Chapter 110
Wei Chengli had scooped Wen Dongyu and the pig from outside their door several times.
The little baby who had a fight with his family, the heartbroken little baby, the always heartbroken little baby…
As Wen Dongyu slowly opened up to the other children, Wei Chengli’s perception of him was constantly being refreshed.
And today, Wen Xiang’s arrival, the babies’ words, made Wei Chengli realize even more deeply that children’s memories were far better than adults imagined, and some hurts couldn’t be easily concealed just because they were young.
Time, patience, love, tolerance… From what Wei Chengli could imagine, Wen Xiang wanting to win back his child’s heart, it wouldn’t be an overnight process.
Then… what exactly did he think of, saying he couldn’t wait that long!
Looking at Wen Xiang, who suddenly stood up, thanked the little babies sincerely, and was about to leave, Wei Chengli couldn’t help but ask, “Well… Can I ask what you’re going to do next?”
Mouthpiece! The world can’t function without you! The viewers in the live broadcast room, also anxious and worried about Wen Xiang’s thought process, started spamming likes for Wei Chengli.
“… “ Wen Xiang hesitated for a moment, but still answered, “Without power, he’ll feel afraid. Isn’t he still worried that I’ll give away his things? Isn’t he worried that I’ll tell him again that the money he spends on living expenses is borrowed from me and needs to be repaid? Then I’ll give him enough power, not just the money from this variety show, I can give him more. From now on, he’ll use his own money for his food, clothing, and everything else, he won’t have to worry about me giving away his things, he won’t have to worry about using money borrowed from me, and he won’t always think about working for Shen Zilin. Mmm… Although I really won’t do or say those things again, but if it can give him peace of mind, I’m willing to give him everything.”
Wei Chengli: “… “ He didn’t know why, although it was difficult to comment, but he had a feeling of “as expected.”
But… Wei Chengli scratched his head, didn’t Wen Xiang forget a very crucial point?
“Uncle Wen…” Wei Maomao, also taken aback by Wen Xiang’s idea, said with difficulty, “For this variety show, the share Dongdong gets, it’s earned by himself, it’s his power. Even if you give him more of yours, it’s still yours…”
“If I give it to him, it’s his.” Wen Xiang said, confused.
Cheng Tingyan, glancing at the little chubby bunny standing next to Wei Chengli, picked up her milk bottle, extended her hand, and placed it in front of Wen Jiangyue, who was sitting a seat away. She said a bit loudly, “Yueyue, this is for you.”
Wen Jiangyue was confused. “Mmm?”
“Just acting.” Cheng Tingyan said softly, then looked at Wen Xiang, who had turned to look at her, and raised her voice again. “Mine, I’m not giving it to you anymore.”
After saying that, Cheng Tingyan took the milk bottle back and added, “Mine, I wanted to give it to you, give it to you. But I don’t want to give it to you anymore, you’re not being good, it’s still mine.”
“Right, that’s it.” Wei Maomao nodded in agreement.
However, Wei Maomao noticed something different about Cheng Tingyan today, she didn’t seem to participate in these discussions before.
Cheng Tingyan, feeling she had helped the little chubby bunny, smiled faintly at her.
Hearing their explanation, Wen Xiang understood.
“You’re right, but it’s not a problem.” Wen Xiang said confidently. “I can transfer the ownership of the house, oh, you guys probably don’t know what transferring ownership means, it means changing the name of the house owner to Dongdong, then the house will be his, I can’t take it back unless he agrees. And the money, I can also deposit it into his account.”
Wei Maomao: “… “
If he did that, it seemed there wouldn’t be any problems, but it also felt… wrong…
Wei Maomao tried to speak several times, she had a lot to say, but she didn’t know where to start.
How should she put it, it was like drinking a glass of salty watermelon juice, it was watermelon juice, but it shouldn’t be… Her feelings were complicated.
“Mmm… If it’s given by you, although you can’t directly take it back in the future, but if you guys have a fight, and you’re angry, you can still say, ‘Everything you have is given by me.’” Wen Qiming, who had been silent for a long time after being called out by Wen Jiangyue, finally spoke. “It’s not his power, it’s borrowed from you. You can’t physically take it back, but mentally, you still can.”
“Right! The point isn’t whether you can truly take it back, it’s whether you have the right to say those words.” Wei Chengli, who also felt something was wrong but couldn’t pinpoint it, couldn’t hold back anymore, he turned to Wen Qiming and praised, “Teacher Wen is truly cultured, he immediately grasped the key point.”
Wen Qiming smiled wryly and didn’t say anything more.
What he had might not be culture, but… a similar mindset to Wen Xiang, thinking he could control his child.
Because everything you have is given by me, so you have to be obedient, only then can you have it, if you’re not obedient, you’ll lose it, even some of what you had before will be taken back as punishment.
