My Son is a Reborn Villain

by Usui Takumii

not mine, aerialrain. Waiting for the translater to update.

6. 26 to 30

When Fu Yunruo stayed in the village, she didn't do livestream. This was a habit she maintained since half a year ago. Of course, because the distance between the flower garden and the village was not far, she sometimes went to do livestream in the morning before returned home in time to prepare lunch.

She was not idle here. Sometimes she would take care of the vegetable garden in the yard and then socialized with village neighbors. It was said that distant relatives were not as good as closer neighbors, and relationships with neighbors had to be nurtured frequently so that they wouldn't get weak.

In addition, she also dealt with other aspects of her career. Nowadays, Fu Yunruo's reputation was in full swing. After she became a first-liner streamer, Panda Live assigned an assistant for her. With high popularity, many jobs came to follow. Although Panda Live had a dedicated department to assist streamers with third-party contracts and jobs, Chi Weicheng suggested Fu Yunruo open a studio and attach it to Panda Live.

Some people's fate was different. If they were destined to be famous, they would still be fish in the water regardless of which industry they joined. Chi Weicheng had predicted that Fu Yunruo would be popular, but he never expected that just livestreaming would boost her into such a great achievement. To be honest, it was much harder to get ahead in the livestream industry than in the entertainment circle. The barrier to enter was lower, but the number of first-line figures was small, let alone streamers who achieved the rank of superstars.

In the entertainment industry, it was very common to reach the top-line after one or two years. As for whether they could stabilize their positions after climbing up, the answer was no. At least nine out of ten would eventually fall down, and the remaining one would barely maintain the top-line position. After all, not everyone could be like Si Yue. In the past ten years, Si Yue was truly an unparalleled actor. After his movie hit the top spot, not only his fame faded, but he had even gone higher and higher, beyond the reach of others.

At this time, Chi Weicheng had already given up the idea of scouting Fu Yunruo. It was no longer matter whether she entered the entertainment industry or not. Instead, Chi Weicheng suggested Fu Yunruo set up her own studio to benefit her future career development.

The result of Fu Yunruo's livestream was very positive, and she had become a renowned orchid artist acknowledged by the Orchid Art Association. People who didn't understand this circle might not be clear, but tracing back its root, the discovery and conservation of orchids even predated the birth of writing civilization. In the later historical development, orchids became a symbol of literati and spirituality.

The history of orchids could be said to run alongside the history of mankind. Even now, it was still sought after by many. Many orchids were nearly extinct in modern times due to over harvesting and the destruction of their natural habitat. For this reason, many countries put protection of wild orchids in their written law.

Although orchid art was relatively unknown nowadays, it was not impossible to be popular with this niche.

Fu Yunruo seriously considered the idea of opening her own studio. After her popularity soared, there were many things to do, and she needed a professional team to help her deal with the jobs. Chi Weicheng had given her a lot of useful suggestions, which Fu Yunruo adopted. If only the man was willing to change his job, she would definitely scout him for her studio.

Fortunately, the assistant assigned to her by Panda Live, a girl named Tiantian, was very capable. In the past two years, Tiantian had helped her managed the livestream channel in an orderly manner. The girl did an excellent job, so Fu Yunruo never had to hire a dedicated channel manager.

Fu Yunruo finalized the discussion about the studio with Tiantian and ended the video call. Last year, Tiantian specially came to meet her during the holiday. After the meeting, they both had a good impression of each other and instantly clicked, so now they had become good friends and often chat on the video call.

Fu Yunruo turned off the computer, stretched, and walked out. Her son had gone to play. Fu Yunruo took a look around and then went to Auntie Mei's house.

Mei family's house was very lively at this time. A bunch of neighboring aunties sat together, chatting and gossiping. Seeing Fu Yunruo, they beckoned her to come over.

Fu Yunruo smiled and said, "Aunties, what are you talking about? So lively?"

"We are talking about the TV station!"

"Yes, our town is within their shooting area. I even heard that they will come to our village!"

"Hey, I don't know if those big stars are more beautiful than our Ruoruo."

"Definitely not. I have never watched a girl who is more dazzling than Ruoruo. Not even on TV."

Everyone nodded in agreement.

"How can I compare with the stars?" Fu Yunruo waved her hand, feeling that these aunties were too biased. She asked again: "They are going to come to our village?"

"Yeah! Everyone in the town is talking about it."

"I heard that the TV station will donate to the local area…"

"No wonder so many want to grab it…"

"Then can we also get the money?"

"Ah, the donation is to be used for public projects…"

Fu Yunruo listened to their gossips. Hearing the word donation, her mind moved. In the beginning, after she began to earn well from her livestream, she proposed to Uncle Mei couple to donate something for the village, but she was rejected.

Although most people in the village were simple and honest, if it was known that Fu Yunruo had a lot of money in hands, she would inevitably arouse unwanted attention. Fu Yunruo lived alone with a young child, which made her even an easier target. There was nothing wrong with doing a good deed, but one must not put themselves in danger for it. In such a small, remote place, it was hard to hide secrets. Fu Yunruo's donation would undoubtedly tell others that she was possessing a huge amount of money.

