Chapter 15: Treatment for the Big Sponsor
“Mr. Gao, Mrs. Gao, if you still aren’t satisfied with these, we can also custom-make exclusive outfits just for the two of you.”
Cheng Fei raised her head and blinked.
Not satisfied?
She was already very satisfied.
She was already wearing women’s clothes now, so why would she still care about some wedding dress? Besides, she was being forced into this situation anyway, so whether she liked it or not did not really matter.
Looking at the girls in the album…
Pah! Those pure white dresses made them look just like angels.
Without even needing to think, she knew how beautiful they would look on her current body if she wore them.
The real problem was simply that every good-looking option made her unable to choose. Her indecisiveness was acting up again.
At the critical moment, Gao Ming made the choice for her.
He flipped to one page and pointed at a relatively traditional wedding dress.
“I think this one is pretty good. Feifei, what do you think?”
Gao Ming spoke with smiling eyes, truly looking at her as if she were the woman he loved.
Damn!
Those eyes, that expression, that acting skill…
No wonder he could even fool his own parents.
This was real talent!
He seriously should enter the entertainment industry.
Forget becoming some honorary acting professor. If he personally acted, he could crush those pretty-boy celebrities who only knew how to make fake expressions.
After training in theater for a few years and starring in a couple of artsy films that normal people could not understand, he would probably win Best Actor at some movie festival.
Making money would be much easier than exhausting himself like this.
Cheng Fei noticed him secretly giving her a look and immediately nodded.
“I also think this one is the best.”
“Heh.”
Gao Ming smiled and gently held Cheng Fei’s hand. She could not resist at all and could only cry inside.
Could he stop doing this?
She was genuinely afraid that one day she would get too used to it and somehow become emotionally “turned.”
Seeing that the two had finally decided, the two female staff members also felt relieved.
No need for custom-made outfits meant one huge problem had been avoided.
After that, they finalized two other outfit styles and the photography schedule before returning home under the night sky.
By then, Cheng Fei was starving so badly. But she was too lazy to go downstairs again and eat oily takeout food.
After checking the fridge, she found only some leftovers from the day before yesterday and… a bag of egg noodles that had no idea how long it had been sitting there.
Luckily, it was still within the expiration date.
At least a simple bowl of egg noodles in clear soup was still possible.
Gao Ming did not care much about that and thought ordering delivery would be better.
“You… really sure you don’t want any?”
Gao Ming shook his phone.
Cheng Fei glanced at it and sneered when she saw the restaurant’s name.
“Fancy, fancy. To put it simply, it just means happily getting tricked into spending money! I’m more worried about eating something bad and spending the whole night unable to sleep.”
Hearing hidden meaning in her words, Gao Ming asked,
“What do you mean?”
“Because I once worked as a kitchen helper in their restaurant…”
The meaning was obvious enough.
Gao Ming could already imagine the scene. If it were true, it would be terrible.
That restaurant was considered the best local restaurant in his mind, so it was hard for him to believe.
“What? You don’t believe me?”
“……”
“If the kitchen is still managed by that fat chef with the surname Pang, the one over one hundred thirty kilograms, then reused oil and stale ingredients are definitely still there.”
“If you’re lucky, nothing happens. If you’re unlucky… at worst you’ll just get diarrhea and run to the bathroom a few times at night. Nothing too serious.”
It really was that same fat head chef.
Except now the man’s weight had probably reached one hundred fifty kilograms already.
The last time Gao Ming visited, the chef personally cooked him an eel dish and proudly said it was wild eel that had been raised in the kitchen for over ten days to “clean it out” before serving it.
At the time, Gao Ming already felt the taste was strange, different from before.
Now that he thought about it carefully, maybe Cheng Fei was right.
Maybe the eel had already been dead for a long time.
As the saying goes, when the top is crooked, the bottom follows.
If even such a high-end restaurant dared to do this, then there was no need to mention the rest of the industry that treated them as an example.
After hearing Cheng Fei’s explanation, Gao Ming immediately felt disgusted.
There was no way he still dared order food from there.
“You don’t need to get so angry. Everyone in the industry does this. It’s basically an unspoken rule.”
“I understand…”
Gao Ming went to throw darts at the wall to vent his frustration. Originally, Cheng Fei had only planned to cook for herself…
But after telling him all that, he probably had no appetite for takeout anymore.
Cooking for one or two people made little difference anyway.
So Cheng Fei grabbed more noodles from the bag and threw them into the boiling pot.
She tied on an apron and took out two eggs.
The sizzling sounds from the kitchen made Gao Ming turn around.
Quietly, he watched the figure creating a symphony of pots, bowls, and kitchen tools.
Just like personal taste, everyone had different ideas about romance.
Gao Ming had spent almost his entire life surrounded by studies and numbers, making him someone who lacked the feeling of everyday life the most.
To him, true romance was not standing together lovingly by the sea or on a mountain top.
Nor was it making promises beneath fireworks that disappeared in an instant.
For him, romance was something simpler.
It was being in a city, inside a modest home.
Two people working together closely, without needing many words.
Just one glance was enough for them to understand each other completely.
Now, all that was missing was himself for this beautiful scene from youthful dreams to become reality.
