10: Chapter 10: What a unique flavor!

Soon, after another ten minutes or so, Xu Hao finally turned off the stove.

He picked up a large plate, scooped out the Nine-Turn Intestines from the pot, and arranged them neatly.

"All right, all right! Nine-Turn Intestines, done!"

When he said this, a proud smile hung on his face; you must know that this was his signature dish after all.

Lin Yu clapped from the side.

"That's amazing! Xu Hao, you're so awesome!"

Xu Hao chuckled and walked toward the living room carrying the plate.

"Come, come, come, everyone come and have a taste!"

In the living room, the other six people stood beside the sofa, their gazes locking uniformly onto that plate of Nine-Turn Intestines.

How should I put it...

The appearance was all right, with a bright red color and quite neat plating, but that smell... it always felt a bit strange.

Xu Hao placed the plate on the table and enthusiastically greeted everyone.

"Come, come, come, don't stand on ceremony! Eat it while it's hot!"

Lin Yu chimed in from the side: "Right, right, right, eat it while it's hot, it won't taste good once it cools down!"

The six people stood in place, and none of them made a move.

The smile on Zhou Yichen's face hesitated for a moment, then quickly recovered as he gave Lin Mo beside him a push.

"Um... how about you try it first?"

Lin Mo was stunned for a moment, then waved his hand.

"No, no, no, you should go first."

The two of them began deferring to each other just like that.

"You taste it first."

"You'd better taste it first."

The netizens in the livestreaming room were already laughing like crazy.

[Hahahaha this mutual deference is too realistic]

[No one dares to make the first move with their chopsticks, right]

[That expression on Zhou Yichen is absolute gold]

[Come to think of it, does Xu Hao genuinely think he cooked it really well???]

Lu Li didn't speak, just standing at the very edge, watching this grand drama.

To be honest, he was also quite curious what this plate of intestines actually tasted like, but he still valued his life a bit more.

After deferring back and forth for a long time, Xu Hao finally gave his repeated assurances that his family had always cooked it this way, and upon hearing this, Lin Mo finally picked up his chopsticks.

"All right, then I'll be the first to try it."

He took a deep breath, picked up his chopsticks, and picked up a small piece.

In an instant, everyone's gazes fell upon him.

Lin Mo put the intestines into his mouth and chewed.

Then his expression instantly went from guarded to silent, and then became expressionless.

Until he chewed a few times and swallowed, only then did he put down his chopsticks, pick up a tissue to wipe his mouth, and then pick up the water cup beside him to take a huge gulp.

"How is it?"

Zhou Yichen wore a look of anticipation.

Lin Mo fell silent for two seconds.

"Pretty... pretty chewy."

After saying that, he took another sip of water.

Zhou Yichen's eyes lit up, and he immediately chimed in.

"Then I'll try some!"

He hadn't tried this kind of food before and didn't know what it tasted like, figuring it shouldn't be too bad.

Afterwards, Zhou Yichen picked up a piece, put it in his mouth, and chewed. Then his expression changed instantly as well, much more wonderfully than Lin Mo's expression.

For a split second, he wanted to spit it out, but he held it back because in front of millions of viewers, he couldn't make such an unseemly move.

Zhou Yichen felt extremely uncomfortable at this moment, desperately wanting to swallow it down, but that taste... Blech! It was nauseating!

But in the end, with a glare of his eyes, he still used all his might to swallow it down, then quickly grabbed his water cup.

Within the span of a few seconds, Zhou Yichen had already chugged down two cups of water.

Even so, he still felt that his mouth was filled with a nauseating taste...

"How is it? Isn't it quite distinctive?"

Xu Hao stood to the side, looking at Zhou Yichen with bright eyes, his face written full of anticipation.

He had also tried a piece himself just now; to be honest, the first bite did have a rather pungent punch, but he had been eating this dish cooked by his family since he was little and was long used to it.

Even now, recalling it, he felt that the taste was quite special, belonging to that kind of type that gets more addictive the more you eat it.

