Chapter 26: Kiwifruit Screaming Night
Lin Jingyi: “……”
The car interior returned to silence.
But everyone’s thoughts had already drifted to Weibo.
Meng Yixun’s persona collapse, changes in the internal entertainment circle’s young actors and traffic patterns—could they profit from it?
In an instant, in the quiet car compartment, everyone was holding a mobile phone, the sound of swiping phones “swish swish” could be heard, gossiping + contacting the company.
Chi Ye also stopped talking.
He was thinking about Screaming Night matters.
Logically speaking, with his star power, he definitely qualified to attend Screaming Night.
But the problem was, he had a terrifying three consecutive flops on the Kiwifruit Platform before.
This once scared the Kiwifruit Film and Television Department into thinking he was “cursed early on.”
Now his popularity was even less than before, so not being invited was actually reasonable.
Then, taking advantage of these few days’ gap, settle the purple Circulation film crew issue as soon as possible.
Thinking of this, Chi Ye picked up his mobile phone again and messaged Keke.
Thus, the ride was silent all the way until returning to the purple Jian Ni small dwelling, the live broadcast restarted, and everyone regained some human vitality.
“Cook, cook, I’m starving.”
“Little Huang, isn’t there too much bean? I can’t eat it all.”
Yang Zi watched Teacher Huang pour half a bag of poisonous bean into the pot in one go, feeling uneasy.
Teacher Huang turned back, tasted the water temperature with his finger: “It’s fine.”
“Yeah, not passed away.”
Chi Ye and Shi Daifu walked into the kitchen, to another stove, casually comforting: “The rest can be eaten downstairs.”
“The underworld has to eat too, right?”
Yang Zi unusually didn’t retort Chi Ye, he stared at Teacher Huang’s finger in his mouth, feeling nauseous: “Did you taste it? Little Huang?”
“Hehe.”
Teacher Huang smiled slightly, said nothing, and started intently “making poison.”
“……What are we eating for lunch?”
Chi Ye withdrew his gaze, silently mourned for the child for two seconds, then started caring about his own lunch.
After a day and a half of observation, he already knew that the Boxing King claimed to be the little master chef.
The true number one master chef of Jian Ni!
After all, eating a lot naturally led to researching how to make food tasty.
Following her, Chi Ye felt extremely safe.
“……What do you want to eat?”
Shi Daifu deftly tied on the apron, her beautiful almond eyes glanced at Chi Ye, then lowered, asking softly.
“I want this, and this, and this too…”
Chi Ye didn’t speak, the Empress Dowager bouncing along beside them started “pointing at dishes and drawing meat”: “Sister Shi Shi, best to add some additives too!”
Shi Daifu: “……Huh?”
“You even ordered dishes?”
Chi Ye glanced at her sideways, casually making amends for the Empress Dowager: “The young lady doesn’t recognize seasonings, she likes heavy flavors, add more cumin… um, the rest is up to you, we trust you.”
Shi Daifu came back to her senses, nodded lightly: “Okay.”
“I’ll transfer the money to you first.”
Chi Ye saw Shi Daifu hadn’t washed her hands yet, so prepared to split the bonus the program team gave him with Shi Daifu.
Shi Daifu instinctively refused: “No need, you keep it.”
“No, you did all the work, next grouping we might not be together, let’s split it.”
Chi Ye was proper when serious, transferred 700 to Shi Daifu on WeChat.
“Why… why 700?”
Shi Daifu was stunned.
“You did all the work, pay by labor, no problem.”
Chi Ye pretended to be generous, seeing Shi Daifu hesitate, he paused, observed the Boxing King’s micro-expressions, waved grandly: “It’s fine, just take it.”
“Okay.”
Shi Daifu simply clicked confirm receipt.
Chi Ye: “…”
Not sisters, she really took it?
I was just saying!
brown hhh, Hu Ye didn’t learn his lesson? brown
brown Laughing to death, everyone saw Hu Ye was being polite, only Shi Shi took it seriously. brown
brown This pair’s program is no less than Xia Xia and Hu Ye! brown
The Empress Dowager also glanced sideways at Chi Ye: “Teacher Chi, it’s fine, just 700 yuan.”
Chi Ye: “…”
He looked at Shi Daifu’s busy back, already starting to handle vegetables, thought for a moment, took out his mobile phone, leaned over caringly: “Is the money enough to spend? If not, I have 300 more here.”
Shi Daifu was stunned, hurriedly said: “Enough, enough.”
Chi Ye nodded: “Then transfer some back to me.”
Shi Daifu: “Huh?”
“Pfft.”
The Empress Dowager had just secretly sipped some cola, spat it out upon hearing.
So spicy!
“This is…”
Shi Daifu already smelled cola.
