Chapter 120: Hello, Jingjing!

As Bai Chenxi finished her sentence, everyone burst into laughter.

"Dear audience, after seeing our 'God' Chu like this, I have to ask: is your heart racing yet?"

Later, several female guests tried it out, and all of them found their heart rates spiking just from the eye contact. Lan Tian, refusing to believe it, insisted on trying it out himself—only to find his heart racing the moment Chu Muyun gave him a sharp look.

The audience in the studio went wild, not to mention the online viewers who followed. Initially, this segment was bound to spark gossip about Chu Muyun and Bai Chenxi. Instead, thanks to Lan Tian’s unexpected intervention, the internet was flooded with discussions about Chu Muyun and Lan Tian. The few who tried to stir up gossip were quickly silenced by the combined force of Chu Muyun and Bai Chenxi’s fanbases. In the end, Chu Muyun successfully became the namesake of the program, and whenever Lan Tian recalled this segment, he wished he could slap his past self.

During the intermission, while Lan Tian was wallowing in regret over his reckless curiosity, Bai Chenxi snuck off to find Chu Muyun. After she entered, Xiao Wen didn't need any prompting; with a knowing look, she slipped out, leaving only the two of them in the room.

Chu Muyun stood up and pulled Bai Chenxi to a seat. "Your leg has just healed, don't stand for too long." He then sat beside her and asked, "Is something the matter?"

Bai Chenxi asked with a touch of guilt, "Are you so busy lately because you were taking care of me during those few days?" She clearly remembered that he didn't have this much work before, and he rarely participated in variety shows like this.

Chu Muyun reached out and flicked her forehead. "What are you daydreaming about? I’m only this busy because I’m doing promotional work for my new song."

Bai Chenxi rubbed her forehead. "You're releasing a new song?"

"Yes! So don't overthink it. Aren't all artists busy? I'm always this busy when I'm releasing music." Chu Muyun said this without a blush or a flutter of his heart. If Zhang Kai had been there, he wouldn't have been able to stand it. Whenever his boss released a new song, he usually just posted a single update on Weibo and called it a day. At most, he would attend a few galas or shows, and the number of times he did that could be counted on one hand. If anyone wanted to talk about being busy, it was only when he stayed up all night writing songs or producing albums before a release—that was when he truly couldn't be stopped.

Busy? Who would believe that?

But Bai Chenxi believed him. She even offered enthusiastically, "You don't look like you've been resting well. Let me give you a head massage! It’s the least I can do to repay you for taking care of me."

"You know how to massage?" How many more surprises did she have hidden that he didn't know about?

Bai Chenxi said confidently, "Of course! I used to massage my dad all the time. My technique is definitely no worse than a professional's."

As she began, Chu Muyun felt his headache ease. He leaned back against the sofa and dozed off. When he fell asleep, Bai Chenxi didn't stop, continuing to massage his temples until Xiao Wen came to notify them that the show was about to resume. Only then did she wake him.

Because Bai Chenxi was by his side, Chu Muyun had slept exceptionally soundly. He was a bit dazed the moment he woke up. Bai Chenxi laughed and said, "You look like an innocent little deer right now!"

Chu Muyun regained some clarity. "I remember you used to call me a fox."

Bai Chenxi remembered, too, and mischievously corrected herself, "Wrong. An old fox." With that, she hurriedly urged him, "Alright, it's about to start. Let's go!"

Watching her retreating figure, Chu Muyun smiled with doting affection. The exhaustion of the past few days seemed to vanish in an instant.

After recording the show, Chu Muyun rushed off to his next engagement. The two didn't even have time to say goodbye, but they would meet again soon. Chu Muyun had previously signed on for a long-term variety show, and because he had never participated in that type of program before, the official announcement caused a sensation. The other guests were all high-profile figures as well.

In the fast-paced city life, "Hello, Quietness!" focused on the "slow life." Chu Muyun had felt it suited him well from the start and chose it from a pile of mandatory variety show offers. Having been away from such shows for so long, he expected it to be a leisurely experience—sitting around, fishing, sipping tea, and contemplating the beauty of life. Instead, once he arrived, the group spent their days worrying about living expenses and scrambling for their three daily meals.

Chu Muyun arrived with an aura of prestige, and his performance throughout the first day didn't disappoint his reputation for intelligence. By evening, when he volunteered to cook dinner, that aura was still shining brightly above his head. Everyone was saying, "Brother Chu is truly all-purpose," and even joked that the production team didn't stand a chance now that they had him.

But they didn't expect the slap in the face to come so quickly—not even the production team had anticipated it. After everyone ate the dinner Chu Muyun prepared, their expressions toward him changed entirely. With a tacit understanding, they made sure he never stepped foot in the kitchen again for the rest of the season. To improve his cooking skills—and perhaps because he had so many people to test his dishes on—Chu Muyun tried every possible way to sneak back in. How to keep him away from the kitchen became one of the show's biggest highlights.

It was a mystery how the production team managed to assemble a group where not a single other person knew how to cook. The irresponsible director's team explained, "We thought Chu Muyun was all-purpose. It’s all the fault of the 'Love Exercises' filter—it was too strong."

Although what they cooked wasn't great, it was at least better than Chu Muyun's efforts. Whenever the production team brought in a guest who could cook, the cast would be excited for days, putting more effort into earning ingredients than usual. It got to the point where the audience's first reaction upon seeing a guest was to check if they could cook. What was meant to be a slow-life variety show was turned into a survival challenge by them.

Before Bai Chenxi arrived, they had already endured two consecutive episodes with guests who couldn't cook. The guests would accompany them through two days of hardship and then leave, leaving the cast to continue suffering. Seeing another guest arrive, they craned their necks to look: "Who is it? Can they cook?" They were truly being pushed to their breaking point.

Chu Muyun caught a glimpse of a small figure in the distance and walked out with a smile, not forgetting to say, "You won't have to go hungry anymore."

Wang Yehong squinted and smiled. "It's the Chenxi girl and Lan Tian."

Bai Chenxi dragged her suitcase and waved from afar when she saw Chu Muyun. "Brother Chu!"

Before Chu Muyun could even wave back, Lan Tian’s booming voice rang out: "Brother Chu, we’ve come to visit you!"

Chu Muyun walked over, took the suitcase and the bags from Bai Chenxi’s hands, and asked casually, "Why did you bring so much stuff?"

"It’s all for you guys. I watched the show, and seeing how… difficult things were for you, I brought some things along."

Chu Muyun touched his nose sheepishly; calling their situation "difficult" was an understatement. Lan Tian watched the two talking, completely ignoring him, and walked ahead alone, muttering, "People in love are just so sickeningly sweet."

Later, netizens captioned the scene: "It’s clearly a movie for three, yet I have no name." His unrequited devotion had been misplaced after all. From then on, Bai Chenxi became a mere "tool" in the eyes of the netizens who shipped Chu Muyun and Lan Tian. Upon entering, Bai Chenxi was given a high-spec welcome, which left her feeling somewhat flattered and overwhelmed.

[Short Scene]

Watching the group in the distance, a few people huddled together, pondering: "So, is there anyone among those two who can cook?"

"There must be! Otherwise, why would Brother Chu be so happy?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the others looked at Gao Yuan with strange expressions: "Kid, you're still too young! He's seeing his girlfriend—how could he not be happy?"