Chapter 88
Wei Maomao and Cheng Tingyan’s cameramen turned on their cameras, but the babies hadn’t officially woken up yet. They were filming in the courtyard, so they could only capture Liu Ming knocking on the door.
Then the viewers in the live broadcast room saw the staff member, Liu Ming, knocking on the door repeatedly, looking increasingly anxious, until Director Wei even told her to just open the door and go in, when a short, chubby little bunny appeared.
She appeared, then disappeared, the cuteness… was so fleeting…
“Aaaah, Liu Ming, keep knocking! I didn’t see clearly! This kind of animal onesie pajamas is too cute, it’s illegal!”
“Hahaha, CEO Mao, both her height and weight are perfect for this kind of onesie pajamas! I want to see her turn around, she has bunny ears, there must be a bunny tail too! Animal onesies are even cuter from the back! Chubby and fluffy~~~ I want to see!”
“CEO Mao is so mean, only letting Yan Yan see such cute pajamas, I’m jealous!”
“Liu Ming and CEO Mao aren’t wearing microphones, what were they saying at the door? It’s my fault for not learning lip reading!”
“Yan Yan and Maomao’s dedicated live stream windows are open, why isn’t the camera in the room turned on, sob, sob, sob~~~”
“The babies haven’t woken up and changed their clothes yet, they definitely won’t turn on the camera in the room…”
“They’re sleeping so soundly! I even saw drool on CEO Mao’s mouth, hahaha! Yan Yan must still be asleep, otherwise, she would have already wiped it off with her handkerchief.”
“CEO Mao didn’t come out, she went back inside, is she changing? No! Please wear it for the afternoon!”
…
Wei Maomao couldn’t hear the viewers’ cries in the live broadcast room, all she could hear was the frantic screaming in her heart.
Aaaaaaaaah!
Why!
Why did something unexpected always happen when she slept with Yan Yan!
Oh…
Alright…
Wei Maomao, clutching a wet wipe, climbed back onto the bed and looked at Cheng Tingyan’s shoulder, mmm, it wasn’t just one unexpected incident, it was… three.
The house was quiet.
Cheng Tingyan walked lightly, passing one empty room after another, it seemed she was alone again today.
She stepped onto a small stool and opened the refrigerator.
Empty…
As expected.
Picking up the stool again, Cheng Tingyan skillfully found the equally empty kettle on the kitchen counter, filled it with water, and started boiling it.
The sound of the boiling water today was a bit strange, it wasn’t the usual bubbling sound, but a thumping sound, thump, thump, thump.
But thankfully, the water still boiled, and the thumping sound disappeared.
Cheng Tingyan carefully poured the hot water into a glass, the water was a bit too hot, she blew on it, trying to cool it down quickly.
At this moment, the kitchen window suddenly opened for some reason, the wind blowing in from outside, whoosh… whoosh…
Was it… joining her in cooling down the water? Cheng Tingyan was a bit confused, but she still raised the glass towards the sudden gust of wind.
But… was the wind… minty? Would the hot water, blown by the minty wind, become cool, minty water? Cheng Tingyan started to think, and overthinking made her more alert.
The kitchen disappeared, the appliances around her disappeared, even the kettle she had just used was gone.
The glass of hot water, which she hadn’t even taken a sip of, also vanished.
Only the wind, the minty wind, was still blowing, whoosh… whoosh…
Cheng Tingyan opened her eyes, then the minty wind blew in her face.
A dream?
Cheng Tingyan looked at the little bunny head close to her, feeling dazed.
And those bunny ears rubbing against her chin… Her chin, it was a bit itchy.
Cheng Tingyan reached out and rubbed her chin.
Then in the next second, the little chubby bunny next to her, who had been making strange noises, suddenly sprang up.
Cheng Tingyan was startled, she instinctively moved away in the opposite direction.
But this movement completely woke her up.
“Maomao?” Cheng Tingyan looked at the little chubby bunny kneeling next to her, her body leaning back for some reason, she reached out and grabbed her paw. “Come closer, don’t lean back, you’ll fall.”
“Yan… Yan Yan… You’re awake…” Wei Maomao felt very guilty, but she didn’t pull away from Cheng Tingyan’s hand, because she suddenly realized that she might have been blowing for too long, staying in that position, she felt a bit lightheaded.
