After the Black Moonlight’s "Death Escape" Failed [Quick Transmigration] - Chapter 62

Chapter 62: Cooking Stream

◎I want to eat, but I was only fed a mouthful of dog food by the streamer◎

“???”

“Are my eyes deaf??”

“Aaaaah my ears are blind! Was that Teacher Wen laughing just now?! I actually didn’t recognize it!”

“Are you living together?? You guys are really a couple?!”

The comments were a mess. Aside from question marks, there were posts breaking into scrambled code, and a faction of CP fans dancing in wild joy, all submerged in a bustling scene.

Jiao Qingyin felt Wen Fengyue’s hand lingering on her waist for a bit too long, so she turned her head to take a look, only to catch a glimpse of the “puppy” wagging its tail.

She curved her eyes, smiling very happily. “Besides beef, what else do you want to eat?”

Having been fed for several days in a row, someone who had already figured out her own preferences immediately replied: “Ribs.”

“Didn’t you just have them yesterday?”

“They’re delicious…”

“You can’t eat too much at once… how do you want them made?” Jiao Qingyin paused, remembering the other person had currently only tried the steamed version, so she added, “Salty or sweet?”

Grilled short ribs sprinkled with chili powder would actually be nice, but unfortunately, there didn’t seem to be any chili peppers in this era.

Wen Fengyue fell into the difficulty of choice. As they talked, the question marks in the comments grew more numerous. Eventually, the stream became so laggy that the image began to stutter and even pixelate, forcing the streaming platform to send people for emergency maintenance.

Unable to speak normally in the live room, people swarmed onto the Star Net. Soon, the tag #JiaoQingyinWenFengyue was pushed to the top of the trending searches again.

Under the tag, many people discussed the relationship between the two, what the food they mentioned was, and whether Jiao Qingyin could really cook. Even more people were spamming the same sentence:

“Wen Fengyue, when are you going to take your hand off her waist!!!”

The people who first started spamming this were CP fans, but later, countless “fun-seekers” who loved copying and pasting joined in. This even reached many passersby who were shocked and confused, drawing a massive wave of traffic to the live room.

The programmers working overtime pulled at their hair and finally plugged the platform’s loopholes. Jiao Qingyin’s live room slowly returned to a normal state.

The viewers who had been lurking in the live room saw the image recover and immediately perked up. Then, they discovered the camera angle had changed. It was no longer filming from behind but was instead aimed at ingredients that were halfway processed.

More attractive than the natural ingredients were the hands washing the vegetables—slender, beautiful, with distinct joints, making it impossible to look away.

“Xiao Jiao’s hands look so good!”

“Just looking at Wife’s hands, you can tell the food she makes will definitely be delicious.”

Halfway through the praise in the comments, Jiao Qingyin’s laughing voice came from the side: “Those aren’t my hands, they are Teacher Wen’s.”

The terminal captured her voice and automatically rotated the lens, just in time to film Jiao Qingyin bringing up the control screen and setting something up.

While setting it up, she responded to a few comments: “Mhm, I also think Teacher Wen’s hands are especially beautiful.”

Wen Fengyue gave a soft hum.

At this time, Wen Fengyue’s fans, who had rushed over upon hearing the news, arrived. After learning who the person washing the vegetables was, they subconsciously wanted to spam “Wife.”

However, the characters they typed out turned into “口口” (censored blocks) after being sent. Looking at the screen full of censored comments, a new round of question marks emerged.

“Just got here. Let me guess, did the streamer add ‘Wife’ to the blocked words list?”

“Let me try. Wife.” (‘Wife’ is written with symbols to bypass the block, showing as censored blocks in the reader’s view).

“Really! Typing ‘Wife’ doesn’t work. You have to add a symbol in the middle!”

“Xiao Jiao, how can you not allow us to call her Wife!”

Jiao Qingyin ignored these people with a smile and conveniently added “Wife” (with variations) to the blocked words.

Wen Fengyue was her wife. Even if these people wanted to call her names recklessly, they couldn’t do it in front of her.

Having washed the potatoes and spring onions, Wen Fengyue began peeling them with practiced ease. Jiao Qingyin also stepped away from the terminal to start the soup pot.

The comments argued for a while before gradually being drawn in by their skillful operations and seamless cooperation. More people began seriously discussing cooking-related content, and more people became convinced that Jiao Qingyin and Wen Fengyue had lived together for years.

