Broken-Winged Angel [18+]

BROKEN-WINGED ANGEL: CHAPTER 43

After spending a delightful weekend in Jiayi, we returned to Taipei. In the end, my mom never agreed to having the twins and I get engaged, mostly because they had not graduated from university yet. The twins did not insist any further either, and I left feeling like I had just barely escaped by the skin of my teeth.

On Monday I punctually went to campus for school, and as soon as I walked into class, the first thing I saw was Yan Shui Lin listlessly and gloomily sprawled out across her desk. As soon she saw me, her energy speedily rebounded in recovery and she darted over to me with a bright smile on her face. She was holding a meticulously handmade bento box in her hands. I had no idea why she wanted to be my friend so much and why she hovered around me constantly.

"Hiyo, Qing Xia, how come you're so late? I waited for you for like ages! I brought some tasty pastries for breakfast and thought we could eat it together," she enthusiastically said to me.

"I ate breakfast already," I denied her request indifferently.

Hearing my response, disappointment floated up her beautiful face.

Honestly, I didn't really dislike her. There wasn't anybody who could hate such a straightforward, affable, and absolutely beautiful girl like her. However, sometimes I got the sense that her feelings about me weren't so pure. Sometimes the look in her eyes when she watched me seemed to hide something that wasn't just mere friendship.

Her disappointed look made me feel slightly uncomfortable. Perhaps I was overthinking it. Maybe she just really wanted to find a legitimate friend. I knew at this point that within upper class society, there weren't such things like sincere affection, love, or friendship.

"Well I might still be a little hungry, so can I try a little of the pastries?"

"Of course. Which one do you like? I brought seven different kinds of pastries. These ones are sweet, and those ones are salty." Hearing my words, the smile once again returned to her face. She excitedly opened the bento box and started to show off some exquisite and mouth-watering pastries.

I picked up a rose-shaped yellow pastry from the wide selection and delicately placed it inside my mouth. A sweet and silky soft flavor immediately spread throughout my mouth. This pastry was amazingly good!

"It's really good and it melts in my mouth. Where did you buy it?" The taste of the delicious food made me almost close my eyes in intoxication. I decided that once I got home, I'd tell Mama Yu, and then we could buy this kind in the future.

"It's not store-bought, it's homemade." She picked up a red pastry with a sparkling smile on her face as she offered it to me to try.

"Really? The cook at your home has really great hands." I exclaimed in admiration while I continued to eat. I was a little envious. Mama Yu's cooking was indeed very good, but she wasn't an expert at making sweets. Furthermore, both Mama Yu and the twins didn't like tarty or sugary snacks. Even though my own cooking skills weren't bad, I wasn't any good at making elegant pastries. Furthermore, the sweets you could buy outside weren't even as good as this.

"It wasn't the cook who made them either. I made them myself." Yan Shui Lin munched on the snacks as she corrected my statement.

I looked at her in shock. She made these these delicious and exquisite little pastries? That was practically unbelievable. Who could have imagined that a rich girl who looked so carefree and tomboyish as her could unexpectedly make such delectable things with her own hands?

"Wow! Your skills are incredible! Please teach me!" I pulled on her sleeves in excitement. I absolutely had to learn how to make such tasty sweets. Perhaps one day I'd even be able to open up a confectionary shop to support myself.