Yan Yan - Chapter 24

Chapter 24 – Taste
If there was no one to vent to when they were wronged, they could remain strong and swallow their resentment. If there was someone they were able to reach and complain to, their resentment would vanish in an instant.
Su Yan was in such a situation now, feeling that she was about to be wronged to death and crying like a small child; the tears that gushed out of her eyes were bigger than soybeans.
“What’s wrong? Who bullied you?” Panicked, Bai Xingfan asked hurriedly.
Su Yan cried out of breath. “Director, director, actor, woo woo woo woo woo…They want to change my script. Woooooooo…”
Bai Xingfan’s face darkened. “The director bullied you?”
Director: “…”
“H..e… he… wants to change my script, I won’t let him change, and he scolded me, woo woo woo woo…” Su Yan choked while crying.
Bai Xingfan repeatedly comforted Su Yan, saying, “Then let’s replace the director with someone who would listen to you, okay?”
Director: “…”
Hearing Bai Xingfan’s words, Su Yan couldn’t think of how to answer them. She was afraid that she would cause more trouble. Her face was covered with teardrops, which flowed down her cheeks to her chin like two streams, dripping drop by drop on her clothes.
Bai Xingfan wanted to wipe her tears, but he didn’t wear a formal suit today, so he didn’t have a handkerchief or any tissue. “Tissu!” he looked at his assistant and commanded.
The assistant quickly found a packet of tissues in the briefcase and handed it to his boss.
Bai Xingfan took one, folded it into a square, first wiped Su Yan’s tears, then wrapped her nose with a tissue, gently pinched the tip of her nose, and wiped her snot. “Don’t worry, no one would dare to change your script,” he gently coaxed her.
Su Yan no longer cried her heart out, but she was still sobbing.
“Have you had lunch yet? Shall I take you to eat delicious food?” Bai Xingfan asked.
Su Yan didn’t want to stay here any longer to face the scorching gazes of others, so she nodded, muttering, “Okay.”
“Let’s go.” Bai Xingfan took Su Yan a few steps towards the exit of the studio, suddenly thought of something, paused, looked back at the few people standing in front of the monitor, and asked in a deep voice, “Which one is the director?”
On such a hot day, Director Wu suddenly felt cold behind his back, subconsciously pausing his breath. While he was thinking about whether to admit that he was the director or not, he saw everyone around him was looking at him, so he had no choice but to say, “It’s me; what’s wrong?”
Bai Xingfan “You won’t be here anymore.”
The director frowned. “Who are you?”
Bai Xingfan said coldly, “Call and ask Li Juncheng yourself.”
Li Juncheng was currently the first person in charge of Yuantang Film and Television City.
The director froze; his eyes gradually widened, and he looked at Bai Xingfan in shock and astonishment.
“Bai, Boss Bai…” The director wanted to step forward to defend himself, but Bai Xingfan didn’t give him a chance to intercede and left the set with Su Yan.
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Sitting in Bai Xingfan’s car, enjoying the refreshing cold air, Su Yan realised what had happened just now and then looked at Bai Xingfan with a small red face. “I… just… Isn’t it embarrassing?”
Bai Xingfan held back a smile and said, “No, it’s quite cute.”
Su Yan: “…”
Su Yan wanted to cry again. “Why do I feel that you are lying to me?”
Bai Xingfan said seriously, “Is there any benefit if I lie to Miss Su?”
Su Yan was silent for a moment and replied in a small voice, “It…seems not.”
Bai Xingfan: “Then why should I lie to you?”
Su Yan: “…”
At this time, the driver asked, “President Bai, where are you going now?”
Bai Xingfan looked at Su Yan again. “What do you want to eat?”
Su Yan sniffed. “I can eat anything. Choose what you like. ”
Bai Xingfan: “How can I do that? Miss Su is going to treat me; of course, Miss Su has the final say.”
Su Yan was stunned. “I… I… when did I say I wanted to treat you?”
Bai Xingfan frowned. “Didn’t this lady tell me that she would treat me to dinner when I came back from abroad?”
“Ah, why did I forget it.’ “You said just now that you would take me to eat delicious food…” After saying this, she felt that this kind of talking with Bai Xingfan was a bit shameless, so she immediately said, “Ok, Mr. Bai, if I make a promise, I will fulfil it.”
Bai Xing couldn’t help laughing. “Thank you, Miss Su.”
“Stop teasing me.” Su Yan thought of something again and immediately added, “I can’t afford one that’s too expensive.” Although it was embarrassing to expose her poverty so blatantly, what if Bai Xingfan only wanted to eat high-end food in five-star hotels? She really couldn’t afford it!
Bai Xingfan: “I will go wherever Ms. Su leads me to eat.”
“Is it okay to eat barbecue? There is a barbecue restaurant on Minguo Street that is not bad. I went there a few days ago,” Su Yan asked Bai Xingfan after thinking for a while.
