Chapter 574 Mr. Xu, be reserved
After lunch, everyone cleaned up the table and kitchen. They thought the production team had gathered them together for some group activities, but since the director didn't say anything, they called Zheng Qingzhou out to ask.
Zheng Qingzhou was holding a lunch box from the production team, with a few five-spice crayfish on top. They were the portion that was just distributed to the production team after it was prepared, and Zheng Qingzhou grabbed them with his own skill. He held the lunch box in one hand and picked up the food with chopsticks in the other, saying, "We agreed to arrange it ourselves."
Well then, everyone has completely forgotten about the program crew.
They had just finished their meal and didn't feel like moving, so they decided to sit under the sunshade in the back garden. The fruits and snacks that Han Zhenhao and Duan Yue brought came in handy, and there were also some prepared by the production team in the refrigerator.
Liu Wangxue selected several kinds of fruits, and found tea leaves and dried flowers for making tea at the water bar. She said she wanted to make a pot of flower and fruit tea and another pot of black tea, and Xu Qingsong accompanied her to make them.
The others put the snacks on plates and picked out some other fruits, washing and cutting them, and brought them all to the long table under the awning.
After everything is ready, just sit down casually, enjoy the warm afternoon sun, the gentle breeze, the blooming flowers all around, and the four little ones playing at your feet. This kind of time is best spent wasting.
Not long after they sat down to chat, Liu Wangxue's phone rang. She took it out and saw that it was a message from Lan Xiaoxi. This woman who is always on the front line of gossip sent a hot search.
After reading it, Liu Wangxue burst out laughing and thought to himself, this paparazzi just couldn't hold it back.
As Xu Qingsong came over, she handed him her phone, then tilted her head and called out to Lou Rui at the other end of the bench, also announcing to everyone: "Ruirui, you and Jiajia are on the trending search."
Everyone pricked up their ears at once and asked what the trending search was about.
Xu Qingsong smiled and read: "The underground love affair of popular idol star Lou Rui was exposed. He and new rising star Ni Jia have been in and out of the apartment together many times. A former Japanese station reporter also took pictures of the two having dinner with friends in the circle. It seems that their friends are aware of it. There are pictures and videos. I will post them in the group for everyone to see."
He took Liu Wangxue's phone and forwarded the link sent by Lan Xiaoxi to the group.
You don't even need to look at it, you can tell as soon as you hear it that what the paparazzi photographed were probably the scenes of Lou Rui and Ni Jia recording this variety show. The apartment was rented for the filming, and the dinner they had was the day before yesterday.
However, everyone immediately took out their mobile phones to click on the link and laughed and joked about the two hot search protagonists.
Ni Jiate was speechless: "How dare they let it go."
Lou Rui didn't care: "We all make a living by traffic."
When everyone heard them say this, they asked, "Do you know this?"
The two nodded, and Lou Rui said with amusement, "On the day when the second recording session just ended, someone called my agent and said that they had photographed me and Ni Jia and asked if we wanted to buy it. My agent didn't respond and just hung up. He got another call after the recording session last week, and the other party said it was the last chance, otherwise they would expose the secret."
Lou Rui's agent was also humorous. He chatted with him for a few words: "I wonder why you guys are so secretive. Two weeks ago I thought you were going to reveal something, but there was no news. I thought you guys had an accident and were reincarnated as Pixiu. I feel relieved to know you are still here. Go ahead and reveal as much as you can. We are more than happy to have you."
It seemed like the other party had encountered this kind of agent for the first time. He didn't know how to respond for a moment and hung up silently.
Afterwards, Lou Rui still didn't get the news.
Ni Jia said: "My agent also received a call."
Naturally, the other party would not only contact Lou Rui. They originally wanted to make money from both sides, but in the end they didn't make a penny.
Li Zhaonan was even more humorous than Lou Rui's agent and asked him, "Don't you know that Jia Jia and Lou Rui are from the same company?"
This sentence does not contain any information, but to the other party, it says everything, so he hesitated. After a lot of ideological struggle, and after continuing to follow and filming Liu Wangxue and others having dinner together, he decided to expose it.
