Superstar Assistant [GL] - Chapter 56

Chapter 56

Zhou Tiantian didn’t understand. “It’s not like you don’t cook. Why are you so sensitive about a kitchenware endorsement?”

Li Ziyu smiled. “Am I as sensitive as you are?”

Zhou Tiantian tried to kick her.

Ziyu’s smile became even more radiant. “Ayo, the baby is getting more and more formidable. You never dared to get physical with me before.”

“So do you want the endorsement or not?” Tiantian asked. “If not, I’ll turn it down.”

“Of course I want it,” Ziyu said. “I need to earn formula money for the little baby, otherwise the big baby will be too tired.”

Zhou Tiantian had no way to deal with her and replied to Luo Na. Li Ziyu leaned in to “tease” her again, her words still a bit scandalous. “Do you think the fans will call me the Kitchen King from now on?”

Zhou Tiantian: “…”

Finally, she couldn’t hold it in and laughed. “Kitchen King? Can’t you be serious?”

“Don’t laugh at me,” Ziyu said. “If I’m the Kitchen King, you’re the Kitchen Queen, and the one in your belly is the Kitchen Princess.”

Tiantian slapped her shoulder while laughing. “Stop making me laugh, the baby is getting restless.”

Li Ziyu raised an eyebrow and placed her hand on Tiantian’s belly. Feeling the movement inside, she smiled too. “It seems the Kitchen Princess is quite a lively little princess.”

Three days later, Li Ziyu signed the contract, and the kitchenware company began their promotion online.

In the hospital, Zhou Tiantian saw the promotional Weibo. The words “Kitchen King” kept popping into her head. Finally, she couldn’t help but repost the Weibo with the caption: Hello, Kitchen King.

The fans went wild instantly.

“Hahaha, ‘Kitchen King’, what the heck!” “Good heavens, the assistant knows how to play!” “Isn’t the assistant afraid of a pay cut? ‘Kitchen King’ is too brilliant!”

As Tiantian scrolled through the comments, her smile grew. Slowly, she realized the comments were changing. She returned to Li Ziyu’s profile and found that Ziyu had reposted her post with the caption: Hello, Kitchen Queen.

This sent even more fans into a frenzy.

“Oh my god, is this sugar?! But I don’t want sugar today, I just want to laugh! What on earth are ‘Kitchen King’ and ‘Kitchen Queen’!” “My face mask cracked from laughing. Who roasts themselves like this! Hahaha!” “What kind of dorky idol did I stan? Unfollowing for a minute to save my IQ, hahahaha!”

Whether it was because the terms were so infectious or because Li Ziyu naturally attracted attention, the terms “Kitchen King” and “Kitchen Queen” trended that night.

Netizens were laughing so hard they nearly split. Some even photoshopped Li Ziyu’s face onto gas stove flames with dorkily traditional captions like “Kitchen King protects the flame” as memes.

Once again, even without an official event, Li Ziyu appeared before the public because of an ad campaign that hadn’t even finished filming. The kitchenware brand was smiling from ear to ear.

Li Ziyu looked reproachfully at Zhou Tiantian. She took off Tiantian’s socks and said, “See, it’s all your fault. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have this nickname.”

She placed Tiantian’s feet into a wooden basin. Tiantian sighed in comfort and explained softly, “It’s your own fault. If you hadn’t mentioned it, those words wouldn’t have been stuck in my head.”

Li Ziyu gently massaged Tiantian’s swollen feet. “I only mentioned it in private. It’s not good that you told everyone.”

Knowing she couldn’t out-argue her, Tiantian just gave a soft huff. After washing and drying her feet, Ziyu helped her lean against the headboard, covered her with a cool blanket, and went to empty the water.

Zhou Tiantian was deeply moved. In two lifetimes, only Li Ziyu had treated her like this. Someone like Ziyu, who grew up wealthy and pampered, should have a very refined lifestyle. Yet she was willing to wash her feet. Since that was the case, she wouldn’t argue over whose fault the “Kitchen King” nickname was.

But while Tiantian was willing to let it go, Li Ziyu wasn’t. She sat on the bed and leaned close to her. “Since you ruined my reputation today, you must compensate me.”

Tiantian felt wronged. “I… why is it me compensating you again?”

“Think about it,” Ziyu said. “I’m an idol. What is an idol? Someone with a celestial image who doesn’t eat or… use the bathroom. Such a person had her years of careful image-building ruined by two words on your Weibo. Don’t you think you should compensate me?”

She leaned closer as she spoke, and by the time she finished, she was kissing Tiantian.

Zhou Tiantian was still a bit unused to this kind of intimacy during pregnancy. Firstly, she had never experienced such sweet intimacy before. Secondly, there was a baby—even if she couldn’t see it, it felt like a “third wheel.” It felt inappropriate to be so mushy in front of the child.

But she couldn’t resist Li Ziyu and could only let her press her into the covers for a long, intense kiss. Afterward, they were both breathless, their lips moist and red.

Li Ziyu still wasn’t satisfied. She let out a long sigh. “If I don’t kiss you, I feel empty. Now that I have, I feel even hungrier. Baby, what should we do?”

Zhou Tiantian blushed. “Get up. Time for sleep.”

“Fine,” Ziyu said. “I guess I can only do those ‘forbidden things’ in my dreams. What other choice is there?”

…

When it was time to film the ad, Zhou Tiantian was worried and wanted to go along.

Li Ziyu looked at her coldly. “What, afraid I’ll go out alone and ‘give you a green hat’ (cheat)?”

Luo Na immediately piped up, “In that case, I can’t go either.”

“Who would want me anyway!” Ziyu said to Tiantian. “In short, you stay in the hospital. You aren’t allowed out. Aren’t you reassured with Sister Luo there?”

It wasn’t that Tiantian wasn’t reassured; she just simply wanted to follow. She didn’t speak, just looked at Ziyu with her piteous “fawn eyes.”

Zhou Tiantian was already sweet and soft-looking; those eyes made her look even more heart-wrenching. But Li Ziyu said, “Don’t look at me like that. If you keep looking, I’m going to ‘assault’ you.”

Luo Na’s mouth twitched. “Ancestors, can you please not show off your love in front of me… I…” She let out a deep sigh.

Li Ziyu gave Tiantian a final set of instructions before reluctantly leaving.

After she left, Han Ping became more relaxed. She looked at her daughter with great affection. “Seeing you so happy makes me happy too. Your luck is better than mine; you didn’t meet someone like Zhao Zhonggang.”

Zhou Tiantian looked down at her fingers, which were far more delicate than in her previous life. “Yes,” she whispered. “I’m so lucky to have met her.”

Without Tiantian around, Li Ziyu’s efficiency was much higher, and she was back by the afternoon. But her mood wasn’t great. She grumbled, “You’re about to give birth, yet this brand is so demanding. They want me to go to their office later for a livestream.”

“Did you refuse?” Tiantian asked.

“Why would I refuse? It’s not for free. I calculated it; one livestream is enough for the baby’s formula money.”

Tiantian felt a bit bad for her. “It’s hard on you.”

Li Ziyu kissed her lips. “What’s hard? You’re the one who has it the hardest.”

Before the livestream arrived, the brand began to roll out Li Ziyu’s advertisements.