The waiter’s hand froze midair in embarrassment. Deng Liyang smiled at her and followed Chen Zui, “There should be some seats there right?”
“Yes, there is.” The waiter recovered and followed them.
Soon, Chen Zui reached Zhen Tian’s table. Deng Liyang hurriedly spoke up before Chen Zui could get a chance to speak up, “Junior sister, what a coincidence. Are you eating here too?”
Chen Zui looked at Deng Liyang who deliberately stopped in front of him, and said nothing.
Zhen Tian also didn’t expect to see Deng Liyang and Chen Zui here. She looked back at them in surprise, “Senior, Brother Deng, you guys are eating here too?”
“Yes, I just finished my show. We’re not far from the TV station.” Deng Liyang harmlessly smiled. Then he looked at the man across from Zhen Tian, “This is?”
“Oh, this is my friend, Zhou Keye.” Zhen Tian remembered that she forgot to introduce Zhou Keye to Chen Zui last time, “These two are anchors at ABA, Deng Liyang and Chen Zui.”
Zhou Keye stood up and nodded at them, “Nice to meet you.”
“Nice to meet you too.” Deng Liyang also greeted him and looked at Zhen Tian, “What does your friend do. Why haven’t I heard you mention him before?”
“Oh, he operates a small brewery in C City. He came to A City this time to hang out.” In fact, when she was chatting with Zhou Keye just now, Zhen Tian already knew that he had come to A City to look for her after watching ABAB news. But for some reason, in front of Chen Zui, she couldn't say it.
She sneakily took a glance at Chen Zui. She hadn’t said a word since he came in but her heart was palpitating.
"Ah, well, since it's such a coincidence, should we eat together?" Zhen Tian asked and looked at Chen Zui.
When Zhou Keye heard her say this, he frowned almost invisibly but said nothing. Chen Zui glanced at him and smiled, “No, we will just sit at the table next to you.”
“Yes, we can just sit here.” Deng Liyang hurriedly pulled Chen Zui to the empty table next to them and sat down while the waiter handed them a menu. Deng Liyang thought Chen Zui would not be in the mood to order, so he picked up the menu and planned to order a few dishes.
“I want the same dishes as them.” Chen Zui suddenly said. The waiter was stunned, and took a look at Zhen Tian's table, "The same dishes as table 16?"
“Yes.”
"Okay, please wait a moment." The waiter retrieved the menu and went to deliver their order.
Deng Liyang gave Chen Zui a thumbs up in his heart.
Zhen Tian and Zhou Keye did not speak for a while.
What’s going on, why is she afraid to speak? Zhen Tian glanced around, and finally lowered her head to drink from the cup.
Deng Liyang saw that the two of them were so quiet and had to admire Chen Zui. This trick is really low. Just now, he had seen them talking very happily outside. When he and Chen Zui sat down, they didn't even speak.
Fortunately, the waiter quickly arrived with their dishes. Because Zhen Tian and Zhou Keye arrived first, they were served first. Deng Liyang craned his head and looked over at their table. “Oh, that looks delicious. The tomato looks appetizing and there are even grilled mushrooms in it. You are good at ordering.”
"...Haha, no, it was recommended by the waiter." Zhen Tian poked a piece of tomato, wondering whether she should put it in her mouth. It's weird, why does she feel so guilty?
Zhou Keye naturally ate a tomato. He looked at the tomato that was still on Zhen Tian’s fork and smiled, "What, do you want me to feed you?"
“....” Zhen Tian ate the tomato in one bite.
Deng Liyang gave Zhou Keye a deep look. This brat knows how to start a fire.
"Hello sir, this is your food."
Chen Zui’s table also received their food. The people at the two tables did not chat and just concentrated on eating. Zhen Tian was particularly afraid that Zhou Keye would say something about feeding her again. All the food would stay on her chopsticks for less than two seconds before going into her mouth.
The last dish is dessert, a bowl of fruit ice cream.
The fruit is nothing special, but the ice cream is shaped into a heart.
Deng Liyang looked at the heart-shaped ice cream in front of him, and the corners of his mouth twitched, "Two big men sitting together eating heart-shaped ice cream, will others misunderstand us?"
Chen Zui also felt this heart-shaped ice cream was too blinding and destroyed the shape with a spoon as Deng Liyang silently watched him. He coughed and complimented him, “You are so smart. This way, others can’t see the heart shape!”
