The disciple of Yue Lao

Chapter 98: Gardenia scrambled eggs?
"Dongdong, thank you for your hard work." Zhou Hai said to Meng Xiaodong with a distressed look on his face.

"Yeah." Meng Xiaodong responded in a delicate voice, and regardless of whether there were many people present, she boldly hugged and kissed Zhou Hai...

"Why don't you not go back for a while? Didn't you ask for a whole afternoon off? Take a good rest." Zhou Hai suggested.

Meng Xiaodong shook her head and said in embarrassment: "No! I have asked for an afternoon off, but I have a night scene tonight. If I don't go, the director will be furious!"

"Dongdong..." Zhou Hai gently held Meng Xiaodong's face and kissed her as if no one was around.

As if "if you are kissed you must return the kiss", Meng Xiaodong pouted her fiery red lips and kissed Zhou Hai hard on the face, leaving a big red lip mark.

Assistant Xiaolu had known about the affair between Meng Xiaodong and Zhou Hai for a long time. She pretended to be ignorant, while at the same time being vigilant at all times to prevent them from being photographed by paparazzi when they were in close contact.

……

As soon as it got dark, Meng Xiaodong and her assistant Xiaolu rushed back to the filming site without stopping. She didn't even have time to taste the dinner prepared by Chef Qu Si Ning, Chef Shang Jingyu, and everyone else.

After resting for a while, Song Yue, Lan Yue and Zhou Hai, who had originally planned to "stand aside and watch", walked into the kitchen.

Because the kitchen could not accommodate so many people, the group of employees brought by Shang Jingyu set up the table and played games after helping to clean up the store.

Xia Yu and Luo Fan placed the various flowers they received in appropriate places in the store and prepared everything Qu Si Ning would need for opening the store tomorrow.

The empty shelves of cosmetics, skin care products, nail polish ingredients, etc. were restocked. After calculating today's revenue, they sat down and prepared to play a few games of "Gobang".

Without the chessboard and chess pieces, Luo Fan found the notebook he had just used to keep accounts and secretly tore off a page.

He drew squares on the page and taught Xia Yu a new way to play chess, using "√ and ×" to replace black and white pieces.

Before two games were played, Qu Si Ning in the kitchen called out to Xia Yu: "Xia Zi, you and Luo Fan go buy two boxes of beer and some snacks!"

In fact, there was beer in the store, and they said that with the intention of "matching Xia Yu and Luo Fan".

Such a good opportunity seemed to be telling Luo Fan to seize the time and confess his feelings.

After Xia Yu and Luo Fan went out to buy things, several people in the kitchen began to compete with each other in cooking skills.

Every dish has someone who is good at it and someone who is responsible for making it. As the host, Qu Si Ning, she must make a dish that will shine.

"Boss Qu, why don't we just forget about it? I guess every dish you can make has already been made by someone else. You don't have to feel stressed. Didn't your editor-in-chief Shang make several dishes? That's enough. She can represent you."

The red lipstick marks on Zhou Hai’s face had not been wiped off yet. When he finished speaking and smiled, it was as if a flower was pasted on his face.

After hearing this, Shang Jingyu couldn't bear to see Qu Si Ning lose face, so he patted her shoulder gently and continued softly: "Zhou Hai is right, the dishes I cook are enough to represent your status as the boss."

Qu Si Ning looked at the ingredients beside her, looking left and right. She didn't think that was the case.

A scent of flowers drifted into the kitchen. Qu Si Ning ran out to see that the outside was full of various flowers that she had received today.

Each flower is very beautiful, but in terms of fragrance, the pot of white gardenia next to the cash register is the most fragrant.

Dozens of flowers have bloomed, each one fragrant. There is no signature on the flowerpot, but it is printed with a photo of Xia Yu and Qu Si Ning, so you can tell at a glance who sent it.

Qu Si Ning looked at the pot of gardenia in front of her, and suddenly an idea flashed in her mind, and she thought of what specialty she wanted to make.