Gao Ming was so lost in his own fantasy that he forgot one important fact. Without noticing, he had already walked to the kitchen counter.
Then that forgotten truth suddenly appeared in his mind again, waking him completely from the illusion.
Not only did it wake up his thoughts, but there was also a bowl of simple shredded pork noodle soup in front of him, topped with chopped green onions and a delicious fried egg.
“I forgot to ask what kind you like. The egg is fully cooked.”
Gao Ming was truly hungry.
The smell of noodles mixed with the scent of egg drifted into his nose, and his stomach immediately growled in protest.
Cooking skills really did differ from person to person.
Both of them cooked, yet her food smelled this good, while his own cooking only worked for filling his stomach.
“Take it already!”
Holding the bowl for too long had made Cheng Fei’s wrist sore.
This guy was standing there like an idiot without moving at all, so she shouted before stuffing the bowl into his hands.
Out of habit, she took a sip of soup and bit into the fried egg.
Since there were no outsiders around, Cheng Fei no longer needed to keep up her usual act. She loudly slurped noodles mouthful after mouthful.
The two quietly ate their late-night meal together.
Neither of them had much to say, yet their drifting thoughts somehow moved in the same direction.
One felt guilty for forcing another person because of his selfish desires.
The other felt unhappy about being forced and was trying hard to find ways to vent frustration.
One wanted to speak but lacked courage.
The other wanted to lash out but had no good reason.
Several cans of beer beside the fridge entered Cheng Fei’s sight, and her eyes immediately rolled around thoughtfully.
“Sigh… it’s already this late, but I’m still not sleepy. Maybe I worked too hard today. Strong liquor is bad for your body. How about we drink some beer together?”
Gao Ming did not really care either way.
“If you want to drink, I have no objections.”
Cheng Fei happily ran over to grab the beers and handed one to him.
Without refusing, Gao Ming opened the can.
When he looked up, he saw Cheng Fei holding her can out toward him.
She even wanted to clink cans together.
This was not some formal occasion, yet she still cared about ceremony.
Still, Gao Ming raised his can and lightly tapped it against hers.
This time, Cheng Fei lifted her can high and took a big gulp.
“I’m honestly surprised you drink so wildly.”
“Drinking is drinking. Alcohol itself is something that makes people wild. There’s no need to act all elegant about it.”
“Oh? So it takes millions of years for monkeys to become humans, but only one cup of alcohol for humans to become monkeys again?”
“Exactly!”
Gao Ming felt that deeply.
This time, he took his beer and clinked it against Cheng Fei’s can.
Cheng Fei drank while secretly smiling mischievously.
When she saw him finish the fried egg hidden beneath the noodles and lift his beer again, she seized the chance to speak.
“Drinking like this alone isn’t very fun.”
“What, you want to play rock-paper-scissors?”
“I would if I actually knew how.”
Cheng Fei pretended to look helpless.
Gao Ming snorted with laughter while lifting the beer can toward his mouth.
“But before eating and drinking, we should still shout ‘Keep going!’”
PFFT!!!
That single sentence completely led Gao Ming’s thoughts astray.
The phrase immediately made his imagination run in a very wrong direction.
The atmosphere exploded instantly.
As expected, the image in his mind hit Gao Ming so hard that he nearly sprayed the beer out of his mouth.
Out of instinct, he shut his mouth at the last second, leaving the beer with nowhere to go except out through his nose.
His miserable appearance looked both ridiculous and extremely satisfying to watch.
Clearly, Cheng Fei was dangerously testing the limits.
Gao Ming wiped himself with tissues while glaring fiercely at Cheng Fei, who was laughing so hard she nearly fell over.
The anger rose up quickly…
Then disappeared just as quickly.
Forget getting angry. Today had already been ridiculous enough.
He might as well let her enjoy this small victory. Still, letting her bully him completely was not acceptable either.
Someone had to make it clear who the head of this household was.
Cheng Fei kept smiling brightly while eating noodles. Her words floated by like leaves in the wind, not affecting her in the slightest.
“You really have heavy tastes.”
“Sigh… if you ever saw the kitchens behind some hotels, then you’d really—”
“Stop!”
Gao Ming quickly raised his hand to cut her off. If she kept talking, he really would lose his appetite.
When the enemy advances, retreat.
When the enemy camps, harass them.
When the enemy grows tired, attack.
When the enemy retreats, chase them.
The military's strategy really made sense. When the enemy was stronger, guerrilla warfare was the best option.
Now that Gao Ming had become cautious, using that trick again would not mean much anymore.
Besides, this move damaged both sides equally. Even Cheng Fei herself could not avoid imagining those things.
“Your cooking is good. You should become a hotel chef.”
“Thanks for the compliment, but I know my own level. My skills are only good enough for homemade dishes.”
“I’m not flattering you. I really think your cooking tastes good.”
As Gao Ming spoke, a smile suddenly appeared on his face. Cheng Fei immediately smelled bad intentions.
Sure enough, the next second Gao Ming continued,
“After your little lesson today, I’ve completely lost faith in takeout food, so…”
“So?”
“Starting tomorrow, you’ll make my lunch for me.”
Damn it!
Now she had given herself another job!