Moreover, the village's location was too remote and not easy to reach. Even if a road was built, a few million yuan could only build a section. To connect all the nearby villages to the town and added roads leading to other counties was a big project that couldn't be funded by Fu Yunruo alone.

At that time, Fu Yunruo gave up this idea. But now, she suddenly thought that she might be able to donate under the name of the TV station. This way, Uncle Mei and Auntie Mei also didn't need to worry about her safety.

Auntie Mei said to Fu Yunruo, "Ruoruo, there will be a village meeting at seven o'clock this evening. The place is the court at the entrance of the village. Don't forget to come."

Fu Yunruo nodded, "Okay."

What kind of topic would be discussed in the meeting? Fu Yunruo was quite curious.

When the adults were chatting, the children were playing. Their tender voices and happy laughter reverberated throughout the village.

When others were having fun, a thin child came over with a cry. Behind him, an old woman followed with a helpless look.

Wenwen saw the child crying. He stopped playing and then walked over, asking in a solemn tone: "Zhuangzhuang, why are you crying?" He looked at Zhuangzhuang's grandma with a little suspicion. Could it be that she beat Zhuangzhuang?

Zhuangzhuang's grandma said helplessly: "His candy was snatched by other children. He has been crying until now, but insists on coming to you."

Zhuangzhuang said aggrievedly: "I specially brought the candy back for Wenwen." After speaking, he cried again with his mouth wide open.

"Okay, okay. Don't cry." Wenwen frowned.

Zhuangzhuang's cry suddenly receded.

Seeing this, Zhuangzhuang's grandma said happily: "I will leave him to you." Then she left without worry.

Zhuangzhuang was still sobbing, and it took Wenwen a lot of time to ask about what had happened. It turned out that Zhuangzhuang went to town with his grandma today. His grandma bought him two very sweet candies. The candy was very delicious, so he specially saved one to bring back and give to Wenwen. As a result, a small bully from the neighboring village snatched his candy on the road. The bully was very tall and strong, so Zhuangzhuang didn't dare to resist. He came back crying all the way.

As soon as Wenwen heard it, he said domineeringly: "Wait here, I will get back for you!" He was the leader of these children. How could he sit idly when his underling was bullied?

Zhuangzhuang immediately stopped crying. His bright eyes stared at Wenwen widely. At this moment, Wenwen looked very awesome and majestic in his eyes.

"Are we going to fight?" Upon hearing Wenwen's words, Dali, who had been watching silently on the side, came over and cracked his knuckles.

Children usually played in groups based on their villages. Although they sometimes fight to occupy a playing site, groups from different villages usually did not interfere with each other. Of course, most of them still played together. After all, once they went to school, they were peers of the same school.

So, most children knew each other either directly or indirectly.

Wenwen said: "We cannot be so barbaric." They were all good children. How could they just go and fight?

"Then, how do we get back for Zhuangzhuang?"

"We have to send a message first before fighting," Wenwen said seriously.

The others were confused. They didn't understand, but they were in awe. Wenwen really knew a lot!

"We will write a letter of challenge, make an appointment, and try reason with them first. If they pay back the candy and then apologize to Zhuangzhuang, we will let the matter pass. If they refuse, we will fight!" Wenwen said domineeringly.

Other kids nodded their heads over and over again. So they would wait until the other side to pay the candy first before going to fight. Wenwen was amazing!

In the past, they would fight directly. Who would ever think to send a letter of challenge? Thinking about it now, whenever children from other villages dared to make trouble with them, the best they could do was to get back the snatched things. If they couldn't get it back, they would fight, so others wouldn't dare to rob them again in the future. How could they think of letting the other party pay?

Dali volunteered to write the letter of challenge. He was the oldest among this group of children and was already in the sixth grade of elementary school. He was the most literate among them.

Dali wrote the letter of challenge and handed it to Wenwen for review. The characters were crookedly written, and some words that Dali didn't know how to write were written in pinyin, but it was a barely qualified letter of challenge, so Wenwen nodded in approval. They dispatched a vanguard to send the letter of challenge and then arrived at the meeting place on time.

Wenwen looked at the number of people on his side. They forbade the girls from participating in the fight and had sent them home. Their main fighting force was a group of boys ranged from age eight to ten.

Not long afterward, more than a dozen children arrived.

At first glance, the fighting power of the two sides was equal. The only and biggest difference was the appearance of the 'boss.'

Two opposing sides faced each other, and the distinction was very clear. On one side, the children surrounded a small, white, and tender little dumpling as their center. On the other side, the enemies were lead by a strong and tall 1.6 m big boy.

"Are you the one who bullied our Zhuangzhuang?" Wenwen tried his best to make himself taller and more imposing, as to not lose the momentum: "As long as you apologize to Zhuangzhuang and pay his candy back, we will end this matter peacefully!"

Dashan was the boss of next door village. He was a twelve-year-old boy who inherited the boss's position when the previous boss entered junior high school. Dashan didn't understand the meaning of the last sentence. But hearing the words 'pay his candy back,' he remembered that he did snatch candy from a kid today.

Dashan lowered his head to look at the little dumpling, who was so short and small, white, tender, and lovely.