“Mmm.” Cheng Tingyan turned and sat up, pulling the little chubby bunny towards the center of the bed. Speaking of which, wasn’t she secretly pinching the bunny’s chubby waist earlier, how did she fall asleep? She… shouldn’t have been discovered, right? Cheng Tingyan secretly glanced at Wei Maomao.
“Awake, hic, good, hic, task, hic…” Whether it was because of blowing for too long or the sudden shock earlier, Wei Maomao started hiccupping, she couldn’t even speak properly, let alone distract Cheng Tingyan.
“Hiccups? I’ll get you some water.” Cheng Tingyan, no longer thinking about the chubby waist incident, quickly got out of bed.
Wei Maomao glanced at the still very obvious drool stain on Cheng Tingyan’s shoulder and grabbed her hand.
After gesturing for Cheng Tingyan to wait, Wei Maomao lay down on the bed, clenched her fists, took a deep breath, then exhaled while pounding her chest.
The chubby little bunny, lying on the bed, pounding her chest like a gorilla, silently roaring?
Cheng Tingyan rubbed her eyes, was she still dreaming?
Wei Maomao quickly resolved the issue and sat up again.
But while the hiccups were easily solved, the evidence on Cheng Tingyan’s dark blue pajamas…
Wei Maomao truly tried her best, after closing the door again, she immediately went to get wet wipes, trying to destroy the evidence.
But…
Either the wipes weren’t wet enough, or the stains on the dark fabric were too difficult to remove…
Anyway, after all her efforts, the part of Cheng Tingyan’s pajamas she had wiped with the wet wipes was almost dry, but… the three drool stains, they were still there!
She worked until she was lightheaded, all for nothing!
“Are you okay now?” Cheng Tingyan helped the little chubby bunny up and patted her back. “You mentioned a task earlier?”
“Mmm… Sister Mingming came to say that the afternoon task is here.” Wei Maomao tried not to look at Cheng Tingyan’s shoulder. So the question now was, should she honestly confess, or pretend she didn’t know? Yan Yan was about to change clothes anyway, she could coax her into wearing a new set tonight, then this one could be quietly washed.
“Then we should get up.” Cheng Tingyan said, turning to the side.
Wei Maomao fidgeted with her chubby paws.
“Were you blowing earlier to wake me up?” Cheng Tingyan asked, turning back, holding a handkerchief in her hand.
“… “ Wei Maomao felt she should be honest.
But before she could confess, a handkerchief, which had appeared out of nowhere, was pressed against her face by Cheng Tingyan.
Frozen bunny!
“It’s dry.” Cheng Tingyan wiped it twice, then gave up. “We’ll wipe it again when we wash our faces later.”
What… was that…
Wei Maomao had a feeling, but she still reached out, a bit unwillingly, and touched the corner of her mouth, which had just been wiped by Cheng Tingyan’s handkerchief.
Ha! How could she have forgotten! She also had it here!
Wei Maomao chuckled wryly and decided to be honest.
“Yan Yan…” Wei Maomao said weakly, pointing at Cheng Tingyan’s left shoulder with her paw. “That…”
Cheng Tingyan followed the little chubby paw and looked down, freezing.
“I…” Wei Maomao tried her best, she wasn’t a three-year-old baby! She could admit her mistakes! She could do it!
“I touched it with toothpaste.” Cheng Tingyan said calmly, looking up again.
Wei Maomao: ???
“It’s okay, I’ll change into a new one tonight, I’ll wash this one.” Cheng Tingyan moved, preparing to get out of bed.
“Yan Yan? That’s not toothpaste…” Wei Maomao was a bit shocked, what was going on, Yan Yan had already seen the mark on her mouth, didn’t she think the one on her pajamas looked very similar? How could it be toothpaste?
“It’s toothpaste.” Cheng Tingyan interrupted Wei Maomao firmly.
Wei Maomao: ???
Although this was a good outcome, she felt something was wrong.
“That was me…” Wei Maomao said weakly.
“No, that wasn’t your toothpaste, it was mine.” Cheng Tingyan corrected her again.
Wei Maomao: “… “ Okay, it was definitely wrong.
But why?
“Yan Yan, I’m sorry, that was my drool, I drooled on you while sleeping.” Wei Maomao, overcoming her shyness, confessed in one breath.
