Xie Li stood there, his lips pouting slightly.
“Shen Yan, are you still angry with me, so you’re twisting my meaning like this? I never said you had special privileges. I was just jealous of your good luck in finding so many ingredients.”
“But your fans must be cursing me already. I didn’t do anything, yet I have to get cursed by your fans because of one thing you said. Do I deserve that?”
“So I declare this! None of the ingredients I find today will be shared with you or Lu Xingchuan, not even half a bite!”
If you have something to say, say it; never bottle it up.
With that said.
Shen Yan dragged Pei Heng away.
Pei Heng cooperatively followed behind him, brushing past Lu Xingchuan and Xie Li without even looking at them.
As soon as Pei Heng and Shen Yan left, the director, looking rather frazzled, glanced at Lu Xingchuan and Xie Li. Since the show was livestreamed, the director said earnestly, “Our show is fair, just, and transparent.”
“Director, that’s not what I meant.” Xie Li’s eyes turned red with grievance.
The director nodded. “Hurry up and find ingredients. Half an hour is almost up.”
After saying that, the director left too.
It was very hot today. The villa had air conditioning and felt cool, but outside it was stifling.
Xie Li didn’t want to go looking either.
As soon as the director left, he immediately turned to Lu Xingchuan and cried pitifully, “Brother Xingchuan, why does everyone hate me?”
『Ahhh, my baby is crying. My heart hurts!』
『Shen Yan deserves to die!』
『What did Shen Yan do? Shen Yan did nothing. He was just looking for ingredients, and even that gets him framed and cursed? Some fans are way too much!』
『Heh, what a bunch of trash. Shen Yan has fans?』
『I’m going to stan Shen Yan from today on. His straight-talking attitude is worth loving. If I could speak like that, I wouldn’t have to suffer so many grievances.』
『Me too…』
『Shen Yan feels different from the way he is portrayed online.』
『If Shen Yan hadn’t been such a jerk, Li Bao wouldn’t have cried. It’s all Shen Yan’s fault. Shen Yan is such a jerk.』
The moment Xie Li cried, his fans immediately started frantically attacking Shen Yan.
At the scene.
Lu Xingchuan hurriedly comforted him, “No one hates you. You’re so nice. How could anyone hate you?”
Xie Li choked back tears and wiped his face. “But Shen Yan doesn’t like me, and President Pei clearly met me for the first time, yet he doesn’t seem to like me either.”
“There’s a misunderstanding. We’ll find time to clear it up. Don’t cry.”
Seeing Xie Li so upset, Lu Xingchuan wished he could kill Shen Yan on the spot.
It had to be Shen Yan saying something to Pei Heng again!
To win him over, he would stop at nothing!
Just then, the production team’s notification sounded.
『”Thirty minutes are up. Please stop searching, guests, and gather on the first floor.”』
With his eyes still red from crying, Xie Li said remorsefully, “It’s all my fault. I held Brother Xingchuan back and didn’t find anything.”
First floor.
Bai Jing looked enviously at Shen Yan’s basket.
“Oh my god, are you guys dogs? How did you sniff out so much?”
『Hahaha, Sister Jing really knows how to compliment people.』
『That praise, hahaha, I learned something!』
Pei Heng’s eyes held a smile, a little proudly. “Teacher Shen carried me to an effortless win. Teacher Shen is amazing!”
Shen Yan peeked into the basket Song Qianshan was carrying. “You guys didn’t do too badly either. A pack of hotpot base, a box of fresh hand-sliced lamb, a bunch of lettuce, and even some noodles.”
Song Qianshan smiled. “Then how about we make hotpot together later?”
Shen Yan immediately agreed.
When Lu Xingchuan and Xie Li rejoined the group, the director stepped forward with a wireless mic.
“After a half-hour game, I believe our guests have gotten to know each other a little better.
“Everyone is starving, so we won’t waste any more of your lunch time.
“Enjoy your meal!”
“Hotpot, hotpot, let’s make hotpot!” Bai Jing jumped up and down, took the basket from Song Qianshan, and rushed into the kitchen. “I love hotpot, hotpot loves me, hotpot, I love hot… hotpot, I love…”
『Hahaha, Bai Jing, I can tell you really love hotpot!』
『Bai Jing is so lively. You can’t see any shadow of her family of origin at all.』
『What happened with her family of origin?』
『Didn’t people say she had eight mothers before?』
『Maybe it’s an act. The more depressed someone is, the more they pretend to be cheerful and outgoing.』
『??? Are you sick? Can’t stand seeing others do well?』
『Some people are natural buzzkills. Other people are happily eating hotpot, and he just can’t stand it, so he has to say something dark to make himself look impressive, right?』
Pei Heng, carrying the basket, asked Shen Yan, “How do you want to eat the salmon?”
Shen Yan answered without hesitation, “Pan-fried!”
Pei Heng asked again, “What about the chicken wings? Grilled?”
Shen Yan shook his head. “I want braised chicken wings with rice, but there isn’t any rice today. Otherwise, let’s put them in the refrigerator for now.”
Pei Heng nodded. “Okay. Then I’ll clean the fish and slice it into fillets. Later, we’ll add it to their hotpot.”
Shen Yan’s eyes curved into a smile. “Yay!”
Pei Heng raised a hand and very lightly flicked Shen Yan’s forehead. “Go play. I’ll call you when it’s ready.”
Shen Yan tilted his head. “You don’t need my help?”
Pei Heng asked back, “What do you know how to do?”
Shen Yan: …
Pei Heng’s smile deepened. “Go play games. I’ll call you later. You already carried me to an effortless win while looking for ingredients. I should get a chance to shine, or netizens will say I’m a freeloader!”
『So sweet!』
『Pei Heng, don’t spoil him too much!』
『Ahhh, such sweet romance.』
The director sat behind the camera, watching the scrolling bullet comments, and a happy smile spread across his face…
Happy my ass!
In the frame, Shen Yan clasped his fists and bowed to Pei Heng. “Ding-ding-ding-ding-ding, off I go, Old Sun!”
He turned and dashed straight for the living room sofa.
Yay, yay, yay!
Time to play games!
Pei Heng was briefly stunned, then very cooperatively said, “Hahahaha, go on, kid!”
With that said, he picked up the basket and strode proudly into the kitchen.
『Hahahaha!』
『It’s hard to imagine that’s the president of Huancheng Group!』
『I wonder what the employees of Huancheng Group think right now.』
Huancheng Group employees: …
So the boss can laugh after all, damn it! That jerk!
Director: …
He watched helplessly as a hashtag suddenly appeared on Weibo and quickly shot up to the top of the trending list.
#Horizontal Banner: Return My Teacher#
It was hard to imagine that this hashtag would actually have anything to do with his dating variety show!
With his legs crossed, Shen Yan curled up on the sofa, comfortably playing games.
Xie Li leaned over. “Aren’t you going to help?”
Shen Yan kept his eyes on the game console screen and only gave a perfunctory “Mm.”
Xie Li looked like he wanted to say something but held back, then, after a pause, went to the kitchen with a smile.
“What can I help with?”
Xie Li stood obediently beside Pei Heng.
Pei Heng was washing vegetables.
Xie Li asked, “Can I help wash the vegetables?”
Pei Heng looked at him in shock. “I’m not planning to share food with you, so why would I let you help me wash vegetables? I could never do something like that!”