Those big round eyes glared at him fiercely.

Oh, what a cute little baby!

At this moment, Dashan felt his heart pounded so fast. Using an idiom to express, this must be what they called a critical blow.'

"Are you the village's boss?" Was this the 'boss' who send the letter of challenge to him?

Wenwen puffed his small chest proudly: "Yes, that's me!"

Dashan looked at the beautiful little dumpling on the opposing side, and then looked at his own fat little brother by his feet. The kid was as short as the dumpling, but he had a runny nose and dirty nails, not cute at all.

After a while, Dashan bent down and lifted his fat brother. He then walked to Wenwen and put the fatty in front of Wenwen.

Wenwen: "?" Did this guy feel that it was shameful to fight a small child, so he brought a kid of the same height to fight him?

The next moment, Dashan lifted Wenwen up. Hugging Wenwen in his arms, he turned and left. "Let's swap. This kid is for you, and I am taking your boss."

Wenwen, who was lifted with his face down: "?"

Children: "?"

One, two, three….all the children were totally dumbfounded. Seeing their baby Wenwen was held hostage by the enemies' boss, the children suddenly chased after him furiously.

"Aaaaaaaah! Return Wenwen back!"

"Put Wenwen down!"

Dashan hugged Wenwen and ran fast. This was the little brother he wanted. He must take him home and hid him quickly.

Meanwhile, the children from the other side saw their boss took away the enemy's little boss and ran away. They also ran after their boss in confusion.

The children clamored to catch up and take back their Wenwen.

The kid who was taken as the exchange item, Dashan's younger brother Xiaoshan, was left behind. He dumbly watched all the children whizzed away, totally forgetting him behind.

After a while, a loud cry rang, "Whaaaaaa!"

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry! This stupid kid is too naughty." In front of a farmhouse, a sturdy woman came with a tall and sturdy boy, apologizing to a charming young woman. As she apologized, the mother smacked the back of Dashan's head: "Quickly apologize to Aunt Ruoruo!"

Seeing the heavy smack, Fu Yunruo fidgeted a bit. She hurriedly said: "It's okay, it's okay. Everything is just a misunderstanding. After all, children like to play…"

"I'm sorry, Big Sister Ruoruo." Dashan rubbed the back of his head and grinned: "Big sister, I will give you my younger brother. Will you give Wenwen to my family to be my new younger brother?"

Fu Yunruo: "Uh…"

"Nonsense!" Dashan's mother smacked the boy's head again. "Also, call her Aunt, not Big Sister!"

"She is so pretty. Of course she has to be called Big Sister!"

"Stinky brat!" Another smack fell on Dashan's shoulder. Fu Yunruo almost stepped forward to stop the mother, but Dashan himself didn't seem bothered in the slightest. The boy curled his lips and looked at the gentle and beautiful big sister with a grin: "Then Mom, can you give me to Big Sister Ruoruo to be her son?"

In any case, he still wanted to have a beautiful younger brother. The one at his home was dirty all day and only knew to cry. How could the kid be compared with the cute Wenwen?

"I think you need a beating!"

"…"

After making sure that Fu Yunruo really wasn't angry at Dashan's stupid action, the woman pulled her eldest son's ear and dragged him to leave, disregarding the boy's protest.

After sending off the mother and son, Fu Yunruo returned to her house and immediately saw the depressed Wenwen. Like a deflated little ball, the boy was crouching his chubby body on the corner of the room.

…no, no. She must not laugh.

Fu Yunruo tried her best to make a sympathetic expression as she approached the child. "Well, Wenwen, don't be upset anymore. Brother Dashan has apologized to Wenwen. Wenwen will forgive Brother Dashan, right?" Fu Yunruo squatted in front of the fat dumpling and gave him a hug: "Our Wenwen is the best."

Wenwen fell into a depressed mood. He buried himself into his mother's arms, his small body twisted awkwardly in shame.

He lost a big face today! How shameful!

He, the village's dignified children boss, was snatched away by the enemy. How would he raise his head in front of his charge after this?

Seeing Wenwen's languid expression made Fu Yunruo remembered the whole story of today's event. She couldn't hold back anymore and burst into laughter.

Wenwen suddenly looked up. His eyes were full of condemnation.

"Pfft! Sorry, Baobao. Mom doesn't mean it."

Wenwen complained in grief and anger: "How can you hurt my tender young heart, Mom?" He was already hurt enough, but Mom still laughed at him!

Fu Yunruo quickly put back a straight expression and sincerely admitted her mistake: "Mom is wrong. Mom shouldn't laugh. Baobao, forgive Mom, okay?"

"Humph!" Wenwen snorted loudly. After being coaxed for a while, he reluctantly forgave his mother.

Seeing the child's tsundere attitude, Fu Yunruo almost burst into laughter again.

Fu Yunruo didn't expect that children playing around would develop in such a dramatic way. She was chatting with Auntie Mei and other neighbors when several children ran to her in panic and reported with a cry that Wenwen had been taken away. Fu Yunruo immediately thought of the worst. Thinking that her son had been kidnapped by a trafficker, she almost fainted right there.

