Chapter 159
“Chef, grill me another suckling pig!”
The familiar voice broke Liu Woxing’s train of thought.
Her expression froze slightly as she instinctively turned toward the source of the voice—and saw…
Xie Mi, dressed in a janitor uniform that blended perfectly into the kitchen, crazily gnawing on a roasted suckling pig with both hands.
“Teacher Xie?” Liu Woxing exclaimed in surprise.
At that moment, two heads turned toward her.
Yes, two.
Next to Xie Mi sat Shen Yiqing, dressed in a butler uniform.
Xu Shuangrong subtly frowned.
Why is it her again?
“You two are sneaking food too?”
Xie Mi didn’t show any guilt for being caught. Instead, she calmly greeted them, “What a coincidence! The chef was just about to grill a new suckling pig for us—come join us.”
As if her mouth was too busy to stop, she immediately turned back and resumed devouring the pig.
Chomp chomp chomp chomp chomp.
Next to her, Shen Yiqing was far more elegant, slowly savoring the freshly seared foie gras with an air of leisure.
So calm, it seemed as if this wasn’t his first time doing this.
“So Teacher Xie is here too.”
Liu Woxing couldn’t help but sigh, admiring Xie Mi’s relaxed composure. She also felt herself tempted by Xie Mi’s invitation, nearly stepping forward.
“Isn’t this… inappropriate?”
Xu Shuangrong suddenly spoke, gently pulling Liu Woxing back. “Two people is already the limit. Too many and we’ll get caught. Since Teacher Xie and Mr. Shen are here, we can go to another restaurant…”
Before she could finish, Xie Mi turned her head. “What two people?”
Just as Xu Shuangrong was about to explain, another figure—dressed in a chef apprentice uniform, standing with their back to them at the stove—turned around, holding a fork and chewing on something.
“What two people?”
“Miss Lai?” Liu Woxing was even more surprised. “You… too?”
Qiu Chengye, wearing a waiter uniform, stood up from behind the counter, a couple of sesame seeds still clinging to his mouth.
“What two people?”
Xu Shuangrong: “?”
Everyone’s sneaking food here?!
Liu Woxing was too shocked to speak for a while, then finally said, “You’re…”
“Sigh.”
Xie Mi exhaled, chewing without missing a beat. “It’s a long story.”
As a professional “sneak-eater,” she had sneaked food at night in the villa, in the temple—so why wouldn’t she sneak food here?
From the very first day at this resort, she had already built relationships with the kitchens of all the restaurants. Whenever the production team wasn’t filming, it was her chance to sneak in and eat.
Although she had won a luxurious lunch today, considering Shen Yiqing could only eat plain buns, her kind heart decided to bring him to enjoy something better.
Coincidentally, Lai Bingxuan and Qiu Chengye came to their villa to shower today. They unintentionally learned of the plan and wanted to join.
Xie Mi agreed.
Of course, on the condition that Kitty bro would pay for everything today.
“So that’s the story.”
“But…” Liu Woxing was puzzled. “Mr. Qiu and Miss Lai also won a luxurious lunch at noon—why are they sneaking food too?”
“Been annoyed with the production team for a while, so we’ll do the opposite,” Lai Bingxuan said.
Qiu Chengye sneered. “This little production team thinks they can control us? Not a chance!”
Such a beautiful state of mind.
Liu Woxing’s eyes held a hint of envy.
“But Woxing, why did you come too? And dressed like this? Are you sneaking food as well?”
Qiu Chengye’s expression changed. His tone carried reproach. “You’re a lady, how can you do this? I bet Xu Shuangrong dragged you here, didn’t she? Xu Shuangrong, are you out of your mind?”
Xu Shuangrong: “?”
[System: Told you he’s a two-armed ox.]
[System: But now what? Your plan seems to have failed again.]
[Xu Shuangrong: …]
Indeed, the trending topic #Xing-Cheng CP suspected BE?# was her doing.
She had hired online boosters to guide the conversation toward the Xing-Cheng CP under the hot topic of Xie Yuekill, leveraging its popularity. Many netizens were successfully influenced.
She knew very well that if the Xing-Cheng CP rumors emerged, Liu Woxing would be affected first. She could then casually reveal a similar mindset, empathizing with her.
In theory, anyone would feel touched at such a time.
But then Xie Mi appeared.
A bold move she had carefully planned turned out to be Xie Mi’s everyday routine—in stark contrast, making her efforts look trivial.
Hearing the system’s voice, Xie Mi paused mid-bite.
Plan?
What was Xu Shuangrong trying to do?
She seemed to be playing an empathy card by bringing Liu Woxing to the kitchen, but it wasn’t that simple.
“Woxing, go back. If you want buns, just eat buns. Breaking rules like this damages your image. Don’t let Xu Shuangrong lead you astray.”
Qiu Chengye continued nagging. “Oh, Director Niu just messaged me that a new hot topic suspected us of BE, so we need to interact more on the show. And I have to mention—although I don’t like clingy women, you’re too non-clingy. Your presence in front of me is too low, so don’t be surprised if I forget you. Anyway, you should come more often…”
“Qiu Chengye, your zipper is down.” Xie Mi suddenly said.
Qiu Chengye froze. His expression instantly turned horrified as he covered himself and ran toward the nearby staff changing room. “I’ll talk to you later!”
Liu Woxing: “…”
Better not.
Hearing Qiu Chengye’s words, Xie Mi roughly understood what had happened.
Xu Shuangrong really knew how to exploit others’ weaknesses—and was utterly ruthless.
“The suckling pig is ready!”
While she was pondering, the chef brought out the freshly roasted suckling pig.
Xie Mi’s eyes were immediately drawn to it.
Shen Yiqing leisurely sliced the whole pig, crispy-skinned and tender, juices flowing as the knife cut through, making mouths water.
Glug—
Someone swallowed—actually, it seemed like several did.
Lai Bingxuan didn’t even eat the small lamb chops earlier, running over to join Xie Mi, rubbing her hands in anticipation.
“Alright, let’s eat.”
After slicing, Shen Yiqing placed a roasted leg onto Xie Mi’s plate.
Xie Mi was ready to dig in, then thought better of it and passed a plate to Liu Woxing. “Here, eat with me.”
“Ah?”
Liu Woxing’s eyes flickered, a little overwhelmed by the attention. She felt at a loss with the scene in front of her. “Do we… just eat like this?”
It wasn’t that she hadn’t eaten suckling pig before.
Occasionally at home it appeared on the table, but in small, delicate portions on a plate, eaten bite by bite with utensils.
She had never even held a chicken drumstick with her hands, let alone this pig leg bigger than her face.
“Yes, like this. Big bites make it taste better. Look over there.”
Xie Mi gestured toward Lai Bingxuan, devouring her portion with abandon.
Liu Woxing envied her.
Not only did she envy Lai Bingxuan’s relaxed attitude despite also being a wealthy heiress, but she also envied how quickly Lai had bonded with Teacher Xie compared to her, despite having less time on the show.
Perhaps this was what people meant by “like attracts like”?
She truly envied this kind of atmosphere.
