Chapter 31
Following Wang Qingchuan, Wen Xiang was also sent back in a huff.
Wen Jiangyue, seeing Wang Zhizhi facing the wall and Wen Dongyu squatting dejectedly, couldn’t help but lean towards Wei Maomao and whisper, “Maomao, why don’t you just take my card…”
Wei Maomao: …She didn’t really want to live as a Daddy’s Kiss Card dealer.
“Listen to what your dad says first,” Cheng Tingyan suggested, “If you can’t fulfill his request, then give it to Maomao.”
Wen Jiangyue thought about it and agreed.
Unlike Wang Qingchuan, who remained silent in his anger, Wen Xiang’s anger was loud and boisterous.
Wen Qiming quickly understood the situation and, on his way out, decisively changed his requirement from reciting fifty Song dynasty poems to five.
Wen Xiang’s willingness to share allowed the Wen family’s “Daddy’s Kiss Card” exchange to proceed quickly and smoothly.
Both his daughter’s swift agreement to his request and her soft, still-chubby cheeks, which he hadn’t kissed in a long time, put Wen Qiming in a good mood.
Similarly, Wen Jiangyue, who hadn’t experienced such closeness with her father in a long time, felt embarrassed but also a little happy. Only five Song poems! And she was allowed to start reciting them tomorrow, one poem a day, her dad was so nice! Of course, Wen Jiangyue temporarily forgot that she had to recite texts every day at home, and they had agreed to take a break from studying during the show.
Regardless, Wen Jiangyue’s success at least made the staff breathe a sigh of relief.
It was the same for Shi Dingshan. After all, with one failure followed by another, he had truly considered the possibility of a complete wipeout.
Ugh, it was just a game segment, why were these dads taking it so seriously! He should have written the scripts for each “request” himself and not let them improvise!
But the parent-child relationships in these families were really… somewhat fragile. Thinking this, Shi Dingshan subconsciously looked at the screen displaying the feed from Wei Maomao’s second camera. Shi Hongxiao had captured several good shots throughout the day, he might actually have some talent for this job, even though he wasn’t a biological father.
Now, only Cheng Rongrong and Wei Maomao had cards left.
Wei Maomao had three cards. Thinking that Cheng Rongrong should go first and then she could wrap things up, the sooner the better, she waited.
But Cheng Rongrong insisted on going last, so Wei Maomao asked the staff to call Wei Chengli out first.
However… Wei Maomao glanced at Cheng Rongrong, feeling like something was off.
In this short amount of time, Wen Xiang had already spread the story of Wen Dongyu throughout the courtyard. When Wei Chengli came out, he had a complicated expression. Seeing Wei Maomao and Wen Dongyu behind her, he even slowed down his pace, looking almost furtive…
“Baby…” Wei Chengli shuffled out, squatted down, and reached out to pat the little dumpling’s head, then he saw the dried yellow juice on his hand and retracted it.
“Daddy…” Wei Maomao was also feeling complicated. So much had happened in the short half day they had been apart.
Father and daughter looked at each other, both with weariness in their eyes.
“Boss! Quickly give Daddy our Kiss Card!” Wen Dongyu urged. “Dinner is almost ready!”
Wei Chengli: “…”
Wei Maomao: “…”
“My request is…” Wei Chengli, having learned from Wen Xiang’s outburst, was prepared to just ask for a kiss from Maomao and be done with it.
“Daddy.” Wei Maomao suddenly extended her hand. “What is this?”
Wei Chengli stared at it for a moment, then said hesitantly, “A hand? A chubby hand? A white and chubby hand?”
“…” Wei Maomao held back her frustration, then extended a foot. “Daddy, look, what is this?”
“Why is there so much mud on your foot? Didn’t they give you tools to dig? Did you dig with your foot?” Wei Chengli asked in shock.
Wei Maomao wiggled her toes and smiled politely. “Daddy, what was your request? Are you asking to kiss this hand? Or are you asking to kiss this foot? Or this foot?”
Wei Chengli watched as the little dumpling presented her hand, one muddy foot, and then the other muddy foot, his pupils dilated in shock.
