Bab 56: Ch.55: Lunch?! I’m responsible for it?!
Misty fog flowed out of the bathroom as Su Chenyu walked out in her animal costume….
Black fur pointed ears, her long hair parted into two and scattered onto both sides….behind her was a large furry tail in the same black color. Contrasted with Su Chenyu's naturally fair and tender skin, the black costume complimented Su Chenyu's features rather nicely. It looked almost natural on her…and also very cute!
However, for Wen Jiexi, the current Su Chenyu was her natural enemy. And what is the natural enemy of a little sheep? A big bad wolf of course! At this moment, Su Chenyu was wearing the costume of a big black wolf animal!!! How exhilarating!!
"What are you looking at?" Su Chenyu naturally noticed Wen Jiexi's conflicted gaze and walked over to sit down on the bed. This was her first time wearing clothes like these but seeing the reaction of the person in front of her….she seems to have successfully pulled it off.
"N-nothing." Wen Jiexi lowered her head, almost burying her face into her blankets. Was her gaze too rotten? Did it make Sister Su feel uncomfortable?
A hand patted her head and rubbed her hair, causing her to raise her face only to have Su Chenyu pinch and squeeze her cheeks left and right,
"Why do you always seem to…..forget what I say?'
"Wuwuwu, what do you mean?" Wen Jiexi said innocently. Her eyes slowly wandered down Su Chenyu's fair neck and looked down at her-OMG.
Su Chenyu was currently bent slightly forward and her loose animal costume revealed her chest, the top of her breasts peeking out-Wuooooo! My nose feels hot, I think my nose is bleeding? No, no….how can I get a nosebleed just by seeing a woman's body!
"Are you not listening?" Su Chenyu raised an eyebrow and narrowed her eyes when she saw Wen Jiexi's eyes wander away from her face.
"S-sorry…." Wen Jiexi felt extremely guilty at that moment and shrank back into her blankets.
"Do you think you are faster than a gun?" Su Chenyu's eyes narrowed even further. One must know that her heart almost jumped out of her chest when she saw Wen Jiexi rush straight into the gunfire. She had watched every moment of the incident at the bank closely. Although everyone around her exclaimed with admiration and disbelief, she did not care how many people praised Wen Jiexi for being brave. She felt that bravery and praise was not worth it if it meant Wen Jiexi could get hurt. She had clearly told the little fellow to be more careful….yet the person in front of her never listens….
"This…" Oops, I forgot all about that! Wen Jiexi's eyes drifted to the side, she didn't dare to meet Su Chenyu's gaze as she really was in the wrong this time.
"Hmmm…." Su Chenyu hummed quietly, causing Wen Jiexi's heart to drop,
"Wuwu….I promise…I-I won't do it again!"
Had it not been for the fact that Su Chenyu was pinching Wen Jiexi's cheeks and thus forcing her to look up, Su Chenyu had a feeling that Wen Jiexi would've shrunk into the blankets and rolled herself up into a big white caterpillar just to hide away from hers She chuckled in amusement at the thought and then patted Wen Jiexi on the head,
"Very well. Remember what you said."
"En!" Wen Jiexi nodded furiously like a chicken pecking at rice, her eyes filled with an extremely sincere look like she was afraid that Su Chenyu didn't believe her.
Knock. Knock.
Knocks sounded form the door and Wen Jiexi quickly stood up to open it,
"Who is it?"
The young man from the counter earlier was standing outside,
"Dinner is ready, you can go down and eat." After saying his part, he walked over to the room next door and knocked.
"What's going on?" Su Chenyu asked as she watched Wen Jiexi walk back to her side.
"He said we can go down to eat dinner. Shall I bring some food up or do you want to eat down there with the rest?" Wen Jiexi asked.
"Bring some up and we can eat it together. Since we don't know what activities will be doing tomorrow, it's better to sleep early after eating instead of hanging out with the crew." Su Chenyu said after thinking about it.
"Ok!" Wen Jiexi nodded and ran outside. She quickly made her way down the stairs and then under the eyes of a crowd of disbelieving gazes, she piled mountains of food on multiple plates before running back up the stairs again.
Mu Du and Shi Junmao were eating quietly when they saw Wen Jiexi pile up the mountains of food on her plates and run back upstairs. Their mouths dropped at the enormous size and Shu Junmao asked dryly,
"How many people are going to eat all that?"
