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At the Festival group’s office, Xia Mo and Lin Wan were served fruits on a platter.

The Director rubbed his hands and pondered for a while. “Ms. Lin, would you be willing to let us try the desserts that you and Ms. Xia make together? We just want one bite.”

The staff all nodded.

“My wife almost burned her kitchen trying to make your recipe. She is also your fan,” said the person-in-charge of the planning division.

“That’s easy. We can make some during the live broadcast. The oven is small so we can’t guarantee that everyone will get to taste it, though. You might have to split it among yourselves.” Lin Wan and Xia Mo had already decided that they would split the desserts they made in the live stream. Now that they were no longer in Yun City, they just couldn’t make it for everyone for free.

“Do you want us to change it into a bigger oven? There are appliances sold in town and we can go and buy it, if you want.” The Director couldn’t wait to drive to town and buy the biggest oven.

“No need. The oven here is big enough. There is no need to change it, Director. Lin Wan and I will be too busy, otherwise.” Xia Mo’s heart sank. They expected her and Lin Wan to make desserts for everyone.

“That’s true. It’s settled then. Teacher Lin and Teacher Xia, you can go ahead you’re your work now,” said the Director happily.

When they left the office, Xia Mo threaded her hand through Lin Wans. They burst out into laughter.

“That scared me. I thought it would be a breach of contract to be identified,” said Xia Mo with her hands on her knees and heaving with laughter.

“It was a false alarm. Do I have to go by the back door again?” Lin Wan laughed.

“Well, this time, Nannan is the cannon fodder.”

“It’s so difficult to hide. If I make one slip, everyone will know. But I feel that it’s good that things turned out this way. I don’t have to hide anymore.” Lin Wan was actually relieved.

“Everyone calls you Teacher Lin. Hahaha, I still feel like laughing.” Xia Mo covered her mouth.

“Teacher Xia, don’t laugh too much or you will get wrinkles.”

The two of them laughed out louder. In the end, they went home with their arms around each other’s shoulders.

At Xiao Yi’s house, Xiao Tianlin was working hard to perform magic in the live broadcast room, trying to distract the netizens from the matter of the Sweet Little Circle.

However, no matter how interesting his magic was, the bullet comments returned to the same topic.

The man wiped his sweaty forehead and decided to stop.

[Papa Xiao, your performance was really amazing. But can you tell us if Lin Wan is Xiao Huan?]

[Sisters, did you see which house Xia Mo came out from?]

[I didn’t. That’s strange. Nannan and Lin Wan aren’t here either.]

“My wife!” Xiao Tianlin saw Xia Mo push open the courtyard door and quickly walked to her.

The man pulled Xia Mo away from the camera. “Everyone is guessing who Xiao Huan might be. It’s on the hot search.”

Xia Mo whispered, “I know. I just came from the festival group office.”

The woman appeared in front of the camera.

[Xia Mo is back. Did you see where she came from?]

[I didn’t. She must have avoided the camera.]

[Lin Wan and Nannan have also appeared. What the hell? Did they arrange this?]

[Sisters, it’s obvious that Nannan or Lin Wan had been notified to appear on the live stream together. One of them is trying to mislead us. We don’t know who it is.]

[Stop guessing then. It’s just one day. Just wait for it.]

In Wheatley’s house, Nannan understood why the Festival Group had instructed her not to appear in front of the camera. She felt like a sidekick. ‘Who would have guessed Lin Wan was Xiao Huan?!’

The Li family’s popularity had already left other families in the dust before. This episode had just started, and Lin Wan was the popular and mysterious Xiao Huan. She would become more popular. Nannan felt depressed.

Although it had been more than a month, Nannan had not recovered from the results of the endorsement of the Lan Shan Shui commercial. She had thought that there would be more endorsement opportunities and she would win a spot this time. But now it felt hopeless.

Nannan was no longer in the mood for a live broadcast. However, in order to appear nonchalant in front of the camera, she forced out a smile.

[Nannan, is that you?]

[Sister, come closer.]

Nannan glanced at the bullet screen from a distance. She could tell immediately what the netizens wanted. They wanted her to get closer to the screen so that they could compare her facial features to that of Xiao Huan of the Sweet Little Circle. She wanted to tell them the truth, but the staff had instructed her not to.

[Nannan, it’s you, right? Lin Wan doesn’t have that ability.]

[Nannan, we support you!]

The fans had quite high expectations of her. If they knew that she was Xiao Huan, would they be extremely disappointed? Nannan’s heart was a mess. She wanted to take a leave on the day Xiao Huan would reveal herself.

[Sister, say something. The Festival Group doesn’t tell us but we know. Let’s chat!]

[Everyone, look! Nannan is on the hot search.]

Seeing the bullet screen, Nannan was also shocked. ‘I am on the hot search?’ She was pleasantly surprised.

[Nannan, take a look. The netizens have posted a long article with an analysis of you being Xiao Huan!]

[After reading the entire article, I’m now very sure that Nannan is Xiao Huan.]

[The pressure has built up. If, by any chance, Nannan isn’t Xiao Huan, will she be embarrassed?]

Nannan’s heart sank. They were right. The pressure and suspense had built up. She wasn’t Xiao Huan. How would she cope after everything was revealed?

Nannan made an excuse that she was thirsty and went back to the house to hide.

In the Li family’s courtyard, Li Yanchen was still half-asleep when Lin Wan returned. Lin Wan tiptoed over to the wicker chair and laid down gently. She put on the hat that she had brought with her.

[Lin Wan is back! Did she come in from the courtyard? If she came out of the house, we would have seen her on the right side.]

[Does that mean Lin Wan isn’t Xiao Huan?]

[Are you guys stupid? Every house has a back door, and there are no cameras at the back. Can’t they deliberately go out from the back door to the front?]

[That’s true.]

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[Everyone in Wheatley’s live stream room is very supportive of Nannan.]

[I support Lin Wan. I think that most times, the outcome is something that people least expect.]

[If it’s Lin Wan, then it’s going to be interesting. It’s going to be a complete surprise!]

[I also think that the Festival Group is deliberately trying to create suspense.]

[Everyone, let’s stop discussing this. The more we discuss, the more anxious I get. By the way, where’s Xuanxuan? He hasn’t appeared since the afternoon.]

[He went back to his room. We were so focused on discussing Xiao Huan that we completely forgot about Xuanxuan.]

Li Yanchen woke up and saw that Lin Wan had fallen asleep on the recliner. He got up, got some water from the well, and washed his face before walking into the house.

Li Zexuan was sitting on the windowsill of his room, looking at the news. He realized that he was no longer on the hot search and had been replaced by Lin Wan.

[Xiao Huan will soon be revealed!]

“F*ck! What did I miss?” he clicked on the hot searches and dug out the whole story. The netizens had sharp eyes.

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