“Baby, you have so little faith in me! I’m not someone who makes unreasonable requests! Why don’t you even listen to my request!” Wei Chengli protested.
“Oh, is Daddy asking to kiss this foot?” Wei Maomao obediently extended her left foot.
Inside the light green sandals was a sweaty, muddy chubby foot…
“No… You heard wrong, I’m asking to kiss your chubby, meaty, delicious-looking little face!” Wei Chengli said through gritted teeth.
“Oh, you want to kiss this one.” Wei Maomao obediently switched to her right foot.
Wei Chengli: …
“Baby, are you still angry about lunch? Daddy was wrong!” Wei Chengli finally remembered something other than the task at hand.
Ah, he had planned to apologize as soon as he was summoned! It was Wen Xiang’s outburst that had made him so nervous about the task that he had forgotten to apologize!
“Alright, then what is Daddy’s request?” Wei Maomao waved her hands repeatedly.
“Daddy wants…” Looking at his little rascal’s obvious hint, Wei Chengli chuckled wearily. “Daddy wants to kiss this cute little hand of my precious baby.”
Making a request and getting a kiss in one go, as expected of you, mischievous Maomao.
“Okay!” Wei Maomao extended her hand, taking out three cards at the same time. “Two more requests.”
Wei Chengli looked at Wei Maomao’s muddy feet in surprise.
Wei Maomao: “…”
Thankfully, his shock was short-lived, Wei Chengli quickly realized he had misunderstood.
But including Wen Dongyu’s, weren’t there only two cards…
Wei Maomao fanned the cards, silently urging him.
“Alright, my other two requests are, for my precious baby to let Daddy kiss this cute little hand once, and then once again.” Wei Chengli said tentatively.
“Daddy, Daddy, you’re the best daddy!” Wei Maomao smiled with satisfaction and patted Wei Chengli’s shoulder.
Wei Chengli was both exasperated and amused, he planted three kisses on Wei Maomao’s chubby paw. “There, see how simple my requests are? You can’t stay mad at me about lunch anymore!”
Wei Maomao didn’t say yes or no, she just pulled Wei Chengli closer by his collar, leaning close to his ear and whispering something very softly.
Wei Chengli paused after listening, then chuckled and tapped the little dumpling’s forehead a few times.
This time, Wei Maomao didn’t dodge, she even grinned at Wei Chengli ingratiatingly and then put a chubby finger to her lips, making a “shh” gesture.
Although Wei Chengli thought what Wei Maomao had said was unnecessary, he nodded under her insistent stare, but before leaving, he couldn’t help but retort, “If you had known this would happen, why did you do it in the first place.”
The others couldn’t hear the father and daughter’s whispered conversation, they only thought Wei Chengli’s actions and words were strange. But the staff members with audio equipment and the viewers in the live broadcast room couldn’t hold back their laughter.
The little dumpling who had been fearless in the morning was now afraid of Cheng Feiying.
At this moment, they all thought Wei Chengli’s last retort was spot on.
Because of Wei Chengli’s leniency, Wei Maomao’s three Kiss Cards were used without any trouble.
Soon, the staff called out the last one, Cheng Feiying.
Although the children weren’t allowed to enter the courtyard, the gate had been left open after they arrived.
Before Cheng Feiying even reached the gate, Cheng Rongrong saw him from afar, turned around, and ran to Cheng Tingyan’s side.
“Sister, I have two cards, I’ll give you one.” Cheng Rongrong took out the card she had been holding in her hand and stuffed it into Cheng Tingyan’s hand, a friendly, almost ingratiating smile on her face. “You…”
Cheng Tingyan was startled by Cheng Rongrong’s sudden approach, she froze for a moment before quickly trying to toss the card away.
But Cheng Rongrong had already retracted her hand, the light card couldn’t withstand Cheng Tingyan’s toss.
However, the card didn’t fall to the ground. In fact, it had only left Cheng Tingyan’s hand by a few millimeters when a chubby paw shot out and caught it.
