Huai, she tilted her head and gently hissed. “This handsome guy feels a little familiar. Have you brought him here before?” 

 

While burying her head in the menu, Yang Yue spoke, how is that possible when I’ve only met him recently, madame? Don’t talk to me if you see a handsome guy or would you like to see if the handsome guy next to him looks familiar too?”

 

The landlady’s eyes fixated over on Bai Huai as her lips resemble a frown. It’s as if she had really seen Bai Huai before but couldn’t pinpoint where and how.

 

What happened to Bai Huai? He was not sure since this is also his first time being here and seeing the landlady.

 

He picked his lips and smiled, “It’s normal to look familiar. Others say I look like Leonardo, and the one next to me looks like Song Xiaobao. They are all popular. Who else doesn’t look familiar?”

 

This amused the proprietress: “Nonsense, this handsome guy should at least look like a Takeshi Kaneshiro. Ok, I am going to be busy now. Call me or Xiaoding if you need anything. “

 

With that, she took the menu from Yang Yue and then headed back to the small bungalow.

 

Bai Huai turned his head and half-squinted his eyes towards Jian Songyi.: “Song Xiaobao?”

 

“What is it? They all have two eyes, one nose, and one mouth. What’s the difference?”

 

During the military training, Bai Huai had taken care of Jian Songyi for the most time, enough to make him feel embarrassed and avoid talking to him as much as possible. But right now, since they are already out of the environment, he could not help but express his anger and frustrations towards him more freely.

 

His statement did not annoy Bai Huai, though. Instead, he smiled. “I have just seen the Wild Hunter. If you say you are like Leonardo, then I think Song Xiaobao is also quite cute.”

 

Jian Songyi: “…..”

 

He had thought that Bai Huai had changed his ways after everything that had happened in camp, but upon hearing his statement, Jian Songyi concluded that Bai Huai’s mouth is still as poisonous as always.

 

And then Bai Huai used the tea on the table to iron out the table cloth over the table.

 

“Master Bai, can you please iron out my side too?” He asked in a teasing manner. 

 

Bai Huai placed his cup slowly before looking at  Yang Yue. “Do you want to die?” He asked with a very gentle yet sarcastic tone. 

 

Yang Yue: “…..”

 

Double standard. Master Bai thought it was cute when Brother Song was teasing him and yet he was labeled like a garbage dog when he did it.

 

……….

 

The barbecue of the blind man is self-help, with a hollowed-out table in the middle, a stove under it, and an iron net on it.

 

Brush a layer of oil and wait for it to spread before rolling in the fat and thin pork. Wait for it to cook before turning it around. As the meat began to ooze out crystal beads of oil, everyone would smell the savory fragrance, and yet the cook would make sure that it won’t turn out to be greasy.

 

Then sprinkle a layer of secret cumin and chili powder meticulously and evenly. The cook shall shake off the excess seasonings before wrapping it with a large piece of lettuce and then place it over into the mouth. The pure smell of meat instantly infiltrates the tip of the tongue and fills the whole mouth with endless aftertaste.

 

The refreshing point of gorging on meat is here.

 

After the storm ingested several yuan, Yang Yue was still not satisfied: “No, you can’t eat a lot of meat without a lot of wine! Madame, give me a case of Qingdao, canned, and chilled!”

 

“Alright! Xiaoding, carry it over! “

 

A can was set in front of each person. Yang Yue, Xu Jiaxing, and Lu Qi Feng opened theirs and took a sip as soon as the can of alcohol was seated in front of them. After taking their first gulp, the three of them let out a refreshed sigh.

 

And then there’s Jian Songyi. He was about to open his can but Bai Huai grabbed it ahead of him. He gave him a contemptuous look. “The three of them are already grown up. Are you an adult?”

 

Jian Songyi: “?”

 

It seems like their country does not stipulate that minors are not allowed to drink alcohol, unlike the other countries.