If they hadn’t known each other long enough, how could they have such natural interactions?

Other things could be explained by acting, but the tender way they looked at each other, as if their gazes were about to melt together, was absolutely not fake.

The smart stove was stewing the beef, and the fragrance wafted out as time passed. Jiao Qingyin opened the olfactory permission at the right time.

“Can you smell it?”

As soon as Jiao Qingyin’s voice came out, the entire live room smelled a unique and rich fragrance.

This was a scent the audience had never smelled before in any nutrient solution or natural restaurant.

Just from the smell, some people’s mouths started to water.

Even the most slow-witted person could realize that Jiao Qingyin really could cook, and did it very well—

The discordant comments like “wasting ingredients” or “they definitely prepared ready-made dishes” disappeared instantly, replaced by a uniform cry for a taste.

At this time, a group of viewers living in remote star systems, who had been stuck out because the platform crashed, finally struggled back in. But as soon as they opened the live room, the incoming fragrance made their heads spin.

What is this smell? I’ve never smelled it! Let me smell it again!

Then they angrily typed: “How can it be so fragrant!!”

Lin Chu also clicked into the live room at this time.

In the past, she basically didn’t follow Jiao Qingyin’s movements. She had only clicked in to take a couple of looks back when the other person and Wen Fengyue hit the number one spot on the trending list under their real names.

But this time, news about Jiao Qingyin and Wen Fengyue live-streaming their cooking had taken up half of the Star Net. Even several of her friends had seen it and specifically sent her links to ask about it.

At first, Lin Chu only thought it was some script the company had arranged for Jiao Qingyin, but after entering the live room, that scent—which could not be faked—plunged her into silence.

She often hosted guests or talked business at natural restaurants, but if she had to evaluate them, the food inside wasn’t even as good as nutrient solution. As for the kind of fragrance Jiao Qingyin created… she had never encountered it before.

One of Lin Chu’s hands moved to her terminal, but after a moment, she pulled it back.

…I’ll ask after the stream ends.

In the live image, Jiao Qingyin took a taste and confirmed the potato beef brisket was finished. She served a small bowl and let Wen Fengyue eat first.

Looking at the golden, enticing potatoes and the brisket smothered in sauce in Wen Fengyue’s bowl, countless people made a swallowing motion simultaneously.

They stared intently at Wen Fengyue, trying to judge the flavor of the dish from her expression as she ate.

Under their gaze, Wen Fengyue blew on a piece of brisket to cool it down, but she didn’t bite into it as everyone hoped. Instead—

“Open your mouth.”

Jiao Qingyin smiled helplessly. “It’s for you to eat.”

Wen Fengyue shook her head.

Unable to win against the other, Jiao Qingyin opened her mouth, and the first piece of brisket from the pot entered her own mouth.

A smile appeared at the corners of Wen Fengyue’s mouth; she looked even happier than if she had eaten the delicious food herself.

“Aaaaah I can’t take it! I’m being tempted by food and stuffed with dog food at the same time. I won’t be able to sleep tonight!”

The viewers in the live room watched the two interact intimately with green eyes, as they shared that bowl of food that looked delicious at a glance.

By this time, the ribs boiled with onion and ginger had lost almost all their gamey smell. Wen Fengyue put them and the prepared sauce into the pot one after another. After a short while, an appetite-whetting sweet fragrance emerged.

This was yet another new scent that people had never smelled before. The howling in the comments nearly crashed the live room again.

Soon, several dishes were served on the table. The colors were rich and the fragrance was fresh. Even if they couldn’t taste it, people could imagine that these would definitely be delicious.

As for how delicious…

“I can’t imagine the specific taste at all! D*mmit!”

“I’ve never been to a natural restaurant. I’m asking, is the stuff inside always this fragrant?”

“Thanks for the invite. I’m at a natural restaurant right now, and the food is hard to swallow.”

And the happiness that naturally flowed onto Wen Fengyue’s face after she took a bite of a rib made the commenters almost twist with jealousy.

Amidst numerous howls of “Give me a bite,” Wen Fengyue remained unmoved and ate with even more gusto.

Jiao Qingyin saw the intent to show off in her expression and couldn’t help but put two more pieces of beef into the other’s bowl.

