Chapter 6: Mutual Business "It's for business, but that wasn't it...
The netizens who were happily discussing the matter in the forum at this time would never have imagined that the two "bitching each other" rivals were preparing to make a cake in a private space.
He Yan was a little hesitant when Zhu Shengting suggested that they come to his house to make a cake. When he first heard Zhu Shengting say this, he thought Zhu Shengting was crazy.
On the one hand, the two of them were not really familiar with each other, and their relationship was obviously incompatible. On the other hand, he was not used to going to other people's homes unless they were very familiar relatives or friends.
But due to their current status, they might be photographed by paparazzi or met by chance when they go out, and it would be posted on the Internet, which would cause a bloody storm. It is best for them to stay at home. Anyway, they have agreed to do the task later, and they can go to his house. This way it is fairer to go back and forth. If they really can't do it at home, they can find a way to go out fully armed.
But agreeing to something is one thing, and actually going to someone's house is another.
Dongting County was an apartment allocated by Mengchuan. Zhu Shengting lived in Building C, which was actually only different from his building by a garden. Perhaps it was God's mercy that the two had never met in the community privately before.
Fortunately, he had never encountered this, otherwise he was afraid that he would not be able to help but go back to live with his parents.
Thinking of this, He Yan felt that the scene of himself sitting on the sofa in guest slippers and waiting to drink the lemonade poured by Zhu Shengting was particularly humorous.
This was something he could never have imagined a week ago.
He Yan looked at Zhu Shengting's tall back and felt a little weird.
Although they had occasional business conflicts and he would choose to ignore them, after being forced to take them seriously, He Yan had a different feeling towards Zhu Shengting. At least, it was different from his previous feeling that he was hypocritical.
I hope this feeling is not just a temporary deviation on his part.
"I've basically asked my assistant to prepare all the ingredients for making the cake. They're all in the kitchen. The two camera positions have also been set up in advance. We'll see if there's anything that needs adjusting later." Zhu Shengting came over with lemonade, handed it to He Yan naturally, and took a cup of coffee for himself.
"Oh, okay, thank you." He Yan felt that his movements when taking the cup of water were a little stiff. He glanced at the kitchen and indeed saw two small cameras, one outside and one pointing at the table.
He turned his head and took two sips of water silently. Seeing Zhu Shengting sitting on the single sofa, he blinked twice. For a moment, neither of them spoke and the atmosphere fell silent as expected.
"Um, can you bake a cake?" He Yan was the first to break the awkward atmosphere. He hadn't figured out how to address Zhu Shengting verbally, so he simply didn't use the title.
Zhu Shengting calmly put down his coffee cup, as if he didn't feel the slightest bit embarrassed. "I can make some pastries, but I haven't made cakes. I've looked up some tutorials. If you don't know how to make them, I can send them to you later."
He Yan shook his head slightly, "It's okay, I saved some of them in the red book before."
"So...should we make one with two people or...?" He asked a key question.
However, the answer to this question seems obvious. Although there are no specific requirements on the form, they are not here to compete for the title of Chef King, but to cultivate their relationship.
Both of them knew it well.
He Yan looked down at his clean slippers. Zhu Shengting put down his coffee cup without saying a word, glanced at He Yan, and rubbed his palms twice.
He Yan suddenly felt that he was more comfortable exchanging sarcastic remarks with Zhu Shengting. Now he felt as if he was possessed by some ghost. He became a little weird and awkward. He had to think for a long time before saying anything to the other party, for fear that something wrong would affect their "relationship development".
It’s all Xu Zhi’s fault!
This scene is really embarrassing.
"How many inches do we make it?" This time it was Zhu Shengting who broke the silence. He tacitly skipped the question whose answer was obvious.
He Yan relaxed a little, "Six inches, right? We can't waste it after we're done."
"Well, what flavor?" Zhu Shengting asked again.
He Yan thought for a moment and picked an answer that wouldn't be too wrong. "Just an ordinary fruit cream cake? Or something chocolatey would be fine, but it might be a little more difficult."
"Then let's have fruits. Do you have any favorite fruits? I don't really know what kind of fruits you like, so I didn't ask my assistant to buy them in advance. I'll order a delivery later." Zhu Shengting took out his mobile phone and started preparing the order.
"Cherries and mangoes are my favorites. I'm not allergic to any fruit, so they're all fine. How about you?" He Yan felt the atmosphere was pretty good at the moment, so he asked politely and considerately.
Zhu Shengting paused for a moment, put down his phone, and a barely perceptible smile flashed across his eyes, which disappeared in a flash.
"I'm allergic to mangoes."
These five gentle words made He Yan shut his mouth again. He felt that he and Zhu Shengting were probably destined to be incompatible. The harmonious atmosphere just now suddenly became a little anxious and sticky.
Meng Chuan is totally engaging in "forced love"!
He slowly closed his eyes, then opened them again, and then asked, "How about dragon fruit, cantaloupe, and cherries?"
"Okay." Zhu Shengting agreed quickly and ordered the takeaway quickly, and the atmosphere that had just gone astray was quickly restored.
After he finished ordering, he stood up and walked towards the kitchen, "Then let's make the cake base first, and we can use it when the fruit arrives."
He Yan let out a long sigh, put down his water cup, and followed Zhu Shengting. "Okay, oh, by the way, I'll transfer the price of the fruits and these ingredients to you."
Unexpectedly, Zhu Shengting turned around and waved him off, "No need. I asked Xu Zhi on WeChat yesterday, and he said he would reimburse all the expenses for the mission."
