The story of Rose starts with being a brother

Chapter 509 The Big Winner (Part 5) Egg White Face Mask

As the evening light slowly sank behind the outline of Sheshan Mountain, the April breeze, still carrying a hint of lingering coolness, gently swept through the forest, bringing the scent of earth and new plants.

The open space they chose was secluded, located at the edge of a small, sparse cedar forest, where they could see the scattered lights of the city that had been lit up early at the foot of the mountains in the distance.

Attorney Zhuge wore a light charcoal gray cashmere long cardigan. The loose style had a great drape due to the weight of the high-quality fabric, and it was elegantly laid out on the moisture-proof mat as she sat down.

Perhaps it was because he had come to this remote mountain forest, surrounded by the sounds of insects and birds, and the scents of flowers and earth, that this elite lawyer from Shanghai seemed to relax considerably.

Underneath the cardigan was a simple white mercerized cotton T-shirt, paired with black slim-fit casual pants. In this relaxed environment, Attorney Zhuge's perception decreased somewhat, and she unknowingly displayed the lines outlined by her clothes in front of a certain scoundrel.

She only realized it when they were face to face and she could feel the other's faint, burning heat.

Upon hearing the loud noise, Zhuge Dasheng quickly hid behind him.

"Oh, I got some ash in my eyes when I was starting the fire. Have your mom blow it out for me."

After explaining, Wen Sheng looked at the fish Dali was holding and asked, "Aren't you going to fish anymore?"

"I can't catch it anymore." Dali put the fish on the ground and came over to ask with concern, "Uncle, how's your eye?"

"No big deal."

Wen Sheng pretended to rub his eyes, and seeing Lawyer Zhuge get up and walk into the tent with embarrassment, he smiled and said, "Alright, pack your things, we'll have a barbecue later."

"Me?" Dali was taken aback, looked at the ingredients next to him, and said, "I don't know how."

"If you don't know how, just learn from me. Since we're out camping, it's more fun to do things ourselves."

Dali nodded vigorously, then, as if remembering something, asked, "What about that PSP..."

"Ask your mother."

Looking through the half-open tent, Wen Sheng saw that Attorney Zhuge was tidying up his sleeping mat.

“I brought everything up, including the diesel generator behind the tent. It’s up to you to convince your mom to let you play with it.”

"..."

Upon hearing this, Zhuge Dali's heart tightened.

She had wanted to ask the man why he hadn't convinced her mother, but it seemed she would have to do it herself.

At Wen Sheng's signal, Zhuge Dali hesitated for a moment before slowly moving into the tent.

"mom……"

While Dali was making do in the tent, Wensheng quickly processed the fish she had caught.

A short while later, the tent flap was lifted, and Dali walked out with a pout, followed by Zhuge Dasheng with a stern face.

Seeing the scoundrel laughing and joking there, Attorney Zhuge said irritably, "And you, don't you get tired of carrying a generator up here!"

"Well, I've already brought it." Wen Sheng didn't argue much and simply gave a universal formula.

"Yes, Mom, don't waste Uncle's efforts."

Hearing his daughter chiming in, Zhuge Dasheng flicked her forehead with a stick, then glared at Wen Sheng and said, "Don't always spoil Dali."

"It's alright, it's not an unreasonable request."

Wen Sheng replied with a grin, then thought for a moment and added, "By the way, my friend Zeng Xiaoxian is going to be on a TV show tonight, and I'd like to watch it too."

"Appear on TV?"

Zhuge Dasheng was stunned for a moment. She knew Zeng Xiaoxian; Wen Sheng had told her about the people in the apartment.

But then another problem occurred to her: "How can you watch TV if you only have electricity? The signal is bad on this mountain."

"If I can solve the electricity problem, can't I solve the internet problem?" Wen Sheng smiled. "I have a network card with me."

"..."

Attorney Zhuge remained speechless, while Dali's eyes lit up.

After taking one last look at the two, one big and one small, Zhuge Dasheng waved his hand helplessly and said, "Whatever. I really don't know if you're here to camp or just find another place to play games."