Truly craving it but unable to eat the food on the screen, out of dissatisfaction, many people turned to other ideas.

“Can mixing nutrient solutions result in this taste?”

“I have potato-flavored nutrient solution in my left hand and beef-flavored in my right. After mixing them, I nearly vomited. I advise everyone not to try it.”

“Thanks, I was just about to drink it.”

“Is it just me who thinks Teacher Wen is incredibly soft today? She’s usually so cold and aloof; I thought she wouldn’t smile in private!”

The heat of this live stream reached an absurd level. The number of CP fans for the two increased dramatically. Even the fan station created by the system gained millions of new followers. “Satellite,” the drama they starred in together, hit the trending list once again.

At this time, half of the trending search list was occupied by tags related to Jiao Qingyin and Wen Fengyue. #YouCanBeAChefIfYoureNotAStar also quietly climbed up, with many comments hoping Jiao Qingyin would share recipes or quit the industry to become a chef soon.

Besides that, because the food was too fragrant, a group of people rushed to the Star Net home page of the terminal R&D center, demanding they develop taste-sharing permissions.

As the meal reached its end, Jiao Qingyin finally remembered the marketing strategy prepared by the company and said lazily: “After the stream, I’ll make another portion and draw one viewer located on Blue Star to send it to—using the fastest express delivery. Even if you are on the other side of Blue Star, it should still be hot when you receive it.”

The comments boiled over instantly. Uniform shouts of “Wife draw me” made the atmosphere in the live room suddenly turn strange.

“I’m very happy to see everyone likes the stream with me and Teacher Wen,” Jiao Qingyin took Wen Fengyue’s hand and led her in a waving gesture. “Satellite starts airing in two weeks. we’ll wait for you in the drama.”

Wen Fengyue, being led, was like a lucky cat. After waving twice, she finally gave the comments an “Mhm.”

After her “Mhm,” the live room turned into a black screen. Before the unsatisfied viewers could react, they saw a prompt: [The streamer you follow has ended the stream.]

“They left too fast!”

“My two ‘Wives’ are so heartless. Could they be in a hurry to end the stream to do ‘business’? Hehe…”

“D*mn! Even ‘Wife’ with two slashes is blocked. Which one of you is it? Don’t be too possessive!”

The camera was turned off. Before Jiao Qingyin could do anything else, a message popped up.

Old Bastard: “Send it over.”

Jiao Qingyin: “?”

She first switched out to take a look. After confirming who this person—remarked as “Old Bastard” by the original host—was, she speechlessly changed the remark to something more normal.

Previously, Lin Chu had only made video calls, and her face would show directly on the light screen, which led to Jiao Qingyin only realizing the issue with this remark now.

Following the previous question mark, she sent another sentence: “One viewer from the live room will be randomly selected for the delivery.”

But in reality, no viewer would win, because this was just the company’s method to stir up hype.

Lin Chu: “Back-door it for me.”

Lin Chu: “I am your mother.”

Jiao Qingyin: “…”

Wen Fengyue also saw this chat. A very awkward expression appeared on her face, hard to describe with words but summarized as—unwilling.

But she could feel that although Jiao Qingyin acted like her relationship with her mother wasn’t very good, she didn’t actually have any ill will toward Lin Chu.

Wen Fengyue couldn’t bring herself to persuade Jiao Qingyin not to save food for her mother, but…

Wen Fengyue: QAQ

As soon as Jiao Qingyin turned around, she saw Wen Fengyue’s dejected expression. This made her reach out her hand and “smack” her palms against the other’s cheeks, rubbing them.

“Mmph mmm??”

Wen Fengyue made muffled sounds. Jiao Qingyin found it so cute that she couldn’t put her down, so by the time she had played enough, Wen Fengyue’s cheeks had turned completely red.

It was unknown if they were rubbed red by Jiao Qingyin or if it was caused by the change in her mood.

Jiao Qingyin curled her fingers slightly with a bit of guilt. When Wen Fengyue snapped out of it to look at her, she promised: “Don’t worry, I’m only giving it to you to eat.”

Wen Fengyue: !!!

She was like a corner of the sky that suddenly cleared up. She excitedly picked up Jiao Qingyin and spun her around once.

On the other side, Lin Chu saw the message from the little brat: “I didn’t make it, it was bought outside”. Her eyelids couldn’t help but twitch.