This village was located in a semi-enclosed area, and the residents here were related to each other in some way or another. When children were playing, all villagers would help to keep an eye on them regardless of whose children they were. If someone saw a stranger around, all villagers would soon be notified. Therefore, Fu Yunruo never felt wary of letting Wenwen run around the village with her playmates. Wherever they went, adults were looking after them, which was much safer compared with the big cities.

Wenwen had grown up and should play with children of the same age. However, the flower garden was relatively deserted. Fu Yunruo stayed all day long taking care of two people and orchids and was not familiar with the people in the village where the garden was located. Moreover, the flower garden stored many precious orchids and didn't easily let outsiders enter, especially young children of their naughtiest age. Never underestimate the destructive power of young children. They were the most curious creatures who wreaked havoc on anything they saw and could touch. For this reason, Fu Yunruo took Wenwen back to the village for one or two nights every weekend and let him play freely with his little friends.

As a result, her Wenwen was kidnapped?

Fortunately, under the adults' questioning, the children quickly explained the whole sequence of the event.

It turned out to be a misunderstanding.

Fortunately, it was a misunderstanding. Otherwise, the group of aunties was ready to dispatch the whole villagers to chase the trafficker with hoes and sickles.

Fu Yunruo went to the neighboring village with Auntie Mei to take Wenwen back.

No wonder the children couldn't snatch Wenwen back. Dashan, the boy who 'stole' Wenwen, ran home and shut the door tight. Wenwen's friends couldn't get in and finally cry outside the door.

Meanwhile, Wenwen and Dashan kept staring at each other inside the house.

Fu Yunruo really didn't know whether to get angry or to laugh.

After returning, Wenwen seemed to have been hit hard and kept squatting in the corner of the room. If this was an animation world, layers of dark clouds definitely hung above his head. Even when Dashan's mother came dragging her son to apologize, Wenwen hid in the house and refused to go out.

"Brother Dashan likes Wenwen very much and wants Wenwen to be his younger brother. However, Mom won't send Wenwen out. After all, Mom loves Wenwen the most…"

"Mom's baby is so popular. Who made you look so cute? You are also clever and resourceful, so other children regard you as their boss. Wenwen is really amazing!"

Wenwen was comforted by his mother's endless blow of rainbow farts, and his depressed mood finally dissipated.

Mom is right. Who makes him so popular and cute?

Alas, popularity indeed comes with a price. At such a young age, he has endured trouble far beyond his age!

In order to help Wenwen completely let go of today's incident, Fu Yunruo hurriedly thought of a way to divert the child's attention. In the evening, she took Wenwen to the village meeting to listen to gossips.

As the village head, Uncle Mei presided over the meeting. The wide and open area was crowded with both adults and children, who brought various stools and benches from their homes. The villagers wore simple short-sleeved shirts, which was pretty cool for the current season. Fanning themselves with large palm-leaf fans and sitting on low stools or benches, they listened to Uncle Mei's announcement.

The content of today's meeting was to explain the rules that the villagers had to abide by when the TV station came to record the show. For example, during the shooting, the villagers were not allowed to go and disturb the shooting process, and they also had to restrain the children from doing mischief and damage.

There was a total of five densely printed papers full of detailed requirements to the village and villagers.

"Oh, then we can also appear on TV?" One villager commented.

"The show wants to show the real and natural village life, so just do whatever we do as usual. Just remember one thing: you cannot disturb the crew and the stars."

The TV station rented one house each in four neighboring villages so the stars could live with the locals. One of the villages was their Shanghe Village. After discussing with the representative from the TV station, they decided to rent Uncle Mei's house, and the couple would host several stars during this period.

The villagers have no objection. In a small village, the village head had the highest prestige. Moreover, villagers were related to each other. If such a good opportunity fell into one of them, others would definitely feel unwilling, and conflict would arise out of jealousy.

"Most importantly, after the TV crew comes, there will be many strangers here. Keep tight eyes on the children and do not let them wander around." After explaining the do's and don'ts to the villagers and made sure that everyone kept it in mind, Uncle Mei adjourned the meeting.

Auntie Mei was a bit flustered, and she pulled Fu Yunruo's arm in excitement: "Oh, I don't know if I can get along with big stars. What if they take shots of my bad appearance?"

Fu Yunruo calmed her down: "It's okay, Auntie Mei. Don't worry. Just behave as you usually do and treat them as your nephews who come to visit relatives."

"Yeah."

When Fu Yunruo walked back home, her mind wandering. Did every variety show had so much preparation behind the stage?

However, none of this mattered to her. Because she and Wenwen would have been back in the flower garden by then!

Early the next morning, Fu Yunruo was picking vegetables in the yard when she suddenly noticed the movement outside the fence. She opened the gate and saw a boy squatted on the ground, throwing stones in boredom.

"Dashan?"

Hearing the voice, the boy quickly stood up. He glanced around before smiling suspiciously: "Big Sister Ruoruo."

Fu Yunruo smiled back, "Are you coming to play with Wenwen?"

Dashan scratched the back of his head, then reached out his hand, "Big Sister Ruoruo, give me your hand."

Fu Yunruo held out her hand in confusion.

