Chapter 40: #Crouching Dragon and Phoenix Chick CP#

Jin Xia: "..."

Chi Ye "demanded": "Jin, why must you use a level-ten carcinogen to harm everyone!"

Old Buddha "slightly angry," hands on hips, pointing at Chi Ye: "Chi! Your mouth is laced with poison; you poison everyone every day!"

Chi Ye: "..."

Just as the two were having their "Barley CP, loving interaction," the three-old-one-freak combination finally distinguished the big and small kings.

"Alright, everyone listen to me!"

Mr. Lu was, after all, the one with the highest status, and he had a big-budget movie starring him coming out during the Spring Festival, so the two suspects, Huang and Yang, ultimately gave him some face.

"You speak, tell us what to do."

"You have high popularity, you direct."

Mr. Lu nodded in satisfaction and began assigning tasks: "Teacher Huang just said he knows how to boil sugar, so Teacher Huang will boil the sugar, I will be responsible for soliciting customers later, and Teacher Yang will be responsible for cleaning the ingredients..."

"What about Lin Jingyi? Why was one person left out?"

"Isn't that obvious?"

Chi Ye had just "reconciled" with Old Buddha and turned his head upon hearing this: "Jingyi isn't a human, so of course she doesn't count."

Lin Jingyi: "Chi Ye, if you keep running your mouth, be careful or I'll poison you!"

Chi Ye was surprised: "Is it even your turn to do that?"

Everyone: "..."

"As for Jingyi..." Mr. Lu stroked his chin, the corners of his mouth curling up: "Jingyi can just be responsible for being beautiful; I'll do her work!"

Production Team: "..."

"Stop talking, if you keep going, even the mold will show up."

Yang couldn't take it anymore, waved his hand in surrender: "Fine, hurry up and get into position. I see a lot of people waiting to buy our candied haws!"

He wasn't lying about that.

"See You" was being livestreamed, and although they had chosen a location that avoided young people as much as possible, quite a few fans and viewers had still followed them here.

"OK, let's get moving then!"

Mr. Lu's group started moving, but Chi Ye's group was even faster than them.

Although their group had two "useless" members, Teacher Shi's beast-of-burden strength was plain for all to see.

At this moment, Teacher Shi had already skewered the first batch of candied haws alone, and while also boiling the sugar, was about to reach the stage of making the candied haws.

Seeing this, Chi Ye signaled to Old Buddha: "Alright, everyone is working, let's not just stand around."

"Mm-hmm!"

Jin Xia nodded like a chick pecking at rice, eager to try: "Teacher Chi, what can I do?"

"This..." Chi Ye thought for a moment, looking at Old Buddha, who was washing her hands while playing with the little turtle, and was truly stumped.

—With Old Buddha's "delicate" body, what could she possibly do?

"How about this." He thought of a job and pointed to the opposite side: "You go help the other side, that way we'll basically have a 100% chance of winning."

Jin Xia: "...Chi, I advise you to be kind!"

Chi Ye was overjoyed: "Aren't you going to make 'rose candied haws'? Then go make your rose candied haws."

"Okay!"

Old Buddha was easy to coax; she nodded happily and prepared to go make her own candied haws.

But just as she turned around, she suddenly remembered something and pointed at the "little turtle" placed on the ground: "Teacher Chi, what about little turtle-turtle?"

"We can't just leave it here, right? What if Teacher Yang picks it up and eats it?"

Yang looked back, glanced at Jin Xia, and then decisively said to Chi Ye: "If you run your mouth again, next time I ride the tricycle, I'm taking you with me!"

Chi Ye: "..."

A bully of the weak and coward to the strong!

"That's easy to handle."

He ignored the monsters and ghosts on the opposite team and glanced at the small water bucket nearby: "Isn't there a bucket for the soft-shelled turtle? It's not good for a soft-shelled turtle to be out of water for too long, let's put it back."

"Is that so." Jin Xia leaned over to look at the bucket, disgusted: "The water is too dirty, I'll help it change to clean water!"

Chi Ye: "..."

"And you say you aren't a Living Yama? If you change it to clean water, this thing will go see its great-grandmother in a moment."

"Ah? Really?" Old Buddha truly didn't know, her long eyelashes blinking: "Then... then we won't change it? But this water is too dirty."

Chi Ye had seen it long ago; Old Buddha was indeed someone who loved "health" to an extreme, and her lifestyle habits were completely different from a normal person's.

"It's fine, girl, listen to me, just put it in the bucket."

Chi Ye was arrogant, reaching out to grab the little soft-shelled turtle.

The "little turtle" saw the bucket, its pupils shook, and it struggled with all its might!

"Get in there! What are you struggling for? Aren't you happy to be home?"

Chi Ye was displeased and threw the little soft-shelled turtle into the bucket.

With a "plop," it splashed water.

"Let's go."

Chi Ye waved his hand and took Old Buddha to do other things.

As a result, not a few minutes later, they heard the sound of splashing and struggling from the bucket.

