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160 Mysterious Dessert Chef

On the balcony, the three children could not hear the conversation between their father and Xiao Tianlin, but they could see that their father was furious.

Li Zexin put down his chess piece and ran to them. “What are you doing? Are you two going to fight?”

Xiao Tianlin’s smile disappeared. “No, of course not. We are just joking around. Xiao Yi is online. You can go and meet him if you want”

Li Zexin ran to the suite next door. After Lin Wan put on some light makeup, she walked into the living room.

“Is teacher Xia back yet?” she asked, feigning nonchalance.

“She is washing the Baili Xiang that she picked this morning,” said Xiao Tianlin.

“I’ll go take a look.” Lin Wan went to the Xiao family’s suite.

After spending time with the Xiao family, Li Yanchen realized that his conversation with Xiao Tianlin was getting more and more personal.

Although Li Yanchen tried his best to maintain his composure and claimed that he was a gentleman, Xiao Tianlin always implied that he was just pretending.

Li Yanchen was starting to doubt his life even more now. ‘Shouldn’t the topic of conversation between men be about their careers? Why is it that whenever I chat with Xiao Tianlin, I only get conscious about my appearance?’

In the end, he decided to give up.

At noon, they had a simple vegetarian meal on the mountain and the two families returned to the village together.

The families gathered again at one in the afternoon.

The festival team announced the main task for the afternoon. At two, the live stream for the Sweet Little Circle would start. All the mothers from the families were urged to be there to support Xia Mo and Lin Wan’s broadcast.

Although she already knew that Lin Wan was the mysterious Xiao Huan that everyone was talking about, Ji Hanzhi still felt like a bolt of lightning had struck her when the staff announced that all the mothers should be there to support Lin Wan.

When she signed the contract, the Festival Group had stated clearly that they would support her in any way they can. She wondered why everyone wanted to support Lin Wan in this. It was one thing for the Festival Group to support Lin Wan, and entirely another matter to have them all support her too.

Since the live broadcast hadn’t started and the cameras were off, Ji Hanzhi took that as an opportunity to refuse. “Is it okay if I don’t attend?”

Everyone was stunned when they heard this. ‘Was Ji Hanzhi publicly refusing to do the mission?’

“This is the task for this afternoon. If all the mothers are present except you, the netizens will turn it into some kind of rumor again,” said a staff member in a serious tone.

Ji Hanzhi could only oblige.

At half past one in the afternoon, the live broadcast cameras in the courtyards of every house turned on at the same time.

[Did you see the notice? The Sweet Little Circle will be broadcasting at two in the afternoon!]

[I want to know Xiao Huan’s true identity! I am so nervous.]

[Me too! I’m both excited and nervous.]

[I don’t like Lin Wan, but I like Xiao Huan very much. What should I do if Xiao Huan turns out to be Lin Wan. I hope it’s Nannan instead.]

[@previous poster, just explode on the spot then. Are you one of the haters from episode one? If yes, then you don’t deserve to be a fan of Xiao Huan at all.]

[Those who are here from the original Sweet Little Circle channel, type 1. Let’s see how many people are following this variety show because of Xiao Huan.]

The bullet screen was filled with a lot of “1”.

The staff members made the final preparations. The public notice and the headline news that had been edited were released at the same time.

The Sweet Little Circle had set many records in a month: the record for the fastest increase in fans in a short period of time, the record for the greatest number of clicks among similar accounts, and the record for the fastest dessert creation.

In the backyard of the Li family’s house, Lin Wan and Xia Mo were preparing the tools, and everything was done in an orderly manner. Lin Wan looked calm, but Li Yanchen felt restless.

He thought about the negativity of the first episode which was directed at Lin Wan and wondered how the viewers would react when they found out that Lin Wan was Xiao Huan.

Ji Hanzhi, Tao Jingyuan, and Nannan were also in the Li family’s courtyard, so only the children and their fathers were left in the live broadcast room of the five families.

[My god! The Director really moves fast.]

[None of the mothers are in the camera.]

In the dessert livestream room, a banner with the words “Xiao Huan revealed” was hung. The banner was also decorated with a few ribbons.

Lin Wan and Xia Mo stood in front of the camera and started the countdown. The other three mothers stood behind them.

At two, the Sweet Little Circle went online.

A familiar face appeared in the camera, wearing a pink lipstick. The camera moved up to show a pair of dark eyes. The camera zoomed out to reveal Lin Wan on the screen.

[Ahhhh! Xiao Huan!]

[As expected, it’s Lin Wan!]

“Hello, everyone. I’m Lin Wan, and I am also Xiao Huan from the Sweet Little Circle. I am sorry I have kept everything anonymous until now. I didn’t do it to deliberately keep you in the dark. I was just afraid that you might not accept me for who I am,” said Lin Wan into the camera.

Xia Mo’s eyes turned red. Lin Wan had told her why she had wanted to remain anonymous. It seemed malicious comments did affect her.

“I thought about how I would reveal myself in front of everyone. I was trying to think of an explanation on why I didn’t want to show my face. It’s my business at the end of the day, after all and it should also be my choice.”

“In the first episode, a lot of people hated me and directed very negative comments at my expense. But when Xia Mo and I started the Sweet Little Circle, I realized that there was only love and praise for me there. In the beginning, I thought that it was really unreal. I couldn’t understand how the people who hated me suddenly came to love me when they couldn’t see my face. I wondered why the gap was so huge. Anyway, I am very grateful for all the people who have always supported Sweet Little Circle. You made me feel that there are still good things in the world. I believe that there will be people who, after finding out that I am Xiao Huan, would revert to their hatred to hurt me and my family. And I cannot have that. From this moment on, Lin Wan and Xiao Huan are one and the same person. After this stream, I will be cleaning out the list of followers and banning the keyboard warriors who tried to malign me in the first episode. Those people have no right to be in my live stream for my own safety and for those around me.”

“I’ll help you,” Xia Mo said in a low voice.

“Ms. Lin, we’ll help you too.” Li Zexin and Li Zexuan offered.

Finally, the three mothers behind them did the same.

“I will not waste any more of your time. Let’s get started with today’s dessert. It’s called let’s not waste everyone’s time. Let’s start today’s dessert. It’s called Starry Sky Flowing Heart Tiramisu.” Lin Wan’s dessert livestream began.

[If I had known Lin Wan was Xiao Huan, I would never have watched Sweet Little Circle at all. You don’t need to clear my name out. I will leave myself.]

[So, you admit that you’re a troll? Get out of my live broadcast room as soon as possible!]

[Xiao Huan, could we try and make up for our mistakes?]

[Sister, please don’t block us. Please consider our support for the Sweet Little Circle live stream.]

[Well done, Sister Xiao Huan!]

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[If Lin Wan wasn’t Xiao Huan, would you really reflect on how wrong you were to bully others?]

[I support my sister’s unforgivable act.]

[Is there anyone else who feels sorry for Nannan like me? Did the Festival group deliberately let everyone think that it was Nannan the day before yesterday?]

[I’ve never criticized Lin Wan before. I didn’t even watch this show until it was mentioned that Xiao Huan was in it. I used to only watch the live streams of Sweet Little Circle and always felt that Xiao Huan was so beautiful. She is indeed beautiful.]

[Me too! Besides, the cake that Xiao Huan made is really exquisite. Only people who believe in fairy tales can make such a beautiful thing.]

[I’m lucky to have tasted the cake made by Xiao Huan. It was the best dessert I’ve ever had.]

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At the same time, the news of the mysterious dessert chef of the Sweet Little Circle occupied the headlines of major news channels.