Dashan placed something on Fu Yunruo's palm, then turned and ran away quickly. As he ran, his voice rang loudly— "For younger brother!"

Fu Yunruo lowered her head and saw six candies wrapped in brightly colored paper on her palm. When she looked up again, the boy had run out of her sight. Since this was a gift of apology for Wenwen, she decided to let Wenwen handled it himself.

So Fu Yunruo returned into the house, gave the candies to Wenwen, and told him the origin of the candies.

Wenwen took the candies, thinking to himself: Alright, since he doubled the candies he took and returned to apologize, they were now considered to be acquaintances.

Wenwen carefully put the candies into his pocket and ran to find Zhuangzhuang.

Because the candies had returned, he finally regained his dignity as a little boss!

…

'Different Life' was a variety show produced by Star TV. The content of the show was to show people with different jobs and different lives. Each season would focus on a certain theme, giving the audience a glimpse of life experiences different from their own, complete with the hardships of each profession. The casts would assume the roles of related professions and showed the reality of different lives, spiced with tasks and drama provided by the production team.

In the beginning, the show only recruited second and third-tier stars as their permanent casts. Unexpectedly, The audience liked the concept of the show, and the pilot season became popular. Thanks to the show, the six original casts also became famous and were constantly growing in popularity.

However, no matter how prosperous a show was, it would eventually meet a bottleneck, and 'Different Life' had reached this stage. In response, the team behind the show decided to grit their teeth and spent a huge budget to invite two ultra high-ranking special guests, and also cooperated with the livestreaming platform Panda Life. This season, the show would be presented in the form of a livestream and strived to achieve the most natural and realistic portrayal.

When the show started, six permanent casts made their opening. After some light conversation and a lot of jokes as the warm-up, the first special guest was called out.

When the show started, six permanent casts made their opening. After some light conversation and a lot of joke as the warm up, the first special guest was called out.

On the lens' focal points, a beautiful and fair-skinned young woman in a white dress walked over. The gentle breeze swayed the hem of her dress, like a fairy descending to the earth.

The comment area instantly exploded, and countless audience commented in full excitement—

[Aaaah! Goddess!]

[A true fairy descends on earth!]

The casts were equally surprised and excited.

"It's Fang Xueruo!" He Daosheng clutched his chest. "Ah, my goddess! My heart almost jumps out!"

Hua Caicai suddenly said from the side: "If your heart really jumps out, you will die."

He Daosheng: "…Cai, even if you don't speak, no one will think that you are dumb."

Hua Caicai waved her hand: "Whether I say it or not, the fact is still the fact."

He Daosheng rolled his eyes.

The comment area exploded into laughter.

"There is a beauty coming from heaven…" Ouyang Xingheng seemed to be struck by a poetic mood and began to praise the beauty.

Hua Caicai was about to speak again, but Ouyang Xingheng's eyes were keener. He quickly clasped Hua Caicai's shoulder with one hand and covered her mouth with another hand. As if a poet was possessing his body, he continued to say: "Eyes like a glitter of gems, eyebrows like distant mountain…"

Hua Caicai: "…"

The audience laughed again.

Fang Xueruo smiled sweetly. She walked forward, greeting the casts and the livestream audience in a friendly manner.

Not far away, a black modified RV was parking at the intersection. In the car, Yuan Xin warned with some worry: "This show is broadcasted live, so remember to hide your dog temper."

The window of the black RV was half lowered. Seeing the appearance of the female guest, Si Yue frowned in displeasure. He lifted his lips and sighed: "Do you want me to relax or make me disgusted?"

Yuan Xin saw the female guest, and he too was startled, "In the info I received, the female special guest invited is not her." It should be Xia Wanning, with whom Si Yue had worked together before.

Had Yuan Xin known Fang Xueruo would be here, he wouldn't accept this variety show for Si Yue. Although this woman was very popular in the circle and basically had no bad gossips or scandals, Si Yue simply disliked her. Yuan Xin also conducted some investigation and knew that this woman was not as pure as she looked on the surface. Coupled with the hostile rivalry between their respective company, they always stayed away from her.

In other word, the show crew changed the female guest at the last moment without notifying them beforehand.

Yuan Xin frowned. He had never thought that Fang Xueruo would also come to this show, "It's my negligent." They had arrived at the scene, and critique would fall on Si Yue if they turned around now, especially because the show was streamed live.

Yuan Xin contacted the production team to inquire about the situation. The explanation given by the director was that the female guest they originally were going to invite couldn't come because of some issues. The crew therefore had no choice but to contact Fang Xueruo to fill the special guest slot.

Yuan Xin wasn't being polite: "You change the guest suddenly without informing us. Do your team look down on Movie Emperor Si or our Apple Entertainment?"

Director Peng smiled apologetically: "Of course not. Just, we also received the news very suddenly. The special guest was changed hurriedly this morning, and it was too late to inform you."

Director Peng was also helpless. Movie Empress Fang expressed her wish to join their show as a special guest. How could they refuse? Although the whole industry basically knew that Movie Emperor Si refused to appear on the same stage as Fang Xueruo, she was a star backed by Fu and Chang family. It was clear that they couldn't offend Fang Xueruo more than they couldn't offend Si Yue!

