Chapter 8 Stubbornness: "I think it's more translucent than your jade pendant."...

Chapter 8 Stubbornness: "I think it's more translucent than your jade pendant."...

[I can't take it anymore, hahaha, she has this awkward, calculating feel to her.]

[Silly beauty, waaaaah, you're totally my type!]

[I know you prepared a lot to show off before coming to the show, but you don't have to be so honest!]

[Who said Liao Jiayue made a mistake inviting Ye Hantao to her show? I think the girl is quite interesting, hahaha.]

Liao Jiayue's fans are furious. How can these people be so forgetful?

Ye Hantao is clearly a scheming, vain, and lying person!

They were preparing to continue their battle for their idol in the live chat when, in the fan club's group chat, a fan who had just bought over a thousand yuan worth of Tieguanyin tea from a tea shop timidly asked:

"If Ji Changtu, a tea seller, doesn't even know about brewing temperature, can we trust the quality of the tea from his tea shop?"

Others: emmm

The tea sold in the online store is not cheap; it is marketed as high-end and sophisticated.

A 50g can of Tieguanyin tea costs between 500 and 1000 yuan; this is the price of top-grade tea.

Ji Changtu had been through a lot, and his expression didn't change even when Ye Hantao pointed out his mistake in public.

"The Tieguanyin you mentioned must be very cheap, right?" He picked out a few small teacups, pressed his fingers against the lids to filter out the clear, amber-colored tea, and then poured it into the small teacups.

Ji Changtu: "The unique process used in my resort has little impact on water temperature."

The rising sun cast shimmering gold light on the stone table, reflecting off the tea in the cup.

Ji Changtu gestured for Ye Hantao to drink tea, then casually added, "You can try it. The premium Tieguanyin that costs several thousand yuan per kilogram tastes different from the cheap stuff on the market."

Liao Jiayue was the first to pick up the teacup, took an elegant sip, and then praised, "The taste is even sweeter than the tea I've been drinking at home lately. I imagine I would have felt much more relaxed if I could have a cup of tea like this while reading those days."

Did you read Jane Eyre?

[Yueyue is truly outstanding; she manages to balance school and acting, and even uses her free time to read and reflect.]

[Yes! Yueyue said that people who don't read enough books are empty-headed and can't act well.]

[Liao Jiayue's fans, take your praises a little harder. Does she really have acting skills, and is she only now making a splash? She was the biggest drag on the show in "Frost Flower"!]

Liao Jiayue put down her teacup and eagerly shared it with Ye Hantao, "Taotao, try it and see. If you like it, I'll buy some for you."

With Liao Jiayue, their idol, personally "advertising" for them, fans no longer have any doubts and even have the mind to remind their idol not to be too kind.

[Yueyue! Stop being so kind! Help in emergencies, not in chronic poverty!]

I was genuinely taken aback by Ye Hantao's long speech.

As the ancients said, knowledge gained from books alone is ultimately superficial.

Ye Hantao clearly hasn't tasted expensive tea; she's just spouting empty talk.

Yuan Kai also invited the others to have some tea, saying, "Everyone should try some. Changtu is very generous; let's all trick him into giving each of us a can."

Su Yi'ang eagerly picked up a glass, then glanced at Wu Xia out of the corner of her eye and asked, "Aren't you going to drink?"

"No need." Wu Xia had just arrived and had a drink. The taste was ordinary, and it even had a slightly burnt smell.

He grew up surrounded by the aroma of medicine and tea at home, and he really couldn't get used to this kind of tea.

Then, Su Yi'ang and He Qiang didn't react much after drinking, especially Su Yi'ang, who happily drank his cup as well.

"..." Wu Xia silently unscrewed the lid of the thermos and took a sip of goji berry water without saying a word.

Before putting it down, Wu Xia paused slightly with his fingers and glanced sideways.

Sitting next to him, Ye Hantao was unscrewing the lid of the water cup she had brought. In the morning sunlight, her cheeks were wrinkled as if she had eaten bitter herbs, but after taking a couple of sips of water, they finally relaxed.

Ye Hantao had initially held a glimmer of hope when Ji Changtu told her that tea cost several thousand yuan per kilogram.

I don't know the price of the tea my Chinese painting teacher sells, but my dad just buys our tea from the supermarket; a big 500g bag only costs 30 yuan.

Some have a gardenia scent, others an orchid scent; they all taste quite good.

The tea I just drank costs several thousand yuan per kilogram, but why doesn't it taste as good as the tea I make at home?

Liao Jiayue spoke up at the right moment, "Taotao, what do you think of the tea that Brother Changtu brewed?"

“I think…” Ye Hantao said honestly, “the water temperature is too high and it does have some effect.”

I've already drunk a few sips of water, but there still seems to be a burnt taste and a very faint but unmistakable sulfur taste on my tongue.

The lush green vines on the wooden frame overhead swayed in the wind.