"thanks Mom!"

He cheered loudly, then hugged his mother's leg and laughed.

The dog of a man looked on with envy, but said with a smile, "I'll only play with it for a little while at night because I'm afraid of getting bored. I definitely won't do it during the day."

"Alright, let's cook."

Noticing the lecherous man's gaze, Lawyer Zhuge glared at him again. This guy was getting more and more audacious.

……

"Let's give a round of applause to welcome our contestant, Zeng Xiaoxian from Love Apartment!"

Love Apartment 3601.

When the sound from the television came on, the people still in the apartment immediately gathered around.

Although no one believed Zeng Xiaoxian could win the million-dollar prize when he first announced his participation in the quiz show, we are all good friends, so of course we should support him in front of the TV at this moment.

"Wow, Teacher Zeng looks incredibly handsome on camera this time!" Zhang Wei exclaimed.

When Zeng Xiaoxian appeared on "Dancing with the Stars," his costumes and props were somewhat abstract due to the show's stage effects, and viewers found them a bit jarring.

But "Who Can Be a Millionaire" is different. Knowledge quiz shows don't pay much attention to these things. The staff only made slight improvements to Zeng Xiaoxian's makeup to make him look better on camera.

Guan Gu Shenqi chimed in, but his expression still looked somewhat unnatural.

"Guan Gu, where's Youyou? Why isn't she with you?"

At this moment, Qin Yumo, who was wearing a face mask, asked.

Guan Gu's expression changed, and just as he was about to say something, Lu Ziqiao walked in from the balcony.

"Guan Gu, you and my aunt haven't made up yet?"

"I……"

Guan Gu Shenqi opened his mouth, wanting to say something but still didn't. Seeing that Yu Mo was also looking over curiously, he got up and walked towards the study.

"What happened to them?" Yu Mo asked.

"They had a fight, about the time capsule," Zhang Wei explained while turning up the TV volume.

"It doesn't matter. It's normal for young couples to argue. They've argued before, haven't they?"

Lu Ziqiao touched his bald head and looked at Zeng Xiaoxian on TV, sighing, "Sigh, it's a pity that even though I paid a high price, Teacher Zeng wouldn't sell me a ticket to the show. Otherwise, I might have been able to appear on screen."

"Come on, your bald head will probably keep wobbling forever." Qin Yumo chuckled, then asked curiously, "By the way, you've had your head shaved for a while now, so you should have some hair growing back by now. Why does it still look so bald?"

"How can I pretend to be a monk if I'm not completely bald?"

"..."

Hearing this, Zhang Wei was shocked: "Ziqiao, don't tell me you're planning to keep your bald head forever just to pretend to be a monk and pick up girls?"

"Of course not, I'm just pretending for a while." Lu Ziqiao chuckled. "After a while, I'll 'return to secular life' and continue living a carefree life."

"..."

Zhang Wei and Qin Yumo were speechless. It's true that it's not that they're afraid of educated hooligans, but rather that they're afraid of patient perverts.

What the two didn't know was that this rogue now had a cultured wingman.

Lu Ziqiao suddenly thought of Xinling, whom he had met at the bar that afternoon. He had only heard people in the apartment mention that the girl who had been saved by Wen Sheng was going to repay Wen Sheng with her body.

At the time, he lamented why such a good thing hadn't happened to him, but today, after meeting Cyndi Wang, he felt a chill run down his spine and realized how fortunate he was not to have experienced such a thing.

The last person who gave him goosebumps was Wen Sheng's ex-wife, Nuolan. She was someone he realized was not someone a mortal like himself could mess with as soon as they met.

Why are all the women who have a relationship with Wen Sheng so perverted?
Shouldn't a scumbag be dating a naive and innocent girl?

"Oh, by the way, I wonder if Yifei has arrived yet?" Zhang Wei sighed. "In Teacher Zeng's heart, Yifei is indeed the most unique one."

Upon hearing this, Qin Yumo nodded. Just like her feelings for Wen Sheng before, everyone was well aware of the little secret between Yifei and Zeng Xiaoxian.

