Chapter 28 The Spotlight "Do you intend to sell this string of beads?"...
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Chapter 28 The Spotlight "Do you intend to sell this string of beads?"...
While Ye Hantao was brewing tea, a marketing account from Xingyu Company, which had been given prior notice, uploaded a video at the same time.
In the video, antique-style landscape paintings hang in the tea room's partitions.
On the solid wood table, there is a complete set of purple clay teaware.
Liao Jiayue sat gracefully behind the table, wearing a sky-blue cheongsam, her eyes lowered and a gentle smile on her face.
As boiling water was poured into the teacup, she gently closed her eyes, seemingly smelling the aroma of tea.
Whether it's stirring the tea or spinning it, every scene is as beautiful as a painting.
#Liao Jiayue's Tea-Making Beauty is God-like# suddenly appeared on the trending searches, and fans were as happy as if it were Chinese New Year.
[Yueyue can even make tea! So beautiful, so beautiful, so beautiful!]
People who are truly influenced by their environment from a young age are humble in their behavior and conduct, unlike some who lie blatantly (picking nose.jpg)
[Hahaha, I've never seen or done this before, so I can lie without blushing or panting.]
While praising Liao Jiayue's graceful tea-making demeanor in the comments section, they also recommended her earlier drama "Frost Flower" and her upcoming drama.
Although the male lead of "Frost Flower" brought more benefits to the actor, it was Liao Jiayue's most popular and highest-rated work.
This also propelled Liao Jiayue into the ranks of popular young actresses, increasing her Weibo followers by nearly six million, making her an artist with tens of millions of followers.
Therefore, fans spare no effort to recommend it to casual viewers on various platforms.
Liao Jiayue carried the tray to the tea table in the middle, only to find that Yuan Qiong was not there.
A few minutes earlier, Yuan Qiong had passed by her cubicle.
She wasn't worried that being distracted would make her movements look awkward; she quickly glanced at the tea and then focused all her energy on making the tea.
Whether it's the placement of her fingers when rotating the gaiwan or the curved shape when lifting the teapot, she has practiced these techniques many times at home.
She will definitely be even more outstanding than the female lead in the original work.
Liao Jiayue turned around to look for Yuan Qiong, and suddenly, she clenched her fingers tightly around the tray.
Why did Yuan Qiong linger in front of Ye Hantao's cubicle for so long?!
Just then, the midday sun shone through the gaps in the leaves outside the window. Ye Hantao sat in the gentle light, her almond-shaped eyes, which were always smiling, filled with complete focus when she looked at the tea set on the table.
She spun the gaiwan, filtering the tea quickly and calmly.
Pour boiling water in again, filter, and serve the tea.
Each movement became exceptionally swift and precise in Ye Hantao's hands.
I dare say Ye Hantao really knows how to brew tea!
The skill with which this teapot is filled is evident in the pouring technique.
[Yes, yes, the water flow remained constant throughout, and it landed perfectly on the cup before hitting it—amazing!]
[I just watched the tea-making replays of the other four people, and none of them have Tao Tao's skill in pouring water.]
【Our TaoTao?】
【Our TaoTao?】
[Damn, you want to take a screenshot and send it to the moderator of Ye Hantao's supertopic to increase your chances of winning the prize, right?]
After pouring the brewed tea into the cup, Ye Hantao did not immediately place it on the tray. Instead, she rinsed the gaiwan with the remaining hot water, wrapped it with a tea towel, waited two seconds, and then inverted it onto the tea tray.
He Qiang's calm gaze flickered slightly when she witnessed this scene.
Although she has been deeply involved in ink painting for many years, she does not love tea, which represents the national culture, and is naturally not good at brewing tea.
She was often nagged by her teachers for this.
When she was learning to paint at her teacher's house, she could see her teacher making tea almost every day.
Ye Hantao's habit of cleaning the covered bowl is just like her teacher's.
