Huayu Chef

077 Naza, both naive and lovable

"Sister Yao Yao, when will you sign the endorsement deal for Weilong Spicy Strips?"

"The Qingming Festival holiday is just around the corner. The brand wants to send someone to Beijing next week to sign the contract and take some photos of GG while they're at it. When are you free?"

Zhang Jinxuan thought for a moment and replied, "We have to film 'Wild Kitchen' on Monday and Tuesday, so let's do it on Wednesday."

"Received, I will notify the brand tomorrow."

"Sister Yao Yao, I've sent you the plan for the fifth episode of 'Wild Kitchen.' We're filming next Monday, so please confirm the food tasters in advance."

"Let Dilraba perform next Monday."

Currently, Yang Mi's studio has signed eight artists: Dilraba, Li Xirui, Gao Weiguang, Zhang Yunlong, Zhang Bingbin, Xiao Yuyu, Yang Chengcheng, and Zhang Jinxuan. Zhang Jinxuan is the head chef and the only resident MC. Food tasters can only be selected from the other seven people, and whoever is chosen is possible if their schedules are right.

Yao Yao's recommendation of Dilraba was not surprising. Zhang Jinxuan held his phone and silently reviewed the preparation process of the main course in the fifth episode in his mind. After confirming that there was no part that would offend the Uyghur people, he replied: "I'm fine with it. Come early on Monday, preferably Sunday night. We will book your plane tickets and arrange your accommodation."

"I'll order two tickets; she and I will come together."

What are you doing here?

"I'm your agent, what do you want?"

"Just so you know, agents have work to do too."

"I'm not a good cook."

"I didn't expect anything from you either."

"Has filming for the fourth episode finished?"

"Just finished filming, and I'm on my way back to Beijing."

"Be careful. I'll organize your itinerary and send it to you and Jingjing on WeChat. My Weibo verified account will also be updated. Keep your phone accessible; I'll contact you if anything happens."

OK.

"(goodbye)"

A little while later, Yao Yao sent Zhang Jinxuan his schedule for April.

On the morning of April 3, Youku Video conducted an exclusive interview.

On April 8th, the fifth episode of "Wild Kitchen" was filmed.

On April 10, Weilong brand signed an agreement.

On April 17, the Liuliumei brand was signed.

Including the filming of episodes six, seven, and eight of "Wild Kitchen," Zhang Jinxuan had seven scheduled events in April. He probably spent half a month traveling around.

So busy.

It feels more troublesome than opening a shop.

Being busy in the entertainment industry usually means a career upswing.

Zhang Jinxuan transformed the anxieties of his busy schedule into the thrill of making money, instantly becoming excited and energetically replying to unread messages, sharing photos of the food he'd taken during the day and handsome pictures of himself cooking with Nazha. Huang Mengying also replied, finding the return journey anything but boring.

It was late at night when I returned to the capital.

Yang Zi and Zhuang Zhuang got off the bus first and went back to school. Zhang Jinxuan, Jingjing, the senior students from the directing department, and the second senior student got off the bus at the west gate of the Beijing Film Academy compound and said goodbye to the driver and Grandpa Yu.

"It's getting late, you should get some rest. I'll pick you up tomorrow to go to the horse farm and ride horses," Grandpa Yu warmly invited.

Zhang Jinxuan chuckled and joked, "Aren't all the horses you keep at your horse farm miniatures? It's been reported in the news."

"There's a big deal. You'll see tomorrow."

Zhang Jinxuan said apologetically, "Let's do it another day, Uncle Yu. I have social engagements tomorrow and the day after, and the day after that, a braised food chef in the shop is taking leave to go home for the Qingming Festival, so I have to cover for him."

The senior student from the directing department said with a bitter look, "Uncle Yu, thank you for your kindness, but I have to work overtime to finish the post-production of 'Wild Kitchen' and I simply don't have time to go to the horse farm to ride horses."

The second senior brother spread his hands and said, "Me too."

"Jingjing, what about you?"

Jingjing sighed and said, "Uncle Yu, I'm really helpless to have a boss who's so career-driven."

Grandpa Yu laughed heartily, showing his understanding and not forcing him. If he wanted to have fun, he had five or six social engagements a day, and could drink from morning till night.

"Business is important, let's get together another day. Goodbye everyone."

"Uncle Yu, would you like to come in for a cup of tea before you leave?"

"Let's drink another day." Grandpa Yu waved his hand and instructed the driver to drive off.

The four watched the minibus drive away before parting ways at the west gate of the Beijing Film Academy residential area.

Zhang Jinxuan first took Jingjing back to her residence, and then carried the Baoding specialties he had asked her to buy for him during the day back to his own home.