Yuan Xin pressed the director again, but he knew that they could only accept the fact. After all, the contract didn't stipulate who the female special guest was, so the production team didn't violate any clause.

Si Yue's public persona was that of an approachable and humble young actor. Even so, his status in the circle was obviously not low, and he wasn't someone that could be bullied. The production team and director knew this, and that's why their attitude was very cautious.

Of course, Yuan Xin decided to never do any work with this team anymore. Just because Si Yue seemed to have no background or backing, he had to swallow this mistreatment? The leader of this production team must be blind. They couldn't even see whom they couldn't afford to offend the most. Anyway, Yuan Xin had given his warning. If the team was still being stupid and dared to touch Si Yue's bottom line to blindly raise the rating or to kiss Fang Xueruo's stinky feet, then they only had themselves to blame for the aftermath.

When Yuan Xin was busy threatening the director, Si Yue made his appearance on the camera.

When Si Yue appeared, he proved the extent of his popularity, and the server used to broadcast the livestream almost collapsed by the sudden surge of viewers.

The casts were no less excited. They never expected that the production team would be able to invite such a big figure. As everyone knew, Si Yue was always low-key and rarely participated in variety shows. But as long as he appeared in one, the show's popularity was guaranteed to explode!

Sure enough, the number of people watching the livestream instantly surpassed the historical peak and still rising upward.

Hua Caicai no longer cared about her image and screamed like a fangirl.

"It's Si Yue! Ah, ah, aaaah!"

"I'm not hallucinating, right? It's really him?!"

Other casts also turned into instant fans. They were all extremely surprised. This season, the production team was very mysterious and didn't reveal who the special guests were until the last minute.

With Si Yue joining, their show would definitely take a huge leap forward! For them, there were only advantages and no disadvantages!

"Welcome, welcome. We warmly welcome you!" The six casts raised their hands in a tacit understanding and waved non-existent ribbons.

As if he was walking on the runway, Si Yue walked gracefully with his long legs, gathering everyone's eyes on him. Once he arrived, his lips curled into a friendly smile as he greeted: "Hello everyone."

'Different Life' was one of the hottest variety shows in recent years, and now its latest season had two big stars joining, which transformed the show into one of the most popular variety shows of this year. The theme for this season was 'Return to Earth,' which focused on the casts and guests on leisure vacation and doing simple tasks. The reason was that the permanent casts had worked hard after shooting so many episodes, so this season was prepared to let them relax a bit.

Of course, that was the official statement. As everyone knew, the production team definitely wouldn't make the show too easy and boring.

After the permanent casts and special guests officially met and exchanged greetings, they boarded the car prepared by the crew and headed to their destination. Five cars of the same model lined up in a row and drove in the same direction, followed by several prop vans, which was quite a spectacular scene.

Two stars were appointed on each car. Si Yue sat with He Ling, the older brother figure among the show's permanent casts. Although He Ling was not as famous as Si Yue, he was also a veteran in the entertainment circle. After seeing Si Yue's approachable attitude, he also relaxed his manner and chatted leisurely.

There were six permanent casts in the show, and two special guests were invited to record the show for half a month in each session. The oldest of the permanent casts, He Ling, was a veteran actor. Forty-eight this year, he was the elegant, mature, and steady eldest brother.

The second child, Ouyang Xingheng, was responsible for being the IQ in the group. He had fine senses of humor and liked to make jokes with a serious face. Today he rode in the same car as the fourth child Xin Xu who assumed the role of the group's cute fool.

The road was long, and the two bored people in the car began to exchange dry jokes to see who could make the other laugh first. None of them had laughed, but the audience broke into laughter.

The third child, He Daosheng, was an entertainer who debuted in the livestreaming industry. He sat with Weng Huaibei, the fifth child who had a straightforward personality. They had endless topics to chat about.

The sixth and youngest child was Hua Caicai, who was also the only girl in the group. She thus was seated in the same car as the female special guest Fang Xueruo. Fang Xueruo originally chatted with Hua Caicai; as a result, she was always cornered speechless by Hua Caicai, who seemed to be the true embodiment of a bickering contrarian1.

Fang Xueruo's fans, called 'snowballs,'4 were also watching the livestream. They all loved her wonderful remarks against other casts. Seeing Fang Xueruo's fans attacked their idols, the rainbows immediately launched a counterattack.

Although Huo Caicai's fans were fewer in numbers than Fang Xueruo's fans, they all loved their idol. Each fan seemed to be a talented disciple who inherited Hua Caicai's sharp tongue. Although they lost in number, their momentum didn't lose to Fang Xueruo's fans.

In the end, due to the bumpy road, Fang Xueruo seemed to be uncomfortable and stopped talking under the reason of motion sickness. The snowballs covered the comment area, expressing their distress, but they were no longer so aggressive.

In the beginning, the production team and casts gathered in the county town. But after driving for five or six hours, the cars ran along section after section of mountain roads.

Weng Huaibei looked at the increasingly deserted mountainous roads and said with worry: "Are the crew trying to sell us?"

