Baguettes and Macarons

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Fortunately, Yu Chen really didn't seem to take the predicament just now to his heart. Shi Shiran came to the restaurant on time at eight o'clock, dressed even more in the daytime, and even put on a suit jacket, as if he was going to dine with his girlfriend at a Michelin restaurant Like a candlelight dinner.

Louis just brought the exclusive Provence fried sea bass to the table, took off his apron, washed his hands and sat down at the table.Yu Chen observed his series of actions from the opposite side, and suddenly said: "I found that your hands are always washed very clean."

"Of course the baker's hands must be clean, it will affect the quality of the bread."

Yu Chen didn't speak any more, and concentrated on dismembering the perch with a knife and fork.Louis picked up the knife and put it down again, and said to himself, "I don't mean anything, just whistling casually when I see a beautiful person. You're still pretty with a pretty face, and your waist is also very thin."

Yu Chen also put down the tableware: "Can you stop sexually harassing me?"

Louis let out an "oh", picked up the boiled potatoes with a fork and started to chew.Yu Chen sighed, and asked: "Did you encounter something unhappy today that made you so abnormal? Is it because I made an inappropriate joke in the morning? If it's because of me, I apologize."

Louis quickly remembered that he called himself a baguette, but couldn't get angry, and took another bite of the potato: "It has nothing to do with you."

"Really?" Yu Chen half-believingly said, "But you are especially targeting me today? If you have any dissatisfaction, please speak up. I don't think expressing dissatisfaction in a roundabout way is a good way to resolve conflicts."

After Louis finished eating the potatoes, he stuffed the cucumbers and carrots into his mouth like a storm, and muttered, "Don't ask, I don't know either. Anyway, I get angry when I see you."

"This problem sounds serious." Yu Chen sat upright, "I'm very disturbed if you don't speak clearly."

Louis thought for a while, made up his mind, and asked, "Then I'll be straightforward. Is it because of your profession that you are so polite and enthusiastic to everyone?"

Yu Chen was startled: "Profession is part of the reason, and the other is that my parents taught me to treat people politely and handle interpersonal relationships well. I'm used to this."

"That is to say, although you greet people with a smile, you don't necessarily think so in your heart, right?" Louis asked in a deep voice, "Then when I speak badly to you, if you smile on your face, do you also think so in your heart?" Hate me? When I think about it, your politeness seems hypocritical."

Yu Chen said in surprise: "I think you are very honest, you actually told me."

"Didn't you tell me to say it straight!"

Yu Chen raised a hand to interrupt his argument: "That's right, every time you bully me, although I smile at you, I have already beaten you to death ten thousand times in my heart - so, are you satisfied? ?”

"really--"

"But I don't think you are annoying." Yu Chen continued, "Although your attitude towards me is a bit sharp, you have never done anything bad, and I have no reason to hate you. After all, you are just careless in interpersonal communication , don’t think before speaking, although I’m not used to it, I won’t hate you for it. If I hate a person because of such a trivial matter, wouldn’t I hate this and that all day long, and live in negative emotions all the time?”

He picked up the soda water and took a sip, then added in a low voice: "Then I would have pissed myself off."

Louis asked suspiciously: "Are you sure this is your truth? But today during the day, someone said that I hate it."

Yu Chen showed a clear smile: "Maybe someone will misunderstand you because of your way of handling things, but I will never. Because my job is to understand the beauty of a person, and then show his beauty to those who don't understand him." I know your care and enthusiasm better than anyone else—from your snacks."

He reached out to shake hands, and Louis felt uncomfortable all over, so he slapped his hand: "Even if you praise me so much, I won't waive your rent."

Yu Chen's smile gradually froze: "I think it will be better if you are willing to improve the way you speak."

Louis poured the Dijon sauce from the bowl on the sea bass, and cut off a piece with a knife: "Hurry up and eat the fish, I think I made a very good sauce tonight."

Yu Chen's feelings were still hanging in the air, he withdrew his hand helplessly, and said softly: "When you are willing to shake my hand, you can come to me again."

Louis ignored him, packed up his tableware, sat in front of him and stared at him while eating, and kept urging: "Hurry up, there are still desserts."

Yu Chen had no choice but to speed up his meal as much as possible. After finishing the sea bass, he left the boiled carrots, asparagus, and cucumbers intact on the plate.Louis dissatisfied: "Why didn't I find out that you are a picky eater before?"

"It's not a picky eater, the portion is too big, I can't eat it anymore." Yu Chen clasped his hands together, "So I had to finish the most troublesome main dish gratefully. Thank you!"

"For the sake of your sincerity, let me forgive you." Louis snorted from his nostrils, and finally served the jelly on the table as he wished, "Check it out, how does it taste?"

