In the early morning, gentle sunlight streamed in through the window, spilling into the villa’s kitchen and adding a touch of morning brightness and warmth.
“Thump-thump-thump-thump—!”
With her hair tied up and wearing an apron, Bai Baozhu was earnestly chopping a large piece of chicken breast.
The warm sunlight gently caressed Bai Baozhu’s cheeks, as if applying a soft filter. Under the camera lens, her features appeared even more exquisite and gentle, looking truly beautiful.
However, if one ignored her face and just looked at her holding two large kitchen cleavers to chop the chicken breast… it really had nothing to do with gentleness!
Yet, watching Bai Baozhu’s fair, slender fingers tightly gripping two large cleavers that seemed completely mismatched for her, swiftly wielding her wrists to chop the chicken…
“Thump-thump-thump-thump—!”
The originally stiff chicken breast transformed under Bai Baozhu’s dual blades into a fine, velvety paste.
She took out the cold broth she had prepared before bed last night and poured it into the pot containing the chicken paste. After dissolving the paste, Bai Baozhu effortlessly added egg whites, bean starch, and salt into the pot, stirring slowly to blend them evenly…
Finally, she poured the entire large basin of prepared chicken paste mixture into the already boiling broth.
Once the prepared chicken paste mixture entered the boiling broth, it began to rapidly coagulate, looking just like tofu pudding, completely indistinguishable from chicken breast.
However, the rich aroma of chicken filling the air told everyone that the ‘tofu pudding’ in the pot wasn’t made from beans, but from chicken.
She simmered it slowly over low heat. When the chicken paste mixture in the pot had completely congealed, she added the prepared cilantro stems, turned off the heat, and plated the dish.
Looking at the steaming pot of chicken tofu pudding, the staff in the kitchen couldn’t help but swallow their saliva, feeling ravenous whether they had eaten breakfast or not. QAQ
Accompanying Bai Baozhu for filming every day was truly both blissful and torturous!
After finishing today’s breakfast, Bai Baozhu took off her apron and smiled as she looked at the staff in the kitchen.
“I made a lot of chicken tofu pudding today on purpose. You should all have a bowl too.”
At that moment, the staff of 『Love Cottage』 felt as if Bai Baozhu was surrounded by a golden halo, sparkling like an angel!
The staff gratefully thanked Bai Baozhu, then each served themselves a bowl of the freshly made chicken tofu pudding.
Taking a gentle sip, the delicious broth, so savory it could make one swallow their own tongue, struck straight to the heart. With one swallow, they felt warmth spreading throughout their bodies, an indescribable sense of satisfaction.
A spoonful of chicken tofu pudding entered the mouth. Its smooth, tender texture made it hard to believe it was made from the least tasty part of a chicken! The mouthfeel was simply marvelous!
The smooth, tender chicken tofu pudding, combined with the savory, warm broth, created a refreshingly elegant flavor when swallowed together.
It left everyone feeling physically and mentally uplifted, their taste buds maximally satisfied! The whole day felt filled with vitality!
Finishing that bowl of chicken tofu pudding made the 『Love Cottage』 staff feel energized for the entire day!
“Zhu Zhu, the chicken tofu pudding you made today is explosively delicious! Giving you 360 likes!”
“I’ve had chicken tofu pudding before, but none were as good as Zhu Zhu’s!”
“Zhu Zhu’s cooking skills, how can she seem like someone who studied dance? It’s like she’s the descendant of a famous chef, it’s too delicious!”
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Thanks to Bai Baozhu’s constant feeding with delicious meals, she had practically become the goddess among the behind-the-scenes staff of 『Love Cottage』! Everyone’s favorability for Bai Baozhu was UP! UP! Rising!
Everyone worked hard to film Bai Baozhu more beautifully and perfectly in the show.
Some staff members even took time off after work to defend Bai Baozhu against negative comments online.
However, unfortunately, due to the 『Love Cottage』 production team’s confidentiality agreement, they couldn’t say too much online to defend her.
They could only wait for the right opportunity to become a ‘voluntary water army’ to clear their goddess Bai Baozhu’s name.
They just hoped such an opportunity would come sooner!
After the 『Love Cottage』 staff finished their chicken tofu pudding and conscientiously washed their own bowls, they saw the dating guests of 『Love Cottage』 gradually waking up and coming to the kitchen.
When they saw today’s breakfast prepared by Bai Baozhu—chicken tofu pudding, fresh shrimp dumplings, and shredded chicken noodles—even before eating, they already felt overflowing with happiness!
There was no helping it; the western food Su Han prepared for them yesterday was truly terrifying!
Even after a night had passed, they still felt a bit of psychological shadow!
After eating Bai Baozhu’s delicious and beautiful breakfast into their bellies, everyone felt like crying from how good it was! It was simply too delicious!!!
The crystal-clear, thin-skinned, generously filled, delicious and savory, exquisitely shaped fresh shrimp dumplings!
The sour, refreshing, very appetizing shredded chicken noodles!
And the best had to be the tender, smooth, delicious chicken tofu pudding!
Everyone ate with great satisfaction, their happiness index skyrocketing! It was simply an extreme pleasure.
However, after finishing this breakfast and seeing Su Han’s face, they suddenly remembered… tomorrow it was Su Han’s turn to cook again, and everyone felt like crying a little. _(:з”∠)_
After the delicious breakfast, the other dating guests washed dishes or cleaned up, leaving only Bai Baozhu idle with nothing to do.
Thinking that she had nothing to do anyway, she went to ask the production team for a phone to play games.
Perhaps because Bai Baozhu had been behaving well recently, or perhaps because there were staff watching her so she couldn’t use the phone to go online, the production team agreed to her request and gave her a phone to play games.
