Chapter 21: See You

Old bastard.

Yang Zi cast a sidelong glance at the insincere Chi Ye, his old face looking quite displeased.

Then he looked at the assistant not far away, who was already covering her face with both hands, looking anxious.

Hmph, what do you know?

Do you really think I don't know this is a smear campaign?

What I want is this traffic!

What kind of level is Huang Jianfeng at? If he didn't have some negative traffic, would he even be worth me calling myself a "fan"?

Teacher Huang had no idea what calculations were going on in Yang Zi's mind at this moment; he only felt that having just arrived at the "See You" cabin, he had already been thoroughly disgusted by this old man and the young one.

He gritted his teeth inwardly, deciding to cook an extra dish for these two later and scare the life out of them!

With his hands behind his back and a frown on his face, he nodded: "Fans are good, fans should eat more."

Yang Zi: "?"

Chi Ye: "?"

"I'm withdrawing from the fan registry right now!"

Yang Zi: "..."

He wasn't as "deranged" as Chi Ye, so he gave two light coughs and ignored the remark: "Teacher Huang, shall we go inside first?"

Teacher Huang nodded faintly, maintaining the demeanor of a veteran senior, and turned to prepare to enter the house first.

Hmm...

Suddenly, he saw Jin Xia and Shi Daifu following right behind Chi Ye.

Mainly Jin Xia.

Teacher Huang's heart stirred, and his previously expressionless face immediately put on a kind smile as he walked over quickly: "Little Jin Xia, don't you recognize me anymore?"

"Hmm?"

Jin Xia, who had been observing from the sidelines, was startled. Seeing that Teacher Huang was talking to her, she was a bit surprised and asked in a cutesy voice: "Hello Teacher Huang... do, do you know me?"

"Oh, come on." Teacher Huang clapped his hands, feigning dissatisfaction: "Have you forgotten? I even held you when you were little!"

"Ah...?" Jin Xia was even more confused, her large peach-blossom eyes filled with doubt: "Held me?"

"Is your uncle doing well these days?"

Teacher Huang familiarly tried to bridge the gap: "We filmed a movie together back then, that one called 'Yellow Earth Under the High Mountains'. He was the producer, and I was the lead actor."

"You were still small then, following him around, and I even bought you candy. Have you forgotten?"

Jin Xia thought carefully, then suddenly realized: "Oh... so that's how it is..."

"Hmm..." She paused, and having spent so much time with Chi Ye, she couldn't help but ask: "But... but I think... I wasn't allowed to eat candy when I was little..."

"That's right." Teacher Huang remained calm and composed: "That's why I bought it for you, but you didn't take it."

Everyone: "..."

"It's started. He says he doesn't recognize others, but when he sees Jin Xia, he praises her wildly."

"Normal. He's always been like this. Besides, the 'pretentious one' is a top-tier celebrity with a background; everyone knows that."

"'See You', your Teacher Huang has arrived!"

"Yang Zi and Chi Ye are hilarious. Why am I shipping them?"

"That's even more ridiculous than taking drugs."

"..."

The bullet comments grew rapidly due to Teacher Huang's sudden enthusiasm, and Chi Ye watched in astonishment.

Yang Zi was even more dumbfounded, gritting his teeth inwardly.

What is wrong with this Teacher Huang? What happened to the senior demeanor he promised? He was so high and mighty when facing us just now, but now that he sees Jin Xia, he's fawning over her like an old eunuch.

What's the meaning of this? Looking down on people?

Besides, why didn't I think of this way to build connections!

Yang Zi felt resentful, while over there, Teacher Huang had indeed "successfully recognized a relative" with Jin Xia.

"Why are you calling me Teacher? Others call me Teacher out of politeness, but you should call me Uncle!"

Jin Xia: "... Alright, Uncle Teacher Huang."

Teacher Huang said "dotingly": "You little girl, you've grown up now too."

"I've heard of a few of your dramas; they were filmed well and are very popular, right? I heard you even got a Best Actress nomination?"

"Hmm..."

"Not bad, not bad." Teacher Huang encouraged: "Speaking of the younger generation today, you really are developing quite well..."

Everyone: "..."

The group walked into the house, and the three new guests went to put away their luggage first.

Yang Zi seized the opportunity and asked Jin Xia curiously: "Xia Xia, is your family very close with Teacher Huang?"

Jin Xia shook her head: "I'm not sure."

Yang Zi: "..."

Seeing he couldn't get anything out of her, he winked at Chi Ye.

Chi Ye rolled his eyes at him: "Do they need to tell you what their relationship is? Did the CEO of Penguin eat a salted egg?"

"Ah? What does that mean?"

"Salted Egg Teng."

Yang Zi: "..."

Damn it, if you don't want to say it, don't say it, why are you snapping at me?

Jin Xia glanced at Chi Ye with her peach-blossom eyes, pouted, and lowered her voice to say cutesily: "Teacher Chi, I'm not close with him!"

Chi Ye: "?"

"Why are you telling me this? Even if you were close, I wouldn't eat it anyway."

