75. Barking

Wei Chang Feng and Qi Le An did not agree on a specific time, he just told An to call him when he woke up. But how could Qi Le An even sleep a wink knowing he was going to spend time alone with bun like Wei Chang Feng the next day?

He tossed and turned until eight o’clock, a time he thought might be proper for him to send Wei Chang Feng the first message.

“Wei Sama! I am ready!”

Wei Chang Feng replied quickly.

“So early? Then let’s meet at nine o’clock in the shop”

Seeing that Wei Chang Feng sending an emoji, Qi Le An was wild with joy! He tidied up his hairstyle in the mirror, then put on his cap, checked the two tickets in his pocket grabbed his phone, and left the hotel.

Qi Le An sent the map to his phone yesterday. Before he left, he even read it a few times to not get lost. However, after walking for more than ten minutes, Qi Le An felt that something was wrong. He went out with a mask and a cap so no one recognized him along the way, but if he studied the map on his phone, people might stare at him and recognize him.

Qi Le An was sweating a bit, he took a deep breath and walked into a quiet alley, and quickly looked at the map.

But he couldn’t see anything helpful on the miniature version of the map. He quickly opened a webpage instead, and everything was so slow that the page was still loading after a while.

A passerby looked at Qi Le An with a suspicious look, ‘This man looks so stealthy, he wears a hat and a mask in an alley like this, I wonder what he is up to… …’

Qi Le An, “…”

He put his phone away and pretended that nothing had happened.

Qi Le An was completely lost. At nine o’clock, Wei Chang Feng, who still hadn’t seen Qi Le An, called. Qi Le An felt so sorry and frustrated at the same time, he had to confess the fact that he was lost, Wei Chang Feng chuckled, he asked Qi Le An if there were any signs around him.

Qi Le An could only stand on the street and read the road signs out loud.

Luckily, no one had recognized him thanks to the cap and the mask, it would be awkward otherwise.

Wei Chang Feng arrived in less than five minutes. The driver was still Gary. Qi Le An was terribly sorry, “Actually, the hotel is very close… It’s all my fault. I have no sense of direction, Wei Sama and Gary, thank you so much for picking me up.”

Wei Chang Feng said gently, “No, it’s okay, you are not here, I should have picked you up. Are you hungry? I’ve brought something for you.”

Wei Chang Feng handed over a paper bag.

It was a croissant. Qi Le An’s heart melted when he opened the bag, Wei Chang Feng remembered it, ‘he remembers that I like croissants, he cares about me so much.’

There was no one in the mall in the morning, and Wei Chang Feng shop opened around midday. Gary excused himself with work and took a seat at the entrance of the shop, while Wei Chang Feng went to the kitchen and served Qi Le An a plate of assorted pastry.

Qi Le An was attracted by the red velvet immediately, the deep maroon color just looked so amazing with the color of the cream. Wei Chang Feng used an exquisite cutting knife and served him a piece of red velvet cake.

“I just made it in the morning, hope you like it,” Wei Chang Feng said with a smile, “Have a taste!”

Qi Le An just exclaimed a thousand times I his heart that how come there was such a perfect man in this world! ‘Wei Sama, how I wish I could elope with you, let’s run to a place where’s just us two, I don’t want to share you with anyone!’

Qi Le An’s eyes sparkled at the first bite, “Wei Sama, what’s your secret recipe? This is the best Red Velvet cake I have ever had, we should give it a special name!”

“Haha, Red velvet is already such a good name,” Wei Chang Feng sat right next to Qi Le An and he seemed to enjoy watching Qi Le An eating, “I’m glad you like it.”

Qi Le An had a good appetite, so he finished the red velvet cake roll that Wei Chang Feng just handed him. The bright color, the soft and delicate texture, the sweet flavor, it was definitely ten out of ten! Qi Le An was sure that his Wei Sama had his own secret recipe, this was the best red velvet cake he had ever had.

“This cream is amazing,” Qi Le An smacked his lips and exclaimed.

Wei Chang Feng tidied up the plate and said, “It’s buttermilk frost.”

Qi Le An nodded, he walked to the kitchen and took over from there, he felt rude and disrespectful for letting Wei Chang Feng do all the work!

“I really want to just live in the shop…” Qi Le An sighed.

“Keen to try two pieces of chocolate?” asked Wei Chang Feng.

Qi Le An quickly nodded.

When he thought that these things were all handmade by Wei Chang Feng, he felt an indescribable sense of happiness!

Wei Chang Feng took out a few more truffle chocolate and said, “I’ll just give you two pieces, for now, otherwise your dentist will have a word with me, haha.”

Qi Le An nodded as he put the chocolate into his mouth. Like a small hamster, his cheeks were full of joy and his eyes were narrowed. Wei Chang Feng found it quite amusing and he went back to the kitchen to make a cup of grapefruit Tea for Qi Le An.

Of course, there were more new products, but Wei Chang Feng didn’t ask Qi Le An to try them all. Instead, he asked Qi Le An to prepare some ingredients for the cheesecake he was going to make in the afternoon.

This was the first time that Qi Le An ever tried baking, he was a little nervous, but fortunately, Wei Chang Feng didn’t want to intimidate the boy either, he only gave some basic tasks like weighing sugar and flour.

