Chapter 121
After keeping everyone in suspense for a while, the host finally revealed the destination for the next stop – Shudian Film and Television City!
As soon as the name was announced, both the dads present and the viewers in the live broadcast room immediately understood.
Shudian Film and Television City, a massive complex with several ancient and modern towns, thousands of filming locations, and a supporting entertainment and commercial district nearby.
No wonder the host said that the next stop could fulfill several babies’ wishes at once.
If they went to Shudian, they might not even need to build any sets. This program team was truly economical!
The announcement of the new location was like a drop of water in boiling oil, both the dads present and the viewers in the live broadcast room were filled with new anticipation. And most of the babies, listening to the host’s introduction of Shudian, were also excited.
Yes, most of them, except…
“Maomao? What’s wrong?” Cheng Tingyan, her right hand, holding the little chubby paw, suddenly squeezed tightly, she asked in a low voice, startled.
“Nothing. Did I hurt your hand?” Wei Maomao asked, realizing her momentary lapse of control, she quickly let go of Cheng Tingyan’s hand. After receiving a shake of her head, her gaze returned to the host on the stage.
Cheng Tingyan looked down at her right hand.
How could it not hurt? It was squeezed so tightly just now.
Why? Was it…
Cheng Tingyan followed Wei Maomao’s gaze and looked at the host.
“Maomao, you don’t want to go to that Shudian Film and Television City?” Cheng Tingyan asked softly.
“No…” Wei Maomao said, shaking her head, lying, but her gaze was fixed on the host.
In her previous life, the third season of “Where’s Baby Going” also went to Shudian Film and Television City, but not for the third stop, it was the last stop.
The Shudian Film and Television City stop was the content of the last three episodes of the third season in her previous life. In the last three episodes, Cheng Tingyan was still walking and participating in activities normally for the first two episodes, but at the beginning of the last episode, she suddenly appeared in a wheelchair. The program team’s explanation was that Cheng Tingyan had accidentally fallen and injured herself, she had already seen a doctor, it was a sprain, and her injury had been treated. The program team suggested that Cheng Tingyan return home and rest, but she insisted on finishing the filming. Since it was already the last day, and the doctor said it was fine as long as she didn’t walk, the program team agreed to let her complete the rest of the filming in a wheelchair.
However, when Cheng Tingyan was sixteen, a year after debuting from a girl group survival show, she was diagnosed with a small bone fragment in her ankle, an injury from ten years ago, from this show.
The bone fragment could be removed. The hospital could be sued. But the pain during windy and rainy days in the past ten years, the pain during training in the past year, and the damage to the surrounding bones and tissues caused by the bone fragment… How could those be accounted for?
This life, maybe because of Shi Dingshan, or maybe because of the butterfly effect, this show had changed a lot. From filming four locations and editing them for broadcast, it had become four consecutive live broadcasts. The first location was the same as in her previous life, but the tasks were already very different. The second location didn’t even change, and the task content and format had undergone a complete transformation. Wei Maomao had thought that maybe the later locations would also be different…
She didn’t expect… Shudian Film and Television City, it was still coming.
A location that had already been planned and arranged, it was impossible to change.
But… other things…
“Yan Yan.” Wei Maomao, snapping out of her memories of the previous life, gently tugged at Cheng Tingyan’s arm. “That film and television city, it sounds so big. Will I get lost?”
So that was what she was worried about…
Cheng Tingyan, who had been racking her brains trying to figure out why the little chubby bunny had squeezed her hand so tightly, was suddenly enlightened.
As expected, when watching those scary scams on stage earlier, the little chubby bunny who had been comforting her was actually scared herself! She was truly terrible! She didn’t even notice!
“No, don’t worry. We’ll stay together, you won’t get lost.” Cheng Tingyan said, holding the little chubby paw. “I’ll hold your hand like this the whole time.”
“Will we sleep together at night too?” Wei Maomao asked, pushing her luck, unable to determine the exact time of the incident.
“We’ll sleep together.” Cheng Tingyan said, suppressing the joy in her voice.
“What if we have to do tasks separately?” Wei Maomao asked, looking up, her voice weak.
Her chubby little face was full of grievance.
Cheng Tingyan held the little chubby paw tighter. “Then we’ll do your task first, then mine.”
“Do mine first, then yours.” Wei Maomao corrected her.
Cheng Tingyan smiled and shook her head. “Do yours first, it doesn’t matter if I don’t have time for mine. Anyway, I’m staying at your place, my dad can’t scold me.”
Wei Maomao: “… “
It made sense, but compared to Yan Yan, who needed a good image, whether her tasks were completed or not didn’t matter, right? But there was no need to argue about it now.
As long as they could stay together.