“This is pure additive, no natural French underground spring water.”
Chi Ye blurted out, Shi Daifu looked up at him again, record-breaking.
No words.
“Cough cough… um um, yes yes!”
The Empress Dowager coughed a few times, nodded like a chick pecking rice.
Shi Daifu wiped her hands, took out her mobile phone, opened WeChat, gestured to Chi Ye.
“What’s up?”
Chi Ye was stunned.
Shi Daifu looked at him, voice gentle: “Didn’t you say to transfer some back? How much? I’ll transfer it to you.”
Chi Ye: “…”
Not… too honest, huh?
He just saw Shi Daifu like this, wanted to tease her to liven the atmosphere, otherwise getting along later would be so boring?
Awkward upon hearing: “Just kidding with you, no need, keep it.”
“Oh.”
Shi Daifu nodded, put away her phone, went to cook.
Chi Ye: “…”
Really truly boring.
Yang Zi said a lot wrong, but his evaluation of the Boxing King was right.
This girl, she’s a bit autistic!
……
Of course, the autistic girl has impeccable cooking skills.
An hour later, the “Chi Ye group” officially started eating.
Chi Ye looked at the full table of colorfully aromatic “Manchu Han Imperial Feast,” then at the other two groups’ “meager” spreads, momentarily dazed.
He was sure he was on Jian Ni?
This program has Teacher Huang?
Begging to eat master chef’s meals every day!
Thinking this, Chi Ye picked up chopsticks, tasted a few bites of dishes, eyes lit up, directly gave thumbs up: “Delicious, really delicious!”
“Michelin master chef level!”
Shi Daifu was a bit embarrassed by the praise, even more embarrassed that under the shot, she had to stay “restrained,” not eat too ugly.
Chi Ye didn’t notice this detail, he was genuinely admiring Shi Daifu now, sincerely asking: “How did you know I prefer light flavors, don’t like too salty or heavy tastes?”
He had just tasted all the dishes placed by him, all exceptionally suited his taste.
Clearly not like this last night.
This morning he felt his sandwich was much tastier, but didn’t think deeply then.
“…” Shi Daifu heard Chi Ye’s question, a bit nervous, hands unnaturally on her lap.
Chi Ye: “…If you don’t want to say, it’s fine.”
Shi Daifu: “Okay.”
Chi Ye: “…?”
“…”
Shi Daifu noticed the surprised ambiguous gazes around, then Chi Ye’s dumbfounded expression, stunned, then reacted, knowing everyone misunderstood.
Annoyed inside, hurriedly lowered her almond eyes, softly explained: “I saw you last night… last night tasted a few bites of those heavy salt heavy oil dishes, then didn’t eat more… um… Teacher Jin Xia’s side all heavy flavor dishes…”
Chi Ye: “…”
“Eh, it really is!”
The Empress Dowager surprised: “The dishes on my side are heavy oil heavy salt, I like heavier flavors.”
Chi Ye: What kind of boxing king master chef is this?
Clearly “good wife and mother”!
Of course… ignoring the “harsh” fact that she could easily carry him at net height 1.83 meters + her punches and kicks produce sonic booms.
“Sister Shi Shi, you’re really a treasure girl!”
The Empress Dowager ate very satisfactorily.
Although, she actually didn’t enjoy it as much as additive-laden spicy strips…
But Shi Daifu’s meticulous care, “soft and weak” personality, she felt the goodwill.
“Who? Who treasure?”
Suddenly, a ghost-like creature floated past them.
The three were startled, turned back together.
Saw Yang Zi holding a meal tray, face sallow, looking at their table’s sumptuous lunch.
“?”
Chi Ye dissatisfied: “No, Teacher Yang Zi, why are you like a ghost, no sound at all.”
“Cough cough… you guys, so much food, can you finish?”
Yang Zi at this point didn’t care about face, originally didn’t plan to beg, but passing by glanced a few times, couldn’t hold back.
“Stay away from me first, don’t spread the toxin.”
Chi Ye first kept distance from him, then surprised: “Eh!”
Yang Zi startled: “What’s wrong?”
“Why is your face green?!”
“Ah?!”
Yang Zi dumbfounded, face visibly paled, voice trembling: “Done for, did I really get poisoned? Shouldn’t be…”
“Where’s the mirror? I need to look in the mirror!”
Saying this, Yang Zi couldn’t beg anymore, staggered off to look in the mirror.
“…Teacher Chi, you’re really bad.”
The Empress Dowager witnessed the whole process, thought Chi Ye was “too bad”: “Look, you scared Teacher Yang Zi, wasn’t green before, now is.”
“It’s fine.”
Chi Ye waved: “When he reacts, he’ll get angry.”
Jin Xia: “…”
Shi Daifu: “…”
The meal ended happily and fully amid Teacher Yang Zi’s “begging” topic.