Night owl Nazha was still awake, wearing black-rimmed glasses and sitting at her computer playing games. She rolled her eyes in frustration at her bad teammates and roasted them in the voice chat until they were speechless. When she saw Zhang Jinxuan return, the usually taunting Nazha immediately transformed into her adorable wife, Meina, and got up to greet him, giving him a big hug.

"Hey bro, let me tell you, I just got a super bad teammate in a game. He was so bad, he really dragged me down. I died so many times, and then he complained that I didn't know how to play. Did he not know how to play? I was so angry, so I argued with him until he was speechless and muted his mic. Haha, wasn't I amazing?"

Naza tilted her smug face up, anticipating Zhang Jinxuan's praise.

Zhang Jinxuan certainly wouldn't disappoint her, praising her highly: "Our Nazha is the queen of games, the master of witty comebacks, and the most beautiful player in the entire server."

Naza chuckled and said, "Senior brother, your praise is so childish."

"Who are you calling a chuunibyou (a person with delusions of grandeur)?"

"It's okay, I can be a bit of a chuunibyou sometimes too. We both have a chuunibyou soul, and we're both so good-looking, we're a match made in heaven."

"You've got such a sweet tongue, aren't you?" Zhang Jinxuan kissed Nazha on the cheek.

Naza pouted and said coquettishly, "Senior brother, kiss my lips and see if they're sweet."

"I smell awful, and my breath reeks of alcohol. I'll take a shower and brush my teeth before we kiss." Zhang Jinxuan handed Nazha a Baoding specialty product. "Here, I bought this for you."

Naza asked with a look of surprise, "What delicious food is it?"

"You can eat all the bread, pastries, and several kinds of sesame seed cakes from the Drum Tower in Baoding Ancient City. I'm going to take a shower now."

Zhang Jinxuan took off his coat, changed into slippers, found a clean set of pajamas and took them into the bathroom. Just as he was about to turn on the shower to turn on the hot water, he suddenly heard the door close and a soft, delicate body pressed tightly against his back.

A long, long time later……

The two moved to the large bed in the bedroom. Naza, her face still flushed, hugged Zhang Jinxuan tightly, her eyes gentle and luminous, gazing intently at the man's face.

His eyes were practically drooling.

"What do you want to eat tomorrow morning? I'll make it for you," Zhang Jinxuan asked softly, embracing Nazha.

Naza replied softly, "I love everything my senior brother makes."

"Really?"

"real."

"Then I'll make you a culinary disaster."

Naza smiled sweetly and said in a gentle voice, "I prefer salty food and love spicy food. As long as you grasp these two points, I can try even the most bizarre dishes. Aren't I super easy to please?"

"You're beautiful, and you're easy to take care of, but you don't cherish your body and you're restless. Your dark circles are getting worse."

"Really?" Upon hearing this, Naza quickly picked up the small mirror on the bedside table, looked at herself, and chuckled, "Senior brother, I have naturally brown dark circles under my eyes, this is how it is without makeup."

"You should try to control yourself a little more normally; you scared me half to death last time."

Remembering the last time she slept with her eyes open, Nazha was deeply moved. She put down the mirror and rushed into Zhang Jinxuan's arms, saying sweetly, "I love you, senior brother. I just want to be close to you. I can't stand it for even a minute."

This little devil is too clingy. Zhang Jinxuan suppressed the urge to have sex again and said, "It's late, go to sleep. I'll wake you up tomorrow morning."

"Hmm." Naza responded softly, showing no sign of sleeping, and asked in a low voice, "Senior, you finished filming the fourth episode of 'Wild Kitchen' today, so you don't have to film tomorrow, right?"

"Yeah, we're not filming anymore. Is there something wrong?"

"Come home early tomorrow night, I'll make you dinner."

Zhang Jinxuan asked in surprise, "Why are you suddenly interested in cooking?"

"I learned it from you."

Zhang Jinxuan hesitated slightly, but decided to tell the truth: "Tomorrow night won't work. Thanks to Mengying for providing the sublet information for that new shop on Jian'an West Road, I've already promised to make Sichuan hot pot for her to repay the favor."

Naza's expression darkened, alarm bells rang in her mind, and she suddenly asked, "Senior brother, am I prettier than Huang Mengying?"

"I could ask you a thousand times and you'd still say you're beautiful."

Naza smiled again and offered a kiss.

Tonight she decided to drain her senior brother dry.

Although her senior's honesty dispelled some of her doubts and made her more confident in her beauty, Huang Mengying was not a trustworthy woman. It was necessary to take precautions to ensure that her senior would be exhausted when he met her the next day, and it would be best if the hot pot meal turned into a disaster, giving her diarrhea.

I arrived first, and I can handle everything on my own!