Chapter 51 Return

Everyone sat at the dining table and chatted with each other. Even if someone wanted to help him, he would refuse with a smile.

The table was filled with exquisite home-cooked dishes, one after another, leaving Duan Ming dumbfounded. She looked at the table full of dishes and said, "Xiao Ning, this is too much! We can't finish it all."

Xie Huaining was stunned for a moment, blinking. He put down the soup in his hand. He was wearing an apron that outlined his slender waist, and beads of sweat were slightly oozing from his forehead. "I want everyone to eat well, so... and I feel like this isn't much."

The sweaty and virtuous appearance of the young man was particularly eye-catching, and the camera was focused on Xie Huaining for a long time.

The food on the table was delicious and not inferior to the food Li Ji usually cooked. Sheng Zhao was slightly impressed.

He Ciyuan still remembered his image as a mean and difficult person to serve, so he picked up a piece of meat and started eating before anyone else picked up their chopsticks.

Xie Huaining finally finished his work.

Whether intentionally or not, the seat next to Sheng Zhao became vacant, so he put down his apron and sat next to Sheng Zhao.

She looked at the food on the table and smelled the aroma, her appetite aroused. But the moment Xie Huaining came closer, she smelled the rich fragrance on Xie Huaining's body and was slightly startled.

He had a sweet and pleasant fruity scent, which made him look even more pure, but the two aromas of rice and perfume mixed together at the tip of Sheng Zhao's nose, causing her to frown slightly. She quietly moved away from Xie Huaining.

On the other side of Sheng Zhao was Li Ji. He naturally understood that Sheng Zhao knew the meaning of her actions, so he suppressed his smile slightly. He looked calmly at Xie Huaining, who was smiling innocently.

Xie Huaining paused slightly when he noticed Sheng Zhao moving away, and the smile on his face froze.

"Sister Sheng..."

He pursed his lips slightly, picked up another piece of Sheng Zhao's favorite dish with chopsticks, smiled again and said, "Sister Sheng, I remember you like to eat this, eat more."

Li Ji never picked up food for her at home, and she didn't like this behavior, but when the camera was pointed at them, she nodded and said, "Thank you."

But he left the food in the bowl without eating a single bite.

"She doesn't like green peppers."

Li Ji paused and spoke in a low voice, with an indifferent look on his face, and continued to eat his meal with his head down.

Xie Huaining didn't pick out the green peppers carefully from the dish he just picked up, no wonder Sheng Zhao didn't touch it with his chopsticks.

“…I was careless.”

He pursed his lips slightly, lowered his eyes slightly, and his eyes were full of apology.

In fact, He Ciyuan didn't look down on Li Ji's nonchalant demeanor at all. He sneered slightly, casually lifted his slightly curly half-long hair, and his eyebrows were loose and sarcastic, which was more in line with his mean and vicious personality. "You even know this."

He even nudged Chen Shuoxing, who was eating quietly beside him, with his elbow, "Xiao Chen, do you know?"

After all, this Chen Shuoxing is the protagonist of the scandal.

He Ciyuan was deliberately trying to disgust Li Ji.

Anyway, he is not afraid of being scolded, and it also increases the popularity of the show.

Chen Shuoxing, who was inexplicably cueed, looked slightly dazed. He raised his head, swallowed the food in his mouth, and shook his head honestly, "...I don't know."

He picked up another piece of green vegetable and said in a clear and flat voice, "But I don't like green peppers either. She likes the same thing as me, so she definitely doesn't like it either."

Then he opened his mouth and ate the vegetables he had just picked up.

It seemed that Xie Huaining was a good cook, and Chen Shuoxing's mood also became cheerful. He squinted his eyes slightly while eating.

“Tsk.”

Duan Ming tutted his words slightly and muttered, "It can't be that she remembers it so clearly just because she's the boss. Who's going to try to please me? Why doesn't anyone remember what I like to eat?"

Her words were clever, interpreting the open and covert struggles among the men at the table and Sheng Zhao's behavior of remembering his eating habits as a way of currying favor with the CEO.

Also tell these few——

We are filming a show. If we want to compete for favor, can we wait until the show is over?

Xie Huaining smiled gently and immediately picked up some food for Duan Ming. He said sweetly, "Of course I know what Sister Duan likes to eat. Sister Duan likes braised pork, right?"

Duan Ming didn't like or dislike this dish very much. She looked up at Xie Huaining with a half-smile, his dark but bright eyes. She knew that he had made up this sentence just to come down to the stage for the filming of the show.

He also knew that this innocent youngster had the intention of hooking Sheng Zhao.

Duan Ming secretly snorted inwardly. She had originally agreed to come because she wanted to be on the same show with Sheng Zhao. If she had known, she would not have come. Instead of accompanying a group of men on a variety show about the story of Zhen Huan in the harem, fighting openly and secretly, she might as well go and film a movie.

But strangely enough, Sheng Zhao is not a star in the entertainment industry, and most people don't know his hobbies. However, many stars want to get close to Mr. Sheng, and they ask her assistant about his preferences, openly or secretly.

——However, Yu Shiyun never told anyone.

Duan Ming knew that young assistant.

He was cold and expressionless, looking like a housekeeper, which made people feel uncomfortable.

How did this junior trainee with so few connections know that Mr. Sheng likes sweet milk and his favorite food?

Duan Ming smiled and agreed with Xie Huaining's words that she liked braised pork, and gave Sheng Zhao a meaningful look.

Anyway, there is a good show to watch with Sheng Zhao.

Sheng Zhao understood Duan Ming's look at a glance, sighed slightly, and concealed his expression. He probably also understood Yu Shiyun's purpose of letting her participate in this show.

