Chen Yiran cut all the ingredients and started cooking. Li Linlin curiously moved towards the pot in front and was immediately choked by the chili pepper.

“Pfft, cough, cough, I’m choking.” Li Linlin coughed several times. Not only her eyes but even her throat was stinging. “I can’t open my eyes.”

Chen Yiran quickly turned off the fire, wet a towel and wiped Li Linlin’s eyes. “You saw me put on the chili and you still head for the pot?”

He helped Li Linlin sit down outside the kitchen. Li Linlin picked up the water at hand and took a sip. “Cough, how was I to know it would be so spicy?”

“I chose the ones that look the spiciest. Don’t you like spicy food?” There were several varieties of green peppers grown in Xingguang Farm, some weren’t spicy and some were very much so. Chen Yiran specially chose the spiciest and even felt it when he cut it just now. He didn’t expect Li Linlin put her face right in front the pot. “Forget it, you don’t need to assist me anymore. Just sit outside and wait for lunch.”

Li Linlin: “……”

She felt that her persona as a top student at Imperial University was about to topple.

Chen Yiran settled Li Linlin and found her a bottle of eye drops before entering the kitchen again. Fortunately, it was just the two of them eating so he didn’t have to make a full banquet. Chen Yiran cooked four dishes and one soup, then called it a day and started eating.

Li Linlin didn’t expect that Chen Yiran could actually cook well. She examined the few dishes and then looked up at Chen Yiran. “They look pretty good, but I don’t know how they taste.”

Chen Yiran said, “You’ll know once you try.”

Li Linlin picked up a piece of the sweet and sour pork ribs, put it to her mouth and took a bite. The ribs were fried just right, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, sour and sweet in one bite, and paired with the crispy texture of sesame seeds, the taste was excellent.

Li Linlin was a little surprised. Just now Chen Yiran said that his cooking was ‘edible’. Was his standard for edible so high?

However, despite being surprised, she still had to show composure. Chen Yiran asked with some concern, “How does it taste?”

Li Linlin ate the ribs and coughed lightly, “It’s edible.”

Chen Yiran was stunned for a moment, then the corners of his lips rose up as he sat down at in front of table. “It’s fine as long as it’s edible.”

On the side, the cameraman took a close-up of the dishes on the table. The gloss of these dishes was even better under the lens. With this appearance, how could this just be ‘edible’?

Maybe edible meant that Li Linlin can eat it. The cameraman roasted in his mind.

The two surprisingly ate a lot and most of the credit for that was from Li Linlin. The cameraman also specially captured the scene of her burping, which must be included in post-production editing so that the audience could see what duplicitous mean.

During the meal, Chen Yiran discussed the afternoon’s itinerary with Li Linlin, but she still insisted on watching a horror movie. However, there were no horror movies showing in the cinema right now, so they decided to watch it at Xingguang Farm.

As a high-end farmhouse, Xingguang Farm naturally had entertainment facilities. There’s a game room and a home theater, where not only people could sing karaoke but also watch movies.

Li Linlin and Chen Yiran booked the home theater and selected a movie with the scariest cover from the catalog.

“Let’s go with this one, heavenly king Mo’s only horror film, 《Ghost School》!” Li Linlin pointed out the film and as if to create a scary atmosphere, she explained it to Chen Yiran in a lowered voice, “I heard that when they made this movie, strange things happened one after another on the set, like it was really haunted.”

“……” Chen Yiran pursed his lips and looked at her. “Don’t believe in these feudal superstitions.”

Li Linlin asked him, “Since you don’t believe in it, then why are you still afraid of ghosts?”

“……I never said I’m afraid of ghosts. In the escape room this morning, it seemed that it was all thanks to me that we got out.”

Heh. Li Linlin sneered in her heart and pressed the play button.

The room had no windows and once the door was closed and lights were turned off, the inside became completely dark. The opening credits of the movie were accompanied by eerie music, which reminded Li Linlin of some not-so-good experiences in the morning.

Her emotions, which she managed to calm down, became tense again. She was huddled on the sofa, hugging a pillow in one hand and a bag of potato chips in the other.

The screen wasn’t as big as the one in cinemas, but the sound effect wasn’t inferior at all. The sudden loud sound made the sofa seem to shake and Li Linlin almost lost her grip on the potato chips in her hand. She used the pillow to cover her eyes and simply put the potato chips aside.

In order not to disturb the atmosphere between the two, the program team very thoughtfully didn’t have the cameraman follow them, but instead installed a camera in the room. Li Linlin and Chen Yiran were sitting inside watching a movie while the staffs sat in front of the monitor to watch them.

“I think Linlin’s screwed again. President Chen seems to be more stable than her.”

“Yeah. When President Chen arrived, her character design in the previous episodes has completely collapsed.”

“Hahaha, isn’t this more interesting? Anyway, I ship the combination of the domineering president and his little wife.”

———pr

In the room, Li Linlin had made herself smaller and smaller. She originally thought that Mo Zhen was so handsome that she could ignore those ghosts and just look at him. However, facts prove that they’re impossible to ignore! They were so eye-catching in front of heavenly king Mo!

