[123123ah: You mean when she deliberately picked on Wen Zhixin, right? I was honestly speechless. It was like she had no brain.]
[I'm a Little Flower Fairy: Exactly, she can't cook herself but still criticizes other people's cooking. I have to camp out in the livestream tomorrow and see what kind of great food Chu Yu can make.]
[Big Watermelon: Tomorrow's the weekend and I'm off work, so I'll camp out in the livestream too.]
[Happy Little Chubby Cat: +1]
And so, thanks to the tireless publicity from the haters and other netizens, everyone who had time over the weekend, whether they had watched the livestream or not, agreed to watch Chu Yu make a spectacle of herself tomorrow.
Chu Chen, who had yet to go to bed, also saw these comments while browsing Weibo.
Chu Chen frowned, looking puzzled.
Whatever else might be said about her, his sister should be pretty good at cooking, right?
He really had no idea what these netizens were thinking.
After reading Weibo, Chu Chen put down his phone and took a bite of the bread he had just bought from the little supermarket.
Sigh, this was what came of skipping dinner in a fit of pique.
The next day, the sky had only just begun to brighten.
Chu Yu was awakened by an alarm. She forced her eyes open and checked the time, finding that it was exactly seven in the morning.
She patted her cheeks, got out of bed, and went next door to knock on Chu Chen's door.
"My dear little brother, are you awake yet?"
The moment that warm, gentle voice reached Chu Chen's ears, it scared him straight out of his dreams.
From what he knew of Chu Yu, if she woke him up with violence, it probably meant nothing much was wrong.
But if she woke him with an affectionate call, Chu Chen might be in for a world of suffering.
Chu Chen rubbed his bird's-nest hair. Once fully awake, he hurried out of bed to open the door.
There stood Chu Yu outside his door, smiling at him.
Chu Chen cleared his throat. "Why are you waking me up so early?"
Chu Yu immediately gave a pitiful sniff and looked at him pleadingly. "Your big sister has to make breakfast today. As her little brother, shouldn't you bravely step forward at a time like this and lend her a hand?"
The corners of Chu Chen's mouth twitched twice. "But it's so early..."
Before he could finish, Chu Yu suddenly clutched her chest as though she were on the verge of death.
"Little brother, don't you love me anymore?"
Chu Chen: "...?"
"All right, all right, I'll help. Let me go change, and I'll come find you in a bit."
Chu Yu, who had looked as though she were suffocating just a moment earlier, instantly changed her expression, breaking into a radiant smile. "That's more like it. I'll head over first, then."
A few minutes later, Chu Yu finished getting ready, rolled up her sleeves, tied back her hair, and walked into the kitchen with a serious expression.
At the same time, a truck loaded with premium fresh ingredients pulled up outside the hotel.
The driver took the initiative to show the production crew his credentials. "Hello, are you the production crew for Sisters and Brothers Charge Ahead? This entire truckload of fresh produce and other ingredients was ordered by Miss Chu Yu overnight for rush delivery. Please sign for it."
Indeed, to show off her skills today, Chu Yu had specifically spent a hefty sum ordering plenty of fresh, high-quality premium ingredients.
This truckload alone cost a six-figure sum.
As the production staff watched those exquisite ingredients being unloaded, they could not stop swallowing.
So this was life in a wealthy family?
So jealous!
Author's note:
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Chapter 15
"Miss Chu, these are the ingredients you ordered yesterday, right? Someone just delivered them, so we signed for them for you."
The production staff carried foam insulated boxes filled with all kinds of ingredients into the kitchen, one after another.
Chu Yu, who was washing the kitchen utensils, stopped and glanced back. "Oh, yes, I ordered all of those. Just put them over there."
By the time the staff finished moving the ingredients, Chu Chen had also finished getting ready and was heading toward the kitchen.
He wore a simple, neat black shirt with the cuffs rolled up to reveal his sturdy arms, exuding the masculinity of a mature man.
"What do you need me to do? Tell me."
Chu Yu affectionately blew her little brother a kiss. "Little brother, come scrub this pot."
Chu Chen was left speechless. "...You woke me up at the crack of dawn just to scrub pots for you?"
"My little brother is so capable, I'm sure he'll scrub the pots cleaner than anyone else. I'm only entrusting you with such an important job because I trust you."
Under Chu Yu's barrage of brainwashing praise, Chu Chen embarked on his endless pot-scrubbing journey.
Before long, Chu Yu got down to the main task of preparing the ingredients.
To make a delicious dish, preparing the ingredients was one of the most important steps.
With a serious expression, Chu Yu laid the many ingredients out on the cutting board in front of her and began working with her knife.
Just then, viewers began trickling into the kitchen's livestream.
[?? Chu Yu actually got up this early to make breakfast?]
[Chu Yu's chopping vegetables? A pampered young lady like her had better not cut her hand and then blame someone else.]
Although Chu Yu's early start surprised the netizens somewhat, it did not stop them from continuing to find fault.
The first dish Chu Yu prepared was traditional Buddha Jumps Over the Wall in an individual tureen.
This dish built on traditional Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, adding bird's nest and kampong chicken to enhance the flavor. The broth was made by slowly simmering a whole kampong chicken over low heat, then adding various premium ingredients, such as sea cucumber, abalone, fish maw, pork belly, and a little Chinese medicinal herbs.
After adding all the supplementary ingredients, Chu Yu covered the tureen with its lid and placed it on a stove to one side to simmer.
This dish still needed to simmer for at least eight hours, so preparing it now meant it would be ready just in time for dinner.
The staff who had been quietly filming nearby caught the rich, savory aroma. Their eyes fixed on the tureen on the stove, they all began swallowing unconsciously.