Chapter 651: The Secret of Youth
Tao Zhiyao was just busy reading Ji Qingqing's message. When Tang Tu reminded her, she realized that her circle of friends had been flooded with beef patties. All the young ladies, led by Liu Lan, posted photos of beef patties taken from various angles.
Liu Lan and the others couldn't see the heated argument between Ji Qingqing and Tang Tu just now. They didn't have Ji Qingqing and her friends' WeChat accounts, so this was a good opportunity to avoid being affected by any weird talk.
Tao Zhiyao liked all the pictures posted by everyone, and then continued to reply to Tang Tu, "Yes, it's very, very delicious. It was made by Sister Chu Yu."
After Tang Tu learned about Yang Huayue's situation at the premiere of "Autumn Moon in the Han Palace", he came to the villa to visit Yang Huayue the next day and also met Chu Yu.
Tao Zhiyao ignored He Lushen for a long time, and then ended the conversation with Tang Tu before she remembered to reply to He Lushen. She replied with only one word dryly: "Yes." Didn't he just ask if Chu Yu did it? There was nothing wrong with replying "Yes".
If it weren't for Chu Yu's "important resources", she wouldn't bother to care about He Lushen. In her opinion, He Lushen was the culprit who caused Yang Huayue to fall from her horse. How dare he come to visit her!
However, He Lushen no longer cared about Tao Zhiyao's reply. He was looking at Liu Man's Moments. Liu Man not only posted a close-up photo of the beef patties, but also a photo of her mother and Chu Yu. She wrote: "In addition to my mother, my chef and idol has also added Sister Chu Yu from today!"
In the photo, Chu Yu is holding Zhang Pei's arm, and Zhang Pei's face is slightly leaning towards her with a sweet smile. Their intimate posture is like that of mother and daughter. They are both wearing aprons, one blue and one orange, exuding a strong feeling of warmth and virtue.
He Lushen stared at the photo in trance. To be more precise, he was staring at Chu Yu in the photo. She was really beautiful, no matter if it was the unpleasant first meeting in the villa that day, or the way she looked at home in the photo now, or the videos and stills of the roles she had played in the past that he specially searched on the Internet after that day, she was always beautiful.
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But she is forgotten after watching the bad movies and third-rate TV dramas. Those roles cannot bring her any popularity and cannot arouse the enthusiasm of the audience. As described by netizens, she is just an empty vase. The garbage dramas are even more unwatchable without her. Even with her, she has no way and ability to turn garbage into treasure.
What was inexplicably strange was that He Lushen couldn't get this face out of his mind. He always remembered the mockery and disgust in Chu Yu's eyes.
But in Liu Lan's photo, Chu Yu's eyes and smile were so pure and kind. Her smile was also very simple. She must be wearing no makeup. She could maintain her beauty to this extent. She didn't look like a 30-year-old woman at all...
Thinking of her age, He Lushen felt like something stuck in his throat. Why was she so old? He really couldn't accept someone older than him. Moreover, it was said on the Internet that Chu Yu had been kept by a famous director for three years. He Lushen happened to know the director. They often ate together and were very familiar with each other...
He felt even more panicked.
Even so, he still wanted to eat the beef patties in the photo.
He Lushen was not a foodie. He had eaten all kinds of delicacies from land and sea. He had also eaten a full meal at noon today, but he just wanted to eat beef - the beef patties made by Chu Yu.
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After eating beef patties and posting to Moments, everyone continued to prepare the New Year’s Eve dinner.
After Chu Yu showed off her skills, the kitchen became her and Zhang Pei's world, and everyone else could only help. Chu Yu not only knew how to make various porridges and beef patties, but also those grand meals that could only be eaten in big hotels.
Liu Lan remembered that during the Chinese New Year last year, she ate a particularly pretentious dish called "Year after Year of Abundance" at Song Junzhe's house. It was made by the chef in Song Junzhe's family. Chu Yu actually made a similar dish - braised a whole yellow croaker with green onions.
Liu Lan didn't order the dishes in advance, nor did she remind her what to cook. Chu Yu's talent in cooking was evident. "Sister Chu Yu, have you ever considered changing your career to become a chef?"
Chu Yu laughed, "No, no, I can only fool you with my skills." As she spoke, she cut bamboo shoots and yam on the chopping board.
"Food is just my hobby. I live alone all year round, and I work sporadically. I don't have as tight a schedule as other actors. When I'm free, I always have to find something to do. Some people go traveling, learn music, etc. I'm more of a go-with-the-flow person. To put it bluntly, I'm lazy, I don't like to go out, I'm not smart, and I learn slower than others. Besides, traveling costs money, and my ability to make money is limited. I'm short of money. After thinking about it, eating is still the most reliable. There's a sense of satisfaction when delicious food goes into my stomach. And isn't there a famous saying on the Internet, 'Only food cannot be let down'!"
When talking about his hobbies, the reserved Chu Yu became more talkative. "I usually imitate recipes and videos on the Internet to learn how to cook. Sometimes I also visit those delicious roadside stalls to see what the boss's cooking secrets are."
"If you call this stupid," Zhang Pei glanced at her daughter, "then Manman is like an idiot in the kitchen."
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