Crashing Into You

"Yes dad and he is quite a sensible person" Song Dei Si agreed.

"I"m hungry. Aren"t we going to order our foods now.?" Yan Mor Tee said trying to divert the topic. 

"Have you chosen the food what do you want to eat?" Song Dei Si asked because Yan 

"My order will be the same as yours!" Yan Mor Tee told her. He did not bother to look at the menu.

Song Dei Si hissed. Their taste in foods were quite different and from the opposite poles. She loves something salty while Yan Mor Ter loves something sweets. "I"ll choose for your food if you"re too lazy to do it!" She snorted. 

Yan Mor Tee smiled. He was quite confident that Song Dei Si would pick the food according to his taste. 

"XiaoYi, kindly pick a food for me too." Master Yan told Madam Yan because he was envious that Song Dei Si will be doing it for his son.

Madam Yan raised her eyebrows. This old man always loves to compete with his own son. She browsed the menu and chose the food that his husband would love to eat.

Song Dei Si picked the food for her and Yan Mor Tee too. 

The two Yan men were quite satisfied when their foods arrived. Their wives really knew them too well.

"Woah! This one"s good!" Said Master Yan on his angus beef steak. "Can you please cook this for me at home, XiaoYi?" He was acting coquettisly with his wife. 

"I am not good in cooking, why don"t you ask your daughter-in-law?" Madam Yan scoffed. 

Song Dei Si smiled. "Okay, Dad I will cook this for you this coming weekend but I cannot promise that it will be as good as their steak since I am just learning how to make my steak perfect."

"I have confidence that you can do it." Master Yan said.

Yan Mor Tee was also satisfied on his spice-rubbed pork medallion with peach salsa. "Can you do this for me on weekend too?" He acted coquettishly on her too.

Madam Yan and Song Dei Si looked at each other and could not help but sigh. Like father. Like son. 

Madam Yan sipped a cold juice then continue munching her food. 

Song Dei Si smiled as she looked at them. They were all happily eating and enjoying the foods. 

.....

Tan Ja Nin just had her dinner too with the advertising agency executive and they have discussed the story board and the shooting location of her first commercial. She was with Manager Mo. 

"I can drop you off to your apartment tonight!" Said Manager Mo after their dinner. 

"My apartment is out of the way so I just take a cab." Said Tan Ja Nin.

Manager Mo said. "Okay, I take my leave first!" 

Tan Ja Nin nodded and looked at her retreating figure. 

As she wait for her a cab, a red bentley suddently stopped in front of her. 

The car window opens and she saw Lee Jin Ho at the driver seat. "Hop in." 

Tan Ja Nin was surprised because she didn"t expect that Lee Jin Ho will suddenly appear in front of her. She opened the door and hopped in. 

"I have a dinner with client near this area and saw you standing here. Why didn"t you ask Manager Mo to send you home?" Lee Jin Ho asked as he started driving.

"It"s out of the way." she said

"But it"s not safe to commute. If Manager Mo cannot send you home you can send me a message so I can send you home instead."

"It will be trouble-some for you." 

"I"m your boyfriend and it"s my obligation to keep you safe at all times. I won"t mind if I need to drive a thousand miles just to ensure your safety." 

Tan Ja Nin was so touched that she couldn"t help but gave him a kiss on the cheek.

Lee Jin Ho smiled "Naughty girl!"

.....

Song Dei Si was alighting from her car at the Masters of Cookery School parking lot when someone called her name.

"Song Dei Si!"

She looked at the direction where the voice came from and saw Master Chef Li who also just alighted from his car.  

She smiled at him. "Good morning, Master Chef Li!"

"Good Morning! Did you enjoy the dinner last night?" He asked while they were walking together going to the Building entrance. 

"Yes. My in-laws enjoyed the food. My husband enjoyed his food too"

"That"s good to know. How about you, did you enjoy it?"

"Yes of course. That wasn"t the first time that I dined into your restaurant and I always had a good dining experience."

"Really?" Master Chef Li was elated to hear that. 

"Uhm. I didn"t expect that you own the place" 

Master Chef Li smiled at her. "That is just one of my restaurants."

"I"m so impressed that aside from managing this cooking school, you still have time managing your restaurant business. You are good with time management."

"Not really. If I am, my girlfriend would not complain that I don"t have time for her." Said Master Chef Li and gave her a soft laugh. 

"That"s sad. You should always find time for your girlfriend." 

"I know. How about you? What else do you do aside from attending my cla.s.s?"

"I am working part-time at my mother-in-law"s office." 

"I see.."

They stopped their little conversation when they reached the activity room. 

.....

"Do you have a number of Chun Ji?" Song Dei Si asked her group mates when Chun Ji and Choi Mira hasn"t arrived yet and the cla.s.s was about to start.

Mo Baicheng and Lin Goren shook their heads. 

"How about Choi Mira"s number?" 

The two shook their heads again. 

"What happen to them? They supposed to be here now." She said and she has started to worry. 

"They must be on their way now." Mo Baicheng said. He was also worried because if they did not arrive on time, it will delay their activity.

"Okay, let"s just do the other dishes first to save time"

Mo Baicheng and Lin Goren nodded. They have started to prepare the ingredients for their desserts and appetizers. She also started to do the soup and the salad course. 

.....

Chun Ji was about to lose his patience on Choi Mira. They were already late on their cooking cla.s.s but this la.s.s doesn"t have the sense of time and was walking at the market like she was having a fas.h.i.+on show. 

"Chun Ji can you slow down a bit. I couldn"t keep up with you." Said Choi Mira.

"Can you please move quickly instead?"Chun Ji said with irritation on his voice. "We"re already late!" 

They were on the way to the parking lot. Chun Ji looked at Choi Mira and she was like a 20 meters behind from him. 

He took a deep breath and turn back to her.

"Hold this.!" He drastically gave the plastic bag with the variety of meats inside to Choi Mira and suddenly carried her all the way to the parking lot. 

Choi Mira was stunned. 

She has gathered her senses back when Chun Ji deliberately put her at the pa.s.senger seat. He took the plastic bag from her and placed it on the trunk. He silently sat at the driver seat and drove furiously. 

They arrived at the Masters of Cookery School before 10 in the morning. They were already late for almost two hours. Song Dei Si approached them "We have already prepared the ingredients needed for all of our dishes so all we need to do is to prepare the meat."

"I"m sorry Dei Si!" Chun Ji made an apology. 

"No! It was my fault" said Choi Mira with her apologetic face. She was chided by Chun Ji while they were on the way to the school. 

Chun Ji was quite stunned because he didn"t expect that Choi Mira would admit her mistakes. 

Song Dei Si nodded "Let just do the best we can to finish all the dishes on time."

Choi Mira and Chun Ji nodded. Mo Baicheng and Lin Goren moved quickly and took out the meats from the plastic bag. 

Choi Mira was so embarrased and was so grateful that Song Dei Si, Mo Baicheng and Lin Goren did not chide her like Chun Ji does. 

She tried to move quickly too and promised herself not to be the cause of the delay again. 

Group A took a sigh of relief when they were able to finish cooking all the dishes on time. If it wasn"t for Song Dei Si"s guidance to start preparing the ingredients needed while they were waiting for Choi Mira and Chun Ji to save time, they were not be able to finish on time. The strategic method that Song Dei Si suggested has helped the group overcome the unforseen event. Her expertise to work under pressure has earned respect from her groupmates.