"Just Jiexi and Goddess Su." Lan Yuyan answered Shi Junmao's question as he sipped his soup. He looked at Shi Hunmao strangely, as if he was wondering why Shi Junmao would ask such an obvious question.
"Just two people?" Mu Du muttered to himself.
"Don't worry, they won't waste food." Maybe they will come down for more later, Lan Yuyan thought to himself as he shrugged.
Shi Junmao & Mu Du: Recently it seems like our three views are being destroyed?!!! If we know too much, will we be silenced?!!
The next day…..
Wen Jiexi sat on the bed, swinging her legs with a bored expression as she waited for Su Chenyu to finish showering.
Someone knocked on the door again and it was the same young man from yesterday except this time he informed them breakfast was ready.
"Did someone come in just now?" Su Chenyu asked as she walked out of the bathroom.
"En, he just came to tell us breakfast was ready and that the game will begin after eating." Wen Jiexi nodded and then wailed as she rolled around on the bed,
"I don't want to move at all today…."
"Stop complaining, let's go." Su Chenyu hung her towel onto the rack and then smiled a little as she waved at Wen Jiexi to follow.
"Wu..."
The two of them received a lot of curious gazes when they arrived downstairs. Most of the gazes were on Su Chenyu and they carried traces of amazement, admiration, and even adoration. Wen Jiexi pouted a little while walking behind Su Chenyu. Hmph, what are you looking at! No matter how much you stare, she will never be yours!!
"Good morning, Goddess Su. Good morning, Jiexi."
"Good morning!"
"Morning."
Su Chenyu nodded at the ones who greeted her and walked calmly to an empty table despite the crowd staring at her. Wen Jiexi greeted them as well before grabbing two portions of the breakfast. Ther were steamed buns, poached eggs, deep-fried dough sticks, seek cakes, omelets, etc. Overall a very Chinese themed breakfast.
Wen Jiexi grabbed two plates and two bowls before adding the nearly ten different types of food into each plate and then returned to the table.
While the two of them enjoyed their breakfast, Chu Heling and Li Lingqing made their appearance. Li Lingqing also suffered from the same unwanted attention from the crowd as she made her way downstairs.
Currently, Li Lingqing was wearing a leopard costume….it was rather unbelievable to see the Film Princess and a rich President wearing animal costumes. This was one of the reasons people couldn't stop looking at them.
"Good morning Jiexi." Chu Heling nodded at Wen Jiexi and made her way over.
"Let's sit here." Li Lingqing led Chu Heling to Su Chenyu and Wen Jiexi's table and then sat down without even bothering to ask. She saw there were only two sets of bowls and quickly stood up again to grab them their breakfast before setting down the steaming hot plates in front of Chu Heling.
"Morning, Sister Heling." Wen Jiexi said with a smile,
"The food here is not bad, the milk buns are especially delicious."
"En, I will give it a taste then." Chu Heling smiled.
"….Sister Heling, there are red marks on your neck. Did you get bitten by mosquitos? Wait, are there even mosquitos in this season?" Wen Jiexi saw there were a few big red marks on Chu Heling's fair neck. Although Chu Heling was wearing the hood that was attached to her costume, one could still see the marks rather clearly due to Chu Heling's movements.
"What…?" Chu Heling hurriedly covered her neck, a flash of panic in her eyes. She quickly calmed down and then replied,
"Well….there are always some mosquitos flying around year-round no matter the season. Maybe there are more here since we are far away from the city."
"Is that so…but the mosquito bites sure are big…." Wen Jiexi muttered and then stuffed another bite of her omelet into her mouth.
"Wuu…." Suddenly Li Lingqing groaned in pain and Wen Jiexi raised her head to see Li Lingqing smirking at Chu Heling. What was going on?
"I accidentally stubbed my toe against the table." Li Lingqing noticed Wen Jiexi's gaze and explained with a smile.
"Oh." Wen Jiexi nodded, gave all three of them one last confused look before lowering her head to concentrate on her breakfast. She didn't notice the two famous women glare at each other.
Su Chenyu: You deserved it.
Li Lingqing: Heh, a certain someone has only gone as far as holding hands~ I can smell your jealousy all the way from here ~
Su Chenyu: Beat it.