After an afternoon of cooling, the sweet jelly has condensed into a white and crystal-clear solid, and the pickled red jam is spread on it, which is bright and dripping.Yu Chen scooped up a little with a teaspoon, put it in his mouth, and then narrowed his eyes.

"How about it?"

Yu Chen said sincerely: "It's delicious, I can't think of any other adjectives."

Louis laughed: "That's good." He looked sideways at Yu Chen's expression, and suddenly believed that the words of praise he said before were all true.

At least the current expression should not be fake.

Louis suddenly said, "Thank you."

Yu Chen: "??? When did you become so polite?"

Louis pinched his cheek, heard him cry out in pain, and grinned viciously: "Thank you for this face, which meets my aesthetic needs."

Yu Chen rolled his eyes back after a long time, and finished eating the jelly before putting down the teaspoon, and said seriously: "Thank you for your hospitality, now let's settle today's dim sum. Five croissants plus jelly..."

"It's not considered money today, it's from the landlord."

Yu Chen said: "This is not good, after all, it is a commodity that you use to make money, so I'd better pay."

Louis slapped the table and stood up: "If you say it's free, it's free. Don't be silly, can you? It's rare for me to be so generous today. Just a few words of thanks are enough."

"Then...thank you."

Louis snatched the empty dinner plate and put it into the dishwasher: "It's not too bad."

Yu Chen chuckled and said, "Then I want to entrust you with an order tomorrow, can you take it?"

"what?"

"Tomorrow, Mrs. Alley and her other female companion want to come to my store to match their outfits for the birthday party. I would like to order an exquisite afternoon tea from you to entertain them."

"What snack do you want?"

Yu Chen nodded his lips subconsciously: "These two ladies are not low-income, and their taste is not bad. Of course, the more high-end and exquisite the dim sum, the better. I hope you will use your full strength to make them want to go after a bite." Buy it in your store."

"Are you advertising for me?"

Yu Chen smiled and said: "Don't say it so bluntly, I just want to share happiness with customers. If you find something good, you shouldn't keep it private, right?"

Louis turned his back to him and operated the dishwasher: "Let's just say, I don't need your sympathy."

"It's not sympathy, it's gratitude."

Louis snorted and went upstairs: "Go upstairs and say, if you have nothing to do tonight, come and draw up the menu."

Yu Chen sat without moving, and Louis looked at him from the railing of the stairs: "You don't have to be so intimidating, you said it as a joke, I won't do anything to you tonight."

"Ah, I'm not worried about this. It's just that I'm not used to entering other people's bedrooms, and I feel like invading other people's privacy." Yu Chen sighed and stood up.

Louis took out a cigarette from his trouser pocket and put it in his mouth: "Don't worry, I have no privacy."

Having no choice but to accept his suggestion, Yu Chen followed him upstairs into the bedroom with a sad face.He had just passed this hut on his way to and from his house, but it was dimly lit and he could see nothing.Now that Louis turned on the overhead light to clearly illuminate the bedroom furnishings, he lowered his eyes and didn't know where to look.

Louis spread his legs and sat on the bed, making the mattress creak: "Sit whatever you want, you're welcome."

Yu Chen raised his eyes and glanced around roughly. Except for the narrow bed, he didn't see any furniture to sit on, so he had to sit next to him, and said cautiously, "Excuse me."

"Tell me, what do you want? Ke Luli, Opera Craig, Madeleine, or something else?"

Yu Chen was surprised and said, "Would it be too much effort to do these three completely different methods at the same time?"

Louis bit his cigarette filter and said, "I'll go to bed late, get ready and deliver it before four o'clock in the afternoon. Do you want any other snacks?"

"Then add some macarons."

Louis turned his head away: "I don't understand your obsession with macarons at all. Isn't this something girls like?"

"Shouldn't men like what girls like?" Yu Chen shrugged, "It's too troublesome to eat a dessert and be sexist."

Louis spread his legs and squeezed him to the foot of the bed: "But baking macarons is also troublesome, and preserving them is even more troublesome, and this kind of fancy and troublesome things can't fill your stomach."

"But macarons are the dessert that can test the chef's skills the most. Those who can make macarons must be first-class pastry chefs." Yu Chen said word by word, "I want them to know how good your skills are. ——Ms. Alley's female companion, they are working in banquet planning and design, and they need a fixed high-end dessert supplier, do you understand what I mean?"

Louis curled his lips and said, "Let me tell you first, I won't work for other companies."

"If she wants to order, she will come to your store to buy the goods by herself, so treat her as a customer who buys a lot of things, you just need to continue to be yourself." Yu Chen said, "By the way, I You must pay, because this is my own publicity in the future, and I cannot let you spend money."