“Rongrong, you’re so nice!” Wei Maomao quickly cut off Cheng Rongrong, not giving her a chance to react. She rushed towards the gate, shouting, “Daddy!”
The next second, Wei Chengli, who should have gone back to continue cooking, dashed out from behind the gate.
“Maomao?” Wei Chengli had dashed out too quickly, he hadn’t even found his little chubby dumpling amongst the crowd outside when he was pulled back two steps by a force crashing into his legs.
“Daddy, tell me your request!” Wei Maomao said concisely, stuffing the newly acquired card into Wei Chengli’s hand.
“Why another one?” Wei Chengli was speechless. “Didn’t you say…”
“Daddy!” Wei Maomao stomped her foot, a muddy foot landing on Wei Chengli’s pant leg. “Hurry up!”
“Uncle!” Cheng Rongrong ran over from afar.
“Don’t, don’t step on me! Okay, okay, my request is to kiss your chubby little hand.” Wei Chengli helplessly lowered his head, picked up a seemingly clean chubby paw, and kissed it, then turned to Cheng Rongrong, who had just arrived. “What’s wrong, Rongrong?”
“Uncle, that was the card I gave to my sister.” Cheng Rongrong said aggrievedly.
“Maomao, is Rongrong telling the truth?” Wei Chengli frowned slightly, his baby couldn’t have snatched the card, could she? Weren’t they all given to her?
“Daddy, Yan Yan and I are using our Baby Coins together. Yan Yan’s card is my card, Daddy’s requests are the easiest, I want Baby Coins.” Wei Maomao swayed Wei Chengli’s hand.
“But…” Wei Chengli felt like there was nothing wrong, but something also felt a bit off.
Wei Maomao turned to Cheng Rongrong and smiled. “Thank you, Rongrong. Isn’t my daddy’s request simple? You still have one card left, do you want me to use it for you?”
“You, that’s not right. I gave my sister the card because she didn’t have one, Daddy could only kiss me, it’s not fair…” Cheng Rongrong said softly, acting aggrieved, while cursing Wei Maomao eight hundred times in her heart.
She was everywhere, she had even taken precautions and let her exchange first, how could she have the audacity to call her dad out again when he was cooking? And that Wei Chengli, why did he come out so quickly, why didn’t he even ask why she wanted to exchange another card before kissing? Was there something wrong with this father and daughter!
“Daddy, what’s fair? I don’t understand…” Wei Maomao tilted her head, thinking for a moment, then clutched her stomach. “Ah, I need to poop.”
Without waiting for Wei Chengli’s reaction, Wei Maomao turned and ran, not forgetting to pull Cheng Tingyan along as she passed by, shouting as they ran, “Ahhh, I can’t hold it anymore!”
Wei Chengli: “…” He felt like he had been tricked again.
Cheng Rongrong: “…” Enough! First peeing, now pooping! Was this too much!
“Hey… Rongrong, Maomao is still young, she might not understand what fairness is. Anyway, Yan Yan and Maomao are using their Baby Coins together, it’s the same whoever exchanges them, right? You still have one card, go let your dad kiss you, he’s still cooking…” Wei Chengli said softly, trying to smooth things over for the little rascal.
As he spoke, Wei Chengli suddenly remembered that when Shi Dingshan persuaded him to join the show, one reason was that he could make more friends on the show… Now it seemed that it would be good if he didn’t make more enemies after the show was over.
What else could Cheng Rongrong do now! Even if she wanted to give the other card to Cheng Tingyan, they had to come back, she couldn’t let Cheng Feiying wait here forever…
She hadn’t intended to make Cheng Feiying and Cheng Tingyan interact, she just wanted the viewers in the live broadcast room to see Cheng Tingyan’s aversion to her and the “Daddy’s Kiss Card.” A younger sister who wanted her older sister to also receive a kiss from their dad, and an older sister who disliked both her sister and her dad, wouldn’t the contrast be obvious?
It was all because of Wei Maomao! Why was she everywhere!
Cheng Rongrong, suppressing her anger and resentment, still had to obediently walk to Cheng Feiying’s side.