One day, when the work on the film crew ended earlier than on other days, Su Yan wandered around the film city alone, and then she found a self-service barbecue restaurant where the food was quite good.
Bai Xingfan: “Yes.”
The barbecue restaurant was located in the middle of Minguo Street. When they arrived at the restaurant, it was just in time for the lunch rush hour, and the restaurant was issuing numbers. After getting out of the car, Su Yan went to get a number, and she got number A67. There were still fifteen small tables in front of them.
After walking back to Bai Xingfan with the number sheet, Su Yan sighed. “I guess it will take forty minutes to get our chance; can you wait?”
Bai Xingfan: “Listen to you.”
Su Yan thought for a while and asked, “Then… shall we go around the film city? Anyway, there are many restaurants on this street, and if we find a suitable one on the way, let’s eat there, ok?”
“Yes.”
Afterward, the two casually strolled along this bustling, long street.
There were buildings that were built in the style of the Republican of Chain on both sides of the street. The ground in the centre of the street was inlaid with black tram tracks, and correspondingly, there were wires hanging in the air above. Many people were walking on the street, and some girls and children were taking pictures in cheongsams.
The atmosphere on this street was very harmonious, but Su Yan had been in this film and television city for several days as a worker, so her mood at this moment was completely different from that of those tourists who were laughing and taking pictures. Tourists were in high spirits, but she was indifferent and even felt that it was very noisy here, and she couldn’t help complaining to Bai Xingfan. “If you travel, you should choose the off-season; otherwise, you will go out to see people’s heads, and the photos are not good. The background is full of people. ”
Bai Xingfan: “Does Miss Su like to travel?”
“Of course I do.” Su Yan replied, “Your life is only a few decades, so you should go outside more often to see what the world is like.” While speaking, she suddenly saw a Sichuan restaurant across the street and walked towards the opposite side, asking, “Mr. Bai, do you like to eat Sichuan cuisine…” Before she finished speaking, a voice suddenly came from the middle of the road, along with a tram whistle. Bai Xingfan quickly grabbed her wrist and pulled her back forcefully.
When the green leather tram passed by, Su Yan could still feel the heat from the tram.
“What are you thinking about?” Bai Xingfan reprimanded her with a sullen face.
Su Yan was embarrassed and guilty. “I… patronised the restaurant.”
Bai Xingfan: “…”
Su Yan frowned and muttered pitifully, “I’m really hungry.”
Seeing her pitiful appearance, Bai Xingfan’s anger reduced a bit. “You have to watch the road when crossing the road!” he then said.
Su Yan nodded immediately. “I know I was wrong; I will change.”
Bai Xingfan lost his temper completely and sighed. “What do you want to eat?”
Su Yan: “Sichuan cuisine.”
Bai Xingfan: “Let’s go.”
Su Yan: “Oh…ok.”
This time Su Yan paid much attention when she crossed the road and didn’t forget to say to Bai Xingfan, “No vehicles, let’s go.”
Bai Xingfan smiled helplessly. “Okay, little traffic pacesetter.”
Su Yan: ‘I can’t see that you are quite sarcastic!’
Although there was a queue at the door of the shop, they didn’t have to wait for forty minutes, so both Su Yan and Bai Xingfan decided to eat there.
When they sat down, they ordered food, and until the food was ready, Su Yan decided to order two cups of milk tea. She first chose a flavour she liked and looked at Bai Xingfan, gave the menu to him, and asked, “Choose what you want to drink.”
Bai Xingfan glanced at the menu and then rejected her. “No, they are too sweet.”
Su Yan: “You don’t need to add sugar.”
Bai Xingfan: “But there are creamers and essences, and the trans fatty acids contained in creamers can cause blood clots.”
Su Yan: “…”
Bai Xingfan: “Do you know that perfume will affect children’s intelligence.”
Su Yan: “…”
Bai Xingfan: “Little girl, you should drink less.”
Su Yan: ‘What do you mean? Are you saying I am stupid?’ She rolled her eyes in disbelief, and put the menu back. “If you don’t drink, I’ll order it myself! I’ll order two glasses, and I will drink it myself!”
Bai Xingfan wouldn’t know whether to laugh or cry.
Su Yan did what she said, added a cup of strawberry shake to the shopping cart, and then placed the order with satisfaction.
Ten minutes later, a waiter called their number and led them into the store.
After the two sat down, the waiter, who was wearing a blue cheongsam, pointed to the QR code pasted on the corner of the table and said, “Please scan the QR code to place an order.”
“Okay,” said Su Yan, who immediately clicked on WeChat and scanned the two QR codes, and at the same time said to Bai Xingfan, “You can also scan one and order whatever you want.”
Bai Xingfan was very polite. “Since it is Miss Su’s treat, of course, it is Miss Su’s decision.”
Actually, Su Yan liked this kind of food very much. When ordering food, she liked to be in control, so she just smiled and replied with a domineering tone, “Hey, if this is the case, then I will not be polite.”
Bai Xingfan couldn’t hold back the corners of his lips.