Li Lingqing: Tsk, you're little guy is just too naive and pure. I don't think she understands this stuff very well. If you're not proactive enough, she's going to get stolen from you by another dog~
Su Chenyu: Such nonsense, I…Jiexi is only….like a little sister…to me….
Li Lingqing: Wow, our Film Princess is also so naive! I'm going to die from laughter.
Su Chenyu: Are you asking for more overtime work? I don't mind stirring up some trouble for you to fix.
Li Lingqing: Forget it, every time you stir up trouble for my company, I'm the one who has to deal with the miserable consequences. Your love life is your own problem, I'll mind my own business from now on.
Li Linqing watched as Su Chenyu proceeded to calmly eat her breakfast and snorted inwardly. How many men have treated women as sisters only to have them end up as their girlfriends or wife? The current excuse used by Su Chenyu was just a cover-up. Such a tactless person…can't even properly pursue a little girl….
"Aiya~ Everyone woke up so early…" Old Zhan walked in with a yawn. He wore big flower pajamas and was holding a pillow in his hands…..was this a new look? This show is going to be broadcasted on TV….is it all right for their host to completely ruin their image like this?
"Old Zhan, you are the host of this show, not some kind of tramp! Dressed like this, you….your pajamas don't even match!" Mu Du voiced what everyone was thinking.
"Don't worry, I'm just the host of this show, not some artist. I don't care about such small details. Not like you little teen idols and beauties who need to watch their images carefully. But rest assured, I will make sure every single one of you loses your image!" Old Zhan was still as infuriating as ever even this early in the morning.
The ten players' response: "….."
Crew member: Old Zhan, how can you reveal your thoughts like this?! Be careful or you'll be crushed to death by their fans!!!
"So…what are we going to do today?" Mu Du wearily rubbed the blue veins popping on this forehead and asked after taking several deep breaths.
"Huh? Why are you in such a hurry? You'll know after breakfast. My previous batch of cute players always badgered me for more free time, but you guys are always so serious. I feel so touched by your sincerity." Old Zhan said and wiped away non-existent tears.
Everyone systematically decided to ignore this theatrical host of theirs. If they watched any longer, they might suffer from indigestion. Why should they ruin their bodies because of this idiot?
"Ai, ai, why are you ignoring me? You are all so ruthless~" Old Zhan complained and moaned, but unfortunately, no one paid attrition to him so he could only calm down and eat breakfast instead while secretly coming up with schemes to torture the players in front of him.
One hour later, everyone gathered on the open grasslands outside as Old Zhan shouted,
"Alright! Since everyone is here, let's start today's game! I believe you guys have been all looking forward to this~"
The ten players: Looking forward to this my ass!
"This morning's game is actually very simple. All you have to do is….prepare your own lunch!"
"Lunch? You mean the villa won't prepare lunch for us?" Wen Ting asked.
"The villa will prepare lunch for us." Old Zhan emphasized the word 'us' and then pointed at himself and the crew behind him with a victorious expression.
The ten players: Tu!! (TN: spitting/vomiting sfx)
"It doesn't matter what you make or how you make it, you just need to make some food that can fill up your belly. The food has to be ready by noon."
"There's no competition involved?" Shi Junmao asked in astonishment. Wouldn't there be something like test tasting, scoring, and then punishments for players who get last place?
"Competition? Hey…you must know that our crew has gotten sent to the hospital for gastric problems and food poisoning because they ate the 'food' made by the previous contestants. In order to prevent another repeat of that disaster, the players will eat the food they made themselves." Old Zhan shrugged with a smile.
Ten players: So our stomachs don't matter?!
"Could it be that you don't even dare to eat the food you cooked yourselves?" Old Zhan looked at the disheveled players in front of him while blinking his eyes innocently.
"What about the ingredients?" Wen Jiexi asked.
"Find them yourselves!" Old Zhan pointed at the vast grasslands surrounding the villa and ranch behind him.
"This ranch has vegetables, fish, pigs, chickens, etc. It's a small but might ranch if I do say so myself. You can choose what you want to use and what you want to make. Rest assured, we will provide you the necessary tools as well." Then he glanced down at his watch.
