Popular Top Stream (10): Gu Juntian moved so fast that Zhou Qinghao couldn’t even seduce him: “…”

The kitchens in rural areas are completely different from those in cities.

The houses in the city are all small, and people may not necessarily cook every day, so the kitchens are generally not big.

The countryside is different; their kitchens are generally quite large.

If the kitchen is small, it can’t even fit a traditional stove.

The kitchen in this house was quite large; it had a traditional clay stove, a countertop made of bricks and cement, a large water tank, and a big cupboard for dishes.

But there were no modern kitchen utensils here.

They could only use the earthen stove to cook, but fortunately, there were two pots on that stove.

A few people washed rice and cooked, steaming salted meat, soy sauce meat, and radishes on the steamer rack.

The production team had deliberately made the main hall of this house dirty before, but the kitchen was very clean, making it much easier for Gu Juntian and the others to cook. 

The original owner of Gu Juntian’s body could cook, but had never used this kind of stove before, so it was Hu Bingshan who took charge of the cooking. Gu Juntian and Zhou Qinghao squeezed in behind the stove to tend the fire.

Zhou Qinghao, while observing Hu Bingshan’s cooking movements and controlling the heat, casually reminded Gu Juntian next to him, “Don’t add so much firewood, the flame is too strong.”

Gu Juntian immediately controlled the flames and then asked Zhou Qinghao, “Teacher Zhou, you seem to have a lot of experience with the fire?”

Zhou Qinghao said, “When I was a child, my family used this kind of earthen stove, and I often made fires back then.” 

“Teacher Zhou, at your age, did you still use an earthen stove when you were a child?” Hu Bingshan asked curiously.

Zhou Qinghao said, “My family also lived on a mountain like this.When I was a child, although some people in the village were already using liquefied gas, most people still cooked with traditional stoves.

“Oh, so that’s how it is. I thought you were very skilled at working back then” Hu Bingshan said.

Zhou Qinghao smiled and said, “Yeah, I’m used to it.” 

In the previous years, Zhou Qinghao had never mentioned his past in public.

He hadn’t mentioned it to Gu Juntian either.

His background was too different from Gu Juntian’s; he didn’t want Gu Juntian to know about his past.

But just now, Qiao Qiao called Gu Juntian “brother.”

Qiao Qiao understood very well how the audience would react after watching the live broadcast, and so did Zhou Qinghao.

He knew that Qiao Qiao was the son of Gu Juntian’s former nanny, but the audience didn’t know.

At this moment, everyone was definitely discussing Qiao Qiao’s background, and there would probably be a few more related trending topics coming up.

He was fully aware of the tricks Qiao Qiao was playing, and he didn’t want Qiao Qiao to succeed.

In that case, he might as well drop some big news to overshadow Qiao Qiao.

Although Zhou Qinghao was smiling, the smile was a bit bitter, to the point that Hu Bingshan didn’t dare to ask further.

But Zhou Qinghao himself said, “When I was a child, I was a left-behind child, living with my grandparents. My parents even got divorced… After my father remarried, he didn’t have much money, so the living expenses he gave to my grandparents were also quite little. My grandparents didn’t have a good life, so I had to do a lot of work.”

Zhou Qinghao didn’t complain about his parents or his grandparents who treated him poorly.

A star like him must be cautious with his words; otherwise, one wrong move and he could be labeled as “unfilial” or a “backstabber.”

Saying this, Zhou Qinghao smiled again: “I feel quite at home participating in this variety show.”

“Mr. Zhou, you were so diligent before. Is it because this variety show is full of memories?” Hu Bingshan asked.

Zhou Qinghao smiled: “Yes.”

Hu Bingshan was chatting with Zhou Qinghao about Zhou Qinghao’s past. While they were talking, Hu Bingshan took the opportunity to ask Gu Juntian, “Brother Gu, did Qiao Qiao really burn down the kitchen?”

He often heard jokes about burning down kitchens online, but he had never seen it happen in real life.

Nowadays, the gas stoves and various appliances in the kitchen are quite useful, so it’s pretty hard to burn down a kitchen.

Gu Juntian replied, “It’s not really burning down the kitchen. He poured oil into the pot, turned on the gas stove, and then just left it, and the pot caught fire.”

