Help! My Fanservice Partner is Looking at Me Differently Lately - Chapter 28

“The only bad thing about living here is that there are too many irrelevant people.” Shen Xunye also squatted down.

Chi Li laughed and asked, “Who are the irrelevant people?”

Shen Xunye replied, “Anyone other than you and me.”

Chi Li: “…”

To be fair, this guy really knows how to sell the ship.

He had been worried that his efforts to act affectionate might fall on deaf ears, but it seemed he did not need to worry about that.

“We have only been here for two days.” Chi Li twirled a weed around his fingertip, unable to tell whether to laugh or cry. “How can you have the audacity to call others irrelevant?”

“Staying for a long time does not mean anything.”

“Fine.” Chi Li did not intend to dwell on this issue. “Since we are going to be living here, how about we plant some vegetables too?”

Living under the cameras meant he had to find different things to do. Otherwise, if they performed the same scenes every day, not only would the audience get bored, but he would also grow tired of it.

“Sure.” Shen Xunye nodded. “Do you know how to farm?”

“Does knowing how to farm in video games count?” Chi Li retorted.

“Hmm.” Shen Xunye thought seriously before answering. “That counts as having plenty of theoretical knowledge, only lacking the practice.”

“Actually, my theoretical knowledge is not that abundant either.”

Chi Li took out his phone and started searching for what vegetables are suitable to plant in the South during this season.

Shen Xunye leaned his head over. “Plant what you want to eat.”

“You do not need to tell me that.” Chi Li recorded a few vegetables that caught his eye and their planting methods in his notes. “This job cannot be finished in one day, so let us take it slowly. I will go out to buy seeds tomorrow. For now, while they are still dancing, I will go make dinner.”

After speaking, he typed the name of a dish into the search bar.

Shen Xunye was amused. “Did you not say you knew how to cook?”

“What about it?” Chi Li stood up and brushed the dirt off the hem of his clothes. “I can read a recipe, so does that not count as knowing how to cook?”

【It counts, of course it counts, because I can read too.】

【If you count it that way, there are not many people in the whole country who do not know how to cook.】

【My wife is brave enough to try, which is already a good thing! [Hehe]】

【I really do not understand why you all lick someone who has no character. Has he done anything good since he entered the training house? A bunch of superficial people who only look at faces.】

【Doing good deeds? He is not here for charity.】

【Exactly, he is here to be himself.】

【You are so defensive, did this hit home for you? Haha.】

While the chat was engaged in friendly communication, Xie Weishui exited the dance studio and ducked into the restroom.

He leaned against the locked door and impatiently took his phone out of his pocket to check his messages.

Immediately, his face fell.

There were no cameras here, and he had no need for a facade, so his expression looked even more menacing.

He had worked hard in the dance studio for half a day, yet the number of online viewers was still lower than Chi Li and Shen Xunye chatting outside.

As his eyes scanned the long list of comparisons between his data and Chi Li’s over different time periods, Xie Weishui’s expression grew even fouler.

This person had only been here for two days, yet he had not only broken multiple internal records but also surpassed him in the number of viewers on his personal live channel.

The only thing he was still slightly ahead in was the total number of paid subscribers.

But at the current rate, it was only a matter of time before Chi Li caught up.

Xie Weishui continued to scroll down, his eyes stopping at the last message from his manager:

“My advice is to maintain a friendly relationship with Chi Li; there is no need to confront him directly.”

Xie Weishui took several deep breaths before gripping his phone and typing: He has a lot of hostility toward me.

He felt the same way about Chi Li.

His manager replied quickly: Then what do you want to do?

Xie Weishui gritted his teeth: Buy bots, stir up trouble.

For a guy like this who speaks without thinking on a show like this, stirring up trouble is always easy.

Xie Weishui: You do not want to lose to his manager, do you?

Manager: 1

…

“Wow, your cooking is delicious.” Gao Yuan put a piece of meat from his chopsticks into his mouth and immediately exclaimed in admiration.

Chi Li held a small bowl and served himself some soup, saying modestly, “I have a slight talent for it, that is all.”

Shen Xunye did not respond and just focused on eating.

He recalled how Chi Li had grumbled to himself while adding seasonings to the pot, and he suddenly felt that the food in his mouth was more interesting than anything he had ever eaten before.

This feeling of wanting to keep eating after the first bite was truly magical.

“I tried cooking for myself before.” Gao Yuan stuffed a mouthful of rice into his mouth and said, “I ended up almost burning the pot. Since then, I have not dared to try, so I just honestly eat takeout.”

“It is actually very simple.” Chi Li set aside his modesty and began to impart his talent to Gao Yuan. “When cooking, the biggest taboo is to have a sudden stroke of genius and impulsively change the recipe. As long as you follow the steps and measurements in the recipe strictly, you will basically not go wrong.”

Gao Yuan thought about his own methods at the time: “I thought…”

“Hey!” Chi Li instantly caught the keyword. “If you stop thinking so much, you would have succeeded long ago. It is best to save your power of thought for when you have mastered a few recipes.”

Gao Yuan nodded solemnly and seriously: “I understand, Master.”

【My wife is truly a teaching genius. [Like]】

【This reminds me of my best friend who is a terrible cook. She really loves to have a stroke of genius while cooking.】

【Thanks for the tip, I have already bookmarked a whole book of recipes and am ready to show off my skills in the coming days.】

Chi Li talked to Gao Yuan for a while about the new song he wrote today.

Zhou Yang appeared at their dining table again, as if he were a ghost that could not be shaken off.

His expression was neither bad nor good. “Chi Li, did you cook all these dishes?”

Gao Yuan answered for Chi Li: “Yes, what about it?”

“I have never eaten anything you cooked.”

Zhou Yang did not care if he was exposing anything; he was currently very annoyed and unhappy.

Chi Li only felt confused: “So?”

Previously, when they spent their days in the training studio and lived in the company dormitory, there were no conditions for cooking.

Even if there were, he would have been too lazy to do it anyway.

“So,” Zhou Yang slammed his hands heavily on the dining table and said aggressively, “I want to eat too, I am going to get a bowl!”

Anyway, he had been warned by Xie Weishui several times already today, so one more time would not matter.

“Hey, wait.” Chi Li called out to stop him.

“What?” Zhou Yang lifted his chin slightly. “Do you want to feed me?”

Chi Li picked up one of the bowls of food and calmly divided it among Shen Xunye, Gao Yuan, and himself.

After dividing it, he handed the empty plate toward Zhou Yang. “Here for you.”

Zhou Yang did not understand his intention: “Why are you giving me this?”

Chi Li smiled brightly: “Take it and lick it, you can get a taste.”

“Pfft!” Gao Yuan almost spat out the rice in his mouth.

Chi Li’s methods for humiliating Zhou Yang were truly endless.

“Chi Li!” Zhou Yang gritted his teeth, his face twisting in anger.

Chi Li asked: “Do you want it or not?”

Zhou Yang took a deep breath, stepped forward, and snatched the empty plate: “I will wash it for you.”