Rebirth: Inheriting Millions In The Eighties
Chapter 456 - 454: Don’t Want to Come Up with a - Name_1

Chapter 456: Chapter 454: Don’t Want to Come Up with a Chapter Name_1

"No problem at all!" Xia Ningxing not only shook her head but also took off her gloves and showed her unscathed hand to the camera.

Audience’s thoughts:

[Holy crap! Is she a strongwoman or what?]

[My Baby Xing is so manly!]

[I’m absolutely shocked!]

[Haha! What a show-off! There’s no way a woman could split such thick firewood!]

[Exactly, it must be the show’s fakery!]

[Pfft! Trash show, making fake scenes for the sake of a narrative!]

At that moment, Zheng Pianpian came out to pour out the water after washing vegetables, and upon seeing Xia Ningxing splitting wood with her bare hands, her eyes widened in disbelief and she exclaimed, "These logs aren’t fake, are they?"

One must say, she asked a very good question, hitting right at the audience’s suspicions.

Upon hearing this, Ji Haichuan’s brows furrowed again and he was about to speak when he heard Xia Ningxing respond indifferently, "Are you suggesting that the show is rigged? That they deliberately prepared fake wood for me to split?"

Her question escalated the issue to a whole new level.

The director’s team immediately panicked and through their earpieces gave a direct order: "Where’s the cameraman? Give a close-up of the wood immediately, to show that it’s real!"

Following the cue, the cameraman quickly focused on the wood.

And sure enough, it was real wood.

After that, nobody dared to fart around any longer.

[You haters, now you see it, my Baby Xing really is splitting the wood with her bare hands!]

[Dare to call it fake again, and I’ll make you regret it!]

[Official face-slap, deadly!]

[That Zheng Pianpian is so annoying, even doubting my Baby Xing!]

[Yeah, it’s too much!]

Zheng Pianpian didn’t expect Xia Ningxing to really be able to split the wood with her bare hands. Struggling with shock, she tried to muster a smile and with teary eyes apologized to her, "I’m sorry, Xia, just now I was so shocked that I misspoke about the wood being fake. I didn’t mean to slander you."

Truly a high-level schemer, not missing a beat to apologize when needed, and looking oh-so-sincere.

It was genuinely moving – enough to bring someone to tears!

If Xia Ningxing were to keep bickering at this moment, the audience would surely see her as petty.

She smiled slightly, as if it didn’t bother her, and waved her hand, "No worries, I forgive you."

"Just remember to wear glasses next time, or you might mistake shiny spit on the ground for money," Xia Ningxing added.

Zheng Pianpian couldn’t help but clench her hand, momentarily feeling the urge to strangle her.

It’s you who would mistake spit for money!

She wanted to blow up, but then she remembered they were still recording the show!

So, Zheng Pianpian could only manage a forced smile, "That won’t happen."

"Xia, I’ll go back to cooking now."

She really didn’t want to spend another moment with Xia Ningxing, who was genuinely infuriating!

"Go ahead," nodded Xia Ningxing and then continued to split her own wood.

Ji Haichuan looked utterly lost: "What should I do then?"

[Hahaha! The displaced Ji!]

[Ji: I was supposed to help with chopping wood, but now I feel like I’m superfluous!]

[Can’t even! I’m about to die laughing here!]

Xia Ningxing glanced at him, "If you don’t mind, could you stack the firewood I’ve split?"

"Sure." Ji Haichuan was only too happy to help, and quickly got to work.

[Ahh! Why do I feel like Ji turns into a cute puppy when he’s with Boss Xia?]

[Real-life Overbearing Boss’s pampered wife]

[Who’s the Overbearing Boss? Who’s the dainty wife?]

[Isn’t it obvious? The Overbearing Boss is definitely our Baby Xing, and the dainty wife is naturally Ji Haichuan!]

[It’s fine for our Ji to be Baby Xing’s dainty wife, but I hope you’ll let Ji be on... top. After all, he is a man; leave him some dignity!]

Flood of comments: [Leave him some dignity!]

[I’m literally going to die laughing because of this generation of netizens!]

[Ji Haichuan: I might be dealing with a false fan here.]

While Xia Ningxing and another were chopping wood, sounds of cooking had already started to come from the kitchen.

Zheng Pianpian was busy wielding a spatula, earnestly stirring the dish.

She purposely showed off in front of the camera because she was frying with extra care.

After the first dish was done,

Just as she was about to start on the second dish, an especially large and scalding drop of oil splattered out.

"Ah!"

Zheng Pianpian immediately let out a scream, threw the spatula aside, and crouched down in pain, clutching the back of her hand.

"Did you burn yourself?" The Elder Zhou, who was tending the fire, quickly stood up, scooped up a bucket of cold water, and poured it over the back of her hand.

"It hurts so much!" Zheng Pianpian shrieked again, "Why are you washing my hand with cold water? Isn’t the burn going to be worse?"

Having been burned, she was already very annoyed, and now this damned old man was pouring cold water on her hand!

She was fuming with rage!

You old good-for-nothing!

Seeing this, Elder Zhou couldn’t help but frown.

At that moment, Xia Ningxing walked in and explained, "You’ve misunderstood Mr. Zhou. The reason he poured cold water on your burn is that the damage caused by heat depends not only on the temperature of the heat but also on the duration of its exposure. Splashing cold water helps to draw away the residual heat and prevent it from penetrating deeper and causing further damage.

"Moreover, rinsing with cold water can also help to relieve the localized pain and reduce the chance of swelling and blisters later on."

Xia Ningxing’s explanation was very professional.

The others also nodded in agreement, "That’s exactly right."

Zheng Pianpian hadn’t expected to have made such a blunder.

Plus, she was on camera now, which made her complexion stiffen.

After taking a deep breath, the crafty Zheng Pianpian could only continue to clear her name, "Mr. Zhou, I’m sorry, it was my lack of common sense. Please, don’t hold it against me."

Mr. Zhou was a famous musician, and if she could become his apprentice, her future in the music industry would be plain sailing.

So, at this moment, Zheng Pianpian was almost humbling herself to the core, fearful that Mr. Zhou was angry.

"Mr. Zhou, I’m truly sorry... I really am..."

She cried with a face full of tears, her expression of apology couldn’t be more sincere.

Seeing her like this, if Mr. Zhou continued to hold it against her, he would appear too petty.

Mr. Zhou didn’t really take the matter to heart to begin with and now simply waved his hand, "No harm done."

"Director, Miss Zheng is hurt, please give her the medicine," Mr. Zhou then added, not forgetting to mention.

[Mr. Zhou is so considerate!]

[I feel like Zheng Pianpian is being overdramatic!]

[I think so too.]

[My Pianpian isn’t being overdramatic; she just lacks common sense, that’s all!]

[Exactly!]

The production team brought over medicine, and after expressing her thanks, Zheng Pianpian hurriedly applied it.

Then the production team asked another question, "So, who’s going to do the cooking tonight?"

Both of Zheng Pianpian’s hands were badly injured, swollen and red, so naturally, she couldn’t continue to cook.

Therefore, it was time to find someone else.