Ye Hantao looked up and suddenly noticed Yuan Qiong at the tea table. "Teacher Yuan, I've finished brewing."
Yuan Qiong nodded slightly, "Your basic tea-making skills are very solid."
The whole kettle of water had boiled out, yet the wrist remained steady as it was lifted, showing how much hard work it took.
“My teacher said that when it comes to brewing tea, the taste is the most important thing.” Ye Hantao stood up, picked up the tray holding the teacups, and said in a pleasant voice, “Don’t do anything fancy.”
[Disease progression: 88%]
Ye Hantao stopped in her tracks, once again longing for the system that could provide the answers.
I just said that I didn't lie, I wasn't vain, and I didn't compare myself to others, so why has my condition improved?
[Hahaha, is Ye Hantao subtly criticizing Liao Jiayue?]
[Open your eyes and look! Yueyue's tea-making video has received hundreds of thousands of likes online! Her movements are much more elegant than Ye Hantao's.]
[I can't even be bothered to say it. How much water did Liao Jiayue actually put in the kettle to make her movements look graceful? Any more and she wouldn't be able to lift it!]
[Also, her first time adding water clearly took longer than expected; wasn't that because she wanted the cameraman in the main live stream to hurry over and film it?]
[It's like filming a TV series.]
From my layman's perspective, Ye Hantao, while not exactly elegant, is certainly efficient and to the point.
[It also has a touch of carefree spirit.]
Yuan Qiong smiled.
Just as some people believe that seeing a person's handwriting is like seeing the person themselves, she believes that brewing tea is like seeing the person herself.
She admired Ye Hantao's clean and efficient way of brewing tea, her single-minded focus, and her eyes only on the tea.
This focus is precisely what she wants to convey to her students in her classes.
Yuan Qiong accompanied Ye Hantao to the others, glancing sideways as she asked, "Have you taken a tea ceremony class?"
"That's definitely not something they've taken before, but they did have a traditional Chinese painting teacher who taught them how to brew tea." Ye Hantao didn't say that, but lied and said, "Yes, my tea ceremony teacher is extremely, extremely, extremely skilled."
Yuan Qiong and Zheng Qiuxia exchanged a smile. "Better than the two of us?"
Ye Hantao thought to herself, Teacher Yuan and Teacher Zheng are both proficient in tea art, and her Chinese painting teacher can paint and brew tea. In terms of the number of skills mastered, the Chinese painting teacher wins.
Ye Hantao nodded emphatically, "Yes!"
[Disease progression: 87.7%]
Ye Hantao thought to herself with a smug smile, "The audience must all be saying that she's trying to outdo others."
When Ye Hantao bluntly stated that her teacher was more capable than university professor Yuan Qiong and Zheng Qiuxia, the secretary-general of the National Tea Art Association, some comments did indeed appear on the screen mocking Ye Hantao for overestimating her abilities and being vain and exaggerated.
But these comments were quickly drowned out by a barrage of compliments praising Ye Hantao.
The gold jewelry giveaway is very appealing. Who can guarantee that the super topic moderators won't draw a few extra gold items as prizes after seeing how well they praised the items in the live stream?
So Ye Hantao isn't poor at all, right? She studied painting and even tea brewing.
I've never studied any of that; turns out I'm the one who's poor!
[You believe Ye Hantao just because she says so?]
I think you guys have lost your minds because of the million-dollar prize draw.
[I suggest you replay the video and see what boastful things Ye Hantao has said!]
[Even though Ye Hantao boasts, she hasn't harmed anyone, unlike Ji Changtu who runs an online store selling counterfeit goods and deceiving people.]
[Do some people not understand that the internet is not above the law? The market supervision bureau confirmed that he sold fake tea?]
[He might be wearing fake tea leaves, but he certainly wore fake jade (doge.jpg)]
I was actually thinking of asking him where his jade shop was, but because of the jade pendant incident, I'm too scared to buy anything there.
[Very well, now I don't dare buy tea from tea shops anymore.]
