Chapter 65 p2
Wen Qiming was always so demanding, thinking that making a few mistakes in reciting “Pipa Xing” was useless. Wei Maomao didn’t believe that all the viewers outside were also so demanding. As a normal human being, she felt that Wen Jiangyue, although not a genius, was definitely a top student among children her age.
All she had to do was find an excuse to have Wen Jiangyue teach her to recite poems a few times, then praise Wen Jiangyue profusely each time.
Live broadcast, she was the traffic, she was the troll army, let her brainwash everyone and reinforce Wen Jiangyue’s excellence.
Thinking this way, live broadcast was truly amazing.
For the same incident, she no longer had to worry about the editors not including it in the final cut, and repeat it many, many times.
Issues could be addressed immediately, every emotion she evoked wasn’t wasted.
It’s just…
Wei Maomao looked at Cheng Rongrong at the same table, then at Cheng Feiying at the table in front of her.
They must have known it was a live broadcast, right?
Behind her back, wouldn’t they be trying to smear Yan Yan?
New worries emerged, Wei Maomao absentmindedly took a bite of her food, her fist clenching around her bowl, when suddenly, a coolness pressed down on it.
“Maomao! Spit it out! Spit it out!” Cheng Tingyan, sitting to her left, said urgently.
Wei Maomao: ???
“The food in your mouth, spit it out!” Cheng Tingyan’s tone was firm and anxious.
Wei Maomao instinctively spat out the food in her mouth onto the table, then…
“Ugh, ugh, ugh…” Wei Maomao, looking at the piece of ginger in the mouthful of food, finally felt the spiciness in her mouth.
“Baby, drink quickly…” Wei Chengli, sitting to her right, promptly handed her a glass of water. “Why are you always spacing out while eating?”
Wei Maomao obediently took two big gulps of water, alright, she had indeed been lost in thought about the live broadcast.
“I’m okay.” After finishing the water, Wei Maomao immediately squeezed Cheng Tingyan’s cool fingertips, but when she turned to look at her, she saw Cheng Tingyan looking incredibly troubled.
Just as Wei Maomao was about to ask what was wrong, a large piece of rib was placed in her bowl by Wei Chengli.
“Baby, eat quickly.” After saying that, Wei Chengli quickly gave Cheng Tingyan a piece as well. “Yan Yan, you eat too, eat more, it’ll get cold soon. Do you want more eggs? Eggs are good for…”
Why was he being so talkative to Cheng Tingyan?
Wei Maomao, seeing Cheng Tingyan’s increasingly troubled expression, became suspicious. She didn’t ask, but abruptly turned her head, just in time to see Wei Chengli winking at Cheng Tingyan.
“Ginger. Did I pick it myself, or did you pick it for me?” Wei Maomao narrowed her eyes.
“Cough… Well… You were spacing out, not picking any food, just eating plain rice, I called you, but you ignored me…” Wei Chengli started explaining.
“Who picked it?” Wei Maomao interrupted.
“… “ Wei Chengli said weakly, “I… But I just wanted to see if you were really spacing out, I was just teasing you, I didn’t expect you to actually eat it, it’s just that Yan Yan wasn’t fast enough to stop you.” Speaking of which, Yan Yan deserved the little chubby dumpling’s favor, what kind of attention was this, she reacted even faster than him, the one who was teasing her.
Wei Maomao was speechless.
This was a live broadcast, Wei Chengli knew it was a live broadcast, how could he be so shameless in taking advantage of her?
Had she actually mistaken him for being thin-skinned? She was truly blind.
Considering they were live broadcasting, Wei Maomao swallowed her anger.
Forget it, forget it, she would be a rich landlady collecting rent with a QR code in the future, but Wei Chengli still had to work in the industry, she would endure…
Wei Maomao was being magnanimous.
But Wei Chengli didn’t notice at all.
He felt something was wrong.
Earlier, when he went to call the babies for lunch, for a moment, he clearly felt the little chubby dumpling’s anger towards him. But he asked carefully, only to be met with a retreating back.
It was even stranger at the table. There were several good dishes today, but the little chubby dumpling only ate the plain rice in her bowl, looking around, spacing out, he didn’t know what she was thinking, she even ignored him when he called her.
