Yin Chengjue was clearly overthinking it. As Rong Yu's fanbase grew, when Rong Yu appeared alone, the comments section was mostly filled with fans' declarations of love, and not many people noticed this detail.
Well, except for those haters.
Haters, using magnifying glasses, observed that when Rong Yu was holding the dog, the dog was clearly terrified, its fur standing on end. So they immediately flooded the comments section with long reviews, insisting that Rong Yu was abusing the dog.
Fans laughed when they saw these comments: The dog clearly went over to Rong Yu to be picked up on its own, and nestled obediently in Rong Yu's arms to be petted, so how is that considered "dog abuse"? Moreover, Rong Yu, like the other boy group members, was here for the first time, and all his actions were exposed to the cameras, so how is that "dog abuse"?
The haters couldn't understand why those dogs were acting this way, so they gave up and looked for other places to attack.
Of course, these were all minor matters. It wasn't until noon, when everyone started cooking, that they truly got to know Rong Yu.
Therefore, the online saying that popular celebrities shouldn't easily appear on variety shows like "The Smoke from the Kitchen," because if they do, their true colors will be exposed and their original personas will be completely ruined by the realities of life. There is some truth to that.
Rong Yu and Fang Mengda, who were assigned the task of chopping wood, were equally ruthless. Fang Mengda was alright, after all, his size was what it was, but Rong Yu really surprised many people, that her small body could actually carry so much firewood.
However, Rong Yu's shining moment ended there.
Because after Rong Yu entered the kitchen, it was as if she had entered a completely new world.
Even though Yin Chengjue had heard Sally's description, seeing the broadcast in person still left him feeling incredibly shocked.
In the scene, Mingqian, who had stated from the beginning that she couldn't cook, was holding a cauliflower and humbly asking Xiao Song how to prepare it. The comments section erupted in an uproar. Fans exclaimed that Mingqian was so cute for not knowing how to prepare vegetables, while casual viewers were speechless. Even if she didn't cook, it seemed a bit fake that she couldn't even prepare cauliflower. Amidst this debate, Rong Yu, standing next to Mingqian's vegetable washing basin, was placing a piece of pork on the cutting board.
The shot was wide enough to include all three of them, but because Mingqian asked a rather silly question, everyone's attention was drawn to her, so Rongyu temporarily became a narrator in the scene.
So when Rong Yu raised the kitchen knife in her hand, the comments were still debating whether it was true that Ming Qian didn't know how to pick vegetables.
When Rong Yu swung her cleaver at the cutting board, the comments section was still dominated by the Qian Sha fans.
Ming Qian said gently to Xiao Song, who was teaching him how to pick vegetables, "Thank you."
However, before the last syllable of "you" could be finished, a dark shadow flashed from the side with a "bang" and crashed into the basin of water in front of Mingqian!
As a result, a whole basin of vegetable-washing water immediately splashed out, splashing all over Mingqian's head and face! Of course, Xiao Song, who was standing next to Mingqian, was not spared either, getting splashed all over with the vegetable-washing water.
However, that wasn't all. Besides the dark shadow, something else swept across the lens and "smacked" onto Mingqian's head!
That was one of the pieces of pork that had been chopped in half.
Xiao Song: "..."
What? What happened just now?
The chat went silent for a moment, eerily.
Viewers who missed the crucial moment immediately rewound the video a few seconds earlier, only then seeing Rong Yu standing at the edge of the frame, and witnessing the magical scene of Rong Yu splitting the chopping board in two with a single stroke.
Because the cutting board was heavy, it didn't fly far after being split in two, so it landed directly in Mingqian's vegetable washing basin next to it, while the other half flew out of the frame, and it's unclear where the "board" landed.
Realizing her mistake, Rong Yu immediately withdrew her hand from the cleaver. As a result, everyone saw that although the cutting board had been chopped away, the cleaver remained firmly standing on the stone table...
The comment section was filled with: "..." Are you performing some kind of acrobatics?
"Sorry, I... I'm not very good at cutting meat." Rong Yu quickly took the cutting board that had been split in two and put it back, then took the piece of pork that had also flown out and put it back.
Then he took out tissues to wipe the water that had splashed on Mingqian and Xiaosong's faces and bodies.
No, you're not just bad at cutting meat, you're practically butchering it!
Rong Yu's knife strike was astonishing, immediately attracting the attention of all the guests working in the kitchen. Tao Li picked up one of the cutting boards and exclaimed, "Brother Rong, tell me honestly, have you secretly practiced some kind of divine skill?"
Rong Yu sighed in regret: "It seems I can't hide it anymore. I'll just tell you the truth. When I was seven years old, I met a Taoist priest who immediately saw that I had extraordinary talent and was a martial arts prodigy..."
Liu Qingling ruffled Rong Yu's hair with one hand: "Keep making things up! Keep making things up! No matter how you make things up, it won't change the fact that you have to pay money!"
