Chapter 77: Teacher Xiao Shang, You Wouldn’t Want Others To Know, Right?
Shang Youshu panicked!
She hurriedly tapped the screen with her pale fingers, quickly deleting the six emo posts she had just sent not long ago.
A WeChat message from Chi Ye came in.
AAA Yue Na Imperial Clan: 「I took a screenshot and saved it.」
Human CP Scholar: 「???」
Human CP Scholar: 「What the hell do you want to do?!」
Chi Ye lay sideways on the sofa, thought for a moment, and typed: 「Sister Shang, you don’t want others to know either, right?」
Shang Youshu: “?!”
These familiar lines…
Why do they resemble a certain niche foreign private movie she often watches?
She was both annoyed and shy: 「I won’t compromise with you!」
Chi Ye: “?”
He just wanted to borrow her balance bike for a bit.
Is there any need to break defense like this?
He typed: 「Okay, that’s what you said, see you on hot search.」
Shang Youshu: “!!!”
Damn it!
She wriggled twice like a silkworm chrysalis, rolled off the bed, wanting to rush out and “fight to the death” with Chi Ye right now.
But when she looked down, she saw she was only wearing a small camisole, which was truly unsightly in its trembling state, so she could only huff and flop back onto the bed angrily. After a while, she picked up her mobile phone, thinking to “give in” and swallow this anger for now.
But Chi Ye had already stopped replying.
“Chi Ye! You’re not a good melon!!”
Shang Youshu’s ethereal and graceful little face was full of indignation, her little tiger teeth grinding furiously, making a “clack clack” sound.
At this moment, the “Melon King” filter shattered—he’s not a good melon!!
……
Living room.
Chi Ye thought about what happened earlier and posted on Moments with a sigh, super mean: 【The moon is asleep, the stars are asleep, but my stomach is throwing a “hunger party” in the dead of night, gurgling nonstop.】
Moments immediately got likes from a dozen people—all studio team members.
The only “outsider” Jin Xia commented instantly: 「Teacher Chi, I’m hungry too!『Grievance』」
Chi Ye replied: 「If you’re hungry, eat.」
“Hiss~ Ah, tsk tsk.”
A pained voice came from beside him; Xiang You was rubbing his bright red heel with safflower oil, his face resolute.
Chi Ye glanced at him obliquely: “You really wore high heels all day like that? Even to and from the restaurant?”
Xiang You looked up: “Yeah, what’s wrong?”
“Nothing.” Chi Ye shook his head: “I just feel you’re pretty special.”
“Oh?!” Xiang You’s expression lit up darkly—this was praise again?
Chi Ye: “No masochism.”
Xiang You: “……”
“Hey, Xiao Chi.” Teacher Wen, sitting opposite wearing reading glasses and reading a French newspaper, casually lectured: “Don’t say that about Xiang You. I think this child Xiang You is pretty good.”
“Mom Wen!” Xiang You was moved.
Wen Lijuan said: “Silly and honest-looking, no scheming.”
Xiang You: “……”
Chi Ye agreed with this: “Yeah, Xiang You is indeed a life winner.”
Xiang You looked up again, corners of his mouth twitching upward.
Chi Ye looked at him: “Look at your family—dad is a producer, mom is a rich lady, wife is a big star, and you yourself are human. Tell me, what isn’t that a life winner?”
Xiang You’s mouth gradually grinned open, but he suddenly reacted and got furious: “You say I’m human?!”
Chi Ye was surprised: “Huh? Or what? Aren’t you human?”
Xiang You: “……Chi Ye, I thought we were brothers, but… after you say that, I’m going to be brothers with Jiang Cheng.”
Jiang Cheng, who was fiddling with his mobile phone playing a game nearby: “?!”
“Don’t you dare. Being Jiang Cheng’s brother, aren’t you afraid he’ll marry you for fame?” Chi Ye reminded: “Then his sister-in-law’s You Wu would be stolen— she wouldn’t be happy.”
Jiang and Xiang: “?!!”
Jiang Cheng was furious: “Chi Ye, don’t go too far!”
Soon after they returned to their rooms, the live broadcast ended, but Chi Ye’s mouth had already started “indiscriminate attacks.”
“I’m gonna hit you~!” Xiang You jumped up too, standing on the sofa pointing at Chi Ye: “I want to duel you!”
Chi Ye: “……”
Jiang Cheng slapped his forehead, feeling he was utterly stupid—why play with these two idiots?
He turned his back and continued fiddling with his mobile phone.
Xiang You saw how focused he was and asked curiously: “Arthur, what the heck are you doing?”
Jiang Cheng replied casually: “Oh, I invested in an estate in England.”
Chi Ye pointed out: “How much did you spend recharging in《Identity V》?”
Jiang Cheng was shocked: “How did you know?!”
As he spoke, he reacted, looking at the composed Teacher Wen, thinking oh no—he forgot Chi Ye heard Teacher Wen’s “secret” today too.
Teacher Wen noticed their gazes and looked up: “You kids are just too rowdy. Come, let’s study tomorrow’s France travel plan together.”
