Chapter 780 Never like anybody else
"We should celebrate!"
Chyou declared after they wrapped up with the shooting for the day. As they were all packed up and ready to leave, Chyou was struck with an idea.
"Today was Yating's first day in front of the camera, officially acting like a performer. Just like us. We should celebrate such a great start!"
Yin stiffened. He thought the day was finally over and he grab Chyou away from this man but instead, she suggested something that would only extend spending time with him even longer.
Yating scratched his head. "It wasn't such a good start really. I fumbled a lot of times. And I was still unable to get the scene right."
"You will learn!" She furiously patted his head. "Everybody did a great job so we should definitely enjoy a wonderful team dinner~"
Everybody's ears perked up with that and their heads snapped at her with their sparkling gazes.
A team dinner with Queen Chyou! And that too free food!
The director was also in some mood for a chilled beer so he gave a thumbs up. "Cool. Let's stuff our stomachs with some good meat and beer."
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It was a chaotic time in the restaurant come club where three pots of hot pot were steaming and boiling with a delicious smell of the tender meat and veggies wafting in the air.
"Ah, ah, hot, hot, hot!" Chyou fanned her mouth, stuffing a piece of cabbage wrapped in meat.
Yin shook his head and took a tissue, wiping the corner of her mouth. "You are such a clutz. Cool down the meat first and then eat. Do you want to burn your tongue?"
Three men from the team whistled hard at their public display of affection. One of them coughed. "Queen Chyou, will you please not burn the singles around here with envy?"
Yin raised his brow. "If you don't want to burn with envy, then you should quickly find an amazing girlfriend like my Chyou and burn other singles with envy."
"Wooooo! MY Chyou. Cheng Yin is so possessive."
"Queen Chyou is so lucky to have him~"
The singles shed invisible tears. "Prince Cheng, can we really find an awesome woman like the Queen?"
He rubbed his chin. "Maybe you should buy the brightest torch available out there."
Chyou rolled her eyes. Everybody burst into laughter.
Yin stared at Yating and said, "Right, Gu Yating? Any man will be the luckiest to have a girlfriend like Chyou, right?"
Yating, who was drinking hot soup, looked up. He then glanced at the single men and said, "You cannot find an amazing girlfriend like Chyou. You will never be able to. There is only one Chyou in the world. That's a lost battle."
Chyou coughed as she gulped the water. The single men puked blood.
"What you should instead do is find a partner with whom you can be your silliest and the most idiotic self. Finding somebody 'like' some other ideal person never works out anyway."
Yin chuckled. "Come on, at one point you were almost engaged to Chyou. Tell the truth. You really wish for a woman like her to be by your side, right? It's understandable."
Chyou nudged his elbow and whispered. "Yin, stop it. This is not funny."
He widened his eyes, surprised. "Calm down, Chyou. As a man, I just want to know his tastes."
Yating blinked and tilted his head slightly. "Like I said before, I wouldn't find a woman 'like' any other woman. Comparison never works. The woman I would be with would be somebody with whom no other woman would be able to match anyway. Also, it might not look like it but I am possessive. I wouldn't want some other man finding a woman for himself like my girlfriend because doesn't that indirectly mean that he is actually eyeing her? I would never allow some other man to fantasize about her. No way in hell."
He closed his eyes and thought of Ai for a long moment. A chuckle escaped his lips.
Yeah, no way there is somebody else like Ai out there. There can be only one Zhou Ai.
Chyou didn't know about the single men but she clearly saw the single women of the team gushing hard as their hands clutched their chests.
Ah, ah, aaaaah! That was so hot!!!
Chyou could see it like a movie playing out in front of her. Women on the set surely showed interest in Yating because of his handsome looks, his position in Dream High and the fact that he was Gu Rong's son. But now their gazes turned to like those of wolves who hungrily eyed their prey.
From just an interest based on looks and wealth, Yating had suddenly changed for them into an ideal man for every woman seated at the table.
One of the guys asked, "Sir Gu, does that mean I should find a woman who wouldn't judge me for the figurine collection I have?"
"Ew, gross!"
"Shut up! What do you know about figurines anyway!?"
Yating laughed. "Yeah. If you could show her that then guess you have found your keeper."
A woman gasped. "I look the silliest without makeup, Sir Gu. You must be joking if you say that I should meet my boyfriend without makeup on! That's a nightmare!"
"Do you intend to sleep beside your partner with your makeup on for the rest of your life?"
"...It actually feels really uncomfortable."
"Like a wise man once said, if your man cannot accept your dark circles, then he doesn't deserve your fair circles either."
The woman went quiet for a long moment and then laughed hard. "Fair circles? Is that even a thing?"
Yating shrugged. "My knowledge about makeup is as limited as a penguin's knowledge about surfing. We are both just waddling through uncharted territory."
The air took a swing in Yating's favor, making Yin's chest swell with bitterness. Suddenly, everybody was surrounding him but what tugged his heart the most was Chyou who was laughing heartily right by his side.
A laughter that was because of Gu Yating, not Cheng Yin.
On the other side, Yating entertained the silly questions of the staff when a waiter stopped by him. "May I take your order please?"
"Oh yeah, we need some more beer and-" Yating said as he looked up but froze hard. The waiter in front of him met his gaze and visibly stiffened too.
"Ma…Dong?"
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