Liao Jiayue watched Ye Hantao and Yuan Qiong chatting happily, feeling resentful.
Although Yuan Qiong and Zheng Qiuxia were just temporary NPCs in the story and would not appear again later, she was unwilling to let Ye Hantao steal their attention.
In the storyline, this segment should be her main focus.
She should be the one treated differently by Yuan Qiong!
"Tao Tao, you've taken tea ceremony classes before?" Liao Jiayue asked with a curious expression. "Are you still taking them? If you'd like, let's go together. I haven't taken any tea ceremony classes yet."
Cheng Zhao glanced at them indifferently.
His eyes turned cold as he thought of the information his assistant, Guan Sen, had gathered.
Liao Jiayue ostensibly invited Ye Hantao to participate in the variety show out of friendship, but privately, her agency's marketing accounts were spreading comparative articles about Liao Jiayue and Ye Hantao online.
Suddenly, Cheng Zhao reached out his hand.
He used the space between his thumb and forefinger to catch Ye Hantao's tray, which was about to tip over.
"Thank you." Ye Hantao was about to reply to Liao Jiayue when she placed the tray on the table, but it was slightly tilted.
She lowered her head, wiping away the few drops of tea that had spilled, and replied, "I'm not going now."
After all, the class the teacher was running had already gone out of business.
Liao Jiayue's real intention wasn't to find out whether Ye Hantao would continue taking tea ceremony classes, but rather to attract Yuan Qiong's attention.
Yuan Qiong was quite surprised, "You've never taken a tea ceremony class?"
"I've been too busy with work and haven't been able to find the time."
Liao Jiayue said apologetically, "That was my first time doing it in person, and I relied entirely on trying to recall your demonstration."
Yuan Qiong gazed intently at Liao Jiayue.
After a moment, she said meaningfully, "You have a lot of talent." Her movements were exactly the same as hers, yet she could do them so skillfully.
Where are the people who used Ye Hantao to put down Yueyue? Come out and speak again!
One person has studied it, and the other hasn't!
[Only you fans believe that Liao Jiayue really didn't study it.]
[Liao Jiayue's posture while filling the water is different from Yuan Qiong's; what about the memories from her dream?]
It's not like you have a photographic memory; it's normal for your memory to be different.
It's abnormal for someone to be skilled at something they don't understand.
Yuan Qiong didn't speak to Liao Jiayue again, but slightly raised her hand and said, "Everyone, turn your backs."
The others, not understanding what was going on, did not turn around immediately.
“We’re going to shuffle the order of your tea,” Yuan Qiong explained. “Don’t worry, your group will be labeled on the bottom of your cups.”
Zheng Qiuxia looked at Yuan Qiong in surprise. In their previous activities, there had been no activity where the order of tea was disrupted and everyone drank tea like in a blind box.
As everyone around her turned their backs, Liao Jiayue suppressed her strange feelings and turned her back as well.
In the story, they drank the tea as soon as they finished brewing it, without even turning around.
Yuan Qiong and Zheng Caixia divided one cup of tea evenly into ten small teacups, making five large cups of tea.
The remaining portion was sampled by the two of them in advance.
Based on the results of the tasting, Yuan Qiong arranged the small teacups in an orderly manner in front of the ten people's tables.
When Ye Hantao turned around again, she looked down at the different shades of green tea in the teacups and could roughly tell which cup she had brewed.
"Let's start with the first cup," Yuan Qiong gestured, indicating that they could drink.
Ye Hantao didn't start drinking right away, but quietly observed the expressions of the others after they finished drinking.
This cup was brewed by her, and it's the lightest and clearest of all the teas.
My traditional Chinese painting teacher said that there are two water temperatures for soaking Longjing tea: one is 70℃-80℃.
The tea brewed at this water temperature is a clear, light green color, and you can taste the sweetness more quickly.
After the subtle aroma of soybeans, what lingers in your mouth is the refreshing sensation unique to Longjing tea.
