Huayu: Traffic is king

Chapter 135 I'll kick you in my pocket, you'll kick me into the ditch

Gu Jingyi raised an eyebrow and directly cupped Dilraba's face in his hands, giving her a kiss.

The "smack" sound was particularly loud in the quiet room.

"Envious? Go find one. You can even perform in front of me and Dilraba, I have no objection."

"Ah!" A large blush spread across Dilraba's face.

She lowered her head and whispered in Gu Jingyi's ear, "Zhu Xu just broke up with her boyfriend, can you at least have some decency?"

Gu Jingyi nodded; he roughly understood the situation.

Zhu Xudan, on the other hand, looked perfectly normal, showing no signs of having just broken up.

Gu Jingyi went upstairs to sleep and gave one of the spare keys to Dilraba.

"I'm going to take a nap first. You guys go to the supermarket to buy some ingredients and hot pot base. Also, buy some meatballs and stuff, and we'll have hot pot together later."

Dilraba nodded obediently and responded sweetly.

She took the room key and drove naturally to a nearby imported supermarket.

City Super is the most expensive imported supermarket, where an imported apple can cost over 35 yuan.

The advantage is that there are fewer customers, and those who are there are all high-income earners. The staff are also highly qualified, so even if they recognize the two disguised individuals, it won't cause a commotion.

Dilraba and Zhu Xudan were pushing a small cart together, picking out fruit.

"Wow, you're carrying so many Zespri Gold berries?"

Zhu Xudan glanced at Dilraba's shopping basket and grabbed six boxes of Zespri Gold kiwifruit (four kiwifruit per box).

"Gu Jingyi only eats Zespri Gold kiwifruit out of all the kiwifruit he eats, and he also uses kiwifruit to marinate meat, which softens the meat and brings out a fresh fruity aroma, making the meat very tender."

"There's no need to use Zespri, can't we just buy some kiwis..."

Zhu Xu was speechless; there was a huge difference in status between her and Dilraba. Even if they were both female celebrities, she would still feel that the cost-effectiveness was not high.

"But City Super doesn't have kiwis, only fresh kiwis. It's not like I'm going to drive all the way to another fruit store just to buy kiwis."

Dilraba smiled and patiently explained.

"Okay, I just think pineapple skewers with meat would be delicious too. Maybe you could get a cheaper alternative, like Thai baby pineapples? They're about a third the price of Zespri Gold kiwis, and the portion is bigger..."

Zhu Xudan was only halfway through his sentence when he saw the pineapple from City Super.

Oh, no, it's pineapple.

They didn't even have the high-end Golden Diamond pineapple, which costs around 15.8 yuan per jin (500g), found in regular fruit shops. They only had Mango Pineapple, priced at 35.8 yuan per jin, with its amber-colored flesh already peeled. The whole fruit was presented in beautiful packaging, looking very tempting.

"Lucky, how did you know Gu Jingyi likes to eat this too?"

Dilraba casually grabbed two or three and put them in her shopping basket, then asked a question, somewhat puzzled.

"I think he likes to eat anything expensive. How can he be so picky? It's a good thing he's a top star, otherwise this way of eating would really..."

Zhu Xudan stopped halfway through his sentence, saying that the high salaries in the Chinese entertainment industry are well-known. Even third-tier celebrities, let alone top stars, can live comfortably in mansions and drive luxury cars.

It would be difficult for an ordinary person to earn an annual salary of one million even if they worked hard their whole life, but even a minor celebrity in the Chinese entertainment industry can easily do so.

Gao Qiuzi, nicknamed "Fat Tiger," who ranked outside the top ten in the "Produce Camp" competition, could earn four to five hundred thousand yuan for recording a single episode of a variety show after leaving the show. It wasn't until her contract dispute with her agency made headlines that the high salaries in the Chinese entertainment industry were revealed.

If a fourth or fifth-tier celebrity can earn such a considerable income, imagine how much more so a top-tier celebrity can.

Given Dilraba's income, even if she went all in, she wouldn't care.

Although the two had disguised themselves, they were still stunningly beautiful women with great figures, even from behind.