——Did she think she was easy to fool?

Tonight, for most people who watched Jiao Qingyin’s stream, was a long, sleepless night.

Across the star system, everyone was eating poorly. If they hadn’t smelled the fragrance of the food in the live room before, they might have just managed with nutrient solution and lived out their lives. but now, knowing what true delicacies were like, people couldn’t help but feel the pain of “having seen the ocean, all other water is trivial.”

And the more they couldn’t get a single taste, the more they deified that table of sumptuous food in their minds, wishing they could have a bite even in their dreams.

Sleepless people climbed onto the Star Net to find some sense of identification. Thus, in a corner of the trending searches, they found a very special update.

@HiddenMoonPerson: “A little couple shopping at the mall.”

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The atmosphere of this photo was particularly good. Jiao Qingyin and Wen Fengyue stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window of a wedding dress shop, both with smiles on their faces, chatting about something. It gave people a feeling that they had formed a little world of their own.

Their shadows were reflected on the window glass, forming an interesting contrast with the two wedding dresses behind them. Complemented by the bionic flowers inside the window, at first glance, the two looked like they were about to walk into the hall of marriage.

The front row of the update was filled with fans screaming at how well the little couple matched.

“When are you getting married? I’ll give 200 star coins as a gift!”

“I work at the Civil Affairs Bureau. I hope you come to register as soon as possible; I’ll open a green channel for you.”

“Caramel Moon is real!”

“Asking, what is Caramel?”

“It was mentioned by Xiao Jiao when she was making [Sweet and Sour Ribs]. She said that boiling sugar for a while can turn it into “Caramel”, which is particularly delicious.”

“Why don’t you mention the next sentence? The next sentence was said by Teacher Wen: ‘Jiao Jiao’s sugar’?” (Note: ‘Jiao Jiao’s sugar’ sounds like ‘Caramel’ in Chinese).

“After watching the stream, who doesn’t know that [Jiao Jiao] is Teacher Wen’s pet name for Xiao Jiao!”

“Asking, what is Moon?”

“How did a middle schooler sneak in here? Haven’t you studied middle school astronomy? Open the tenth page of Compulsory 1, and you’ll find that the bionic moon is a simulation of the moon from the ancient Blue Star.”

“Explaining it like this is so romantic. Which genius came up with the CP name?”

“It’s the name changed by the largest Hidden Moon CP fan station. Link: @CaramelMoon.”

By the back row, someone gradually noticed something wrong with this photo.

“Is it just me who thinks it’s scary? Logically speaking, when taking a photo at this angle, the shadow of the photographer or the terminal must be reflected on the glass, but it’s not in the photo!”

“Crap! Now that the person above mentioned it, I also noticed something’s wrong. the atmosphere of the photo suddenly became underworld-y! @HiddenMoonPerson, how did you take this, blogger?”

@HiddenMoonPerson: “The photographer has special Photoshop skills.”

@HiddenMoonPerson: “Also, the blogger is not a sasaeng fan and hasn’t been stalking. I am a friend of the two.”

Friend / Genius name-changer / Jiao Qingyin finished replying to the comments and glanced at the system labeled “Underworld Photographer.” The other was currently rolling around happily in a pile of fan content, completely forgetting that it was here to accompany its host on the mission.

Beside her, Wen Fengyue, who had been reading the script ten minutes ago, was now leaning dizzily against her shoulder, asleep.

Jiao Qingyin reached out to touch her hair and gave it a gentle kiss.

“Mmm…” Wen Fengyue unconsciously hooked Jiao Qingyin’s left arm, hugging and rubbing against it.

Unaware of what she was dreaming about, she hugged tighter and tighter, as if afraid Jiao Qingyin would run away.

The official operations of “Satellite” seized the hot topic in time, posting several updates for promotion of the two main leads and announcing the specific broadcast time of the first episode.

The live stream caused a major turnaround in Jiao Qingyin’s reputation on the Star Net. Therefore, in the comment section of “Satellite,” although there were still many posts dissatisfied with the two main leads, it was much better than the previous wave of mass boycotts.

One week before the broadcast, “Satellite” released a piece of behind-the-scenes footage during promotion.

During lunch break, several actors gathered around a bionic cat, watching it change its fur color and breed under the control of the prop master, making frequent sounds of amazement.

