Give Me Back My Master

Xie Li stood there, his lips tightening slightly.

"Shen Yan, are you still angry with me, so that's why you're twisting my meaning like this? I never said you had special privileges. I was just envious that you were so lucky to find so many ingredients."

"But your fans definitely cursed me out. I clearly didn't do anything, yet I got cursed by your fans because of one thing you said. Do I deserve that?"

"So, I declare! I won't share even a single bite of any ingredients I find today with you or Lu Xingchuan!"

If he had something to say, he said it. He never kept it bottled up.

After saying that,

Shen Yan grabbed Pei Heng and left.

Pei Heng went along with him, following behind as they brushed past Lu Xingchuan and Xie Li without sparing either of them a glance.

As soon as Pei Heng and Shen Yan left, the director looked at Lu Xingchuan and Xie Li with a headache. Since the show was livestreaming, he said earnestly, "Our program is fair, impartial, and transparent."

"Director, that wasn't what I meant." Xie Li's eyes reddened with grievance.

The director nodded. "Hurry up and look for ingredients. The thirty minutes are almost up."

After saying that, the director left as well.

The weather was scorching today. The villa was cool with the air conditioning on, but outside, the heat was unbearable.

Xie Li had no desire to go looking.

As soon as the director left, he turned to Lu Xingchuan and began crying pitifully. "Brother Xingchuan, why does everyone hate me?"

[Ahhh, my baby's crying! My heart hurts so much!]

[Shen Yan is awful!]

[What did Shen Yan do? Shen Yan did nothing but look for ingredients. He can get accused and cursed for even that? Some fans are seriously ridiculous!]

[Heh, what kind of trash is this? Shen Yan has fans?]

[I'm becoming a Shen Yan fan today. His willingness to say what he means deserves my love. If I dared to speak like that, who knows how many grievances I could have avoided.]

[Me too...]

[Shen Yan feels different from what people said online.]

[If Shen Yan hadn't been such a jerk, how would Baby Li have cried? It's all Shen Yan's fault. Shen Yan is a huge bitch.]

The moment Xie Li cried, his fans immediately began attacking Shen Yan like mad.

At the scene,

Lu Xingchuan hurriedly comforted him. "No one hates you. You're such a good person. How could anyone dislike you?"

Xie Li wiped away his tears with a sob. "But Shen Yan doesn't like me. President Pei clearly only met me for the first time, but he doesn't seem to like me either."

"There's a misunderstanding here. We'll find time to clear it up. Stop crying."

Seeing Xie Li cry so miserably, Lu Xingchuan wanted nothing more than to kill Shen Yan on the spot.

Shen Yan must have said something to Pei Heng again!

To get him, Shen Yan really would stop at nothing!

Just as they were speaking,

the program team's announcement sounded.

[The thirty minutes are up. Guests, please stop searching and return to the first floor to gather.]

Xie Li looked remorseful and self-blaming with his tearful eyes. "It's all my fault. I held Brother Xingchuan back and didn't find anything."

On the first floor,

Bai Jing looked enviously at Shen Yan's group's basket.

"Oh my god, are you dogs? How did you sniff out so much stuff?"

[Hahahaha, Sister Jing, you really know how to compliment people.]

[What a compliment, hahaha! Learned that, learned that!]

A smile glimmered in Pei Heng's eyes, and he looked a little proud. "Teacher Shen carried me to victory. Teacher Shen is amazing!"

Shen Yan glanced into the basket Song Qianshan was carrying. "You found quite a lot too—a packet of hot pot soup base, a box of chilled hand-sliced lamb, some romaine lettuce, and noodles."

Song Qianshan smiled. "How about we make hot pot together later?"

Shen Yan immediately agreed.

When Lu Xingchuan and Xie Li returned to the group, the director stepped forward with a microphone.

"After half an hour of games, I believe our guests have gotten to know one another a little better.

"Everyone must be starving, so we won't delay lunch any longer.

"Enjoy your meal!"

"Hot pot, hot pot, we're making hot pot!" Bai Jing jumped three feet into the air, grabbed the basket from Song Qianshan, and darted toward the kitchen. "I love hot pot, hot pot loves me, I love pot and fire, hot pot loves me..."

[Hahahaha, Bai Jing, we can tell you really love hot pot!]

[Bai Jing is so lively. You really can't tell she has shadows from her original family.]

[What happened with her original family?]

[Didn't they say before that she had eight moms?]

[Maybe she's pretending. The more depressed someone is, the more they pretend to be cheerful and outgoing.]

[??? Are you sick? Can't stand seeing other people happy?]

[Some people are just born to ruin the mood. Everyone's happily eating hot pot, and they can't stand seeing people happy. They have to say something dark just to show themselves off!]

Pei Heng carried the basket and asked Shen Yan, "How do you want to eat the salmon?"

Without hesitation, Shen Yan said, "Pan-fried!"

Pei Heng asked again, "What about the chicken wings? Roast them?"

Shen Yan shook his head. "I want braised chicken wings with rice, but there's no rice today. How about we put them in the fridge for now?"

Pei Heng nodded. "All right. I'll clean the fish and slice it up. We can add it to the hot pot with them later."

Shen Yan's eyes curved with a smile. "Yay!"

Pei Heng lifted a hand and lightly flicked Shen Yan's forehead with a bent finger. "Go have fun. I'll call you when it's ready."

Shen Yan tilted his head. "You don't need my help?"

Pei Heng asked in return, "What can you do?"

Shen Yan: ...

Pei Heng's smile deepened. "Go play games. I'll call you later. You already carried me while we were looking for ingredients. You have to give me a chance to show off too, or the viewers will say I'm living off you!"

[So sweet!]

[Pei Heng, don't spoil him too much!]

[Ahhhh, this is such a sweet romance.]

The director sat behind the cameras, watching the scrolling comments with a blissful smile on his face—

My ass!

In the shot, Shen Yan clasped his hands in salute and bowed to Pei Heng. "Da-da-da-da-dum, this Great Sage is off!"

Then he spun around and charged straight for the living room sofa.

Yes, yes, yes!

Time to play games!

Pei Heng froze briefly, then played along perfectly. "Hahahahaha, go on, you little brat!"

After saying that,

he carried the basket toward the kitchen with his head held high.

[Hahahahaha!]

[It's hard to imagine that this is the president of Huancheng Group!]

[I wonder what Huancheng Group employees are thinking right now.]

Huancheng Group employees: ...

So the boss could laugh, huh? Fuck! That bastard!

Director: ...

Right before his eyes, a Weibo trending topic suddenly appeared and rapidly shot to the top.

#Couplet Banner: Give Me Back My Master#

It was hard to imagine that this damn topic was actually related to his dating show!

With one leg crossed over the other, Shen Yan curled up on the sofa and comfortably played his game.

Xie Li came over. "Aren't you going to help?"

Shen Yan didn't take his eyes off the game console's screen and only gave a perfunctory hum.

Xie Li looked like he wanted to say something but hesitated, and in the end, he hesitated without saying anything.

Then he turned around, smiling, and went to the kitchen.

"Is there anything I can help with?"

Xie Li stood obediently beside Pei Heng.

Pei Heng was washing vegetables.

He asked, "Should I help wash the vegetables?"

Pei Heng looked at him in shock. "I wasn't planning to give you any food, so why would I let you wash my vegetables? I can't do something like that!"