Su Yan ordered four dishes. Mao Xue Wang, stir-fried fat intestines, spicy chicken, and shredded cabbage.
[TL Notes: Mao Xue wang is made from tripe, chicken gizzard, duck blood curd, and other organ meats cooked in a peppercorn and chilli-flavoured broth.]
She liked spicy food, but she had chosen slightly spicy flavours for every dish because she still remembered Bai Xingfan’s dietary preferences—he didn’t like too much sweetness, didn’t like too much spicy food, and didn’t like too much oil, like an elderly person.
It was only then that she realised that inviting Bai Xingfan to eat Sichuan food was not a wise decision. So before placing the order, she hesitated again, looked at Bai Xingfan with a little guilt, and asked timidly, “How about we change the restaurant?”
Bai Xingfan: “What’s the matter? The dishes don’t suit your taste?”
Su Yan said honestly, “I don’t think it suits your taste.”
Bai Xingfan frowned. “It’s rare that Miss Su still remembers my taste!”
She was annoyed. “I should order you a whole spicy feast; every dish has a thick layer of red oil, so that you can see an anorectal doctor after eating!”
Bai Xingfan: “…”
Su Yan snorted again. “Don’t mock me in the future!”
Bai Xingfan smiled wryly and gave in. “Okay, I’m wrong, I admit my mistake.”
Su Yan was satisfied at this point and asked again, “Do you want to change the store?”
Bai Xingfan asked back, “If you really change, will you always miss this Sichuan restaurant?”
Su Yan: ‘Yes. I will.’ Her two slender black eyebrows were twisted into two small mountains. Bai Xingfan saw what she was thinking at a glance and said with a smile, “Then don’t change it.”
Su Yan was a little embarrassed. “Can you handle this food, then?”
“It doesn’t have to be a whole spicy feast.” Bai Xingfan said solemnly, “I have no plans to go to the anorectal department for now.”
Su Yan: ‘ Hmph… You are mocking me again!’ She rolled her eyes uncontrollably and continued to order.
Not long after, the waiter placed a small hourglass on their table, saying that if all the sand in the hourglass was drained and the dishes were not served at that time, the order would be free.
Su Yan had seen this kind of waiver activity a lot, but she was really waived every time, so she didn’t have any hope this time. The facts proved that it was right to give up hope. When there was still a little sand left in the hourglass, the food came to their table.
While eating, Su Yan noticed that Bai Xingfan only picked up spicy chicken and shredded cabbage. He didn’t even move the stir-fried fat intestines, and he didn’t even pick up the green pepper.
“You don’t eat fatty intestines?” She had never eaten fatty intestines at Bai Xingfan’s mansion, so she didn’t know if Bai Xingfan would accept it.
Bai Xingfan: “Yeah.”
Su Yan: “I didn’t eat it when I was a child, but I ate it again for some reason, and it tastes really good.” She sighed wistfully and said, “Hey, I also eat fatty meat now.”
Bai Xingfan: “It’s better to have something you like than not to like anything at all.”
Su Yan’s eyes lit up, and she nodded heavily, agreeing with Bai Xingfan. “You’re right!”
A piece of fat sausage came out, and she looked at Bai Xingfan expectantly. “Would you like to have a taste?”
Bai Xingfan said firmly, “No.”
Su Yan said positively, “It’s delicious! And it moistens the intestines, it’s great. This reduces the probability of going to the anorectal department.”
Bai Xingfan still had the same attitude. “No, I don’t eat.”
Su Yan said without thinking, “Xie Yu didn’t eat it before, but then I…” Halfway through the sentence, she realised that she actually mentioned the dogman’s name, which really affected her appetite, so she quickly swallowed the last half of the sentence to her stomach, and said, “It’s fine if you don’t like it. Each person has his own taste.”
Bai Xingfan subconsciously clenched the chopsticks in his hand, and his thin lips almost formed a straight line.
The atmosphere was slightly awkward.
Fortunately, Su Yan’s cell phone rang suddenly—it was a call from the delivery guy.
After hanging up the phone, she got up quickly and said to Bai Xingfan, “I’ll go get the takeaway drinks that I ordered before.”
The delivery guy was waiting for her at the door of the store, and after picking up her takeaway, Su Yan said “thank you” to the delivery guy, then she went back to the store. It didn’t take more than two minutes to come back, but when she walked back to the dining table, Bai Xingfan had disappeared.
Su Yan was so surprised and looked around for Bai Xingfan in the store, but she couldn’t find him, so she went to the waitress who was in charge of serving their table. “Hello, did you see the other guest who was eating with me?”
Because of Bai Xingfan’s outstanding appearance and temperament, the waitress was very impressed with him, but when she heard Su Yan’s question, she showed embarrassment. “That gentleman just tried to eat a piece of fat sausage.”
Su Yan was full of doubts and hurriedly asked, “And then?”
The waitress said, “Then, then… he ran to the bathroom with his mouth covered.”
Su Yan: “………”
End of chapter 24
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