Li Haizhen and Li Xinyu, two kitchen experts, worked together to prepare a table of light and easy-to-digest dishes for the two bosses who had set up a table for flying chess.
When the casserole was opened, the aroma of medicinal herbs wafted into the air.
"Would you two like to stay for dinner? Do you want to stay?" Ziyi warmly invited them. "You should be resting. If I need you to do something, would that count as overtime?"
The assistants’ rest period is not the normal five-day work and two-day rest. Instead, they rest when the artists rest. When the artists work around the clock, they have to work around the clock too.
"We discussed this on the way here. If you invite us so sincerely, we will stay." Unlike Li Xinyu's cautiousness, Li Haizhen's main point is to say whatever he wants.
She was straightforward and didn't like to hold back. In her opinion, there was no difference between being Qin Yuhuan's bodyguard and being a cement worker at a construction site. She could make money anywhere anyway, and it was not her style to swallow her anger for the sake of salary.
"It would be fine if you could give us both overtime pay."
Ziyi laughed and asked the two people to sit down.
The food was light, except for the porridge which had an indescribable bitter taste. It wasn't that it was unpalatable, just strange.
"Here are some dried tangerine peel, pinellia tuber, persimmon calyx, etc., which should be able to stop vomiting. You can drink a small amount, and then drink more after an hour or so. If it doesn't work, I have a few folk remedies here, I'll try them for you later."
Li Haizhen is knowledgeable and has some connections.
Ziyi responded and drank the small bowl of porridge despite the bitter taste. As for the other dishes on the table, she forced herself to eat a few bites and said, "I'm full."
She put down her chopsticks.
Qin Yuhuan's tongue turned bitter after watching this. He put the bowl in the sink, let the two assistants do what they wanted, and then returned to the bedroom with Ziyi.
"Poor thing, I remember she used to have a big appetite because of her height, but now she can only eat this little." Li Haizhen sighed heavily and started to clean up.
Li Xinyu: ...
Ziyi thought Qin Yuhuan would ask her how she had been getting through this period of time, so she wrote countless versions of her draft in her mind, subconsciously wanting to downplay the matter and get over it, but then she remembered what Qin Yuhuan said, and revised her draft again and again.
In the end, Qin Yuhuan just asked her to lie on the rocking chair and rub her belly.
"Aren't you going to ask me?" Ziyi waited for a long time but Qin Yuhuan didn't ask her any questions. She couldn't guess what her girlfriend was thinking.
"What are you asking? Are you asking how sad you've been lately?" Qin Yuhuan's movements were gentle, rubbing Ziyi until she felt sleepy. "Xiaozi, you have more experience than me. You'll always tell me when you want to. If you don't want me to know, even if I ask, I'll only hear whitewashing, and I don't want to hear that from you."
Ziyi: ...
"No matter how sad you are, I have eyes and can see it. Even if I am nearsighted, it doesn't prevent me from seeing your sadness." Qin Yuhuan said softly, "And you always habitually show me your good side, as if I can't accept your fragile appearance."
Ziyi grabbed Qin Yuhuan's hand and threaded her fingers through her fingers one by one until they were interlocked. She laughed softly. Because she had lost so much weight, some of the flesh on her face could not be seen. "Okay, I'll be honest. It's been a bit hard lately."
After she finished speaking, she corrected herself, "It's very hard. I miss you so much, but I'm afraid to see you. I know you will feel bad for me, sister."
Not only Qin Yuhuan, she also didn't want to see her parents.
It was also at this time that Ziyi suddenly realized the situation of Shen Zhiming in her previous life, and understood why she chose to give up everything and go to the north to buy a small house. She stayed in that house all day, did not socialize, and refused to communicate with anyone.
Strangers could see her embarrassment, but those close to her could not.
"I miss you, too." Qin Yuhuan leaned down, resting his head on her legs. "I want to withdraw from the competition and come back to be with you. Or, I can take you to the recording location. It shouldn't be a problem as long as you don't appear in the camera."
Ziyi had been there before. As the contestants were eliminated one by one, there were too many places to stay. Since she was the investor, the crew would not object to her staying there.
She raised her hand and gently stroked the top of Qin Yuhuan's head. "What about you? Do you want to finish participating in this variety show?"
She remembered that she said that this variety show would be extremely popular this year and would become even more popular next year. In the next five years, no other variety show would be able to surpass its status in the minds of netizens.
Whenever a similar variety show is released in the future, the episode of "Creation of a Group" in which Qin Yuhuan participated will be brought out for comparison again and again, and eventually become the unsurpassed white moonlight in everyone's heart.
She remembered... when she was in her thirties, many people still missed the scorching hot summer of this year.
"You are more important than anything else, Xiaozi." Qin Yuhuan gave Ziyi an answer in another way. "If I lose resources, I can find them again. But I can never get back the time I missed with you. I have my own criteria."
"Besides, if I leave you at home, I won't be in a good state when I'm filming. I'll always miss you and worry about you." Qin Yuhuan thought of her WeChat messages with Ziyi during this period. Ziyi basically only said good things and never bad things, and even if she said something bad, she would always say good things about it.
With such a criminal record, she felt uneasy if Ziyi was not under her supervision. Anyway, Ziyi didn't need to work now, so she could support her.
She tilted her head with her long hair hanging down, her brows relaxed, and she smiled at Qin Yu happily, "I'll do as you say. I'll go talk to the production team and say I'm going on vacation. I'll ask for a spot as a guest on the show."
"My girlfriend may not know this yet, but I have a small building over there."
That area was built by the village according to its own specifications after the Jincheng Municipal Government replanned it. It is not a villa in the true sense, but more like a private house. The area rented by the program crew was separately demarcated by the village for operation, and the annual income will be converted into annual dividends and welfare for the villagers.
"That's amazing," Qin Yuhuan clapped his hands in mock demeanor. "So it's settled then?"
Ziyi snorted softly, "Don't you dare use your acting skills? Your applause is so perfunctory, sister."
Qin Yuhuan laughed at the side and said, "I dare not. I have been unhappy with you these past two days and I don't want to satisfy you."
Ziyi: ...
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The news of investors joining the crew spread again in the program group. Coincidentally, in addition to Ziyi, the largest investor, there were also people from another agency who came to inspect.
Ziyi did not show up, but just recuperated in his own small building. However, another investor began to stir up trouble in the program crew.
Pan Haisheng came here under his father's name, watched one rehearsal room after another, and finally proposed to be the group's special guest for the night.
Liu Jinjun touched his head, which was almost gone, and was a little embarrassed. "Mr. Pan, this... this is an all-female program. We need to find a male special guest, right..."
"What's wrong with being a man? Are you discriminating against men?" Pan Haisheng pointed at his own face. "Can't I be a special guest with my face? I'll rehearse as needed. Besides, why doesn't an all-female show deserve a female director? Aren't you a man too?"
Liu Jinjun: ...
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