9: The iconic scene from Chapter 9, Day 1: Nine-Turned Intestines

As soon as those words were spoken, the expressions of at least half the guests present changed.

Director Zhou was clearly very satisfied with their reactions, and then added: "In addition, we are only responsible for following and filming, and will not interfere with your daily lives. You can do whatever you want, as long as it doesn't violate the law."

And the barrage in the livestream room quickly flooded the screen because of this.

["Holy shit? Playing it this intensely?"]

["Self-reliance? Is this a dating variety show or wilderness survival?"]

["Lmao, these celebrities usually don't lift a finger, can they even eat what they cook themselves?"]

["Expectations maxed out hahahahaha"]

["Lu Li: What? No food? Then I'll leave?"]

["Slacker Brother's expression must be amazing when he hears this"]

Indeed, Lu Li's expression at this moment was indeed very amazing.

Self-reliance...

Cooking wasn't too difficult; he knew how, although it was just barely edible. After all, living alone made cooking a basic skill.

But the problem was that he might have to count one more person...

Lu Li subconsciously glanced at Shen Qingxue.

Shen Qingxue still had that cold and aloof look, with little expression on her face, making it impossible to tell what she was thinking.

Lu Li withdrew his gaze, having some idea in his heart.

Forget it, whatever about her. Anyway, he just needed to take care of himself. At worst, he would reluctantly share half his food with her then.

Not long after, Director Zhou clapped his hands, and staff members quickly pushed small carts in.

The carts were filled with all kinds of ingredients—vegetables, beef, seafood—quite a complete variety.

The most eye-catching was the last cart, which held several crisper boxes containing unprocessed large intestines.

They were indeed raw, and carried a bit of... um, primitive flavor.

"The ingredients have been prepared for you." Director Zhou raised a megaphone and laughed: "How to cook them depends entirely on yourselves."

After saying that, he took two steps back, leaving the venue to the guests.

The eight people looked at each other in dismay.

Cooking? Among this group of people, how many actually knew how to cook?

Lin Yu's eyes lit up as she took a step forward.

"How about... leaving today's lunch to us?"

As she spoke, she looked at Xu Hao beside her.

Xu Hao was stunned for a moment, then immediately reacted and nodded repeatedly.

"Right, right, right! The two of us will do it! We guarantee to make a good meal for everyone!"

Lin Yu added from the side: "I often cook at home, and Xu Hao knows how too. With the two of us cooperating, there definitely won't be any problems."

The others looked at each other and breathed a sigh of relief. Since someone volunteered to take on the job, that could not be better.

Zhou Yichen wore a just-right smile on his face and asked in a gentle tone: "What dishes are the two of you planning to make? Do you need any help?"

"No need, no need!"

Xu Hao waved his hand and said with a confident expression: "We'll just make one dish... Nine-Turn Large Intestines!"

When he said this, his tone carried a hint of pride, as if this dish was some incredible famous dish—and in fact, it indeed was.

Lin Yu nodded in agreement beside him: "He'll be the head chef, and I'll be his assistant."

Zhou Yichen was stunned for a moment, the smile on his face stiffening for half a second.

He subconsciously glanced at those boxes of ingredients, and then imperceptibly took a small step back.

"Then... then we'll have to trouble the two of you."

The expressions of the other guests also changed slightly, but none of them said much, because if this dish could be handled well, it truly was a famous dish.

Of course, if it wasn't handled well, that was a different story.

Lu Li stood at the very edge, opened his mouth as if to say something, but closed it in the end.

Forget it, it's already good enough that someone is cooking; who cares what they make.

"Alright! Then let's start!" Xu Hao rolled up his sleeves and strode toward the kitchen.

Lin Yu followed closely behind him, turning back to smile at everyone as she walked.

"Just wait, we guarantee to blow your minds!"

The eight people moved to the kitchen, followed by two cameramen behind them.

Calling it a kitchen, it was actually an open-concept cooking area, complete with stoves, ovens, and various kitchen utensils, plus a huge island in the middle.

Xu Hao stood in front of the island, tied on an apron, picked up a box of large intestines, and his expression was full of confidence.

"Nine-Turn Large Intestines, what this dish emphasizes is... um... heat control! Right, heat control is very important!"

Lin Yu chimed in from the side: "Right, right, right, heat control is very important!"

Netizens in the livestream room were already getting curious one after another.

["Nine-Turn Large Intestines? Are they serious???"]

["Hhahahaha are these two here to be comedians?"]

["Heat control is indeed important, but the two of them seem to only know about heat control"]

["Curious, do these two really know how to cook?"]

Lu Li leaned against the kitchen doorway, watching Xu Hao's operation, his expression gradually turning solemn.

Xu Hao took the large intestines out of the crisper box, placed them on the cutting board, then picked up a knife and began to cut.

He cut them quite seriously, piece by piece, with even sizes.

However... he seemed to have forgotten something.

Lu Li squinted his eyes and looked closely at the large intestines on the cutting board. Hmm, there was still a little something left on them.

Then he looked at Xu Hao's action after cutting: he just rinsed them once, and then threw them straight into the pot to start cooking.

As for blanching in water? That didn't exist at all.

Lu Li's mouth twitched slightly.

And when the netizens in the livestream room saw this scene, they were even more thunderstruck.

["Are large intestines made like this??? How come I see him throwing them straight into the pot???"]

["Wait, it looks like he didn't remove the gamey smell or blanch them???"]

["Holy shit, he really didn't blanch them!"]

["Forget about blanching, he even just washed them casually!"]

["Oh my god, a legendary scene on the first day, are Xu Hao and Lin Yu feeding shit to the other guests?"]

Lin Yu on the side was quite serious, standing nearby to help hand things over and occasionally giving pointers.

At first glance, the two cooperated quite tacitly, but the more one looked at these large intestines, the stranger they seemed.

Not long after, a very subtle smell wafted from the kitchen—not fragrant, nor exactly stinking, just very subtle.

It was somewhere between the two, yet seemed like neither.

Zhou Yichen stood not far away, frowning slightly.

He had never eaten this kind of food before, and coupled with the fact that he had never cooked and lacked common sense in this area, although he always felt something was a bit strange, he didn't suspect anything.

"Xu Hao, your culinary skills... are quite unique." Zhou Yichen suddenly spoke up.

Xu Hao turned back and grinned broadly.

"Right? These skills are extraordinary; my family has always done it this way."

Hearing this, Zhou Yichen put down a large part of his hanging heart. Although it looked a bit strange, since someone's family always did it this way, there definitely wouldn't be any problem.

While everyone else was still watching Xu Hao cook, Lu Li and Shen Qingxue had already silently withdrawn from the kitchen.

On the sofa outside.

"You came out too?" Lu Li asked curiously.

"Yeah, I couldn't bear to watch anymore. Let's figure out a way to get a bucket of instant noodles to eat later; that pot is ruined, and even washing it clean would be disgusting."

Shen Qingxue rarely showed a trace of a helpless expression.

Lu Li opened his mouth, not knowing what to say for a moment, and finally managed to squeeze out a sentence.

"That works too... Then you'll treat me later?"

Hearing this, Shen Qingxue silently nodded.

Meanwhile, in the livestream room, a crowd of netizens had laughed their heads off.

["Lmao, the two most sober people are already getting ready to eat instant noodles"]

["Indeed, the people still in the kitchen are all waiting to eat shit"]

["I really can't hold it in anymore, first time seeing celebrities livestreaming eating shit"]

["Speaking of which, do they not have any common sense at all?"]