"Now you have three hours to make your dishes. You can prepare them slowly, ah…. I haven't eaten enough breakfast yet so I think I will go back first and eat a little more. Oh, by the way, we'll have a kitchen set up for you guys to use. Just make sure to find and prepare all the ingredients by yourselves."
Wen Jiexi and the others watched Old Zhan leave with hatred in their eyes before they were left standing there in the middle of an empty grassland….ah….and a bunch of random tools that were left behind…
"I think…we should work together. We have some people find food and some people prepare/cook the ingredients. If we divide the labor, it will be easier, otherwise, it will be difficult to procure raw ingredients for just one of us, not to mention ten. We need a lot of ingredients and some of us…." Mu Du swallowed his last few words. He was about to say 'some of us have big appetites but he didn't want to receive hateful glares like Old Zhan and decided to not say those last words.
"I agree." The teen idol, Shi Hunmao, was the first to speak.
"Me too." Lan Yuyan added.
In the end, no one disagreed with the plan.
"Then…who among us can cook?" Wen Jiexi asked carefully. This was the key to whether or not they will end up with food poisoning.
"I can only cook simple foodstuffs like porridge."
"I know some basic home cooking." Chu Heling nodded.
"Same." Huo Lin'er also said.
"I only know how to eat."
"I'm the same as the person above."
"Ah….I'm basically the same too."
Wen Ting, Lan Yuyan, and Shi Junmao declared their inability to cook with no hesitation while Mu Du said it with some embarrassment. Thinking about it, he was only able to work at those small food stalls yesterday because all the ingredients were prepared beforehand and he only needed to follow basic instructions. How could a big man like him know anything about cooking?
"Brother Yan, what about you?" Wen Jiexi turned to ask Yan Haocheng, but Lan Yuyan answered for him.
"Ah-Cheng is very good at cooking. His meals are always delicious!"
Whether this was true or not, Wen Jiexi glanced at the indifferent Yan Haocheng with a look of shock. Not just her, but everyone else as well. Just think about, what kind of expression would Yan Hoacheng have when wearing a cooking apron and holding a kitchen knife? A blank expression? Wha~ that would be an interesting scene.
"What about Goddess Su and President Li?" Wen Ting asked curiously. If the almighty film princess and President can both cook and be so successful in public at the same time….that would just be too awesome!
However, it is a pity that the reality oftentimes is nothing like our imagination….
"I don't know how to cook." Li Lingqing said straightforwardly and then glanced at Su Chenyu with a look of schadenfreude,
"And a certain someone once burned down the kitchen~"
Burned down the kitchen?!!! They seemed to have heard something amazing….
"Ahem…anyhow….we should discuss the menu first." Wen Jiexi coughed dryly after peeking at Su Chenyu's blank expression.
"I think we should make mostly vegetable dishes and maybe some fish for the meat dishes. We can even get some eggs as that is the simplest thing. After all, I think it is unrealistic to expect the few of us to know how to butcher pigs or cows."
"We can cook some chicken! Ah-Cheng knows how to butcher chickens! That way we can cook some chicken soup." Lan Yuyan said with a smile.
B-butcher chickens? Everyone imagined a Yan Haocheng wearing a bloody apron as he chopped off a chicken's head with an indifferent expression….hisss….they should never provoke this scary man….
"Alright, we'll make some chicken soup if we can catch a chicken." Wen Jiexi said.
"Let's go catch some fish first! If we catch about five fishes it will be enough for the ten of us." Wen Ting said excitedly.
"One more thing…I don't think they will provide any rice. If we just eat vegetables, we might not have enough." Huo Lin'er said with some distress.
"He did say we have to prepare all the ingredients by ourselves. From the looks of it, rice can only be imported to this area as there are no rice fields of any kind around here. And knowing Old Zhan, I'm afraid that other than the cooking tools, all the necessary seasoning will have to be prepared by ourselves as well. The seasoning in the kitchen should've been locked away by now." Mu Du added.
"Then let's go find some flour instead." Chu Heling suggested.
"Based on the staple foods we ate yesterday, most of it was noodles. This morning we ate some steamed buns and cakes. So I think the staple food should revolve around the flour. There should be very little rice or none at all. Unless we can send some people into the city to buy some, there should be no rice at all."
