Uh… wow, this is absurdly late. Sorry for about that
Also, in case you haven’t seen the announcement on KnoxT discord: I’m taking a short hiatus (2 weeks or less) because I got a new job! Sorry for the inconvenience, and wish me luck!
In the middle of the auction, Zhu Yucheng told his father he had to go to the bathroom. Zhu Yucheng took a few photos of Xing Lixuan and Yu Antong’s backs next to each other. He didn’t want to feel like a single loser all alone. He wanted to send it to his sisters, so they could all suffer together.
Before Zhu Yucheng had time to send the photos to his group chat, his father came back, and Zhu Yucheng temporarily put away his phone.
His father asked, “Son, is there anything you like?”
Zhu Yucheng didn’t even think about it for long before he replied, “No, not really.”
Mr. Zhu thought he was throwing a temper tantrum because he lost the auction. “Are you still thinking about the jade Guanyin?”
“No.” Zhu Yucheng couldn’t explain it to his father. The auctioneer happened to introduce a necklace for a lady. So he changed the topic by saying, “Didn’t Mom say she wanted a new necklace? This one is really pretty, why don’t we buy it for her?”
Interrupted by his father, Zhu Yucheng forgot to post the photo for a moment. After the auction, he planned to play on his mobile phone to pass the time on the way home. When he opened Weibo, he saw the current trending post.
[“Here Comes the God of Chefs!” latest episode has aired! The challenge is getting harder!]
It was enough to gain his attention. He immediately clicked on the link, which brought him to the app.
“Who is the real God of Chefs who can cook various delicious foods from around the world? Dearest viewers, welcome back to the newest episode of ‘Here Comes the God of Chefs!’” The host first appeared on the stage and said the opening remarks, “Special thanks to Youneng Smart Refrigerator for its strong support for this program.” (优能; excellent performance)
Zhu Yucheng carefully discovered that the advertisements read by the host had changed. Did the show gain a new investor?”
He then remembered the Jia Sibo scandal, and deduced that the show must’ve severed ties with him. However, he thought that the show would be sponsored by a well-known big brand. After all, this variety show is popular, so there should be many rich sponsors waiting on the side to snatch a spot. It was unexpected that the show was sponsored by a brand he didn’t know about.
Many viewers also noticed this, and the barrage flew by in unison, discussing this topic.
[Changed sponsors? Jia Sibo is gone! Justice is served!]
[There is no Jia Sibo and Cai Yingying, and I feel good about it~]
[Jia Sibo is gone, I can rest assured about the fairness now.]
[Who is the new sponsor? Youneng Smart Refrigerator, have any of you heard of this brand?]
[It doesn’t matter who it is, as long as it is no longer Jia Sibo.]
[I know this brand. The new refrigerator I bought is of this brand. It is user-friendly and very excellent, but it is a bit expensive.]
Zhu Yucheng continued to look down.
The contestants were divided into groups, and after hearing the host say that there were very few types of ingredients, they were chatting with their teammates nervously in a low voice. Thankfully, the camera was kind enough to highlight a couple of them:
“Why isn’t the showrunner pairing the low-ranked players together to make it easier to eliminate them?”
“Maybe they’re culling it by drawing lots? It’s a bit relying on luck, but it’s still possible.”
“But… maybe not. If that’s the case, why does only Zhuang Zhouyang go solo?”
“But if you have differing opinions from your teammates, wouldn’t it be better to cook by yourself instead of teaming-up?”
Most of the audience guessed that this episode focused on teamwork and cooperation. Some of the contestants hurriedly discuss with their teammates in advance what kind of dishes they were good at, and how to quickly choose ingredients within the limited, given time.
Right after one of the contestants finished saying that she couldn’t handle pig’s trotters, the host revealed the actual rules of the game.
In an instant, teammates became opponents, and they stabbed each other in the back.
The contestants were suddenly stunned, and then they had a good chat with their “teammates”, but those contestants who were about to join hands in the food supermarket to pick ingredients in the next second were about to cry.
Each teammate looked at the other with eyes full of doubts and suspicion.
Seeing the stunned reactions of the contestants, Zhu Yucheng slapped his legs and laughed, and the barrage posted by sand sculpture netizens was also very interesting.
[Question: What kind of life principles is this show going to impart to us?]
[Answer: Never expose your weaknesses to others easily, because you don’t know if the other party is actually your enemy.]
[Those contestants who confessed to each other are too miserable. Every word you say will become a knife stabbed in your body by the other party. 】
[Maybe some of them should start to kneel and beg lol]
Immediately after the host introduced the newly joined judges, Xing Lixuan’s face was shown for a few seconds. But it was enough to arouse the surprise and interest from the audience, including Zhu Yucheng.
Although Xing Lixuan’s shot was very short, netizens could reverse the progress bar and pause. Maybe even abuse the replay button.
[This newest Gold Father’s face is a little handsome!]