Perhaps because his brain capacity was different, Wen Qiming had never said such blunt words to Wen Jiangyue, but… wouldn’t the sugarcoated actions and words make the children feel the same?
Wen Qiming secretly glanced at his daughter sitting at the stone table.
Not reciting texts… they could still go to the amusement park, they could still buy the Sudoku board games…
He knew what she wanted, but because she wasn’t obedient, he didn’t give it to her. He thought she would learn her lesson, but it turned out that what she received was hurt, a lasting hurt, it was… she didn’t trust him anymore.
Was it for her own good, or was it about listening to him… Sometimes, a thought, after being sugarcoated too many times, became exquisite and beautiful, but the underlying logic was never truly good. And after a long time, he himself didn’t even know how to unwrap it and examine it.
Wen Qiming and Wei Chengli’s words made Wen Xiang pause for a moment.
“Everything you have is given by me.”
He had indeed said those words to Wen Dongyu, just these past two days, and more than once.
He could guarantee that he wouldn’t say it again, but… Would Wen Dongyu believe him? Would the things he gave still make Wen Dongyu feel empowered? Or would they be a burden… or something he didn’t want at all.
This wouldn’t work, that wouldn’t work either, what should he do?
Wen Xiang didn’t want to wait for ten years, wait until Wen Dongyu could earn his own money, before getting back his carefree, happy, and close son. These past few days were already unbearable enough, let alone ten years…
What should he do…
Wen Xiang racked his usually inactive brain.
“Don’t be too anxious, the child won’t run away, coax him slowly, he’ll eventually see your change.” Wei Chengli said softly, looking at the dazed Wen Xiang, his eyes unfocused.
The child didn’t run away? He had already run away!
“I’ve got it!” Wen Xiang’s unfocused gaze sharpened, the dejection disappeared, he even became energetic in the next second. He looked at everyone and said sincerely, “Thank you all! I know what to do! But I can’t tell you now, when I succeed, Dongdong will probably tell you! Thank you all so much!”
This time, before anyone could react, Wen Xiang bowed deeply and ran off quickly.
How should they put it, whether it was the adults or the children, Wen Xiang’s actions were so sudden, they were all caught off guard, frozen in place.
The viewers in the live broadcast room were also speechless.
“What does he know! He knows again! Why is he keeping it a secret, why not just tell us… I feel like with Wen Xiang’s brain, the solution he came up with can’t be reliable.”
“Does Wen Xiang even have a brain… After today, I have to admit, the internet saying he’s naive and innocent, it’s a perfect description.”
“Sigh, Wen Xiang is truly anxious, he should have thought about it before, now it’s too late to be anxious. His ‘borrow’ truly shattered a child’s worldview, I thought about it, if my parents said that to me when I was only a few years old, I would be so sad and anxious. The love I thought I had was an illusion, I had to earn money to repay debts, earn money to support myself, but I was only a few years old, where could I earn money? I feel like if I were Dongdong, my first thought would be to sell myself. For a child, if they can’t even trust their parents, what else in the world is real… Wen Xiang wanting to quickly resolve Dongdong’s inner turmoil, I don’t think it’s possible.”
“He is quite naive and innocent, but when he said he would transfer his property to Dongdong, he seemed quite sincere, it could be considered ‘sweet.’ If Dongdong was twenty years old now, no, even a teenager, Wen Xiang’s approach might be effective. Older children, how should I put it, they have a better understanding of reality, they might be able to understand where the money is, where the love is. But Dongdong is too young, money is far less important to him than reliable love. So, Wen Xiang should be more patient, he needs time.”
“Back then, Wen Xiang was labeled as naive and innocent because he refused to acknowledge that the songs in his new album, which the company was producing, were written by him, not only did he not cooperate, during an interview, he even foolishly recited the names of the songwriters for all ten-something songs, and said he just had a good voice given by God, he didn’t have the brain for songwriting. At that time, singer-songwriters were very popular, he directly blocked the company’s plan to market him as a talented artist… And he even sued them when they terminated his contract… Wen Xiang is a brainless, naive innocent. The way he hurt Dongdong was truly thoughtless, but I also believe that he truly wants to make amends now.”
“What Wen Xiang did back then was truly brainless, they had already bought the copyrights for him. Although it was later revealed that the company had some shady dealings when buying the copyrights, but they had bought them, the songwriters were basically his ghostwriters, but he just refused. Anyway, later, when they terminated his contract, it was rumored that Wen Xiang had to pay a penalty, he suffered a loss. But fools have their own luck, he lost money but gained a good reputation, in these past years, the quality of the songs he sang has been very high, I heard that many songwriters now choose Wen Xiang as their first choice when selling songs, only if he doesn’t buy them will they contact others… Some even write custom songs specifically for his voice without even signing a contract or knowing if he’ll buy them. It can only be said that Wen Xiang’s brain is different from normal people, but maybe… the outcome won’t be too bad.”