She liked this refreshing feeling.
When brewing tea at home, her father prefers to use Longjing tea brewed with water at a temperature above 80℃, which reduces the refreshing sensation and allows the aftertaste to linger longer.
Su Yi'ang downed it in one gulp, "Delicious!"
Wu Xia didn't say anything, but he kept drinking.
Seeing that everyone had taken a sip and seemed alright, Ye Hantao picked up her teacup and drank with satisfaction.
Cheng Zhao looked away, lowered his eyes, and drank the tea in his cup in one gulp. He then said, "I vote for this one as number one."
"Luckily it wasn't you who went to make tea," Chen Xiaofeng chuckled. "Otherwise, I would have suspected you were rigging the process to garner votes for yourself."
Cheng Zhao thought for a moment, "Then I'll campaign for votes now, and you'll remember to vote for it as number one."
Chen Xiaofeng: "???"
"Does this cup suit your taste so well?" he asked, sipping the tea in his cup with a hint of doubt.
Yuan Qiong: "Everyone, please drink the remaining four cups of tea one by one, and then vote."
Liao Jiayue put down her empty teacup, her gaze lingering on the four untouched cups of tea, hesitant and uncertain.
Of these four cups, three have a light green tea color, while the remaining cup has a dark green tea color.
The tea she brewed was in three cups with a tender green broth.
Everyone continued drinking tea in turn.
As she drank, Ye Hantao frowned when she reached her third cup.
The bitterness was quite pronounced in this cup, so she took a small sip and stopped, then picked up the fourth cup.
The moment the tea touched her tongue, Ye Hantao quickly put down the cup.
This cup of tea has completely lost the refreshing quality characteristic of Longjing tea, and it tastes astringent and bitter. It is most likely that the water temperature was too high and the tea soup was not filtered out in time.
Just as she was about to get the fifth cup of tea, she caught a glimpse of someone else putting down their teacup. Turning her head, she saw it was Wu Xia.
Got it, the fourth cup was awful.
[Hahaha, I trust their palates when it comes to tea.]
[The third cup probably won't work either. Wu Xia finished his, but Ye Hantao only took a small sip and then stopped.]
Ye Hantao and Wu Xia took a sip of their fifth cup of tea one after the other.
"..."
"..."
It tastes awful!
It tastes even worse than the Tieguanyin tea brewed by Ji Changtu!
The two of them grimaced and looked miserable, their bodies resisting so much that they wanted to stay at least three meters away from the teacup.
Seeing their reaction, Cheng Zhao decided not to make things difficult for himself and simply pushed the fifth cup of tea away.
He had already finished the tea that Ye Hantao had brewed, so it didn't matter whether he drank the remaining cups or not.
"Ptooey! Ptooey! Ptooey!"
Jin Shiyue didn't even swallow it before taking a tissue and spitting out the tea.
She ate too much salty food when she was young, so her taste buds aren't particularly sensitive; otherwise, she wouldn't have drunk all the Tieguanyin tea brewed by Ji Changtu.
Today was different. With two refreshing and sweet teas to start the day, her taste buds were unusually engaged.
The third and fourth cups didn't taste bad, but they were just a little less impressive than the first two.
But the fifth cup had a stronger grassy taste the more you tasted it. Jin Shiyue had never realized that her tongue could be so sensitive!
Upon seeing this, Ji Changtu's expression changed, and his already pale face became even more bloodless.
"He Qiang, did you brew this cup?" Jin Shiyue retorted. "This is about the best you can do when it comes to brewing tea."
He Qiang retorted coldly, "It's better than someone not even being able to boil water properly!"
"Who can't boil water properly!"
"Who boiled the water half-cooked?! I got a stomachache in the middle of the day after drinking it!"
Jin Shiyue: "..."
This person has an exceptionally good memory.
Yuan Qiong chuckled, "Can't even a tea room help you two calm down?"