[Previous sister should be more certain. He’s not “a little” handsome, he’s VERY handsome!!]
[Ahhh! I can!] (a popular internet lingo. It kinda means like “I can/I’m willing” to — the said person. Usually for someone you like at first glance.)
[I thought the newest judge would be a middle-aged entrepreneur, I didn’t expect it to be the Handsome Domineering President™!! That indifferent look killed me in seconds!]
[Hahaha, why are you immediately calling him a domineering president? But to be honest, from now on, every handsome domineering president character’s face will be his.]
[Whether this is a food show or a talent show, it’s normal if the contestants are good-looking. I don’t expect that the judges would all be good-looking, too!]
Unlike other audiences who just marvel at the super good looks of the new judges, Zhu Yucheng is really going crazy!
The viewers who posted the barrage didn’t know about the married relationship between Yu Antong and Xing Lixuan, but he did!
He had just witnessed the scene of the two loving each other tonight, and he wanted to watch a food variety show to soothe his wounded heart, but he didn’t expect that the new judge would be Xing Lixuan!
Was it because the previous sponsor was unreliable, and he was afraid that his wife would be bullied, so he became a judge himself?
Apart from this reason, Zhu Yucheng couldn’t think of any other reason for Xing-zong, who owns many industries and is busy with his own company, to appear on a program for an unknown small brand. The investment and return are not proportional at all.
As long as he has a functioning brain cell, he can guess that Xing Lixuan came for Yu Antong.
If that was called being “emotionally unavailable”, he didn’t know what would qualify as “emotionally close”.
Zhu Yucheng became even more envious as he scrolled down.
But he also became more concerned about Fu Fengxing and Yu Antong.
Fu Fengxing’s appearance was definitely in his taste, and it made him pay more attention towards him. Fortunately, neither Fu Fengxing nor his “teammates” made things too difficult for each other.
Looking at Yu Antong again, Zhu Yucheng became a little unhappy, “What! What’s the matter with this Yu Xingmin? He actually chose pork belly and chicken gizzard. Why did you choose all these unflattering internal organs!! A celestial fairy’s hands shouldn’t be used to touch those smelly ingredients!! This old man is SHIT!”
Plus, he hated carrots. Zhu Yucheng’s appetite was gone. He was very disappointed, it seemed that Yu Antong wouldn’t be able to make dishes that attracted him to this issue.
As the car arrived home, Zhu Yucheng got out of the car and went back to his room, continuing to watch without much interest.
Originally, he was not very interested in the dishes that Yu Antong was cooking. After all, he hated the ingredients used. He didn’t think Yu Antong could make delicious dishes.
But when Yu Antong said that he was not very sure that he could do the “deep-fried double crisps” dish well, Zhu Yucheng’s curiosity was aroused instead.
How difficult is the dish that even the little fairy can’t handle?
After a while, the dishes came out of the pan and were put on a plate. The pork belly was cut diagonally until it bloomed like flowers. It had a thick sauce-colored gravy on top of it, beautiful in shape and appetizing.
If he didn’t know the ingredients used in this dish, he wouldn’t be able to tell from a glance seeing it for the first time. Zhu Yucheng was hypnotized by it and suddenly had the urge to try it.
Especially when he heard that the judges spoke highly of this dish. At that point, he was already salivating.
‘Yu Antong is really a fairy, ba. He obviously doesn’t like the ingredients, but he can cook them well enough to make me drool…’
After the first four judges finished commenting, it was Xing Lixuan’s turn, and Zhu Yucheng stared at the screen without blinking.
He knew that the following content had the high chance of abusing single dogs like him, but he was still very curious.
Xing Lixuan kept his eyes on Yu Antong when he came in from the door. When it was his turn to comment, he tasted it, and said to Yu Antong in a tender manner, “It’s delicious. The texture is crisp, and yet it still can melt in the mouth. Very good.”
[This Gold Father is not cold. You can see that he has always looked at Yu Antong with gentle eyes.]
[I unilaterally declare that this President will be my husband!]
[Ahhh! In this shot, although I know he is facing the contestant, I can deceive myself into thinking that he is smiling at me, and I am dead!]
[I can actually smell the greasy scent of pampering. Is it because this Auntie’s eyes are old and dim? Someone please wake me up from this dream already.]
[Same. I even want to start to write a fanfic about a little beauty contestant Shou and a gentle president Gong. You know, the kind that looks like strangers in the public, but actually are very familiar in private. They know each other so well, but have to pretend otherwise in the show. But their tender gaze cannot hide their heart, after all…]
[Pass the pen to the Madam upstairs. Please don’t forget to tell us your pen name!]
[Where is this writer going to post her writing? Asking for a friend~]
At the beginning, the audience just posted the barrage with a joking mentality, but the more they looked back, the more they began to feel that something was wrong.