However, after giving her the phone, they discovered that this girl, who said she wanted to play games, ended up practicing heroes solo the whole time.
Just watching was boring and dull, completely not understanding why Bai Baozhu played so excitedly and happily.
But how could they understand Bai Baozhu, this otherworldly ‘country bumpkin’ from a Female-Dominant Kingdom who had never played such fun games before!
After getting a phone she could play games on, Bai Baozhu spent the entire day glued to her phone playing games! During this time, due to anti-addiction measures, Bai Baozhu switched through several other staff members’ accounts! She reached a point of being obsessed to the point of madness!
Lin Dong, the professional esports player, joked with a sigh that with Bai Baozhu’s serious, studious attitude, with more practice she might even be able to join a professional team!
And just as Bai Baozhu was completely addicted to the game, a certain celebrity observer from 『Love Cottage』 also received a live-streaming job related to the 5v5 『Glory of Kings』 mobile game…
Late at night, after the love text messages were sent and read, everyone finished filming and lay down in their comfortable beds, entering dreamland.
However, Su Han couldn’t fall asleep even until 3 a.m.
She tossed and turned in bed, unable to sleep.
Her mind was filled with a jumble of things, thinking about Bai Baozhu one moment, Ye Jingyu the next, then Jiang Boyan, and then Bo Shenyu.
Of course, the one she thought about the most was Bo Shenyu.
Four days. She had not received a love text message from Bo Shenyu or Jiang Boyan.
For Su Han, this was a devastating blow.
Originally, she had come to this show for Bo Shenyu.
Her goal was also to make Bo Shenyu like her, to go from being Bo Shenyu’s girlfriend to Mrs. Bo.
According to her plan, everything should have proceeded smoothly. In fact, her plan had indeed been progressing very smoothly.
Whether it was Bo Shenyu, Jiang Boyan, or Wei Wenbo, they had all developed a crush on her, making her the Popularity Queen of the hit variety show “Love Cottage”.
But… ever since Bai Baozhu suddenly started cooking, everything began to change.
Her plan no longer worked.
Moreover, through indirect questioning and discreet observation, she had learned from Ye Jingyu that neither Bo Shenyu nor Jiang Boyan had sent their love text messages to Ye Jingyu.
That meant these two people’s love text messages could only have been sent to… Bai Baozhu!
Just thinking about this possibility made Su Han feel terrible all over!
she had worked so hard to change, so hard to play the persona that everyone would like, yet in the end, could she still not alter the plot that was destined to happen?
For a moment, Su Han felt both dejected and furious, hating that eyesore stumbling block Bai Baozhu to the bone.
Why could some people effortlessly take away what others had struggled with all their might to obtain without doing anything? It was so unfair!
No! She absolutely refused to believe in any predetermined fate! Fate was in the hands of people!
If she couldn’t master her fate, then she would fight with all her might to change it!
In the darkness, Su Han’s eyes flickered slightly, her gaze revealing an indescribable ferocity.
Bai Baozhu, you forced me into this. I hadn’t originally planned to crush you so thoroughly.
Finally, after making a decision, giving herself a result, and having a clear goal, Su Han finally closed her eyes and fell asleep.
However, she didn’t sleep very soundly. It seemed she had a terrible nightmare, her brows furrowed tightly all night, which also caused her to wake up late the next day. She didn’t have much time to carefully prepare a sumptuous breakfast to perform in front of Bo Shenyu.
The somewhat messy breakfast made everyone feel even more that Bai Baozhu was a little angel! They also understood more clearly how kind and precious a friend like Bai Baozhu, with her good cooking skills and willingness to take the trouble to make them varied breakfasts, truly was!
Under the stark contrast of Su Han, everyone’s favorability for Bai Baozhu rose yet again.
“Director, today is my best friend’s birthday. I’d like to send her a birthday greeting text. I won’t call, and I won’t use text messaging. I’ll just unilaterally send one birthday greeting text to express my feelings.”
After absentmindedly finishing breakfast, Su Han made this request to the production team.
Because Su Han’s request was reasonable, and her attitude was particularly humble and sensible.
So the production team naturally had no reason to refuse Su Han. They retrieved the phone Su Han had surrendered when joining the show, handed it to her, and supervised the entire process as she sent the text message.
Su Han did exactly as she said. After sending the birthday blessing text message, without even checking if her good friend had replied, she returned the phone to the production team.
“Alright, I’ve sent it. Thank you.”
Politely thanking the staff, Su Han left.
However, for some reason, the two staff members supervising Su Han’s blessing text felt something was off.
“Don’t you think Su Han seemed much more relaxed after sending the text?”
“Yeah, originally her complexion didn’t look too good, but after sending the text, she actually had a smile on her face. Indeed, that’s the power of friendship!”
“What friendship? She just sent one blessing text and left without even waiting for her good friend to reply. Are they really good friends? If it were me, since I managed to secure this opportunity from the production team, I’d definitely choose to call, not text. It’s not like there’s any difference anyway.”
“That seems true. Since we’re supervising anyway, calling or texting doesn’t seem to make a difference. That really is strange.”
“Forget it, never mind. Tomorrow morning it’s Bai Baozhu’s turn to cook again! Let’s quickly apply for the early shift tomorrow morning!”
“Can we get it? I heard a lot of people are applying…”
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“Buzz—!”
The vibration sound of a phone text message. A hand reaches out from under the covers, groping around near the phone.
That person was drowsy and bleary-eyed. After fumbling for their phone, they were still full of sleepiness. However, upon seeing the sender and the content of the text message, all their drowsiness instantly vanished…