At that time, Qiao Qiao was in middle school, and the original owner didn’t like him yet.

Once, Qiao Qiao bullied a classmate at school, and the teacher called the parents. The original owner specifically rushed over to handle the matter and then got angry with Qiao Qiao.

At that time, the original owner still had normal intelligence.

Then Qiao Qiao cried and apologized to the original owner, and under the pretext of cooking a meal to apologize, he staged a “burnt kitchen” scene.

The original owner thought that Qiao Qiao was very naive and didn’t understand anything, and since Qiao Qiao was scared, he wasn’t angry anymore.

But upon careful consideration, if Qiao Qiao really wanted to cook to apologize, shouldn’t he check online for cooking guides? Or maybe just let the Gu family’s chef teach him?

He could also choose to make simpler dishes, like a tomato egg drop soup, or another kind of soup. Even if those dishes didn’t turn out well, they wouldn’t be inedible.

As a result, he knew he couldn’t cook, yet he immediately challenged himself with a difficult dish, turned up the heat and added oil, but then just stood there doing nothing… Gu Juntian felt he was just putting on a show and had no intention of actually cooking for the original owner.

Hu Bingshan looked speechless: “Isn’t it just a matter of adding ingredients or covering the pot to put out the fire? From what he just said, I thought he had encountered something really dangerous.”

Gu Juntian replied: “Yeah. At that time, the chef was nearby, saw the fire in the pot, quickly went over to cover it and turn off the heat, and nothing happened to him.”

The audience in the live stream was speechless: “Qiao Qiao kept saying how big the fire was and how scared he was, and this is the result?”

“Feeling Young Master Gu’s speechlessness.”

“Qiao Qiao must have intentionally burned the kitchen, right? No, this doesn’t even count as burning the kitchen.”

“He has always been like this, loves to show off.”

“After saying they couldn’t cook, he and Qin Yanming really didn’t come to help. It’s beyond words.”

……

Cooking is actually quite simple if you just want to get the food cooked, especially now with all the various appliances available.

Following the rice cooker instructions to make rice and steam some vegetables can easily handle a meal. Therefore, when many people say they can’t cook, they actually mean they can’t make food that tastes good.

But even if you can’t cook, you can still help wash some vegetables, right?

Did Qiao Qiao and the others really do nothing at all?

While being dissatisfied with Qiao Qiao, many people also felt sorry for Zhou Qinghao.

Their brother was so pitiful when he was young! Heartbreaking!

“Brother worked so hard in the first episode because it was full of memories, right?”

“Those who say brother is flattering Qiao Qiao to steal the spotlight are really too much!”

“Hug brother.”

……

Zhou Qinghao mentioned his background during the live stream, and next, the trending topic would likely be dominated by this.

The heat generated by Qiao Qiao’s “background” would definitely not be as high as in the original plot.

But the attention Qiao Qiao received would probably not be less.

Gu Juntian thought this and planned to add some more firewood to the stove.

Zhou Qinghao quickly stopped him: “Don’t add more firewood, the rice is almost done, it just needs to be steamed a bit longer. If you add more firewood, the rice will burn.”

Cooking with an iron pot easily results in a layer of scorched rice.

A thin layer of scorched rice is normal, but if it’s too thick, the rice won’t taste good and will have a burnt flavor.

Gu Juntian quickly turned off the heat and then chatted with Zhou Qinghao about his past.

Zhou Qinghao picked out some relatively pleasant memories to share.

The meal was ready soon.

Hu Bingshan’s cooking skills weren’t that great, but he could make big pot dishes.

He chopped the ribs and stewed them with potatoes and carrots, then added some dried green beans, and that was a big dish!

The show team didn’t prepare many seasonings, and Hu Bingshan wasn’t a chef, so the dish might not taste that good, but it smelled really fragrant.

After the potatoes and ribs were stewed and taken out of the pot, he mixed in the steamed radishes with some leftover broth, then sprinkled some garlic leaves on top, and that was the braised garlic leaf radish.

They still had some greens left, but making them was too much trouble, so Hu Bingshan simply skipped it.

“These dishes are enough to eat,” Gu Juntian said. “I’m starving, I can’t wait to eat.”

