Dramatic changes in the movies and TV shows

Chapter 1232 A Series of Embarrassing Moments
"Hello, I am the owner of unit 1202. I am having a party at home today and have invited a few friends over. I would like to let you know my friends' names in advance."

"They are Mr. Jia and Ms. Liu, Mr. Zhou and Ms. Zhang, and Ms. Jian. Their license plate number is XXX."

"Okay, thank you! Just let them in when they get to the door!"

After hanging up the phone, Jiang Nan set out the bowls and chopsticks, while Lin Hao's dishes were about to be ready. She deftly turned off the heat and sprinkled on some bright green scallions.

At the same time, he said to Jiang Nan, "They'll be here soon, so hurry up and put all the dishes on the table!"

"Okay!" Jiang Nan happily went to serve the dishes.

A moment later, the doorbell rang. Lin Hao wiped his hands and went to open the door.

"Boss, congratulations on moving!" Jia Kuan's voice preceded his arrival, carrying a huge cake box and beaming with smiles.

"I have prepared a small gift, nothing more, but I hope you will accept it with a smile!"

Liu Yingxia glanced at the cake and said sarcastically, "Brother Kuan really put a lot of thought into the gift he picked out; he went to several cake shops!"

Liu Yingxia followed closely behind and handed Lin Hao the small gift she had prepared.

Jiang Nan quickly wiped her hands and went to greet him with a sweet smile: "Brother Kuan, Sister Liu, come in quickly!" As she spoke, she reached out to help Lin Hao take the cake.

Lin Hao returned to the kitchen, still holding a spatula, and joked:
"Brother Kuan, don't act like an outsider, come and lend a hand! Little Jiang, be careful when you're reducing the sauce, don't burn yourself!"

Jia Kuan puffed out his chest, showing off his brand-new casual suit. He spread his hands exaggeratedly and said:
"Dude, you're dressed way too handsomely today. It's really not suitable for you to help out in the kitchen! It's bad for your image!"

Liu Yingxia rolled her eyes at him, but couldn't help but smile: "Well, we have to send a representative, right? Will you represent me, or will I represent you?"

Seeing Liu Yingxia about to roll up her sleeves, Lin Hao smiled and waved his hand:

"No, no, no, Director Liu, with your status, you shouldn't get involved dressed like that. Brother Kuan, please sit down and rest. Your standing here puts too much pressure on us."

Lin Hao mischievously pointed to Jia Kuan's clothes, which made Jiang Nan chuckle.

Jia Kuan chuckled, sat down at the dining table, sniffed the delicious aroma wafting from the kitchen, peeked inside, and praised:

"It smells so good! Hao, your cooking skills have improved!"

"Of course, these days, if a man doesn't have some cooking skills, it's hard to find a girlfriend!" Lin Hao said with a smile as he looked at Jiang Nan.

As the group was chatting and laughing, the doorbell rang again, and Lin Hao immediately went to open the door.

As soon as the door opened, two figures at the entrance drew my attention.

At this moment, Zhou Yiming was wearing a well-tailored dark suit, with a helpless yet indulgent smile on his face.

Hui Zi, whose arm he held, seemed to regard the living room as a red carpet for a star-studded event. She wore a long, silver-gray dress adorned with tiny sequins, her makeup was exquisite, and her hair was meticulously styled. Holding Zhou Yiming's arm, her face radiated barely suppressed excitement and a sense of grandeur.

"Brother-in-law! Congratulations on moving! Congratulations!" Hui Zi said in a clear and natural voice with a bright smile.

Lin Hao and the others in the room were all taken aback by the spectacle. Lin Hao chuckled and pointed at Hui Zi, teasingly saying:
"Where did you all go? Did you go to participate in the Spring Festival Gala?"

Hui Zi raised her chin slightly, looking completely at ease: "This is called taking it seriously! This is my first time attending your gathering, so it has to be a grand affair!"

“Uncle, you agree, right?” She shook Zhou Yiming’s arm.

Zhou Yiming nodded quickly and said proudly, "Yes, you can see how grand it is!"

"I couldn't tell if it was grand or not, but I could tell we're poor!" Liu Yingxia said enviously.

Sensing Liu Yingxia's disappointment, Jia Kuan quickly said, "Stop talking nonsense and get to help!"

Hui Zi's gaze swept across the cozy living room, and she walked enthusiastically towards the kitchen: "Brother-in-law, I love the dishes I make! Let me help you!"

"No, no, no!" Lin Hao and Jiang Nan shouted in unison, stopping them. Lin Hao said, not knowing whether to laugh or cry:

"You're dressed like this to cook? What a waste of this outfit! Come on, sit down properly and wait for dinner!"

Jiang Nan laughed and chimed in, "Yes, Huizi, your dress is so beautiful, it's such a waste to get it covered in cooking fumes!"

Liu Yingxia joked, "Boss Zhou, please have Huizi sit down. The two of you standing here dressed like that puts even more pressure on us!"