"Flour, huh? There should be some flour bags around here as they don't go bad as easily as rice. Can any of you make noodles?" Wen Jiexi asked.
"I can."
"I know a little."
"En."
"Then Little Mao-zi and I will go pick the vegetables!" Mu Du said and patted Shi Junmao on the shoulder.
"Then I'll go fishing with Lan Yuyan?" Wen Ting said and scratched her head.
"How do you expect us to fish regularly without bait and a hook? Are you going to dig for worms yourself?" Lan Yuyan rolled his eyes and walked over to the pile of tools.
"Hmph." Wen Ting pursed her lips and stuck her tongue out at Lan Yuyan.
"There's a fishing net over here." Lan Yuyan said when he found a small fishing net from the pile of tools on the side.
"But…who's going to catch the chickens?" Huo Lin'er brought up the most important part.
Everyone turned towards the strongest combatant among them…..
"I'll do it?" Wen Jiexi rubbed her nose and said.
"I'll go with you." Su Chenyu said and patted Wen Jiexi's shoulder.
"En!" Sister Su is the best!
"Yeah, you can go help carry the eggs. Haha, the high and mighty Film Princess is actually going to pick up eggs!" Li Lingqing laughed and slapped her knees as if she had just heard a good joke.
"And aren't you going to knead the dough? What's the difference between the two? In the end, you both have to do stuff 'beneath' your status." Chu Heling rolled her eyes at Li Lingqing.
"Yes, yes, whatever you say." Li Lingqing said.
"Then let's disperse and meet up here again in an hour." Mu Du said after glancing at the time.
"Alright."
"Understood."
Wen Jiexi found a bundle of ropes from the pile of tools and handed a small basket to Su Chenyu. It will be troublesome to pick up eggs without something to hold them in.
"The chickens you catch cannot die. A chicken does not taste as fresh if it dies before I kill it." Yan Haocheng walked past Wen Jiexi while leaving behind this sentence.
Uh… does this mean she had to catch the chickens alive? Wen Jiexi scratched her head, how does one catch a chicken alive? By knocking them out?
She asked Su Chenyu this question and Su Chenyu turned silent before saying,
"Maybe you can pluck their feathers?" Big White would become more obedient every time he got a haircut, so wouldn't a chicken be the same if you pluck its feathers?
Although this is what Su Chenyu thought, Wen Jiexi didn't understand her reasoning. She just felt shocked that Sister Su could be so cruel? Was she going to have to pluck the chicken's feathers while it was still alive? That's way too bloody!
However, since Sister Su suggested this idea…. Wen Jiexi could only scratch her head and nod along. As for whether or not she will actually use this idea….that depends….
Although Old Zhan said the ranch was small, it was actually very large. It took the two of them over ten minutes before they reached their destination. They approached the animal enclosure where the animals were being kept. The animals here were all free-range and the animals were only separated by some weak fences. There were chickens, pigs, and even horses running amok in the area.
"I heard that free-range chickens are very….fierce." Wen Jiexi studied the chickens who were bobbing their heads up and down as they pecked at the millet. There were a few dozen of them in total and not too far away was a hen house with many hens laying on top of their eggs. Counting the hens, there should be around 30 eggs. However, uh, how were they going to steal the eggs from right under the chickens?
It seems that the chickens could feel their ill intent as most of them stopped moving and turned their heads towards the two intruders. A hundred pairs of eyes stared at them unblinkingly and it was a rather strange sight.
"Sister Su, let's split up." Wen Jiexi whispered and then pointed to the front,
"I'll attract the attention of the chickens while you go around behind them and swipe their eggs. Pick up as many as you can, don't try to bite off more than you can chew. As long as you can get one, it will be enough."
"Be careful." Su Chenyu whispered, a slight frown on her face. The chickens looked like they had sharp claws that could hurt one pretty badly. If it was just her, she would've killed the chickens by crushing them with a rock. It was already good enough if they could get any ingredients, but to catch a live chicken as well?
However, Wen Jiexi had already rolled up her sleeves and was preparing for battle. At this point, she wouldn't listen to anything Su Chenyu said. At least catching chickens was better than risking her life in a gunfight.
Seeing Su Chenyu getting ready, Wen Jiexi cracked her fists and then jumped over the fence.
"Ready or not, here I come!"
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