Chapter 178: Kitchen Black Hole Lu Li!

The camera specifically showed the three dishes and one soup Lu Li made, which were braised pork, garlic vermicelli shrimp, egg tofu, and winter melon pork rib soup. All were home-style dishes that weren’t considered very difficult.

What Xueyan had just tasted was the relatively vegetarian egg-wrapped tofu. Just looking at the appearance, the tofu and egg were white and yellow respectively, the sauce was bright and colorful, looking fresh, tender, and appetizing.

Furthermore, considering that the cameramen and others had been following and filming all the way, not having eaten and needing to film Xueyan eating on an empty stomach, Lu Li specially dished out several extra portions for the staff members.

“Oh my, we aren’t in a hurry. Teacher Lu Li, aren’t you going to eat a bit yourself first?”

Therefore, the cameraman and other staff members who unexpectedly received their own bowls of rice were somewhat moved. The big star Lu Li, wearing an apron, had been busy back and forth without resting for a moment, and instead cared about everyone working behind the scenes.

At this moment, everyone felt that Lu Li was simply the perfect male Alpha of the new era, capable of both public affairs and domestic duties! If any little haters dared to slander Lu Li online in the future, everyone present would definitely argue with them to the end!

“I’m fine. The weather is hot in summer, so I’ll go tidy up the kitchen first, otherwise it’s easy to have a bad smell.”

Lu Li replied casually, so much so that he perfectly missed the anxious, stopping gaze of Xueyan, who was holding his rice bowl on the side.

“Teacher Lu Li, you are truly too nice of a person! Then we won’t be polite!”

Seeing this, the few staff members didn’t decline anymore and happily started shoveling food into their mouths.

Xueyan, whose silent prevention was fruitless, watched this scene. His palm-sized little face turned even paler, and he widened his eyes in panic.

Sure enough, just a few short seconds later, everyone, with food still in their mouths, fell silent. They couldn’t swallow it, nor could they spit it out. In the gazes they exchanged with Xueyan, there was a bit more disbelief and a bit of doubting their own lives.

Did everyone’s taste system malfunction? It clearly looked perfectly fine, and the difficulty of the home-style dishes wasn’t high either… But the feeling when it entered the mouth, why was it completely different!?

“How is it, Uncle Lu, do you like the taste?”

Lu Li looked at the lead accompanying cameraman and asked curiously.

This Uncle Lu, standing there like a wooden chicken, exchanged a glance with Xueyan, seemingly finally understanding a certain tacit understanding between them.

“It’s, it’s okay!”

Thus, Uncle Lu also swallowed it down with difficulty. After speaking, he quietly picked up a water cup from the side and started gulping it down fiercely.

“Wow, my god, this is a real feast here! Lu Li, you kid actually even cook so perfectly!?”

Coincidentally, at this time Lan Yu brought Pei Shuo over to mooch a meal. As an industry senior, she was originally a bit embarrassed, but seeing a group of people in the room currently eating, Lan Yu instantly became calm and at ease.

She knew it! With Lu Li’s personality, he would definitely invite the staff to eat together. So, adding herself and Xiao Shuo, two more mouths, wouldn’t that just be letting nature take its course?

Even Pei Shuo, unexpectedly seeing the beautiful home-cooked meal on the table, rarely showed a bit of a child’s yearning and craving expression, and his throat rolled quietly.

It was already the age of growing his body, and Pei Shuo’s appetite nowadays could be said to be growing day by day along with his height.

Plus, during the day he consumed a lot of physical energy helping to catch fish and running everywhere in the vegetable market. Although he didn’t complain of being tired a single time throughout the whole process, his stomach was truly hungry long ago. Since birth, this was also the first time he had been hungry until now without getting a meal.

“Teacher Lan Yu and Xiao Shuo? No problem, you guys came at the perfect time. It just so happens I made quite a lot, and I’ll cut some fruit for you all in a moment.”

Lu Li in the kitchen, although surprised by the arrival of these two uninvited guests, also agreed.

During these few days of getting along, Lu Li actually quite sympathized with Pei Shuo, this kindergarten classmate of Xueyan’s.

Although Lu Li also knew a thing or two about the many grudges formed between the Pei family and his own family in the business field, and inherently should have been relatively vigilant against Pei Shuo, this future heir and potential threat.

It was just that Lan Yu, this parent, was truly too unreliable. The other groups were parents taking care of cubs, but in Lan Yu’s group, if Pei Shuo truly relied on Lan Yu taking care of him, he would probably have died a few times over already.

Including Pei Shuo’s appearance on the first day as an aloof little heir—groomed spotlessly from head to toe, visibly emitting an unreachable sense of distance. Now, having stayed with Lan Yu for a few days, it was already entirely gone, and his overall look was purely propped up by his face.

