“Xiao Nian is good.” After Yu Antong finished speaking, he asked Xing Lixuan with interest, “Is Yujian Live the live broadcast platform that belongs to your company that you just mentioned?”
“Yeah.” Xing Lixuan sat down to eat, unwilling to mention more.
Yu Antong continued, “I happened to watch a live broadcast on the way to bring you food. It was about Immortal’s Banquet. The live broadcast should not be over yet.”
As he spoke, he turned on the phone. He didn’t exit the live broadcast room before locking the screen, and now he can see the previous live broadcast as soon as he turns on the phone.
“The serving speed is quite fast, and this dish really had an amazing smell, I can’t wait to eat it.” The live broadcast did not end, and the streamer instead put the camera on the opposite side of the table, so that the whole table and herself could be filmed. “There are still two dishes not ready yet… I can’t wait anymore, let’s start now!”
Yu Antong used the napkin box on the table as a stand to stand up the phone, and said to Xing Lixuan, “Look, this is it…”
Xing Lixuan put a shrimp in Yu Antong’s mouth to block his mouth. “Eat well.”
“Well…” Yu Antong chewed and swallowed, before continuing, “It’s pretty easy for me to watch the live broadcast! I can also…”
Before Yu Antong finished saying “I can do it too”, he was silenced with meat-stuffed fried tofu.
“Hey… what are you doing?” Yu Antong frowned, “I pick what I want to eat, don’t keep interrupting me, ugh, what did I want to say just now?”
Xing Lixuan turned off his mobile phone. “Eat first, else it will be cold. If there is anything to discuss, we can talk about it later after eating.”
The female streamer’s voice stopped abruptly, Yu Antong looked at the phone, but did not stop Xing Lixuan’s movement. “Ah, I remembered, I just wanted to talk about the live broadcast, I think…”
Xing Lixuan: “You don’t want to.”
Only then did Yu Antong realize that Xing Lixuan’s behavior was not right. He straightened his back before confronting him. “What’s going on with you today!”
Xing Lixuan said, “Baby, don’t be busy during this time. If you want to do that, wait until Xiao Nian is born. Don’t make me worry, okay?”
Yu Antong was stunned for a moment, he didn’t expect that Xing Lixuan’s reluctance was because of this. He immediately laughed, “Have I been too willful usually? I never thought you’d think I can’t distinguish priorities. Didn’t I say I won’t be busy with work for a while? Trust me.”
“It’s rare for you to feel that you are too willful.” Xing Lixuan raised his hand and squeezed Yu Antong’s increasingly round face affectionately. “You’re barred from mentioning this matter again.”
Yu Antong pouted. “You didn’t even listen to what I wanted to say. I don’t really want to be your company’s spokesperson. If I’m that good, I might as well make my debut. I just want to occasionally live broadcast to play around, nothing serious.”
Yu Antong continued, “For example, I can turn on the live broadcast while cooking for you, and I can also advertise the Immortal’s Banquet as I did that. Two birds, one stone.”
Only now did Xing Lixuan feel relieved. “I’ll ask someone to open a special recommendation seat for you.”
“Don’t, don’t, don’t.” Yu Antong quickly refused, “I just said this on a whim, and maybe I won’t be bothered to stream the next day.”
The two were chatting and eating while Yu Antong didn’t expect that what he said casually would come true. His great business of live broadcasting only lasted for one day and then came to an end.
Not because he was lazy.
Yu Antong chose a weekend to live broadcast, because Xing Lixuan didn’t go to work on weekends, so he didn’t have to deliver meals to him, so his pace of cooking could be slowed down.
Yu Antong went into the kitchen, changed the phone in several places to find the right lighting, and finally chose to put it on the cabinet on his left. The sight range in the upper left corner allows the audience to see his cooking movements clearly, and it is also convenient for him to turn his head to check the comments and so.
Yu Antong’s account has only been registered not long ago. Before that, he only used it to watch some videos here and there. This is his first live broadcast. He didn’t promote it on Weibo, he just wanted to test the waters.