"Xiao Xiazi..." Qu Si Ning looked at the pot of gardenia with an apologetic look on her face, took out a new pair of scissors from the cabinet, and said, "I'm sorry, I really have no choice. I know this is a token of your love. Really, I swear, I only want six flowers, and I won't cut more."

When Qu Si Ning was at home, her mother once made her a very delicious dish, the raw ingredients of which were gardenia petals.

"Si Ning..." Song Yue was shocked when she saw Qu Si Ning bringing six gardenias into the kitchen, "You...cut the gardenias Xia Yu gave you?" Lan Yue shook his head in admiration and said with a smile, "You are really good. I wonder what Xia Yu's expression will be when he comes back..."

"Dear..." Shang Jingyu also came over curiously, watching Qu Si Ning pick up the plate to hold the petals, and asked in a low voice: "Is this... edible?"

"Of course you can eat it." Qu Si Ning looked at everyone's surprised expressions, and while breaking off the petals of the gardenia, she smiled and said, "I cut them at the risk of being beaten to death by Xiao Xiazi. If I can't eat it, why would I cut it? To resist being beaten?"

Zhou Hai nodded: "That's true."

"Honey, have you finished cooking all the dishes?" Qu Si Ning asked Shang Jingyu.

"All done. Honey, if you need my help with anything, just let me know." Shang Jingyu said happily.

After picking the petals and leaving the stamens for specimens, Qu Si Ning went to find a few eggs, pointed to the pot that Shang Jingyu had just used, and smiled sweetly, "Just wash it."

"Ok." Shang Jingyu replied, and without any delay, he cleaned the pot for Qu Si Ning in a few quick strokes.

Song Yue, Lan Yue and Zhou Hai looked at Qu Si Ning as if they were watching a show. They had also heard that the petals of gardenia were edible, but they had never eaten them before.

I don’t know what the dish made by Qu Si Ning will taste like.

……

The food was brought to the table one after another, and everyone sat around it, waiting for Xia Yu and Luo Fan to come back.

A few minutes later, Xia Yu came back with a big bag of snacks and Luo Fan came back with two boxes of beer.

The gardenia flowers were cut and used to make dishes. Everyone was afraid to speak casually when they saw Xia Yu, for fear of being accidentally hurt.

"Such a sumptuous feast?" Luo Fan saw the table full of food and gave a thumbs up to the chefs, praising them: "Awesome!"

Qu Si Ning also felt guilty. She usually sat next to Xia Yu no matter what she did, but tonight she sat a little far away from Shang Jingyu.

After sitting down, everyone started eating. Xia Yu's eyes swept across the dishes on the table and finally settled on the plate of scrambled eggs in the middle.

Oh my god…

That is……

Xia Yu suddenly raised her head and glanced in the direction of the cashier counter. It seemed that there were a few fewer gardenias in her pot...

"Xiao...Xiao Xiazi..." Qu Si Ning saw that Xia Yu had discovered it, and quickly explained: "It's like this, it's not that I don't cherish your feelings, I just want to..."

Xia Yu looked at Qu Si Ning with a murderous look, pointed at the plate of scrambled eggs in the middle, and asked with a dagger in his smile: "Gardenia... scrambled eggs? Did you make it?"

"Xia Zi, the petals of gardenias are really edible. I just want you to try them. Don't be angry!"

"Of course, your thoughts are the most important. I swear I will never cut it again..."

Qu Si Ning picked up a handful of fried gardenia petals and fed them to Xia Yu, saying with a smile, "It's really delicious. If you don't believe me, try it."

Looking at the fried gardenia petals, Xia Yu seemed to see herself being fried. Her heart suddenly trembled, and she forced a smile and said, "No need...eat more!"

Everyone took a bite and said that the dish (scrambled eggs with gardenia) was very delicious, and they all praised Qu Si Ning's cooking skills.

Only Luo Fan noticed Xia Yu's "forced smile" and did not dare to touch the dish with a chopstick the entire time.

(End of this chapter)