Noticing the increasing number of gazes fixed on them, the two decided to separate and head straight to different food sections.

Dilraba sent Gu Jingyi a photo of her shopping cart, asking, "Is this enough?"

Seeing that Gu Jingyi did not reply, she guessed that he must have fallen asleep.

A gentle smile appeared in her eyes as she exited the chat window.

After exchanging a message with Zhu Xudan, the two met at the exit.

Carrying large and small shopping bags, they got into the car, filling the back of the Cayenne to the brim.

"Honey, we're on our way back!"

Dilraba sent a selfie, her smile sweet.

"Alright, alright, sister. If you keep being so lovey-dovey, we might not even get home before dark."

"Okay~"

Dilraba withdrew her gaze and slowly started the car.

Most of the supermarkets catering to the wealthy are located in the suburbs, not far from Gu Jingyi's home.

Zhu Xu rolled down the car window a little and sang a song with Dilraba. After about ten minutes, they arrived at Gu Jingyi's building.

The two of them struggled to open the trunk, and after several trips, they finally managed to deliver the several large bags of items to the upper floor.

Besides various meats and fruits, the most popular item in the supermarket is alcohol.

They had both wine and red wine, all brands that the two of them had tried during their private "Girl Talks".

Since it was Zhu Xudan's first time visiting her best friend's boyfriend's house, she felt a little embarrassed to come empty-handed. So, while she was at the supermarket, she picked up some gifts.

“Xu Dan, you don’t need to be so reserved. You’re already here, why bring anything?”

Dilraba and her friend took the gift box from the trunk, picked up the bag, and headed towards Gu Jingyi's house.

Zhu Xudan didn't answer, but instead changed the subject, saying, "The environment here is really quite nice."

She glanced around and said something.

Dilraba glanced around and nodded in agreement.

"Gu Jingyi has high standards for quality of life; he knows how to enjoy life."

Zhu Xudan saw that she kept mentioning "Gu Jingyi" and didn't bother to say anything.

Actually, she felt a bit confused, since she was just accompanying Dilraba to visit the set and then leaving.

Unexpectedly, because Gu Jingyi's palm was injured, she ended up coming to her best friend's boyfriend's house to drink.

This is really...

However, Zhu Xudan did not refuse the invitation to the dinner, probably because she was curious about how the man who won over her sister behaved in private.

Although she and Gu Jingyi weren't very close, they could still be considered friends through Dilraba's connection.

Dilraba's familiarity with the place was almost frightening. She took the elevator, pressed the password, and naturally pushed open the door to Gu Jingyi's house and went inside.

He casually handed Zhu Xudan a spare pair of slippers and turned on the light.

Zhu Xudan followed her in, curiously looking around at the house's decoration and layout.

"Put the food on the table first, I'll go cut up a fruit platter. Then I'll put it in the refrigerator to chill for a while, so Gu Jingyi can eat it directly when he wakes up."

Dilraba spoke in a very casual tone, completely like a hostess. She then turned on the central air conditioning and the television, and went to the kitchen to start preparing.

Inside the kitchen, Dilraba, wearing an apron, deftly cut a kiwi in half and scooped out the flesh with a spoon.

I put most of them on a plate, wrapped them in plastic wrap, and put them in the refrigerator to chill.

Then I took out two and a half pieces of fruit and mixed them into the chicken wings and beef respectively.

Picking up a timer and setting it to 10 minutes, Dilraba started cutting mango and pineapple again. With nimble knife skills, she sliced ​​the pineapple into neat triangular pieces and stacked them together. Squeezing the juice of two kumquats on top and garnishing with a few preserved plums, she completed the fruit platter.

When I brought it back from the refrigerator, the meat had just finished marinating.

Zhu Xudan watched with astonishment; she had just broken up with her boyfriend of over a year, who was not in the entertainment industry, yesterday morning. She moved out of her large apartment, carrying her luggage.

Besides the fact that they were often apart, another reason for the breakup was that the other person cheated.

Even now, Zhu Xudan finds it annoying.

Seeing Dilraba like this, she actually envied this kind of love.

