No one expected that Ning Hong would choose to start a live stream under these circumstances.

Also—teaching others how to make hibiscus flower cakes.

Ren Chao is a professional online troll who takes money to smear others.

He enjoys the feeling of dominating the online world. Online, he's the king.

He can create a lot out of nothing; he can derive thousands of words from just one photograph.

You say he's spreading rumors? Oh, he's just expressing his feelings. Besides, who knows if he's actually done the things he's talking about? Maybe he really has.

Ren Chao happily walked downstairs after receiving the money from the other company, only to find his parents huddled together looking at their phones.

"Dad, Mom, what are you looking at?"

"Oh, we're watching this kid teach people how to make pastries. Yesterday he taught us how to make hibiscus flower cake, and today he's teaching us how to make red bean cake."

"oh."

Ren Chao also knew that his parents enjoyed watching food programs.

Seeing the hibiscus flower cake on the table, he couldn't resist picking up a piece and tasting it.

"Mmm, this is delicious."

"Of course, we did it step by step according to what this child taught us."

"It's really quite good."

"Yes, this kid looks promising. Your dad and I even watched his TV series before. He acted so well."

"—" An actor is actually teaching people how to cook? Wait, why does this sound so familiar?

Ren Chao peeked out and, sure enough, it was Ning Hongze.

I suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

“Those haters are inhuman. Such a good kid, and they’ve made him sound like this.”

"Exactly, saying such careless things is unkind and worrying—"

"Cough cough cough—" Ren Chao was suddenly choked and desperately pounded his neck.

"You child, why can't you be more careful when you eat?" Mrs. Ren hurriedly poured him a glass of water. "No matter how delicious it is, you can't be in such a rush."

"Mom, let me tell you, there aren't many good people in this circle. You can't act on your gut feeling!"

"What nonsense are you talking about? Every circle has bad people and good people. I've lived for so many years, I can judge people better than you."

"Look, this is my favorite girl. She's beautiful and has a great figure. Don't be fooled by all the negative comments online; most of them are just people who are jealous."

Ren Chao peeked out and saw that it was ginger tea.

The two people his mother liked were the two he criticized the most.

I felt inexplicably guilty.

"Ugh, these trolls are really something. If you like something, just watch it; if you don't, just block it. Why say such nasty things? Everyone has people they like. When their favorite people are being attacked, they should know how that feels."

Ren Chao suddenly felt a pang of sadness.

He looked at the extra money in his WeChat secondary account and silently returned it.

He then posted their conversation online and formally apologized to Ning Hongze. "My parents say you are a good person, and I hope you can continue to be a good person."

Their family isn't short of money.

Since his parents didn't like it, he quit. Ren Chao wasn't a good person, but he was a filial one.

His revelation caused an uproar across the internet.

Is this real or fake?

"Is this fake? Ning Hongze really won't leave any room for maneuver when it comes to clearing her name."

"It feels like it's real to me."

I think so too.

"Don't be silly, what kind of hater would have a change of heart?"

"It's possible that Ning Hongze paid him to first put on the guise of a troll, and then turn around and smear others."

What caused an even bigger stir online was that Jiang Cha actually liked Ning Hongze's Weibo post, especially during such a tense time.

"Thank you for the pastries, they were delicious."

After liking the post, she also shared two pictures of hibiscus flower cakes.

"Oh no, this isn't fair! Why? Why do I only have one piece, while the pretty lady has two?"

"Come on, you still have one piece, I don't even have one."

"That's not how it works. If I hadn't tasted it, I wouldn't have known that there was such a delicious thing in the world. But now that I can't have it, it's really agonizing."

"Is it really that delicious?"

"Sister, I can tell you, everything I ate before was junk food."

"There was only such a small piece, and I couldn't bear to eat it. I nibbled on it little by little, but my unscrupulous younger brother took a bite out of half of it."

"Sister, why can you have two pieces?"

"Perhaps it's because she's pretty."

Jiang Cha couldn't help but reply.

"Oh my god, the pretty lady replied."

"I think the 'Red Tea Couple' is real."

"I suddenly feel the same way."

When Ning Hong saw Jiang Cha's reply, she felt as if her heart was being soaked in honey.

When you have someone you like, what you look forward to most is seeing a response from them.

Ning Hong stopped livestreaming after teaching pastry making for two days.

His inbox was overflowing with addresses requesting pastry deliveries.

He's all alone; how could he possibly do so much?

He didn't reply to each one individually, but instead rewrote the steps on Weike.

"You guys can make it yourselves, and it certainly won't taste as good as what I make, but isn't it more meaningful to make it yourself?"

"No, no, eating what you make is very meaningful."

"Actually, if we try to make it like this, it tastes pretty good."

Someone posted a photo of the successful creation, which received a "like" from Ning Hongze.

After that, the platform became a huge gathering for showing off pastries, and even some celebrities learned how to make these two kinds of pastries.

Even Ning Hongze's younger sister, Ning Xiaoyue, was featured in the photos.

However, it was clear that she didn't have her brother's skills. The things she made were crooked and even had strange colors.

"Looks like I have no talent, I can only eat what my brother makes," Ning Xiaoyue wrote, adding a sad little emoji next to it.

"Holy crap, ladies, I've suddenly turned into a lemon! My face is so sour it's contorted."

"Sisters, this younger sister is trying to provoke us."

"It's so sour."

"Add lemonade."

"I've become a lemon tree."

"Little sister, if you don't like the pastries your brother made, I'll trade you my pastries. (Pictures)"

"Great idea upstairs, sis! I can trade with you too. Look, a super luxurious cake. (Picture)"

"Stop lying, this cake is a screenshot from the internet, it's fake, it can only fool young girls. Little sister, look over here, I have a super big meat bun, I made it myself, do you want it? I'll trade with you."

For the first time, Ning Xiaoyue's Weibo post received over 10,000 replies, all of which were related to Ning Hongze.

But they are siblings, and even just for Ning Hongze's sake, these people would pay more attention to Xiaoyue.

Especially since Xiaoyue is so cute—