Top Chinese celebrity: Debuted from Running Man

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Gu Qing walked into the restaurant looking refreshed. Sunlight streamed through the window and fell on him, making him appear even more youthful and energetic.
Good morning, little brother.

He greeted the group of female stars with a bright smile: "Good morning, ladies."

When his gaze swept over Nazha, he naturally said, "Good morning, Nazha."

Good morning, little brother.

Naza responded, but her eyes seemed glued to his face.

Gu Qing felt a little uneasy under her gaze and subconsciously touched her cheek: "Is there something on my face?"

It shouldn't be.

He had clearly checked carefully before leaving the house, and there should have been no trace left in the areas that Sister Zhao had focused on last night.

"without,"

Naza quickly snapped out of her daze and smiled, "I just think you look even more handsome today, little brother. You look so good even without makeup."

"You have good taste." Gu Qing breathed a sigh of relief and walked towards the dining table.

He glanced at the seating arrangement. Teacher He was sitting in the second seat from the front, so Gu Qing naturally sat down in the empty seat opposite him.

On the left is the charismatic Brigitte Lin, and on the right is the gentle and quiet Yang Yuying.

Xie Na and Zhao Liying sat on the outermost side, quite far apart.

"Are the two of you sitting so far apart... to avoid suspicion?"

Naza felt like a stalker, over-analyzing every move Gu Qing made.

Breakfast began in a slightly awkward atmosphere.

Teacher He announced the substitution list for last night: "Our Blue Team has chosen to make a substitution—the lovely Zhang Hanyun."

Gu Qing then announced on behalf of the popular team: "We choose to make a swap—Na Jie."

Xie immediately put on her dramatic act, reluctantly hugging and saying goodbye to her "old comrades" from the blue team, exaggeratingly shouting, "I'll miss you all!"

Zhang Hanyun, on the other hand, was overjoyed, her eyes narrowing into slits. She quickly began packing the food, even taking the bowl of porridge that Xie Na had barely touched and placing it in front of her.

"Hey, Hanyun! You're moving way too fast! You're even taking my porridge?"

Xie pointed to her bowl of porridge, laughing and crying at the same time, which made everyone burst into laughter.

Xie Na eventually sat down next to Ning Jing.

Teacher He announced today's task at the right time: "Today's commission comes from our sponsor - Hainan Airlines!"
We'd like our two teams to each develop a new airline meal plan. They'll provide the ingredients, and we'll need to cook them!

The task's theme is clearly: [Cooking]!
“That’s easy! Their airline food is awful!” Ning Jing leaned back in her chair and said bluntly.

In an instant,
Xie was so shocked that her mouth was agape, and she quickly gestured with her eyes: "Sis! This is our sugar daddy!"

Teacher He immediately switched to rescue mode: "Jingjing, the reason why airline food is not tasty is mainly because it has to cater to the tastes of the general public, and it may not be able to satisfy everyone..."

"But everyone says it tastes awful!"

Ning Jing bluntly added insult to injury, effectively shutting down Teacher He.

"I've captured her, Teacher He, please tell me slowly!"

Xie got up and covered Ning Jing's mouth.

"Now let's discuss what we can and cannot eat on airplane meals."

Teacher He analyzed, "First of all, stinky tofu is definitely out of the question; its smell is too strong."

"If cheese is edible, why can't stinky tofu?"

Ning Jing broke free and said.

"Ugh—I quit!"

Teacher He let out a wail, broke down, jumped up from his seat, and buried his head in his hands, creating a maximum comedic effect.

"I realized that we don't need to do anything. As long as Sister Jing keeps talking, their team will be automatically eliminated!"

Gu Qing smiled and added insult to injury.

After the laughter subsided, the real problems became apparent.

"But... I can't cook."

Brigitte Lin frowned slightly. She was picky about food, but she had never cooked for herself.

"I do not know either."

Yang Yuying and Zhu Ying both shook their heads.

Needless to say, Zhao Liying and Zhang Hanyun, who were on the outermost sides, one smiled shyly, and the other blinked her innocent big eyes—

Even if a female celebrity earns very little, she can still easily hire a chef to cook for her.

"Little brother, can you do it?"

Yang Yuying cast a hopeful glance at Gu Qing beside her, but she didn't really have much hope.

"Yes, some,"

Gu Qing nodded, "Home-style dishes are fine."

After graduating in his previous life, he basically lived alone at home, doing laundry and cooking, which could be described as independent and self-reliant.

Lin Qingxia looked at him with a mixture of surprise and heartache: "You're so young, how can you cook?"

Gu Qing thought for a moment and used the original owner's experience to cover it up, "I went to South Korea to become a trainee when I was 14 years old. The food at the company was not enough, so I could only buy some vegetables and cook for myself occasionally."

As for the original owner's so-called "grocery shopping," it actually just meant buying instant noodles.