I'm so envious of my best friend Dilraba; she gets to date some of the hottest male celebrities. Besides his incomparably handsome face, he also has impeccable character. He looks young and handsome, and he's devoted.

She's not bad either; she always seems to be picking men out of the trash.

It seems I really have to say goodbye to scumbags for good. Only someone like Dilraba can give me a sense of home.

That's what she thought in her heart, and that's what she actually said aloud.

Dilraba was still setting the plate when she heard this and seemed a little surprised.

"I wish you had thought so earlier. I told you before that your judgment is really bad, not even half of mine."

Dilraba is quite arrogant, and she does have the ability to intimidate Zhu Xudan.

Gu Jingyi has a very good reputation in the industry; even if he's a scumbag, he's scumbag in a subtle and unassuming way. Unlike Chris, who doesn't even pretend.

Aside from his team, very few people know about Gu Jingyi's romantic relationships.

The impression he has within the industry is that he is unapproachable in private and doesn't get close to women.

Zhu Xudan nodded and admitted, "If we talk again in the future, I'll still need you to help me make an assessment."

Gu Jingyi couldn't help but laugh when he heard this.

What's this? The second-to-last student copied the last student's homework?

Here's a joke: Dilraba helped her friend spot a jerk. Guaranteed to be a winner, bro.

"Jingyi, you're awake?"

Upon hearing Gu Jingyi's laughter, Dilraba very attentively went to the refrigerator and took out a fruit platter.

She arranged two or three fruit platters on the table one by one.

Zhu Xudan was both surprised and moved to see her best friend in this state. She came over to help her and muttered something under her breath.

"I never expected Dilraba to be so virtuous and capable."

Dilraba retorted with a laugh, "Who do you think you are! I'm always this virtuous, okay?"

The two were laughing and joking around so much that they didn't even notice Gu Jingyi walking over.

Gu Jingyi picked up a piece of kiwi and put it in his mouth, chewing it.

"How about it?"

Dilraba looked at him with a cute expression and asked expectantly.

"It's sweet, but not as sweet as you."

Gu Jingyi said with a smile, "We've given you plenty of emotional value."

Dilraba blushed slightly and bumped his shoulder.

"I beg you two, have some decency."

Zhu Xudan touched the goosebumps on his arm, feeling a bit guilty, and interrupted the spellcasting. "Xudan, this is your first time here. It's a pity your hand is injured, so it's not easy to cook. We can only have hot pot. Please understand if the hospitality is not up to par."

Gu Jingyi picked up the induction cooker and started adding the hot pot base.

Dilraba also chimed in, "Just relax and make yourself at home."

"Ugh," Zhu Xudan began to complain, "Dilraba, you don't buy your own house, and you live in a luxury hotel presidential suite year after year. How am I supposed to consider it 'your own home'? Or are you already thinking about...?"

"Hey, eat some fruit!"

Dilraba used a toothpick to pick up a piece of kiwi and put it in her mouth.

"You guys chat first, I'll go check if the vegetables are ready."

Gu Jingyi stood up, leaving the two best friends alone.

After cleaning up the vegetables, he took a few wine glasses and came over.

"Let's raise a glass in respect, Cheers!"

The clinking of wine glasses produced a crisp, pleasant sound, and the relationship between the three people was also growing closer.

Gu Jingyi's social skills were beyond question; he made Zhu Xudan feel like he was basking in a spring breeze with just a few words. He knew the power of a best friend; if they didn't get along, and Zhu Xudan were to whisper something in Reba's ear during a fight, it would be no small matter.

Zhu Xudan has a rather simple personality, and Gu Jingyi felt that she was quite easy to fool.

The hot pot was boiling, and its rich aroma filled the room.

"You can add the meat now."

Gu Jingyi picked up the marinated meat, skewered it with a bamboo skewer, dipped it briefly in the boiling pot, and placed it on a communal plate.

I also made a dipping sauce with cilantro, sesame oil, chili oil, and minced garlic, poured in half a spoonful of soup, and handed it over.

Ladies first

"Then I won't be polite."

Dilraba accepted it with a smile, while Zhu Xudan was quite curious about Gu Jingyi's skill level.