Hui Zi blinked, looking a little aggrieved: "Uncle really likes the dishes I cook!"

Zhou Yiming couldn't help but chuckle. He gently put his arm around her shoulder and led her to the dining table, saying, "Alright, put your bag down quickly, don't tire yourself out."

After settling Hui Zi in, Zhou Yiming wandered around the kitchen and said, "Let me check on the hygiene!"

"No need to inspect, get it out of the pot right away!" Before Lin Hao could finish speaking, his phone rang.

"Hey!"

"It's me!" Jane said helplessly on the phone. "I'm in the underground parking lot, but the elevator won't go up. Can someone come down and get me?"

"Why didn't you say so sooner! Wait a minute, I'll come down and get you right away!" Lin Hao said helplessly after hanging up the phone.

"Jane has arrived, I'll go pick her up!"

“We’ll go with you!” Zhou Yiming and Jia Kuan said at the same time.

He glanced at Jiang Nan, then smiled and said, "Alright, going downstairs alone is indeed a bit scary. It's good to have you guys with me!"

"Please sit down, dinner will be served shortly!" Lin Hao then said to Liu Yingxia and Huizi, before instructing Jiang Nan:

"Oh right, there's still one dish in the pot that's not ready yet, Jiang Nan, could you help me with that?"

"Okay!" After saying that, Jiang Nan glanced at Lin Hao's back again, and couldn't help but worry. What if they got back together? Knowing Lin Hao's past, it wasn't impossible.

With a troubled mind, Jiang Nan took the last hot dish out of the pot. She carefully picked up the plate and said, "The dishes are all ready! Everyone, let's eat!"

Jiang Nan was walking over with a plate in her hand. The two were too close, and Hui Zi wanted to get up to help, but she bumped into Jiang Nan who was carrying the dishes as soon as she stood up.

"oops!"

"what!"

With a soft exclamation, and as the plate tilted slightly, Hui Zi's elbow bumped right into Jiang Nan's wrist as she held the plate.

Although Jiang Nan reacted quickly and managed to steady the plate, preventing it from falling and breaking on the ground as in the original drama, the sauce still splashed out, landing squarely on Jiang Nan's sleeves and front, leaving several noticeable oil stains.

"Jiang Nan, I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry!" Hui Zi immediately exclaimed, her face full of apology and panic. "I was so careless! Quick, check if you're burned!"

Her first reaction was to check if Jiang Nan's hands were burned.

Jiang Nan was stunned and didn't come to her senses for a moment. Liu Yingxia, who was standing next to her, said, "I hope you're not burned!"

"No!" Jiang Nan finally came to her senses.

"It's alright, just wipe it with a tissue!" Then he instructed Huizi, "Ya Hui, go help Jiang Nan wash up, hurry up!" After wiping Jiang Nan down in the bathroom, the stains on her clothes faded considerably, but were still quite noticeable.

So Huizi asked Jiang Nan anxiously, "Does your brother-in-law have any clothes for you? Why don't you just change into something?"

"Clothes!" Jiang Nan thought for a moment, glanced around Lin Hao's bedroom, and said somewhat disappointedly, "Nothing!"

Although she and Lin Hao had already established a relationship, and she was even in charge of overseeing the renovation of the house, she still didn't have a room of her own, let alone a place to put her clothes.

At this moment, Huizi casually said, "Hey, there should be clothes in your brother-in-law's room. Find a coat for you to wear to cover up first?"

On the other side, Lin Hao, Zhou Yiming, and Jia Kuan chatted as they went downstairs and successfully picked up Jian Ai.

She was wearing a well-tailored grey cashmere coat and carrying a delicate bouquet of flowers.

"Congratulations on moving." Jian Ai's tone was as calm and natural as ever, but only she knew her true feelings.

"Thank you, let's go upstairs!" Lin Hao stepped forward and accepted the flowers, speaking naturally and casually, without deliberately hugging Jian Ai as he did in the original drama.

As expected, Jane felt a little disappointed, which proved the famous saying true: what you can't have always stirs your heart, and those who are favored are fearless.

When the group returned, Jiang Nan was still changing clothes in Lin Hao's room, while Hui Zi, upon seeing the elegant Jian Ai, smiled with sparkling eyes and said:

"Sister Jane, you're so beautiful!"

"Thank you!" Jane said with a smile. She knew that Zhou Yiming's girlfriend was the girl who had visited the company building last time.

At this moment, Huizi praised Lin Hao:
"Brother-in-law, you're so lucky! Everyone here is beautiful. Sister Jian Ai is beautiful, I'm beautiful, and Jiang Nan is beautiful!"

"Hey, by the way, where's Xiao Jiang?"

"I'm going to change my clothes!" Huizi said matter-of-factly.

"Change clothes?" Jia Kuan asked, puzzled.

"They're here!" Huizi said, looking at Jiang Nan who had just come out of the bedroom.

When Jiang Nan saw Jian Ai arrive, she greeted her with a smile, "Sister Jian Ai is here!"