Wei Chengli observed for a while and noticed that Cheng Tingyan, sitting on the other side of the little chubby dumpling, also seemed to have noticed her strange behavior. But Cheng Tingyan didn’t say anything, she just silently started putting food in the little chubby dumpling’s bowl.
Eggs, cucumbers, potatoes… peeled shrimp, deboned ribs…
Wei Chengli even felt a bit embarrassed, but the little chubby dumpling seemed oblivious, just shoveling whatever was in her bowl into her mouth, not even caring what it was. He… was just a little, just a tiny bit curious.
Was this little one truly indiscriminate, not caring about what she was eating?
So, he… couldn’t help but test it.
But the experiment proved that the little chubby dumpling was indeed spacing out, so much so that she didn’t even know what she was eating.
But…
“Maomao, are you okay? I just gave you a piece of ginger, aren’t you angry?” Wei Chengli asked cautiously.
Honestly, the little chubby dumpling was acting so strangely, if it was usual, she would have at least stepped on him a couple of times, right?
Wei Maomao glanced at him, she could guess what Wei Chengli was curious about.
“We’re live broadcasting, set a good example for the other dads.” Wei Maomao didn’t beat around the bush, she stated it directly.
“I was just teasing you, how is that not setting a good example?” Wei Chengli said with a smile. “What’s wrong? You’re not angry, are you trying to set a good example for the other babies? How come after a nap this morning, you suddenly want to be a good baby? Does that mean you won’t get angry anymore when Daddy teases you? Like this~~”
Wei Chengli, completely oblivious to the live broadcast revelation that had happened in the room, as he spoke, even gently tickled the little chubby dumpling’s armpit with his finger.
Wei Maomao stared at Wei Chengli with wide eyes, what in the world was he talking about?
“This, you lied to me, you didn’t sign a contract saying we have to go home if I don’t eat properly. This, you didn’t tell me we’re live broadcasting. This, yesterday’s fish soup. This, here’s yours back.” Wei Maomao, with a cold expression, picked up four pieces of ginger from the plates of braised ribs and stir-fried shrimp and placed them in Wei Chengli’s bowl. She said seriously, “I’m not a good baby, I’m angry.”
“No… Wait…” Wei Chengli was stunned from the second sentence. “I didn’t tell you we’re live broadcasting?”
Wei Maomao picked up a fifth piece of ginger from the duck and potato dish with precision and dropped it into his bowl with an indifferent expression. “No.”
Wei Chengli: “… “
Life, for Wei Chengli, had entered hard mode. Five pieces of ginger didn’t win back the little chubby dumpling’s love. He started missing the little chubby dumpling who just spaced out…
And for Wei Maomao, a new world had opened up.
Because they were filming in the village, the staff’s meals were provided by the village committee these past few days.
Every day, it was delicious, hot, home-cooked food. Today’s lunch was braised chicken, eggplant with garlic sauce, stir-fried winter melon with dried shrimp, and sausage and corn rice. It was flavorful and satisfying. Liu Ming, who had missed breakfast, devoured half a lunchbox, instantly feeling energized, she felt like the cold she had a premonition of earlier would never come.
Just as she was about to finish the other half, she suddenly felt something was wrong.
Why had it suddenly become so quiet?
Liu Ming, squatting on the ground and enjoying her meal, looked up and saw that her colleagues, who had been squatting and eating with her earlier, were all gone.
They had come to get their food after her, how could they eat so fast…
“Sister Mingming.”
The sweet, childish voice, along with the gentle tug on her sleeve, made Liu Ming crane her neck, swallow the last bite of food in her mouth, and then stiffly turn her head towards the source of the tug.
“Maomao…” Liu Ming forced a friendly smile. “What’s wrong?”
What was going on? Didn’t they just finish lunch? The dads and babies were all still here, a whole courtyard full of guests… Why wasn’t she asking them, why was she asking her to appear on camera, baby!
“Sister Mingming, I’ve never been on a live broadcast before, can I see what it looks like? What do we look like on the live broadcast?” Wei Maomao glanced at the half-eaten lunchbox in Liu Ming’s hand. She felt a bit bad… She hadn’t noticed and interrupted her meal because she could only see her back earlier.
