The Girl's Mung Bean Cake

What kind of image did Lin Tian have while working part-time at the restaurant as a high school student?

Diligent, quiet, dutiful, and never doing anything unnecessary.

Expressionless when there was no work, smiling politely when serving customers.

Like a human NPC.

Though he was very handsome, making the other female employees want to strike up a conversation with him more than once.

Whenever they saw Lin Tian standing there expressionlessly, looking like an NPC who had "seen life and death as trivial, and would throw down at anyone who disagreed," they would hesitate.

Many people could not help but wonder:

Did this guy have autism or something?

Fortunately, Xu Yong was always around him. Aside from making Lin Tian look even more handsome by comparison, his other important role was ensuring people would not think someone like Lin Tian had no friends!

So,

When a girl appeared at the restaurant entrance, poked her head in, and asked for Lin Tian, who worked there.

The coworkers near the entrance were all stunned.

"Could you please call him for me? Thank you very much."

Gan Yan Yu clasped her hands in front of herself, carrying a small bag as she spoke politely.

"Sure, sure!!"

"Please wait a moment!"

Several male coworkers rushed to agree, seemingly hoping to leave a good impression on the girl. In the end, Xu Yong was the one who ran over.

Inside the restaurant, the other female coworkers also noticed the young girl at the entrance.

They could not help sizing her up.

She was so pretty.

With long, straight black hair like a manga heroine's, a delicate little face, a simple black slip dress, and such refined manners, she radiated the classical elegance of a young lady from a distinguished family.

Like a princess from medieval European royalty, she was utterly endearing.

If there was one flaw with that face, it was that it was not on mine.

And a girl like this had come looking for Lin Tian!

A classmate?

His girlfriend?

A terrifying thought appeared in the female coworkers' minds.

Could it be that Lin Tian only seemed incapable of socializing because—none of them were worthy of him socializing with them?!

With a Juliet at home, of course he would not care for weeds.

"Lin Tian, how much money did you spend at that foot-washing parlor? Not only can you cosplay as a student, you can even play offline now?"

As Xu Yong led Lin Tian outside, he kept voicing his curiosity.

Lin Tian stopped walking.

Looking at his innocent-faced best friend, he sighed.

He patted Xu Yong on the shoulder.

"It's fine to fool your bro, but don't end up fooling yourself. I don't mind letting you fool me, bro."

A saying he had learned from Tieba in his previous life effortlessly broke through Xu Yong's defenses at that moment.

He could no longer keep pretending and cried out in grief and indignation:

"Wuwuwu, you little bastard, you really got better!!"

If he had only seen it on a phone before, Xu Yong could still force himself to come up with some explanation to comfort himself.

But now that he had seen the person herself, especially such a beautiful girl—

Xu Yong completely lost it.

Because that foot-washing parlor—

No matter how much money he had spent back then, they had refused to meet offline!!

"I'm going over first. If any customers need something, remember to cover for me."

After saying that to Xu Yong, Lin Tian quickly walked toward the entrance.

When he stepped outside and saw Gan Yan Yu, Lin Tian suddenly had a strange feeling.

They had not seen each other for only half a day, yet it felt like a lifetime had passed.

"What are you doing here?"

"I had nothing better to do."

"You're hungry?"

"I mainly wanted to come see you."

Gan Yan Yu raised her head. Her gaze passed over Lin Tian's shoulder and swept through the restaurant.

"This is where you work?"

If someone else had said "this is where" in that tone, it would probably have meant, "Huh? You actually work in a place like this?"

Lin Tian would most likely have gotten into a fight with them.

But Lin Tian knew Gan Yan Yu had no such malicious intent.

At most, she was simply a little thoughtless when she spoke.

"Yeah."

"Do you cook?"

"I'm a waiter, not a chef."

"Your cooking is so good, but you're not even a chef?"

"I only know how to make egg noodles. I can't compare to professional chefs."

Lin Tian felt that Gan Yan Yu seemed to have developed an unrealistic idea of his abilities because of one bowl of noodles.

Did this girl lack basic common sense?

Gan Yan Yu nodded thoughtfully.

"Then when are we going to eat?"

"Soon. My shift ends at eight thirty. There are only about ten minutes left, then I can leave."

"Okay."

"Mm."

After their brief exchange,

They suddenly fell silent for several seconds.

Gan Yan Yu lowered her head, her eyes seeming to hold an indescribable shyness.

Xu Yong, who had just become free inside the restaurant, glanced over.

He was stunned.

How did these two

manage to look both familiar and unfamiliar with each other?

Was this some new form of interaction in 2024?

"Oh!"

As though she had only just remembered something.

Gan Yan Yu raised her head, took out her bag, and handed it to Lin Tian.

"What's this?"

"I made it for you. Mung bean cake."

"You made it?"

Lin Tian was a little surprised.

He opened the packaging and found a transparent plastic container inside.

Inside the container were neat rows of little yellow squares.

"I didn't have a mold, so I shaped them by hand. They're a little ugly, but the taste should be fine."

Gan Yan Yu spoke seriously.

She was rather confident when it came to desserts.

After saying that, the girl took the container, opened the lid for Lin Tian herself,

Then held the container full of mung bean cake out in front of him.

"Try one first."

Lin Tian raised his hand, but hesitated.

"Do you have gloves?"

They looked a little oily, and he still had to work afterward.

To his surprise, the next second,

The girl in front of him suddenly held out her hand and pinched up a piece of mung bean cake.

Her other hand formed a tray beneath it.

"Ah~"

Gan Yan Yu opened her mouth demonstratively.

Instinctively, Lin Tian obediently opened his mouth.

The girl reached out and placed the entire piece of mung bean cake into Lin Tian's mouth.

When she withdrew her hand, she became a little flustered and accidentally touched Lin Tian's upper teeth.

Was she feeding him?

Lin Tian froze slightly.

He bit into the mung bean cake, and its delicate, fragrant sweetness instantly blossomed in his mouth.

One bite, and it was sweet and fragrant.

Delicious.

He did not know whether the feeding just now had given it some kind of bonus.

This girl really did seem to have a talent for making desserts.

It was just that the piece was too big to eat all at once. Lin Tian kept chewing, and it stuck a little to his teeth.

Still, being fed by an idiot like Gan Yan Yu—

Unexpectedly felt rather nice.

Gan Yan Yu, who had just finished that whole sequence of actions, also seemed to realize something.

For once, she actually turned her face to the side. He did not know whether she was shy.

But after only a moment, she turned back.

"Is it good?"

"Mm-hmm!"

Lin Tian nodded while chewing.

"That's good."

Watching Lin Tian chew away,

Gan Yan Yu felt a sense of satisfaction well up inside her.

Seeing someone enjoy the fruits of her work was truly a happy thing for a dessert lover.

The corners of the girl's lips soon lifted slightly.

Lin Tian quickly caught that fleeting change in expression.

This was the first time he had seen the expression called a "smile" on the girl's face.

Her two biggest emotional fluctuations had both been because of food.

She seemed like a hidden super foodie.

"Want more?" Gan Yan Yu asked.

"Put it away for now. I'll eat more after work."

Lin Tian swallowed the mung bean cake in his mouth and said.

Though he really wanted to be fed once more, if he stayed out here any longer, Xu Yong, who was covering his shift, would start complaining.

Just as he was about to head inside, Lin Tian looked at the girl and felt it would not be right to leave Gan Yan Yu alone, so he said:

"Come in and sit for a while."