"Eh!" Seeing the clothes Jiang Nan was wearing, Jian Ai felt a pang of bitterness.

She looked at Jiang Nan's oversized coat, which clearly belonged to Lin Hao, and found the scene amusing.

In this brief, subtly awkward silence, Huizi once again displayed her talent for "bringing up the very thing that shouldn't be brought up."

"You look great in your brother-in-law's clothes!" Huizi greeted with a smile, "Come on, have a seat!"

All eyes then lingered between Jian Ai and Jiang Nan, who was wearing Lin Hao's coat and looked a little disheveled and uneasy.

The air seemed to freeze for half a second, and the atmosphere in the living room became increasingly subtle. Lin Hao asked, feigning confusion:

"What's going on?"

At this moment, Liu Yingxia quickly explained, "This, it's that, I just brought a plate of fish and spilled it on Jiang Nan!"

"So I asked Huizi to get her some clothes to change into!"

Hui Zi, seemingly oblivious to the strange atmosphere in the living room, asked Lin Hao with great interest, "Isn't it especially beautiful!"

He then introduced it to everyone, saying, "Boyfriend style, definitely boyfriend style!"

Liu Yingxia and Jia Kuan quickly exchanged a glance. Liu Yingxia's eyes gleamed with amusement, while Jia Kuan grinned and silently looked at Zhou Yiming.

Zhou Yiming reacted the fastest. He immediately raised his hand to his forehead, and when he met Jia Kuan and Lin Hao's gazes, his eyes were pleading for their forgiveness.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Nan's cheeks flushed red like ripe apples. She instinctively wanted to take off her cardigan, but stopped when she saw Jian Ai.

Jane's expression remained calm and still, like a deep pool. However, her gaze lingered for half a second on the large cardigan that clearly belonged to Lin Hao, and she felt a pang of unease.

Zhou Yiming glared at Huizi, then gritted his teeth and said, "What boyfriend style? Be serious!"

"You don't understand!" Seeing everyone looking at her, Huizi continued her explanation with great interest:
"Boyfriend style means wearing your boyfriend's clothes, which are loose and baggy, making you look especially petite and cute!"

Jiang Nan hesitated, wanting to say something but then stopped herself. Hearing Hui Zi's words and looking at the smiling Jian Ai, she decided not to speak anymore.

Hui Zi looked at the women at the banquet and said, "Among the people here, there are many different styles!"

"Jiang Nan has a boyfriend style, Sister Jian Ai has a mature woman style, I have a sweet style, and Sister Xia is just~!"

"No, no, no!" Liu Yingxia quickly raised her hand to stop them when she realized they were talking about her. "You don't need to talk about me. I'm not crazy!"

As the host, Lin Hao naturally wouldn't let the atmosphere remain awkward, so he raised his glass first, a composed smile on his face, and changed the subject:
"Come on, everyone! Sit down!"

"Thank you all for taking the time and effort to make a special trip for my small move. I will remember this kindness!"

"This first toast is for everyone, thank you!" His gaze swept over everyone, lingering for a moment longer on Jiang Nan's slightly flushed face, carrying a comforting warmth.

"Congratulations!" "Great news on your new home!" Everyone raised their glasses in response.

"thanks, thanks!"

The crisp clinking of glasses temporarily dispelled the earlier unease, and the spicy yet mellow liquor slid down the throat, bringing a warm sensation and revitalizing the atmosphere.

After taking a sip of red wine, Zhou Yiming's eyes lit up, and he exclaimed, "Hao, this wine is really delicious!"

"It's so delicious!" Just as Lin Hao expected, Hui Zi continued her habit of bringing up topics she didn't want to discuss, asking Jian Ai with an innocent and curious expression:
"Sister Jane, when you divorced your brother-in-law, did you leave all the good wine for him?"

The atmosphere, which had just eased, froze again instantly because of Huizi's words.

Everyone turned to look at Huizi, and Zhou Yiming looked at her in disbelief. The child, oblivious to their surroundings, said to Lin Hao:
"Speaking of divorce, brother-in-law, why did you divorce Sister Jane? You two were such a perfect match!"

"Tell me, so that my uncle and I can learn from this!" Huizi added at the end.

Even though he knew this was going to happen, Lin Hao still almost burst out laughing when he heard Hui Zi's nonsensical words. He could only suppress his laughter and not let himself laugh out loud.

Seeing the atmosphere fall silent and awkward again, Liu Yingxia quickly tried to smooth things over, saying, "Let's eat this food, or it'll get really cold!"

Lin Hao chimed in, "Yes, everyone, sit down and eat!"

"Yes, sit down, sit down!"

"Eat, eat, eat!"

"Come on, come on!"

At this moment, Zhou Yiming whispered to Huizi, "Huizi, let's talk less and eat more, understand?"

"Huh?" Huizi looked at Zhou Yiming with a blank expression, leaving Zhou Yiming speechless.