??Chapter 352: Are you inviting me?
[Ah... Is it safe to put it by the door? Will it get stolen?]
[The apartment building is so old, the neighbors must have gotten to know each other well. They probably wouldn't steal these things!]
Their activity was not just about delivering glutinous rice balls and dumplings to residents. The community service center also thoughtfully prepared a barrel of oil and a box of milk for each household.
After seeing Meng Chuyuan put down the dumplings, the volunteers also put the oil and milk aside, and wrote a note and stuck it on the milk box.
Seeing that everyone left their things behind, Qi Yan could only go with the flow and bent down to put one of the dumplings in her hand on the box.
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On the other hand, Xu Huanning and Zhang Yunshu made the "Send Warmth" campaign a product promotion activity.
Other groups were quick to finish, exchanging a few pleasantries before rushing to find the next company, but they explained the production process from beginning to end, and after the other party tasted the food and voted, they also asked them to give a reason for their vote.
Seeing that the uncle had tasted both the glutinous rice balls and the dumplings, Zhang Yunshu's eyes were full of anticipation: "Uncle, do you think her dumplings are better or my glutinous rice balls are better?"
Xu Huanning: "My dumplings must be delicious."
The uncle gave an impartial answer: "They are all delicious."
"Uncle, you can't say they're all delicious." Finding that the uncle didn't understand the rules of their game, Xu Huanning asked the uncle to choose again: "You can only choose one between dumplings and glutinous rice balls."
After hearing Xu Huanning's request, the uncle immediately showed an expression of being unable to make a decision.
"It's okay, uncle, just pick the one you think tastes best."
"Then...dumplings." The uncle said honestly, "They really taste good."
Zhang Yunshu felt a little unwilling. She looked up at the uncle and said gently, "Uncle, is there anyone else in your family?"
The two of them currently have the most votes, so Zhang Yunshu is naturally a little anxious. She wants to use other methods to increase the number of votes.
"My daughter is cleaning the kitchen."
"Then could you ask her to come out and try the dumplings for me? Please, I really need your votes."
The uncle nodded in agreement: "Okay, I'll go to the kitchen and call her."
"Great! Thank you, uncle."
[Sister Yunshu, don’t be so cute, haha~]
[These two are so serious, they are really thinking about canvassing votes for their own team all the time]
[Are you two really not hungry, taking so long? The two boys next door are already on their way back to the community.]
[I just saw that Sister Meng's story is almost over. I wonder how the twins are doing...]
Soon, the uncle called his daughter out from the kitchen, "Hello."
Xu Huanning replied hello and asked curiously, "Miss, aren't you at work?"
"No, I'm studying for the exam at home."
Xu Huanning: "Are you taking the postgraduate entrance exam?"
The woman nodded slightly, "Yes."
"Then let us wish you good luck on your postgraduate entrance exam in advance." Zhang Yunshu took the initiative to pass the glutinous rice balls to the young lady. "Sister, you will definitely get good grades after eating these glutinous rice balls we made."
"Thank you." The young lady took the bowl of glutinous rice balls from Zhang Yunshu's hand, picked up the spoon in the bowl and scooped a glutinous rice ball.
Glancing at the young lady eating the dumplings, Zhang Yunshu looked at her expectantly and asked excitedly, "How does it taste?"
"It's delicious." The young lady nodded with satisfaction.
Seeing that the young lady had eaten all the glutinous rice balls, Xu Huanning brought the remaining dumplings to her and said, "Try this dumpling. We made it this morning. It's just out of the pot. It's very fresh."
At Xu Huanning's request, the young lady tried a meat dumpling and said it was delicious.
"Then the question is, which of our glutinous rice balls do you like best?"
"Hmm..." The young lady also had difficulty making a decision and didn't know which one to choose for a moment.
"Sister, have you watched the hit show 'Brothers and Sisters'?" Zhang Yunshu had no other choice but to use her best trick: "Look... aren't these little bunnies and kittens adorable? Every one of these dumplings was made by Sister Meng herself."