Chi Ye stared carefully at the newspaper for two seconds, paused, and asked: “Teacher Wen, this newspaper seems to be from two years ago. Are you reminiscing?”
“Ah?” Wen Lijuan was startled, but a veteran actor is a veteran actor—she unflappably turned a page and smiled: “Sister cares about old things. When you’re old, you get nostalgic easily.”
“Yes.” Chi Ye nodded, then added: “But this seems to be an English newspaper, not French…”
Everyone: “……”
Wen Lijuan put away the newspaper and walked inside: “Xiao Chi, sister doesn’t want to introduce you to anyone anymore.”
Chi Ye: “……”
“Hey, no, you know French too?”
Arthur asked curiously and disdainfully: “Didn’t you come from an idol background?”
Chi Ye glanced at him: “I don’t know. I was just probing casually earlier.”
Wen Lijuan, who had just reached the doorway: “……”
Xiao Chi, I’m really going to thank you!
“Of course, I don’t know, but a friend of mine does…”
Chi Ye wanted to say the Empress Dowager knew—he had once mentioned to him that she spoke French—but before he finished, the doorbell suddenly rang.
“Huh, so late, and someone’s here?”
Everyone was surprised.
Chi Ye was closest to the door, so he went over and opened the room door.
He saw a staff member living downstairs, carrying a large box of takeout, sweating profusely: “Um… that… Teacher Chi’s takeout.”
“My takeout?”
Chi Ye was stunned.
The staff held back laughter and handed him the receipt.
He took it and looked—written on it was:
【Heavenly King Chi’s late-night snack^_^】
Seeing this title, Chi Ye instantly knew who bought him the late-night snack; the corners of his mouth couldn’t help but twitch upward.
“Teacher Chi, take it quickly, it’s too heavy.”
The staff outside saw this and said with a mournful face: “What did you order? It must be over 20 pounds.”
“What?!”
Chi Ye was dumbfounded: “Over 20 pounds?!”
He hurriedly took it, and sure enough it felt heavy. After the staff closed the door, he opened it—fragrance hit him instantly.
On the top layer of the box was a full layer of barbecue + seafood, enough for five or six people.
That was one thing, but when Chi Ye opened the lower layer, he found all sorts of food/ingredients he “didn’t recognize.”
Wagyu, truffles, foie gras, caviar… and two obviously live abalones.
Plus confit duck leg from a Michelin two-star restaurant, and honey-glazed Buddha jumps over the wall from a high-end private cuisine restaurant.
Another layer even had post-meal organic fruit!
Chi Ye was dumbfounded, closed the box and looked again, realizing it wasn’t an ordinary takeout box—it had the classic Michelin restaurant logo, and the fruit was thoughtfully labeled: Same day air-shipped import.
Chi Ye: “……”
“Hey, hey, what’s that smells so good?!”
At this time, the others came over sniffing the aroma, and seeing this huge box of gourmet food, they were instantly ecstatic.
“Oh my, Xiao Chi, look at you splurging. How did you know sister was hungry?”
Wen Lijuan walked over chuckling: “I can’t sleep without eating ten pounds a day.”
Chi Ye: “……”
As expected of the old rice bucket.
“Whoa, Michelin does takeout now?!”
Xiang You noticed the logo and was greatly surprised.
Jiang Cheng eyed him suspiciously, sizing up Chi Ye.
—He had been on《Jian Ni》 and knew Chi Ye was notoriously stingy. Could he be this generous?
Chi Ye remained unfazed, took out all the barbecue and cooked food, “hid” the rest of the ingredients, then stepped aside and called the Empress Dowager on his mobile phone.
“Hello? Teacher Chi, did you get it?”
A coquettish voice quickly came from the other end of the phone.
Seeming a bit “smug.”
Chi Ye scratched his nose: “Why did you order so much food for me?”
Jin Xia on the other end was puzzled: “Didn’t you say you were hungry? I saw it was still early, afraid you couldn’t sleep!”
Chi Ye: “……”
“Haven’t you ordered takeout before? Who ordered it for you?”
He knew the Empress Dowager well—she never ate takeout before. Even if occasionally “emergency” on set, staff around her would help “screen” the orders.
“If you don’t know, you can learn!” Jin Xia huffed proudly: “I just found someone to teach me myself. I personally ordered everything for you— I don’t trust others to do it!”
Chi Ye: “……”
“Too bad.”
The Empress Dowager sounded a bit regretful: “I searched on Baidu for a long time but couldn’t find any good shops open nearby… Just one two-star Michelin, and they weren’t happy to deliver unless I paid extra. Um… Teacher Chi, next time I’ll treat you to the ones I’ve eaten before—they’re the cleanest, healthiest, and most delicious!”
Chi Ye glanced at the crowd who had already started “sharing”: “This is way too much.”
“Um… I’ve never ordered before, Teacher Chi.” The Empress Dowager said aggrievedly: “I was afraid there’d be stuff you don’t like, so I ordered one of each… all my favorite junk food!”
Chi Ye: “?”