I wonder when these two will finally get married? "And Wen Sheng," Zhang Wei added, "he's away on a business trip, I wonder if he'll be able to see Teacher Zeng on the show."

"Don't worry, this is a nationally broadcast satellite TV program, he will definitely be able to see it," Qin Yumo said.

I wonder when I and that guy will finally get married?

A ripple of emotion stirred in Qin Yumo's heart. Lately, she had been making excuses to decline Nuolan's invitations to go shopping together...

Just then, the study door opened, and Guan Gu Shenqi excitedly ran over, leading Tang Youyou by the hand.

"How was it? Did Teacher Zeng get the first question right?" Tang Youyou asked, staring at the TV after sitting down next to Qin Yumo.

"You two haven't even started answering yet? Aren't you..."

"Shh!" Tang Youyou raised her index finger to signal silence. "The quiz has begun."

The men looked at each other strangely, but seeing this, they didn't ask any more questions.

This couple's thought processes are a bit off, so it's not surprising that they made up so quickly; they might have used that "archive" rule.

Hmm... This is a rule that everyone else in the apartment finds outrageous: couples can even save their arguments.

If both parties are willing, they can temporarily put the matter aside, make up, and then continue arguing when they have time next time.

This can be considered a way to maintain a relationship.

……

What is the name of Grey Wolf's wife in the cartoon "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf"? A. Red Wolf; B. Red Sun; C. Red Boy; D. Red Gold Treasure.

In the studio, when the first question came up, Zeng Xiaoxian, who was initially very nervous, suddenly burst into laughter.

Then he pressed the button marked A in front of him, which was for the audience to vote.

"It's unbelievable that Zeng Xiaoxian pressed the help button so decisively from the very beginning."

Hearing the boos from the audience and the host's words, Zeng Xiaoxian finally realized what was happening and quickly said that he wanted to choose A.

Later I realized that the way the show answered questions was simply by speaking.

Fortunately, there weren't many disruptive audience members, and the final vote result was that 55% of the audience chose Red Taro, so the question was answered without any major incident.

Although he answered correctly, this mistake made Zeng Xiaoxian tense up again as soon as he relaxed.

He subconsciously turned his head to look at the seat in the audience closest to the stage, which should have belonged to his support group, but the figure that could put his mind at ease had not yet appeared.

Looking at the empty seat, he remembered his promise to Hu Yifei last night: not to kneel down before she arrived.

Egg whites are rich in various nutrients. Which of the following special benefits does it have?

As Zeng Xiaoxian turned around to face the second question, what he hadn't noticed was that in the dimly lit middle of the audience, a beautiful woman with wavy hair was silently watching him.

"Xiaoxian, you still have such a great sense of humor." Laura crossed her legs and smiled.

"I choose A, to remove dead skin."

Zeng Xiaoxian on stage gave his answer.

……

Love Apartment.

When the host announced that Zeng Xiaoxian had answered correctly, all five of them cheered and jumped for joy.

"He didn't eat for three days after eating my face mask last time," Qin Yumo said with a smile.

Lü Ziqiao, who was laughing loudly, said, "I knew the answer was to remove dead skin!"

He paused for a moment and then said, "Teacher Zeng is just being pretentious. Actually, I think that cement mask is quite delicious, especially the one Wensheng made."

Qin Yumo's expression turned strange upon hearing this. She had not only used the egg white face mask she had learned, but she had also made Wen Sheng and Nuolan use it.

The only difference is that the latter, like her, applied it to her face as a face mask, while the former treated it as a dessert.

Qin Yumo put the face mask in the refrigerator, but Wen Sheng took it out and ate it when he went out for dinner that night.

Well... the situation was that Wen Sheng had used up a lot of energy after exercising on her bed that night, and when he went back in the middle of the night, he opened the refrigerator to find something to eat and happened to see that bowl of cement.

Wen Sheng immediately recognized it as an egg white face mask, and it was quite nutritious, perfect for replenishing energy.