Sunlight briefly danced on Ye Hantao's excessively long, curled eyelashes, making her eyes bright and giving her a sincere impression.

Wu Xia looked away; it turned out that Ye Hantao also didn't like the taste.

Ji Changtu was humiliated by Ye Hantao once again, and his chubby face flushed red.

Soon, his expression returned to normal, and he adopted a magnanimous demeanor, saying, "To each their own, it's normal if it doesn't suit your taste."

[His acting was pretty good; he was mimicking making a face while drinking water.]

[She's beautiful even with wrinkles; my heart is fluttering.]

Everyone drank it and no one said the tea tasted bad, so it can't be that their taste buds are on strike, right?

[To add a note, Wu Xia didn't drink it.]

[Wu Xia drank it when he first arrived, and he didn't say it tasted bad.]

Ye Hantao is really stubborn.

[They're really just being stubborn; they're just ashamed to admit they haven't tasted good tea before.]

"This guy's tea-making is all fancy, but he didn't even dry the water inside the cup lid properly." Ye Weizheng commented while sending bullet comments to support his Tao Tao, "Tao Tao's tea can't possibly be worse than his."

The Ye family owns tea gardens in Y and F provinces, producing top-grade Da Hong Pao, as well as top-quality pre-Qingming Longjing, Biluochun, and Jin Jun Mei.

He also secretly brewed Tao Tao some aged Pu'er tea that he had bought at an auction a few years ago.

Tao Tao can not only easily distinguish different types of tea, but she can also point out subtle differences between teas from different production areas.

Of course, in Tao Tao's eyes, these teas were cheap teas that he bought from the supermarket for only 30 yuan per 500g.

[Disease progression: 94.6%]

"Netizens are saying you're just putting on a brave face and being stubborn."

Ye Hantao didn't hear the system's answer at all; all her attention was focused on the 94.6% progress of her illness.

Compared to when the system first contacted her, her blood pressure had dropped by a full 2.9%, and she quickly calmed down to feel the subtle changes in her body.

My elbow doesn't hurt anymore!

The slight pain in my elbow, which had been aggravated by several acupuncture treatments, has subsided!

"Your elbow joints will still inevitably ache during rainy days," the system reminds you in a timely manner. "Please strictly maintain the control group persona."

Ye Hantao touched her throbbing knee, her fingertips unconsciously rubbing it. "Yes, I will definitely keep it up."

Not only must the character maintain the "vain, greedy, lying, jealous and competitive" persona from the book, but also add a touch of coquettishness and pretentiousness.

In the footage, Liao Jiayue first looked in Ye Hantao's direction, then turned her head to look at Ji Changtu's face, her brows and eyes concealing her sorrow.

[Yueyue is trying to figure out how to finish things up for Ye Hantao again.]

[So soft-hearted, so incredibly soft-hearted!]

"Brother Changtu, the color of your jade pendant is so beautiful. It's rare to see such a clear green." After praising it, Liao Jiayue didn't forget to pull Ye Hantao to praise it as well, "Taotao, look at Brother Changtu's jade pendant, isn't it beautiful?"

Ye Hantao blinked, looking at the jade with the same curiosity she had when seeing it for the first time, and politely replied, "Beautiful."

Is this the legendary jade that's supposed to nourish the body? Just looking at the color, it's not even as bright as the glass ornament my mom bought online, and the little figures carved on it aren't as exquisite as the wooden Guanyin my mom bought from the two-dollar store.

However, she had never seen other jadeite before, and thought that all jadeite probably looked like this.

When Liao Jiayue heard Ye Hantao's dry "beautiful," a hint of mockery flashed deep in her eyes.

As expected, she was inexperienced and couldn't even get the praise right. She tried to cover it up by saying, "Guanyin is compassionate, holy, and gentle. The carving and the jade complement each other perfectly."

[Yueyue, you're not a mother hen!]

[Yeah! Why should I always be cleaning up Ye Hantao's messes?]

[Ye Hantao is so dense, she's impossible to help. Liao Jiayue had already given her room to praise her, but she just couldn't bring herself to do it.]

[Maybe your older sister also likes Ye Hantao's pretty face.]

Ji Changtu's expression brightened slightly, clearly pleased by Liao Jiayue's compliments. His hand, which had been resting on the teacup, moved to the jade pendant on his wrist, consciously avoiding the camera's view.

He coughed lightly, "This is an old mine icy jadeite with full green color. It was the first piece of jadeite I gambled on at the stone market near the Hpakant mining area back then."

"As for the color and texture, it can't compare to the rich and delicate imperial green." Ji Changtu picked up his teacup, gently blew away the foam, and took a small sip. "But it's still acceptable among bright greens."

Liao Jiayue's eyes flickered slightly.

Since becoming a top-tier celebrity, she has been criticized by fans for her only high-end business dealings being due to her father's connections. It's unexpected that Yuan Kai's old classmate has such a powerful background.

