"If that's what you think, I'd be happy to teach you." Gu Yu smiled, then pondered for a moment: "Let's start with something simple, how about frying an egg?"
Ye Chu pouted: "I can fry eggs."
Gu Yu didn't believe her: "Then fry one up for me to see."
After helping to clear the dishes, Gu Yu took an egg out of the refrigerator: "Try it."
Ye Chu took the egg, turned on the stove to heat the oil, and when the oil was hot, she cracked the egg into it. At first, she did a pretty good job, but she flipped it too early and broke the whole egg. In a panic, she used a spatula to flip the egg over, but the high heat had already burned the bottom part.
"Pfft." Gu Yu couldn't help but laugh, and received a fierce glare from Ye Chu. He took the spatula from her, turned off the torch, and disposed of the burnt eggs and excess oil in the trash can.
"I roughly know your skill level now." Gu Yu, who was cleaning the stove, said with a rag, "Frying eggs isn't easy either. Why don't you go back and learn some theory first?"
Sticking out her tongue, Ye Chu agreed and helped wash the pots. After cleaning up the messy kitchen, the two returned to the living room, where Citrus and Peach snuggled together on the small sofa and fell asleep.
"Let the tangerines stay here for the night," Gu Yu whispered, neither of them wanting to wake the two little ones. Ye Chu nodded silently, "Then I'll come again tomorrow morning."
Ye Chu left quietly, not taking the elevator, but climbing two flights of stairs to the eighth floor. Just as she inserted the key into the lock, Michael from across the street opened the door carrying a large bag of trash.
"Sister Chu Chu!" Michael greeted her in surprise. "Have you been having any trouble lately? I've noticed you're always going out." Michael thought back to the past few days and realized that Ye Chu seemed to be going out frequently, and she had bumped into her several times.
Holding the doorknob, Ye Chu shook her head: "No, I was just going to someone I know's house for a meal." Ye Chu didn't say much, and Michael guessed that it was probably because it involved privacy, so he wisely didn't ask any further questions.
"By the way, I heard your TV series will premiere in a few days. Congratulations!"
The other person's sincere blessings warmed Ye Chu's heart: "Thank you."
The popularity of "Chu Han" has increased dramatically due to Ye Chu's background and Zhao Lu's incident. Countless people have added it to their watchlist just to see how the two actors who were once involved in scandals would perform.
Xu Jie is such a person. As a frontline gossip enthusiast, she never misses a single piece of gossip that comes her way. Her motto in life is: "Life goes on, and so does gossip."
Under her influence, all four people in the dormitory became seasoned gossip enthusiasts, almost vying to get the latest gossip. Naturally, they didn't miss out on the gossip about her family background and Zhao Lu's background on Weibo.
"Hurry up, hurry up, it's about to start." Xu Jie called a few people over, and they gathered together to watch the TV series.
"Move over a little further, I can't see the whole screen anymore," roommate 1 said. "By the way, why do we have to watch it together?"
“That’s what creates the atmosphere!” Xu Jie said, making room for the other person to see the screen.
The four of them held their breath. After the opening theme, as the three words "Episode 1" in gold lettering turned into scattered sand, the narration began, and a map of the country unfolded before their eyes.
Chen Sheng and Wu Guang led an uprising against the Qin Dynasty and subsequently established the Zhang Chu regime. Upon hearing the news, nobles from the former six states also rose in rebellion. In September of the same year, Xiang Yu and Xiang Liang killed Tong, the governor of Kuaiji, and raised troops in Wuzhong to rebel against the Qin. Xiang Liang declared himself governor of Kuaiji, and Xiang Yu became his deputy general.
After Chen Sheng's death, his general Zhao Ping falsely ordered that Xiang Liang be appointed as the Grand Pillar of State of Chu. In March of the second year, Xiang Liang led his troops across the river, and Chen Ying, the magistrate of Dongyang, led his righteous army to join him. After crossing the Huai River, Ying Bu and General Pu joined forces with their troops, and the army once reached 60,000 to 70,000 men, becoming the main force of the anti-Qin forces at that time.
