Chapter 3 Sweet and Shining! 6
The following days were really boring. There were people squatting outside the curry house every day, as if they thought Ye Hu would come often. Fortunately, Ye Hu did not come during this period of trouble, so the matter of inviting him to sing was put on hold. However, because of Hua Likong, the curry house had a lot more customers, all of whom came to see Hua Likong.
"Hello, these are the fresh vegetables that your restaurant ordered. Please check them according to the order."
Suddenly, a staff member wearing a white work suit, a chef's hat and a large white mask on his face, who looked like a staff member delivering fresh vegetables, walked into the curry restaurant and handed me a list.
"Ah? I don't think I ordered any fresh vegetables? Hua Likong, did you order them?" I turned my head in confusion and looked at Hua Likong who was busy at the cooking table.
"No." Hua Likong replied simply.
"I'm sorry, you must have sent the wrong one?" I smiled at the staff member who delivered the fresh vegetables and handed the list back to him, but he didn't take it. Why did this person keep looking at me? Also, his eyes seemed familiar.
"Hello, it's me..." He looked around and then carefully took off half of his mask.
"Ye Hu?" I was surprised. Why was he dressed like this?
“Shh…” Ye Hu exaggeratedly covered my mouth with his hand.
Okay, okay, I won’t say anything.
I immediately kept quiet, then pretended to be calm and said with a smile: "Oh, I forgot. I did reserve these fresh vegetables. I ordered them last night."
Then, I used the excuse that there were some problems on the list and hid Night Arc in the private hall of the curry house while the guests in the curry house were not paying attention.
Finally, the curry house closed and it was already very late, so I went to the private hall to find Ye Hu.
I didn't expect that when Hua Likong and I walked into the private hall, Ye Hu had already fallen asleep waiting. He was lying on the sofa in the private hall, snoring, as if he was having a sweet dream, and even drooling...
I didn't expect that the big star in the college could sleep like this.
Hua Likong calmly looked at the speechless scene in front of him.
I think the fans of Night Arc would be disappointed to see him sleeping like this.
"Wake up."
After a tiring day, I was also annoyed and too lazy to do anything, so I had to kick Ye Hu to wake him up.
"Hmm..." Ye Hu narrowed his beautiful phoenix eyes slightly, and after seeing us clearly, he asked with a smile, "Are you done?"
He stretched himself and stood up from the sofa.
"Hualikong, you are so smart." I moved closer to Huaualikong and spoke in a voice that almost only I could hear.
Hua Likong did not smile at my praise, but just walked aside and sat down quietly.
Phew… I was praising him, but he was not moved at all.
"Chi Weiwei, Hua Likong, I came here this time to seek your help."
I was a little uncomfortable seeing Ye Hu wearing the work clothes of a vegetable deliveryman, as he always liked to wrap himself in black.
"Ah? How do you want us to help you?" Forgive me for having a brain short circuit and completely forgetting that this is the question I should be most clear about.
"Since you can easily understand my troubles, there must be a solution, right?"
I have to say, Ye Hu's brain is quite useful.
"That depends on what the problem is."
Hua Likong really acts like a boss. Should I learn from him?
"Actually, I really want to live an ordinary, leisurely and comfortable life like you guys." After holding it in for a long time, Ye Hu finally managed to say this.
"We are not relaxing at all. We are just serving the public." I responded reflexively.
"But you hope that the things you love can get attention, such as singing." At some point, Hua Likong was holding a book with a black cover in his hand. The strange thing was that there was no title on the cover.
"Yes. Oh, that's not right. How did you know?" A hint of surprise flashed across Ye Hu's face, and he asked with a little confusion.
"Yes, how did you know?" I was also curious about this question.
Well, maybe he comes from a family of psychologists and understands human psychology very well, I thought silently.
Hua Likong placed the black book in his hand on the glass table next to the sofa, looked at me and Ye Hu seriously, and said slowly: "I guessed, could he be a famous young college star who plays the erhu?"
"Yeah, you are much smarter than this girl." Ye Hu looked at me with a smile.
"Hey, you should consider the occasion when insulting others. I am here now."
"Ahem, okay." Ye Hu smiled faintly and curled his lips.
"Why don't you lower your popularity a little?" I just said this jokingly, but I didn't expect that it would cause Ye Hu to fall into a brief silence.
After a while, Ye Hu asked seriously, "Then how can I reduce my popularity a little?"
"What?" I was a little surprised. I didn't expect him to take it seriously. I looked at Hua Likong silently, but he didn't seem to notice my gaze.
"Why don't you just make some mistakes during the performance, like singing out of tune on purpose, or making most of the wrong dance moves..."
I admit that I was just giving bad advice. I thought Hua Likong and Ye Hu would object, but who would have thought that they would actually agree.
But this time I have to admit that I came up with a very bad idea.
The next time I saw Ye Hu was when he was in the most embarrassing situation. He was still wearing a black crow outfit, a baseball cap and a black mask, but no girls asked him for autographs or photos anymore. Instead, they pointed fingers at him from behind. His former fans no longer worshipped him enthusiastically, but instead criticized and ridiculed him from behind.
"You know what? I heard that Ye Hu only became famous in the academy because of his family connections. It turns out that he doesn't have any real ability at all."
"Yeah, yeah, I heard that too. I heard that his singing is really off-tune. I even suspected that he had someone lip-sync for him before."
