Chapter 51: Barbecue for a bite of food

The atmosphere suddenly became awkward. Gu Jingsi was a little confused. He shouldn't have said anything wrong, but why did her face look even worse than before?

"We're here. Director Gu, aren't you ready to get off the car?" Ji Qingzhi tilted his head to look at the person next to him. What is this person daydreaming about?

"Okay, thank you for your help." Gu Jingsi lowered his head to unbuckle his seat belt. When he was about to speak, he heard the sound of a door closing. When he looked up again, Ji Qingzhi had already walked past him. He thought, as expected, she still cared about the previous incident, but it had happened so long ago, was there still a chance to make up for it?

"Jingsi, hurry up, you're the only one missing." Qin Yuan urged from the other end.

Qin Yuan chose a barbecue restaurant for the dinner. He could do it himself or ask the staff for help. The key is that such a restaurant is the easiest to enhance friendship. There are still three more photo shoots to come, so everyone needs to get closer.

Ji Qingzhi actually didn't like this kind of dinner, but since she was here, she couldn't keep a straight face, so she found a seat in the corner. Fortunately, Qian Wan was very good at livening up the atmosphere. With him around, everyone paid less attention to her. She lowered her head and took a sip of the juice beside her. Someone next to her handed her a small plate with grilled beef skewers on it: "Try it?"

She was stunned when she stretched out her hand, and finally took the plate as if nothing had happened: "Thank you."

"You're welcome." Gu Jingsi remembered that she had mentioned in a video that she preferred beef skewers to lamb skewers.

The skewers were unexpectedly to her taste. Ji Qingzhi glanced at the person next to her, wondering why the person who had just been standing there suddenly sat next to her. Thinking of his behavior in the car, she swallowed the skewers in her mouth and asked in a low voice: "Director Gu, do you want to order the meat sauce?"

Apart from this, Ji Qingzhi really couldn't think of any other intentions he had. Thanks to Jiang Yan's crew, these directors liked to pre-order meat sauce when they joined the crew. After Old Ji came back, the production volume doubled than before. She would selectively accept orders, so she guessed that Gu Jingsi tried hard to get along with her just for this matter.

Gu Jingsi was stunned, then shook his head: "Not for now." Compared to the meat sauce, he wanted to try the food at Ji's restaurant himself.

His answer left Ji Qingzhi silent. Well, she asked so directly, he would definitely not want to admit it. Forget it, let him do whatever he wants.

Gu Jingsi realized what she meant belatedly, and for a moment he didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Then he explained "sincerely": "Actually, I've always wanted to find an opportunity to thank Teacher Ji."

"Why?" Ji Qingzhi took another bite of the skewer. The meat was grilled very well. It must have been grilled by the staff, and the heat was just right.

"Thank you for taking care of Yu'an. He had a disagreement with his family about choosing a university, which made it difficult for him to find a suitable internship. Thanks to your help." Gu Jingsi finally discovered the usefulness of Xu Yu'an.

"Are you him?" Ji Qingzhi's tone was a little hesitant. He never expected that these two people were related.

"We are cousins." Gu Jingsi said concisely.

"Really?" Ji Qingzhi didn't expect that the two had this kind of relationship.

"Yes, he has caused you a lot of trouble."

So the relative Xu Yu'an mentioned last time was Gu Jingsi, so Ji Qingzhi was a little confused as to why he kept it from her.

Gu Jingsi did not stop his hands while talking. This time he was grilling corn and button mushrooms. Glancing at the skewers on Ji Qingzhi's plate that were almost finished, he put them on her plate at the right time, not giving her any chance to refuse.

"Thank you." Ji Qingzhi stared at the extra corn and shiitake mushrooms on the plate. She didn't know if it was a coincidence, but the things he gave her happened to be her favorites. She glanced at the person who was still busy next to her and asked, "Aren't you going to eat?"

"We'll eat it later." Gu Jingsi did not forget to turn the chicken wings over while speaking. In fact, he didn't like barbecue very much.

Ji Qingzhi didn't say anything else, just concentrated on the food in front of her and the barbecue. She actually didn't like to do it herself, but before she asked the staff for help, the person next to her would always fill her empty plate in time. Ji Qingzhi was too lazy to guess his intentions, anyway, he would tell her one day.

So, there were two people in the corner, one eating and the other feeding, and the atmosphere was quite good. Bai Hongkai, who was sitting in the corner over there, looked at Gu Jingsi cautiously, and finally decided to sit there. Director Gu seemed to be very happy with the grilling, so he decided not to disturb him.

It wasn't until everyone stood up and raised their glasses that Ji Qingzhi felt full. As Gu Jingsi fed her again, she protected her plate with both hands and shook her head, saying, "Thank you, I'm done."

Gu Jingsi paused for a moment, then naturally put the food that was originally intended for her into the plate in front of him. His movements were so smooth, so smooth that Ji Qingzhi had the illusion that they were very familiar with each other.

Noticing her gaze, Gu Jingsi raised his eyes to look at her: "Do you need anything else?"