“He’s truly different from normal people! My head hurts just thinking about it, I can’t even imagine how to quickly resolve this issue like Wen Xiang said…”
“Just a random thought, do the dads have some special need for… public restrooms today? Except for Wen Xiang and CEO Shen, the others didn’t have any tasks this morning. Cheng Feiying and Wang Qingchuan have empty bathrooms at home, but they both went to the public restrooms twice. Now, after leaving the Wei family’s house, Wen Xiang also went… Is the bathroom at Director Wei’s house unusable…”
…
It was usable.
But there was no need.
Because the bathroom at Wei Chengli’s house didn’t have a token to flip.
Wen Xiang flipped the token in a hurry. After flipping it, he didn’t even bother pretending to wander around like Cheng Feiying and Wang Qingchuan did before, he just kept pacing back and forth near the public restroom.
The program team had to abandon their usual approach of waiting before responding, they responded quickly.
Well… Being perceived as having frequent urination was better than anxiously pacing around like a dog looking for a bone.
Wen Xiang, receiving the program team’s notification, quickly returned to the public restroom.
Shi Dingshan was waiting for him inside.
Shi Dingshan didn’t think Wen Xiang was belatedly agreeing with Cheng Feiying’s proposal to end the role-swap segment early. Having been monitoring the situation, he felt… Wen Xiang might have something more troublesome to say, so he came himself this time.
As expected…
The first thing Wen Xiang said when he entered was, “I want to make a phone call to my wife.”
“According to the contract, you can only contact the outside world for very important matters, and it has to be through the program team.” Shi Dingshan said, refusing.
He didn’t agree, it wasn’t that Shi Dingshan was being biased, Cheng Feiying’s situation was indeed quite important, his wife was already interfering with the live broadcast. And… with Cheng Feiying’s temper, he probably wouldn’t even hear what his wife was saying in two minutes.
But Wen Xiang was different. Not to mention anything else, his wife had been contacting the program team yesterday, wanting to withdraw from filming early. Even with the sky-high penalty, she readily agreed. Now the program team was just stalling, dragging it out as long as possible, preferably until the filming was over.
Shi Dingshan actually felt that Wen Xiang himself might not want to withdraw from the show, but what if he changed his mind after a phone call? That would be troublesome.
“It is a very important matter, I want to ask my wife.” Wen Xiang said, putting his hands together, pleading. “Just one sentence, I’ll hang up after asking, I won’t talk about anything else.”
Shi Dingshan, his hands behind his back, clenched his fists, hardening his heart.
“If it’s just one sentence, we can relay it for you.” Shi Dingshan said, softening his tone. “We’ll also tell you her answer, is that okay?”
“Because it’s very important, I want to confirm her answer myself. It’s not that I don’t trust you, I just want to be sure…” Wen Xiang insisted again.
Shi Dingshan could hear the lack of conviction in his voice, which was also not forceful at all.
Then… Sorry, friend…
“How about this, one of our staff members has your wife’s WeChat, you can send her a message, then we’ll confirm her answer, if it doesn’t involve anything outside the show, we’ll show it to you, okay?” Shi Dingshan said, then added, “Can we see what you’re going to say?”
“Oh, yes, you can, but… please keep it a secret, okay?” Wen Xiang said hesitantly.
“Don’t worry, I’ll use this phone. After you’re done, I’ll delete the chat history, only the three of us will know.” Shi Dingshan said, letting out a sigh of relief. Being naive and innocent sometimes… was actually quite good.
Soon, Shi Dingshan received the phone from the staff, they had already cleared the previous chat history about withdrawing from the show.
“Ningning… I want to ask… about that…” Wen Xiang said, taking the phone, pressing the voice message button, but after rambling for a few sentences, he smiled wryly and gave up, he looked at Shi Dingshan awkwardly. “Well, Director Shi, I’ll type it instead.”
“… “ Shi Dingshan nodded. “Then send a voice message after you’re done typing, this is a staff member’s account, you have to let her know it’s you.”
Wen Xiang nodded, then started typing furiously.
Not long after, Wen Xiang said into the phone, “Ningning, the thing I asked about above, I typed it, it’s me, please reply soon.”
After saying that, Wen Xiang, true to his word, didn’t wait for a reply, he handed the phone back to Shi Dingshan.
Good, naive and innocent.
Shi Dingshan looked at the WeChat chat window.
