Chu Chen and Chu Yu each sat off to one side with nothing to do.
The An siblings had no idea what they should do either, so they could only sit idly nearby.
After enduring a few more minutes, Chu Yu finally could not stand the boredom anymore and offered a suggestion. "Everyone, there are exactly four of us here. Why don't we play Fight the Landlord to pass the time?"
Chu Chen glanced over. "Aren't there four of us? How are we supposed to play Fight the Landlord?"
Chu Yu explained, "Little An Yu is still young. He can shuffle and deal, and the three of us can play."
With that one remark, she had assigned roles to all four of them.
An Ya thought it sounded fine too and smiled.
"Sure. We're all sitting around bored anyway."
Soon, a member of the production crew handed them a brand-new, unopened deck of playing cards.
Chu Yu tore off the plastic wrapping, took out the cards, and handed them to An Yu. "Here, little guy. Do you know how to shuffle?"
Although An Yu was still young, he had seen adults shuffle cards often enough in daily life. He nodded, nervously gripped the cards with his two little hands, and began interleaving them. Every now and then, a couple slipped out, making the staff around him involuntarily break into doting auntie smiles.
"All shuffled!" With a hint of delight on his face, An Yu stacked the cards neatly on the table.
Chu Yu patted An Yu on the shoulder. "Not bad. You're in charge of dealing too, then."
Like a little soldier entrusted with a mission in a crisis, An Yu immediately put on a stern face and nodded solemnly. "Okay!"
Seeing her little brother's expression, An Ya could not help smiling either.
Infected by the cheerful atmosphere, Chu Chen relaxed against the sofa and began picking up his cards.
Two minutes later, Chu Yu and the other two were each leaning against a different side of the sofa, cards in hand, as they began their first round of Fight the Landlord.
An Ya, the landlord, played a pair of threes.
Chu Yu just beat it. "Pair of fours."
Her teammate Chu Chen deliberately stirred up trouble, leading with a bomb. "Joker bomb!"
Chu Yu: "??"
"We're on the same team! Why are you bombing me?"
Having suffered plenty of bullying from his sister, Chu Chen had long wanted to wipe away his past humiliation. But in real life, if he dared show any dissatisfaction with Chu Yu, not only would she chase him around and hit him, their parents overseas would also lecture him over one phone call after another.
Now that he finally had a rare chance to play cards, of course he would settle every grudge and right every wrong!
Chu Chen raised his chin and continued studying his hand. "Can't beat that, right? Then I'll play a pair of threes."
Chu Yu: "..."
So you bombed my pair of fours just to play a pair of threes.
This pair of bickering siblings had An Ya clutching her stomach with laughter too. Throughout the round, she barely cared about winning or losing, too busy watching the siblings squabble and clown around.
The livestream's viewer count also began multiplying, and all sorts of casual viewers were laughing their heads off.
[The Chu siblings are so
funny
hahahahahaha, this is literally me and my little brother.]
[I'm dying. Using a joker bomb to beat a pair of threes. Only Chu Chen would pull that off.]
Over in the kitchen, however, the Wen siblings preparing dinner were not having nearly as much fun.
Author's note:
Chu Yu: ...There's seriously something wrong with this little brother's brain.
Chapter 12
In the kitchen livestream, a deafening clang rang out as a heavy iron wok crashed to the floor.
Wen Zhixin, who had been concentrating on preparing the ingredients, jumped in fright. Turning toward her little brother, she realized the noise had come from Wen Tianqi failing to hold the wok properly and accidentally dropping it.
Wen Zhixin frowned, a little irritated. "How can you not even hold a wok properly?"
Wen Tianqi felt rather resentful at being scolded.
Back home, his mother had always done the cooking and washing up. He never had to do any of these chores.
But when he caught sight of the camera livestreaming beside them, he suppressed the urge to lose his temper.
Wen Tianqi quickly lowered his head. "Sorry, Sis. I didn't mean to."
Wen Zhixin suppressed her displeasure and glanced at the camera out of the corner of her eye. Only then did she walk over understandingly and pat Wen Tianqi on the head.
"It's all right. I was a little too impatient just now."
The siblings soon went back to preparing dinner step by step.
As Wen Zhixin washed the vegetables, she was also thinking, On reality shows, the kitchen always gets the most camera time.
She had to perform well and try to win over more fans.
Wen Zhixin put even more effort into washing the ingredients, then chopped them and set them aside.
Little did she know that the kitchen livestream was rapidly losing viewers out of boredom.
This was a fast-paced era. Busy with their daily lives, viewers simply did not have much patience for a livestream with no real surprises.
By contrast, the Fight the Landlord livestream next door was full of fun.
On top of that, quite a few anti-fans were watching Chu Yu, sending all sorts of comments flying across the screen and making viewers even more interested in sticking around for the spectacle.
Soon, the Chu siblings and An Ya finished their first round of Fight the Landlord.
Thanks to Chu Chen's meddling, An Ya, the landlord, won the round.
An Ya had warmed up by then and took the initiative to suggest, "Why don't we add some stakes? The winner can give the loser a little punishment. That should give everyone more fighting spirit."
Looking entirely unafraid of stirring up more trouble, Chu Chen immediately nodded. "Sounds good to me."
Chu Yu was even less afraid and agreed right after him. "Sure. Then let's have An Ya decide the punishment."
Now, everyone's eyes turned to An Ya.
An Ya smiled faintly. "I saw some Truth or Dare punishment cards on that cabinet earlier. Why don't we just use those?"
Simply put, truth meant the winner would ask the loser a random question, and the loser had to answer truthfully.