Chapter 139
Many years later, Wen Dongyu had celebrated his birthday many times, but when asked which birthday was the most memorable, he would always think of the day he turned six.
At that time, he was still on the variety show “Where’s Baby Going,” his dad used all his saved Daddy Coins to exchange for a large plate of mini cheesecakes for him. The little cakes were piled up like a small mountain, a small aromatherapy candle in the shape of a disc was lit on top, and his dad sang him a Happy Birthday song in a low voice.
It was supposed to be a secret birthday, a special intimacy between father and son… with a slight regret that he couldn’t celebrate with his friends.
However, just as Wen Dongyu took his first bite of the cheesecake, before he could even taste it, there was a knock on the bedroom door.
Years later, Wen Dongyu could still clearly remember how his mind went blank when he heard the knock, how guilty he felt, and how, after his dad asked who it was and Shen Zilin’s voice came from outside, he foolishly shoved the entire cheesecake into his mouth… Then he choked, his eyes rolled back, he almost died at the age of six.
Here, he had to mention his dad.
Wen Xiang, a famous singer, after singing a truly beautiful Happy Birthday song to his six-year-old son, less than three minutes later, when unexpected guests arrived at the door, he panicked like a startled rabbit, carrying the plate of cakes and frantically searching for a hiding spot. He completely forgot about his earlier words, saying that they could share these individually packaged mini cheesecakes with the other children as ordinary cakes. And he… didn’t even notice that his foolish son, who had just swallowed a whole cheesecake, was choking and about to meet their ancestors.
And so…
The son was outside, clutching his chest and jumping around, while the father hid the cakes in the bathroom.
No matter how much time passed, Wen Dongyu wanted to give his six-year-old self a thumbs up. If he hadn’t quickly given up on relying on his unreliable dad and decisively crawled to open the door, he might not be here today.
His Boss, his CEO, they were always the most reliable people in the world!
One saw at first glance that he was choking and gave him the correct instructions and demonstration, the other immediately took action and performed the… oh no, not violence, but first aid.
Who would have thought, by the time the Heimlich maneuver took effect, his dad finally came out of the bathroom, panicked, and was accurately hit by the cheesecake he spat out…
Being late and being absent made no difference at this point.
As for how he, after surviving this ordeal, hugged the birthday gifts his friends gave him and cried like a fifty-pound piglet… Ahem, he wouldn’t mention it anymore.
What was the point of a smooth-sailing life? It was the ups and downs, the near-death experiences, that made life precious.
“From today onwards, we’re sworn siblings, closer than blood brothers! Brother, sister, sister! Thank you for your love! I will love you forever!” The six-year-old Wen Dongyu said, hugging his pig-themed gift set, tears streaming down his face, his heartfelt words loud and clear.
Wei Maomao, a bit dizzy from the forceful demonstration, was knocked into Cheng Tingyan’s arms by the thunderous cry.
Putting aside the fact that half-siblings couldn’t be “closer than blood brothers,” who would want to be sworn siblings with this unlucky child who almost choked to death on a cheesecake!
Anyway…
Shen Zilin didn’t want to.
“You’re my employee, this…” Shen Zilin said, pointing at the Lego pig that Wen Dongyu was clutching tightly. “This isn’t love, it’s your employee benefit. Call me Boss, not Brother.”
“Ahem, he watched some TV dramas with me last night, he’s just using some new words…” Wen Xiang said weakly, explaining.
But his voice, weak as it was, didn’t match the strength of his arms as he hugged his son tightly.
Words of gratitude, he had already said them countless times after figuring out what that cake splattered on him was about. Wen Xiang couldn’t even imagine, if Wen Dongyu hadn’t opened the door, if… After all, he didn’t even know the Heimlich maneuver!
Even now, Wen Xiang, holding his son, still felt a sense of unreality, facing his son’s saviors, he was naturally humbled.
The incident happened suddenly, although it was resolved quickly, the aftermath was still strong.
The little babies, huddled together, sat in a row on one bed, watching the scene on the bed across from them, an adult holding a child, the child clutching his toys, a heartwarming sight.
Overall, there wasn’t much birthday joy, only the relief of surviving a near-death experience.
Cheng Rongrong barged in at this moment.
Damn it… The alarm clock she had gotten from Su Li last night, she clearly placed it on the bedside table before bed, but when she woke up this morning, it was on the floor! She didn’t even hear it go off, it was obvious who knocked it down while sleeping!
Thankfully, she didn’t manage to go downstairs on time, but she still caught up.
“Wen Dongyu, happy…” Cheng Rongrong’s words caught in her throat as Wen Dongyu looked up at her.
His eyes were red and puffy from crying, there was no trace of happiness.
Wasn’t he… celebrating his birthday?
Cheng Rongrong looked at the pig toys piled up in front of Wen Dongyu, suspicious.
Could it be… he didn’t like pigs?
That’s right, Wen Dongyu, who was still obsessed with collecting dinosaurs in the original novel, even in his twenties, with a whole wall filled with limited-edition dinosaur toys, how could he easily fall in love with some stupid pig?
Thankfully, she was prepared.
“This is for you.” Cheng Rongrong said, handing the limited-edition Lego dinosaur to Wen Dongyu, she glanced at the pig toys in front of him and chuckled. “They all gave you pigs, I couldn’t find any good ones, so I got you this dinosaur, happy birthday!”
“Thank you.” Wen Dongyu said politely.
But after taking the dinosaur, Wen Dongyu placed it among the pig toys and looked at them… Mmm, as expected, only his sworn siblings were true family!