He Daosheng calmly said: "Why are you afraid of? Even if they want to sell people, they will sell Brother Yue first."

Weng Huaibei nodded earnestly: "Makes sense."

After a long journey, they arrived at a tiny town that clearly hadn't been baptized by industrial changes. The streets and buildings in the town looked dull and old, without any glamor one could find in big cities. However, the town was quite lively, with stalls on both sides of the road, open shops, and busy passersby.

The locals had simple and honest appearances. They all looked over with curiosity upon seeing the arrival of the group of strangers that clearly looked out of place here. The locals didn't get closer. Instead, they stopped and watched from afar, curiously talking: "Are those the big stars?"

"Oh, that young man looks so energetic!"

"I know him. He is the Genghis Khan on the TV!"

At first glance, it seemed that the people on the streets mainly were either elderly or children. There were not many young people. Older people didn't pay attention to popular stars, and most of them didn't like watching idol dramas popular among teenagers and young adults. At their age, they either watched classical war drama, serious history, or similar genres.

Moreover, they only remembered the actors' roles on the TV and didn't care about the real people. The only person they had an impression of was Si Yue, who starred in a historical drama as Genghis Khan. Others, the locals were not familiar. They vaguely remembered seeing a few faces in the commercial, but they couldn't recall the names.

But some young teenagers screamed in excitement when they saw these famous stars.

Soon one of the crew came over with a lottery box. The production team had prepared four villages for the casts to stay in during the shooting period. Each village would host two stars, and the teams were decided by lottery.

The casts were wary about any 'surprise' the production team might prepare for them. Unexpectedly, the course of the event was pretty normal until this point, with no nasty surprise coming to greet them. Some casts couldn't help thinking: So kind? Did the production team really want to let them come to the countryside for vacation?

Ladies first, so they let the special guest Fang Xueruo draw the first lot, followed by Hua Caicai.

Next was Si Yue, and the others went up in order of seniority to draw the lots.

Everyone got a sealed card with the logo of the show on the envelope.

He Daosheng clasped his hands and prayed piously: "Heaven and earth, please bless me to be on the same team with my goddess!" He closed his eyes and held his breath. After a moment, he slowly opened his left eye and opened the card nervously.

"Xiao'ao Village!" He Daosheng looked at Fang Xueruo expectantly.

The permanent casts all hoped to be teamed with the special guests and opened their cards with high expectations.

Hua Caicai took a look and showed her card, "It seems that heaven didn't hear your prayer."

He Daosheng: "…" The two looked at each other and turned their head away in disgust.

He Ling asked Ouyang Xingheng, "How about you? I got Da'ao Village!"

Ouyang Xinghe replied happily, "What a coincidence, so am I." He joked, "It seems that we are the elderly team."

There were four remaining people who had not opened their cards. In other words, Xin Xu and Wang Huaibei had a two-thirds chance to be in the same team as either Si Yue or Fang Xueruo.

Xin Xu excitedly opened his card first, "Shanghe Village!"

Xin Xu put his hands together and prayed silently: Si Yue! Si Yue! Si Yue!

Fang Xueruo glanced at Si Yue with a smile and joked, "I wonder if I will be in the same team as Brother Yue."

Si Yue smiled indifferently and opened his card, "Shanghe Village."

The card in Si Yue's hand was printed with the word 'Shanghe Village' in bold, followed by 'Mei family's house' and a string of addresses.

"Yeah!" Xin Xu jumped up in joy.

Si Yue pretended to be regretful: "It seems that I don't have this fortune."

Fang Xueruo's smile remained unchanged. She turned at Weng Huaibei, her lips slightly curved up, "I am also very happy to be in the same team as Huaibei."

Weng Huaibei smiled back, "I am also very happy."

Director Peng wiped the sweat on his forehead, pretending to not see Fang Xueruo's meaningful gaze. He couldn't afford to offend neither the Fu family nor the Chang family, but he also couldn't afford to offend Si Yue, who was backed by Apple Entertainment!

Director Peng held a microphone and said: "Since your team and destination have been decided, the next task is to find a way to reach the house where you will stay during this period."

There was one suitcase each for the men and two large suitcases for the two women. It was now summer. The clothes were all light summer clothes. The duration of the recording was half a month. Men could be lightweight, but women had many make-up and skincare products, which doubled their luggage.

Fang Xueruo couldn't carry two suitcases by herself, but Wang Huaibei very gentlemanly helped her holding two suitcases in one hand.

Besides their luggage, they only had 100 yuan of cash in their hands, given by the production team.

"Ah, how do we get to Xiao'ao Village?" He Daosheng muttered, "Should we ask people around?"

After forming the teams, they soon separated and departed to their respective villages.

"Brother Yue, shall we go too?" Xin Xu stood beside Si Yue, still a little nervous talking to his idol.

Si Yue was tall and strong, and it wasn't a problem to carry one suitcase. He looked around: "No hurry. Let's go shopping first."

So Si Yue strolled around the street leisurely.

Xin Xu followed behind, carrying a suitcase, very well-behaved. He looked around the street in curiosity.