"Reba, how is it? Is the dipping sauce Teacher Gu made delicious?"

Dilraba tried it, and the taste of the meat after dipping it in the sauce was somewhat beyond her expectations. It was better than she had imagined, and she nodded with a smile, saying, "Not bad, I didn't know you had this skill."

"Of course it's good! I lived in the Sichuan region when I was a child. How could it not be delicious? It's fantastic!"

Gu Jingyi started boasting and joking.

"Xu Dan, look how smug he is. This is the trouble of finding a younger brother. When he's being sweet, he's really sweet. When he's being childish, he's really childish too."

Dilraba retorted when she saw his arrogant attitude.

"But you always made me call you 'sister' when we were alone. I thought you were enjoying it, but it turns out you were only after my body..."

Gu Jingyi shrugged and gave Dilraba an innocent look.

Zhu Xudan immediately understood, "Oh, I didn't expect you to be like this, Dilraba. You keep saying you only love muscular men, but actually you only love younger, muscular, handsome guys, right?"

"Gu Jingyi, just eat! Don't say anything unnecessary, even eating won't shut you up."

Dilraba's face turned bright red, and she awkwardly scratched her toes on the ground.

"OK," Gu Jingyi said, mimicking the action of zipping up his mouth.

Watching them laugh and play, Zhu Xu felt quite envious. Thinking about her own current situation, this feeling intensified.

"Don't just look at it, if you don't eat it, Dilraba will eat it all."

Gu Jingyi used serving chopsticks to pick up a piece of meat and put it into Zhu Xudan's bowl.

"Oh, you're the one who ate the most."

Dilraba was a little unconvinced and retorted.

Eating hot pot alone isn't very interesting. When Gu Jingyi saw the pineapple, he suddenly wanted to eat barbecue.

He simply took out an electric baking pan, which was quite fitting with the drinks.

The group started preparing the ingredients, quickly turning beef chuck, beef tongue, and M5 beef cubes into a large plate.

There's also pork belly; the pre-marinated pork belly has a beautiful pattern that makes it look very appetizing.

Dilraba is from Xijiang, so she can cook due to the influence of her environment.

Seeing that she was quite efficient, Gu Jingyi started to slack off. He went to get chili sauce and seasonings and made a garlic chili dipping sauce.

After a busy half-day, the sizzling, steaming meat filled the room with its irresistible aroma of butter. The three people sitting together thoroughly enjoyed their meal.

"How about it? Meat tastes even better when fried in butter."

Seeing the two girls happily squinting their eyes and chewing frantically, Gu Jingyi knew that his recipe was correct.

"It tastes good, but it's too high in calories. I'm a bit anxious about calories; it feels like all my hard work this week has been wasted after eating this meal."

Zhu Xudan rubbed his lower abdomen, saying this, but his chopsticks never stopped; he continued eating while anxiously watching.

Upon hearing this, Dilraba put down her chopsticks, looking disheartened.

She has another movie coming up for promotion soon, so Dilraba wouldn't dare to eat like that.

The camera can stretch a person's figure infinitely, so Dilraba could only watch Zhu Xudan eat in order to look good on camera.

However, the aroma still made her nostrils twitch slightly. Her face contorted in a pained expression, her expression conflicted.

"It's okay, you can eat more."

Gu Jingyi picked up a piece of meat with his chopsticks and whispered something in her ear.

"I won't drink tonight."

Dilraba's face flushed instantly, and she pinched Gu Jingyi's waist. She lowered her voice, somewhat exasperated.

"Zhu Xudan is still here, and Teacher Gu doesn't seem to care about the consequences at all..."

"What does it have to do with her? We'll open a few bottles of red wine later. Let Zhu Xudan drink her under the table, she can sleep, and we can sleep our own."

Gu Jingyi whispered in Dilraba's ear.

Dilraba was taken aback. "Don't do anything reckless."

"I know she's your dearest friend and family. Don't worry, I won't let her drink too much. Just watch my eyes and see what I say."

Gu Jingyi spoke in a breathy voice, looking confident and assured.

