Chapter 14:Sweet Red Bean Pastry (1/2)

Song Ren arrived home at night due to the pile of work that accumulated over the week, and partly it was because she wanted to avoid Su Feng.

When she walked into the house, she headed to the kitchen with a hungry stomach. She paused at the threshold when she caught a glimpse of the blond-haired familiar man.

Song Jinyi was folding puff pastry sheets while Su Feng wore an apron. He was placing paste within the sheets before handing them to Jinyi. A smile bloomed on Song Ren's face, at the sight of them.

She knew that Su Feng never made anything before in his spoiled life and wondered what had gotten into him.

She walked into the kitchen unannounced, and she startled them.

”You're finally back,” Song Jinyi said with a gasp.

Song Ren glanced at Su Feng and said, ”I've been held up at work, but I've finished all my work.”

She looked at the counter and noticed the paste they made to go with the puff pastry sheets.

”Sweet red bean pastry,” she quietly said, barely a whisper.

Song Ren swallowed hard. She remembered that day vividly at the mid-autumn festival. She made out the figure a young handsome blond man crowded by girls, including her friends.

Song Ren remembered that she was going to buy pastries when she suddenly caught sight of him. It was Su Feng, the boy she had seen pictures of from front covers and the media. He was also the heir to her father's rival.

Song Ren remembered approaching him swiftly and could not deny the reason why he was attracting those girls like bees with pollen. However, she could not help but scoff. Those girls were the same ones that bothered her about her older brother, Song Sheng.

She approached the stand with her head held high asking for a Sweet Bean Pastry. She felt Su Feng's incessant stare, but she did not dare to return it. She knew that acknowledging the boy would be dangerous for her heart.

She had seen many pictures of him and did not care because he was a proud heir of the largest pharmaceutical industry.

His family was considered to be old money, whereas hers is considered to be new money. That is why the Su family is powerful and wealthy, but she knew her father was their most significant competitor.

Song Ren also knew that he did not know who she was, but when her friend called out her name, she stilled, and the man next to her seemed to freeze. Song Ren then collected her Sweet bean pastry quickly and walked away when Su Feng spilled his drink on her. She knew it was not on purpose, but she felt humiliated above measure.

Song Ren then picked up the pastry and asked for a new one. When she walked away, she pretended to look unaffected. She could not believe that she embarrassed herself in front of him.

But since then nothing much has changed. Song Ren's heart always felt complicated around him. Were they friends or enemies? She still didn't know, but what she knew now was that he changed his childish ways, perhaps she should too.

Song Jinyi placed a tray of Sweet Red Bean pastries in the oven and said, ”I'll be going to my room, it's running late,” excusing herself. ”Brother Feng, you're in charge of taking it out of the oven,” her last words were.

When Jinyi left, Su Feng cleared his throat, ”There were some that we made earlier, would you like some?” his words filled the awkward space between them.