She took a bite of the cauliflower and exclaimed exaggeratedly, "Oh dear! Is this cauliflower undercooked? It's too raw and crunchy!"
Gao Li also picked up a piece of cauliflower and took a bite, then frowned slightly: "It's definitely not fully ripe, it's still raw."
Xu Miaotong looked at Qin Yuanyao, a hint of smugness in her eyes, and said, "Qin Yuanyao, you didn't make this dish, did you?"
Before Qin Yuanyao could react, Chi Naozi angrily said, "It wasn't Sister Qin who made it, it was Aunt Ye who made it!"
Ye Rui readily admitted, "Little Cheese is right, it was indeed me who made it. I'm sorry, I don't cook much, my cooking skills are very average, and the dishes I make are all just so-so."
Upon hearing that it was Ye Rui who did it, Xu Miaotong's eyes flashed with disappointment, while a flattering smile appeared on her face.
"Sister Rui, you're so busy with work, yet your cooking skills are already quite good. You're much better than most of us. I need to learn a lot from you."
Ye Rui smiled modestly and did not respond to Xu Miaotong's words.
Xu Miaotong scanned the dishes on the table, eager to find out which dish looked bad and that Qin Yuanyao had made it, so she could make a mocking remark.
But to avoid eating Ye Rui's cooking again and offending her, she could only give up for the time being.
Xu Miaotong casually took a sip of the crucian carp soup, and her expression lit up with amazement.
She exclaimed, "This crucian carp soup is so delicious! Ningwei, how did you make it?"
Wu Ningwei smiled gently: "I didn't do it, Yao Yao did it."
Xu Miaotong was stunned, and asked incredulously, "...Qin Yaoyuan made this?"
Before Wu Ningwei could answer again, Chi Naoqi hurriedly swallowed the food in her mouth and said, "Yes! It was made by Sister Qin, isn't it delicious!"
Her proud and self-satisfied expression stung Xu Miaotong.
Xu Miaotong's mood immediately soured, and she no longer found the crucian carp soup in her hand delicious.
She just wanted to satirize and mock Qin Yuanyao for not knowing how to cook and for showing off.
Unexpectedly, Qin Yuanyao is not only a great cook, but she herself confirmed that she is a great cook!
Xu Miaotong put down the crucian carp soup in her bowl, forced a calm smile, and reluctantly hummed in agreement.
Qin Yuanyao's cooking skills are amazing!
I really want to try this crucian carp soup, no matter how delicious it is!
[The cheese is so cute! The way it eagerly protects Qin Yuanyao is adorable!]
Did Xu Miaotong and Qin Yuanyao have a past conflict? Ever since Xu Miaotong found out that Qin Yuanyao made the crucian carp soup, she hasn't touched it again.
[I noticed that too! Xu Miaotong initially assumed that Qin Yuanyao made the cauliflower, which seemed like she was deliberately nitpicking and mocking.]
[Are you guys suffering from paranoia? Tongtong was just asking casually, she didn't mean any harm. She didn't know Qin Yuanyao could actually cook. Didn't you only start to believe Qin Yuanyao could cook after watching the live stream until now?]
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After the meal, those who hadn't cooked took the initiative to clean up the dishes and the kitchen, including Chi Baiyi.
Seeing that everyone was tidying up, Ye Rui and Wu Ningwei felt they shouldn't just sit idly by, so they joined in.
Seeing that so many people were cleaning up, Qin Yuanyao figured it wouldn't matter if she were there or not. More importantly, she had already cooked and didn't want to clean up the kitchen anymore, so she went upstairs to her room alone.
Her action sparked a frenzy of discussion in the live chat.
[No way, no way, no way! Everyone's cleaning up the tables and kitchen, even CEO Chi is helping, and Qin Yuanyao just went upstairs alone?]
[Hehe, as expected. This is Qin Yuanyao's true nature—lazy and gluttonous. It's finally been exposed.]
[Qin Yuanyao is really something, she thinks she's so special, she thinks she can get special treatment, oh well.]
[Qin Yuanyao did cook, right? Although she didn't help with the cleanup, she's not lazy or unwilling to work. You guys are really good at completely dismissing someone.]
[She cooked, so it's perfectly fine for those who didn't to clean up. Whether Ye Rui and Wu Ningwei are willing to clean up is their own business, but using that to attack Qin Yuanyao is a bit inappropriate.]
[Someone earlier said, "Even CEO Chi was helping out." What? Just because he's a big boss doesn't mean he can't do chores like washing dishes? Is this kind of work for ordinary people? The Qing Dynasty has been gone for so many years, how can there still be such servile people?]
[You keep talking about female independence, but does female independence mean cooking and doing everything else? Why aren't you all jumping for joy when the guys aren't cooking?]
Those who accuse Qin Yuanyao of being pampered, have you ever cooked at home, washed dishes, or cleaned the kitchen for your mother?
Before long, the hashtag #ShouldQinYuanyao help clean up with everyone?# climbed to the bottom of the trending topics list.
The discussion under this entry is still very heated.
One side argues that since Qin Yuanyao is live-streaming and participating in a program, she should act along with everyone else and not be treated specially.
The other side argued that since Qin Yuanyao had already spent two hours preparing the meal, it was her prerogative to clean up or not.
The focus of this entry is no longer on Qin Yuanyao, but rather on how people have thought about themselves or those around them because of this incident, and even on the issue of the division of housework between men and women, which has sparked social reflection and discussion.
This term gradually moved from the bottom of the trending search list to the middle, and then into the top ten.
When Yu Xin accidentally came across this term, she was taken aback.
She thought back for a moment, and realized that she didn't think she had bought any trending topics for Qin Yuanyao, so why was Qin Yuanyao trending?
Yu Xin clicked in, browsed through it, and was immediately disappointed.
The focus of the discussion was not Qin Yuanyao at all; Qin Yuanyao was at most just a starting point, and many of the participants did not even know who Qin Yuanyao was.
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