Because except Duan Yue, who is a real amateur, each of the others has a certain fame in their respective circles. In addition, people like Shen Xun and Han Zhenhao became really popular last summer with the drama "Halo Effect", and became the benchmark of villains in the industry. There are still various secondary creation videos with particularly high playback volume on the Internet.
Shen Xun and his agent Tan Xueqing's relationship was public, but Han Zhenhao's was not. He only said that he had a girlfriend, but never let her show her face. He protected her very well. The paparazzi thought that if this was exposed, it would also attract traffic.
When it comes to traffic, Lou Rui is the best. His name is equal to "traffic" and "volume" is equal to enormous wealth, so his "romance" with Ni Jia must be exposed.
So there was today's hot search, and the term #Han Zhenhao's girlfriend# also made it to the hot search list.
Ni Jia and Lou Rui are both artists of Yunxi. Their agents already knew each other, and now that the two are working together again, they will definitely share what they have with each other.
The discussion about being photographed also angered Ni Jia. She even called Liu Wangxue to complain that the paparazzi had offered a sky-high price to Lou Rui, but the price had to be cut in half and then reduced again. She angrily said, "I'm actually so worthless!"
Liu Wangxue was so amused at that time that he had no choice but to encourage her to focus on her career and work hard to improve her commercial value.
After hearing the explanation, everyone laughed and said, "Okay, then forget about it."
Han Zhenhao and Duan Yue also saw their entries, but they didn't intend to pay any attention to them because the program team would take care of the publicity and promotion anyway.
However, Tan Xueqing still added one more sentence from the perspective of an agent, and said it to Lou Rui and Ni Jia. After all, they were the only two "acting lovers" present: "Although we are recording a program, we should still clarify it. After all, the program team's publicity will take some time. As the old saying goes, it takes only one mouth to spread a rumor, but it takes a lot of effort to refute it. A lot of things that are based on hearsay sometimes become true as they are spread." Especially Lou Rui, a traffic idol, he will lose fans regardless of whether his relationship is true or not.
Lou Rui and Ni Jia thanked her for her kindness and said it really didn't matter.
Ni Jia is pursuing the path of an actor. She doesn't care about fans or not. She lets her works speak for herself. She doesn't even allow the establishment of a fan club. She has already made it clear in a blog post.
Lou Rui is also slowly transforming. He can't say that he doesn't care about fans, because his idol's path to where he is today is inseparable from the support of fans. He can't do things like eating with a bowl in hand and then cursing his mother when he puts down the bowl. But he will eventually fall in love, get married, and have children. It's good that the paparazzi exposed this now, which is like giving fans a shot of prevention. Dreams always have to end one day, so if you want to stop being a fan, just stop being a fan.
Anyway, this dating show is also the company's own show. The agents of both sides have already discussed with the director. If the paparazzi does not reveal the news, then the original plan will be followed. If the news is revealed, then the originally scheduled promotion time will be moved forward. Now that the news has been revealed, the production team will post a blog tomorrow. Let's ignore it for now and let the heat rise a little more.
The topic was over here. They had almost finished the tea in the teapot and had eaten a lot of the fruit. They were tired from sitting for so long, so Shen Xun and Tan Xueqing suggested going out for a walk.
Liu Wangxue asked: "Is there any fun place nearby?"
Du Yunkai, Wenxi and the others all shook their heads and couldn't explain clearly, and wanted to use their phones to search. It was true that before coming here, they thought the program crew would arrange it, so they didn't even think about making a strategy.
"I know there is one," Duan Yue spoke at this time. She searched the Internet yesterday. "I saw someone share on Pink Book that there is a wetland park nearby. It takes about ten minutes to drive there. Do you want to go and have some fun?"
The suggestion is very good, but it is already past three o'clock and the park is about to close. We won't be able to play for long if we go there, so we decided to postpone the trip to the wetland park to tomorrow and just walk around the villa area for now.
They left as soon as they said they would. After packing up their things simply, they took the four little ones out.
We had observed from the car on the way here and there was nothing to go there, so we decided to walk along the road.
After more than 20 minutes, it seemed as if we had discovered a new world. There was a coffee shop by the river with very elegant decoration, so we went in and sat down.