Meanwhile, Zhou Yichen had just chugged down two glasses of water, and the indescribable taste in his mouth hadn't dissipated completely yet. Hearing these words, the expression on his face almost completely broke.

He opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but that nauseating feeling in his throat surged up again.

"Pretty... pretty good, it really does have a distinctive flavor."

He hesitated for a long time before managing to spit out this sentence. If it weren't for seeing that Xu Hao didn't seem to be doing it on purpose, plus the fact that it was a livestream, he would have really flipped out on the spot.

And the bullet comments in the livestreaming room had gone completely crazy.

[Hahahaha what the hell kind of distinctive flavor!]

[Is Xu Hao serious? Does he genuinely think it tastes good?]

[Look at Zhou Yichen's expression, it's more painful than eating shit]

[Upstairs, you got it wrong, this is the most authentic expression of eating shit]

[This kind of person is the shadiest; he thinks it tastes good himself, and then he still makes it for others to eat]

[That expression on Lu Li is killing me, watching the show from the sidelines with such relish]

The smile on Xu Hao's face became even brighter.

"I told you so! This dish has been passed down in our family for several generations, the taste is definitely authentic!"

As he spoke, he carried the plate over and inched closer to the others.

"Come, come, come, everyone have a taste! Don't stand on ceremony!"

Lin Mo subconsciously took a step back, the expression on his face written full of rejection.

"Um... I've already tasted it, you guys go ahead, you guys go ahead."

Chen Wenwen also quietly stepped back half a step.

Su Qing didn't back away, however. Instead, she stared at that lump of stuff in the plate for three seconds, then turned her head to look at Zhou Yichen, asking in a low voice.

"Is it... really good?"

Zhou Yichen's mouth twitched, and he nodded against his conscience.

"Pretty... pretty good, you can give it a try."

Su Qing picked up her chopsticks dubiously, picked up a small piece, and put it into her mouth.

The next second, her cheeks bulged, her eyes widened into round circles, and her entire body stiffened in place; swallowing the thing in her mouth wasn't an option, and spitting it out wasn't either.

Xu Hao was still asking with a look of anticipation beside her: "How is it? How is it?"

Su Qing forcefully swallowed that bite of food down, then picked up her water cup and chugged wildly.

"It's... it's good."

When she said those two words, her voice was shaking.

She seemed to understand a bit why those who had tasted it before all had to say it was good...

The livestreaming bullet comments exploded once again.

[Hahahaha I'm laughing my head off, hope you keep stirring up trouble, already followed, don't let me down]

[It's... it's good (trembling voice)]

[Su Qing: I have never spoken such words against my conscience in my entire life]

[What on earth is Xu Hao's background? Does he really not think there's anything wrong with this stuff when he eats it??]

[Cracking me up, how is this a dating reality show? It should be renamed to Extreme Challenge: Nine-Turn Intestines Edition]

Lu Li leaned against the door frame, crossing his arms, watching this scene, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl upwards.

Wonderful, simply too wonderful.

Xu Hao carried the plate and continued walking forward, this time walking up to Shen Qingxue.

"Teacher Shen, would you like to try some too?"

Shen Qingxue glanced at him, then glanced at the intestines in the plate, and expressionlessly spat out two words.

"Not eating."

Xu Hao was slightly stunned, the smile on his face becoming a bit stiff.

"Just taste a bite, it really is quite delicious..."

Shen Qingxue ignored him, turned around, and sat down on the sofa nearby.

Xu Hao sheepishly withdrew the plate, his gaze landing on Lu Li.

"Lu Li, will you come have a piece too?"

Lu Li lowered his head to look at the intestines in the plate, then looked up at Xu Hao's sincere face, before silently giving a thumbs-up.

"No thanks, Goddess Shen said she's going to treat me to instant noodles, that smells a bit better."

Xu Hao: ...

The people around fell into a dead silence.

For this kid to say such a thing at this time was simply psychological torture, and especially for Zhou Yichen, it was basically a critical hit of ten thousand damage.