“Rongrong, Daddy knows you’re the best. It’s okay, you used the card, it’s no big deal.” Cheng Feiying patted Cheng Rongrong’s head, saying kindly.
Cheng Rongrong: “…” Why did he have to use the word “best”? They had agreed that he would act like he loved Cheng Tingyan the most on the show! Why wasn’t even her dad cooperating!
“Daddy, what’s your request?” Cheng Rongrong suppressed her frustration at everything going wrong and looked up, smiling sweetly.
Hopefully, Cheng Feiying was smart enough to say something like he didn’t have any requests or that he hoped she would be happy, to refute that little fatty’s claim that her dad’s requests were simple. If that didn’t work, at least he shouldn’t be as foolish as Wen Xiang and Wang Qingchuan.
“Daddy’s request is very simple. Daddy worked hard to find ingredients for you and cook dinner today, so Rongrong just give Daddy a shoulder massage for twenty seconds.” Cheng Feiying said with a smile.
They had been busy cooking in the courtyard, and they hadn’t really discussed the “requests” with each other at first. It wasn’t until Wen Xiang came back that they realized these “requests” couldn’t be made casually. Children these days had tempers, and things could easily go wrong.
But Cheng Feiying had already thought about his request. He felt that it could highlight his paternal love in words and show Cheng Rongrong’s filial piety when she completed the request. It was also simple, just a twenty-second massage, it was definitely easier than the five Song poems Wen Qiming had mentioned.
Although he didn’t know what request Wei Chengli, who had left in a daze and hadn’t returned, had made, Cheng Feiying was confident that his was the easiest to fulfill.
It wasn’t until he was tricked by that little chubby girl as soon as he came out that Cheng Feiying realized that Wei Chengli’s non-request must have been the easiest. Time was limited, Cheng Feiying couldn’t think of a simpler and more creative request, so he stuck with his original plan.
After hearing it, Cheng Rongrong wasn’t sure whether she was relieved or still frustrated. The request wasn’t difficult, but it felt pointless… If they were talking about the effect on the live broadcast, their family would probably be the most boring.
Even though she thought this, Cheng Rongrong still diligently and considerately massaged Cheng Feiying, even exceeding the twenty seconds. The father and daughter pretended to refuse a few times, then kissed each other on the cheek, concluding the task with a heartwarming display of paternal love and filial piety.
When Cheng Rongrong successfully passed the test and received the coin purse containing fifty Baby Coins from the staff, she didn’t feel happy at all.
What was there to be happy about? She had participated in this show, had planned and prepared so much, was it all for these worthless coins?
Cheng Rongrong was fuming inside, but she still maintained a polite smile on her face.
Actually, there was one thing Cheng Rongrong guessed right.
In this task, her and Cheng Feiying’s performance was indeed the most bland. And because they were the last family to complete the task, by the end, a large portion of the audience’s attention was no longer on their interaction, but on the world of online commentary.
“Children really don’t know how to do math. If Wang Zhizhi had agreed to Wang Qingchuan’s request, he could have had ten more Baby Coins, now he has nothing.”
“??? That’s not not knowing how to do math, that’s called refusing to compromise for a small gain. The funny thing is that he earned those coins himself.”
“I actually think Wang Qingchuan’s request was okay. Forty coins was a bit expensive, but spending twenty or thirty on a gift for his sister wasn’t a big deal. It was just that Wang Qingchuan’s attitude was a bit forceful, otherwise it would have been quite meaningful for Wang Zhizhi to buy a gift for his family with the first money he earned himself.”
“I didn’t want to type this out because it’s too long… but I can’t hold back. I believe there are many people in this world who want to buy things for their families after earning their first paycheck, both as a memento and as a form of gratitude. But maybe I’m an outlier, when I earned my first paycheck, I really wanted to save it, really, really wanted to. It was only 1460 yuan, not even 1500, but at the time, I felt like it was a foundation, a start for me to stand on my own two feet in society as an independent person, to start building my own savings, strength, and even a future, do you understand what I mean? I just didn’t want to spend it… But my mom told me, since I had earned money, to buy a soy milk maker for my dad, her tone was casual and matter-of-fact. I bought it, a 459 yuan soy milk maker for my dad, and a 530 yuan pair of shoes for my mom. I’m not ungrateful towards my parents, in the past decade or so, I’ve bought many things for them, from small appliances to a new house… But that first paycheck was the only one I spent unwillingly. I even feel like that incident has affected me for many years, making me feel like I can’t protect my own possessions, no matter how old I am, my parents still have control over me. Control over not just my money, but also my person.”