...very boring.

She lowered her eyes slightly to hide a flash of boredom.

After chatting for a while, everyone finished their meal and started chatting at Xie Huaining's house.

Xie Huaining's home is neither big nor small, and it is spacious enough for him to live alone. He has a wall, which is mostly covered with photos of him winning dance competitions or stage scenes taken by fans when he was an underground idol.

He looks full of energy in the photo, winking at the camera, with red lips and white teeth, and the tips of his fangs slightly exposed.

Especially dazzling.

Sheng Zhao stared at the wall in thought, but Xie Huaining walked over to her and introduced it, his face a little shy. "I took this when I was doing the Earth Idol a few years ago."

"Look, this is my first time on stage. I'm so flustered and stupid, right?" He smiled brightly and spoke in a clear voice, pointing at the boy in the photo who looked a little embarrassed.

The boy still had black hair at that time. He looked helpless when he lowered his head, his hands tangled together, and his hair covered his eyebrows and eyes, making him look a little gloomy.

"This was my first time winning an award. I worked so hard for a long time, practicing in the studio until very late every day. I almost cried when I won the award, even though it was just a small one."

Most of the idol groups participated spontaneously for fun. The boy in the photo was surprised to win the award. The teammates around him were of different levels, but they were all smiling happily. However, it was obvious that Xie Huaining was the most dazzling one among them at that time.

"Why do you want to be an idol?"

Sheng Zhao suddenly asked, looking at the boy's clear eyes that were like the sun.

Xie Huaining paused and muttered, "I've already said that I admire a senior very much—" He paused, met Sheng Zhao's gaze, his voice stretched out, and his eyes narrowed slightly, "I want her to see me and know that I am excellent."

...Don't leave me again.

"Really?" Sheng Zhao raised his eyebrows slightly, without commenting, but there was a hint of smile at the end of his tone.

"Maybe he has already seen it."

She said this lightly, and then wanted to turn around and leave, but Xie Huaining suddenly grabbed her corner and smiled beautifully, "Sister Sheng, do you want to see my high school photos?"

Before Sheng Zhao could speak, he took out the photos and started to look through them for Sheng Zhao, mumbling, "I was so ugly when I was in junior high school, not as pretty as I am now. Although I'm not much better looking now either."

He suddenly took out the photo.

The boy in the photo is wearing a school uniform and taking a smiling photo with several other teenagers around him.

He faced the sunlight, the fine and slightly intoxicating sunlight sprinkled on his face, making the tips of his teeth smooth and white.

Sunny, clear and dazzling.

Although he has a young face, it is obvious that this is what Xie Huaining looked like in high school.

Sheng Zhao was stunned for a moment, as if the feeling was beyond his expectations.

She looked at Xie Huaining's smiling eyes.

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"Little Ningning is so good at cooking. Oh my god, my sweet brother cooks by himself. I'm so jealous. Little Ningning's waist is so thin too. Whose apron is that? I'm hooked."

"Little Ningning is so sweet! My heart melts."

"I really think Chen Shuoxing and Mr. Sheng are having an affair, otherwise what he said would be so ambiguous."

"Please stop spreading rumors, we're just friends."

"What friend? Friend's words sound like a wife's? You've turned your variety show into a harem story."

"He Ciyuan was so cute last episode, why is she so rude this time? Emmmmm, you really can't become a fan too quickly."

"It must be the script, he still speaks in a very dull way."

…

Sheng Zhao has been following the TV series these days. After seeing the barrage of comments on the second episode of "Celebrity Family Dinner", he started following the series with his eyes fixed on it.

Li Ji was a little unhappy, probably thinking that she had lost her mind due to being in contact with Xie Huaining for too long, so he asked in a low voice, "...What are you looking at?"

Sheng Zhao paused and looked through the introduction of the TV series in a serious voice.

"After we got married, my wife became increasingly cold towards me, my father-in-law was extremely critical of me, and my long-time gay friend also became secretive. It turned out he and my wife had been having an affair for a long time. At that time, I was already pregnant, but they framed me for a miscarriage. I eventually faked my death and fled abroad. Years later, the Dragon King has returned, and this time I will take back everything that belongs to me and complete my revenge."

Li Ji's eyes narrowed slightly, his eyebrows twitching slightly, and his deep eyes were full of confusion.

This is a great drama for old men to watch while eating, but Li Ji is not yet at the age of a middle-aged man who would be indignant about the male protagonist's experience, and he doesn't think Sheng Zhao would be interested in this content.

"…Why are you looking at this?"

"Hmm..." Sheng Zhao thought for a moment, smiled at Li Ji, and nodded, "Maybe someone who has 'reborn' will take revenge on me. Let's see how he will take revenge."

After saying that, she continued to watch the actions of the male protagonist on TV intently.

Li Ji: ...

He pursed his lips slightly, his brows and eyes were somewhat gloomy and cold, his voice was hoarse, and he sneered, "Why? Did you owe a debt of love outside?"

Sheng Zhao tilted his head slightly and moved closer to him, their breaths blending together.

"...How many younger brothers do you have out there?"

"No." Sheng Zhao shook his head honestly and spoke honestly.

"I don't believe it—" Before he could finish the word "believe", Sheng Zhao's fingertips touched the tip of his chin, and then kissed his lower lip like a dragonfly lightly.

Under his suddenly stunned gaze, she said softly with a smile in her voice, "At least there's no one like you."

Li Ji was stunned for a long time, until the muddy joy and beating and the sour surge in his chest overwhelmed him. He lowered his eyes as if to cover up his feelings, and after a long time he spoke softly in a hoarse voice.

"It's better not to."