Zhen Tian glanced at them and destroyed the shape of the ice cream in the same way. Finally, they are on the last dish. Heaven knows how long she has been enduring it.
"Waiter, check please." Chen Zui finished the ice cream in a few mouthfuls, wiped the corners of his mouth, and called the waiter. Seeing the waiter approaching, Zhen Tian waved to her and said, "We would like to pay as well. The bill should be the same."
"Yes, please wait a moment."
Zhen Tian nodded and took a sip of water. Zhou Keye also wiped his mouth with a tissue and looked at Chen Zui at the next table.
The anchor Chen Zui seemed very angry that he and Zhen Tian went out to eat together. He too was also very angry to meet him here.
When booking a restaurant, he should’ve checked if it was near ABA.
Chen Zui seemed to notice his gaze. He turned his head and gave him a polite yet distant smile.
Zhou Keye frowned and looked away.
“Junior sister, where are you going now?” Deng Liyang asked Zhen Tian who replied, “I am going to the bar.”
"Oh, be careful on the way. Your senior and I are going back to the station. He will give a commentary to a program in the afternoon."
"Commentary?" Zhen Tian was somewhat curious, "Does senior still do this kind of thing?"
“You don’t know?” Deng Liyang decided to help Chen Zui out by promoting his abilities to Zhen Tian, “You know the beer documentary we did this year and invited Li Shen to narrate?”
“En, yes. I also watched it.”
“Then do you know who did the introduction before Li Shen?”
Zhen Tian’s eyes widened in surprise, “Could it be Senior Chen Zui?”
"Bingo." Deng Liyang nodded in satisfaction, "I suggest you go back and watch all previous documentaries. You will be surprised."
“....” Zhen Tian’s heart was tickled.
"Let's go back to the station." Chen Zui urged, and turned his head slightly to look at Zhen Tian, "See you later."
“See you next time.” Zhen Tian breathed a sigh of relief. She thought he was ignoring her. It’s good that he is talking to her.
Chen Zui did not speak again as he and Deng Liyang walked back to the station. Deng Liyang sympathized with the colleague who would work with Chen Zui in the afternoon.
"Senior, you are back? I'm going to make coffee, do you want me to make a cup for you?" Seeing Deng Liyang and Chen Zui's return, the female intern asked very diligently.
Of course, this question was mainly directed toward Chen Zui.
"No need." Chen Zui rejected her and walked past her without looking at her.
The intern anchor froze in place with a cup of water in hand. Although Chen Zui's attitude towards her in the past was not very good, he would not reject her coldly and straightforwardly. When he just walked past her, she felt a cold wind blowing past...
“Senior Chen Zui is in a bad mood, don’t mind him.” Deng Liyang walked to the intern anchor and said in a low voice, “He doesn’t want coffee but I do. You can pour a cup for me.”
Intern anchor, “....”
Chen Zui sat in his seat looked at the manuscript for a while.Then he got up and went to the recording room. His commentary is for a small ABA program, which mainly introduces some knowledge about animals and plants. Each session only takes 20 minutes. The sound engineer and editor of the show were all sitting inside, and when Chen Zui came in, they were caught off guard, "So early?"
"En. You guys can continue to rest. Tell me when it is time." Chen Zui took the manuscript and sat in the recording studio. He didn't speak and only familiarize himself with the manuscript, occasionally writing and drawing on it, making some changes. The sound engineer and the editor took a look at each other and found that their thoughts coincided with each ––Chen Zui seems to be scarier than usual.
The editor swallowed, "If you are ready, let's just start."
He didn't want to stay under the same roof with Chen Zui for a second!
"Yeah." Chen Zui replied. After the sound engineer gave him the "ok" gesture, he looked at the screen in front of him and read in a timely manner.
After recording a few sentences, the editor gestured to him to stop, "Chen Zui, our protagonist today is a deer, a cute deer! You sound as scary as a poisonous snake!"
Chen Zui pursed his lips, and said into the microphone, "Sorry, let's start again."
“Ok.”
This time Chen Zui's tone was much better than before, and the recording went smoothly. After Chen Zui left, the editor and sound engineer sighed, “What’s with Chen Zui today? Who offended him?”
"Who knows..." When the editor said this, he felt like he survived a battle.