Cheng Rongrong, unaware of the earlier incident, and unaware of Wen Dongyu’s current thoughts, felt proud of herself for getting a 100% while everyone else only got 59%. Looking at the listless little babies, she couldn’t help but feel a sense of superiority.
If it weren’t for Shen Zilin’s meddling and suggesting they celebrate Wen Dongyu’s birthday, she would be the only one celebrating his birthday, the special one he would remember! But now, it didn’t matter, only her carefully prepared gift was truly what he wanted!
At this moment, Cheng Rongrong was full of ambition, completely unaware that in the future, Wen Dongyu would have a whole wall filled with pig toys.
Cheng Rongrong’s smugness, the others might not have noticed or didn’t care, but Wei Maomao… couldn’t help but think a bit more.
This Lego dinosaur… Wei Maomao didn’t remember seeing Cheng Rongrong bring it back from the night market. They were still sharing a room at that time, she couldn’t possibly have missed such a large toy. And that day at the amusement park, they were all together, she shouldn’t have gotten it then either. Which meant, she must have prepared it before Shen Zilin mentioned it that night.
Of course, every family had received Wen Dongyu’s information, it was normal for the Cheng family, like Shen Zilin, to convert the solar calendar date to the lunar calendar.
Then… Cheng Rongrong might have also brought this Lego dinosaur to Wen Dongyu’s birthday in her previous life.
Speaking of which, in the show in her previous life, Cheng Rongrong had a good relationship with Wen Dongyu and Shen Zilin from the beginning, but thinking about it carefully, it seemed to have stayed at the level of ordinary friendship between children for many episodes, then later, at the end of the third or fourth location, it was Wen Dongyu who first became her “right-hand man,” then Shen Zilin… Ah, she couldn’t remember clearly, although she had watched the third season of “Where’s Baby Going” many times in her previous life, it was only to watch Cheng Tingyan, those who weren’t very nice to Yan Yan… she didn’t like them, let alone analyze them in detail.
In the show in her previous life, Wen Dongyu, Shen Zilin, and Cheng Rongrong had a good relationship, but they were quite distant at the beginning, at least not as close as the current stable… employer-employee relationship. And Wen Dongyu didn’t have that miserable period of wandering…
Based on Shen Zilin’s personality, would he have gathered all the babies to celebrate Wen Dongyu’s birthday in her previous life?
Wei Maomao thought it was very unlikely.
Then… if it was just Cheng Rongrong…
When a group of people were playing together, and only one person secretly remembered your birthday, secretly disobeyed the assistant director to celebrate with you, for a child…
She understood.
That was a true half-sister!
If that was the case… it wasn’t surprising that Wen Dongyu became Cheng Rongrong’s right-hand man later.
Of course, this was just Wei Maomao’s speculation. No matter what happened in her previous life, in this life… Wei Maomao glanced at Wen Dongyu, who was playing with the Lego pig again, he definitely loved pigs more in this life. And if he didn’t, then see ya!
The little babies didn’t stay in the Wen family’s room for too long, they came right before the live broadcast started, Zeng Huanian soon came up to remind them, and they dispersed.
Shen Zilin hurried back to his room, but he was a step too late, Shen Jianghe’s cameraman was already in position, filming…
Was it Shen Jianghe who told Wen Dongyu not to celebrate his birthday… He, who never wanted to mention his mom…
He had already drawn cards with Mom for him, but… was it still… not enough…
Shen Zilin’s eyes darkened.
He could only… ask him later.
Some things could be asked later. But some things couldn’t be delayed.
On the monitoring wall, many screens were showing the hall on the first floor of the guest villa.
On this morning when the live broadcast hadn’t started early, the guests had just finished breakfast, and the host was announcing the activities for the morning.
Zeng Huanian, squatting in a corner outside the group of staff, received a phone call at this moment, then ran back to the villa next door.
“Just you? Where’s Director Qin?” Zeng Huanian asked, pushing open the door of the monitoring room, only Jin Youliang was inside.
Just you? Just you? One after another, they all said this when they barged in, what, was he, Jin Youliang, not worthy of being in charge here?
Jin Youliang’s hand, gripping the armrest of his chair, tightened, he suppressed his annoyance and didn’t answer, instead, he picked up the water bottle next to him and asked with concern, “Why are you in such a hurry? Have some water first…”
“No, thanks.” Zeng Huanian said, glancing around, the empty monitoring room, there was no Qin Sichao to be found, it was truly just him and Jin Youliang now. “The laser tag place we booked, they said they have a large, private booking, they can’t accommodate our small group.”
“What!” Jin Youliang said, seemingly furious, he stood up abruptly. “We already announced the activity schedule on the live broadcast, and now there’s a problem with the location? How can they break the contract!”
“They said they’re willing to compensate us according to the contract…” Zeng Huanian said, wiping the sweat from his forehead. “They even asked us to pity them, saying it’s not easy for them to do business, not to attack them online…”
“Heh…” Jin Youliang sneered. “Are we that kind of unscrupulous variety show? Attacking them online just because the collaboration fell through? It’s their loss for losing us! They have no foresight.”
Zeng Huanian looked down at his phone. “I’ve already asked the team to look for other laser tag places nearby, anyway, we have our own equipment, we just need a small space for the babies to play, it shouldn’t be difficult to find a replacement. The key is his phone call, even if it had come a few minutes earlier! As long as the host hadn’t announced it, we would have had more time to make arrangements.”
How could it come a few minutes earlier…
Jin Youliang looked at the monitoring wall, this timing was perfect.
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