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Finally, all four dishes were finished. Everyone loved it.
This boosted Lin Wanâs confidence, and she decided to start cooking every day from now on.
In the sixth live episode, the program crew spared no expense to invite the Bai family, including the Grand Slam champions Jin Niu and Jin Xiang, to be the guests.
Bai Xueâs parents were artists. Her husband was a singer named Qi Ming. He was not as famous as Bai Xue, and her in-laws were wealthy people in the industry. Their daughter, Qi Yue, was fourteen years old and an exceptional athlete. She participated in numerous tournaments each year and racked up awards to the point of exhaustion.
Starting from the second episode, the program crew sent directors, planners, and writers to invite them, but they were rejected three times. For the final episode, everyone made an appearance and camped out for a few days. Bai Xue finally agreed after that.
Though a pre-release teaser wouldâve certainly caused a sensational reaction, the program crew decided to keep the mysterious guestâs identity a secret until the old guests were on-site. Then, the Bai family would be invited into Lan Village.
The program crew even made a cartoon video with the tagline: âMysterious
Family Steals the Show: Unveiling at 11 a.m. on the 10th.â
The top comment from the director read: âIf Iâm not famous after this, you can kill me.â
Once the video was released, everyone expressed their thoughts and began speculating about who might be appearing.
Someone even brought up the Guoguo family from one of the earlier episodes.
The frequent guests received a notification about the mystery guest, but even they were kept in the dark by the program crew.
Li Zexuan wasnât interested. He was too lazy to even guess.
Li Zexin was exactly the opposite. He was brimming with curiosity and listed all the top female stars around the same age as Li Zexuan. Never before had he felt that anyone could surpass Li Zexuanâs level of popularity. When he showed the list to Li Zexuan, he ignored it.
âBig brother, arenât you curious at all?â
âCurious about what? Theyâre all just people like us. How do you even know itâs a female star?â
âItâs about balance. There are so many boys here, so the final episode is bound to feature girls.â Li Zexin was very confident. âNot only do I think itâs a female star. I also think it might very likely be Wan Rong. The final episode is going to hype you two up.â
âYouâre overthinking it. Do you really believe the program crew has no limits? Iâm still young. How could they hype me up like that?â Li Zexuan asked.
âLetâs make a bet of five hundred bucks.â
âDo you even have five hundred bucks?â
Li Zexinâs smile froze. âWho are you looking down on? I just received New
Yearâs money.â
Li Zexin suddenly realized that he had used it to pay off the debt he had incurred for buying New Yearâs clothes. He was broke once again.
âForget it. Letâs not bet on money. Instead, letâs make it more exciting. The loser has to scratch his nose in public.â
âFine. Write it down. The loser has to scratch his nose on camera during the livestream!â Li Zexuan raised the stakes.
The day after returning to Yun City, Li Zexin used the excuse of visiting Xiao Yi to secretly pick up the clothes he had ordered. The outfits for the entire family were ready. Each piece was wrapped in dustproof bags.
Through the bags, you could see the styles of the clothes. Li Zexin was quite satisfied.
Xiao Yi helped Li Zexin deliver the clothes to Royal Water Bay. Li Yanchen looked puzzled when he saw Li Zexin with two huge bags.
âLi Zexin, whatâs all this?â
Li Zexin hurriedly hid the bags behind his back.
Lin Wan, who was reading a book, noticed that Xiao Yi looked perplexed. They were going to Lan Village in two days, so why did Xiao Yi come to their house?
Xiao Yi greeted everyone. Then, he handed the bags to Li Zexin.
âBig brother, Jiejie, come here quickly!â Li Zexin yelled.
He wanted to open the bags in front of everyone and have them wear the clothes on the day they would go to the village.
The two brothers lazily walked out to the living room when they heard their brother calling for them.
Li Zexuan tapped one of the bags. âLittle brother, did you buy us all gifts? Itâs⦠soft. Are they soft toys? Iâm a grown man, Li Zexin. I donât like playing with toys.â
âI like them.â Lin Wan was worried that Li Zexin had indeed gotten them some soft toys, and his feelings might be hurt. She didnât want to reject his nice gesture.
Li Zexin shook his head. âMs. Lin, you like soft toys? I will buy you one next time. These arenât toys, though. I think all of you will love it.â
âClose your eyes. Big brother, hold the bags. Iâll reveal the gifts one by one,â said Li Zexin eagerly.
Everyone obediently closed their eyes.
With five pieces of clothing in hand, Li Zexin announced, âYou can open your eyes now.â
âClothes?â Li Zexuan never expected that his younger brother would buy clothes for everyone as gifts.
It was clearly a set for the entire family.
âThis is for Ms. Lin. This is for Mr. Li. Here, this is for you, Brother Xuanxuan. This is for you, Jiejie. Letâs all try them on,â said Li Zexin as he handed them their gifts one by one. âTheyâre all custom-made. Ms. Lin, you said that Aunt Xiaâs New Yearâs clothes were nice last time. Itâs from the same store. I just ordered them a little late, so it took some time to be delivered.â Li Zexin lowered his head in embarrassment.
Li Zekai hugged his older brother. âBig brother, you actually thought of buying us similar clothes! Youâre so kind. Iâll definitely love you more from now on and wonât compete with you for strawberries.â
Li Zexin smiled. âEveryone is a witness here. When we buy the strawberries, I get the top ones.
âOkay! Iâll even let you choose first. Iâm going to try on the clothes.â
After everyone went inside, Li Zexin gave Auntie Huang and Auntie Bao each a silk scarf, which he had bought for them while picking up the clothes.
âYou bought gifts for us too?!â Both of them exclaimed.
âYeah.â Li Zexin nodded. âIâm going to go and get changed now.â
When all five people were back in the courtyard, Xiao Yiâs eyes widened in surprise.
âSo beautiful!â Auntie Huang stared at Lin Wan. âThe red color complements
Wanwanâs skin so well.â
âThatâs right! Arenât they all dressed up like big celebrities?â said Auntie Bao. âIâll take some pictures.â Xiao Yi thought it would be a shame not to capture such a scene.
The Li familyâs courtyard became the backdrop as the five of them changed their outfits and took several photos.
Li Zexin restrained himself from jumping for joy and saved the photos in his album. He would let everyone see them on the day of the livestream.
After the photo shoot, Xiao Yi returned home. Everyone changed back to their comfortable clothes to not damage the new clothes.
Two days later, the crew arrived early at Lan Village. The village was even colder than it had been at the end of the previous year.
The permanent guests included the Wheatley family, Li family, Xiao Yiâs family, Tutuâs family, and Feifeiâs family. There was one extra guest this time: Bai Xueâs family.
Bai Xueâs family was placed next to the Li family. After the Spring Festival, the radio station had arranged for people to clean up the yard.
When interviewing the members of Bai Xueâs family, the crew noticed that they were most interested in the Li family.
This was Qi Yueâs first time participating in a livestream, but she had experienced time away from her family. She knew how to pack her own luggage. She only brought essentials. Qi Yue wore dark-colored sportswear n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
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