Then, just as he was eating it as a late-night snack, Zeng Xiaoxian, who had just finished get off work at the radio station, and Lu Ziqiao, who had been out fooling around, saw it.

The two were shocked to see Wen Sheng eating a bowl of cement, and they exclaimed that his stomach must be a blender.

However, after Wen Sheng forcibly fed them a mouthful of cement, the two of them became members of the "it smells so good" party.

The next day, when Yu Mo pressed them for details, the two of them very loyally helped Wen Sheng cover it up. Later, when Wen Sheng made a pot of it himself, they realized how the cement was made, and that it tasted even better than Yu Mo's.

What Zeng Xiaoxian didn't know was that Wen Sheng's reason for doing this, besides genuinely thinking that the cement tasted good and could be eaten as a dessert, was also partly to ensure that Zeng Xiaoxian wouldn't miss this piece of knowledge.

Of course, Zeng Xiaoxian later saw Qin Yumo using this pot of delicious cement as a face mask, and then he lost his appetite.

Yu Mo was quite helpless when she learned that Wen Sheng was eating this egg white mask as a dessert. She wanted to advise him that it was for external use, not internal, but he not only wouldn't listen, but also argued vehemently:
"Applying it externally is not very effective. It would be better if I could take it internally and transform it into a truly useful 'skincare product' for you to take internally."

"..."

The man's words left Qin Yumo speechless. After that, she rarely used egg white face masks anymore, because just seeing that stuff gave her a strange feeling.

My mind always subconsciously imagines that cement as something else...

For a period of time in particular, Wen Sheng would specifically prepare a pot of this stuff and place it by her bedside...

This is almost becoming a signal.

……

"Oh dear, Uncle Zeng actually wasted the audience's chance to ask for help in the very first question."

Meanwhile, on Sheshan Mountain, there was network latency.

Inside the tent, Zhuge Dali, eating kebabs, shook her head as she watched the live stream on her computer.

Beside her, Zhuge Dasheng, holding a bowl of fish soup, said to Wen Sheng, "Your friend seems a little nervous."

“It’s normal to be nervous,” Wen Sheng said with a smile, also eating some kebabs. “But I trust Zeng Xiaoxian.”

Zhuge Dasheng's eyes flickered slightly: "Do you think he can win the million-dollar prize in the end?"

Hearing this, Wen Sheng smiled and turned to look at Attorney Zhuge, saying, "Sister Sheng, how about we make a bet?"

The tent was actually quite spacious, but the three of them huddled together to watch the live broadcast.

Dali was alright; being short, she sat alone at the very front. But Zhuge Dasheng and Wen Sheng, who sat behind her, were practically sitting side by side.

Although it was because of watching the show, it was the first time they had been so close. Even though Attorney Zhuge forced herself to calm down, she couldn't help but wonder if the scoundrel next to her was doing it on purpose.

Under the not-so-thin blanket covering their legs, the divorced couple unconsciously drew closer and closer.

Zhuge Dasheng did not answer the question and turned back to continue watching the program.

“Uncle, I’ll bet you.” Zhuge Dali said enthusiastically.

"What are you kids betting on?" Wen Sheng said righteously. "Do you need your mother, a lawyer, to explain the dangers of gambling to you?"

"..."

Zhuge Dali's eyes widened, as if she wanted to say something to complain.

But then the program started asking a second question, and seeing that the two adults behind her were ignoring her, she had no choice but to turn around indignantly.

Attorney Zhuge, suppressing a smile, kicked Wen Sheng under the blanket, seemingly trying to distance them. However, when Wen Sheng's leg pressed against her again, she made no further move.

“I know the answer to this question,” Zhuge Dali said quickly as she looked at the second question. “Egg whites also have the effect of removing dead skin.”

Upon hearing this, Zhuge Liang praised, "Dali is truly amazing."

At this moment, Zeng Xiaoxian on the computer screen had not yet given an answer, but Wen Sheng suddenly thought of something, turned his body and whispered in Zhuge Dasheng's ear:

"Sister Sheng, I know how to make an egg white face mask. It's great for skincare. I'll make some for you to try later."

(End of this chapter)