[Ningning (flying kiss emoji), I’m sure you’re very angry after watching the live broadcast these past few days (fingers crossed emoji), I know I was wrong (crying emoji)! I’ll try my best to make amends (working hard emoji)! I want to transfer the ownership of our current house to Dongdong (gift emoji), do you think it’s okay (starry-eyed emoji)? Don’t scold me, just tell me if it’s okay or not (fragile emoji), I know you’ll definitely agree (love you emoji), but I still want to ask you first, because we’re husband and wife (cute emoji)~~ Love you (three hearts emoji) Please reply soon~~ (anxious emoji) (pitiful emoji)]
Shi Dingshan looked up, he felt like he was going blind.
Who would have thought that the most lethal part of being naive and innocent was the “innocent”…
The reply came quickly.
[Okay, but didn’t the other dads say this wouldn’t work?]
[I’m contacting the program team to have you withdraw early, I want you to come home, I don’t think it’s working out for you two out there.]
Shi Dingshan, after reading the message, hid the phone behind his back. “There’s a reply, she agreed, but there’s a sentence about something outside the show. Can I delete that sentence and then show it to you?”
Wen Xiang was waiting for that “okay,” his face instantly lit up, he nodded repeatedly. “Yes, yes!”
Honestly… with his brain, Shi Dingshan almost felt bad for him.
Of course, the stone-hearted Shi Dingshan still deleted the second sentence, then partially covered the phone screen to prevent more messages from coming in, and showed the first sentence to Wen Xiang.
“Okay, okay, thank you.” Wen Xiang said, feeling like he was on the right path, then added awkwardly, “Director Shi, can you help me send another message? Just say I’m going to tell Dongdong that this house is an inheritance from his grandfather, we’re just living in his house, and the money we give him for his daily expenses is rent. The reason I didn’t tell him before was that I was embarrassed, an adult living in a child’s house.”
“Wha… What?” Shi Dingshan asked, suspecting he had misheard.
“Of course, I’ll truly transfer the ownership of the house to him after I leave. The other parts are just… white lies for his own good.” Wen Xiang said with a smile. “Thank you, Director Shi.”
After saying that, Wen Xiang turned to leave.
“Wait…” Shi Dingshan gripped the phone tightly. “Aren’t you going to wait for me to send the message and get her reply?”
“No, no need!” Wen Xiang waved his hand and ran off.
Shi Dingshan: “… “
Judging from his eagerness to escape, he must know that it wasn’t just a “white lie”…
At the Wei family’s courtyard, the group who had been stunned by Wen Xiang’s deep bow, they never expected that compared to Shi Dingshan at the public restroom, the shock they experienced was nothing.
After lunch, it was nap time again.
Wen Qiming hadn’t finished the math test paper from noon, and he also had a lot to talk to Wen Jiangyue about in private. So not long after Wen Xiang left, he said that Maomao should take a nap, they should go home and continue doing the problems.
Wen Jiangyue, although still wanting to play with Maomao and Yan Yan, seeing Wen Qiming’s good attitude towards doing the problems, she wouldn’t discourage him, so she took him, the test paper, and the lunchbox back home.
And Wei Maomao and Cheng Tingyan had already brought their luggage from the Cheng family’s house this morning, their beds were already made. Now they just needed to wash off the smell of cilantro from the morning and they could roll into bed.
Wei Chengli also had a lot to say to the little chubby dumpling, but…
It’s okay, he also had his own room! Sob!
Cheng Tingyan, after taking a shower, didn’t lie down, she sat by her bed, waiting for… Mmm, a little chubby bunny in ordinary pajamas.
Of course, the little chubby bunny could wear whatever she wanted.
But… Cheng Tingyan still sensed the little chubby bunny’s low spirits.
She seemed to have been a bit down since Uncle Wen came.
The little chubby bunny didn’t come to her bed, Cheng Tingyan hesitated for a moment, got down, walked over, and sat next to the little chubby bunny’s bed.
“Want to sleep together?” Cheng Tingyan asked softly, poking the little chubby bunny’s waist.
“Let’s lie down for a bit, not sleep together.” Wei Maomao said, pulling Cheng Tingyan down.
The Wen family’s situation made Wei Maomao feel a bit tired, she truly needed to be close to Yan Yan, to absorb some energy.
Cheng Tingyan lay down, then said with a hint of dissatisfaction, “Why not sleep together? If we lie down, we’ll fall asleep…”
“Because I drool.” Her tired heart couldn’t muster any shyness, Wei Maomao sighed. “Did I also drool the night before last… My dad saw you washing your pajamas this morning.”
“It wasn’t drool, it was toothpaste.” Cheng Tingyan denied.
“Drool… It was drool.” Wei Maomao couldn’t accept the excuse, she covered her face. “Let’s each sleep in our own beds!”
Cheng Tingyan, who wanted to sleep next to the little chubby bunny, pursed her lips, she leaned closer to her ear and said firmly, “It was toothpaste… It was toothpaste… Toothpaste…”
Wei Maomao: “… “
Wait… Could she be brainwashed like this?
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