HUFT Chapter 46

Chapter 46

“I’m back.”

An unsigned text message shattered the calm in Fu Chaoyun’s heart. It should have been a pleasant evening, but this message ruined it. Fu Chaoyun knew who the sender was; he just didn’t know why they were back at this time and why they were sending him a message. Without a second thought, Fu Chaoyun deleted the message and blacklisted the number.

“Uncle Fu, dinner’s ready.”

“Coming.”

After doing all this, Fu Chaoyun put his phone in his pocket and went out to have dinner with Chi Nan.

Chi Nan felt that Uncle Fu seemed distracted while eating, as if something was on his mind. He hadn’t been like this earlier. What had happened to make him change? Chi Nan watched as Uncle Fu picked up vegetables that weren’t fully cooked from the pot and put them in his bowl, and couldn’t help but remind him.

“Uncle Fu, they’re not cooked yet.”

Fu Chaoyun glanced at the vegetables on his chopsticks and smiled awkwardly. Dinner ended quickly. Fu Chaoyun took the elevator up by himself. After returning home, he took a shower and started looking for news online about Liang Sixu, but there was none.

The person who sent the text message to Fu Chaoyun earlier was Liang Sixu. Someone who was both an enemy and not, but someone he never wanted to see again in his life.

The “See Me at My Best” program had to re-select candidates due to Su Xi’s situation. However, big-name celebrities weren’t willing to come to variety shows these days, or they didn’t have the time. In short, it was very difficult for them. Just when the production team was at their wit’s end, their chief director received a call and confirmed the candidate without saying a word, announcing it directly during the show’s recording.

The theme of the second episode was a farm stay. The production team announced the new guest after everyone arrived.

“Due to some circumstances, our team is missing a member. Today, we have a new guest joining us. Let’s welcome the new guest.”

After the director finished speaking, a person walked out from behind the screen, graceful and elegant, with long legs and a handsome face. This person was Liang Sixu.

The moment Fu Chaoyun saw Liang Sixu, the expression on his face changed. Fu Chaoyun, who had always upheld harmony and politeness, immediately frowned. The person who came was Liang Sixu.

Liang Sixu had been developing abroad for many years, and few people in China knew him, but many must have heard his songs. Many of the songs produced and sung by Liang Sixu were famous on foreign charts. It was extremely difficult for many domestic singers to invite Liang Sixu to write a song, but such a person suddenly returned to China.

Chi Nan, standing next to Uncle Fu, immediately noticed the change in him. He had also been distracted yesterday, and he was the same way facing Liang Sixu today. Could it be that Uncle Fu knew that this person was returning to China yesterday? But what was the relationship between Liang Sixu and Fu Chaoyun?

Chi Nan’s little brain started working again, and he began to speculate. After Liang Sixu arrived, he greeted everyone, including Fu Chaoyun, but his greeting to Fu Chaoyun was a little different from the others.

“Chaoyun, long time no see.”

Then, Liang Sixu extended his hand. Fu Chaoyun didn’t like to embarrass others, so he also extended his hand and shook it briefly. After greeting everyone, Liang Sixu had to greet the audience in front of the TV as well.

“Hello everyone, I am Liang Sixu. The ‘Sixu’ of ‘countless thoughts’ is my name.”

After Liang Sixu finished introducing himself, they started playing games. The production team began to issue tasks. They had to find several vegetables hidden in the farmhouse. Each vegetable had a corresponding note on it. After finding them, they had to cook and eat the food themselves, without any help from anyone and without borrowing help from the villagers.

After the program started, everyone began to search for the vegetable notes everywhere. The farmhouse was neither too big nor too small. It wasn’t easy to find such a small note hidden away. And they only had half an hour. After half an hour, everyone found thirteen notes, and these notes were their dinner ingredients.

“Do any of you cook well? I’m not very good at it.”

Liang Sixu spoke first, and then several people shook their heads. People in their circle rarely cooked; at most, they would just boil some noodles.

“Are we going to go hungry tonight then?”

Liang Sixu said again. Chi Nan glanced at Uncle Fu’s expression, but didn’t say anything. Uncle Fu didn’t seem to know what he was thinking at this moment and didn’t join the discussion.

“I’ll do it. I know a little. Can someone help me?”

“Okay, I’ll help.”

After Chi Nan stood up, Liang Sixu took the initiative to follow Chi Nan to help. Chi Nan first washed the vegetables and was about to cut the onion when Liang Sixu stopped him.

“Wait, what are you going to do with this onion?”

“Stir-fry it, what’s wrong?”

Chi Nan stopped the hand that was about to cut the vegetables.

“Let’s not cut the onion. Chaoyun doesn’t like onions. He feels like throwing up when he smells them.”

After Liang Sixu finished speaking, Chi Nan’s eyes dimmed slightly. He put the onion aside, planning to use it as a garnish.

Chi Nan began to process the other ingredients. During this time, Chi Nan really wanted to ask Liang Sixu if he knew Fu Chaoyun, since he knew Uncle Fu’s preferences so well. He himself didn’t even know that Uncle Fu didn’t like onions.

However, Chi Nan didn’t ask; he just did his own thing. Because Chi Nan and Liang Sixu were cooking, the others were responsible for washing dishes and cleaning the kitchen.

After Chi Nan made a few dishes and brought them up, everyone prepared to eat. When Chi Nan brought out the last dish, Liang Sixu was already sitting next to Fu Chaoyun. Chi Nan paused, not saying anything, and silently walked over to sit down next to Ji Xiaoxiao.

Fu Chaoyun was feeling a little irritable at this time and didn’t notice Liang Sixu next to him at all. He was also a little distracted while eating, wondering if he should withdraw from the program. He didn’t notice that he had picked an onion and put it in his bowl. When he saw a pair of chopsticks picking the onion out of his bowl, he thought it was Chi Nan.

“Still thinking about other things while eating. This is an onion.”

Liang Sixu had been paying attention to Fu Chaoyun and saw Fu Chaoyun pick up the onion with his own eyes, so he had to pick the onion out again, reminding Fu Chaoyun as he did so.

Chi Nan had been paying attention to Uncle Fu while eating and also saw Liang Sixu’s actions. He suddenly felt that the rice in his hand wasn’t delicious anymore, even a little suffocating. He simply lowered his head and didn’t look at what they were doing, just eating silently.

Fu Chaoyun noticed Liang Sixu because Liang Sixu started talking. Then, he glanced at the person next to him and saw that it was Liang Sixu, not Chi Nan. Looking again, he saw that Chi Nan had sat down next to Ji Xiaoxiao.