Jin Xia hummed and hawed: "I was just afraid you'd be sad, Teacher Chi."

"Why would I be sad?" Chi Ye said sincerely: "Thinking about the days ahead, getting closer and closer to my death date, I'm doing just fine."

Jin Xia was slightly dissatisfied: "Teacher Chi, with me here, you won't 'die'!"

Yang Zi: "..."

Should I die first to liven things up for you two?

You can't treat people so differently!

Click.

The door on the second floor opened, and the voices of Teacher Huang and Teacher Lü discussing something could be heard.

"The environment feels pretty good."

"Yeah, look at this layout and environment..."

"I'll go check the kitchen."

Chi Ye shook his head repeatedly upon hearing this and signaled to Yang Zi: "See that? They've already started scouting the crime scene."

Yang Zi: "... Could you say a little less?"

"Hey, we brought everyone some gifts."

Teacher Huang and his group had already walked downstairs, and Teacher Lü smiled warmly: "To apologize for our one-day 'lateness', everyone see if there's anything you like."

As he spoke, he placed the packaging bags in his hands on the sofa, and Jin Xia let out a surprised "Wow."

A group of people gathered around, and Teacher Huang waved his hand from the side: "It's not much, but I heard this show doesn't allow you to bring your own ingredients..."

He smiled secretly: "I told a little lie when I went through the inspection and brought some beef. Haha, I'll make braised beef for you all at noon!"

Everyone felt a chill in their stomachs upon hearing this.

Chi Ye: "Is it really a must-die situation? Can't we even wait one more day?"

He didn't mask his voice, and Teacher Huang, hearing him from not far away, glanced at him, then suddenly smiled: "Actually, I know what you young people hate nowadays... I'm joking. The beef is already cooked; you can just heat it up and eat it. I didn't make it, so everyone can rest assured."

Everyone was stunned for a moment, then ecstatic.

Teacher Huang paused and looked at Chi Ye: "Chi Ye doesn't need to; I'll make his portion myself."

Chi Ye: "?"

"Hahaha."

Everyone couldn't hold it in.

"Teacher Huang, this beef of yours is raw."

Jin Xia had reached the side at some point and pointed at the beef Teacher Huang had put down.

"Oh." Teacher Huang nodded kindly: "Didn't I just say, I was joking."

Buddy, I love telling little lies.

Everyone: "..."

They instantly looked ashen again.

"Hahaha."

Teacher Huang seemed to appreciate this kind of two-stage reversal in everyone's expressions; observing it was quite interesting, and he felt a secret thrill.

I came to this show to clear my name, so what's wrong with playing with some of my own memes?

"The King of Hell tells you to die at the third watch; he can make you cold by the first watch. Don't struggle anymore. The audience should cherish the show as it is now; in a few days, the guests on the show will probably all turn into ghosts."

Chi Ye rubbed his wrists, wondering if he should take out an insurance policy for himself.

Over here, Teacher Huang, Teacher Lü, and the others had already handed out the gifts to everyone.

Chi Ye received a gift from Lin Jingyi—"The Autobiography of Chef Huang".

Looking at Teacher Huang pouting and acting cute on the cover, Chi Ye felt as if he had received a legendary martial arts manual and put it away carefully.

"You don't know how to cook, right? Are you interested in culinary arts?"

Yang Zi, who was beside him, was surprised to see this.

As for why he was still by Chi Ye's side...

There was no other way.

Once Huang, Lü, and Lin arrived, the atmosphere of the "See You" cabin, which had been "joyful," changed a bit.

This wasn't intentional by everyone, but being in the entertainment industry, you can't escape status and the tendency to step on the low and fawn over the high.

Look at the four previous guests of the "See You" cabin.

Chi Ye goes without saying, a total lunatic. Jin Xia has a huge contrast between her private self and her appearance; the "Old Buddha" should be called the "Little Buddha," sometimes she's like a little girl, without so many schemes... alright, she's just dim, "down to earth."

As for the remaining Shi Daifu and Yang Zi, one was blacklisted and autistic with no status, and the other had the heart to stir up trouble, but unfortunately, the other three ignored him.

Originally, Yang Zi thought his situation would improve after Teacher Huang and the others arrived.

But seeing the scene of Teacher Huang and his group surrounding Jin Xia for greetings and interaction, his heart went cold.

—Nobody here treats him like a human being at all!

"What culinary arts? What are you talking about?"

Over here, Chi Ye didn't have as many thoughts as Yang Zi.

He just looked at Jin Xia, who was surrounded by the crowd, and felt that the "Old Buddha" had become much more reserved when facing Huang and Lin, returning to her status as one of the four little starlets and a top-tier 95-generation flower.

It felt a bit like attending a business event, in work mode.

"Isn't it written right there?" Yang Zi was surprised: "'The Autobiography of Chef Huang'."

Chi Ye was stunned: "You mean this 'Record of the Poison King'?"

Yang Zi: "..."

6, compared to the show, I'm still slightly inferior to you!

"You guys go ahead and bicker, I'm going to make a call."

Seeing that it was free time, Chi Ye greeted Li Dao of the production team and walked out of the cabin, preparing to call Ke Ke and the company to learn about the "Loop" project.