Standing next to Xueyan, looking like a purely natural, handsome little wildman security guard, he was a bit pitiful.

Therefore, a dozen seconds later, Lan Yu, having received a spoon, was also the first to choose the egg-wrapped tofu.

Although her personality was very uninhibited, Lan Yu was still quite demanding regarding body management. Those heavy meat dishes were a bit too greasy, but the egg tofu was just right.

“Huh, why are you all just looking at me and not eating? Specially waiting for me? Xueyan, did you just eat this too? Hehe, let Auntie me also taste a bite of the dish your brother made.”

Lan Yu glanced at Xueyan beside her, and before Xueyan could reach out, stand on tiptoe, and anxiously stop her, she had already put it into her mouth.

Pei Shuo even more so, as soon as he got the rice bowl, he said a low “Thank you” to Xueyan’s brother Lu Li, buried his head, and started eating.

Watching this scene, the cameraman and others didn’t know what psychology everyone was operating under, but anyway, they coincidentally didn’t take the initiative to speak up.

After all, even if they reminded them, they might not believe it. Only when you taste it yourself can you realize the truth.

Because the appearance of this dish was impeccably perfect!

In fact, the moment Pei Shuo swallowed the first bite, his taste buds had already realized something was wrong and sounded the alarm. Having been a picky eater since childhood, his instinct was to directly spit out this kind of toxic food.

At home, if any nanny dared to make this kind of dish, they would probably have been caught on the spot for suspected poisoning and attempting to murder the heir.

However, this was a dish made by Xueyan’s brother…

If he directly spat it out, would Xueyan’s brother have a bad impression of him?

Pei Shuo, who from childhood to adulthood hadn’t cared much about whether many people had a good impression of him or not, forcefully gained some baggage in front of Xueyan’s parent. Holding it in his mouth, his cheeks bulged.

“Blegh… Holy crap!”

So much so that in the entire room, only Lan Yu, the sole industry senior, couldn’t help but directly spit it out after just taking one bite. She even rarely swore, and after spitting it out, stared dumbfounded at the residue on the floor.

Lu Li: ?

【????】

【Ah, what happened? Is the tofu too hot?】

【Yeah, why did she suddenly throw up?】

Accompanying Lu Li’s blank expression were the question marks and confusion of viewers filling the screen. Teacher Lan Yu, this senior, had been getting along quite well with Lu Li on the program. She wouldn’t intentionally disrespect him like this, right?

“Is something wrong, Teacher Lan Yu? I specifically let it sit for a while after making it, it shouldn’t be hot?”

Lu Li blankly brought a broom and handed tissues to Lan Yu.

Lan Yu, who had just spat out the food, was also in an extremely chaotic mood. She looked up at the sincerely-faced Lu Li, then looked down at the beautiful dishes on the table. She almost suspected her own sense of taste was malfunctioning and wanted to take another bite to confirm.

“You guys, all ate it? [Read on RanaTranslations🌸] Don’t you feel this taste is, a bit… a bit avant-garde?”

Lan Yu found it very difficult to describe the exact taste within.

It was like Lan Yu couldn’t understand how someone could completely preserve the fishy smell of the egg, while at the same time blending it with the raw beany smell of the tofu.

The added salt, soy sauce, and other seasonings also completely failed to infuse. Once in the mouth, they directly exploded on the taste buds, rushing straight to the top of the skull.

The most crucial thing was this tofu. The outside was already burnt, but upon biting into it, she discovered the inside was actually still half-cooked!?

How exactly was this achieved? [Read on RanaTranslations🌸] Born clashing with the Kitchen God?

“Actually we, we… also felt the taste was a little bit slightly not right… Blegh!”

The lead cameraman of the main camera vaguely answered a sentence, and suddenly everyone also took tissues and subconsciously spat it out.

Only Pei Shuo, who had already swallowed it down, swiftly snatched away the leftover dish in front of Xueyan, his face serious as he forbade Xueyan from continuing to eat.

“Is it really that exaggerated?”

Lu Li was completely blank. He took the spoon from Xueyan’s hand, scooped a spoonful, and put it into his mouth.

“Brother, don’t eat it—!”

The frightened Xueyan finally hurriedly stood up from the small stool and hugged his brother.

Lu Li only then discovered that for some inexplicable reason, he actually hadn’t completely cooked it through. At least half of the tofu was hot on the outside and cold on the inside. The key was that the seasonings were also a complete mess, like a chaotic and ear-piercing piano piece.

His stomach spasmed uncomfortably for a moment.

“Xueyan, hurry up and spit it out, those things you just ate absolutely cannot be swallowed!”