"Okay." He Yan immediately put the phone back into his pocket.
You know, he was secretly complaining about Xu Zhi being stingy yesterday, asking them to do business tasks but not giving them any funding.
Today! Withdraw for now.
Zhu Shengting certainly didn't miss He Yan's quick and decisive action of putting down his phone, and suddenly he couldn't help laughing.
He Yan’s personality is quite… colorful.
As expected, when people look at others from a different perspective, they will experience things very differently.
He Yan walked to the kitchen counter and was about to turn around to ask Zhu Shengting if he had an apron. Before he could open his mouth, a hand appeared in front of him, holding a brand new apron.
He Yan opened his mouth slightly and took the apron, "Thank you."
"Let me help you tie it." Zhu Shengting walked behind him.
He Yan was a little confused by this sudden change. Just as he was about to say no, he heard Zhu Shengting whisper behind him, "For business."
He Yan choked, struggled for a bit, put down his hands, and resigned himself to waiting for Zhu Shengting's purposeful help.
I have to say that Zhu Shengting is even more dedicated than him, there's no point criticizing him.
"Alright." Zhu Shengting quickly tied his apron for him, then took out his phone and opened his notes, looking for the recipe for making the cake base and the ingredients he had written down in advance. "Let's each make two layers later. That should be enough."
The topic changed so quickly that He Yan almost couldn't keep up. He watched Zhu Shengting put down his phone and put on an apron, and wanted to ask if he wanted him to take the initiative to cultivate a relationship.
Zhu Shengting had already tied it himself.
He Yan suddenly felt a little passive. What does this mean? Rolling out business?
He couldn't afford to admit defeat. Thinking of this, He Yan looked around and saw two pairs of gloves on the table.
He suddenly had an idea and picked up a pair of gloves when Zhu Shengting was not paying attention, put them on himself, then picked up another pair of gloves and walked up to him.
"Let me... help you put on the gloves." He Yan was half a head shorter than Zhu Shengting. He raised his eyes to glance at Zhu Shengting's brow bone, then quickly lowered his head.
"For business..."
Zhu Shengting was stunned for a moment. He saw that He Yan's hands were already wearing rubber gloves. Combined with the other party's whispered words, he quickly realized what was going on.
Zhu Shengting curled the corners of his lips slightly and extended his hand.
He Yan regretted it as soon as he shook Zhu Shengting's hand. He had chosen such a "difficult" task. Wearing rubber gloves would involve much more intimate physical contact than wearing an apron.
Moreover, rubber gloves are somewhat difficult to wear. Even though he was wearing a pair of gloves, He Yan still needed to touch Zhu Shengting's slender, bony fingers.
After what seemed like a long minute, it was finally put on.
He Yan breathed a sigh of relief. Zhu Shengting really didn't move at all during the whole process. It was all thanks to his help.
He suddenly felt like he was shooting himself in the foot.
"Thank you." Zhu Shengting thanked him and looked at He Yan whose ears and cheeks were a little red. He didn't say much and walked over to get the ingredients and tools.
He Yan stood there and took two deep breaths. He looked up and saw the camera outside. He remembered that he still needed to record something, so he walked over and wanted to turn on the switch.
It turns out the camera had already started recording, and it had been recording for thirty minutes?!
In other words, the camera had already started working from the moment he entered the door, but Zhu Shengting didn't say anything.
He looked up at the camera on the inside again, which was also flashing a red dot. He hadn't noticed it just now.
He Yan felt a little angry for a moment. They had discussed other things, but why didn’t they inform him about starting the filming?
He looked at someone's tall back speechlessly.
It turns out that it is not "for business", but has already started business.
Then wouldn't his behavior of just closing up business make him look like a shrew in the eyes of the other party? Or maybe he was a fool, not even realizing that he was being played.
"Zhu Shengting." He Yan called out the man's name in a bad mood, not caring that the camera was still recording, as he could edit it later anyway.
"Hmm?" Zhu Shengting raised his head from the pile of ingredients and looked at He Yan, who was standing a meter away from him with his arms crossed. "What's wrong?"
He Yan didn't want to talk anymore. He felt that Zhu Shengting was still the familiar mean guy who was secretly doing bad things.
He pointed in the direction of the two cameras, without beating around the bush, and directly indicated what he was dissatisfied with.
Zhu Shengting followed the other party's gesture and saw the flashing red dot. He immediately understood what He Yan wanted to say. He also saw a small amount of grievance in the other party's complaining eyes.
"Sorry." Zhu Shengting first walked to the camera outside and pressed a few buttons, then walked to the camera next to He Yan, pressed the pause button a few times, and deleted the content he had just recorded right under He Yan's nose.
"I didn't mean to hide it from you. My assistant just turned it on when he was adjusting the equipment, and I didn't notice it myself. I'm sorry."
Zhu Shengting's tone was sincere when he apologized, with his brows slightly furrowed. It was obvious that he was also annoyed about the occurrence of this little mistake.
He Yan unconsciously looked at the other person's apologetic eyes, then looked away after three seconds and swallowed his dry throat.
"You said start, let's start again," Zhu Shengting said without saying too much nonsense. He readjusted the equipment and said seriously, "This is for business, but this wasn't a show."
He Yan's heart skipped a beat, and he blinked slowly. "Oh... Then let's get started now."
He suddenly decided to retract his previous thought, this time he felt that there was an error.
"drop--"
The red dot flashes and the real recording begins.
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