"How can there be such a person? He is quite handsome, but his character is so bad..."
…
For more than a week, the girls who came to the curry house talked about the issue of Night Arc.
It is for this reason that I know that Ye Hu actually adopted my joking suggestion. But his living conditions have not changed much, except that he has gone from being admired by many fans to being criticized by many fans, either openly or covertly.
I felt a little guilty, after all, it was because of my bad idea that Ye Hu became like this. So since I learned about Ye Hu's situation, I have lost my passion for making curry rice.
But what I didn’t expect was that Ye Hu came to the curry house again.
"A mildly spicy curry with rice."
Ye Hu was wrapped up tightly, but I recognized him at the first sight. With his magnetic voice and his unchanging taste, it was hard not to recognize him.
But in fact, it was already closing time for the curry house.
"Okay." Hua Likong agreed decisively, even though he had just finished cleaning the kitchen counter.
After closing the door of the curry house, Ye Hu took off his baseball cap and mask.
"I'm sorry." I sat down in the seat opposite Ye Hu. I was silent for a long time, not knowing what to say. Finally, I finally said the apology that should have been said long ago.
"It's not your fault, so don't apologize."
Ye Hu is no longer the "Tengu" who dressed exaggeratedly and was a bit self-righteous. Instead, he seems to be very open-minded.
"Let's have slightly spicy curry rice." Hua Likong placed a large plate of curry rice in front of Ye Hu, who ate without saying a word.
"How is it?" Hua Likong seemed a little tired and sat down on the chair at the next table.
"Hmm..." Ye Hu kept eating the slightly spicy curry rice that Hua Likong made. After eating several spoonfuls, he raised his head and forced an ugly smile: "Finally, I tasted something different."
"But you are still unhappy, aren't you?" Hua Likong looked at Ye Hu and asked lightly.
"Yeah, but what can we do about it?" Ye Hu seemed to be in a bad mood, and he no longer held his head high when he spoke.
"Hualikong, thank you." Ye Hu suddenly stood up, stretched out his right hand, looked at Hualikong, and said seriously.
"What?" I was stunned for a moment. Why did Ye Hu suddenly thank Hua Likong so formally and sincerely?
Hua Likong also stood up, showing a rare faint smile, and reached out to hold Ye Hu's hand: "It should be."
I was a little confused for a moment. What was going on ?
"Do you two grown boys have any little secrets between you? Why don't I know anything? I'm confused by the sudden intimacy between you two..."
Am I missing something?
"Chi Weiwei, thank you too." Ye Hu suddenly turned his head and said to me.
"Can you please stop playing dumb? What is going on here?"
Please, I'm a very curious girl.
"If it weren't for you two, I wouldn't understand that you can't have your cake and eat it too... So, I'm going to do what I should do now. I'll learn to be satisfied with either of the two, and there won't be any problems in the future. This is the meal fee, together with what I owe you last time. I decided to continue working hard on singing and win the trust . I hope they can see the real and talented me, instead of just focusing on my appearance and scandals..."
After Ye Hu said these words very seriously, he put down a gold card and left the curry shop as if relieved.
Looking at the gold card lying quietly on the table, I suddenly understood something.
"Hua Likong!"
"What?"
Seeing my sudden big reaction, Hua Likong looked at me with a weird expression.
"So you deliberately agreed to my bad idea? Do you know that this is too much? I have felt guilty about Ye Hu for a long time. Why didn't you tell me clearly in advance?"
As soon as I realized it, I became very angry, and the heat in my heart kept rising. In the end, I didn’t even know what to say next.
"If I say it directly and tell you in advance, do you think it will succeed?" Hua Likong looked at me and asked back.
“But Ye Hu has become like this now because of my bad idea.” I still can’t let it go.
"But Ye Hu not only didn't blame you, but also thanked you for your idea, which made him understand the truth of choice." Hua Likong slowly approached me, put one hand gently on my shoulder, looked at me, and said seriously.
"Really?" I still felt a little uneasy.
"Really, Ye Hu was just not prepared." Hua Likong comforted.
"You're not prepared for anything?"
"Prepare to be a big star in the academy. Ye Hu likes singing and dancing. He wants to get the attention of others, but at the same time he wants to live a life without being disturbed by others. This is a very tangled problem. Because the two cannot be achieved at the same time, your bad idea just proved this point for him."
"So, I did a good thing?"
“I guess so.”
Well, since I did a good deed, I won’t be angry with Hua Li anymore.
I was just a little surprised, because the problem of this special guest Ye Hu was solved relatively smoothly. Fortunately, Ye Hu is a guest with a good attitude.
"Oh, by the way, isn't the curry rice you just made today a little too sweet? This is the first time I've eaten something so sweet."
I was just about to close the museum when Hua Likong suddenly said this.
"No way. I just thought the bitter curry rice tasted a bit strange, and I was afraid that most customers wouldn't be able to stand it, so I added a little sweet sauce. How could it be as sweet as you say?"
I've been bored recently, so I decided to develop a few more special signature curry rice. Hua Likong actually questioned my level again?
but……
sweet?
Too sweet?
Hua Likong said that curry rice is too sweet?
He...he can taste flavors other than astringency?
Did a miracle happen?
As a result, Hua Likong told me that it is sweet at the beginning, but it will turn into a strong astringent taste later.
Well, after all, we have to wait until the remaining three guests arrive.