At the beginning, there were naturally no audiences. After he chopped the onion and ginger, he glanced at his phone and found that there were only two audiences in.
[<No Much Meat> enters the live broadcast room]
<Not Much Meat>: What are you doing, host? Where are you from? You looked a little familiar, just where did I see you before?
Yu Antong said, “Now I’m making spicy crayfish. I’m from Jiangcheng, you may have seen me.”
<Not Much Meat>: You’re from Jiangcheng!! What a coincidence, has anyone ever told you that you look a lot like that Chef Yu Antong! Your voice sounds similar too.
<Not Much Meat>: Do you know Yu Antong? He’s the champion of this season’s “Here Comes the God of Chefs!”
Yu Antong: “…”
He knows this all too well, no one knows more clearly and in detail than him, after all, he is Yu Antong in the flesh.
The other person who entered the live broadcast room also began to speak.
<Xiuxiu the Gourmet>: I also feel they’re similar! If I hadn’t clicked on this streamer’s homepage just now and saw that there were only two fans, and he’s a little fatter than Yu Antong, I would have thought it was the real Yu Antong!
Yu Antong: “…”
‘Who are you calling fat! You should go see a mirror!1this is… localized, kinda. He said “敲敲敲！” which translates to “Knock knock knock”. Idk how to tl that without sounding awkward in English so… You are fat! Your whole family is fat!’ He cursed inwardly.
At this time, a few more people came in. Because there were not many comments, the comments of the previous two viewers could still be seen by the newcomers.
<Little Beary>: Isn’t this Yu Antong himself? I just clicked in after looking at the super image.
<Sesame Dumpling>: I think so too. I told you how Yu AnTong suddenly opened a live broadcast, and sure enough, he did.
<Pencil Box>: Host, tell me, why don’t you talk?
Yu Antong: “…”
What should he say now?
If he admits that it is him, doesn’t he admit that he is fat?
So Yu Antong didn’t speak, pretending to not read the comments, and just kept cooking.
A large and meaty seasonal crayfish has been cleaned by the Auntie and is just waiting to be cooked.
Yu Antong poured the crayfish into the hot oil pan and fried them for a while. When the water vapor evaporated and the skin of the crayfish was crispy, he removed it from the oil. After that, using the leftover oil, he cooked onion, fennel, coriander seeds, cinnamon bark, bay leaves, and other spices.
After the ingredients were fried until their taste and aroma infused into the oil, Yu Antong took out the ingredients and poured minced ginger, minced garlic, sprinkled with a large handful of Chinese prickly ash, pepper, and a large amount of bright red dried chilies.
The fragrant scent of this chili oil made him salivate. Yu Antong stir-fries the peppers until the color becomes darker, and when the texture is crispy, he adds the bean paste from Immortal’s Banquet. Stir-fry quickly until everything is incorporated together. Finally, he added the crayfish.
<Artichoke>: I seem to smell the aroma! Ah, I wanna eat it!
<Don’t Eat Rabbits>: I also want to eat crayfish!
He poured the cooking wine, then added other ingredients. Because Yu Antong has not spoken, and the audience doesn’t know what seasoning he added.
<I’m a Little Cutie>: Host, if you don’t talk, I’ll leave.
<I’m a Little Cutie>: I’m leaving! I’m really leaving!
<I’m a Little Cutie>: Hey, the host is so cruel, he won’t keep this cutie around!
<I’m a Little Cutie>: But this cutie won’t leave yet! Who made the dishes made by the host look so delicious? Foodies have no dignity!
Yu Antong put the lid on the pot, so he could look up and scan these few comments.
‘Ptooey! Why should I coax you all when you say I’m fat! You are all delusional!’
Yu Antong lowered his head and planned to make another stir-fried shredded pork with green peppers. After this live broadcast, he will do this again! Who cares about this so-called cutie!