Upon hearing this, Jin Shiyue and He Qiang both snorted and turned their backs to each other.
Ye Hantao glanced at Jin Shiyue, then at He Qiang, and whispered to Su Yi'ang sitting next to her, "It seems like Sister Shiyue and Teacher He Qiang change as soon as they meet..."
Su Yi'ang also lowered his voice, "Change to what?"
Ye Hantao was thinking of a suitable adjective, and after a few seconds, she said firmly, "She's become cuter." As cute as a child.
Su Yi'ang: "???"
On the Art of Speaking!
Low emotional intelligence: childish; high emotional intelligence: adorable.
[Haha, if Ye Hantao could overcome her inferiority complex about her family background, and be less vain, less boastful, and less dishonest, I bet many people would like her.]
Has no one searched her university forum and confession wall? She already has a lot of fans (drinking milk tea.jpg)
[For example, me!!! I liked it even before the giveaway! My posting history can prove it.]
Yuan Qiong clapped her hands. "Now, please rank these five cups of tea based on your tasting experience."
Liao Jiayue stared at the three cups of tea in the middle, numbered 2, 3, and 4, unable to tell which one was hers, and hesitated for a moment.
Su Yi'ang and Chen Xiaofeng were also hesitant. They weren't trying to guess which cup of tea they had brewed; they simply couldn't tell the difference between the third and fourth cups.
Cheng Zhao was the first to hand in his answer. He raised his hand and passed the nameplate to Yuan Qiong.
“Yours doesn’t count,” Yuan Qiong said.
Cheng Zhao: "?"
Ye Hantao happened to be handing in her ranking card when she heard this and said, "You didn't drink your fifth cup."
"..." Cheng Zhao asked abruptly, "You saw it?"
[Who on earth is shipping him and Ye Hantao? Hahaha, listen to that questioning tone!]
[What kind of interrogation is this! Isn't this just a normal question?]
[This is hardly ordinary! Isn't this implying that Ye Hantao actually cared whether he had drunk anything or not?!]
【What?! You guys have lost your minds shipping these couples.】
Pick up your brain and keep hitting it.
Ye Hantao blinked lightly, "I could see it very clearly, and you still pushed it away."
Cheng Zhao looked at her for two seconds without showing any expression, then suddenly smiled.
He held the teacup and drank all the tea in one gulp without even looking at it.
"Hey? Don't go all out—" Ye Hantao's words were cut short as Cheng Zhao's teacup was emptied. "..."
A faint smell of burnt bits and grassy odor rose up.
Cheng Zhao's expression didn't even change. He picked up the remaining two cups of tea and gulped them down.
Of all the people present, only the five teacups in front of him were completely emptied.
Ye Hantao gave a thumbs up in admiration, "Amazing, you finished it all." Such awful tea.
Cheng Zhao handed the ballot card to Yuan Qiong again, his gaze falling on Ye Hantao's face.
“I want to vote,” he said.
Cheng Zhao then asked Yuan Qiong, who hadn't moved, "Does it count now?"
“You don’t have to drink it all.” Yuan Qiong thought the same as Ye Hantao, but she was more direct. “It’s just a vote, don’t ruin your tongue.”
[Pfft, who brewed this fifth cup of tea? Yuan Qiong really doesn't give us any face at all.]
[They've already said some really offensive things; how bad must it taste?]
[Could it be Ji Changtu? Jin Shiyue's neck turned bright red when he spat out the tea.]
[Really? Jin Shiyue drank his tea before.]
[He's a tea shop owner; even if he's terrible at brewing tea, he wouldn't be this bad.]
During the discussion, Yuan Qiong announced the voting results: "Your rankings are quite close. The first and second cups each received 4 votes, the third cup received 1 vote, and the fourth cup received 1 vote."
Su Yi'ang raised his hand and declared, "I was the first one to vote! It's refreshing and not too sweet."
“This is my second cup.” Chen Xiaofeng chimed in.