The bionic cat inherited almost all the advantages of a real cat and was very cute, but it didn’t need to eat or excrete, and it wouldn’t shed fur. It was the first choice for wealthy families to keep pets. As soon as it appeared in the footage, it captured the hearts of netizens.

The one filming this footage was Jing Ziqing. After filming the actors gathered around the cat, she began interviewing them, asking what pets they liked.

The answers given by the actors were more or less the same, but fans loved watching these kinds of interviews that could increase their understanding of their idols. In the real-time video comments, statements like “xxx I want to be your dog” appeared constantly.

The main actors of “Satellite” were basically all here, yet after a round of interviews, the two main leads were still nowhere to be seen.

As question marks appeared in the comments, Jing Ziqing in the video raised her camera and just happened to capture a certain two leaning against each other in a corner.

Both Jiao Qingyin and Wen Fengyue were wearing costumes and had very distinct characteristics, so the commenters recognized them immediately, and the number of names being spammed instantly increased.

Jing Ziqing walked toward them with the camera. When she got close, the two noticed her and stopped their conversation together.

“What are you talking about?” Jing Ziqing greeted them.

Unknown if it was because she was wearing glasses, Wen Fengyue’s face looked a bit cold. The gaze projected onto the camera through the lenses was like it had no emotional fluctuation.

The viewers who had thought Wen Fengyue had a gentle personality and was particularly approachable because of Jiao Qingyin’s stream were all startled. It wasn’t until the lens cut to a smiling Jiao Qingyin that they snapped out of it.

“…No exaggeration, with that one look from Wen Fengyue just now, I thought I was dead.”

“What a scary look. I’ll never say the casting is bad again. Wen Fengyue is Wei Ling herself!”

“What do you mean? I only read the summary of the original work. Isn’t Wei Ling’s character setting a gentle beauty?”

The comments tacitly didn’t remind the netizen who misunderstood that Wei Ling was very gentle. After all, having fallen into the pit once themselves, they naturally wanted to see others fall in as well!

“Talking about the content of the script.” Jiao Qingyin smiled lightly. Her simple and bright smile was very good at winning others’ favor.

“Add me in, let’s talk together—” Halfway through, Jing Ziqing suddenly remembered she was filming behind-the-scenes footage, so she changed her tune and asked, “Let’s do an interview. Jiao Qingyin, what pets do you like?”

Unknown if it was everyone’s illusion, Wen Fengyue seemed to sit up a bit straighter than before.

“Mmm…” Jiao Qingyin thought for a moment and gave her answer, “Pets similar to dogs, I guess.”

Jing Ziqing was stunned for a moment. “What do you mean by pets similar to dogs… bionic dogs?”

“Haha, something like that.”

Jing Ziqing faintly felt something was wrong but couldn’t say what it was, so she turned the camera to the side. “What about Wen Fengyue?”

“I don’t like pets,” Wen Fengyue replied.

Seeing Jing Ziqing gesturing behind the lens for her to say more, Wen Fengyue slowly, slowly curled the corners of her lips.

“‘I won’t let anything take away her attention from me’—that is my thought.”

Fans of the original work immediately linked this to the source of the quote. “It’s Wei Ling’s line!”

“Teacher Wen is truly a Best Actress; her performance is so good. I have goosebumps!!”

“It really restores the original!”

“Why do I feel like it’s not acting…”

“What’s wrong with acting? Life is like a play—”

Almost no one took Wen Fengyue’s words seriously. Only the other person involved present knew that every word was the truth.

In a place the lens couldn’t capture, she used the tip of her foot to gently hook Wen Fengyue’s calf and gave it a shake.

Wen Fengyue’s body stiffened. Hampered by the fact that the camera was still there, she didn’t react.

The smile on Jiao Qingyin’s face became more obedient and sweet, enough to melt a person’s heart.

Under multiple warm-ups, people’s expectations for “Satellite” were pulled to the limit. Days passed, and finally, its first episode aired.

When fans had prepared their nutrient solution and were lying on the sofa starting to watch the drama, they didn’t know that their two main leads, after a mutual farewell, were reuniting on another planet.

Wen Fengyue’s eyes were red, and she was angry at Jiao Qingyin for the first time: “You lied to me—you said you wouldn’t participate in this show!”

“Blue Star Adventurer,” Episode 41, was about to start a global live stream.