The first step, of course, is to cultivate a fanbase for him and CEO Zhang as a couple, so that everyone thinks they are a match made in heaven!
Industrial saccharin industry launches a major offensive!
So everyone saw that Cheng Jixue was sent to the small kitchen by her investor father, Mr. Li, to make lunch for the dogs, leaving only Mr. Zhang by her side.
Although Xiao Zhang can't cook, he still suggested making "stewed beef with potatoes and mushrooms"—no problem! As long as Xiao Zhang is happy, I'll do it!
Li Ye took the initiative to take on the tasks of assigning tasks and the head chef's work. He asked Xiao Zhang to wash and chop the vegetables. After all, Xiao Zhang knew nothing about cooking, so he was very approachable and actively and enthusiastically supported the head chef's decision.
However, Zhang Chaohe would peel a little potato skin and then feed some to Caiye—he discovered that Caiye really liked eating raw potato slices, so he would secretly use a peeler to peel off another layer of potato skin that had already been cleaned.
As Zhang Chaohe was peeling, he noticed that the potato in his hand seemed to have shrunk from the size of a fist to the size of his palm.
Zhang Chaohe: He looked down at the vegetable leaves that had eaten most of a potato, and then secretly glanced at Li Ye, who was carefully preparing seafood by the pool. He immediately felt very guilty.
Then he quickly sliced the remaining potato into pieces and stuffed them all into the vegetable leaves.
[I'm reporting! I'm reporting Zhang Da'e for embezzling potatoes to feed his geese!!]
[I saw it, Mr. Li was carefully processing the baby squid, and Zhang Da'e was paddling around—(voice cracks)]
Isn't it normal for geese to paddle? (doge)
[Have you noticed? Dolan doesn't seem very close to President Li... The melon rind and vegetable leaves are with their owners, but Dolan is with Xiao Cheng.]
[Maybe it's because the smell from Cheng's place is very popular with dogs? Don't overthink it, 2.4 million is definitely a precious thing.]
Zhang Chaohe sped up, and the handsome man wielded the peeler with lightning speed, peeling the potatoes cleanly one by one, which lay in the basin of water, staring passionately at the menacing goose across the water.
Li Ye had just finished preparing the snails—his knife work was quick, precise, and ruthless. The way he did this simple, even somewhat messy, job indeed displayed the mature charm that Li Ye had anticipated.
However, he glanced at Xiao Zhang, who was meticulously peeling potatoes, without even sparing him a glance!
Li Ye felt utterly exhausted... It was like he was flirting with a blind man or singing love songs to a deaf man. Although he tried very hard, he was just running in the opposite direction of his goal.
Zhang Chaohe successfully completed the task assigned by Li Ye. He picked up the small basin of potatoes and placed it on the table: "I'm done peeling them."
Li Ye composed himself, vowing that he would not be afraid of hardship or fatigue, and was determined to win over General Manager Zhang. He then praised General Manager Zhang and said, "Could you please cut the potatoes into chunks?"
Zhang Chaohe secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He knew how to do it, although his cooking skills were "edible but unnecessary," but it was just a matter of chopping vegetables!
It's time to show my audience my superb knife skills!
With a swift movement of his knife, Mr. Zhang quickly sliced the potatoes into several irregularly shaped pieces... they were a bit big, though.
Even the mother geese are wailing through the screen:
[Please cut it one more time, it's so big and undercooked!!]
[I told you to cut the potatoes into chunks, not to divide them equally, my dear!]
Li Ye never expected Zhang Chaohe to cut the potatoes like that, so when Zhang Chaohe obediently said that he had finished cutting them, Li Ye only glanced at it casually before going to knead the dough for toast.
The potato that slipped through the net successfully escaped, but it danced wildly on the obsessive-compulsive nerves of the female viewers!
Zhang Chaohe then diligently helped prepare the other side dishes. After Li Ye put the dough in the oven and confirmed that all the other lunch preparations were complete, he took Zhang Chaohe to the backyard vegetable garden to pick fresh cherry tomatoes and cucumbers to eat as snacks.
The filming crew only left one camera position to film Cheng Jixue, who remained in the villa, while the other crew members went to the vegetable garden. Despite being banished by Li Ye as a form of personal revenge, Cheng Jixue did not throw a tantrum like most celebrities. He skillfully prepared lunch for the dogs and then prepared fresh vegetable leaves and porridge for Caiye.
