A surge of stirring drumbeats and horn blasts, along with a grand and majestic chorus of male voices, filled every corner of the villa.
Listening to this song, the originally cheerful atmosphere instantly turned serious.
Just as everyone was hesitating whether to change the song, they saw Bai Baozhu, who had been frozen in expression, suddenly begin to “dance”!
Accompanied by the stirring drumbeats and powerful male chorus of “Loyalty to the Country,” Bai Baozhu’s expression also grew solemn. Clenching her fists, she looked straight ahead, moving with broad, sweeping motions, and performed a set of martial arts moves with great force.
Everyone watched Bai Baozhu clench her fists, strike out with powerful punches, and “dance” in this way, utterly stunned!
Where was the softness and charm of Bai Baozhu from before?
At this moment, Bai Baozhu seemed like a completely different person. Paired with the song “Loyalty to the Country,” her fierce and dazzling “fist dance,” along with her serious, focused, and sharp gaze, made her seem like anything but the Bai Baozhu they knew.
She was clearly a great general heading to the battlefield to defend the homeland!
“When the beacon fires rise, the land looks north…”
As the song officially began to be sung, Bai Baozhu, who had been clenching her fists, suddenly bent backward and plucked a blue rose from the vase of flowers arranged on the coffee table.
Just as everyone was startled by Bai Baozhu’s sudden move, they saw her holding the blue rose as if it were a sword, transitioning from a “fist dance” to a “sword dance”!
Point, thrust, slash, sweep…
Each movement, accompanied by the music, was performed with such grace that petals scattered, creating a scene that was both beautiful and incredibly cool!
Even though Bai Baozhu was using a delicate flower like a blue rose as her “sword,” her movements were far from soft. Instead, they carried a cold, hard, and solemn sense of lethality that left everyone watching this breathtaking “dance” in awe.
Especially the cameraman closest to Bai Baozhu due to the close-up shots—he felt as if legendary sword energy was swirling around her, making it impossible for him to get too close!
Amid this soul-stirring melody, Bai Baozhu performed a magnificent and grand “dance” that left everyone mesmerized! It felt as if Bai Baozhu had transported everyone to a battlefield, leaving them tense, excited, and covered in goosebumps!
Only when the song ended did Bai Baozhu’s “sword” finally come to a stop.
But even though the music had stopped and the “dance” was over, everyone—men and women alike—continued to stare at Bai Baozhu in a daze.
It wasn’t until Bai Baozhu spoke that everyone snapped out of their trance!
“Clap, clap, clap—!”
Everyone’s eyes sparkled as they looked at Bai Baozhu, applauding vigorously until their palms turned red, still clapping wildly.
“Oh my god! Zhu Zhu! You truly live up to being a dance major graduate! Your dance was absolutely stunning!”
“So amazing! So amazing! Your dance left me completely speechless!”
“Bai Baozhu, I never expected you to have this skill! You’re incredible!”
“Zhu Zhu, your dance was so grand and majestic! So cool, beautiful, and incredibly handsome!”
…
All the dating guests were frantically praising Bai Baozhu’s dance. If they weren’t filming and working, even the production team staff would have rushed over to shower Bai Baozhu with praise!
“Hahaha, was it really that good? Thank you.”
Bai Baozhu blinked, genuinely surprised. She had just casually performed a set of martial arts moves and sword techniques as a perfunctory effort, yet so many people were praising her.
“Hahaha, it’s all thanks to Sister Hanhan for picking such a good song!”
Bai Baozhu grinned foolishly as she looked at Su Han, sincerely thanking her.
After all, if Su Han hadn’t randomly chosen this song, she might have really embarrassed herself!
How could she have ended up surrounded by so many people praising her like this?
Everyone was complimenting her dance, saying it was especially beautiful and cool.
Wow! She had never been praised by so many people like this before! She was overjoyed! (/≧▽≦)/
However, faced with Bai Baozhu’s grateful and sincere thanks, Su Han smiled gently on the surface, but inside, she was so angry she could spit blood!
She was furious, absolutely furious! So angry she wanted to hit someone, but she had to follow the crowd and act as if Bai Baozhu’s dance was amazing and impressive. If Su Han weren’t mentally strong enough, her composure would have shattered long ago!