The young lady originally wanted to vote for Xu Huanning, but when she heard that Zhang Yunshu’s cute little dumplings were made by Sister Meng, she hesitated for a while and finally decided to vote for Zhang Yunshu.
"I chose the glutinous rice balls. They are so carefully made."
Zhang Yunshu clasped her hands together and bowed slightly to the young lady, "Thank you~"
Xu Huanning was so angry that she put her hands on her hips, her eyes full of helplessness: "We are competing fairly, how can you take advantage of Sister Meng's popularity?"
“No way…”
[Hahaha, sister Yunshu has already mastered the password of traffic]
[I can't help it. Blame it on my fame, and girls tend to like cute things.]
[Ningning, we are not angry. This is just social etiquette~~]
After Zhang Yunshu saw that her method worked, she used it specifically to canvass votes for herself.
However, the final vote count showed that the Dumpling Team still had five more votes than the Tangyuan Team.
After the results were announced, Zhang Yunshu sighed, somewhat discouraged: "How come I still lost?"
She intercepted so many votes later, but in the end it only narrowed the gap.
"We lost, so we lost. What's important is that others have received our kindness." Meng Chuyuan thought this was enough.
Zhang Yunshu: "That's true..."
The guests successfully completed today's tasks, and the community service center also prepared free lunch for everyone.
Everyone stayed to have dinner with the volunteers and took a group photo as a souvenir.
Back at the main venue, the program team also opened a redemption channel.
Qi Zhen and Zhang Yunshu were about to leave, so they exchanged the contribution points they earned today and paid the full rent for last night to the program crew.
Zhang Yunshu will not be back after leaving today. The finale conflicts with her original schedule, so she will not be able to attend the next episode.
Before leaving, Zhang Yunshu asked for a hug from each guest.
"Brothers and sisters, I'm leaving now. Thank you all for taking care of me during this time."
"Take care, sister. Keep in touch when you have time."
【Huh? It's not over yet...you're saying goodbye so soon?】
Time flies... I've already been following this variety show for a full season without realizing it.
[Our Yunshu had other work on New Year's Day, so she couldn't record the show. She is such a hardworking and motivated girl. I hope she will become very popular in the future~~]
[Wow, I don't know why I suddenly want to cry when I see this scene. With Sister Yunshu leaving, I feel like this show is about to end.]
No! If the show ends, where else can I go to see Sister Meng? From the beginning to the end, I was just as nervous as Director Luo, afraid that Sister Meng would suddenly stop filming. I can't believe it's already the seventh episode. I'm so sad!
Since the warmth-giving activity just now happened to be held before lunchtime, it was already past lunchtime when they finished, and the staff behind the scenes also had their break. After sending Zhang Yunshu away, the live broadcast was also paused.
"I'm so tired. I'm going upstairs to take a nap." Xu Huanning turned to the staff member next to her and asked, "Any plans for the afternoon?"
Staff: "It depends on how you arrange it."
"Then I'll stay in the house this afternoon to get the contribution points."
Meng Chuyuan turned his head and spoke to Qi Zhen: "Qi Zhen, are you leaving today too?"
Qi Zhen hummed, "I'm leaving tonight."
His home was nearby, so there was no need to rush. He also wanted to stay a little longer to save up some contribution points for Qi Yan.
Perhaps because he had been busy all morning, the gauze wrapped around Qi Zhen's hand became dirty and looked a little yellow. Meng Chuyuan noticed it at a glance.
She glanced at Qi Zhen's hand and asked curiously, "Is your hand feeling better?"
He nodded, "Yeah, much better."
Meng Chuyuan asked: "Did you change the medicine?"
Qi Zhen lowered his eyes to look at the wound and said softly, "I changed it this morning."
Meng Chuyuan hesitated for a moment, and finally said to him: "Change it again, this gauze is already dirty, do you need me to change it for you?"
"No need." Qi Zhen smiled modestly and said, "You go up and rest. I'll change myself later."
Seeing him decline, Meng Chuyuan raised his eyebrows slightly, "Okay then."
