By the time Mo Yi finished all this, he hurriedly sat back down on the bed, picked up the meat buns on the table, and ate them in big bites.
The snow-white, soft outer skin, the fragrant and rich meat juices.
Mo Yi was so moved he almost cried. Hot meat buns really were just too delicious!
Compared with the bakery on the side street, meat buns were usually placed in steamer baskets, and the vendor selling them would keep standing in front of the baskets, so they were not that easy for him to swipe away.
In the past, he could only smell them from far away and be left craving them unbearably. Now, he had finally gotten to eat them!
In just a few bites, he finished one big meat bun, then picked up the golden fried youtiao.
The outer layer was crisp, the inside soft and springy, fried food always brought a sense of satisfaction, it was a taste he had never tried before.
Then he took a bite of fried mianyu, the mianyu was coated with a thick layer of frosting on the outside, crisp and sweet, and Mo Yi thought it tasted even better than youtiao.
There were also the glutinous fried gao with a dense red bean filling inside, the pickled tea eggs, the sweet and tasty soy milk, and the braised pidan shourou congee cooked until soft and mushy.
Mo Yi was eating with great enthusiasm, and even Bai Ren, just by looking at him, felt his appetite increase quite a bit.
He had never been enthusiastic about food, and did not eat much of anything. In fact, for a very long stretch of time in the past, he had thought eating was a troublesome waste of time.
Taking in food was nothing more than maintaining life.
But now, looking at the way this boy in front of him was eating heartily, as if eating were such a happy thing, he also unconsciously picked up a sandwich and took a bite.
By rights, the taste was only middling, clearly not as good as those famous restaurants he had been to in the past.
Yet watching Mo Yi eat so happily, Bai Ren actually felt that the food in his hand tasted much better.
Mo Yi wanted to try everything, so the things he bought were very varied. He was very happy eating everything else, only when it came time to eat cheung fun did he run into trouble.
The cheung fun skin looked white and smooth, with plenty of filling inside, and thick sauce poured over the outside, looking very delicious.
Mo Yi wanted to pick it up and eat it like the other foods, but just as he reached out to take a piece, he failed to control his strength, and the cheung fun was crushed apart in his hand.
Seeing the cheung fun fall apart and become so ruined in his hand, Mo Yi sneaked a guilty glance at Bai Ren across from him.
The other man was still eating the sandwich in his hand slowly and unhurriedly, his movements indescribably elegant, as if he had not noticed him at all.
Even though they were both eating breakfast, Mo Yi could not explain why, but he just felt that the way the man ate was really good-looking, and for the first time he felt ashamed of himself.
Seeing that he had turned the originally good-looking food into a mess, he was a little afraid to continue.
But the smell of this cheung fun was too fragrant, he still really wanted to taste it!
Carefully, he reached out again. This time he finally managed to pick up a piece, but who knew if bad luck was at work, a section actually broke off halfway through and fell onto the table.
Pa da.
The cheung fun slapped onto the table, and the sauce splashed onto the back of Bai Ren’s hand.
The accident came too suddenly, and Mo Yi’s heart jolted as he gave Bai Ren an awkward smile.
If it had been usual and he had run into this kind of situation, Bai Ren would definitely have turned cold.
No, he probably would not have tolerated other people eating so clumsily in front of him.
But now, looking at the boy in front of him with those wide eyes and that face full of helplessness, he only found it interesting.
The other party’s movements were very rough, as if he had never been properly taught, eating with his hands all the time.
This habit was not very good, but placed on Mo Yi, Bai Ren did not find it annoying.
Perhaps it was because this child looked too good, perhaps because he liked seeing him so full of life.
So seeing this kind of Mo Yi, Bai Ren was not only not angry, he even felt like laughing for no reason, so he reminded him, “Why do you keep using your hands? This thing is hard to pick up with your hands. Aren’t there disposable chopsticks and spoons? Eating with utensils should be better.”
When Mo Yi heard Bai Ren’s words, he felt that this person was really gentle, and only then did he realize that humans generally used utensils when eating.
He gave two awkward laughs. He had just been watching Bai Ren eat the sandwich with his hands and not using utensils, so he had not even noticed.
It was just that although he had seen these utensils being used by others, he had never used them himself, and before, the things those people gave him to eat had also all been eaten with his hands.
So, a pair of ordinary chopsticks became two wooden sticks that did not listen to him once they were in his hands.
Mo Yi tried to deftly pick up the food, but it only seemed to make the cheung fun even more broken.
Somewhat annoyed, he put down the chopsticks and reached for the spoon on the side, but the spoon that came with the takeout was small and soft, and it had almost no presence at all when pinched in his hand.
Mo Yi finally managed to scoop up a spoonful of broken cheung fun, and looking at the food trembling in the spoon, he even felt afraid. It seemed that in the next second, this spoonful of cheung fun would fall onto the table again.
In a flash of inspiration, Mo Yi simply leaned his head over and bit down on the spoon, finally getting the cheung fun into his mouth.