If you can build a good relationship with Ji Changtu and have him act as a go-between, plus your own popularity and fashion sense, securing a spokesperson for a long-established jewelry brand won't be a problem.

[Old mine, icy jadeite, full green color???]

[If it's a bright green variety, the price would be over 100,000, right?]

[This jade pendant, the size of which is worth at least 500,000 yuan.]

Ji Changtu remembered Ye Hantao's nitpicking not long ago, and glanced disdainfully at the string of pink plastic beads on her wrist, "This is the kind of thing that young girls like. It's okay to wear it for fun for a few dozen yuan."

He put down his teacup and said helplessly, "When you get older and go to some formal occasions, you'll have to wear some proper jade."

Why does this make me uncomfortable? Does not being able to afford jade make one inferior?

[Don't take it too personally.]

[The plastic beads in Ye Hantao's hand just can't compare to jade. Can't she even speak the truth?]

Ye Weizheng, without looking up, continued sending comments defending Tao Tao, and casually asked Zhou Ti, "Honey, did you change Tao Tao's string of conch beads back to plastic beads?"

Zhou Ti has always loved buying natural materials such as jade, pearls, and agarwood.

Before they brought Tao Tao to Yuncheng to work as corporate slaves, they would set aside one or two extra rooms in their manors, both domestically and internationally, to store Zhou Ti's jewelry.

Now, they have become "plastic," "crystal," and "glass" in the home.

The bracelet that Tao Tao is wearing today uses 16 flamingo pink conch beads, which Zhou Ti bought at an auction seven years ago.

She made the bracelet herself and gave it to Tao Tao as a Children's Day gift, using plastic beads as beads.

Tao Tao loves it and has been wearing it ever since.

After asking, Ye Weizheng waited a long time for Zhou Ti's reply and felt something was wrong. He turned around and saw Zhou Ti indeed touching her nose guiltily.

"What if someone discovers it?"

"That can't be right," Zhou Ti pointed to the other people on the tablet, "none of them noticed."

Ye Weizheng: "There's also Jin Shiyue who hasn't arrived yet."

"..." Zhou Ti touched her nose again.

She never expected that her daughter would one day appear on a variety show.

After the date for participating in the variety show was set a few days ago, I could only try to replace some of the items that Tao Tao usually uses at home.

Clothes and bedding cannot be changed because Peach's skin is delicate and easily becomes allergic and red. The same applies to skincare products.

As for bags and jewelry—

“I specially had a batch of ordinary crystals and pearls sent to be mixed into Tao Tao’s beaded necklaces, thinking that Tao Tao would take them away.” Zhou Ti shrugged. “Guess what? Tao Tao complained that they were expensive and of poor quality.”

She eventually had no choice but to persuade Tao Tao not to bring those jade pieces, which were being treated as glass, to the show.

After some careful selection, Tao Tao decided to take away the conch bead bracelet and the agarwood bracelet.

Ye Weizheng sighed, "Tao Tao has the same taste as me. I took a liking to you at first sight back then."

"Ye Weizheng!" Zhou Ti frowned and pinched his ear. "You're still talking nonsense!"

Ye Weizheng tilted to the side with the force, "Don't pull my ear off."

“Honey, I’m not trying to be mean, but if you really didn’t want to be found out, you would definitely find another way to prevent Tao Tao from taking you away.”

Zhou Ti: "But Tao Tao said she likes it and really wants to wear it."

Ye Weizheng was at a loss when he heard this, as none of the three of his family members could refuse Tao Tao.

“Once Jin Shiyue discovers…” Zhou Ti loosened his grip and calmly stated his plan, “I will have several appraisal experts in the store deny it in the live broadcast room.”

"The reasons are readily available; we want to buy it privately."

In any case, we can't let Tao Tao find out that there's something fishy going on in our family.

Ye Weizheng rubbed his red ears, which had been freed, and muttered, "You want to be Tao Tao's number one hater, huh?"

Ji Changtu's voice came through the live stream again, revealing a hint of an older person's nonchalance: "I understand that you young people don't have much money to buy genuine jade."

He generously said, "How about this, come to my shop sometime and if you see anything you like, I'll give you an insider discount and charge you the cost price."

Ye Hantao was unhappy that others looked down on the small gift from her family. She said with a straight face, "The bracelet was strung together by my mother one bead at a time. I really like it."

She glanced at the jade pendant on Ji Changtu's wrist, raised her chin slightly, and snorted proudly, "Also, I think it's more translucent than your jade pendant."

[Disease progression: 94.4%]

Ye Hantao persisted, "I won't buy from your store either."

Ji Changtu wasn't angry. He shook his head and chuckled, "You young people are just so concerned about saving face."

A note from the author:

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TaoTao: [Question mark]

Thank you so much for the nutritional supplements, everyone! Hugs and kisses to everyone! They've all been packed and mailed to Tao Tao! [Okay]

There were so many people, I almost forgot to write the recipient's name in the mailing address section, haha.