In June of the same year, Xiang Liang installed Xin, the grandson of King Huai of Chu, as King Huai. Xiang Liang styled himself Lord Wuxin. Afterwards, Xiang Liang led his rebel army to a great victory over the Qin army at Dong'e and Dingtao. Xiang Yu and Liu Bang also captured Chengyang and expanded their territory to Yongqiu. Soon after, Xiang Liang was ambushed and defeated by the Qin general Zhang Han. Xiang Liang was killed in battle, and Xiang Yu and Liu Bang retreated to Pengcheng and Dang.
Zhang Han crossed the Yellow River again and marched north to attack Zhao, joining forces with Qin generals Wang Li and She Jian to besiege Julu. King Huai of Chu appointed Song Yi as supreme commander and Xiang Yu as deputy commander, to lead troops to rescue Zhao. Xiang Yu, on the pretext that Song Yi was plotting with Qi against Chu, attacked and killed Song Yi.
King Huai immediately appointed Xiang Yu as Supreme General, leading the entire army to rescue Zhao. Xiang Yu personally led the army across the river, destroying their cooking pots and sinking their boats, and attacked the Qin army. After several fierce battles, the Chu army decisively defeated the Qin army. While the Chu army was rescuing Zhao, the other feudal lords' armies all stood by and watched.
After the battle, the generals of the various states came to pay their respects to Xiang Yu, crawling on their knees and not daring to look up, all obeying his commands. Then, Xiang Yu decisively defeated the Qin army at the Battle of Hushang and persuaded Zhang Han to surrender. Fearing the surrendered Qin soldiers would not submit, he had all 200,000 of them buried alive.
Looking at Xiang Yu with his armor stained with blood in the picture, the four girls in the dormitory had mixed feelings.
"He is handsome."
"But they had already surrendered, and yet they still massacred them..."
"A bit brutal."
"By the way, why are there only war scenes? I want to see something else."
When Xiang Yu led his army into Guanzhong, Liu Bang had already occupied Xianyang. Since King Huai of Chu had made a prior agreement that "whoever enters Guanzhong first shall be king," Liu Bang should rightfully be king of Guanzhong.
After Xiang Yu entered Guanzhong, relying on his 400,000-strong army, he attempted to eliminate Liu Bang and dominate the world. However, due to Liu Bang's humble words and reconciliation, the two sides temporarily made peace.
Just as Xiang Yu was leading his troops westward to slaughter Xianyang, a plot twist occurred that differed from history: during the march, Xiang Yu and Yu Ji met.
"Ahhh, Yu Ji! She's here, she's here!" The four girls' eyes lit up with anticipation for what was to come.
Is this waist real?
"You're so beautiful, I'm in love with you."
"Such a beautiful woman, I would be tempted too, hehehe, let's take her home."
"That action of lifting him onto the horse! I'm dead!"
The four of them chattered away, and the discomfort they had initially felt from watching too many fight scenes completely dissipated.
The beauty was just a minor episode. Soon after, Xiang Yu appointed King Huai as Emperor Yi, made Chen his capital, enfeoffed other princes, and declared himself the Hegemon-King of Western Chu. He controlled nine counties in Liang and Chu, made Pengcheng his capital, and enfeoffed Liu Bang as King of Han.
Soon after, Tian Rong, Chen Yu, Peng Yue, and others successively raised troops in rebellion against Chu. Liu Bang also pacified the Three Qin regions and advanced towards Western Chu, thus officially starting the Chu-Han Contention, which lasted for more than four years, and also indicating that the plot had finally entered the right track.
"How can it be over already? I haven't had enough of the beauty yet! That's too much!"
"Come quickly tomorrow, I want to see my beauty."
Xu Jie looked at her sisters who were completely captivated, opened the Weibo super topic of the TV series "Chu Han" on her phone, and found that many female viewers had taken screenshots of the scene where Xiang Yu carried Yu Ji onto the horse, and were shouting that it was exciting and so romantic.
Upon further inspection, it was discovered that a considerable number of male viewers were also participating in the discussion on the super topic, saying that the battle scenes were thrilling.
After a moment's thought, she quickly understood.
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