He mainly wanted to do the opposite of Cheng Zhao, otherwise it would seem that he was afraid of Cheng Zhao!
Liao Jiayue couldn't stop feeling anxious ever since Su Yiang revealed which cup he voted for. She kept looking at Yuan Qiong's expression and only felt relieved after confirming that Yuan Qiong had no intention of announcing their respective votes.
She couldn't tell which of the three cups (2, 3, and 4) was the tea she had brewed, and after much deliberation, she chose the third cup.
Now that they hear the second cup got 4 votes, they suspect that the second cup was the one she brewed.
After all, among the five cups of tea, the only one who could rival her was Boss Ji.
The fourth cup also got a vote...
Could this be tea brewed by Ye Hantao? She thought it was the fifth cup.
Yuan Kai looked at the fourth cup on the table and guessed that it was tea brewed by Ye Hantao, which was why he added it.
After the results came out, he then pointed out that it was his vote.
The young girl is inexperienced and easily moved.
Su Yi'ang: "Teacher, the first and second groups tied for first place?"
"It's not the final result yet," Liao Jiayue said softly. "The two teachers haven't voted yet."
Yuan Qiong smiled helplessly and said, "I like the taste of the first cup, but Teacher Zheng likes the taste of the second cup."
Upon hearing that her tea had been recognized by a teacher, Ye Hantao's eyes crinkled with joy, and a smile spread across her face.
Cheng Zhao watched as the dimples on her cheeks deepened, and he also smiled.
“Now—” Zheng Qiuxia gestured to the crowd, “Everyone can now check the group number on the bottom of the cup.”
[Here it comes! Place your bets now! Who brewed the tea for 1 and 2?!]
[One is Ji Changtu, the other is Liao Jiayue, but the order is a bit hard to guess.]
Liao Jiayue is alright, but forget about Ji Changtu. After this happened so many times, I've lost faith in him.
[Can anyone guess which cup Ye Hantao brewed? Teacher Yuan herself said it, and she's very skilled.]
[The third cup?]
Ye Hantao took only one sip of her third cup and then stopped drinking.
[I guessed it was one of the 1s or 2s. After Yuan Qiong said that she and Zheng Qiuxia liked 1 and 2 respectively, Ye Hantao smiled happily.]
The first cup Cheng Zhao looked at had a simple letter pasted on it: Group C.
He looked up at the people in Group C and noticed that Ye Hantao had looked at the fifth cup first.
"This is Group E, and Group E is Boss Ji, isn't it?!" Su Yi'ang blurted out, "Even I can tell it tastes awful!"
Ji Changtu's temples throbbed.
"I...I'm—" Ji Changtu's facial muscles were contorted.
What else could he say? He couldn't very well say that he was outshone by Ye Hantao in the tea tasting and guessing game, and that he had lost face so badly that he didn't even dare to think about how much the shop's business would be affected, which is why he brewed a failed cup of tea, could he?
Ji Changtu gritted his teeth and managed to utter the answer with difficulty, "I was distracted while making the tea, and the water temperature was too high."
After saying that, he slumped into his chair.
If he doesn't bring a genuine icy jade pendant to the next episode, he'll lose all face and dignity!
Liao Jiayue looked at the second cup first; it had "Group A" labeled on the bottom.
"Wu Xia, this is the second cup you've brewed!" Ye Hantao gave Wu Xia a thumbs up and praised, "It's delicious!"
It was Wu Xia! Liao Jiayue was disappointed. She casually flipped to the bottom of the third cup, and this was hers... Why was it labeled Group D?! She was in Group B!
Jin Shiyue snorted coldly, "He Qiang, so this is the cup you brewed. No wonder each cup has gotten worse than the last."
"..." Liao Jiayue stared at the fourth cup of tea, her blood rushing to her head.
She diligently studied tea ceremony with a master tea master for over half a year, yet her tea brewing skills couldn't even compare to those of Wu Xia and He Qiang!
