Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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The growing seasons of mushrooms were generally spring and autumn. Logically speaking, in this cold winter, few people could see mushrooms on the dining table.
However, now that technology was advanced, it was not impossible to grow mushrooms artificially in a greenhouse. Therefore, when Xiao Dengzi heard Zu Qi say that these mushrooms were sent by a friend, he did not think about other aspects.
It wasn’t until Zu Qi and Duan Kai got on the return car that the slow Xiao Dengzi suddenly realized, slapped his thigh and said: “Oops! If I had known I would be away for two days, I would have put the mushrooms in the room first. What if someone takes it away?”
Duan Kai said expressionlessly, “Didn’t you put the mushrooms there for them to use as they please?”
“…” Xiao Dengzi burst into tears.
Duan Kai patted Xiao Dengzi on the shoulder and comforted him solemnly: “Don’t worry, you are the only one in the entire crew who is interested in that kind of mushroom. I’m afraid no one else will touch it at all.”
Xiao Dengzi: “…” He didn’t feel comforted at all by these words!
Zu Qi laughed so hard but he couldn’t bear it when he saw Xiao Dengzi’s slumped face and pitiful look. He sighed and said, “Didn’t you just take two mushrooms? I still have some left. I’ll give you three mushrooms if you want them.”
Xiao Dengzi, who was still dejected just now, immediately raised his head, with a light that almost blinded Zu Qi and said in disbelief: “Really?”
Zu Qi nodded: “Really.”
After receiving the assurance, Xiao Dengzi relaxed and suddenly showed a happy smile.
Zu Qi knew that Xiao Dengzi was a real foodie. Years of experience in eating gave him a pair of magical eyes that could distinguish the quality of good food from bad.
Zu Qi originally thought that those colorful and poisonous-looking mushrooms would not catch Xiao Dengzi’s picky eyes, but he did not expect that he would be so interested. For a while, he was also curious about the taste of those mushrooms.
….
In the crew.
After all, Zu Qi was just a male supporting actor. His two days off would not delay the overall filming progress of the crew. At this time, the two actresses playing the female lead and the female supporting actor had both joined the cast, so Director Wang focused on filming the drama between them and Qiao Yang.
Before joining the crew, Qiao Yang was deeply troubled by anorexia. Now that he had joined the crew, he still had no interest in food. As a manager, Zhou Hai was like an ant on a hot pot and had almost lost all his hair.
Seeing that even the heavy foundation could not cover Qiao Yang’s thin cheeks, Zhou Hai was given an ultimatum by the company. No matter what, he must restore Qiao Yang to his previous appearance, otherwise his stardom would be ruined.
At noon that day, Zhou Hai packed up his things as usual and prepared to go to the kitchen to cook for Qiao Yang. No matter whether Qiao Yang wanted to eat or not, he had to take action.
“Brother Zhou!” the logistics staff passing by suddenly said, “Director Wang’s friend sent some mushrooms over. I heard they are newly cultivated varieties and they taste very good. I put them in the kitchen.”
Zhou Hai understood what the logistics staff meant, and a smile rarely appeared on his usually worried face. He nodded and said, “I understand, thank you.”
In fact, Zhou Hai didn’t take the logistics staff’s words to heart very much. Every time he cooked for Qiao Yang, before the meal, the dish combination would be discussed with the doctor in advance, and even the ingredients delivered were carefully selected by people from the company.
For such a long time, Zhou Hai tried his best not to touch anything except the kitchen that was prepared by the crew.
Speaking of which, the ingredients sent by the company were running low, so he needed to call them to urge them.
Zhou Hai was thinking as he stepped into the kitchen. By some strange coincidence, he immediately noticed the corner of the cabinet – because there was a plate of colorful mushrooms placed there.
Were these the mushrooms sent by Director Wang’s friend?