“Hurry up and serve the rice, try your brother Hu’s cooking!” Hu Bingshan said cheerfully.

Only Qiao Qiao couldn’t help but ask, “Why didn’t you stir-fry the greens?”

“Too much trouble, so I didn’t stir-fry them,” Hu Bingshan replied.

“I see the greens are all washed, it wouldn’t take long to stir-fry them, right?” Qiao Qiao asked. He had mentioned in the show before that he liked green leafy vegetables, but now, there were none on the table.

Gu Juntian said, “If you want to eat, go to the kitchen, wash all the pots and spatulas, chop the vegetables, and then start the fire. By then, Brother Hu will definitely be willing to help you stir-fry the vegetables!”

The vegetables had already been cleaned by Zhao Li, and stir-frying them would indeed be quick, but washing the pots on the rural clay stove was quite troublesome.

Even if the potatoes in the ribs were considered a staple, there were still carrots and dried beans as two other vegetables, plus a large plate of braised radishes. This table was already quite a rich mix of meat and vegetables.

However, in the original plot, after Hu Bingshan cooked, Qiao Qiao also asked for vegetables, and the original owner asked Zhou Qinghao to make them.

Zhou Qinghao spent quite a bit of time washing the pots and pans before finally frying the vegetables, but Qiao Qiao didn’t even like them.

In this situation… If he were a fan of Zhou Qinghao, seeing this would make him feel heartbroken and want to go crazy.

Qiao Qiao immediately felt wronged, looking at Gu Juntian with a hesitant expression.

Gu Juntian pretended not to see it, filled a bowl to the brim with rice, and then let Hu Bingshan eat first: “Brother Hu, you’re the elder, we wouldn’t dare eat before you.”

“You call me brother and then say I’m the elder!” Hu Bingshan picked up a piece of potato: “I love this potato!”

“Indeed, it’s really good,” Gu Juntian replied.

Carbs with carbs, double the satisfaction!

However, he still preferred eating meat.

Zhou Qinghao had a good appetite too, but he controlled his diet, mainly eating vegetables, specifically dried green beans and radishes, and praised Hu Bingshan for his cooking.

Hu Bingshan said, “I know you all need to control your diet, so I didn’t put much oil, but I did add a lot of green beans. Eat as much as you want, I guarantee you won’t gain weight.”

Zhou Qinghao smiled.

Zhao Li even asked, “Can this soup be mixed with rice?”

Hu Bingshan replied, “Of course, but Xiao Zhao, think about your manager who was frantic and called you specifically yesterday. You’d better not eat it!”

Zhao Li had no choice but to give up on that idea.

The braised ribs made by Hu Bingshan were delicious, and the salted and soy sauce meats were also very appetizing.

Gu Juntian ate very satisfactorily, and the bowls prepared by the production team weren’t very large, so he had three more bowls of rice.

But Qin Yanming and Qiao Qiao didn’t eat much.

The two of them had lived a refined life before and didn’t like eating this kind of big pot dishes. Plus, the previous events had put them in a bad mood… so they ate very little.

In this situation, seeing Gu Juntian with a big appetite was a bit displeasing to Qin Yanming, and he even started to stand up for Qiao Qiao.

Qiao Qiao was Gu Juntian’s half-brother. Why was Gu Juntian’s attitude towards Qiao Qiao so bad?

Qin Yanming’s mother was actually his father’s second wife.

However, because his father’s first wife passed away, and Qin Yanming’s older brother was much older than Qin Yanming, he treated Qin Yanming very well.

In short, Qin Yanming felt a sense of empathy towards Qiao Qiao, who had a similar background to his own.

After dinner, the production team allowed the guests to rest for three hours, during which they also turned off the live stream.

Qin Yanming’s matter still needed to be dealt with.

During these three hours, the director was extremely busy and was even scolded by Qiao Qiao.

But he didn’t dare to show any dissatisfaction towards Qiao Qiao, so he could only smile at him.

Qiao Qiao was Gu Juntian’s half-brother, and he couldn’t afford to offend him.

And then there’s Qin Yanming, only now did he realize that Qin Yanming was the young master of the Qin family.