Although Su Han’s smile was already stiff from anger, and she spoke less than usual.
At this moment, Su Han had only one thought—
Damn your hands! Why did you have to pick that song! “Loyalty to the Country” of all things! What the hell kind of “Loyalty to the Country” is this! Ahhhhh—!
“Hey, Zhu Zhu, is this blue rose the flower you used earlier?”
Just as everyone was about to leave the lounge after finishing the game, Xia Tiantian suddenly noticed that the blue rose Bai Baozhu had used in her dance… was bald?!
“Uh, it seems so.”
Looking at the blue rose, now completely stripped of its petals and only the green stem remaining, Bai Baozhu blinked guiltily.
She might have been a bit too forceful earlier…
“Why are all the petals gone?”
Xia Tiantian stared at the completely bare rose stem, not a single petal left, and muttered in confusion.
“Maybe it was already about to wither!”
She absolutely could not admit it was her fault!
Her persona as a delicate, soft and beautiful young girl must not be ruined!
…
“Oh my god, Bai Baozhu’s dance was so beautiful! It gave me goosebumps all over!”
“Yeah! Bai Baozhu, dancing with the blue rose as a sword, was practically glowing! Today, I realized we’ve been underestimating Bai Baozhu’s looks! This is definitely Bai Baozhu’s peak appearance since entering ‘Love Cottage’!”
“I want to watch this dance on loop every day! It’s so beautiful! Goddess Zhu Zhu is truly a goddess! Not only does she cook delicious food, but she’s also beautiful, kind-hearted, and incredibly skilled!”
“Ahhh, if this dance airs, I think Goddess Zhu Zhu won’t need to do anything else—her reputation will completely turn around!”
“Can’t wait! But if this dance is going to air, the earliest… would be Episode Ten, right?”
“Two episodes air per week, so it’s actually pretty fast!”
“Today is the day the celebrity observers are recording Episode Nine. In just a few days, we’ll get to see their reactions to Zhu Zhu’s dance!”
“Yeah! It’s actually pretty quick! This week, Episodes Seven and Eight will air. Next week will be Episodes Nine and Ten. The day Zhu Zhu turns things around isn’t far off!”
“But that Xu Bingying among the celebrity observers is so annoying! She keeps setting the narrative to smear Zhu Zhu. I’m worried the audience will be brainwashed by her again!”
“It shouldn’t happen. As long as the editing is normal, our Zhu Zhu’s reputation will start to turn around from Episode Eight!”
“This! Is the power of food!”
“This! Is the power of Gold Medal Roast Suckling Pig!”
…
While the staff of “Love Cottage” were discussing the celebrity observers’ attitudes toward Bai Baozhu, the celebrity observers of “Love Cottage” were also recording the content for Episode Nine!
——Celebrity Observer Live Connection——
“Welcome back to ‘Love Cottage’! I’m Love Observer Liu An!”
“Hello, everyone! I’m the maknae of the Love Observers, Xiong Mengmeng~”
“I’m Love Observer Song Zhi.”
…
After the opening introductions, the celebrity observers shifted the topic back to the guests of “Love Cottage.”
“The plot of the last episode of ‘Love Cottage’ was incredibly exciting!”
“Exactly! After watching the last episode, I couldn’t wait to see the next one!”
“So, what kind of plot are you all looking forward to in this episode?”
“I want to see what delicious food Bai Baozhu will make next!”
“I’m also curious about what Bai Baozhu will cook this time.”
…
Seeing all the other celebrity observers “praising” Bai Baozhu and building her up, Xu Bingying sneered inwardly and tried to steer the show’s “correct political stance” back on track!
“Attention, everyone! You’re getting off-topic. Our show is a dating reality show, not a food program.”
Hearing Xu Bingying’s words, Xiong Mengmeng stuck out her tongue playfully and said with a smile, “I almost forgot! These past few days at home, all I could think about was that Gold Medal Roast Suckling Pig made by Bai Baozhu!”
“I also can’t stop thinking about that Gold Medal Roast Suckling Pig.”
“In short, I really want to eat it.”
Seeing the atmosphere livelier than usual, Liu An listened for a while before interrupting with a smile.