At the same time.

Inside the house.

Jin Xia hadn't expected the new guests to be so "enthusiastic."

The gift she received was completely different from Chi Ye's; it was much more valuable.

But no matter how valuable something was, in her eyes, it was all just the same.

At this moment, she blinked her peach-blossom eyes, staring at Lin Jingyi with a serious and scrutinizing gaze.

"Teacher Jin Xia... you... what is this... is there something on my face?"

Lin Jingyi, under Teacher Huang's introduction, was trying to build a connection with Jin Xia, or at least get on familiar terms.

One of the four little starlets, one of the hottest four little starlets in the domestic entertainment industry right now. Although Jin Xia had always been at the bottom of the four little starlets' rankings and had a poor reputation, it didn't hinder her status and the power behind her.

Come to think of it, the "pretentious" persona she had maintained since her debut was inspired by Jin Xia.

An idol!

"Hmm..." Jin Xia looked for a long time but still didn't find any spicy strips, feeling slightly disappointed, and muttered: "Why did Teacher Chi lie to me..."

"I thought there would really be someone hanging spicy strips on their body..."

"What?" Lin Jingyi was confused.

"Oh, nothing." Jin Xia came back to her senses and waved her little hand with a sense of boredom: "I know you, your acting is great, keep it up, keep it up."

"Really?" Lin Jingyi's cheeks glowed, full of a sense of technology.

"Hey!" Jin Xia was startled and discovered a new continent: "What's going on with your face?"

"Ah?" Lin Jingyi was stunned, but she didn't dare to get angry. Seeing the camera nearby, she could only use "code words": "Recently... I renovated my nose."

Jin Xia: "..."

Such high-end vocabulary.

"Xia Xia." Over here, Teacher Lü also signaled enthusiastically: "Jingyi is a very nice person; she was your fan before she debuted. This time, when she heard she could come and participate in the show with you, she was overjoyed."

"Oh..."

"We should get together more often in the future; we never had a chance to collaborate after filming last time."

Teacher Lü was also very close to Jin Xia.

Unlike Teacher Huang, he rarely offended people, and for someone with Jin Xia's status and background, it was even more about maintaining good relations.

"We're all in the same circle, let's be closer in the future."

"Why wait for the future?" Teacher Huang walked over after washing his hands and waved his hand: "We can't eat out today, I'll negotiate with the production team; us guests need to get familiar and build some rapport."

"That sounds good." Teacher Lü nodded repeatedly upon hearing this.

"Eat out..." Jin Xia's peach-blossom eyes brightened slightly.

Eating out didn't that mean... she would have a chance to sneak out and buy things?

"Good, good." Thinking of this, Jin Xia immediately agreed repeatedly, then poked her little head out to look: "Where's Teacher Chi? Teacher Chi! We're eating out today, get ready!"

Everyone was stunned.

Teacher Chi...

Why are they calling him so intimately...

Teacher Huang thought for a moment; the assistant seemed to have told him that the effect of the first day of the "See You" live broadcast yesterday was pretty good...

"Chi Ye..."

"Teacher Jin Xia, are you very close with him?" Lin Jingyi almost hated Chi Ye to death. Seeing Jin Xia like this, and glancing at the camera that Li Dao had turned off to leave them to reminisce and "socialize," she couldn't help but say: "He's no good. I heard before..."

"Who are you?"

Jin Xia swept a dissatisfied glance at her: "Can't I know whether Teacher Chi is good or not?"

Lin Jingyi: "..."

"Teacher Huang, Teacher Lü, I'm going to go tell Teacher Chi."

Jin Xia didn't bother with Lin Jingyi anymore.

The "Old Buddha" Chi Ye usually saw was always the silly, dim side.

But in reality, Jin Xia was notoriously "not to be trifled with" in the circle. She had high status and a pretentious personality. When the little pretentious one started acting up, except for those who knew her inside and out, few dared to provoke her.

Otherwise, where did those haters come from?

"... Alright, go ahead."

Teacher Huang paused and nodded: "I'll go negotiate with the director."

"Hmm!"

Jin Xia responded and then ran excitedly toward the courtyard: "Teacher Chi, Teacher Chi..."

"?"

Chi Ye was still on the phone: "Really? Is that so... Alright, help me make an appointment with the director... Hmm... I want to meet with the director... You go communicate with the company, that's fine... I'll ask the production team for leave then... Alright, that's it for now."

He saw Jin Xia running over excitedly and was surprised: "What's wrong, so happy? Did Teacher Huang say he won't let you eat the food he cooks at noon?"

Jin Xia: "..."

"Teacher Chi, you've offended quite a few people. Someone was badmouthing you just now, but I didn't listen!"

Jin Xia first boasted triumphantly, then said mysteriously: "Teacher Huang said he'll try to get us out to eat at noon today!"

"Eat out? He's not cooking it himself?"

Chi Ye didn't care about "offending people" at all and was overjoyed: "That really is something worth being happy about!"

"Lived another day!" ===== CHAPTER 22 =====