Chen Zui went home after finishing the commentary and lay in bed all afternoon. Chen Yiran came back from school and saw that Chen Zui's room door was closed and no dinner was made. He went up and knocked on his door, "Uncle, are you sleeping?"
Chen Zui lay on the bed all afternoon but did not fall asleep. He opened his eyes and looked at the door. He got up and opened the door, "You’re back?"
“En. You didn’t make dinner?”
“I’m really tired today. Let’s order takeout instead.” Chen Zui doesn’t like to cook but considering that Chen Yiran is a growing kid and it is unhealthy to eat takeout all the time, he tries to cook most of their meals.
“Ok. Get a bottle of coke while you’re at it.”
Chen Zui walked out while looking through the food-delivery app on his phone, "Coke is unhealthy, drink juice."
Chen Yiran was dissatisfied, “You drink alcohol so why does it matter if I drink Coke?”
Chen Zui did not lift his head, “I am an adult. You are only eight.”
So what if he is eight? He wants to drink Coke, not alcohol!”
In the end, Chen Zui still gave him some juice. Chen Yiran reluctantly drank it and looked at Chen Zui who was unpacking the takeaway, "Uncle, are you unhappy today? I didn't do anything to make you angry."
"It has nothing to do with you." Chen Zui arranged the dishes and handed a pair of chopsticks to Chen Yiran, “Go finish your homework after you’re done eating."
Chen Yiran curled his lips. Uncle only knows to tell him to do his homework every day.
“We got back our test papers. The teacher asked us to get our guardian’s signature after correcting our errors.”
“En, what did you get?”
“100 percent so I don’t have to make any corrections! It will save you the trouble and you don’t need to be unhappy!”
"...I'm so happy." Chen Zui spoke up again, "I will reward you with a bottle of Coke tomorrow."
“Thank you, uncle!”
After eating and clearing the table, Chen Zui signed Chen Yiran's perfect test paper, took a shower, and then lay back on the bed.
Obviously, he was tired physically and mentally, but he could not fall asleep.
Chen Zui has always suffered from insomnia due to work. In severe cases, he has to rely on medication to fall asleep. During this period, his problem has improved a lot, but he did not expect it to occur again.
He found the medicine that the doctor had prescribed to him earlier, poured a cup of warm water, and swallowed the pills.
At three o'clock in the morning, the alarm set by Chen Zui rang on time. He reached out to press the alarm clock off, pulled open the quilt, and sat up.
He took medicine last night, but he still didn't sleep well. He splashed water on his face and looked at himself in the mirror. The second alarm rang immediately, and Chen Zui didn't waste any more time. He changed into his clothes and went out after washing up.
Today’s recording of This Morning Headline went smoothly. Chen Zui didn’t bring his personal troubles to work. Not long after leaving the studio, Tian Sen walked over in a hurry, "We’re holding an emergency meeting."
Tian Sen is the producer of the ABA. He is in charge of three shows which include This Morning Headline and Noon 60 Minutes.
When everyone heard his words, they all gathered together around him. Tian Sen frowned and gravely announced, "Deng Liyang was admitted to the hospital. He can't host Noon 60 Minutes for the next few days. "
Chen Zui was taken aback. Deng Liyang was fine yesterday. Why did he suddenly go to the hospital? "What happened to him?"
“I heard he got into a fight with his girlfriend. The girlfriend is okay but he broke his arm and had to go to the hospital.”
The surrounding colleagues all broke in whispers. The female anchor who hosts the noon news with Deng Liyang asked Tian Sen, "What about today's noon news? It will start broadcasting in a while."
Noon 60 Minutes is broadcast from 11:30 to 12:30 and often tops the rating in ABA’s news section.
“We can only find someone else to fill in.” Tian Sen looked at the people around him and finally landed on Chen Zui, “Chen Zui, you go to Noon 60 Minutes today. Xia Xingge as well. You two will take turns to fill in for Deng Liyang for the next few days.”
“Okay.” Chen Zui nodded.
Lu Fan who was sitting to the side pursed his lips with an unwilling look. He and Chen Zui entered ABA at the same time but Tian Sen obviously values Chen Zui more. He doesn’t understand, other than Chen Zui being good-looking, what else is good about him?
“This is the script. Do well.” Tian Sen handed the press release to Chen Zui and patted him on the shoulder, “Okay, let’s do this for now. This meeting’s over.”
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