CH 12.3

Do You Still Hate Her? 02 – I didn’t know you guys are such good friends.

After lunch, in order to maintain her gentle and kind image, Ning Lin volunteered to go to the kitchen to wash the dishes.

Among the remaining people, only Jiang Jing was relatively considerate and offered to accompany Ning Lin. The others could take a break for the time being.

Meanwhile, in the side hall, Shang Lu and Xu Ze were enthusiastically chatting while Lin Yanyan watched them with a mournful expression.

From Lin Yanyan’s perspective, Shang Lu was practically wearing “my mood improving after eating delicious food” on her face after lunch, and even smiled when she spoke to Ning Lin. She even took the initiative to talk to Xu Ze!

Wasn’t it just cooking? What was so great about it? Lin Yanyan also…

She really couldn’t do it!

Lin Yanyan felt a little aggrieved when she thought about it. Does Shang Lu really have to make friends with someone else just because she can’t cook? Was it fake when Shang Lu said she wanted to make friends with her before? Then Shang Lu’s friendship is too fragile and cannot withstand any test!

Shang Lu and Xu Ze seemed to chat enthustiacally in Lin Yanyan’s eyes, but in fact the content of Shang Lu and Xu Ze’s conversation was as follows:

Shang Lu : “Can you make salt and pepper prawns?”

Xu Ze : “Yes.”

Shang Lu : “What about boiled beef slices?”

Xu Z e: “Yes.”

Shang Lu : “And spicy hotpot?”

Xu Z e: “Yes.”

After getting Xu Ze’s positive answers time and time again, Shang Lu naturally found him more and more pleasing to the eye.

Netizens in the live broadcast room were confused.

[Shang Lu, why are you reciting the names of dishes? And Xu Ze, is it true that you can cook everything? Are you an outstanding graduate of New Oriental1?]

[I suddenly feel that Shang Lu and Xu Ze can also have a conversation. Shang Lu is talkative while Xu Ze is quiet, they complement each other well.]

[Previous commenter, be more clear-minded. If you look closely, you can see that Shang Lu is drooling! Is she really interested in Xu Ze? She just has a craving for food!]

[So how good is Xu Ze’s cooking skills? I’m curious.]

[Xu Ze’s fan here, came to tell you that Xu Ze’s private life is very simple. During his one-month break, paparazzi sat outside his house for a month and saw him go out to buy groceries every morning and take out the trash every night. The paparazzi wasted a month’s time and was so angry that he almost smashed the camera]

[A true professional home cook]

After confirming that Xu Ze really knows how to cook everything, Shang Lu tried hard to control her excitement and selectively forgot about the possibility that Xu Ze might dislike her. She started to think about the possibility of becoming friends with Xu Ze.

After all, Xu Ze’s cooking skills were really amazing, not inferior to many restaurant chefs. It was a waste for him to work in the entertainment industry as an actor.

However, before Shang Lu could have deeper communication with Xu Ze, Lin Yanyan suddenly walked over and sat between Shang Lu and Xu Ze without saying a word. She crossed her arms and looked straight ahead.

Feeling the doubtful gazes of Shang Lu and Xu Ze falling on her left and right, Lin Yanyan felt a bit guilty and started fidgeting with her toes.

Shang Lu asked, “Why did you suddenly come over and sit here?”

And she was still sitting in this inexplicable position.

Lin Yanyan : “…”

God knows why she sat between Shang Lu and Xu Ze! She just had a brain cramp and sat over! She was also feeling embarrassed now!

Lin Yanyan sat up straight, her body slightly stiff, but her tone was still arrogant: “I think this sofa in this position is the most comfortable, can’t I sit here?”

Of course, Shang Lu didn’t believe such a ridiculous excuse, but she obviously didn’t want to argue with Lin Yanyan.

And netizens didn’t believe Lin Yanyan’s explanation either.

[Lin Yanyan seems to be doing it on purpose. The sofa has been empty before, but we haven’t seen her sit there.]

[So is Lin Yanyan targeting Shang Lu?]

[Why do I feel like Lin Yanyan doesn’t like Shang Lu talking to Xu Ze, and she had to come over and interrupt them?]

Looking at their legs pressed together, Shang Lu chose to stand up.

She didn’t know whether Lin Yanyan was comfortable or not, but she was uncomfortable being squeezed together.

Lin Yanyan’s gaze followed Shang Lu’s back to the distance. After realizing that she had been paying attention to Shang Lu all this time, she immediately withdrew her gaze and then looked at Xu Ze beside her again.

Silence, an awkward silence.

Xu Ze nodded at her as a way of greeting and then also stood up to leave.

Lin Yanyan stared at the back of Shang Lu, who was not far away, and then grabbed a nearby pillow and squeezed it in frustration.

Ahhhh—

What was she doing? This inexplicable behavior was like that of a crazy person!