Lu Li’s first reaction was to squat down, hugging Xueyan wanting to induce vomiting.

If this was eaten, he would absolutely have diarrhea tonight.

“But I, but I can’t spit it out anymore… Brother.”

Xueyan softly and pitifully said, having already swallowed it down.

“Then does it feel uncomfortable?”

Hugging Xueyan, Lu Li’s mood was extremely complicated for a time.

“It seems to not be uncomfortable right now. But I want to eat food, because I’m hungry, Brother.”

Xueyan felt that compared to an uncomfortable stomach, maybe it felt more like being hungry.

The little guy had been tired all day, and hadn’t had a single bite of a normal hot meal until now, wouldn’t he naturally be terribly hungry? Even if his appetite was usually small, he was still famished and very uncomfortable.

【The Lu Li family group seems to have encountered a severe kitchen accident! The legendary dark cuisine??】

A line of Q-version large words also floated above the three dishes and one soup on the table.

The post-production even very maliciously replayed a full three times the scene just now of Xueyan trying hard to swallow it down, blanking out for a long time, and going against his conscience trying hard to say “delicious”.

It was visibly apparent that netizens were going to Photoshop it into a [Xueyan Blanking Out.jpg] meme.

The whole family in front of the TV was even more silent. Lu Xun subconsciously turned his head and glanced at Lu Ting, only to see the smile on Lu Ting’s face had completely vanished. His whole person was staring expressionlessly at the TV screen.

The murderous aura all over his body couldn’t be concealed at all.

From birth until now, when had the sweet cub ever suffered this kind of hardship? Old Third you kid, did you let the sweet cub go on the program with you to suffer!?

“Look at this, look at this! This guy Lu Li brings up Xueyan just like this! He’ll definitely have diarrhea later—”

Lu Huai even directly jumped up from the ground, and frantically set a negative rhythm against Lu Li at home.

Although Lu Huai himself actually also had a young master temper, and his superficial cooking skills weren’t necessarily better than Lu Li’s, it didn’t prevent Lu Huai from fiercely attacking Lu Li.

This time, even Auntie Cheng couldn’t find a few good words to say for Young Master Lu Li.

Exactly how awful did this dish taste?

However, the heat of the bullet comments took off and exploded because of this. The quantity became several times that of the footage of the other families, rivaling the heat of Lan Yu blowing up the kitchen.

【Actually I just want to know, when it tastes so awful even adults threw up, Baby, exactly how did you manage to forcefully eat it?】

【Li, look at this! Little Pear’s love for you is a bit too profound! Even swallowing it desperately to protect his brother’s reputation [Tears Flowing]】

【Although it’s very tragic, I inexplicably really want to laugh, why is that. So Little Pear who didn’t tell the truth, you are not a good boy haha! It’s truly a pity the director’s truth crystal ball wasn’t brought over】

Netizens were both trying to analyze exactly how awful this meal of Lu Li’s was, and also worrying about what Little Pear would do if he continued to go hungry.

The Pear fans even more so never expected that the perfect male god Lu Li in everyone’s hearts was actually an out-and-out kitchen black hole!

Could this be the legendary slight flaw in beautiful jade? Destined to have a trace of regret?

Even the anti-fans watching this epic “black material” of Lu Li didn’t know where to start hating for a while. Does cooking badly count as a celebrity’s black spot?

【It counts! Of course, it counts!! Cooking so badly and still taking Xueyan on what variety show ah! I must call out Lu Li, go home and change people as soon as possible! What kind of Alpha are you!】

It wasn’t until an out-of-nowhere post exploded out of thin air, making the scene directly chaotic like a pot of porridge.

Many passersby inexplicably felt sorry for Lu Li, feeling that Lu Li’s anti-fans seemed to have a combat-level one pop up every few days.

A celebrity cooking badly shouldn’t be hated to this extent, right? How does not knowing how to cook make someone not even worthy of being an Alpha?

Then Lan Yu just blew up the kitchen, didn’t she also not get “scolded” like this?

However, for the few people in the program, quickly eating a normal meal to pad their stomachs became the top priority. Lu Li and Lan Yu exchanged a glance. Lan Yu immediately raised both hands in surrender:

“To tell you the truth, I just directly burned the kitchen, and was stripped of my cooking qualifications by the program team, that’s why I brought Pei Shuo over to freeload a meal…”

Instantly making the words on the tip of Lu Li’s tongue get swallowed back down.

[Crouching Dragon] and [Fledgling Phoenix] These two Q-version large words popped out above Lu Li and Lan Yu’s heads with a “DUANG”. The variety show effect was so strong it made people’s scalps tingle.

“Director Uncle, then can Xueyan and I cook by ourselves?”