The editing team in her previous life was truly good at “editing,” the timeline in the broadcasted episodes might not even be the actual timeline. It was difficult to determine from the show where and when Cheng Tingyan fell.
Honestly, Wei Maomao always felt that Cheng Tingyan’s injury in the previous life wasn’t from falling on her own.
With Jin Youliang’s tendency to create drama out of nothing, if Cheng Tingyan had truly fallen on her own, how could they not broadcast that scene?
Of course, it was also possible that it happened when they weren’t filming. After all, pre-recorded shows weren’t like live broadcasts, the cameramen might not always be following them.
But Wei Maomao always felt that the cause and effect presented in the previous life was a bit off, it didn’t fit Jin Youliang’s style of creating drama even when there was none. Her guess was that there was a high chance that Cheng Tingyan’s injury was related to the program team, or even the other guests. But Cheng Tingyan was just a pawn in the previous life, someone to be used and discarded, Jin Youliang wouldn’t offend anyone for her.
Sadly, during the years they contacted each other online, hiding behind their usernames, the guilty Wei Maomao didn’t dare to mention Cheng Tingyan’s name in the chat, she knew nothing about the truth behind that incident.
But no matter the reason… It would never happen again in this life!
Wei Maomao, filled with determination, even walked with a confident stride on their way back from the small square.
But before they even reached halfway, her chubby paw was gently pulled by Cheng Tingyan.
And so, the number of people returning home was reduced by one.
A minute later, Wei Chengli, walking alone on his way back, looked up at the sky melancholically.
The dark sky, without stars or moon, was just like him, without his baby, monotonous and lonely.
And under the same sky, the two little ones, walking side by side, passed through the alleys and headed towards the outskirts of the village…
“Here, we dug for Baby Coins and surprise boxes.”
Right, Cheng Rongrong seemed to have cheated in this field. And there were also those terrifying [Daddy Kiss Cards]…
“The Baby Convenience Store, so many things inside, so expensive.”
Mmm… Not only were the prices usually high, but even now, as they were about to leave, during the final rehearsal this afternoon, they even encouraged them to spend more, saying that the items in the Baby Convenience Store at the next location would be different, urging them to buy anything they wanted from this store now. It was Shen Zilin who was rational, saying they should spend wisely, they should save some money for unexpected expenses, who knew what the environment would be like at the next stop. To discourage everyone from shopping, he even gave each baby two of his fruit candies, in the end, except for Wen Dongyu, who insisted on buying a chocolate bar for his weak, insecure, and comfort-seeking dad, everyone else held onto their money.
“We touched eggs at this house.”
“We picked vegetables at this house.”
“The place where the dads ground soybeans for soy milk, and we drank soy milk.”
…
Halfway back home, Cheng Tingyan suddenly said she wanted to walk around outside for a bit before going back.
Wei Maomao, of course, was willing to accompany her, but as they walked and talked, something felt wrong.
Even when passing by houses with closed gates, they would stop at the door, reminiscing about the tasks they had done there…
It felt like they hadn’t even left yet, but they were already revisiting old places?
“Yan Yan, are you looking for the places we’ve been to these past few days?” Wei Maomao asked, confused, looking at the closed gate in front of them.
Cheng Tingyan seemed to be leading her around aimlessly, through alleys, out of the village. But all the places they went to were places where they had done tasks together, experienced something together. It didn’t seem random, it was very planned.
Not only did Wei Maomao notice it, the viewers in the live broadcast room also noticed it. Although many of the gates were closed, the scenes on the road were too familiar, and Cheng Tingyan’s explanations were also… a bit melancholic. At such a young age, her words sounded like those of a seventy or eighty-year-old, a kind of resignation, as if there was no future, only memories of the past. Hehehe… It must be their imagination… This was just the six-year-old little Yan Yan!
“Mmm.” Cheng Tingyan nodded.
“Why?” Wei Maomao asked, looking at the empty alley, what was there to see about these closed gates…
“These are the places we went to together.” The night concealed the blush on Cheng Tingyan’s face, but the embarrassment in her heart still made her hesitate before saying softly, “Maomao, you’re only three years old, maybe if you look at them again, you can… remember a little bit more?”
Wei Maomao, never expecting this reason, was stunned, after a moment, her expression softened, she said gently, “I remember everything. I did so many tasks with Yan Yan, I won’t forget. And this show, it’ll be broadcasted on TV, I’ll ask Dad to record it for us, we can watch it together every year.”
“Right, it’ll be broadcasted…” Cheng Tingyan said, stunned, but thinking about it, she felt she was right to do this.
After all…
The custody issue…
If they succeeded, they would have a chance to watch the show together.
And if they failed… then this might be her only chance to solidify her memories.
Don’t forget me so quickly, three-year-old little chubby bunny…
Because the six-year-old me, will always remember you from these days.
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