No wonder Qin Yanming and Qiao Qiao got along so well; it turned out both of them are young masters from wealthy families.

The production team was so busy they were spinning in circles, but Gu Juntian was in his room, furiously typing on the keyboard for three hours.

Since he was starting a business, he needed to work hard in advance!

Of course, amidst his busyness, he didn’t forget to ask Zhou Qinghao: “Qinghao, you had a good relationship with Qiao Qiao before. Does he have anything against you? For example, evidence of our relationship?”

He was worried about Zhou Qinghao’s health and didn’t plan to break up with him now, but for the sake of their careers, it would be better for them to break up in the future.

Gu Juntian felt unhappy thinking about this, but reason told him it was the right thing to do.

Zhou Qinghao said, “No, we both have been very restrained before.”

Indeed, but that wasn’t because of restraint; it was because the original owner didn’t like Zhou Qinghao.

What kind of aesthetics did the original owner have!

Gu Juntian complained about the original owner again, but at the same time, he felt relieved.

If Qiao Qiao didn’t have any dirt on Zhou Qinghao, then he wouldn’t need to be too cautious when facing Qiao Qiao.

At 3:30 PM, the live stream started again.

This time, the director didn’t arrange any complicated activities; he just let the guests go to the field to pick vegetables, catch a chicken, and then kill the chicken to cook.

“Director, we still have quite a bit of meat left from lunch. Can we skip catching the chicken?” Gu Juntian asked the director.

The director chuckled, “No, because the leftover food from lunch has already been eaten by the staff.”

They had a lot to do in the morning, and the staff only started eating after the guests finished, so they didn’t have time to prepare any good dishes.

The guests still had leftover potato ribs and salted meat sauce, which were all great accompaniments to rice. How could they resist eating them?

Anyway, there was nothing left now.

Gu Juntian and the others started bustling around like a bunch of headless chickens. Thanks to Hu Bingshan and Zhou Qinghao, they managed to have a hearty dinner.

During this time, Qiao Qiao’s performance was still not good.

The same thing, viewed from a different angle, becomes entirely different.

Previously, passersby found it amusing that Qiao Qiao was overwhelmed by farming tasks he couldn’t handle, but now, with Gu Juntian working diligently, Qiao Qiao seemed problematic.

His demeanor didn’t seem like he couldn’t do it; it seemed more like he was deliberately not doing it.

More and more people were starting to dislike Qiao Qiao.

But Qiao Qiao was still a “rich second generation,” and he hadn’t lost many fans. These people were still blaming Gu Juntian.

“It always feels like Gu Juntian is targeting Qiao Qiao.”

“He’s gone too far. Why take out his anger on the innocent Qiao Qiao because of his family’s elders?”

“Exactly! Qiao Qiao has been trying to be nice to him, but he doesn’t even acknowledge him.”

…..

But Gu Juntian had a lot of neutral fans, and Zhou Qinghao’s fans were also standing by his side, so he was not at a disadvantage at all.

“Why doesn’t Gu Juntian want to deal with Qiao Qiao?”

“Exactly, Qiao Qiao is sick, and Gu Juntian has made it clear that he doesn’t want to deal with him, but he keeps getting in Gu Juntian’s way.”

“Qiao Qiao doesn’t do anything, yet he always acts like he’s being bullied by others, which is really off-putting.”

……

Unlike before when he had a great reputation online, now Qiao Qiao had fans but also quite a few haters.

In the evening, Qiao Qiao, who was trying to understand the situation online, saw all of this.

He felt increasingly uneasy and also thought that things were getting out of his control.

Today, he had been trying to get on Gu Juntian’s good side, but Gu Juntian ignored him and kept following Zhou Qinghao.

Gu Juntian wouldn’t really fall for someone else, would he?

No, that was impossible. Gu Juntian loved him so much!

Qiao Qiao didn’t believe Gu Juntian would stop loving him.

When he was very young, his mother told him to win over Gu Juntian, saying that with Gu Juntian, they would have everything.

He obediently followed the instructions and indeed lived a life he had never dared to imagine before.

In the years immediately following his mother’s death, he was a bit unsettled and always clung to Gu Juntian, being completely obedient to him.

But later, as Gu Juntian treated him better and better, he gradually relaxed more and more.