At this moment, Ye Lu, who was passing by on his way to change his clothes upstairs, noticed Lin Yanyan’s abnormal behavior, followed her gaze to Shang Lu, and immediately understood, “What kind of look is this… so you don’t like either Shang Lu or Ning Lin!”

Unfortunately, Shang Lu happened to overhear Ye Lu’s words and looked over.

So as soon as Ye Lu finished speaking, he received a fierce attack from Lin Yanyan with the pillow.

[Even through the screen, you can feel Lin Yanyan’s anger towards Ye Lu at the moment.]

[You’ve done a lot of stupid things, Ye Lu. If you keep going like this, Mom is really afraid that next time someone will hit you with a brick instead of a pillow.]

Ye Lu felt confused and asked, “What are you doing? Can’t I say that?”

Shang Lu was also straightforward, saying, “Don’t hit him. I’ve known about this for a long time. Don’t be embarrassed. There are plenty of people who don’t like me. Don’t worry, I won’t hold a grudge against you.”

After finishing her sentence, Shang Lu turned her head and went to the fridge to get a drink.

Although Shang Lu didn’t pay attention, netizens had already noticed Lin Yanyan’s thoughts and were joking about it.

[Since in the bus, isn’t Lin Yanyan sticking to Shang Lu?]

[Lin Yanyan obviously wants to play with Shang Lu, but she’s too embarrassed to say it. Having Ye Lu there to mess things up only makes Shang Lu misunderstood her more and more.]

[So why is the princess being so arrogant? Be brave and go for it! Being too picky about words and expressions won’t make friends!]

After lunch, the director announced the new task.

This time, everyone’s room had the same configuration, and each person was given 500 yuan to buy any item they wanted to create a unique room.

After completing the renovation, each room owner could write a task that the incoming guest must complete on the whiteboard outside the room and score them based on their performance. The person with the lowest score would be awarded the “Smartest” title.

At night, everyone would randomly draw a room to stay in and rate it the following morning. The person with the lowest score would be awarded the “Heartless” title for this episode. In other words, at the end of this episode’s recording, two people would be awarded titles by the program group.

[?]

[What do you mean by ‘Heartless’ and ‘Smartest’? Hahaha, director, can you say it again?]

[Director, are you giving up completely? Are we really not maintaining any superficial relationships in the program?]

[Let’s wait and see who will be the ‘Heartless’ and ‘Smartest’ in this episode. Hahaha!]

To choose their rooms, they had to draw lots and rely on luck and fate. But more important than which room they would end up with and what task they would have to complete was to first prepare and decorate the room.

For today’s task, they had a relatively generous amount of time, so they split up to work individually.

Shang Lu enjoyed this segment because of the feeling of opening a blind box.

As for room decoration? Shang Lu went to a bookstore and quickly returned after purchasing some books.

On the other hand, Lin Yanyan went to a nearby supermarket and purchased a lot of snacks and desserts, filling her room with small cakes on the table and snacks such as potato chips on the bed.

Shang Lu who was passing by, stopped and curiously stuck her head into Lin Yanyan’s room.

And Ye Lu also passed by, joining her to peek at the door with his arms crossed.

The two looked at each other.

Ye Lu : “Tch, this is too perfunctory.”

Shang Lu : “Yeah, and the flavor of the chips she chose isn’t even tasty.”

Upon hearing these two openly criticize her furnishings, Lin Yanyan held up her whiteboard and looked up, very dissatisfied, saying, “What are you two doing here spying on me instead of furnishing your own rooms?”

Ye Lu snorted, “Who’s spying on you? I just happened to pass by!”

Shang Lu nodded and said, “But since we’re here, taking a glance is just a coincidence.”

“Whatever.” Lin Yanyan raised her chin and said very arrogantly, “Even if you see it, so what? You’d better be careful, my task is invincible! It’s definitely the most demanding task today! Whoever draws my room will lose half their life!”

“Confidence is a good thing.”

Shang Lu praised Lin Yanyan on the surface, then shrugged and said, “Then I wish you don’t draw my room.”

Ye Lu crossed her arms and looked disdainful, saying, “Stop bragging, whoever draws my room can get ready to cry.”

It is clear that the three of them have the same idea—

Who cares about scoring or not, it’s not important. It’s rare to have the opportunity to give tasks to others like a god, of course, we must cherish it!

Netizens in the live broadcast room : [?]

[What kind of riddles are they playing?]

[Is this task about who can come up with a harsher task than the room renovation? I don’t remember the game rules being like this.]

[Are you three really not afraid of the person who will stay in your room giving you a low score… oh, you guys are already smart and heartless, there’s nothing to argue about.]

[Why does it feel like there’s a clear dividing line among the six guests on this variety show?]

[Although there are no truly normal people here, there are two types of guests: those with unusual thought processes and those whose thought processes are so absurd that they’re off the charts.]