Moreover, Li Ye had just given the vegetable leaves to Cheng Jixue to take, citing the reason that "the vegetable leaves would damage the vegetable patch." Now the small kitchen was crowded and very lively. Duo Lan had been rubbing against him for a long time, and Cheng Jixue was taking good care of the little animals by rubbing the melon rind and pinching Duo Lan.
Just when the film crew thought he would force a smile and wait for President Li and President Zhang to return, Cheng Jixue led the little animals to the main kitchen.
The cameraman hurriedly followed, and saw Cheng Jixue walk around the kitchen... and then stop next to the small bowl of potatoes that Zhang Chaohe was cutting.
He looked around and, seeing that Xiao Zhang hadn't returned yet, playfully made a shushing gesture towards the camera.
What is he going to do? Is he going to cut it? Is he going to cut it?!
[It's out! It's out! Wuhu!]
Amidst the screams of Mother Goose, Cheng Jixue lived up to expectations and retrieved the potatoes that Zhang Chaohe had just ruined, reprocessing them!
He held the cleaver and gestured twice in the air at the potato chunks covered in various ailments, seemingly considering how to cut them. Soon, the potatoes were neatly transformed into the rolled chunks he had dreamed of.
The mother geese watching on screen cheered!
[I knew Xiao Cheng was the most reliable one, hahaha!]
Thank you for curing my obsessive-compulsive disorder that I've had for years (praying)
[Sorry, I'm shipping them again, the silly, domineering CEO and his sweet, considerate woman (shy) (shy)]
[She's been made a concubine! It would be hard to justify not making her a concubine! The considerate and virtuous Consort Cheng!!]
Meanwhile, Li Ye, who was outside trying to find an opportunity to sprinkle industrial saccharin, had no idea what was happening on the live stream. He continued to tirelessly work on improving Zhang Chaohe's favorability in every little detail!
Including but not limited to:
When Xiao Zhang came down from the vegetable patch, he reached out to help.
I picked some cute, oddly shaped persimmons and gave them to Mr. Zhang.
Help Mr. Zhang drive away the bugs.
...
Zhang Chaohe finally realized something was wrong—was this person pursuing him? But this way of showing affection seemed a little old-fashioned.
He watched Li Ye's back as he twisted poses and busied himself, and suddenly felt a sense of despair.
With the collaboration imminent, my partner seems to have ulterior motives towards me. What should I do?
[Haha, look at that desperate and confused look in the goose's eyes! Has it finally figured it out?! I'm dying of laughter!]
[Zhang Baiwan, you're finally awake! I'm so amused I could practically dig a moving castle out of my toes, hahaha]
[Mr. Li is going on a marketing spree, while Mr. Zhang is frantically denying the rumors, hahaha]
Stop, Zhang Baiwan!!
In the footage, Zhang Chaohe is picking a small cucumber while questioning his existence. However, for some reason, the cucumber is unusually sturdy—he tries to pull it off twice but fails.
In addition, he was still immersed in shock and the guilt of his own presumption, and when he saw that even a small cucumber was going against him, Zhang Chaohe couldn't help but angrily rip it off!
So he forcibly pulled half of the cucumber vine off!
Zhang Chaohe stared dumbfounded at the little cucumber in his hand, its long vine trailing behind it: an innocent yet stubborn little cucumber.
Zhang Chaohe remained silent for a moment, then, taking advantage of the fact that no one was looking, respectfully stuffed the cucumber vines that had been brutally attacked back onto the trellis.
The cameraman was almost laughing out loud, but he stubbornly continued filming despite Mr. Zhang's death stare!
You can walk away, but how will you make up for the damage you've done to the cucumber vines? (doge)
[You can't stuff it back in, it won't grow back, wake up, my dear Zhang! You might as well feed it some vegetable leaves!]
[Huohua: I thought vegetable leaves were the killers of vegetable gardens, but I never expected you to be the real destroyer of cucumbers!]
Hearing a loud rustling sound from the leaves, Li Ye decided to come and see what was happening.
Mr. Zhang was standing silently and solemnly in front of a cucumber vine, his expression so heavy it looked like he was in mourning.
"You encountered a little bug?" Li Ye's hands, which were busy making industrial saccharin, were itching to do something. He was about to say something to cultivate his image as a affectionate and considerate person when he saw Xiao Zhang point to a small cucumber hanging on the shelf.