In this issue, Yu Antong was the first contestant to complete the dishes for the judges to comment on. The audience saw that Xing Lixuan’s aura had obviously softened after Yu Antong entered the door. At first they felt that this new judge was not as cold as they first thought. He’s definitely the type that actually has a soft heart inside, it’s just his appearance that made him look cold hearted.
But when other players came in one after another, they realized something was wrong.
How come this judge has returned to that cold and alienated look, and his evaluation of each contestant is very concise.
“Too salty.”
“No taste.”
“Mn, good.”
“Too much pepper.”
“It’s fine.”
Although he didn’t say much when commenting on Yu Antong, compared with other players, his evaluation of Yu Antong seemed very high.
[Why do I feel that this new sponsor looks at Yu Antong in a wrong way.]
[I think so too, it feels different from when he’s looking at other players.]
[Could it be another Jia Sibo?]
[His attitude towards other players is also too different, I suspect there is something wrong with it.]
[This sponsor won’t be interested in Yu Antong, right? I like Yu Antong the most among all the players, I hope nothing bad will happen.]
Zhu Yucheng didn’t expect things to go in such a direction. Didn’t everyone know the relationship between Yu Antong and Xing Lixuan?
–Ah, that’s right. Although they invited a lot of people when they got married, they were all business tycoons and some relatives and friends. It’s normal for netizens to not know the actual situation. But he believed that someone would find out soon.
After watching the show, he took a few photos of Yu Antong and Xing Lixuan in the same frame when the judges were commenting on Yu Antong’s cooking. One of them clearly showed the tenderness in Xing Lixuan’s eyes.
He posted these photos on his personal Weibo account together with the photos he secretly took when he participated in the auction.
He usually shared some good products or makeup videos on his Weibo, and has tens of thousands of fans. But still, it was just his private account.
<A Little Sweet Orange> V: It’s another day of crying for other people’s sweet love. I also want a husband who loves me so much. (Picture) ×9
After posting on Weibo, he realized that he hadn’t told his fellow sisters about it. He quickly opened the group chat and sent the photos taken at the auction.
<A Little Sweet Orange>: (Picture)
Although it was very late, the helpless little sisters in the group were still playing with their mobile phones at this time, and soon someone spoke.
<The Number One Beauty in Jiangcheng>: ?
<I Want A 1>: Wait, this seems to be Xing Lixuan?!
<Gege Looked at Me>: Damn! It’s Xing Lixuan and Yu Antong!
<Pure, Lovely 0 Waiting for 1 Online>: Impossible, I don’t believe they have such a good relationship!
<The Number One Beauty in Jiangcheng>: Where is Orange? Come out and explain, you can’t just leave the picture and run away, is Xing Lixuan really in this picture? When is this picture taken?
System message: [<A Little Sweet Orange> changed its nickname to <A Sour Lemon>.]
<A Sour Lemon>: I just changed my nickname.
After Zhu Yucheng changed his nickname and returned to the group chat interface, he saw a series of chat records in the group chat, so he hurriedly typed.
<A Sour Lemon>: The photo was taken yesterday when I participated in the charity auction with my father. It was Xing Lixuan and Yu Antong. He lowered his arms and his face was basically at Yu Antong’s ear when he spoke…
<A Sour Lemon>: I almost died of sour on the spot! So you need to understand why I changed my nickname.
<Pure, Lovely 0 Waiting for 1 Online>: Sob sob sob!! I’m so sour too, how could this happen! (holding head and crying.jpg)
<The Number One Beauty in Jiangcheng>: But didn’t they don’t get along well? In the past half a year of marriage, I have never seen Xing-zong take him to a banquet or party. This is too sudden.
<Gege Looked at Me>: I just read a beautiful romance novel about marriage first and then falling in love, and today I saw the live-action version? When can I have such sweet love! When will a fierce gege ride the colorful auspicious clouds to marry me?
<I Want A 1>: I started to think that agreeing to a blind date with my mother’s colleague’s aunt’s god-nephew is a good choice. Maybe we can also have a marriage first and fall in love later.
<Gege Looked at Me>: Sister, calm down! @I Want A 1
<A Sour Lemon>: If you watch “Here Comes the God of Chefs!”, you will be more envious.
<Pure, Lovely 0 Waiting for 1 Online>: Huh? What is that?
<The Number One Beauty in Jiangcheng>: It seems to be a gourmet show. What does it have to do with Xing-zong and Yu Antong?
<A Sour Lemon>: Ah, it’s so late, I’m going to go for my beauty sleep. I don’t want to talk anymore, you guys will understand after watching it, you can start watching from the third episode first.
Zhu Yucheng chatted with his sisters for a long time, and he checked Weibo before going to bed.
However, he found that he seemed to have done something bad by accident.
The author has something to say:
Netizen: Who is this person? He actually has bad intentions towards my Tongtong!
Xing-zong: This year’s netizens are not very good.
Then, Mister President immediately asks someone to update his Baidu information to be “married”, and with “wife: Yu Antong” and “son:” ….
Forget it. He can think about that later.