He smacked his lips, and Mo Yi felt that the taste was not bad. It was just that the spoon was too small, and his bite was pitifully little.
Just as he stretched out the spoon and was planning to have another spoonful of cheung fun, a burst of laughter suddenly erupted beside him.
A little dazed, Mo Yi turned his head and saw that Bai Ren, whose expression had always been very calm, was actually covering his forehead with one hand and laughing uncontrollably.
That open and happy expression on his face was something he had never seen on the other man before.
Mo Yi did not understand why the man opposite was laughing, but seeing him laugh so happily, he himself felt very happy too. In the end, he even foolishly laughed along with him.
After quite a while, Bai Ren’s laughter finally stopped.
He looked up and saw the boy opposite smiling brightly at him, still holding a little plastic spoon in his hand, the corners of his mouth full of sauce, a silly little expression on his face.
His mouth twitched a few times, and he could not help wanting to laugh again.
This little fool!
He clicked his tongue inwardly, not remembering how long it had been since he had laughed like this.
The boy opposite him seemed very magical, as if whenever he was around, his mood was always very good.
No, not just good. He even produced a strange kind of excitement. Very bizarre, but he completely did not want to refuse it.
If this really was not someone deliberately sent to get close to him, and was just a simple little thing wandering outside, raising him as a pet did not seem bad either.
A pet…
In an instant, it felt as if a new world had been opened up. Bai Ren looked at Mo Yi, scanning him inch by inch.
For him, life was too boring, everything around him was so dull, so he had never let go of anything that interested him. Even if the time those things could keep him interested was always miserably short.
He motioned to Mo Yi, and seeing the other party obediently come closer, the smile on his face deepened a little.
He picked up a tissue from the table, carefully wiped the sauce off the other’s face, and the man leaned close to his ear and said softly, “How can you not even use chopsticks and a spoon properly, hmm?”
Bai Ren’s tone was lingering, and his distance was very close, the warm breath spraying against Mo Yi’s ear, making it itch.
The boy subconsciously scratched his ear, looked blankly at Bai Ren, and still honestly nodded.
He really was not very good at using utensils. Even if he tried to fake it, he could not do it well, and it was obvious he would be seen through, so he might as well admit it directly.
Bai Ren accepted this answer very well, and with his mindset changed, his attitude toward Mo Yi naturally changed as well. So the man directly picked up that box of cheung fun,夹起了一块喂到了他的嘴边.
Mo Yi stared blankly at the cheung fun in front of him, and for a moment he still had not reacted.
The man’s chopstick skills were excellent, and clearly the cheung fun, which was extremely easy to soften and fall apart, was picked up by him still intact and beautiful, a whole piece right in front of him, looking extremely tempting.
Even though he had never been fed like this by anyone before, Mo Yi could still understand Bai Ren’s intent, and excitement rose in his heart.
He still did not understand emotions like shyness, and opened his mouth expectantly, taking one big “ah-wu” bite and swallowing that large piece of cheung fun into his mouth.
Bai Ren watched the boy’s cheeks get stuffed full by the food, his face full of happiness, and really wanted to poke that puffed-up cheek.
Too interesting!
Perhaps even a deliberate approach to him was acceptable, at worst he would cut off the retreat and keep him in captivity.
Bai Ren’s thoughts were dark, but on the surface he became even gentler.
Only after Mo Yi swallowed the cheung fun did he remember the man’s injury, and he frowned as he asked, “You don’t need to worry about me, just eat by yourself, you’re still hurt.”
“It’s my leg that’s hurt, not my hand, and besides, it doesn’t hurt much anymore.” Bai Ren did not care.
As if!
Mo Yi complained inwardly, but seeing that the man really did seem very leisurely, in the end he could not resist the temptation of the food.
Just like that, Bai Ren fed almost the entire box of cheung fun to Mo Yi, one bite after another.
Only when there were two pieces left did Mo Yi stop the man’s chopsticks, and scratched his head a little embarrassedly. “Don’t just keep feeding me, look, there are only two pieces left in the box. Hurry up and taste them, these things really are very good!”
Bai Ren complied and nodded, taking a bite and putting it into his mouth.
The cheung fun was smooth and tender, the shrimp inside had a fresh and delicious taste, and the proportion of sauce was also very good. Such food was full of everyday warmth, and actually made him feel it was even more delicious than those expensive banquet dishes.
Only after he swallowed the food did he realize that he had actually used the same pair of chopsticks as the boy.
He had never shared utensils with anyone, nor eaten anything someone else had bitten. This counted as one of his habits, he did not like his own things to be stained with other people’s scent.
But after realizing that he had shared chopsticks with Mo Yi, he oddly did not have any feeling of resistance.
Very quickly, Bai Ren figured it out. His own little pet, of course he should spoil, so sharing utensils did not seem to be anything.
There was still quite a lot of food left on the table, and for the ones that needed chopsticks, Bai Ren very thoughtfully picked them up and fed them to Mo Yi by hand.
He thought to himself that feeding someone really was a happy thing.