He thought that Gu Juntian would always stand by his side.

It was precisely because of this confidence that he would let Gu Juntian date Zhou Qinghao.

This way, he could get all sorts of resources from Zhou Qinghao!

Zhou Qinghao had a boyfriend, and he knew this secret. What couldn’t he get?

But if Gu Juntian really fell for Zhou Qinghao…

Not to mention, could he still maintain the rich second-generation persona he created for himself?

Qiao Qiao knew very well that Qin Yanming’s affection for him was based on the fact that they were from the same circle.

If Qin Yanming truly fell in love with him, he should be able to accept his ordinary background.

At worst, if they had an intimate relationship or some kind of entanglement of interests, he could threaten Qin Yanming, making it impossible for Qin Yanming to break up with him.

But now, there was nothing between them.

Qiao Qiao was a bit regretful.

He shouldn’t have let Qin Yanming and Gu Juntian go on the variety show together.

He thought Gu Juntian would treat him well on the show as always, and Gu Juntian’s attention to him could make Qin Yanming feel a sense of crisis and deepen his feelings for him.

Who would have thought that Gu Juntian would actually break free from his control?

No matter what, Gu Juntian must not fall for Zhou Qinghao.

And Zhou Qinghao’s reputation must not improve.

Qiao Qiao indeed had no evidence of Zhou Qinghao and Gu Juntian dating. Zhou Qinghao was very cautious. He had tried many methods but still hadn’t obtained any substantial evidence, only some photos of Zhou Qinghao and Gu Juntian having meals together.

Those photos were useless even if posted.

Fortunately, he had prepared some other dirt on Zhou Qinghao in advance.

“Qiao Qiao, I want to quit the livestream,” Qin Yanming said to Qiao Qiao.

In the past, Qin Yanming was very low-key, with no dirt on him. People rarely mentioned him online, but when they did, it was always good things.

But what about now? His popularity had indeed increased, but people online were cursing and mocking him.

Young Master Qin couldn’t stand this.

“However, if you quit the livestream now, the situation might get worse,” Qiao Qiao said.

Qin Yanming knew this too.

His team had devised a series of plans to clear his name, and to complete these plans, he could only participate in the live broadcast.

“Forget it, I’ll just continue with the live broadcast” Qin Yanming said.

Qiao Qiao was supposed to comfort Qin Yanming, but he had something on his mind… Qiao Qiao said to Qin Yanming, “Brother Qin, I’m going to find my brother and talk to him for a bit.”

“Okay” Qin Yanming nodded, but he felt a bit dissatisfied.

The audience kept comparing him to Gu Juntian, and he was being criticized, largely because Gu Juntian’s performance was too good.

Gu Juntian had an attitude as if he didn’t want to deal with them, but Qiao Qiao kept trying to get close to Gu Juntian, and he was increasingly dissatisfied with Gu Juntian.

Qiao Qiao didn’t notice this and went upstairs to find Gu Juntian.

Gu Juntian was still typing on the keyboard.

He actually had a lot of questions he wanted to ask Zhou Qinghao.

Zhou Qinghao revealed a lot about his past on the show today, and he wanted to understand Zhou Qinghao’s history.

But the more he learnt, the more he felt something would go wrong.

In fact, his current situation was already quite strange.

He should clearly focus on his career, but he couldn’t calm down to code at all.

At this moment, Zhou Qinghao was taking a shower, and he could hear the sound of water splashing from the bathroom.

Yesterday, after Zhou Qinghao finished his shower, he didn’t keep warm properly and came out of the bathroom with a large part of his chest exposed. He didn’t know if he would do the same this time.

This was not good at all!

Gu Juntian was lost in thought and couldn’t help but glance at the bathroom door with his peripheral vision when Zhou Qinghao came out.

This time, Zhou Qinghao didn’t even bother to put on his pajamas!

Without thinking, Gu Juntian jumped up from his seat and grabbed the towel he had prepared earlier to wrap around Zhou Qinghao: “It’s so cold outside, you need to keep warm!”

Gu Juntian’s actions were so quick that Zhou Qinghao, who hadn’t even had a chance to make a seductive move, was left speechless: “This is even worse than last time!”