The scary music slowly came from the speakers again as a female student walked tremblingly in the corridor of the school, as if something would jump out from the side at any time.

Knowing that something was bound to pop up out of nowhere, especially now that she was a bundle of nerves, Li Linlin suddenly pressed the pause button just when the girl was about to raise her hand to push open the classroom door.

Chen Yiran’s mouth tightened as he slowly glanced sideways at her without speaking. Li Linlin ate a potato chip to allay her fear and then asked Chen Yiran beside her, “Do you know the correct way to watch ghost movies?”

“What way?” Chen Yiran’s voice was slightly drier than usual, revealing a hint of his nervousness.

Li Linlin picked up the remote control next to her and told him, “Just turn off the sound of the movie to mute, and then play some festive music, such as 《Good Luck》.”

Chen Yiran: “……”

Li Linlin did as she said. She muted the movie, then played 《Good Luck》 on her mobile phone, before pressing continue.

Before the girl cold open the door, something suddenly jumped out, causing the girl to scream on the spot.

However, all Li Linlin and Chen Yiran heard was the words good luck.

“What do you think?!” Li Linlin suddenly came to life. “Isn’t it not scary anymore? It even feels a bit silly!”

“……It’s indeed a bit silly.” Chen Yiran looked at her. “It’s you who’s a bit silly.”

Li Linlin: “……”

Heh!

Although Chen Yiran roasted her, he didn’t stop Li Linlin every time she wanted to mute the film. The two of them finished watching the movie intermittently, and before leaving the farm, they went to the orchard to pick some fruits.

“Is it almost time to go back to the hotel?” Li Linlin asked.

Chen Yiran looked at the time and asked her back, “Do you want to have dinner?”

“I’m not hungry yet.” The director told her that she had to go back to the hotel to record a segment in the evening, which was to ask her whether she would choose the original guest or challenger guest. Thinking of this, she turned her head and glanced at Chen Yiran who was walking beside her. “Don’t you have to go to work today?”

Chen Yiran said, “I’ll go to the company after the shooting.”

“Oh.” Li Linlin nodded. “You said you’re always busy, so why bother?”

Even if she chooses Chen Yiran, Chen Yiran didn’t have that much time to record the show.

As she was thinking who to choose that night, Chen Yiran spotted some claw machines in Xingguang Farm.

“There are claw machines here as well.” Chen Yiran said and walked toward its direction. Li Linlin exclaimed and followed him while the cameraman also chased after them.

Like last time, Chen Yiran scanned the code with his mobile phone and began to show off his skills. This was the second time Li Linlin had seen his incredible toy-catching technique and she was much calmer than previously. However, the surrounding staff members were seeing it for the first time and they couldn’t help but exclaim in amazement.

“I never thought President Chen has this skill.”

“Yeah, he already got so many in the blink of an eye. I also want a boyfriend with this kind of skill!”

“It’s a bit of a crime to be rich, handsome, good at studies, and good at getting stuff toys.”

Amid the staffs whispering, Chen Yiran had already gotten some. Li Linlin decided that if she didn’t stop him, he could really empty the machine.

“Alright, that’s it. The manager might not let us leave if you continue.” Li Linlin held several stuff toys in her hands, all of which were gotten by Chen Yiran for her. Chen Yiran thought that getting too many was indeed not a good idea and finally stopped.

“Let me carry them for you.” He took the stuff toys from Li Linlin’s arms and walked with her towards the parking lot.

“Let’s spilt these stuff toys in half.” Li Linlin suggested.

Chen Yiran said, “They’re all for you. What am I going to do with them?”

“Assistant Wu told me last time that you collected a few stuffed toys.” Because Li Linlin had previously asked Assistant Wu about Chen Yiran’s hobbies, when he discovered that President Chen liked plush toys, he informed Li Linlin at the first opportunity.

Chen Yiran was startled for a moment before finally responding, “Those are for you. I promised you before that I would help you get some whenever I saw a claw machine.”

This time, it was Li Linlin who was startled. He still actually remembered what they casually talk about last time? Not only did he remember, but he really got some for her?

“Those stuff toys are at home. I haven’t found a chance to give them to you. I’ll bring them up some other day.” The stuff toys had been sitting at his place for a long time, but since his relationship with Li Linlin fell to a freezing point a while ago, there hadn’t been any opportunity to give them to her. After participating in this show today, the relationship between the two of them had eased a bit. In any case, his decision to participate in the show seemed to be correct.

The conversation between the two was captured on camera and the staff members who followed along were also sensitive enough to catch the important point on Chen Yiran’s words.

What does ‘I’ll bring them up’ mean? Were the two living together? Upstairs and downstairs?

When the show aired, should they edit out this sentence or not?

———pr

After following the two for a day, the director and most of the staff all thought that Li Linlin would choose Chen Yiran, as she appeared much more natural in front of Chen Yiran and it was also obvious that they had a deep personal relationship. The most important thing was that the boss and his little wife were really too shippable!

However, Li Linlin, who was sitting in the interview room, said a name that was unexpected to them, “I choose Du Yanwei.”