“Wow, friend above, you make me feel like you’re still affected by something that happened over a decade ago, you even remember the numbers down to the single digits…”
“There must be some filial piety warriors on the way, let’s hug Zhizhi, Dongdong, and the anonymous friend above first. I can understand that feeling of helplessness, sometimes it’s not that you don’t want to repay your parents, to be filial and kind, it’s that their tone of taking it for granted makes you rebellious. After all, when we were young, we would act cute and coquettishly ask our parents for things…”
“Hugging Zhizhi, Dongdong, the anonymous friend above, and myself. I can also understand the friend above, it’s that feeling of being deprived, because parents have invested so much, they occupy the position of always being right. This problem is actually unsolvable, after all, this is the tradition of our society…”
“People should have morals, but we shouldn’t raise the moral standard to an unreasonable level. Wang Zhizhi and Wen Dongyu can voice their opinions, saying no to unreasonable demands for repayment, we should be able to do the same. We can give love, give money, as a form of repayment to our parents, but this shouldn’t include sacrificing our personality, our personal space, our mental health…”
“Right, reasonable requests will be met with reasonable rewards. I think Wen Qiming’s ‘request’ was okay, Wen Jiangyue seemed quite happy, she’s a studious little girl.”
“Looking at it this way, although Director Wei’s mush was terrible, at least he didn’t make things difficult for Maomao in this task, he’s not bad.”
“Hahaha, I’m dying of laughter, who could Director Wei possibly make things difficult for, it’s good enough that he wasn’t made things difficult for by Maomao.”
“It seems Wen Dongdong has some judgment, although Director Wei is a bit of a scammer, Wen Xiang seems even worse…”
“Maomao is truly amazing, I suspect Director Wei told her the story of the golden axe and the silver axe, hahaha, do you want the golden axe, the silver axe, or this muddy foot? Hahaha~~”
“You can tell Director Wei’s deep love from how he chopped so many vegetables at noon, and chopped them so finely, it’s just that his cooking skills are a bit lacking, which resulted in him turning from a daughter’s slave to a slave to his daughter, hahaha!”
“Our little chubby bunny is both smart and cowardly, she stood up to Cheng Feiying this morning, but now she’s scared and asking her dad to hide and protect her. Looking at Wei Chengli’s expression at the time, hahaha, it was truly a mix of exasperation and amusement.”
“Who would have thought, not only was the protection unsuccessful, but he was almost forced to kiss a muddy little foot again, hahaha…”
“To be fair, Maomao’s choice wasn’t wrong, Wei Chengli’s ‘request’ was indeed the simplest, worthy of being a slave to his daughter.”
“Honestly, maybe I’m overthinking it, after all, Maomao is only three years old. But I feel like she saw, and understood, Yan Yan’s uncomfortable and aggrieved expression when she offered to use the card on the road. That’s why she quickly took the card Rongrong gave her and used it.”
“Hahaha, I don’t believe that Maomao, who never stops talking, wouldn’t know what ‘fairness’ is, it’s all for the older sister she loves!”
“Right! I think so too! I even think she used the poop escape tactic in the end!”
“Hahaha, I don’t think so, Maomao really did spend a long time in the bathroom, Yan Yan came out a while ago, and she’s still inside.”
“I’m dying of laughter, go watch, Maomao is pooping and calling out for Yan Yan every now and then.”
“The funniest thing is that Maomao is only three years old, but she’s already so concerned about her image, she wants Yan Yan to be there, but also doesn’t want her to be inside, hahaha.”