Zhu Xudan assumed they were just whispering and didn't pay any attention.

"Gu Jingyi, what are you standing there for? There's still so much meat left, and you're not on a diet, so why aren't you eating it?"

The filming of Ashes of Love is nearing its end, and the character of Xu Feng is not the slender type.

The Demon Lord Xu Feng's clothes were more form-fitting, tailored to accentuate Gu Jingyi's inverted triangle figure and V-shaped waist.

Filming wasn't over yet, and Gu Jingyi wouldn't eat too much of this greasy food at once.

He picked up some beef bits with his chopsticks and ate them, while the rest of the meat went into the stomachs of Zhu Xudan and Dilireba.

Especially Reba, she ate beef wrapped in lettuce without any hesitation.

It seems she's really preparing to carry Zhu Xu's burden and have an in-depth discussion with Gu Jingyi.

Gu Jingyi was equally enthusiastic, clapping his hands and saying, "Alright, ladies. How about we play a drinking game?"

While the next round of barbecue was still being grilled, Gu Jingyi placed the red wine that had been decanted long ago in front of each of them.

Seeing that it was a fairly common red wine, Zhu Xu didn't take it seriously.

"Sure, come on over."

This woman was eating barbecue with beer, so a few glasses of red wine would be a piece of cake.

Besides, drinking alone all the time is quite boring, so Zhu Xudan immediately agreed to Gu Jingyi's suggestion.

"What game are we playing? Does the loser have to drink a glass?"

"Yes, Zhu Xudan, you have a high level of comprehension."

Gu Jingyi nodded. "What games do you usually play when you're drinking?"

"Me? Dilraba and I usually play drinking games. Whoever loses has to drink a glass."

"Either you have to say a number that is a multiple of 7. Anyone who says it wrong, or who doesn't say it within three seconds, has to drink a drink."

Zhu Xudan thought for a moment and answered truthfully.

"That's so boring, it sounds so dull."

As expected, Gu Jingyi's words aroused Zhu Xudan's dissatisfaction.

"What? Gu Jingyi, what games do you guys usually play when you drink? Don't you get bored?"

Zhu Xudan stared at him with displeasure.

"We'll drink straight down to the bottom. Whoever gets drunk loses."

Gu Jingyi said in a serious tone, but Dilraba asked with some concern, "Who do you drink with? Can you really drink so much?"

"After the previous performance, Kun Kun and Cheng Cheng went to the convenience store and bought a case of beer."

Dilraba breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this and didn't ask any further questions.

"I don't believe it, Gu Jingyi, don't try to fool me. Are you guys some kind of Wu Song, drinking straight without any side dishes?"

"Hey, stop laughing."

Zhu Xudan hadn't believed it at first, but seeing Gu Jingyi smile made her even more certain. He was clearly teasing her; he was so arrogant.

"Gale has a lot of tricks up his sleeve. During the ranking announcement round of Idol Producer 101 when we were down to the top 60, everyone was in a really low mood. Before the rankings were announced, Gar and the other mentors took us to Haidilao. It even trended on social media back then, you should remember that, right?"

Dilraba nodded; of course she remembered. Since meeting Gu Jingyi, she had never forgotten anything about him.

"I was spotted by someone at the time, and they even posted it on Weibo."

Gu Jingyi recalled for a moment, then said somewhat jokingly, "But the drinking games that Brother Gar showed us were quite interesting. They must be popular in bars in Hong Kong or some other Asian country. I've never seen them in mainland China."

"Reba, he really knows how to keep people in suspense!"

Gu Jingyi had barely lowered the hook when the fish started biting.

Dilraba had drunk some wine with Zhu Xudan earlier, and her head was already starting to spin. When her best friend held her arm and shook her, she also shook her head.

Her little face was flushed, and her eyes looked a little dazed when she blinked. She pointed at Gu Jingyi with a hint of reproach.

Dilraba's beauty mark under her eye swayed with her movements, making the light brown beauty mark even more prominent.

Gu Jingyi raised his hand and pressed it down, rubbing it with his fingertips.

It still feels the same as before, very good.

(End of this chapter)