Chance Encounters-An Eternal Love of Dreams Fan Fiction

Chapter One - The First Meeting

"What are you doing? Why are you touching my fish?" Bai Feng Jiu was slowly adding some more of the plum sauce to adjust the taste of it on a dish of sweet and sour fish that she found newly cooked on the kitchen table when she heard the voice behind her. 

"Oh, did you cook this? Sorry, I couldn't resist tasting it and although the fish was fried to perfection, the sauce could use some..." her words stopped in mid flow as she had now fully turned around and saw who was behind her. Donghua Dijun, the Supreme God of the Universe, the former Emperor of the Universe, the Master of Tai Chen Palace was standing in front of her, his face inscrutable, staring at her.  She looked behind her hoping against hope that he was talking to someone else but they were the only ones in the kitchen as it was mid afternoon and everyone was resting outside for a few minutes before afternoon shift started.  She had seen the fish on the table and assumed that it had been prepared by one of the cooks.  They frequently left a dish they wanted her to taste out on the table knowing that she frequently came into the kitchen at this time of the afternoon when no one was around.  Master Shi Ran, the head chef in the Palace, had given her special permission to be there realizing how good she was at cooking to allow her to experiment with the different ingredients available in the Palace kitchen.  Feng Jiu loved this time of the day and did not expect anyone else to be there, much less the Master of the Palace.

"What about the sauce?" Donghua asked coldly, one eyebrow raised as if in challenge. He had been bored that afternoon and finding he had time on his hands decided to cook in the kitchen as cooking was one of his forms of relaxation.  However, he couldn't believe the audacity of this servant in touching the food that he had cooked and prepared himself.  Granted, she probably didn't know it was him who had cooked the fish but still to touch a dish cooked by someone else?  

"Xiao Jiu greets Donghua Dijun." Feng Jiu said flustered, staring at him momentarily This was the first time that she had seen the Deity up close, well aside from the time that he had saved her from the mountain beast but even then she barely saw him as he disappeared before she could even talk to him and give her thanks. The pictures in the history books did not do him justice for he was the most magnificent looking man she had seen in her life, his white hair framing a youthful chiseled face that belied his age.   How can one man be this handsome?  She thought to herself.  As his dark eyes slowly met hers, further mesmerizing her, Feng Jiu continued to stare at him unable to look away. As the silence stretched on, Feng Jiu suddenly realized how rude she was for blatantly staring and quickly lowered her gaze to the floor. The God stayed silent and Feng Jiu, who could never sit still if her life depended on it, slowly raised her head to sneak a glance at him.

"The sauce... What was wrong with it?" Donghua finally repeated realizing that the Fairy was probably too scared to answer him judging by the way she was sneaking glances at him now after having stared at him in shock a few moments before. After cooking his signature sweet and sour fish, he had just gone out to get some herbs to garnish it when he saw this fairy maid near his fish putting something on it.  She had tasted in without permission and to further add insult to injury, had decided to adjust its taste without a by your leave from the person who had cooked it.

"Ummm, there's nothing wrong with it Dijun. After all, if it was cooked by your Majesty's hand, it must be perfection itself." Feng Jiu said, as respectfully as she could, all the while chewing on her lower lip. She wanted to smack her head. Why, oh, why, did she have to touch that particular fish. Fourth uncle was correct, she was a busybody, frequently sticking her nose in where it doesn't belong.  She mentally noted that from now on, she would listen to him.

"Oh? Then why were you adding something to it if it was so perfect?" Donghua asked again. Normally, he would have just ignored the fairy since he never spoke to any of them and threw the fish away but for some reason, he found himself wanting to hear what she had to say. I must be really bored. He thought to himself as he patiently waited for her to reply.