During which, Chi Ye still sent some “big meals” to the other two groups.
—No way, Shi Daifu already made them, though the Boxing King didn’t say explicitly, probably embarrassed, but these extra dishes were clearly for the other two groups.
She herself definitely too embarrassed to deliver, so only Chi Ye could do it.
Jian Ni small dwelling’s first lunch all rejoiced, after meal, Chi Ye helped Shi Daifu clear the dining table, then the program team’s official “announcement” arrived.
“Everyone.”
In the living room.
The chief director held a megaphone: “Given most members in Jian Ni small dwelling have ‘personal work’ in the next two days, our program team decides to change indoor to outdoor, for the next two days everyone can freely activity, do external work live broadcasts, ‘vacation’ two days.”
“Also hope everyone works smoothly, we expect the Jian Ni family to return to the small dwelling that day.”
“Pretty emotional scripting.”
Chi Ye commented.
The chief director glanced at him, said nothing.
Everyone cooperatively clapped.
Jian Ni due to special live recording, accidents inevitable during.
The program team long considered this situation, applying “free activity, but live broadcast.”
When guests go out for must-do announcements, Jian Ni sends a personal PD to follow.
Of course, many announcements involve privacy and confidentiality, so live rights fully with guests themselves, much higher freedom than in the small dwelling.
The “rest” days won’t count in Jian Ni’s 21 days, like later easter egg side stories.
Um, the kind only SVIP can watch.
“If you ask me, the program team is harmed, too good at business.”
Announcement ended, guests dispersed, from now on, everyone could actually leave.
The guests attending Screaming Night started contacting their teams, waiting for teams to arrive.
Chi Ye temporarily had no team, told Keke, then started packing things.
“Teacher Chi, Teacher Chi.”
Jin Xia unwillingly finished contacting her team, sneaked over again.
“You’re not going to try tomorrow gala’s dress?”
Chi Ye surprised.
The Empress Dowager sized up his room, first time entering.
“Long settled, tried several times, evening dress will air shipped over… um… pretty clean, just… what’s this?”
Jin Xia hands behind back, picked up a finger-sized “toothpaste,” curious: “This kind of toothpaste? Which brand?”
“Home Inn brand.”
Chi Ye casually replied.
“Home Inn…?” The Empress Dowager surprised: “There’s actually a luxury brand I haven’t heard of?”
Chi Ye: “…”
“Do you have something?”
“Yes yes.”
Jin Xia distracted, excitedly stared at Chi Ye for a while.
Chi Ye: “?”
“Cough cough.”
The Empress Dowager withdrew gaze, seriously extended little hand to Chi Ye: “Teacher Chi, took so much bonus, is the money enough to spend?”
Chi Ye: “…”
“Not enough.”
“Not enough?!”
Jin Xia’s peach blossom eyes flashed surprise, very “angry,” hands on hips: “Teacher Chi, how can you say not enough?”
Chi Ye speechless: “Then how should I say?”
“Wrong, you should say like Sister Shi Shi, enough to spend!”
Chi Ye: “…You’re so boring, then I’ll say again.”
The Empress Dowager waved: “Say again say again!”
“Teacher Chi, is the money enough to spend?”
“Not enough.”
The Empress Dowager: “…”
She glared at Chi Ye, coquettish voice raised a few decibels: “Not enough, then spend sparingly!!”
Chi Ye amused: “Okay, I’ll spend sparingly.”
“Hmph!”
The Empress Dowager huffed and turned to leave, but suddenly thought of something, turned back: “Teacher Chi.”
“Hm? More?”
“You’re really not attending Screaming Night?” Jin Xia’s peach blossom eyes slightly bored: “If you don’t come, no one to take me eat junk food.”
Chi Ye: “…”
He told truth: “You think I don’t want to? I really didn’t get invitation, they think my star power not enough.”
“No problem.” Jin Xia perked up hearing, waved little hand: “As long as you want to go, I can make you go, very simple!”
Chi Ye surprised look at her: “Really?”
“Of course!” The Empress Dowager unhappy: “I ask family… cough cough, my personal star power is enough, okay, organizers have to give me face!”
“How? I settle it for you?”
“Oh.” Chi Ye thoughtful, then nodded: “Not going.”
“Okay, then I’ll… eh?” The Empress Dowager full of question marks: “…?”
“You go attend obediently, I have other things.”
Chi Ye needed to hurry settle his “first drama” matters, obviously more important for his career.
“Then okay.”
The Empress Dowager a bit unwilling, miss this opportunity, could she sneak out again?
Probably only wait for Jian Ni to start, find time program team not paying attention, drag Chi Ye out.
Annoying!
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Bid farewell to old, welcome new!
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