…
Wei Maomao, squatting in the bathroom, was speechless at herself. She had used it as an excuse to take Yan Yan away, but she actually had the urge to… So she had hastily shooed Yan Yan out.
Speaking of which, that father and daughter were really… It wasn’t enough for them to join forces and step on Yan Yan’s reputation in her previous life, now they were even putting on a show of fatherly love and filial piety with a kiss? When Cheng Rongrong stuffed the card into Cheng Tingyan’s hand, Wei Maomao felt sicker than when she drank the mush Wei Chengli made at lunch.
Earlier, while waiting to exchange her cards, Wei Maomao had felt like something was off. She had paid attention to Cheng Rongrong while exchanging with Wei Chengli, seeing her glance at Cheng Tingyan several times, she had some suspicions. Wei Maomao didn’t pull Cheng Tingyan away immediately, Cheng Rongrong had two cards, she had to see if this trick would be used. Although she had found an excuse to have Wei Chengli hide, she still doubted if she was overthinking it. After all, Cheng Rongrong hadn’t mentioned sharing the card the whole way, she couldn’t possibly do it at the last minute, could she?
Well, she did.
Thankfully, Wei Chengli kept his promise and jumped out, allowing her to quickly get rid of the card.
Now Cheng Rongrong still had one card left, she couldn’t possibly use some sharing excuse to keep waiting, right? It was a good time to take care of her personal business and delay things.
Thinking this, Wei Maomao called out, “Yan Yan, are you still there?”
Soon, Cheng Tingyan’s voice came from outside, “I’m here, don’t be afraid. Tell me if you need me to come in.”
The gentle voice laced with concern made Wei Maomao blush.
Coming in wasn’t necessary. Wei Maomao wasn’t afraid of using the bathroom alone. She was afraid that while she was in the bathroom, Cheng Tingyan would be taken away by those people again. Wei Maomao felt awkward letting Cheng Tingyan stay inside the bathroom, so she found an excuse to make her wait outside and not go back.
Cheng Tingyan, unaware of Wei Maomao’s thoughts, obediently stood outside, closest to the bathroom door, her ears perked up, afraid of missing any sounds from inside, afraid that Maomao would be scared if she didn’t get a response.
When Maomao pulled her over earlier, Cheng Tingyan thought the little chubby bunny wanted to take off their microphones and whisper secrets again, she didn’t expect…
On their way over, Cheng Tingyan was still thinking about whether she should ask Maomao about her dad when they whispered.
He had made food that made Maomao throw up and forced her to eat it by threatening to take her home, he seemed like a bad father…
But just now, he hadn’t made any difficult “requests,” allowing Maomao to exchange four Kiss Cards without any trouble. He seemed much kinder than Wang Zhizhi and Wen Dongyu’s dads.
Cheng Tingyan couldn’t understand this erratic behavior, she had quite a few questions.
But now that they couldn’t whisper, she calmed down, standing by the bathroom door, and felt like there was nothing to ask anymore.
Wasn’t she the same… With a dad who seemed good, but was actually bad. Maomao’s view of her dad and her own view of her dad should be similar…
Cheng Tingyan thought, if they whispered, and Maomao asked about her dad, she… wouldn’t be able to explain. Maomao probably couldn’t explain either…
Those adults, good and bad.
Everyone thought they were good, only they, the children, knew they were both good and bad.
But no one would believe children.
They were safe only if they didn’t say anything.
Cheng Tingyan lowered her eyes, her toes gently rubbing the dirt on the ground, as if she was slowly, slowly burying herself again.
Wei Maomao, inside the bathroom, diligently fanning her skirt, was completely unaware that she had missed the opportunity to remove a burden that didn’t belong to Wei Chengli…
After fanning for a while, sniffing herself to make sure she didn’t smell bad, Wei Maomao carefully walked out of the bathroom, then, before Cheng Tingyan could approach, she ran around in a circle, making sure it was safe before going back to her.
Cheng Tingyan watched the little chubby bunny running in circles, puzzled.
The viewers in the live broadcast room, many of whom were imaginative, guessed what was happening and laughed at the three-year-old’s concern for her image.