Li Ye: There must be some bugs that scared him. Let me handle this!
Even the way he picked a broken cucumber was perfectly executed. All you could see was Li Ye confidently reaching out—and then taking down the cucumber vine that Zhang Chaohe had just pulled down and stuffed back in.
Li Ye: ……
I don't think I exerted much effort?
Zhang Chaohe sighed, his face filled with a helpless and regretful expression of disappointment, before quickly fleeing the scene of the crime!
[You cunning Zhang Da'e, trying to frame me, huh!]
[Brother Huohua showed off his work all day and got a cucumber vine that had been pulled off ⚹1]
[This is hilarious! The road that never ends is Zhang Baiwan's scheme.]
While Li Ye was still questioning his existence, Zhang Chaohe scrambled back to the villa.
As soon as he opened the door, he saw Cheng Jixue playing with Guapi and Duolan, while Caiye was peacefully pecking at cabbage leaves, watching the two silly dogs fight over a plastic ball with a very disdainful expression.
Dolan looks much more lively. Although she still looks noble and aloof, her eyes are bright and her tail is wagging like a little flower.
Zhang Chaohe took the opportunity to stroke its long mane: "I thought Dolan had a very quiet personality."
“Perhaps it’s because Mr. Li is busy with work, and Duolan’s growth lacks the companionship of its owner.” Cheng Jixue said this very artistically. On the surface, she was explaining that Duolan is actually a very lively dog, but on the surface, she was subtly criticizing Li Ye for ignoring the pet’s need for companionship and being absent from the dog’s growth: “Feeding a dog expensive dog food is not the same as loving it. From puppyhood to adulthood, shaping and developing the dog’s personality is also one of the owner’s responsibilities.”
Yes... We all criticize Dolan for being less brave and intelligent than Guapi, despite his wealth and status. But we never imagined that it might be because his owner failed to fulfill his responsibility of companionship that Dolan developed this personality.
[Sigh, although Mr. Li may cherish it very much, he's still too busy to spend more time with him.]
[It's such a pity, Huohua is really only suited for games; he doesn't seem to be very bright in real life.]
Unexpectedly, the "not-so-bright" Li Ye also pushed open the villa door—he had just asked the staff and learned that this was Zhang Da'e's little trick, which made him overjoyed.
This shows that his industrial saccharin business has achieved remarkable results, and Mr. Zhang is also tentatively exploring the possibility of joining hands with him to build a great love business!
He was completely unaware that just a minute ago Cheng Jixue was secretly tarnishing his elite image, and was still showing off her beautiful tail from every angle like a peacock spreading its tail: "You guys play first, I'll go check on the toast I just baked, and then I'll start cooking."
"Let Mr. Zhang try my cooking at noon today."
Since someone was willing to do the work, Cheng Jixue readily agreed. He handed the small plastic ball to General Manager Zhang, who weighed it in his hand. Guapi and Duolan then started circling around Zhang Chaohe's legs, waiting for him to throw the ball.
Li Ye entered the kitchen with a smile, but the moment he stepped inside, his expression suddenly changed!
Did he work voluntarily?!
⚹
Fortunately, Li Ye not only perfectly fulfilled Mr. Zhang's outrageous demands for the dishes, but also made everyone feel like they were eating Michelin-starred cuisine with his amazing plating skills.
Li Ye thought that if you want to keep someone, you must first win their stomach—the idea was right, but the timing was a little too late.
After all, with the aroma of fresh boiled fish and Sichuan peppercorns preceding it, the level of anticipation and visual impact is on a completely different level; coupled with Cheng Jixue's scheming burn, this scene could even rank among the top of Zhang Chaohe's "most memorable scenes"!
However, Zhang Chaohe was always supportive, and Li Ye thought he had succeeded in winning him over. He thought to himself, "Not bad, at least I've accomplished something today."
Of course, the production team didn't forget the money Li Ye's father spent on in-game purchases, and suggested that the three guests play games together during the afternoon tea activity.
This naturally leads to a joint promotional campaign.
Li Ye's game is a nationally popular game, so it's normal for friends to play it face-to-face. The audience didn't expect that this bastard was secretly preparing to insert advertisements, and they were all happy to watch the fun.
[Li Ye is definitely the game producer, and Xiao Cheng looks like he's really good at games too. It's just that our Goose... can he lead the way?]