They ran over to look and were immediately dumbfounded.

They saw that in the bucket, the little soft-shelled turtle had already rolled its eyes, spitting white foam, and it looked like it was actually about to drown!

Chi Ye: "?!"

Jin Xia: "?!"

"Didn't they say soft-shelled turtles aren't afraid of water?" Old Buddha was shocked.

"...It seems it's not a soft-shelled turtle." Chi Ye had already reacted and walked over to quickly fish out the little turtle.

"Excuse me, has anyone seen my pet turtle? Has anyone seen it? I can't find it..."

At this moment, a female staff member on site ran over, shouting anxiously: "Has anyone seen it? It looks ugly-cute, very adorable..."

Chi, Jin: "..."

"Go on, your owner is looking for you."

Chi Ye touched his nose with a guilty conscience and waved his hand.

Without him needing to speak, the little turtle's gaze toward Chi Ye and Jin Xia was already full of terror. As soon as it hit the ground, it didn't say a word, its four short legs flailing, and it dashed to its owner's feet like lightning, trembling.

Chi Ye and Old Buddha remained silent.

After a long while, Chi Ye said: "When a person realizes they are an idiot, it's already too damn late."

"Teacher Chi..."

"Hm?"

Jin Xia sighed: "Your words are so authoritative!"

Chi Ye: "..."

"No, you two are truly talents."

Yang over there laughed until his stomach hurt, mocking: "How did you manage to almost drown a soft-shelled turtle?!"

Chi Ye glanced at him: "I was infected by you."

Yang: "?"

The two of them no longer had the energy to pay attention to him and hurried over to bow and apologize to the staff member.

Seeing that the little turtle was fine, and since the responsibility for this matter lay with the production team, the staff member didn't say much and even took the opportunity to ask Jin Xia for an autograph and a photo...

The scene was chaotic for a moment before returning to quiet.

"I should have known, this wasn't a soft-shelled turtle..."

Chi Ye watched the little turtle leave before gradually realizing—if the little turtle that Old Buddha took a fancy to was just an ordinary soft-shelled turtle, how could she be "unable to put it down"?

I should have thought of that damn thing earlier!

"Teacher Chi... will the little turtle hate us?"

Old Buddha asked with low spirits.

"Don't worry, if it has the chance, it will kill us."

Jin Xia: "..."

"Let's continue, sigh, the production team is really something, if you don't have this ingredient, just say so! We almost turned someone's pet turtle into turtle-soup!"

Chi Ye complained about the production team, Director Li squinted at the ingredient team, and the ingredient team squinted at a certain "temp."

Temp: I really appreciate that!

Chi Ye's group continued to work.

On the other side, due to Mr. Lu's "proper command," the stall finally welcomed its first batch of bright red candied haws.

Otherwise, Yang wouldn't have had the time to mock Chi Ye!

The three elders and Lin Jingyi looked at the pot with joy.

Teacher Huang's technique was seasoned; he took the skewer of haws and rolled it in the pot, and a skewer of candied haws was finished.

And at this moment, on the cutting board, there was already a row of freshly made candied haws.

"How does it taste? Have a taste."

Lin Jingyi watched, her mouth watering, eager to give it a try.

I have to say, just looking at the presentation, Mr. Huang really has some skills.

"Hehe, you definitely have to taste it. The first batch is ready, let's each have a skewer... Hey!"

Mr. Huang had just finished speaking when he noticed Yang Zi had already snatched up a skewer of candied haws and stuffed it into his mouth.

"Look at you, such an impatient child. Aren't you going to accuse me of poisoning you this time?"

Mr. Huang smiled indulgently and picked up a skewer himself.

"Eh...! Hey! Wait!"

Just then, Yang Zi suddenly frowned and tried to "pull" at the candied haw in his mouth, only to find it as immovable as if it had been welded shut!

"Don't move! Nobody eat yet, the candied haw has glued my dentures shut, I can't get them off!"

"Wuwu……?!"

The others had already stuffed them into their mouths, their speech slurred.

Seeing this, Yang Zi cursed indistinctly: "Damn! How did you boil the sugar? This sugar is too sticky!"

"What are you saying!"

Mr. Huang, his mouth full, said angrily: "This skewer is one you coated yourself, your technique is wrong!"

"Stop talking, stop talking, hurry and get this thing off!"

Mr. Lu was also anxious; among the four, he was the only one who hadn't eaten the candied haw yet. While speaking, he didn't forget to turn back and shout to Lin Jingyi: "Jingyi, don't eat it yet..."

Before he could finish, Lin Jingyi also had a skewer stuffed in her mouth, her lips twisted into a "√" shape, her eyes and mouth askew, looking at them in extreme disharmony.

"It's over! Jingyi pulled her own mouth crooked!!"

Mr. Lu was frantic and waved his hand: "Staff! Staff! Come over here quickly!"

"Cut the camera, stop broadcasting, this footage isn't suitable for broadcast!"

"……"

Li Dao and the others turned off the live stream and hurried over, and Chi Ye's group also gathered around.