Then he found out that this cafe also provided fishing gear rental service, so he could go fishing by the river. Shen Xun rubbed his hands, as he was a fishing enthusiast, so he suggested staying here to fish.
Han Zhenhao also wanted to try it, so he boasted that he would treat everyone to a fish feast tonight. So he and Shen Xun rented fishing gear and stayed, and Duan Yue and Tan Xueqing naturally stayed to accompany them.
Liu Wangxue and the other six continued to walk inside. Meiqiu and Pengpeng were having fun and wanted to follow Pengpeng. Tan Xueqing handed the leash to Xu Qingsong and asked him to help walk the dogs. Xu Qingsong then walked both dogs together.
Liu Wangxue's arms were a little sore from holding the little fat dog, so she wanted to coax it to get off the ground and walk on its own. Lazy Cat acted like a spoiled child and insisted on being held. Xu Qingsong handed the leashes of the two dogs to Liu Wangxue, who kept them for himself, and bent down to pick up Lazy Cat.
After walking for a while, they found that there was a residential area in front of them, and there was also a farm restaurant. They suddenly got excited.
Du Yunkai was happy: "Dinner is ready, I don't have to make it myself."
Wenxi complained to him: "You talk as if you cooked the lunch."
"You should speak with conscience," Du Yunkai smiled, and turned to ask the other four people, "Tell me, did I do it?"
Lou Rui whispered, "If vegetable salad counts."
Ni Jia affirmed: "It counts, of course it counts!"
Liu Wangxue agreed: "At least - he's really a noob."
Wenxi laughed: "You understand rhetoric, double entendre!"
Xu Qingsong added: "Indeed, it is a real dish, and whether it tastes good or not depends entirely on the salad dressing."
Du Yunkai couldn't help laughing.
The six of them went in to take a look. Ni Jia sent a message to the four people who were fishing in the group, and everyone agreed to eat outside.
Just as the decision was made, Zheng Qingzhou asked the director to pass on a message, saying that it would be best not to eat outside because there would be an event during dinner and the upstairs bedroom would need to be unlocked, and a room would have to be selected through a competition.
Then let’s pack up and take it back. Ni Jia explained the reason to the fishing group of four in the group. Liu Wangxue and the others ordered the dishes first, saying that they would go further inside and come back to get them later.
The sun was setting, and the shadows of all objects were getting longer and longer. Seeing that it was almost time, Liu Wangxue and the others went back, picked up the food and soup packed by the store, and went to the cafe to call the other four people.
Shen Xun and Han Zhenhao actually caught some fish. Han Zhenhao first caught a grass carp, which was not very big. Later, Shen Xun caught a silver carp that was half an arm's length. Han Zhenhao let the grass carp go.
Everyone talked about the fish as they walked back. Shen Xun said that he could fish but didn't know how to cook it. Duan Yue said, "Braised silver carp is delicious. I can cook it, but I can't kill it." The ones we usually buy are already processed by the merchants, so we just need to wash them when we get home.
Xu Qingsong took on the job: "Leave it to me."
He really knows how to do this. After the Spring Festival, when Liu Nanshan and Gu Xuelan went out to travel, he and Liu Wangxue were the only ones at home. On weekends when they were not working, they would go to the town to buy vegetables together. One time, they met a fishmonger on the street and bought two fish because they saw they were fresh. That was also the first time Liu Wangxue saw Xu Qingsong kill fish.
Just like now, his technique was very neat and timid. He knocked the fish unconscious with two slaps, held down its head with one hand, and scraped off its scales with a knife with the other. Liu Wangxue stood next to him, saying that he was helping, but in fact he was just there to admire him. Everyone came over and praised him after watching.
After a while, the scales were scraped off and the knife tip cut open the fish belly, revealing a large mass of fish roe. Xu Qingsong removed the fish roe and placed it in the bowl Liu Wangxue handed over. The fish follicles could also be kept for eating, and all the other internal organs were thrown away.
Xu Qingsong cleaned the processed fish, and Liu Wangxue helped to wash the cutting board and knife, and wiped the countertop.
