Chapter 497: Chapter 497
Qin Zhao called out several times, yet Chu Yan continued to keep a stern face, very serious.
It wasn’t until Qin Yu and Su Xiaotong came in from outside that he quickly covered Qin Zhao’s mouth, "I’ll give you one more, this is the last one, you can’t have any more. Otherwise, I’ll tell Mom to educate you."
Qin Zhao sighed, thinking that one more wouldn’t hurt.
After she finished eating the spicy strip, when she looked at Chu Yan, she noticed the jerk’s ears were red.
What’s the deal, this guy can get shy too?
"Don’t call me like that."
Chu Yan hesitantly told her.
Qin Zhao tilted her head, leisurely looking at him, "Why?"
He was worried that if Qin Zhao kept calling him like that, he would lose all restraint and agree to any of her requests, always eating junk food that’s bad for the body, which would be bad for the kids.
"I’m a grown man, how can you call me like that?"
"But I just want to call you that."
"What about when we have the baby?"
"The child will have a nickname."
"Anyway, you can’t call me that."
"I will." Qin Zhao moved closer to him, "Baby, baby."
Chu Yan tried hard to suppress the corners of his lips, pulling her into his embrace, and said with resignation, "Stop calling that, I just bought you spicy strips."
To prevent Qin Zhao from wanting spicy strips again, Chu Yan divided the remaining ones between Su Xiaotong and Qin Yu.
Qin Yu showed a look of disgust; he didn’t eat these either, but Su Xiaotong was very fond of them.
Su Xiaotong then shared some with the younger staff members.
Before long, it was time for lunch.
Chu Yan was first, Qin Yu second, Yuan Dong’er’s husband third, and Wen Yi’s husband fourth.
Therefore, Chu Yan and Qin Zhao’s lunch was particularly sumptuous.
Wen Yi and her husband Ji Wenhai could only eat plain noodles.
However, the show’s crew was fairly kind and added a poached egg to their plain noodles.
"How can anyone eat these tasteless noodles?"
Wen Yi’s face changed instantly when she saw Ji Wenhai had finished last.
Now that the plain noodles had been served, she had completely lost her appetite.
"Pieces of food worth just a few dozen bucks, and you have the nerve to serve them. Even if one is last, it shouldn’t be this bad, right? You know, a random meal at my home costs a thousand bucks."
The staff stood awkwardly in the distance, unsure how to respond to her.
At the neighboring table, Qin Yu casually remarked, "It’s just a game after all, so follow the rules. Your husband came last, do you still expect fine dining? What’s the point of playing if you don’t adhere to the rules?
If you can’t take it, you can drop out now."
Qin Yu originally hadn’t planned to invite Wen Yi and her husband to the program.
Wen Yi insisted on participating and even used a connection through a friend Qin Yu knew to get into the crew.
Seeing that friend was a business partner, Qin Yu allowed them to join the second season.
If Wen Yi was so displeased that she wanted to quit the show, he wouldn’t mind. After all, the first season was a huge success, and plenty of celebrity couples wished to join to boost their popularity.
Since Qin Yu was the big boss and he had spoken, naturally Wen Yi didn’t dare to trouble others.
She came from a wealthy family and was a high executive at the Wen Family; her temper was haughty.
Now, with anger choking in her chest,
she couldn’t help but glare at Ji Shaohai and kicked him under the table.
"Useless, can’t even avoid coming in last in a game!"
If it weren’t for his face, she would have never married him!
As time went on, Ji Shaohai grew old and lost his charm, and Wen Yi had long become extremely impatient with him.
Ji Shaohai looked at her indifferently, seemingly accustomed to her temper, and then silently ate his food.
After he ate, he saw that Wen Yi hadn’t touched her food and asked, "You’re not eating?"
"How could I possibly eat this junk?"
Wen Yi sneered coldly, stood up, and prepared to leave.
Before leaving, she glanced in the direction where Chu Yan and Qin Zhao were.
Qin Zhao was collecting game rewards, her attention all on the gameplay, while Chu Yan fed her sushi and even wiped the corner of her lips after she finished eating.
Besides fruit and main dishes, they also had Japanese cuisine and red wine.
Even in outside restaurants, this would cost at least tens of thousands of yuan.
A flicker of jealousy flashed in Wen Yi’s eyes before she stormed out of the guesthouse angrily.
"Follow her and see what she goes to eat," the director instructed the staff.
In the show, there always needed to be some flaws to be interesting.
The flaw of this episode was probably none other than Wen Yi.
Qin Yu and the production team weren’t afraid of her causing a scene; the more she acted up, the more viewers loved it. But they wouldn’t let her go too far, with Qin Yu overseeing the scene.
After Wen Yi left, the director said to the others, "Let’s take a break this afternoon. Here are some board games and electronic devices that you can play with."
Ji Shaohai tidied up the bowls and chopsticks and stood up to leave.
"I’m going out for a walk, I’ll be back in a bit."
As soon as he left, a camera followed.
The staff thought he was going to find Wen Yi, but he didn’t.
Ji Shaohai didn’t call Wen Yi to ask and didn’t know where she had gone.
Just a few steps away from the guesthouse, he said to the cameraman, "Go back, I want to be alone for a while."
The cameraman stood still without moving.
Ji Shaohai added, "I’ll just walk nearby, not far away, and will be back soon. If there’s any issue, you can have the director call me."
Thinking about the recent incident, with Wen Yi publicly cursing her husband, the cameraman felt it was a bit too much.
He thought Ji Shaohai might be in a bad mood because of it, so he nodded his head, carried the camera, and returned to the guesthouse.
Inside the guesthouse, Su Xiaotong was pulling her husband, while Yuan Dong’er and her husband played board games together.
Qin Zhao wasn’t interested in board games; at that moment, she was engrossed in playing "King of Glory."
Seeing she wasn’t playing board games, Chu Yan lost interest as well.
"Is it really that fun? Can you teach me how to play?"
Chu Yan had downloaded "King of Glory" on his phone, but with taking care of Qin Zhao and managing the hospital and underworld affairs, he never had the time to play.
"Sure, I just happen to have a team mission," Qin Zhao said.
She then remembered Shangguan Qiu, with whom she often used to climb ranks in the game.
"I don’t know if Shangguan’s soul has returned, it’s been a long time since I played games with her."
"Forget her, I’ll play with you," Chu Yan said as he opened the game, and Qin Zhao glanced at him.
As a novice tutorial popped up, Qin Zhao confidently said, "No need, I’ll teach you myself."
There weren’t many heroes at first, and Chu Yan asked curiously, "What’s this?"
"This is a trial card for the monkey."
"It says ’Sun Wukong’ on it."
"It’s just a monkey, that’s what we all call it."
"Oh." Chu Yan asked again, "What’s a trial card?"
"It’s a really powerful card, but once you use it, it’s gone, so play with it right away."
Upon hearing that, Chu Yan quickly chose the monkey.