Chapter 779: The Mermaid (42)

Everything else seemed normal, but here, with four large suitcases, everyone was curious about how much stuff they had brought. Liu Xiyue asked with a smile, "Sister Wen Wan, did you bring your whole house? This is a waste of time." When they opened the suitcases, they found very few of the essentials for Gu Chuan and Wen Wan. The rest of the items completely shocked everyone.

"Is this a wok? And what's this pot with lots of compartments for?"

The pots alone filled a whole suitcase.

Wen Wan explained, "This is for frying things, this is for boiling things, this is for making hot pot..."

There's also a whole bunch of hot pot base ingredients.

Wen Wan had the chef prepare all of these dishes before she arrived; they were all made with a secret recipe, and you absolutely couldn't find them anywhere else.

A suitcase full of hot pot bases: clear broth, spicy broth, tomato broth, and so on.

This means another suitcase has been taken.

The director forbade bringing hot pot base, and Wen Wan protested, "Director, why can't I bring hot pot base? Is it in your rules?"

"No snacks or edible items are allowed."

Wen Wan: "But it's not edible right now! It needs to be processed before it can be eaten."

The director was unwilling, and Wen Wan was also unwilling.

Finally, both sides compromised: "We'll confiscate these for now, but you can earn them by completing tasks."

Wen Wan: "Okay."

Then, pulling Gu Chuan's arm, she said, "Gu Chuan, we have to work hard and keep them all."

Gu Chuan: "Okay."

Wen Wan looked at it and asked, "System, why do I feel like I've done this before?"

System: [Don't doubt it, you did it. In a previous world, you also took the blame.]

Wen Yan: "..."

This is definitely a foodie's job; no matter the situation, eating is always their top priority.

Next, we started choosing a house.

You ask questions and answer them, then choose your favorite house. The earlier the house is, the better, and the later the house is, the worse. You even have to experience the process of making a fire by hand.

The first place winners are the Best Actor and Best Actress. They seem to be a single entity, knowing everything about each other, and nothing is difficult for them.

The second place winners were Wen Wan and Gu Chuan, which surprised everyone.

Wen Wan knew everything about Gu Chuan, but she didn't expect that Gu Chuan also knew everything about Wen Wan, even what happened in Wen Wan's live stream, and he could even talk about their CP supertopic.

The third place went to top star Qi Haoxuan and rising star Liu Xiyue. The two seemed somewhat unhappy with their results. They had memorized a lot about each other before coming, but in the end, they still didn't perform well.

Yes, nobody knew that the two weren't actually dating, but rather had arranged to be a couple on set. This kind of thing isn't uncommon in the entertainment industry. They were caught on camera and had no choice but to admit it, as they didn't really know each other very well.

But the last couple, Chen Chuhong and Li Lin, couldn't answer a single question, but Li Lin wasn't angry. Instead, he held Chen Chuhong's hand and said, "I'm usually very busy with work, which is why I participated in this variety show. I want to get to know my wife better."

Chen Chuhong nodded.

However, there wasn't much romantic ambiguity between the two.

The award-winning actors and actresses chose House No. 1, which had a beautiful view and a small courtyard. Wen Wan chose House No. 3, which had a vegetable garden. The top actress quickly chose House No. 2. It's really hard to understand why Wen Wan and Gu Chuan would choose House No. 3. Apart from the vegetable garden, House No. 3 was just an average house and didn't have any appliances. Meanwhile, the domineering CEO's family moved into the worst house, House No. 4, which didn't even have a vegetable garden.

After choosing their houses, everyone went home to pack their belongings. Except for houses number one and two, houses number three and four seemed to need cleaning.

Wen Wan and Gu Chuan arrived at room number three.

Gu Chuan went to pack his luggage and clean the house, while Wen Wan wandered around the vegetable garden, becoming more and more satisfied with what she saw. Although the place wasn't big, there were actually quite a few vegetables, including chili peppers, eggplants, cucumbers, and so on...

Gu Chuan came out, and Wen Wan smiled at him from the vegetable garden, "Gu Chuan, this is the empire I have built for you."

Her bright and cheerful smile put Gu Chuan in a good mood.

It's sweet and delicious, just like a snow-white glutinous rice ball, making you want to take a bite, but you're afraid of scaring the other person away, which wouldn't be good.

Take it slow and steady; there's plenty of time.

Gu Chuan suppressed his desire and feelings, and then followed Wen Wan to learn about the dishes. In fact, Gu Chuan recognized most of them. After all, he had been practicing his cooking skills for a while. To win the heart of his little mermaid, the first step was to win her stomach.

The house was quickly tidied up. Gu Chuan checked the inventory and found that there were only ten catties of rice, some essential seasonings, pots and pans, and that was it.

Gu Chuan started a fire.

This wasn't his first time starting a fire. Back in the military, he had been to many remote planets and seen many primitive places, so starting a fire was a pretty good skill for him.

Gu Chuan was in charge of cooking, while Wen Wan was in charge of interacting with the audience.

To keep the atmosphere lively, the show added many interactive elements to increase the connection with the audience.

Wen Wan snatched the camera and shoved it in Gu Chuan's face, saying, "Isn't he handsome? What a pity, someone this handsome is mine."

Gu Chuan turned around. "Yes, it's yours."

Viewers and fans: "..."

A young couple was showing affection, but who killed the dog?

"What's yours is yours. What's wrong with letting us see? What bad intentions could we possibly have? We just want to take a look."

—I'm afraid I'll never be able to get married. How can General Gu Chuan be so handsome and also cook? Does such a virtuous man really exist?

—Ah Yuan, draw your sword! I want your husband.

While things are peaceful and serene here, the other places are quite different.

The award-winning actors and actresses are not good at cooking, and it took them quite a while to finally get a bowl of porridge that didn't look very appetizing.

The top-tier actress couldn't cook at all, so the two of them ended up eating grass. Some vegetables were simply boiled in water and eaten like that; they didn't even cook rice.

As for Chen Chuhong, she can cook and seems quite skilled at it, while Li Lin is showing off his affection for her. However, his words reveal a chauvinistic mindset. He tries to create a charming and doting husband persona, but it's a typical example of male chauvinism that many female viewers don't like.

In the end, Gu Chuan cooked three dishes and a soup for Wen Wan, completely defeating everyone else.

The audience was so tempted that they snorted, and the production team even allowed viewers to eat the guests' food, though the taste was different. Wen Wan's group had the most viewers, since they had a natural advantage when it came to cooking.

Secondly, there's Chen Chuhong's side. Chen Chuhong's cooking is also quite good. Some viewers even noticed that the dishes Chen Chuhong made were also made in Wen Wan's live stream. As for the other two, they were the least popular, since no one liked either plain porridge or vegetable soup.