A trace of surprise flashed across Zhou Hai’s expression. He walked over quickly, bent down and took a closer look, and found that the colorful things in front of him were indeed two mushrooms, each of which was as big as his forearm.
Even Zhou Hai, who had seen the world, had never seen such a mushroom. It was not that its color was exaggerated, but that it grew exceptionally full. You could feel it with just a tap of your fingertips. It was full of toughness and elasticity.
Zhou Hai could tell almost at a glance that these two mushrooms were top quality.
He just didn’t know which of Director Wang’s friends was so powerful that he could cultivate such high-quality mushrooms and generously send them to the crew.
Zhou Hai carefully picked up one of the mushrooms, put it in front of his nose and smelled it. He immediately smelled a very faint fragrance belonging to mushrooms. The smell quickly penetrated into the nasal cavity and went down the throat, covering a large area. It lingered around and soaked people’s hearts.
“What a good mushroom.” Zhou Hai sighed sincerely.
He immediately called Qiao Yang’s personal doctor and nutritionist. After confirming again and again that the mushrooms were non-toxic, he cut off one-third of the mushrooms with a knife and put the rest back on the plate.
Zhou Hai’s cooking skills were very good. Even an ordinary plate of fried shredded pork with mushrooms could be made to the standard of a star-rated hotel. In less than an hour, three steaming dishes and one soup were brought to the table.
At first, everyone in their team ate together. Later, Zhou Hai thought it was too troublesome to cook meals for eight people, so he simply sent the others to eat the crew’s box lunches.
Now only Zhou Hai and Qiao Yang were left sitting face to face at the dining table, while the rest of the group happily ran to get their lunch boxes.
Qiao Yang had just finished filming. He was wearing a light costume and a thick military coat. The makeup on his face was very thick, but it could not hide the strong tiredness in his expression.
“Let’s eat first.” Zhou Hai placed Qiao Yang’s special chopsticks in front of him.
Qiao Yang rubbed his brows tiredly, shook his head subconsciously, and sighed: “You should eat first, I’m not hungry yet.”
“It’s meal time now, no matter whether you are hungry or not, you must take a bite to pad your belly first.” Zhou Hai persuaded patiently.
Qiao Yang knew that Zhou Hai said so out of good intentions and work responsibilities. He sighed quietly, picked up the chopsticks and hesitated for a while before reaching into the shredded pork stir-fried with mushrooms closest to him.
With soy sauce, cooking wine and other seasonings, the color of the fried mushrooms was not as gorgeous as before. In addition, because it was cut into thin strips, even Zhou Hai could not see what it looked like before.
Qiao Yang squinted his eyes, raised the chopsticks holding the mushrooms and shredded meat to his eyes and examined them for a long time before he said uncertainly: “Is this… a mushroom?”
Zhou Hai replied: “It was a gift from Director Wang’s friend. I heard that the mushrooms were just cultivated in the greenhouse.”
Qiao Yang didn’t seem to be very interested in this dish. Judging from the appearance, this mushroom stir-fried shredded pork dish was not as good as the other two carefully presented plate of dishes.
However, regardless of the color, flavor, and taste of the dishes, there was no difference in the eyes of Qiao Yang, who suffered from anorexia. In order not to worry Zhou Hai so much, he still put the picked up dish into his mouth no matter how much he resisted in his heart.
Zhou Hai looked at Qiao Yang longingly.
The next moment, Qiao Yang’s movements suddenly stopped –
“Qiao Yang? What’s wrong with you?” Zhou Hai’s reaction to Qiao Yang was unexpected.
He subconsciously thought that this new dish was not to Qiao Yang’s taste, so he quickly pulled out a paper towel and laid it flat in front of Qiao Yang, his brows knitted into a knot, “If you don’t like it, don’t force yourself and try something else.”
As he said this, Zhou Hai put down his chopsticks and took away the plate with the mushroom-fried shredded pork, preparing to move the other two dishes in front of Qiao Yang.
