ATMAWTPM Chapter 39

Chapter 39: Extra

On his birthday, Ye Tingtong repurposed the discarded cake base from the kitchen and surprisingly managed to create several decent desserts.

Although he still couldn’t quite master the sweetness and styling, he still earned Shen Jun’s praise, this time an 8.5 out of 10.

With Shen Jun’s affirmation, Ye Tingtong became increasingly confident, often making desserts, and his skills improved visibly.

One Saturday, Ye Tingtong went to pick up Shen Jun from his overtime work, bringing the tiramisu he had spent the entire afternoon working on. When he arrived at the office, he found Yu Mo was also there.

He let Yu Mo try a bite of his small cake. Yu Mo initially looked like he was about to be poisoned, but after tasting it, he said in surprise, “Did you really make this?”

Aside from being a bit ugly, there wasn’t much wrong with it.

Ye Tingtong looked proud, “Of course. I’ll let you know when I open my shop.”

He felt he genuinely had the potential.

Taking advantage of Ye Tingtong not paying attention, Yu Mo took another bite and mumbled, “Then next time, could you not make chocolate flavor? I like matcha.”

“No,” Ye Tingtong refused without hesitation. “I have to perfect the flavors that Shen Jun likes first.”

Shen Jun wasn’t really interested in desserts, only chocolate was somewhat acceptable to him.

Yu Mo clicked his tongue, “This kid’s taste is so random. Wasn’t it just a piece of chocolate he got once? He still remembers it.”

Ye Tingtong asked, “What do you mean?”

Yu Mo was about to speak when Shen Jun returned. He shrugged, “Ask him yourself.”

Ye Tingtong was just about to speak when he looked at Shen Jun’s eyes, as cold as a deep pool. Remembering something, he suddenly froze.

After Yu Mo left, the office door closed. Having just finished an emergency meeting, Shen Jun’s face still carried some coldness. However, the first thing he did was hug Ye Tingtong, resting his chin on Ye Tingtong’s shoulder, his voice a little tired and lazy, “What were you talking about?”

Ye Tingtong didn’t answer. Instead, he pulled the other man to sit on the sofa, “Are you tired? Let me give you a massage.”

Because a project had a temporary issue, the entire project team was working overtime, and Shen Jun was no exception. He had been in meetings all day. No matter how capable he was, he couldn’t help but be exhausted.

Putting his index fingers to his temples, Ye Tingtong watched the person on the sofa relax bit by bit. He thought for a while, then asked, “Did the Shen family have any connections with the Ye family before?”

Shen Jun still had his eyes closed, “My dad wanted to expand his territory before, so he had some dealings with Ye Chengliang.”

Ye Tingtong’s massaging movements paused, “Then, five years ago in the winter, did you go to the Ye family?”

He suddenly felt a slight similarity in the eyes and eyebrows.

Shen Jun slowly opened his eyes, clearly seeing the apprehension in Ye Tingtong’s eyes, “Why are you suddenly asking this?”

Ye Tingtong pursed his lips, “Yu Mo told me that you were given chocolate before.”

This was originally a very common thing. Shen Jun was excellent, and it was normal for people to use chocolate to curry favor with him. However, the tone of Yu Mo’s mention of this matter was obviously not that simple.

And coincidentally, he had also shared chocolate with someone, just that one time.

Shen Jun looked at him for a long while, then reached out and grasped Ye Tingtong’s hand that was on his temple, “I know what you want to say.”

“That person was me.”

Ye Tingtong opened his mouth, but didn’t speak. He couldn’t describe what he was feeling. He only felt that fate was quite wonderful.

That winter, his mother had died of illness. He sold the appliances he could freely dispose of in the rental house, chose a remote grave for his mother, and with the remaining coins, took a bus to the address his mother had told him before her death.

It was very cold that day, and it was snowing. The bus stop was a bit far from the Ye family, and Ye Tingtong walked for more than an hour in the snow. When he saw the magnificent gate of the Ye family, the excitement in his heart instantly washed away the exhaustion of his body.

He hadn’t expected that he was the child of such a wealthy family.

However, after standing for two hours and waving at the passing cars without anyone paying attention, that excitement turned into despair.

He had used his loudest voice, shamelessly shouting his identity. The security guards who were originally going to drive him away seemed to be used to it, and they didn’t drive him away, but they didn’t help him either.

At that time, every time a car passed by, he would pull down his hat, exposing his face to the cold wind, trying to let those people see the face that resembled the Ye family’s.

But no one cared.

He was tired and hungry, his hands and feet were frozen numb in the snow, and he could only walk back and forth to try and keep warm.

Fortunately, he picked up a well-packaged piece of chocolate on the ground. However, he had only eaten the gold-wrapped coin-shaped chocolates during the New Year, and he couldn’t understand the English on the wrapper. After opening it, he didn’t dare to eat it.

At this time, a young man came out of the Ye family’s gate, standing outside waiting for something just like him.

After hesitating for a moment, Ye Tingtong walked up and broke the chocolate in half, sharing half with the other person, asking softly, “Do you want to eat it?”

He only remembered that the other person had glanced at him, seemingly observing him. Just when he thought the other person would reject his food, the person ate it.

Thinking back to that time, Ye Tingtong felt a little guilty, “Actually, I didn’t know if that was real chocolate, I was afraid it was poisonous, that’s why I gave it to you.”

His honest words made Shen Jun rub his temple helplessly, “I really didn’t expect that.”

At that time, he had gone out with his father to discuss business. His father was exchanging pleasantries with Ye Chengliang at the gate. At that time, he wasn’t as experienced, and the sudden change of plans had delayed his lunch, causing him some stomach pain, so he came out to wait.

It was at this time that Ye Tingtong handed him half a piece of chocolate.

When the conversation was over, he looked at the fake smile on Ye Chengliang’s face, and casually mentioned, “There’s someone from the Ye family outside, do they not have a key? You guys should let them in.”

Of course, the key was just an excuse he had made up. What he needed was to state his opinion.

Sure enough, afterward he sat in his father’s car, and through the car window, he saw Ye Tingtong being taken into the Ye family.

Ye Tingtong laughed and sat next to Shen Jun, “I was so hungry and dizzy at the time, I didn’t even see what you looked like clearly, but you definitely saw me. Did you recognize me from the beginning?”

Shen Jun didn’t deny it, “You’re easy to recognize.”

A pitiful boy standing alone in the snow with thin clothes, messy hair, a hoarse voice, but clean and bright eyes, brighter than the snow.

Ye Tingtong looked amazed, “Wow, should I have gone up and hugged your thigh back then?”

Shen Jun turned his head to look at him, “What do you think?”

“I think you would have kicked me away,” Ye Tingtong answered himself. “You didn’t even say a word to me back then.”

Shen Jun looked at the person who was being affectionate towards him, and let out a helpless laugh.

If the beautiful boy in the snow had asked him for help—

He seemed,

He still wouldn’t be able to refuse.