Cheng Tingyan: “… “
“Yan Yan, did you hear me?” Wei Maomao nudged Cheng Tingyan with her paw.
Cheng Tingyan looked away, continuing to move towards the edge of the bed. “No. We have to get up, I’m going to wash off the toothpaste later.”
Wei Maomao: ???
Cheng Tingyan’s strange behavior made Wei Maomao anxious, getting up was impossible.
Cheng Tingyan, who was almost able to sneak past the little chubby bunny and get out of bed, was tackled back onto the bed by a fierce (chubby) bunny.
“Yan Yan, that’s not toothpaste, it’s my drool!” Wei Maomao pinned her down, trying to correct her.
Cheng Tingyan, struggling for a bit, realizing she couldn’t get the little chubby bunny off her: “… “
It had to be said, Wei Maomao’s tactic of using her weight to her advantage was quite effective. Under her repeated corrections, Cheng Tingyan finally admitted that the stain on her shoulder was Wei Maomao’s drool, not toothpaste.
Although she didn’t know why Cheng Tingyan was acting strangely earlier, but now that she was back to normal, Wei Maomao finally breathed a sigh of relief and let herself roll to the side with Cheng Tingyan’s push.
Cheng Tingyan, finally sitting up again, looked at Wei Maomao intently, then got out of bed.
Wei Maomao lay on the bed, scratching her chubby belly, she couldn’t understand why Cheng Tingyan had insisted for so long, even after she had confessed, there was no need to save face for her. Speaking of which, it was the same with the bed-wetting incident, Yan Yan immediately wanted to take the blame for her. But this time was different, it was just drool, although it was embarrassing, it wasn’t that…
Mmm?
Wei Maomao felt the pillow under her head moving.
“Yan Yan? What are you doing?” Wei Maomao sat up, staring at Cheng Tingyan, who was calmly holding up the pillow, in shock.
“Packing my luggage.” Cheng Tingyan started removing the pillowcase.
“Why are you packing your luggage?” Wei Maomao felt a bit dizzy.
“I’m going back home tonight, I’m packing now.” Cheng Tingyan said calmly, glancing at Wei Maomao.
“Aren’t you staying here tonight?” A million question marks popped up in Wei Maomao’s head.
“Tonight… Staying here?” Cheng Tingyan was stunned.
Wei Maomao couldn’t help but reach out and touch Cheng Tingyan’s forehead. “Yan Yan, are you okay? Didn’t we agree that you’re staying here tonight?”
“But…” Cheng Tingyan glanced at the corner of Wei Maomao’s mouth, her eyes reddening slightly. “But… your drool got on me…”
Wei Maomao: ???
It turned out that no matter how calm and mature the six-year-old Yan Yan usually was, six years old was still six years old, the six-year-old Yan Yan was still a little baby, with her own unique and illogical way of thinking.
After asking for a while, Wei Maomao finally understood Cheng Tingyan’s logic.
So… So, in the six-year-old Yan Yan’s mind, the bed-wetting incident when they slept together the previous night was the cause, and not being able to stay at the Wei family’s house the next day was the effect. Although it wasn’t an absolute cause-and-effect relationship, there was a definite connection. So today, being touched by drool was the cause, and the effect was not being able to stay overnight.
So seeing the dried drool stain on her mouth was okay, but seeing it on her pajamas wasn’t?
The logic of a six-year-old baby was truly adorable.
But…
Wei Maomao thought about how Cheng Tingyan had insisted that it was toothpaste, not drool, earlier. Then her own insistence that it was drool, in Yan Yan’s logic, wasn’t that chasing her away?
“Yan Yan, whether it’s toothpaste or drool, I want you to stay at our house.” Wei Maomao, finally understanding the situation, was no longer embarrassed, she was focused on coaxing the child. “I like Yan Yan the most!”
“Really?” Cheng Tingyan, looking at the little chubby bunny’s sincere expression, didn’t actually doubt her, but she still couldn’t help but confirm.
“Really!” Wei Maomao said firmly, looking at Cheng Tingyan, she felt the warmth of sincerity, so… should she strike while the iron was hot…
“I also like Maomao the most.” Cheng Tingyan blushed slightly. “Whether Maomao wets the bed or drools, it’s all cute, it doesn’t matter. Maomao can wet the bed and drool in front of me, it’s all okay… I’ll still think she’s cute.”
