Fen Xiao

Mingze's hand landed on his left thighs and he felt something warm and big like a warm bottle of water. 

Fuck.

He couldn't help but curse under his breath before pulling his hands back to his body. Fen Yichen really let him touch.

"Actually I'm not even sure if this really fits, it's a bit tight on me."

Too much personal information! At the moment Xie Mingze felt like he was oversharing.

It felt hot on his hand like he was scalded. He tried to pull his hand away, but his hand was guided through the whole size. 

Psycho man. "I don't want to know!"

"You should know since you're my boyfriend." 

"FAKE boyfriend." 

He emphasises before flopping down on the bed.

"Pass me the snack, I'll eat it."

***

Finally the semester ended, he was now doing more hours in the shop and the grandpa was always there whenever his shift started. 

By now since the manager also took notice, she started stocking up on tea that the grandpa could drink. Drinking milk tea everyday is not good for your health. 

"Grandpa Xiao, where's your secretary?"

He sipped the cheap tea before placing it down on the table. He was not used to drinking it at first and winced at the taste, muttering something about bringing his own tea leaves and letting Mingze roast it, he insisted that he would still pay, but it was against policies to bring outside food.

Now he is getting used to drinking common tea leaves bought from the supermarket.

"I don't want to see that annoying man. He keeps nagging me, I like hanging out here. You always tell me stories and your brewing skills are good. It makes this cheap tea taste bearable."

"Then Grandpa Xiao, by now I should be your favorite grandson."

The old man laughed at Mingze's cheeky response. He had been coming here so much that Xie Mingze could now joke with him and treat him like his real grandfather. 

"If only all of my grandkids are as cheeky as you little thing."

Xie Mingze laughed along with him and peeled an orange for him before going back to the counter. Originally, he said he was observing the students because he wanted to know what the young people want these days. According to him, his grandson had always been acting as his subordinate and he doesn't like it though it might have something to do with how he raised him.

Originally it felt like he resembled someone, but he put it in the back of his mind as soon as he saw him checking the highschool students. He doesn't know any highschool students after all. 

All of his peers and friends are college students. 

As soon as Mingze went back to the counter to help with the customer's order. Grandpa Xiao started to contemplate life. He had never drank such cheap tea, but here he was always hanging out in this small shop. Nobody would expect him to be here, all those who want to find him would either go to his to go restaurant or the golf club. 

Fen Xiao grabbed on the orange and popped it in his mouth. The sweet and sour flavor is just right for his taste. His grandchildren never bother ask him cutely, they would all be scared shaking in their knees. The only time they would desperately gulp down the fear is when they needed his help. It was also his fault, he was too busy with work even until old age that he was feared even within his own family. 

After his wife died, the loneliness intensified. It was too late when he realized his mistakes.

The small milk tea shop gave him a bit of sunshine. Originally, he wanted to check on his grandson Fen Yichen, he took the what if chance that he would walk down the side and would walk with his friends. Unknown to him, his grandson was already in college taking double major. He would never see him on the sidewalk, always taking a car unless Xie Mingze would want to walk down the busy streets, only then would he see him accompanying Mingze.

His phone rung.

"President, you are needed in the office. I'll be picking you up in a few minutes."

Fen Xiao could only sigh, despite his age he still can't retire. Fen Yichen is a good heir, but he is still not fully accepting the position. He rejected the arrange marriage they prepared for him and is now dating a man. The son of the family's maid, how stupid he had been. It was either he was stupid or he was doing it because he hated the arrange marriage. 

He called Xie Mingze bidding him goodbye and leaving a generous tip for him. "Buy yourself some snacks, I'll be coming back soon."

Xie Mingze bid him goodbye as he watched a black car arrived to pick the old man up. He already knew the man was rich, so it was weird he kept going back to the small shop. He would like to believe him and Grandpa Xiao is getting close. 

"What are you doing standing out here?"

Fen Yichen gently placed the jacket he was wearing on Mingze's shoulders. "It's getting cold, don't keep standing outside the shop. It's warmer inside, let's go."

"I'm watching a regular leave, he is always here ordering and brewing tea. He's a bit old, but he seemed busy. He also has a secretary, I was thinking that would be what you look like in a few years."

"So that old man looked like me? Then you should stick with me for a long time to know if that is what I would look like if I grew older." 

"I'll stick with you like a bubble gum if that's what you want, as long as you wished for. We've been together since childhood until now, it would be weird without you."

Xie Mingze said hitting Yichen's  back, before going back inside the shop to continue working.