“Ah… Well… According to the rules…” Liu Ming knew that the guests’ phones had been confiscated, even the segment where they called their families at night in previous seasons was canceled, it was definitely to prevent them from being exposed to outside voices, afraid it would affect the filming. They definitely couldn’t show them the live broadcast.
Wei Maomao sensed Liu Ming’s hesitation, she didn’t speak, just moved a bit closer, and gently tugged on her sleeve with a pitiful expression.
The tiny, soft, and sweet dumpling, so close, so pitiful and adorable… Liu Ming’s heart melted.
“Okay, I’ll go ask, wait here.” Liu Ming placed her lunchbox on the ground, the little baby was truly adorable, and she still felt guilty about the unwashed bedsheet incident.
But Liu Ming didn’t expect that as soon as she put down her lunchbox and before she could even call Director Zeng, a pair of chubby, white paws picked up the lunchbox from the ground.
“The ground is dirty, I’ll hold it for you, Sister Mingming.” Wei Maomao held the lunchbox steadily. Mmm… This lunchbox smelled good.
Liu Ming clutched her chest, ah… Why was this little baby so adorable!
She hadn’t even found a husband yet, but she already had a name picked out for her daughter.
Liu Ming walked away from the camera, looking back every few steps. When she found a secluded spot, before she could even dial Zeng Huanian’s number, Shi Dingshan’s call came in.
“It’s okay, let her watch for a while, five or six minutes, ten minutes is fine. After all, she’s only three years old, she can’t read. Mmm… You can mention this when you show her.” Shi Dingshan, while talking on his phone, was scrolling through Wei Maomao’s live stream on Zeng Huanian’s phone, seeing comments like [Show CEO Mao the live stream!], [CEO Mao, look at me!], [If you don’t show CEO Mao, I’m going to riot!]… He chuckled helplessly.
Liu Ming, relieved to have received permission from the director, was glad he agreed. It would have been difficult for her to refuse the adorable and well-behaved Maomao.
“Maomao, because you’re a three-year-old baby and can’t read yet, you can watch for ten minutes.” Liu Ming returned to Wei Maomao, squatted down, adjusted the phone screen to the live stream, and patiently taught her how to switch between different live streams. “Look, click here to see what the two cameramen filming you are capturing. And these are the live streams of the other babies and dads, this page and the next page show what the fixed cameras in the village are capturing.”
Wei Maomao nodded, indicating she understood, then exchanged the lunchbox in her hand for Liu Ming’s phone.
“Sister Mingming, eat quickly.” Wei Maomao, seeing that Liu Ming wasn’t eating, urged her. “It’ll get cold.”
Liu Ming: “… “ Ah, she had to choose between her image on the live broadcast and the little baby’s concern.
The weak-willed Liu Ming chose the latter.
Mmm, free-range chicken was truly delicious.
Wei Maomao, seeing Liu Ming’s attention return to her lunchbox, discreetly took a step back and started scrolling through the phone.
Now that she knew it was a live broadcast, Wei Maomao was quite curious about the current public opinion. So she gambled on Shi Dingshan’s conscience, thankfully… it was worth ten minutes.
But the problem now was…
Wei Maomao, looking at the comments in her live stream, rows of [666], [520], [1314]… fell silent.
Although she had shown that she knew some numbers in previous tasks, it was quite clever of these comments to use numbers instead of words to interact with her.
But how could a normal three-year-old baby possibly understand the meaning of these numbers!
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T/N:
- [666]: This is an expression of admiration, approval, or praise. It’s similar to saying “awesome” or “great job”.
- [520]: This is a way of saying “I love you”. The numbers 5, 2, and 0 are pronounced “wǔ, èr, líng” in Mandarin, which sounds similar to the phrase “wǒ ài nǐ”, meaning “I love you”.
- [1314]: This is a way of saying “forever” or “eternally”. The numbers 1, 3, and 14 are pronounced “yī, sān, yī sì” in Mandarin, which sounds similar to the phrase “yī shēng yī shì”, meaning “one life, one world” or “forever”.
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