“Whether it’s food or love, you can find both in our ‘Love Cottage.’ So, I want to ask the viewers at home: Do you want to see sweet romance, or food that satisfies your taste buds?
Alright, now, let’s watch today’s ‘Love Cottage’ together and find the answer!”
As Liu An finished speaking, the video for Episode Nine of “Love Cottage” appeared on everyone’s screens.
The beginning of Episode Eight started with everyone waking up.
“Oh, Bai Baozhu is actually the first one up? That’s surprising.”
Looking at the time displayed on the screen—5:30—when Bai Baozhu groggily got out of bed, the celebrity observers couldn’t help but be amazed.
“5:30? Bai Baozhu woke up so early. Does she have something to do?”
“This is the first time I’ve seen Bai Baozhu wake up this early.”
Amid the surprised discussions of the six celebrity observers, Bai Baozhu, now dressed in workout clothes, began performing a series of movements by the large floor-to-ceiling window in the bedroom that no one could quite understand.
“Is she doing yoga?”
“The movements don’t look like yoga.”
…
As time passed, the other guests in “Love Cottage” also woke up.
Around 7:00, Su Han, fully dressed and made up, appeared in the kitchen.
“Having a roommate like Su Han is such a blessing! She always wakes up early to make nutritious and delicious breakfasts for everyone.”
Seeing Su Han enter the kitchen to start cooking, Xu Bingying immediately praised her without hesitation.
“Yeah, Sister Su Han has always been so nice! And the breakfasts she makes are so pretty!”
“Su Han is definitely someone who knows how to live well. It must be very comfortable to be around her.”
The other celebrity observers nodded in agreement.
Only Song Zhi seemed deep in thought, as if pondering something.
“Song Zhi, what are you thinking about?”
Liu An noticed Song Zhi’s unusual behavior and asked him curiously.
Since Episode Seven, Song Zhi, who rarely shared his opinions on the show, seemed to have become more “talkative” lately!
“I was thinking, Bai Baozhu’s cooking skills are probably better than Su Han’s, right?”
“Yeah! I think so too! Bai Baozhu’s cooking skills are definitely at a chef’s level! Why doesn’t she cook? If Bai Baozhu cooked, I’d definitely wake up early every day to eat breakfast!”
Seeing that even her praise for Su Han had led the conversation back to Bai Baozhu, Xu Bingying felt utterly exasperated.
Feeling a bit angry, she spoke more “carelessly” than usual.
“It’s simple. No one in ‘Love Cottage’ knows Bai Baozhu can cook, so of course, they wouldn’t ask her to cook. Actually, Bai Baozhu deliberately told everyone she can’t cook just because she’s lazy and doesn’t want to be the chef for everyone.”
However, what Xu Bingying never expected was that the slap in the face would come as quickly as a tornado—suddenly and without warning!
She had barely finished speaking when, in the very next scene, the video played a conversation of Bai Baozhu proactively offering to cook breakfast.
Although, when Bai Baozhu made this suggestion, she was met with a rather unfriendly put-down from Jiang Boyan.
Watching Bai Baozhu’s actions in the video, the look of disdain on Xu Bingying’s face immediately began to falter!
Who asked her to have just finished mocking Bai Baozhu for being lazy a second ago, only for Bai Baozhu to use her actions in the very next second to metaphorically slap her in the face!
It was simply too dramatic!
At that moment, she really wanted to find the production team’s director and demand that her earlier comments evaluating Bai Baozhu be deleted!
Unfortunately, she had enough self-awareness to know she hadn’t reached that level of clout. Making such a demand would only mean running into a brick wall!
Just as Xu Bingying, made uncomfortable by Bai Baozhu’s sudden change, was already in a foul mood, that tactless girl Xiong Mengmeng foolishly started shouting excitedly from her seat—
“Hahaha! Jiang Boyan is done for! He’s about to be utterly proven wrong by Sister Baozhu! So tragic, hahaha—”
For some reason, Xu Bingying felt that Xiong Mengmeng’s uproarious laughter and her ‘mocking’ of Jiang Boyan seemed to be directed at her instead!
It made her feel personally targeted!
However, very quickly, this feeling of displeasure was dispelled by the content that followed…