Overnight Hit: Vicious Stepmother and Genius Son
Chapter 433 Burning Charcoal in the Pot

Chapter 433: Chapter 433 Burning Charcoal in the Pot

The more silent Song Jinze became, the more Xiao Yi couldn’t help but flaunt, he just wanted to tease the guy;

"Bro, you just focus on chopping vegetables. By the time you’re done, my dough will be almost ready! What’s the rush?"

Song Jinze’s eyebrows were already knitted together, "Don’t you have any concerns about your public image as an actor?"

Xiao Yi shook his head, "I’m an actor of true skill, I don’t need those things."

"I can’t tell!"

"Aiyah~ Bro, how can you say that about me..."

"Shut up! Mind your own business!"

[Hahaha! It’s only the second day of the variety show and I’m dying of laughter here!]

[Isn’t it, President Song is really cold to our bro, but so gentle with Ye Zhenzhen!]

[As an employee of Huanya Group, I can assure you that our CEO is usually colder and more serious than how he treats Xiao Yi – this is already a huge improvement!]

[Aside from his wife, President Song is like this with everyone!]

[Alright already, let’s watch peacefully and not get jealous. There’s nothing to be jealous about, the relationship between brothers and that with a wife is definitely different.]

Director Fei couldn’t help but suppress a laugh at such a scene, considering that Xiao Yi doesn’t talk much in the industry and rarely participates in variety shows, it was truly a rarity to capture such moments on camera.

And then there’s Ye Zhenzhen’s husband, the President of Huanya Group—yesterday, at the start of the broadcast, he had already noticed a significant increase in the number of live viewers compared to the previous episode, but just now, in this short time, he felt the number of viewers was skyrocketing even faster.

This time, the number of people in Ye Zhenzhen’s live room was even more explosive than the previous two episodes.

From the first episode until now, he hadn’t bought even one hot search slot; it was all thanks to the memorable scenes contributed by the guests themselves, coupled with netizens’ assistance, which kept the variety show constantly topping the trending topics.

The reason so many people came today was also looked into by Director Fei, who discovered that the hot search fever from Qiu Wanshuang and her daughter the night before had significantly subsided, and this morning, it was all about the interactions between Best Actor Xiao and Song Jinze’s couple.

At the same time, the families of Director Yang and Gu Liangjun were also captured by netizens in screenshots and recorded clips of iconic moments, which made it onto the trending searches.

The most standard breakfast was actually made by Ji Ziqian’s team; he simply pulled the well-kneaded dough into strips and dropped them into the pot, then made a meat sauce with minced meat.

While other families were still preparing their breakfast, his family had already started eating.

As for why Director Yang’s team made it onto the trending searches?

Originally, he had planned to make stuffed pancakes. When he returned to the tent, Xu Wanjia and her daughter hadn’t gotten up yet, so he didn’t disturb them.

He kneaded the dough himself, then mixed the filling well, made it into stuffed pancakes, and placed them in the pan.

Director Yang was very careful with the first one, toasting it for quite a long time on both sides. After it was done, he immediately tasted it and thought the flavor was pretty good, and then he started to make three more at once and put them all in to cook together.

Director Yang, having seen all of this done during filming, believed it wouldn’t be difficult for him.

However, Director Yang was overly confident in his ability to control the heat and timing for the pancakes.

After putting the pancakes in the pan, he threw a fishing rod into the sea, and by the time he finished and came back to lift the lid off the pan, the bottom of the pancakes had already turned to charcoal.

Xu Wanjia, carrying Yang Yike from the tent, smelt a burnt odor and pinched her nose, "Eh~ What’s that smell!"

Director Yang scratched his forehead somewhat embarrassedly, "I was making stuffed pancakes."

Yang Yike, looking at the charred pancake being flipped, asked Director Yang, "Dad, why are you making charcoal in the pot instead of pancakes?"

[Hahahaha, ’making charcoal in the pot’! What an apt description!]

[Those three pancakes in Director Yang’s pot really do look like unperforated honeycomb briquettes!]

[Laughing to death, little Yiyi’s milky voice is really good at describing things!]

So, the video and image that went viral for Director Yang are of: burning charcoal in a pot!

As for Gu Liangjun, things are a bit more tragic on his side compared to Director Yang. He was the last one to bring back the ingredients, and also the one who had no idea what to make for breakfast.

He didn’t know how to make breakfast with flour, nor how to knead the dough.

The family of three sat at the table, staring blankly at the ingredients for quite a while until the cameraman brother suggested a solution, which was to make dough drop soup.

Making the simplest kind of dough drop soup with flour is actually pretty easy. The reason the cameraman brother came up with the idea was that he got a notification from Director Fei through his earpiece, instructing him to roughly explain how to make it to An Xi’s family.

If Director Fei hadn’t allowed the cameraman brother to speak, he worried that An Xi’s family would go hungry again. Then the Gu Family would make another angry call to the station, causing yet another headache.

After the cameraman brother explained the basics, the family of three felt it seemed easy enough, and they decided, "Then let’s make dough drop soup!"

Gu Liangjun looked at An Xi and her son, "So, who will make the dough drop soup?"

An Xi was internally speechless, but patiently said, "Honey, the task from the crew is for the dads to make breakfast, so you need to do your best!"

Gu Liangjun wore an utterly defeated expression, "How do I make it?"

An Xi: ...

So the cameraman brother’s earlier lengthy explanation was all for nothing!

Gu Xiaoran sighed helplessly, "Dad, can you wash the vegetables? I’ll help you make it, let An Xi rest!"

After giving instructions to her dad, Gu Xiaoran turned to the cameraman brother, "Can I help my dad make breakfast?"

"You can."

Gu Liangjun went to one side to wash the vegetables, and Gu Xiaoran turned on the stove, poured oil, and started frying minced meat.

[Really, don’t even say it—Gu Xiaoran is quite capable in critical moments!]

[With parents like Gu Liangjun and An Xi, he’d have to fend for himself; otherwise, he might as well starve to death!]

Gu Xiaoran had cooked in the previous episode, so he wasn’t too flustered when frying the minced meat. After frying the meat, he added water to the pot, planning to make minced meat dough drop soup.

While waiting for the water to boil, Gu Xiaoran took a large bowl, poured in flour, and mixed in water to make dough drops.

The little guy’s movements were a bit clumsy, but his execution was quite good; when the water in the pot started boiling, his dough drops were also ready to go in.

By this time, Gu Liangjun had finished washing the cabbage, with its leaves in large pieces.

"Son, do I just pour these in?"

Having just finished his tasks, Gu Xiaoran responded, "Yeah, pour them in."

As he was talking, he held the pot with both hands trying to move it closer to Gu Liangjun to make it easier for him to add the cabbage.

However, Gu Liangjun was standing a bit too far away, and his action was too forceful. He also didn’t anticipate that Gu Xiaoran would shift the pot his way, which resulted in an entire basin of vegetables spilling onto the lit stove...

"Pfft—" a sound rang out; the stove was extinguished, and Gu Xiaoran, bumped by Gu Liangjun, had the whole pot knocked over...

[This damned adult really can’t do anything right; damn it, it’s infuriating!]

[Does Gu Liangjun have a screw loose, pouring the vegetables from so far away? What game is he playing, ring toss?]

[He must have been afraid of the oil from the pot splashing on him; that’s why he stood so far away, what an idiot!]