23: Chapter 23 A Heart-Fluttering Dinner, Yet Another Night of Disaster

A moment later, Director Zhou cleared his throat, raised his megaphone, and drew everyone's attention back.

"Alright, alright, the talent show segment has come to an end! Everyone performed exceptionally well, especially Lu Li's original song, which brought us a huge surprise!"

"Next, we enter today's final segment."

Director Zhou paused, deliberately leaving them in suspense.

The atmosphere in the living room finally eased up. The guests straightened up one after another and cast their gazes toward Director Zhou.

"This segment is called... Heart-Fluttering Dinner."

When Director Zhou uttered those four words, his tone carried a hint of profound meaning.

"Actually, the rules are very simple, pretty much the same as at noon. The guests need to prepare dinner themselves. The Program Team has already prepared the ingredients, but there is a condition..."

He raised a single finger.

"Male and female guests need to cooperate to complete it. Each pair will make a dish together. After finishing, everyone will have dinner together to further deepen your understanding at the dinner table."

As the words fell, Lin Yu raised her hand first.

"Director Zhou, will there be any rewards?"

"Rewards?"

Director Zhou smiled mysteriously and continued speaking.

"Of course there are! The dishes you make will be voted on and supported by the netizens in the live broadcast room. The pair with the highest number of votes will receive a reward from the Program Team. As for what the reward is, it cannot be disclosed yet."

Hearing this, Xu Hao immediately perked up. You must know this was his strong suit!

However, the expressions of Lin Mo and Chen Wenwen on the side were not so pleasant. Neither of them knew how to cook much. Wasn't the Program Team making things difficult for people by setting up this segment?

"Lin Mo, what dish are you good at? I should be able to help as an assistant."

Lin Mo thought for a moment and finally let out a helpless sigh.

"How about scrambled eggs with tomatoes? This is a bit simpler, it shouldn't go wrong, right?"

Chen Wenwen was stunned for a moment, then nodded thoughtfully.

"That's pretty good, there shouldn't be any problems."

On the other side, Su Qing turned to look at Zhou Yichen and said in a very gentle voice, "Yichen, what dish do you think we should make?"

Zhou Yichen thought for a moment, and his face turned dark as a result. Because asking someone like him who had never done any kitchen work to cook, wasn't that making things difficult?

Unexpectedly, having escaped lunch at noon, he couldn't escape dinner. The Program Team clearly knew that most of them didn't know how to cook, yet they specifically picked this task.

Isn't this making things difficult for people?

"You decide, anything is fine with me."

Zhou Yichen could only place his hopes on Su Qing. After all, she was a girl... she should at least know how to cook better than him, right?

For a moment, in the entire living room, only Shen Qingxue and Lu Li remained silent.

Everyone's gazes fell upon these two people.

With that song "little dimples" just now combined with Lu Li's sigma male famous quotes, the relationship between these two had now become extremely subtle.

The netizens in the live broadcast room became active again.

[I want to know, when Slacker Brother and the goddess cook together, will they spark any fireworks?]

[It's hard to say about fireworks, but judging by the goddess's appearance, it's still possible to hit a gas tank and blow Lu Li up first]

[Curious what dish the goddess will make, she doesn't look like someone who has never touched kitchen work]

[Hahaha, is it only me looking forward to Shen Qingxue tearing Lu Li apart?]

Lu Li sat on the sofa, feeling the gazes cast from all directions, and the pressure was a bit high.

He turned his head to look at Shen Qingxue.

Shen Qingxue was holding a water cup and drinking water. Noticing his gaze, her movement paused for a moment, but she didn't turn her head to look at him.

Lu Li opened his mouth, wanting to say something to ease the atmosphere, but swallowed the words back when they reached his lips.

Forget it, the more you say, the more mistakes you make.

Soon, Shen Qingxue put down her water cup, finally turned her head, and looked at Lu Li.

"Can you do it?"

Her tone was flat, with no discernible joy or anger.

Lu Li was stunned for a moment, then answered honestly.

"At least I won't blow up the kitchen."

Shen Qingxue didn't speak, stood up, and turned to walk towards the kitchen. After walking two steps, finding that Lu Li didn't follow, her footsteps paused, and she tilted her head slightly.

"What are you standing there dazed for?"

Seeing this, Lu Li quickly stood up and followed.

The two of them walked into the kitchen one after the other, still maintaining a distance of about one meter between them.

The remaining three pairs of guests also dispersed and began preparing their own dishes.

The kitchen suddenly became lively.

"There is only one hour, guests, please make good use of your time!"

Director Zhou's voice came over.

Hearing this, the two teams led by the four people including Lin Mo and Zhou Yichen immediately became hurried, fearing that time wouldn't be enough.

Xu Hao had already put on an apron and rolled up his sleeves, his movements quite deft.

He opened the refrigerator and rummaged through it, took out a piece of beef and a few potatoes, turned around, and grinned at Lin Yu.

"I'll show everyone a skill today, braised beef with potatoes. Just like Nine-Turn Intestines, it's my specialty."

Lin Yu stood nearby with sparkling eyes, cupping her chin with both hands in an admiring pose.

"Wow, you're so amazing!"

Flattered by her praise, Xu Hao straightened his back a bit more and patted his chest to guarantee.

"Just wait, I'll get it done in half an hour."

The camera in the live broadcast room specifically aimed at the two of them, and the bullet comments started scrolling.

[Xu Hao really looks like he knows how to cook, at least his posture is correct]

[Braised beef with potatoes, a home-cooked dish, this shouldn't easily go wrong, right?]

[Lin Yu's admiring expression is so fake hahaha]

[Don't you guys think Lin Yu has been acting all along?]

Things were still somewhat normal on Xu Hao and Lin Yu's side. In contrast, on Lin Mo and Chen Wenwen's side, the style was completely different.

The two of them stood in front of the cooking counter with a few tomatoes and a small basket of eggs placed in front of them, looking at each other in dismay.

Although they had decided to make scrambled eggs with tomatoes, looking at these items, the two didn't know where to start for a moment.

Lin Mo picked up a tomato, looked at it back and forth, then picked up a knife, hesitated for a long time, and finally cut down.

With a single slash, the tomato was cut into two halves, but the sizes were completely asymmetrical. Asymmetrical was one thing, but it was also cut slanted.

Chen Wenwen watched from the side, the corners of her mouth twitching, hesitant to speak.

"How about... you cut first? I'll beat the eggs here."

Lin Mo nodded and continued to cut the second tomato.

This time he cut more seriously, but the resulting effect was still hard to describe in words, and the shapes were even more bizarre.

Chen Wenwen withdrew her gaze, took a deep breath, picked up an egg, and tapped it against the rim of the bowl.

She didn't control her strength well, and the eggshell shattered into several pieces. As the egg liquid flowed out, a small piece of eggshell also fell into the bowl.

"Ah... it broke."

Chen Wenwen quickly reached out to fish out the eggshell, but the egg liquid was too slippery. She tried several times without fishing it out, and instead stirred the egg liquid even more chaotically.

Lin Mo looked up at her, then lowered his head to continue cutting tomatoes, pretending not to see.

The bullet comments in the live broadcast room were already laughing like crazy.

[Hahahahaha these two people are here to be funny, right]

[The tomatoes are cut uglier than my toes]

[Reaching in directly with your hands, won't it feel gross when eating later...]

[Being able to make scrambled eggs with tomatoes like this is truly a talent]

[Blind guess, whoever eats the dish made by these two will get diarrhea]