"Holy crap!"

Seeing this scene, Chi Ye was instantly stunned: "Is it really that serious? Isn't it just being one step ahead, is it worth being this happy? Why are you guys kissing the candied haws?!"

"Chi Ye! Stop making sarcastic remarks and come help!"

Li Dao couldn't hold it together either and directed: "Everyone come over and pull!"

The four: "?!"

F*** you, Director, are you trying to kill us?!

"Don't use brute force! Drink water! Hot water! Use hot water to get it off!"

Even at a time like this, Mr. Huang didn't forget to show off: "Use boiling water to melt it!"

"Melt your head, boiling water? Are you trying to melt the candied haw or me?!" Yang Zi cursed.

"Listen to my command, everyone listen to my command!" Mr. Lu shouted to stabilize morale.

"Still listening to your command, damn it?" Yang Zi continued to vent: "If we keep listening, we'll lose our lives to your commands!"

"I beg you, stop commanding!"

"Warm water, warm water is fine, hurry and get some warm water!"

Li Dao was sweating profusely. Chi Ye, despite his words, acted quickly and had already taken the warm water from Dai Fudai's hand and passed it over.

A group of staff members rushed over to help.

But in the northern winter, with indoor temperatures below minus twenty degrees, no one knew how the four had boiled the sugar, but the stickiness was astonishing.

The group tried for a while, pulling until Yang Zi's head was swollen... swollen in the physical sense!

It still wouldn't come off.

"Wait, stop pulling... my dentures are going to be pulled out!"

Yang Zi was getting desperate from the pulling.

"Listen to me, listen to me, don't be anxious, take a sip of warm water first, take it slow..."

Mr. Lu had a very good temper; knowing Yang Zi was anxious, he comforted him while holding his arm and shouted: "Come on, 3-2-1... pull!"

"Pull!"

"Eh!"

Yang Zi felt a pain in his dentures, let out an "ouch," and pulled the candied haw out in one go.

But because he couldn't control his strength, with this swing, the candied haw he had just pulled off stuck directly onto Mr. Lu's bangs!

Mr. Lu: "?"

What is that? Why does it smell so bad? Did you crap on my head?!

Yang Zi hadn't noticed yet; he was just looking at his two bone-colored dentures that had "flown" onto Mr. Lu's head, and his vision went black: "My dentures!!"

Everyone didn't understand why he was so emotional.

But Yang Zi's heart was bleeding.

These two dentures were ones he had had blessed by a master, made from "heavenly beads."

It was said that once embedded, they could bring good fortune and fame, but if they left him, they wouldn't work!

And now, the dentures had flown onto Mr. Lu's head!

"Ouch~!"

Mr. Huang also let out an "ouch," successfully pulling out his candied haw, which had a tooth that had clearly been eaten away by cavities stuck to it.

Seeing this, Yang Zi's vision went even darker: "You're even competing with me on this?!"

Mr. Huang: "……"

F*** you, Yang Zi, you idiot, I'm not competing with you!

"What is that on my head that smells so bad?! Also, everyone look at Jingyi, how is Jingyi's face doing?!"

Mr. Lu was anxious—everyone knew about his idol baggage! He could lose his life, but he couldn't lose his hairstyle!

He pulled at his hair frantically, trying to get the candied haw off, while not forgetting to care about Lin Jingyi's condition.

Everyone had to rush over, splitting into two groups to help Mr. Lu and Lin Jingyi.

"Don't pull, don't pull..."

Just as the candied haw was about to be pulled off, Mr. Lu suddenly stopped them: "Everyone don't move!!!"

But it was a step too late. The staff didn't dare to pull hard, but Yang Zi, anxious about his "fame and fortune," had already used all his might and flipped up the top of Mr. Lu's head!

Yes, that's right, a large patch on the top of Mr. Lu's head was suddenly empty, his high hairline completely exposed to the air. A cold wind blew, and there was a slight chill.

"My hairpiece!"

"The hairpiece fell off! Stop pulling!"

Mr. Lu was frantic: "My hair, hurry and find my hair!"

Everyone: "……"

Yang Zi looked at the two "fame and fortune" dentures stuck to the candied haw, still shaken: "Thank goodness, thank goodness, they're not lost..."

Just as he was thinking this, the "candied haw" in his hand suddenly tightened.

It was Mr. Lu who had walked over, his expression awkward and ugly, grabbing his hair: "Give my hair back!"

"Eh! Eh! What are you doing, trying to snatch it by force?!"

Yang Zi pulled it back: "My dentures are on it!"

"My hair!"

"My dentures!"

"Stop fighting, stop fighting... Jingyi fainted!"

"Teachers, Jingyi is foaming at the mouth, stop fighting!"

Some staff members came over to "break up the fight," and the scene fell into chaos.

Chi Ye watched this chaotic scene, dumbfounded, and demanded of the "culprit" Mr. Huang: "What kind of 502 super glue is this!?"

"Mr. Huang, tell the truth, did you work in a glue factory?!"