"No, thank you." Ji Qingzhi quickly turned her face away, feeling that Gu Jingsi was inexplicably familiar. Oh, by the way, there was also Xu Yu'an. This guy actually concealed such important news. She lowered her head and sent a message to Xu Yu'an [Gu Jingsi is your cousin? 】

After seeing the message, Xu Yu'an, who had just finished editing the latest video, couldn't help but freeze the smile on his face. He quickly replied: "Yes, Sister Ji."

Ji Qingzhi: [The confidentiality work is done well. 】

Xu Yu'an: [Aren't I afraid that you'll be implicated because you hate him? 】

Thinking back to the last time they went to Ji's restaurant, when Yang Li and the others scolded the director for being blind and saying she was a vase, she looked at them with a smile on her face. How could he dare to be honest with her? But how did Sister Ji know? Xu Yu'an hasn't been paying attention to the "Delicious Food" program team recently, and he didn't know that Gu Jingsi was the director.

Ji Qingzhi was amused by his words, and then replied, "Am I such a stingy person? 】

Xu Yu'an: [Sister Ji, of course not, it's just my petty thoughts. 】

Although Gu Jingsi was eating, he kept his eyes on Ji Qingzhi beside him. Seeing her smiling happily at her phone, he couldn't help but frown. Coincidentally, a waiter came in with drinks, and he handed her a glass of juice.

"Thank you." Ji Qingzhi put away her phone and thought of Gu Jingsi's words. She lowered her head and took a sip of juice. She didn't expect that Xu Yu'an was also a second-generation. He was very different from those second-generation people in the stereotype.

This meal really brought everyone closer together. After the barbecue, everyone planned to go sing, but Ji Qingzhi declined. Since she accepted the Ji family restaurant, her daily routine has become very regular.

Gu Jingsi was not interested in these things either. Before he could find an excuse to continue using Ji Qingzhi's car, Bai Hongkai came running over and said, "Director Gu, let me take you home first."

Gu Jingsi ignored his words and nodded to Ji Qingzhi: "Teacher Ji, see you next time."

Ji Qingzhi nodded at him: "See you next time."

It was not until Ji Qingzhi disappeared from his sight that Gu Jingsi turned to look at Bai Hongkai: "Don't you like singing?"

"I like it very much, but Director Gu, haven't you adjusted your work and rest schedule recently? I have to take you home first." Bai Hongkai felt that sometimes Gu Jingsi's self-discipline was not like that of a young man at all.

"Well, let's go." Gu Jingsi closed his eyes and told himself that there was a long time to go. He has always been a very goal-oriented person, and tonight he also found the reason why he wanted to get close to her. But when I thought of the image of her smiling happily at the phone, I couldn't help but feel that her smile became dazzling.

Bai Hongkai didn't understand why the air in the car suddenly became cold. He glanced at Gu Jingsi and asked, "Director Gu, are we going back to the apartment or the suburban villa?"

"The apartment, and also help me make a reservation at Ji's Restaurant." He wanted to try the food in the video.

"Okay, the chef of Ji's Restaurant is Teacher Ji's father recently, so the food should be good, but it's still difficult to make a reservation." Bai Hongkai has been paying attention to all the information about Ji's Restaurant.

Gu Jingsi closed his eyes and leaned back in his chair. He was still thinking about why Ji Qingzhi rejected him.

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When Ji Qingzhi returned to the Ji family's courtyard, Old Ji was still waiting for her in the yard. She was a little surprised: "Dad, you haven't slept yet?"

"It's still early? Do you want to eat a little more?" In Ji Yuanfu's opinion, people usually can't eat enough at such a dinner party with so many people.

"No, I'm still holding on." After saying that, she thought of Gu Jingsi's feeding her tonight, making her feel like a piglet being fed.

"Then have some fruit." Ji Yuanfu said as he went to the kitchen to get out the washed fruit.

This time, Ji Qingzhi did not refuse. He ate half of the apple and asked, "Is it the staff who will clean up here?"

"Yes, it's very tidy and those people are very polite." Ji Yuanfu's tone was full of satisfaction.

"That's good." Ji Qingzhi nodded. It seemed that her choice this time was right.

"Will we continue recording tomorrow?" Ji Yuanfu asked.

"Take a day off and continue recording the day after tomorrow." Ji Qingzhi said as he opened the work group he had just joined today.

"When will it be broadcast?" This is the question that Ji Yuanfu is most concerned about.

"It should be soon, but I'm not sure." Ji Qingzhi shook his head to indicate that he didn't know either.

"Well, then go to bed early." Ji Yuanfu said and went back to his room. He has always had a healthy lifestyle.

As soon as Ji Qingzhi returned to the room, she received a call from Yun Xiangrong, asking about her recording today.

"It's good. The most important thing is to see the post-production editing." Ji Qingzhi was still calm and did not let down his guard because of their friendliness today.

"That's true, but Qin Yuan is a profit-oriented person. You have such a large amount of traffic now, he shouldn't dig his own grave. I heard that the director is Gu Jingsi?" Yun Xiangrong didn't expect Gu Jingsi to shoot a variety show.

"Yes, it's him." Ji Qingzhi couldn't help but complain to Yun Xiangrong about Gu Jingsi's abnormality, and finally asked, "I don't know why he did this?"

"I didn't expect that Gu Jingsi, who is so arrogant, would give in for a bite of food!" Yun Xiangrong couldn't help but sigh.