Wei Maomao: “… “ Cute was cute, but she didn’t need to wet the bed or drool anymore, she definitely wouldn’t do it again!
But…
“Yan Yan, if I ask you some questions, questions you might not want to answer, will you still think I’m cute?” Wei Maomao asked, lacking confidence, finally ready to strike.
“Maomao will always be cute.” The six-year-old Cheng Tingyan said firmly.
“Then…” Wei Maomao clenched her fists, just as she was about to strike, there was a knock on the door again.
The viewers in the live broadcast room had been waiting anxiously, after Liu Ming knocked on the door for the second time, they waited for several more minutes before the door finally opened again.
Yan Yan, wearing a light green dress, and… Maomao, wearing a beige dress.
The dresses were cute, but they wanted to see the little bunny!
The viewers in the live broadcast room were rolling on the floor, crying. Even the sight of the two little girls holding hands, Yan Yan seemingly happy and no longer showing the dejection from hearing the conversation between Wei Maomao and Wei Chengli, couldn’t console them.
“I’m done! If the program team doesn’t show me the cute bunny Maomao, I’m done with this show!”
“Yan Yan, tell us! Tell us if you were appeased by CEO Mao’s cute bunny outfit! I’m so jealous!”
“Didn’t they have a fairy tale stage play in the second season of ‘Where’s Baby Going’? Program team, make it happen! A forest animal stage play or something, I’ll buy the costumes!”
“It turns out the most painful thing in the world isn’t ignorance, but glimpsing the tip of the iceberg!”
…
The iceberg, it wasn’t even the tip, it was probably just a fingernail.
Wei Maomao, back in front of the camera, was relieved that the cameras in the room were turned off while they were sleeping, only Yan Yan knew that she had drooled in her sleep, and her drool had even gotten on her pajamas.
Speaking of which… After her rebirth, all the most embarrassing moments seemed to have been witnessed by Yan Yan…
But Yan Yan was so kind, even after all that, she still thought she was cute… Wei Maomao couldn’t help but think about the suitcase full of cute bunny pajamas, since Yan Yan liked them, maybe she could…
The important thing was, the conversation that was interrupted by the knocking earlier, they could continue it tonight after the cameras were turned off.
As long as Yan Yan was willing to talk to her about it, she would have a reason for “knowing,” and could casually mention it later when the cameras were on. If Yan Yan wasn’t angry, then it was fine, and if she was, she still had the bunny pajamas. And if that didn’t work… she still had… her waist.
Everything… was for the ultimate goal!
As Liu Ming led them to the small square, Wei Maomao planned and encouraged herself.
The first task for both the babies and dads in the afternoon was to enjoy afternoon tea.
Familiar location, familiar tables, familiar covered trays.
Based on the ranking of their vegetable sales this morning, the Cheng family, in first place, had three large covered trays on their table, the Wen family had two, and the other babies each had one.
Cheng Rongrong, who had been trying to get Cheng Feiying to a place without cameras all morning but failed, was initially listless, but seeing the three large trays, she perked up a bit.
It was easier when Bai Lei was around, most of the time, Cheng Rongrong only needed to influence Bai Lei, then influence Cheng Feiying through her. And Bai Lei was easily influenced, Cheng Rongrong never felt it was difficult to achieve her goals. But coming to this show with Cheng Feiying, without Bai Lei, this uncontrollable, grumpy middle-aged man, Cheng Feiying, had truly taught Cheng Rongrong a lesson, she was truly fed up!
In the original novel, Cheng Feiying only managed to have a decent career later on by riding on Cheng Tingyan’s coattails, he didn’t have any other major opportunities or notable works. To put it bluntly, Cheng Rongrong felt that this third season of “Where’s Baby Going” was already the peak of Cheng Feiying’s career. Putting aside his value as a father, his professional value to Cheng Rongrong was also limited to this.
Cheng Rongrong looked at the large trays in front of her, then at Jiang Heye in the distance.
Since Jiang Heye had appeared, Qin Sichao probably wouldn’t be far behind. Instead of wasting her energy on Cheng Feiying, she might as well focus on Jiang Heye and Qin Sichao. After all, Jiang Heye and Qin Sichao were the future, while Cheng Feiying was just the fading present.
Thinking this, Cheng Rongrong’s gaze towards Jiang Heye couldn’t help but become intense.