Duan Yue came over and saw that the fish had been cleaned up, so she tied on an apron and said, "Leave everything to me from now on, you guys go and take a rest."
Han Zhenhao also came over to help her.
Liu Wangxue took Xu Qingsong to the bathroom to wash his hands. When no one was around, she praised him in a low voice: "Sure enough, people with beautiful hands can be pleasing to the eye no matter what they do."
Xu Qingsong pumped a pump of hand sanitizer, held her hands in his palms and rubbed them into bubbles, saying in a very cocky way: "Congratulations, you've been charmed by me again."
Liu Wangxue reminded him: "Mr. Xu, where is your reserve?"
Xu Qingsong smiled: "I don't need this stuff when I'm with you."
By the time the braised fish was out of the pot, the food that had been packed up had already become a little cold. Some of it was reheated in the pot, and some was put on a plate and heated in the microwave.
The mood lights in the garden were turned on, and the lights under the awning were also turned on, so everyone suggested eating here. Soon the dishes were served and the meal officially began.
Zheng Qingzhou came out halfway through the meal, moved a folding chair and sat opposite, smiling: "Then let's do a challenge first. As long as three pairs of you can complete it, the living areas on the second and third floors will be unlocked."
"Okay." Everyone responded, putting down their chopsticks temporarily and listening to him explain the rules.
Zheng Qingzhou said: "This challenge is very simple, and you couples must have done it before."
He left something to this point, as if waiting for some fake couple to ask questions.
Sure enough, Lou Rui and Ni Jia raised their hands.
Ni Jia: "Director, please be kind and take care of us..." How to describe it? Lou Rui replied: "Intern couple!"
Everyone looked at them and laughed, and started to cheer, asking Zheng Qingzhou to do some intimate challenges. After all, they were here to practice their acting skills, and there were intimate scenes in the play, so what was there to be afraid of!
Zheng Qingzhou was happy: "I haven't asked anyone to do this, so I'm not kind enough? Don't worry, you two have done this in the play, it's very simple."
This challenge requires each couple to look at each other, without looking away, and the challenge is considered successful only if they can look at each other for a full minute.
"It's simple, right?" Zheng Qingzhou said, and then asked everyone, "Then shall we start from left to right?"
Everyone agreed and moved their gazes to the far left to watch the fun.
Sitting on the far left were Ni Jia and Lou Rui. They were unwilling to do so because they would surely lose: "Why not from right to left?" Real couples should be allowed to do so!
Liu Wangxue and Xu Qingsong were sitting on the far right. Liu Wangxue understood Ni Jia and Lou Rui's feelings and thought that this was definitely a piece of cake for her and Xu Qingsong, so she pulled Xu Qingsong's hand and asked for his opinion.
Of course Xu Qingsong had no objection, so the challenge started with the two of them.
Seeing that the two were ready, Zheng Qingzhou pressed the stopwatch: "Start counting!"
The lights in the garden really created a great atmosphere. At this moment, no one spoke. The surroundings were extremely quiet, with only the occasional chirping of insects among the flowers and grass.
Xu Qingsong held Liu Wangxue's hands and looked into her eyes that were reflected in the light. In an instant, he was attracted by her smiling face and felt itchy in his heart.
Liu Wangxue looked at him. When he turned around, the light happened to shine on him from the side, making his facial features look more three-dimensional. His affectionate eyes made her want to lean over and kiss him.
As soon as Liu Wangxue had this thought, Xu Qingsong took her hand to shorten the distance between them. He leaned forward and kissed the corner of her lips.
The sound of booing suddenly rang out from all around.
Liu Wangxue: Just think about it, why do you have to put it into action? Xu Qingsong: I can't help it, I can't help it at all! Zheng Qingzhou pressed the stopwatch and announced: "Three seconds! Challenge failed!"
“Ahhh——” Liu Wangxue stomped his feet. It was only three seconds!
Xu Qingsong held her in his arms to comfort her, and asked the director: "Is this considered practice? Give me another chance."
Several people nearby also spoke up, laughing and supporting them. After all, since they had failed, the pressure would be passed on to those behind them.
Zheng Qingzhou was very cold: "No! Next group!"
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