Overnight Hit: Vicious Stepmother and Genius Son
Chapter 234 - 334 Eat Rourou

Chapter 234: Chapter 334 Eat Rourou

Han Jiangxue burst into the kitchen just to hear Shen Yibo’s lamenting and helpless baby voice, "Ah~ Mom, is this... still edible?"

The water in the pot with meat and radishes had dried up, and the bottom was blackened, with a distinct smell of burnt food.

Han Jiangxue stepped forward to help Shen Yibo turn off the stove before looking at the messy meat in the pot, instantly losing her appetite.

Clearly, the problem was that the heat was too high, and there was too little water in the pot.

The pork belly pieces were cut too big, and originally they were supposed to be fried in the pot for a while before boiling, but Shen Yibo dumped them all in at once, including the tenderloin and chicken breast. By boiling them like this, it wasn’t just that they stuck to the pot, but the meat had long been overcooked.

Then there were the radishes, cut into tiny, thin slices that had all turned mushy and soft from the stewing, sticking to the pot and giving off bursts of burnt smell...

"What should we do now?" Shen Yibo felt very dejected.

Han Jiangxue was increasingly speechless and irritated inside. She had already told this little fatty that she would teach him how to do it, but he wouldn’t listen and insisted on pouring all the meat into the pot.

Irritated as she was, she naturally couldn’t lose her temper at this little fatty in front of the camera. She pressed down the anger in her heart and said patiently, "Let’s first take out the parts on top that haven’t been burnt."

[Actually, the part on top that was scooped out was still edible. Xiao Xue is really too economical!]

[Han Jiangxue just said she would eat whatever the child made.]

[Has our Xiao Xue ever said she wouldn’t eat? What do you mean by saying these things? It’s not like it’s inedible.]

[I think so too. Didn’t Han Jiangxue claim to be a good stepmother? She will honor her own words; she has to eat this dish!]

While the bullet screen was crazily discussing the dish Shen Yibo made, Han Jiangxue had already placed the served dish on the dining table in the room.

Although the bottom layer was burnt, the top layer was still edible, and she planned to make do with these for a meal.

After all, she had eaten bland and hard-to-swallow diet meals before, so this was nothing in comparison.

Shen Yibo served two bowls of rice out and chuckled with a simple smile, "Mom, the parts on top are still good to eat!"

Han Jiangxue nodded, "Mhm, it’s still edible. Yibo, you did very well for your first time; well done!"

No matter what, she felt that Shen Yibo deserved praise for his first attempt.

Especially since this was all being recorded for the show.

Upon being praised by Han Jiangxue, Shen Yibo’s previously dejected mood also dissipated significantly, and he chuckled, "Then Mom, you should eat more meat later, didn’t you say you were cold?"

As he spoke, Shen Yibo used his chopsticks to pick up a piece of pale pork belly for Han Jiangxue’s bowl.

Han Jiangxue: ...

She would rather be cold than eat that.

Shen Yibo, the Little Fool, didn’t even notice the slightly awkward expression on Han Jiangxue’s face and kept urging her, "Mom, try the meat I made and see how it is?"

Han Jiangxue struggled to control her facial expression, took a bite of the meat, and continued to praise, "Mmm, delicious."

Aside from being salty, it had virtually no flavor.

"Great, then eat a bit more. I’ll have less for lunch!" Shen Yibo said with all sincerity.

Han Jiangxue seriously doubted this little fatty was deliberately playing dumb in front of her...

[Hahaha, Shen Yibo is really killing me with laughter!]

[The kid’s pretty smart, hahaha!]

[Shen Yibo: I definitely know when my own cooking is bad; someone said they’d eat it, so they should have more of it.]

[Shen Yibo really has never let me down!]

Madam Shen, who was watching the live broadcast at home, saw the scene of Shen Yibo and Han Jiangxue having a meal, and her lips slightly turned down, her eyes full of disdain for Han Jiangxue!

...

After lunch, the guest groups as usual, took naps in their rooms.

Director Fei was considering arranging for the guests to call their families in the evening. Originally, he had told Mr. Zhang that he wanted Ye Zhenzhen and Song Yuchen to call their own husbands.

Director Fei naturally knew that Ye Zhenzhen’s husband was a friend of Mr. Zhang, and Mr. Zhang was definitely helping his friend.

But after careful consideration, he thought that since this was a parent-child variety show, besides interacting with the mothers, the children naturally also needed to interact with the fathers.

Instead of secretly letting Ye Zhenzhen and Song Yuchen make calls, it would be better to have all five guest groups do so, which could also add some highlights to the show.

And the children had been busy for most of the day; they were exhausted from swapping ingredients and cooking.

Now, Director Fei was thinking of simply ending today’s role-switching task early.

Then let the audience in the live broadcast room vote early on Weibo, so the children can have time to talk to their families after dinner.

Once this internal plan took shape, Director Fei immediately called Xiaowen to get this matter implemented, to post updates on the official Weibo and bring the voting time forward.

Xiaowen asked, "Director Fei, what about the guests’ dinner tonight?"

"The production team will prepare it. We eat at 5 PM, the voting channel closes at 6 PM, and then we announce the results."

Xiaowen nodded, "Okay."

...

When Ye Zhenzhen and Song Yuchen woke up from their nap, it was already 3:30 PM.

Xiao Chen got out of bed and walked over to the carbon stove to pour a cup of tea to drink. Having slept in this room these past couple of days, he always felt very thirsty when he woke up.

He asked Ye Zhenzhen, "Do you need a cup of tea?"

"Sure!" Ye Zhenzhen followed him and sat down beside the stove, taking the teacup Xiao Chen passed to her.

Today, besides the central heating in the room, there was an additional carbon stove, so the temperature was much higher than before.

She’d thought of taking a short nap and hadn’t extinguished the stove or closed the windows tightly, wanting to ensure good ventilation.

The stove would have to be extinguished later in the evening.

[Can you really sleep with this carbon stove burning?]

[Who’s this troll running in with their negativity, didn’t you see that Zhenzhen’s room window is cracked open?]

[Don’t worry, our Zhenzhen is very considerate. It was just a midday nap, she will naturally extinguish the stove in the evening.]

Just as everyone was discussing this carbon stove on Ye Zhenzhen’s side, something happened over at Han Jiangxue and Shen Yibo’s side because of the carbon stove;

Han Jiangxue had wanted to whisper in Shen Yibo’s ear when he woke up, asking him to go to Ye Zhenzhen to borrow the carbon stove. However, Shen Yibo didn’t even think about it and flatly refused, saying loudly;

"Mom, that stove belongs to Aunt Zhenzhen, it’s not ours; we can’t take that stove!"

Han Jiangxue: ...

Fortunately, the camera in the corner of the room couldn’t capture them, at most it could only pick up the sound. She still had a chance to remedy the situation...