Pei Shuo, watching all this, was also completely out of ideas, turned his head, stared at the camera, and called out.

It was as if he knew the Director Guo’s favorite thing was to secretly hide behind the screen the whole time and monitor the progress of each family.

Regarding this, Guo Rui was stunned. Could it be this kid Pei Shuo wanted to cook by himself??

Looking like a tiny bean, what kind of meal could he cook?

【Wow, holy crap? I already don’t trust this world anymore. Actually, Xiao Shuo doesn’t look like someone who knows how to cook either hahaha】

【Don’t let him be a second Lu Li, right? You geniuses who blow up kitchens, can you spare our Baby Xueyan’s stomach?】

【I just feel that our Little Pear’s face is already a bit pale, he was really exhausted today! My heart aches so much.】

The viewers in the bullet comments were all very anxious, feeling that the director’s group might as well bend the rules and issue some staff meals to the Lu Li and Lan Yu groups, wouldn’t that be fine?

If a little child goes hungry for too long, it’s really not good.

In fact, just as Director Guo Rui was also already preparing to make an exception and issue some disaster relief grain to these two Crouching Dragon and Fledgling Phoenix families, Pei Shuo actually really managed to get a meal out!

Pei Shuo picked some fish and meat from the remaining vegetable basket, and directly ran next door to find someone.

He actually used a portion of the ingredients as a reward, successfully inviting a villager grandma over to guide the cooking!

“Oh my, oh my, two perfectly fine adults, how could you make the food like this?”

As soon as the old grandma came over and took a tiny taste, discovering such good ingredients were made into a complete mess, she also shook her head repeatedly.

The gaze looking at the two adults, Lu Li and Lan Yu, also became weird.

As if suspecting if they were some foreign spies, otherwise how could even home-style dishes be made into this kind of taste.

“Come, come, you two boys come over first and follow Grandma to beat the eggs into the bowl.”

Under the grandma’s tutoring, the supplementary meal the two little guys, Pei Shuo and Xueyan, tried to cooperate on making was very simple.

First boiling water in the steamer, then stirring and beating the egg liquid, and putting it in the pot to steam a large bowl of scallion soy sauce steamed egg.

Plus, a pot of soft and glutinous white rice.

Just scooping out the steamed egg and covering it on the rice, mixing it with the rice to eat, it was so fragrant one almost swallowed their tongue.

A guilty and apologetic Lu Li held a spoon, carefully feeding Xueyan rice. Xueyan obediently didn’t act picky at all.

For every bite the parent fed, he would take a big “awoo” bite.

“Is your stomach more comfortable now?” Lu Li asked softly.

He reached out and picked off a grain of rice from the corner of Xueyan’s mouth.

After eating something hot, it should be slightly better, right? Praying that tonight he absolutely wouldn’t still have diarrhea.

Xueyan chewed the steamed egg mixed rice in his mouth, chewing while nodding vigorously. So delicious—!

“But Brother…”

Xueyan suddenly stopped, looked at his brother, and mumbled.

“Hmm? Finish chewing first before speaking, otherwise be careful not to choke.”

Lu Li instantly looked over nervously.

So Xueyan obediently lowered his head, swallowed the mixed rice, and then continued to look up and ask his brother:

“Then am I a little friend who knows how to cook by himself now?”

Because he and Pei Shuo stirred the egg liquid together! And then he watched the taller Pei Shuo being taught by the grandma how to stand in front of the high earthen stove to steam the eggs.

He also remembered the steps himself, only lacking a bit more height to be able to reach the stove.

Lu Li was dumbfounded.

“You count, of course you count. Our Xueyan even knows how to cook now, and makes it even tastier than Brother.”

Lu Li restrained himself for a long time, so as not to fiercely pull the little guy in front of him into his arms and plant a kiss.

As a result, upon hearing his brother say “you count,” Xueyan’s eyes instantly curved into crescents, and he proactively and affectionately hugged his brother.

“Then it’s okay if Brother doesn’t know how to cook, because now I know how to cook! Brother will never go hungry.”

Xueyan completely didn’t realize what kind of critical strike saying such innocent words with a smile was to a parent.

Let alone Lu Li almost dropping his armor and fleeing on the spot, the countless viewers in front of the camera went from the gratified and proud smiles crazily rising at the corners of their mouths the previous second, instantly turning into overwhelming sourness of crazily gnashing their teeth.

It turns out smiles don’t disappear, they only transfer.

No, tell us about this Lu Li, how come he has such a good life?

What kind of brother script did he get in this life? Even having Little Pear cook for him, this is simply turning heaven and earth upside down. Are you even an Alpha?

If you have some backbone, spit it out for us!