Xi Mingguang was blacklisted.
Not being able to make money was upsetting, but it did have its perks for Xi Mingguang.
For example, he could eat whatever he wanted without worrying about his former, borderline obsessive body-management regimen.
Running into his ex-boyfriend at a dingy little restaurant in a county town in the southeast was not one of those perks.
His ex picked up a pair of chopsticks and asked, “What are you doing here?”
Xi Mingguang smiled. “I lost my job. And you?”
His ex, all polished and professional, bent his head and picked the cilantro out of Xi Mingguang's bowl.
“I quit. Want to travel around together?”
Xi Mingguang replied, “Oh, okay.”
That's how he'd answered the first seven times they got back together.
The waves boomed in the harbor. Xi Mingguang suddenly grinned and drawled, “Wow, baby, you're so pretty.”
Zhan Yudong wondered, Is he complimenting me? Why does it feel so weird?
Still, he couldn't help leaning closer, holding his breath as he waited.
Xi Mingguang looked at him in surprise. “...I meant this free-range chicken is really tender. What's your problem?”
...So Hong Kongers really didn't give compliments like that.
Zhan Yudong felt foolish for getting his hopes up. He was just about to pretend nothing had happened when he saw the young, beautiful movie star's eyes curve into a foxlike smile.
“Want a kiss, ex-boyfriend? How about after I finish eating?”
[Reading Guide]
1. Sharp-tongued nerd top VS flirtatious Hong Kong star bottom, both each other's first and only
2. A road-trip story, from Fujian to Yunnan
3. A story about a man who has lost his sense of taste meeting a gourmet. It's all sweetness from here.
Theme: Food is the first necessity of the people.