It was a pity they didn’t see Wei Maomao diligently fanning her skirt, otherwise they would have died of laughter.
As Wei Maomao had expected, when they returned, this segment was completely over, Cheng Rongrong hadn’t waited with the last card.
But after this incident, Wei Maomao’s vigilance towards Cheng Rongrong increased. This three-and-a-half-year-old little girl was more dangerous than she had appeared in the show in her previous life.
Now that Wei Maomao was back, the rewards for the four Kiss Cards were naturally distributed. Wei Maomao asked the staff to exchange the four cards separately and then gave two of the four bags to Wen Dongyu and Wang Zhizhi.
“Thank you, Boss! Love you!” Wen Dongyu hugged the coin purse, grinning happily.
Wang Zhizhi, however, was different. He put his hands behind his back, refusing to take the purse, and said fiercely, “I don’t want it, I gave you that card.”
Wen Dongyu was stunned, his gaze shifting between the coin purse in his arms, Wang Zhizhi, and Wei Maomao, then reluctantly offered the purse to Wei Maomao. “Oh right, I gave you my card too…”
“Okay. Then I’ll give you each a bag of coins.” Wei Maomao offered the coin purse in her hand to Wang Zhizhi. “Take it, it’s for you.”
“I don’t want it!” Wang Zhizhi seemed even angrier, his voice louder. “I hate these, I don’t want them anymore!”
Seeing that Wang Zhizhi’s eyes were about to turn red again, Wei Maomao paused and retracted her hand.
Forget it, she would just buy snacks for them to share later.
“Then I…” Wen Dongyu held up the coin purse, looking confused.
“It’s for you.” Wei Maomao said and left.
Hehe, Wen Dongyu touched the coin purse in his arms, his face beaming with happiness, then he quickly caught up to Wei Maomao, muttering, “Boss, like I said before, I’ll put my Baby Coins with you, you keep them.”
“Give them to me when we get back, they’re too heavy.” Wei Maomao lifted the coin purse in her hand, the coins were well-made and quite heavy.
Ugh, this three-year-old body was truly weak!
Now, Wei Maomao and Cheng Tingyan’s Baby Coins combined were over two hundred, it was getting heavy.
In the end, Cheng Tingyan offered her shoulder bag and carried most of their Baby Coins, agreeing to go to Wei Maomao’s house after dinner to put them away.
And after they finished dividing the Baby Coins, the main event for tonight was about to begin.
The children were led by the staff to the tents in the square, sitting beside their dads, who were either sulking, their eyes burning with anger, smiling gently, feeling uneasy, or looking incredibly loving.
“Hello everyone, I, your host, Uncle Xiong, am back!” The host hopped onto the stage. “Our babies and dads are all here. Before we start our dinner today, I have a task to announce!”
The crowd below, having been through a lot: …
“Ahem, the task is like this.” The host, not getting any response, continued diligently, “As you all know, dinner tonight was made by the dads, but what they cooked has been kept secret. Before we officially start our dinner, we have a taste-and-guess-the-dad segment. That is, our babies need to taste a dish and guess which dad made it. And dads can only feed them the food, you’re not allowed to give any hints.”
Wei Maomao subconsciously turned to look at Wei Chengli, who lowered his head guiltily.
No way, Wei Maomao wondered, during the “Daddy’s Kiss Card” segment earlier, she had seen the dried ginger juice on Wei Chengli’s hand. When he pinched her face, the smell of ginger was so strong it filled her nose. Even with that, he should have removed the fishy smell from the meat, right…
Just as Wei Maomao was suspicious, Wei Chengli raised his head, giving her a complicated look.
Wei Maomao: ???
“There are twelve dishes in total, two dishes for each dad. So each of you will guess twelve times. For every correct guess, you’ll get one Baby Coin, and the dad who made the dish will get one Daddy Coin.” The host smiled. “Alright, now let’s put on blindfolds for the babies. For fairness, we’ll be doing a blind tasting.”
Wei Maomao wasn’t sure if it was just her imagination, but she felt like the host glanced at their table when he said the last sentence…
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