Although she was filled with resentment, Liao Jiayue forced herself to remain calm, at least she had surpassed Ye Hantao—
No, Liao Jiayue suddenly remembered what Su Yi'ang had just said: the cup of tea that tasted bad was brewed by Ji Changtu!
Liao Jiayue flipped the first teacup over.
Group C?!
The first cup was tea brewed by Ye Hantao?!
Ye Hantao's tea garnered 5 votes in one fell swoop?!
The numbers on the bottom of the cups appeared simultaneously in front of the viewers in the live broadcast room. No one expected that the two winners would be Ye Hantao and Wu Xia.
【？！！！】
[Holy crap?! Holy crap?!!!!]
So, Ye Hantao brewed the first cup, and Wu Xia brewed the second?
[Hahahaha, congratulations to Ye Hantao on her amazing comeback!]
I'm not surprised that Ji Changtu's tea tasted bad given his condition before brewing, but how did Liao Jiayue only get one vote?
[Hahaha, aren't fans embarrassed by the trending topics online praising Liao Jiayue's goddess-like beauty?]
[Ye Hantao: Taste is the most important thing!]
[Ye Hantao: Don't do anything fancy or flashy.]
[Fans still have the nerve to say Ye Hantao is subtly criticizing their idol? This is a warning! A warning!]
"Thank you everyone for your votes~" Ye Hantao said with a smile, making no attempt to hide her little bit of pride.
Upon hearing Ye Hantao's words, Wu Xia softly replied, "Thank you."
"Congratulations to Group A and Group C for tying for first place with 6 votes each, earning 10 points." Yuan Qiong glanced at Liao Jiayue, who remained silent, as she announced the scores.
Objectively speaking, Liao Jiayue's tea-brewing technique can be described as elegant and beautiful, but in order to better showcase the perfect angle, she extended the time it took to pour boiling water, which affected some details of the tea leaves.
The taste of the brewed tea is self-evident.
Yuan Qiong had no problem with Liao Jiayue, but she didn't want others to focus too much on the tea-making technique and ignore the taste.
Before everyone left, Yuan Qiong suddenly called out to Ye Hantao, "I have something I'd like to talk to you about alone, is that convenient?"
Liao Jiayue: "???"
The audience: "???"
Ye Hantao nodded and walked over.
On the way, Yuan Qiong told the cameraman to stay in place, so the audience could only hear the conversation between the two through Ye Hantao's microphone.
As Liao Jiayue watched the two walk away side by side, that familiar sense of unease resurfaced once again.
This made Liao Jiayue increasingly doubt whether her decision to invite Ye Hantao to participate in the program was the right one.
When is the control group?
Throughout the entire day's proceedings, she was actually serving as a control group for Ye Hantao!
Outside the window, the shadows of trees sway gently, and in the distance, verdant tea gardens stretch out.
Ye Hantao noticed several figures moving among them; as the distance increased, the figures appeared smaller.
Their afternoon task was to pick tea leaves in the tea garden; those figures must be tea farmers.
Yuan Qiong lowered her eyes and stared at the string of conch beads on Ye Hantao's wrist that she had noticed earlier.
Conch pearls that possess both flamingo pink and flame-like patterns are extremely rare, and given their exceptional quality, a one-carat pearl would cost at least 300,000 yuan.
She was disappointed that she couldn't get a picture of the conch pearl a couple of days ago.
"Are you interested in selling this string of beads?" Yuan Qiong held up a five-pointed hand. "I can offer this price."
Ye Hantao took a moment to react, "Fifty... fifty?"
What can you buy with 500,000? Two?
Yuan Qiong said earnestly, "I want to buy them all, five hundred."
Five million is not a low price, but there is room for it to rise. Her bottom price is 8 million.
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Author's note: Happy National Day, everyone!
(--66 small red envelopes will be randomly distributed to celebrate the birthday of our motherland! [cheering]--)