At this moment, all the staff of the program team had evacuated the cabin and returned to their exclusive place to rest. After Meng Chuyuan went upstairs with Xu Huanning, Qi Zhen was the only one left in the huge living room.
He found the medicine box, sat on the sofa and began to remove the gauze in his hand...
Just then, Qi Yan came back to get the thermos and happened to see Qi Zhen changing the dressing.
When Qi Yan caught a glimpse of Qi Zhen alone in the living room, she subconsciously slowed down her pace. She wanted to walk around the sofa area, pick up the thermos and go upstairs, but she saw Qi Zhen's orchid finger stretched out in order to unscrew the bottle cap.
Qi Yan couldn't bear to watch it any longer, so she took her thermos and walked over, put it aside, and then reached out to grab the medicine bottle from Qi Zhen's hand.
Seeing the medicine bottle being taken away, Qi Zhen raised his head and looked up along the hand, and the person he saw was Qi Yan.
Qi Zhen's eyes flashed with surprise, and he asked in confusion: "Why is it you?"
"Why can't it be me?" Qi Yan glanced at him and said coldly: "Are you disappointed to see me?"
"No..." It's not disappointment, it's surprise.
However, there was something even more surprising to Qi Zhen...
Qi Yan suddenly sat down beside him and grabbed Qi Zhen's wrist with one hand. Her eyes fell on the slightly scabbed wound and she couldn't help but frowned.
Qi Zhen was a little frightened by her reaction, and subconsciously wanted to retract his hand, "I... I can do it myself."
Qi Yan suddenly used a little force to hold his wrist, "Don't move, even if it hurts, bear it."
After Qi Zhen stopped resisting, Qi Yan took a cotton swab to wipe off the remaining medicine around his wound and then applied the medicine to him again.
Qi Zhen: “…”
This was Qi Yan's first time treating someone's wound, and she was a little careless, but Qi Zhen could endure it. He didn't even frown when the cotton swab poked the wound.
After applying the medicine, Qi Yan cut some gauze and wrapped it carelessly, and tied a very ugly knot.
After finishing, Qi Yan put everything back into the medicine box, took a piece of paper to wipe her hands, stood up with the thermos cup and prepared to leave without saying a word to Qi Zhen.
Qi Zhen stared at the gauze on his hand in a daze. It was not until he noticed Qi Yan stood up that he came to his senses and hurriedly said, "Thank you, sister."
He really meant his thanks.
Qi Yan stopped and looked back at him without any emotion.
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Meng Chuyuan returned to the room and received a WeChat message from Lu Qingye shortly afterwards.
After opening it, Lu Qingye asked her if she had finished recording.
Meng Chuyuan replied: [Lunch break]
After a while, Lu Qingye sent another message: [The company has an annual meeting next Wednesday, do you want to attend?]
Meng Chuyuan: [Are you inviting me? ]
Lu Qingye: [Yes]
After sending the message, he began drumming his fingers on the desk, anxiously waiting for Meng Chuyuan's reply.
After a long time, Meng Chuyuan sent a voice message.
Lu Qingye clicked on the voice call, and then a lazy and somewhat teasing voice came from the receiver: "Since Mr. Lu needs me so much, I will reluctantly agree to your request."
Listening to her six-second voice message, Lu Qingye's lips curled up inadvertently, and there was endless tenderness in his eyes.
Although he couldn't see her through the screen, Lu Qingye had already imagined her quirky appearance.
Lu Qingye also replied with a voice message: "Then find a time when you are free and I will go with you to pick out a dress."
"Do you think it will be okay the day after tomorrow?"
Lu Qingye agreed immediately without hesitation, "Of course."
The day after tomorrow is the winter solstice.
Meng Chuyuan: "Then...see you the day after tomorrow."
Glancing at Meng Chuyuan's closing remarks, Lu Qingye frowned slightly.
Just as Meng Chuyuan lay down and was about to put down his phone, an unread message suddenly appeared in the chat box.
She lay on her side, her finger tapping the voice bar.
Lu Qingye: "Want to chat for a while?"
"What do you want to talk about?" Meng Chuyuan paused, then said, "You talk, I'm listening."
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