Prices in South Korea are so high, barbecue isn't something you can just afford casually. "Oh dear, how could your parents bear to let you go so far away alone? And not come home for five years?"

Lin Qingxia looked distressed and gently stroked Gu Qing's hair. "If my daughter goes so far away for so long, my heart will break."

"Get used to it, get used to it."

Gu Qing quickly changed the subject with a smile.

If I were to reveal that both my biological parents are deceased, it would cause a huge uproar.

He doesn't want to profit from human suffering.

Rao is so,

The older women around her looked at her with pity.

Zhao Liying's eyes showed tender heartache, while Gulnazar felt an even stronger urge to protect her.

After finishing the meal, we officially began the cooking process.

The popular team's kitchen instantly turned into a disaster zone, perfectly illustrating what it means to be "unskilled in household chores."

Lin Qingxia handled a piece of pork belly by elegantly tossing it directly into a pot of cold water and turning on the heat to stew it, completely unaware of what "blanching" meant.

Yang Yuying and Zhu Ying worked together to cut potato shreds.

One person carefully cut a tomato, creating "shreds" as thick as a finger; the other person stared blankly at a round tomato, unsure where to begin.

Zhang Hanyun was even more hilarious.
Holding a bright green cucumber and a similarly sized zucchini, he compared them back and forth with a puzzled look on his face: "Which one is the cucumber again?"

Gu Qing was undoubtedly the busiest person there. He was like a firefighter, having just finished instructing Sister Qingxia on how to blanch the meat to remove the fishy smell, and then taking over Yang Yuying's knife to demonstrate how to slice it into strips.

She also had to find time to help Zhang Hanyun identify vegetables, while keeping an eye on the soup simmering in her own pot.

He moved swiftly and spoke clearly, not even bothering to wipe the fine beads of sweat from his forehead.

Thankfully, Sister Zhao lent a hand.
Zhao Liying was like a diligent little bee; whenever Gu Qing needed something, she would immediately run to get it, greatly relieving the pressure.

Just as this seemingly chaotic yet orderly process was underway—

“Ahhhh——!!!”

A terrified scream suddenly rang out from Nazha's direction!

Everyone was startled by the scream, and when they looked up, they were all dumbfounded and stunned.

The wok in front of Nazha was now spewing out terrifying flames, with tongues of fire shooting high into the air.

Naza herself was terrified. She was still holding a bucket of oil, her face was pale, and she stood frozen in place, watching as the raging flames were about to burn her arms and hair!

Naza's wrist tightened, and she stumbled from the force, narrowly avoiding the oncoming heat wave and retreating to a safe area.

She didn't even see who pulled her; she only felt a sharp pain in her wrist.

Gu Qing stepped forward, sideways, and without the slightest hesitation, grabbed the pot lid from the stove beside her—"clang!"

It covered the burning wok perfectly.

The flames were instantly cut off from oxygen, and their arrogant momentum immediately wilted, extinguishing completely within seconds, leaving only a wisp of awkward smoke rising from the edge of the pot lid.

Until then,

Naza, still shaken, finally realized that it was Gu Qing who had saved her.
Gu Qing stood in front of the stove, her brows slightly furrowed, looking at the still-smoking pot. She released her grip on Nazha's wrist, which she had been tightly holding in the emergency, and spoke with a hint of helplessness and a reminder:

"When the pot is too dry and the temperature is too high, pouring cold oil directly into it will cause the oil film to reach its ignition point instantly and start a fire."

Be more careful next time. Remove the pan from the heat first, or add some ingredients to cool it down before adding oil.

He explained it clearly and concisely, stating a very basic piece of cooking knowledge.

finished,

Gu Qing retreated to her own area and continued cooking.

Naza stood there, completely bewildered.

If it weren't for the red marks left on my wrist,

The scorching heat and fear from the flames that had just hit me were still surging through my body.

She even wondered if there had just been a fire.
Nazha stared blankly at Gu Qing's back as he wiped the stove and chopped vegetables. No complex emotions like "being moved" or "ambiguity" even had time to arise.
There was only a sense of bewilderment and lingering fear after surviving a catastrophe.

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After an hour, both teams had finished preparing all the dishes.

Gu Qing's cooking skills were only at an average family level, but she couldn't compete with such incompetent opponents, which helped her team achieve victory.

This impressed Teacher He, who even took a bite and exclaimed repeatedly, "Little brother, this tastes absolutely amazing!"

"When Huangguotai (a TV station) starts a cooking variety show sometime, we'll definitely invite you to be a guest."

Gu Qing: "..."

Is this terrifying pica about to attack me?

After recording this cooking session,

In the next episode, Huangguotai will head to the grasslands for filming.

When Gu Qing finished her shift, it triggered a reluctant farewell from everyone, followed by hugs and partings.

He was about to join the production team again to begin filming "The Imperial Doctress," a project that Mr. Cai had been eagerly anticipating.

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(End of this chapter)