Unexpectedly, as soon as his fingers pinched the edge of the dinner plate, Qiao Yang, who was as still as stone, suddenly shouted his name emotionally. Zhou Hai was suddenly startled, thinking that Qiao Yang would get angry on the spot.
As a result, Qiao Yang said: “Can you bring me a bowl of rice?”
Zhou Hai: “…” At first, he thought it was his ears that were hallucinating, and stared at Qiao Yang blankly for a long time. Then he saw Qiao Yang actually take the chopsticks and start eating the dish by himself.
Qiao Yang came from a good family, had received a good education since he was a child, and knew the importance of table manners. Even before he suffered from anorexia, he chewed slowly and behaved elegantly when eating.
Zhou Hai had been following Qiao Yang for eight years, and this was the first time he saw Qiao Yang devouring food regardless of his image… Finally struggling out of his surprise. Zhou Hai’s expression changed from shock to surprise, and his eyes instantly became wet. He could hardly control his tears and started crying.
After feeling a surge in his chest, Zhou Hai finally managed to endure it. He stammered in response and quickly stood up to serve Qiao Yang a bowl of rice. He was afraid that it would not be enough, so he took a rice spoon and pressed it into the bowl again and again.
When Qiao Yang’s small team came back from the working meal, the scene they saw was Qiao Yang holding a bowl of rice and stuffing it into his mouth with mushrooms and stir-fried shredded pork. Zhou Hai, who was sitting opposite, had his fingers under his chin, and the loving and gentle light on his face almost overflowed.
Team members: “…”
What a weird picture, they always felt like something was wrong.
After being stunned for half a minute, everyone suddenly realized something.
“Teacher Qiao is eating?!!!!”
….
Zu Qi and others didn’t know that Xiao Dengzi’s small move had caused a storm in the crew. The three of them were sitting in the car and discussing Xue Wanwan’s full moon banquet.
Xiao Dengzi, who had become a veteran, smiled slyly: “Anyway, Mr. Xue is hosting a lot of people to celebrate Young Master Xue’s full moon. Why don’t we apply to Mr. Wang for a budget, invite a few reporters to the scene, and buy a Weibo hot search or something.”
Zu Qi, who was bored and playing a childish game of snake, said something completely irrelevant: “When did my son become Young Master Xue?”
Xiao Dengzi: “… ” Brother Qi’s focus was always so strange.
Speechless, Xiao Dengzi still said, “You only have one child, Xue Wanwan. If you don’t plan to have another child in the future, then the entire Xue family will belong to him sooner or later, and he will naturally inherit the position from President Xue.”
Zu Qi sighed almost inaudibly, thinking about the cynicism about him and Wanwan on the Internet, and thinking about the original plot behind it, he felt a little worried for a moment.
If the original plot was followed, Xue Jue would definitely never have a second child in this life, but whether Xue Wanwan could be squeezed into the Xue family was still unknown…
“Forget it.” Zu Qi said dejectedly, with a fingertip shaking, the greedy snake he controlled hit the wall and hung up. He put down his mobile phone and looked out the window sadly, “I already have a sinister physique, so I’d better keep a low profile.”
Xiao Dengzi hated iron for not becoming steel: “Brother Qi, brother Qi, others will get angry when you are scolded by others. We are thick-skinned and have nothing to be afraid of.”
Zu Qi: “…” No, no, no, big brother, I’m not afraid of the scolding of netizens. It was because he was worried about annoying the big boss Xue Jue.
Considering how much importance Xue Jue attached to Xue Wanwan, he was afraid he won’t be happy if he dragged Xue Wanwan out for hype.
Just after thinking this, Duan Kai, who had been silent all the time, suddenly said: “Okay, we don’t need to apply for a budget.”
Zu Qi and Xiao Dengzi turned their heads at the same time and cast doubtful wooden advertisements.
Duan Kai raised his phone and said, “Go check out Xue Jue’s Weibo by yourself.”
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