After Liu Qingling finished speaking, the editor thoughtfully added a string of "money - 40" above Rong Yu's head and then added parentheses (paid).
The screen was filled with "hahaha".
However, that flying cutting board was indeed very dangerous. If it hadn't hit the water but instead hit someone, it wouldn't have been so easy to handle.
Rong Yu clasped her hands together and sincerely apologized to Xiao Song and Ming Qian: "After we go back, I'll treat you to a month's worth of lavish meals! A different meal every day for a month! You decide what to eat!"
Xiao Song's eyes immediately lit up: "Is there such a good thing? Then why don't you, Xiao Yu, take another cut on the chopping board?"
Song's fans: "..." This person whose eyes light up at the mention of food is definitely not our idol!
Mingqian waved her hands repeatedly: "I'm really fine, I'm not injured, am I? Besides, treating us to lavish meals for a month, isn't that too much of a burden for you? It's too much of a stretch, let's just forget about it!"
Rong Yu said, "Yes, yes, I can give you my salary card for a month. You can eat according to the amount in my salary card." After a pause, Rong Yu said, "But, that's all the money I've saved since I started working, so you must be careful!"
Bullet comments—
— Rong Yu's blow was too heavy, wiping out their entire fortune, but why do I feel like laughing?
—But to be honest, that was really dangerous. Production team, please be more careful. Not just anyone can be sent into the kitchen. Mingqian can't cook, so at most she can only ask childish questions. But Rongyu can't cook, that's a matter of life and death! Of course, if this is also scripted, then never mind what I said.
—Even a scriptwriter wouldn't dare write something like this, right? Who in their right mind would split a chopping board in half?
—Hey, the person in front of me, it's not that a normal person can't split a cutting board in half, it's that they wouldn't do it, right? Do you have a grudge against cutting boards or something?
—I just want to know if Rong Yu really meant it when he said he'd treat us to dinner. My little squirrel actually believed it. Look at the way he looks at me, he's already mentally listing a month's worth of fancy meals!
Hahaha, the whole internet is watching to see if Xiaoyu keeps her promise!
The incident was barely resolved, and fortunately everyone was alright. Rong Yu also sincerely apologized and publicly treated everyone to a meal, which somewhat quelled the dissatisfaction of the fans of both sides.
The show continued, but after Rong Yu's bizarre antics, it was hard for viewers to take their eyes off her.
So everyone watched as Rong Yu lifted the lid of the rice cooker along with the rice cooker lid. If it weren't for the fact that viewers of the show knew the original structure of the rice cooker, everyone would have thought that the rice cooker was not connected.
The later episodes were quite realistic, perfectly capturing the complex relationship between Rong Yu and the kitchen in real life.
Yin Chengjue was used to this and didn't think much of it, but the audience who were seeing Rong Yu like this for the first time couldn't stand it.
—I just want to know, is Rong Yu really strong, or is he really a tiger? Is this to create a unique character for him?
—What else can he do besides cause trouble? Can't the production team be a little more considerate? When are we ever going to get any food?
—Teacher Lu is really having a tough time. It was supposed to be a cooking activity for everyone, but then this bastard showed up. Teacher Lu only asked him to carry the plates, and he still managed to crush one! Are you kidding me? Does he never do any housework or carry plates at home? What kind of family wealth does he have to afford to squander like this?
—I just got back from Weibo. Rong Yu's Weibo followers dropped by ten million. "Niao Niao Chui Yan" is indeed a magical variety show. Every popular celebrity who appears on it collapses. I remember last time a celebrity did one episode and his followers dropped by fifty million. Tsk tsk tsk.
Seeing the barrage of comments flying by, Yin Chengjue frowned unhappily, turned them off, and turned to look at Rong Yu, only to see that the other party had her head down, her emotions clearly affected.
“No one is perfect. You never said you were good at cooking, so it’s not like you’re ruining your image. It’s just that you’re making your image more complete.” Yin Chengjue comforted him gently. “You don’t have to be a champion in every show. This time it’s just that we weren’t careful enough and let you participate in a variety show that you’re not good at. It’s not your fault.”
Upon hearing this, Rong Yu finally raised her head: "Brother, you don't think I'm useless?"
“How could that be? Xiaoyu just needs to wait to be fed at home,” Yin Chengjue hugged him, rested his chin on his head and rubbed it, and said, “Although you have lost a lot of fans, there are still many fans who will stick with you even after seeing you like this.”
"Yes! I can't let them down!"
"Also, did you notice that the episode 'The Smoke from the Kitchen' was only an hour and a half long, but they cut out fifty minutes of footage to highlight your destructive power? You guys clearly lived there for three days, so there should have been a lot more footage to cut. You couldn't have spent three days in the kitchen, could you?"
Rong Yu was taken aback: "Of course not, we even went to the market together. They made us ride in the oxcart by ourselves, but they couldn't handle the ox, so I ended up having to drive it myself."
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