Qi Le An sat on a chair and stared at Wei Chang Feng with his hands supporting his chin. ‘How could there be such a perfect person in the world? He is handsome and crazy talented, a gentleman with the heart of gold. And he is so respectful and so down-to-earth, he is just the whole package!’

The more Qi Le An stared at his Wei Sama, the more his heart melted.

Gary who was sitting in front of the computer raised his head and he happened to have noticed the infatuation in Qi Le An’s eyes.

Gary’s heart gave a jolt, ‘What exactly is going on? Why is AN staring at Chang Feng like he is going to eat him up!’

It took Wei Chang Feng about two hours to finish the whole process, Qi Le An was drooling when the golden cake was taken out from the oven.

“Hold your horse, An, it needs to cool down a little bit,” Wei Chang Feng said helplessly. He gave Qi Le An a few more glances, so Qi Le An had to stay away from the cake.

“Will it be ready in the afternoon?” Qi Le An who couldn’t eat the cake asked curiously.

Wei Chang Feng nodded and put the tools he had just used into the dishwasher. “Yes, we only sell stuff that we made in the morning. Usually, it’s the other chef who makes them, but I would come over when I’m free.”

Qi Le An was jealous of the regular customers in this store. From time to time, they could eat desserts made by Wei Chang Feng!

“What do you do with the desserts that you can’t sell on the day, just throwing them in the bin?” Qi Le An felt uncomfortable thinking the desserts that Wei Chang Feng made might end up in the bin.

“No,” Wei Chang Feng took off his apron and said, “Usually, we manage to sell everything we make on the day. And our staff members will have them if otherwise.”

Qi Le An paused for two seconds and suddenly said, “Wei Sama! If I can’t make it in show business, please hire me!”

The expression was so lively and lovely, Wei Chang Feng couldn’t help laughing.

“Well, don’t worry, I’ll give you my shop.”

‘I don’t want your shop! I want you, Wei Sama!’ Qi Le An shouted in his heart.

Gary who was done with work had turned off his laptop and asked, “What do you guys feel like for lunch, shall we order some takeaway or go to a restaurant?”

“An, what do you say?” Wei Chang Feng asked Qi Le An.

Qi Le An touched his belly and said, “Actually, I’m not hungry at all…”

“Then let’s order takeaway then,” Wei Chang Feng said to Gary, “The sushi downstairs seems to be good. We can give them a try.”

Gary nodded and said: “I’ll get it then, it’s just downstairs, we can’t let anyone see you here.”

Wei Chang Feng nodded.

“Are you busy this afternoon, Wei Sama?” Qi Le An asked Wei Chang Feng as soon as Gary left.

“No, not really,” Wei Chang Feng said with a smile, “I have an open schedule recently.”

“Do you feel like watching a photographic exhibition with me?” Qi Le An took out the tickets given by Tong from his pocket and said, “Tong has won the award and her work will be on display too!”

Last night, he investigated that this photography exhibition was not open to the public. He and Wei Chang Feng could just go without a mask or cap, there was no need to worry about being recognized or surrounded.

Wei Chang Feng looked at Qi Le An’s bright eyes and of course, he wouldn’t refuse, “Okay.”

Qi Le An smiled foolishly.

Not only did Gary buy a lot of sushi, but he also brought back some miso soup and fried, eel. The three of them had a lovely lunch, Wei Chang Feng said, ” An and I went to see Tong’s photography exhibition in the afternoon. I will see Director Ma some other day.”

Gary didn’t say anything, he just lowered his head. He had been contacting Director Ma for so long, they finally found a time that worked for both of them and now Wei Chang Feng said he would like to reschedule it.

Qi Le An did not expect Wei Chang Feng would reschedule his appointment to keep him company, so he quickly chimed in, “Ah? You have plans already, that’s okay, we can watch the exhibition some next time!”

Wei Chang Feng shook his head, “Nah, I wasn’t interested in seeing any directors for the time being in the first place, don’t worry about it, An.”

Gary held back the words which sprang to his lips.

‘Wei Sama! Do you know that your schedule was full till next year, we have turned down numerous movies and endorsements due to the car accident, and now you are telling me you don’t want to work for the time being! What are you thinking!’ Gary screamed in his heart.

Qi Le An searched his memory and he didn’t recall any famous Director Ma, so he happily accepted the fact that Wei Chang Feng rescheduled the appointment with him.

The photography exhibition was held in a gallery. By the time the two arrived at the gallery, there were already many reporters lurking around. There was no drama in entertainment circles, so there were a ridiculous number of reporters by the gate of the gallery!

So there was an uproar when they saw Wei Chang Feng and Qi Le An coming over!

“Wei Chang Feng!”

“Quick, quick! It is Wei Chang Feng! ”

“And Qi Le An! Oh my God! What a nice surprise! It’s totally worth the waiting!

Wei Chang Feng and Qi Le An walked into the security check. The reporters couldn’t get in because the exhibition was not open to the public.

Unlike the uproar by the gate, it was so tranquil inside the gallery. It was mainly the photographers and their friends and family who could get the tickets.

What came to Wei Chang Feng and Qi Le An’s sight as they walked in was Tong and a senior photographer admiring a photo together.

Qi Le An was just about to greet Tong when he heard a disgusting voice, “An? Is it really you?”

He turned around only to see that Chu Cheng Yuan waving at him with joy.