Jiang Heye felt it, and when she looked up to find the source of the gaze, she met Cheng Rongrong’s eyes.
Jiang Heye, who had been a peddler all noon and was quite tired, for some reason, straightened up subconsciously, startled by the little girl’s intense gaze.
Jiang Heye glanced around, besides the Wei family, only Cheng Tingyan hadn’t arrived yet. She had initially planned to wait for everyone to arrive and have afternoon tea together before giving out the gifts. But now… Some favors, it was better to return them sooner rather than later.
Just as Cheng Rongrong was fantasizing about befriending Jiang Heye and being introduced to Qin Sichao, she saw Jiang Heye stand up and… walk towards her?
Cheng Rongrong looked away, but sat up straighter, even smoothing her hair and clothes, trying to appear natural.
“Rongrong.” Jiang Heye walked to the Cheng family’s table with a clear goal, she bent down and reached out. “This is for you.”
Cheng Rongrong looked down and saw two hair clips with pink, transparent cherry beads in Jiang Heye’s hand.
They were quite pretty.
It’s just that the hair clips themselves looked… plastic? The cherry-shaped beads were cute, but their translucency and the tiny bubbles inside, visible upon closer inspection, were they glass or fake crystal?
Even if Jiang Heye hadn’t started filming her breakout film yet, her income as a print model shouldn’t be low, right? Giving a few-yuan hair clip as a gift?
Cheng Rongrong felt a bit disdainful, but when she looked up, her face was filled with an excited and enthusiastic smile.
“Thank you, Sister Beibei! I love pink the most!” Cheng Rongrong took the hair clips happily, then looked at Jiang Heye. “Now that we’ve exchanged gifts, Sister Beibei and I are friends!”
Jiang Heye: “… “ Ah, children’s enthusiasm truly was…
Just as Jiang Heye was forcing a smile, Wei Chengli finally arrived at the small square with Wei Maomao and Cheng Tingyan.
The afternoon tea, like lunch, was served family-style, one table per family. The two little girls holding hands were forced to separate, Wei Chengli, too lazy to watch the little chubby dumpling’s reluctant farewell after only being apart for a short while, pressed his hand on her head and pushed her back to their table.
Cheng Tingyan, seeing the little chubby bunny angrily tugging at her dad’s pants, couldn’t help but chuckle.
Happiness, a temporary separation, but they wouldn’t be apart for long.
With something to look forward to, Cheng Tingyan didn’t feel as uncomfortable when she returned to Cheng Feiying’s side.
With Cheng Tingyan’s arrival, Jiang Heye also felt less awkward.
“Yan Yan, this is for you.” Jiang Heye quickly reached out to Cheng Tingyan, who had just sat down.
Cheng Tingyan looked at the small, folded, light green square, which seemed to be a handkerchief or something, in Jiang Heye’s hand, and didn’t reach out.
“It’s a gift for the babies.” Jiang Heye explained.
Cheng Tingyan: “Thank you, but…”
“Babies?”
Wei Maomao interrupted Cheng Tingyan’s refusal.
Jiang Heye turned, looked down, and spotted a little chubby dumpling.
“Yes, babies, Maomao also has one.” Jiang Heye said, taking out two combs from her small bag with her other hand and handing them to Wei Maomao with a smile. “I heard Maomao likes braiding hair recently, so I chose combs for you. One for curling with a hairdryer, one for straightening.”
A round brush and a fine-toothed crescent comb, very thoughtful.
“You’re the new baby Zhizhi mentioned, Wang Qingbei, right? Thank you, Sister Beibei!” Wei Maomao took the combs.
“Yes, the little parents can also just call me Beibei.” Jiang Heye, having given out the gifts, breathed a sigh of relief, then reached out to Cheng Tingyan. “Yan Yan, yours is a small scarf, you can braid it into your hair, it’ll look very pretty.”
Cheng Tingyan glanced at Wei Maomao.
“I can braid it, I’ll braid it into Yan Yan’s hair later.” Wei Maomao said with a smile.
Cheng Tingyan took the scarf. “Thank you, Sister Beibei.”
Thank you!
What thank you!
Cheng Rongrong, clutching the hair clips tightly, stared at the small bag in Jiang Heye’s hand, her gaze dark.
Why!
She had been so proactive, so hardworking, shouldn’t she be the special one!
This kind of equal treatment was too much!
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