“Haha, not joking with you.” Jin Xia lowered her voice, mysteriously “reminding”: “Teacher Chi, eat the barbecue if you want, or leave it for others, but the stuff underneath is all good stuff… It’s from auntie for me. You have to save it to eat yourself. Junk food is tasty but in moderation—you’re different from others, you need to eat more of those good things!”
Chi Ye glanced again at Teacher Wen who was eating junk food with a beaming smile, and fell silent.
“See you tomorrow, I’ll take you to that French restaurant I used to love most!”
“How much did this cost?”
“Hm?”
Chi Ye: “Wasting money.”
“Oh.” The Empress Dowager went quiet.
“Tomorrow at the French restaurant, I’ll treat you.”
“Yay yay!” The Empress Dowager immediately beamed.
Chi Ye: “……”
“Alright, hanging up. See you tomorrow.”
“Teacher Chi.”
“What?”
“Next time you’re hungry, remember to eat!”
“……Okay.”
“Mm, bye-bye!”
“Bye-bye.”
They hung up, and Chi Ye saw Xiang You eating and commenting: “Not bad, Michelin is just so-so.”
“If it’s just so-so, don’t eat it!”
Chi Ye walked over and snatched food from his mouth, protectively guarding the box like a calf: “Put it all on the coffee table to eat together. Eating like this is so messy and troublesome.”
“Yes yes.” Wen Lijuan wiped the oil from her mouth and directed: “Come, Arthur, Xiang You, help set it up… Also, go call Sister Shang to come eat something. She hasn’t eaten anything tonight.”
As she spoke, she gave Chi Ye a thumbs up: “This skewer is really good, full plump pieces, perfectly grilled!”
Chi Ye: “……”
He turned and went with Jiang Cheng to call Shang Youshu in the room.
“Sister Shang, Chi… Teacher Chi ordered takeout—barbecue, big hairy crabs, fried chicken legs. Come eat some?”
Jiang Cheng shouted.
No response from inside the door.
Chi Ye walked over and said: “Come out and smell it.”
Still no response from inside.
“What’s wrong? Did she pass out from hunger?!”
Jiang Cheng panicked.
……
Meanwhile.
In the bedroom.
Shang Youshu had long heard the commotion outside the door and even faintly smelled the aroma of grilled meat!
She hurriedly put on clothes, smoothed all her jet-black long hair behind her head into a simple updo, took her mobile phone and tapped into a Douban group she frequented, posting anonymously:
【If I get fat like a ball, will you still love me? Wuu wuu wuu.】
No replies below, but Shang Youshu didn’t mind. She checked the mirror—still ethereal and graceful—then walked to the door, muttering: “Last time, this really is the last time.”
“I’ll just eat one chicken leg, should be fine!”
“Mm!”
She opened the room door with head held high, then instinctively stayed a bit away from Chi Ye: “Let’s go, I’ll eat just a little.”
Chi Ye and Jiang Cheng exchanged a glance; the former nodded: “Sure, eat too much and you’ll grow spikes on your body!”
Shang Youshu: “?!”
Jiang Cheng puzzled: “Grow spikes?”
Chi Ye even more puzzled, looking at him: “Don’t you have your own spikes on your body?!”
“Ah?”
Jiang Cheng dumbfounded, looking at Chi Ye: “Can you be normal? What are you talking about!”
Bang.
Shang Youshu had already closed the door again, dejectedly saying: “I’m not eating.”
Chi Ye, you have no heart!!
The two: “……”
Chi Ye unhurriedly said: “This was ordered for us by Xia Xia… Let’s go, if she doesn’t eat, we’ll eat.”
Click.
The room door opened again; Shang Youshu stared at Chi Ye with bright eyes, her little face excited, hesitating to speak: “Or… ordered for who? For us, or for you?!”
Chi Ye didn’t speak, turning free and easy to leave.
“Um… I’ll eat a little after all.”
Shang Youshu kept a straight face and followed like a ghost.
Jiang Cheng: “???”
No way, do you two have some secret thing going on?!
Am I the only normal person on this variety show?!
On the living room coffee table.
Teacher Wen not only directed Xiang You to set up the “Manchu Han Imperial Feast” but also took several bottles of wine from the fridge.
Xiang You was delighted: “There’s wine too?”
“Mom Wen, aren’t you allergic to alcohol?”
Shang Youshu, walking over, asked puzzled.
“Yes.”
Teacher Wen smiled slightly without explaining, just beckoning: “Come come, all stand over here.”
Everyone puzzledly walked over; Teacher Wen opened the wine, poured it into wine glasses, then turned back: “Come come kids, cooperate—don’t stand so straight, raise your glasses to me.”
Everyone was baffled, not knowing what she was up to.
Teacher Wen saw everyone acting out that “drunk” vibe and nodded satisfied.
She took out her mobile phone, found a perfect selfie angle, full of energy with a peace sign, snap—photo taken.
“Wait while I edit it.”
Everyone: “……”
She put on her reading glasses and crudely edited the photo, then—posted to Moments and Weibo.
Caption: 【Slightly tipsy today.】
