After filming for "Escape" ended, Ye Chu got a relatively long break. Her schedule wasn't very full, but Chang Ji would arrange some training for her, so even when she wasn't working, she couldn't say she was particularly relaxed.
This time, however, things were a little different. Changji gave her a full vacation where she didn't have to do anything. She had two weeks of rest before her next job—a food commercial shoot.
After returning home, Ye Chu first took a relaxing bath, then lay on the sofa reading. She had recently been reading books about the customs and cultures of various countries around the world.
The hot milk was placed on the table to the side, and Ye Chu would pick it up and take a sip or two after reading a page or two. As for when she started the habit of drinking hot milk at night, Ye Chu couldn't quite remember; it seemed like she had always done it this way.
"Yes, I gave her a two-week break." Changji flipped through her notebook, reporting her artist's schedule to the person on the other end of the phone as usual.
Then the other person seemed to say something, and she asked in surprise, "Is this okay?" The other person's answer was affirmative, and after thinking for a moment, she agreed with a smile.
Gu Yu hung up the phone and glanced at the laptop on the table. The screensaver on it was the scene of him gently kissing Ye Chu during the filming of their escape...
On the fourth day of the holiday, Ye Chu was at home researching simple recipes. She put potatoes in a pot, added water, and turned on the heat. Then she heard her cell phone, which was in the living room, ring. It was Chang Ji calling.
Changji's tone made Ye Chu sense that she was very happy, even a little excited. "Chu Chu, our chance has come!"
Ye Chu asked, "What opportunity?"
Changji replied, "I'll be on a big variety show!"
Changji took a sip of water. "There's a really popular variety show lately, 'Growing Up with My Baby'! In the latest season, one of the artists needed to be replaced because of a scheduling conflict. You've been getting a lot of exposure lately, so someone asked if you were available and if you could take the role. I saw that your schedule didn't conflict, so I agreed. You'll be heading to the recording the day after you finish filming the food commercial."
"Growing Up with My Baby" is a very popular variety show. The main content involves inviting several young celebrities who do not yet have children, along with children from ordinary families. They are paired up, and the celebrities act as caregivers for the children during this time.
The program features a variety of activities, including fun segments such as trivia quizzes and charades games.
But the focus is still on the word "growing up". Each season of the show will go to about ten different places, with each place being broadcast in two episodes. The children and artists are required to complete a meaningful task together. In this process, the children and artists communicate, learn and live together, and grow together.
Ye Chu recalled that she had watched this variety show before, but because she wasn't particularly interested in variety shows, she hadn't watched the whole thing. However, the children in it were indeed very cute, and their interactions with the celebrities were quite interesting.
She also remembered that there was a little child in the group. Their activity was for the artist and the child to work together, along with several teachers from the school, to prepare a birthday party for a student who had just enrolled but was not very good at integrating into the class because of her introverted personality, in order to help her make friends with everyone.
When the adults' meticulous planning is put together with the children's innocent and romantic imagination, many viewers realize that the adults' plans are full of instructions on how to achieve certain goals through various steps, while what matters to the children is the strawberry on the cake, the golden magic hat (birthday hat), making a wish before blowing out the candles, and most importantly! Sharing the cake with everyone.
When the celebrity asked the child why the child was the most important, the child replied that if everyone eats cake together, then everyone should play together later!
Thinking of those words, Ye Chu felt her heart melt. It's simple for children to make friends. If we eat cookies together, then we play together. There's no other reason.
"Okay." After agreeing to Changji's various instructions, Ye Chu had just put down her phone when she heard a bubbling sound coming from the kitchen. She rushed over and realized that she had forgotten to put the pot lid on when she left the kitchen, and now water was splashed everywhere...
"What's the rush, kid? We're already preparing to sign the contract, and we'll take better care of things during filming, okay? Ask around!" Wang Zhongbao, the director of the variety show "Growing Up with Baby" and a veteran variety show director who has also organized several other hit shows, was yelling impatiently at the person on the other end of the phone who had called several times.
"Then thank you in advance, senior. I'll send you two bottles of my treasured wine another day," Gu Yu said with a smile.
Wang Zhongbao was startled. "You're really giving away your treasured wine? What's your relationship with this girl named Ye Chu that you're so willing to part with it?" As soon as he finished speaking, his mind raced. "You better tell me honestly, you haven't done anything wrong, have you? Let me tell you, this is unacceptable!"
Gu Yu was amused by his exaggerated reaction: "What are you thinking? Nothing of the sort. It's just that last time we were filming, I thought the young lady was a really good actress, and it's a pity she's not more famous than me. Anyway, I'll help her if I can."
"Tch, stop playing tricks on me. You've worked with plenty of pretty good actresses, so why did you side with this one but not the other one? Your excuse is less believable than saying you've got your eye on her and want to pursue her!"
"Yes, I've got my eye on her, and I'm trying my best to pursue her."
"What?!" Wang Zhongbao was so shocked he almost spilled the half-cup of water in his hand. "You're something else, but you should be careful. It's not good if the young lady misunderstands, and it's not good if others find out."
"Okay, I understand." Gu Yu hung up the phone, feeling somewhat helpless. He had impulsively admitted it, and now things were really messed up. Once Senior Wang found out, several of his acquaintances would probably find out as well...
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