He bowed his head and carefully and quickly cut two green and red peppers into evenly-thin shreds.
<Sesame Dumpling>: His knife skills are amazing!
<Tortured by Subject 2>: Coach… Bah! Host, I want to learn this!
<Kitchen Xiao Bai>: Asking for advice, how to practice knife skills?
The number of people watching his live broadcast slowly increased. Among them was a gourmet streamer with less than one million fans. She often visited the newcomer area, but she didn’t expect that this time she would find a newcomer with star potential.
Moreover, this newcomer is very skilled in knife skills when cooking, and he does look talented. The gourmet streamer took a screenshot and posted it on Weibo.
<Little Chef’s Cooking Adventure> V: Everyone, come and watch Yu Anmutong’s live broadcast! [dog head]
<Little Pigeons>: Mutong? Chef, you make a typo?
<Little Chef’s Cooking Adventure> V: No, you’ll understand after watching it. Well, it’s actually a newbie host who looks very much like a fat Yu Antong.
<Hot Wheels>: Let’s check it out!
Because of this streamer’s recommendation, the number of viewers in Yu Antong’s live broadcast room increased rapidly.
<Chirp Chirp Chirp>: Come from Weibo to watch the fat version of Yu Antong!
<Little Pudding>: Hahaha, I am also from Weibo.
<No Alarm Clock>: They look so similar. Does no one suspect that he’s actually Yu Antong himself?
<Love to Eat Oranges>: He’s not fat, his face is just fleshier than usual.
<Pigman>: I think it’s really Yu Antong. After all, he was getting fatter when “God of Chefs!” was airing. He might be a little fatter now (type and run away)
<I Have No Money>: Am I the only one who noticed the knife he used? !
<Baa! Haha>: Huh? What happened to the knife, please tell me.
<I Have No Money>: This knife is a limited production of the top knife brand Ne□□uk2censored in the raw. It is said to be hand-forged with 640 layers of Damascus steel, worth more than 200,000 yuan3about 28k USD… dang a piece. It has a perfect, ergonomic handle that conforms to human mechanics, and is made from black swamp oak with a history of thousands of years, and it is said to be able to last for a thousand of years. The seemingly decorative polished ferrule on the handle is 18K pure gold, and the six small diamonds are also real diamonds!
<Can’t Cook>: Are you serious?! You are scaring my kitchen knives that cost 10 yuan4about 1.4 USD in my hand.
<Never Seen the World>: I think they’re telling the truth. The luxury jewelry blogger I follow has introduced this! It is said that the boxes that hold the knives are all noble black piano lacquer boxes. It hurts me to see him put them there so casually.
A follower of Yu Antong’s Weibo suddenly thought of something when they saw these comments.
<Hongyu Mantang>: Well, when you said that, I remembered that I saw Yu Antong posted a photo of this knife on Weibo, and the caption said, “the newly bought knife is so easy to use”.
As soon as this remark came out, the originally lively comment area suddenly fell silent.
A few seconds later, the comments frantically flooded with hundreds of comments, scrolling down very fast.
<Not Much Meat>: So this is really Yu Antong himself!!
<Sesame Dumpling>: God of Chefs, I’m sorry!
<Hongyu Mantang>: I’m sorry for my beloved Tongtong, I, a die-hard fan, didn’t recognize him!
<Turmeric>: Tongtong, is it really you? Please say something!
Yu Antong concentrated on cooking and didn’t bother with his phone anymore. He just left it there, completely unaware that he had been recognized.
At this moment, Xing Lixuan finished processing an urgent document and went downstairs, and came into the kitchen to help. He didn’t know that Yu Antong had started a live broadcast. He just thought that it was an oddity that the Auntie wasn’t in the kitchen as usual.
He walked to the sink to wash his hands, saw the broccoli on the chopping board beside him, and asked casually, “Baby, do you want to wash this broccoli?”
Hearing that natural tone, everyone knew that he usually helped Yu Antong a lot.