Si Yue walked for a while and finally stopped to buy a bag of candy, one bag of bananas, and one bag of apples with his 100 yuan. The prices here were relatively low, but Si Yue bought a suitable amount and finally ended up with only 20 yuan.

Afterward, they inquired about the local mode of transportation and found a rickshaw to drive them to the village.

The middle-aged driver looked curiously at the group of strangers. He was a bit cautious at first, but the spirited young man talked to him in a friendly manner without any arrogance. After a while, the driver let go of his initial cautiousness and had a casual conversation with Si Yue.

At this time, Fang Xueruo and Weng Huaibei team had arrived in Xiahe Village. Fang Xueruo walked along the village road. Seeing the rustic environment, her brows furrowed at the angle unnoticable by the camera. When she turned around, she had returned to her usual smile.

At this time, Fang Xueruo and Weng Huaibei team had arrived in Xiahe Village. Fang Xueruo walked along the village road. Seeing the rustic environment, her brows furrowed at the angle unnoticeable by the camera. When she turned around, she had returned to her usual smile.

Before long, a group of dirty-looking children gathered and stood not far away from Fang Xueruo and Wang Huaibei, looking at them as if looking at exotic monkeys in the zoo. Children in the countryside were rarely restrained. They basically spent most of their free time playing outdoors. During holiday, they might go out clean and neat, and before long, they would have transformed into small mud monkeys. Seeing unknown faces coming to their village, the children were very curious. But adults repeatedly warned them not to go near the strangers, so they just watched from a distance.

Fang Xueruo smiled and said, "It's pretty uncomfortable to be stared at like this. I feel like the animals in the zoo."

Weng Huaibei grinned, "They must be stunned seeing Xueruo's. beauty!"

To be honest, Fang Xueruo's appearance couldn't be considered the most outstanding, especially in the entertainment circle. But she possessed an outstanding aura like a bright moon. Her inner temperament improved her beauty from just 80 points to 99 points.

Fang Xueruo waved her hand modestly, "You flatter me. My appearance is just average."

"You don't believe it? Wait, I'll ask them. Children are very honest." Finished speaking, Weng Huaibei walked to the children. He tried his best to put on a friendly smile and called one of them: "Little guy, come here!"

In response, the children took a step back. They exchanged gazes in silence, then turned their eyes back to the strangers.

When Weng Huaibei saw the children refused to come over, he thought they were wary of strangers, so he didn't force them. Instead, he directly asked: "You guys, do you think that this Big Sister Xueruo is the most beautiful girl you have ever seen?"

The children stared at Fang Xueruo for a long time. Finally, one child raised his voice and answered: "Big Sister Ruoruo is the most beautiful."

Weng Huaibei looked at Fang Xueruo proudly, "Am I right? Children's eyes are very sharp!"

The audience also filled the comment area with various praises about the goddess' beauty.

The corners of Fang Xueruo's lips rose. Being praised always made people feel pleasant.

"She isn't Big Sister Ruoruo!" A small voice retorted.

Weng Huaibei and Fang Xueruo suddenly turned their eyes. The owner of the voice, a little girl, instantly hid behind an older child, timidly showing only a pair of eyes. The boy in front of the little girl also said proudly: "You are not as pretty as Big Sister Ruoruo!"

As if a cue was triggered, other children also chimed in: "Big Sister Ruoruo is the most beautiful girl!"

Fang Xueruo's smile suddenly froze. Comparing a village girl with her? Still with a name that resembled hers?

The comment area exploded into laughter.

[Right, children's eyes are very sharp!]

[Yes, yes. Children are very straightforward!]

[This is the fastest turnabout I have ever seen.]

[What a joke. The most beautiful goddess is actually not as beautiful as a countryside girl.]

There were Fang Xueruo's black fans among the audience, who sent out ridiculing comments. But their momentum was quickly overshadowed by Fang Xueruo's much larger number of fans. Instead, many fans berated the children for knowing nothing about the world, and also mocked the so-called most beautiful village girl.

Weng Huaibei's expression was a bit awkward. He didn't expect these children to be so frank, leaving him no face at all. On top of that, the show was streamed live, which meant this part could not be edited…

The children seemed to feel the awkward atmosphere and suddenly ran away.

Weng Huaibei gave a dry laugh, "Those children are still young…"

Fang Xueruo smiled and said warmly: "It's okay." Then she changed the subject, "Are we almost there?"

"Yes, yes…"

Meanwhile, Si Yue and Xin Xu were still in the rickshaw heading to Shanghe Village.

[Hey, such an undeveloped place still exists nowadays?]

[Looking at them walking through mountains and rivers, it feels like witnessing life in a different world.]

Most of the audience were genuine city folks. Although there were occasional public welfare projects that help children and people in the rural mountainous area, those always felt like a distance away. But now, watching livestream in real-time, they felt as if seeing the place directly with their own eyes. When the casts first arrived in the county town, they thought that the location was already remote enough, but they didn't expect that the real destination was even more remote.

In the comment area, some more knowledgeable people began to share their knowledge. In fact, this area was still not remote enough, and there were many places more remote than this.

It took more than half an hour's journey with a motorized rickshaw from the small town to Shanghe Village. This area was really enclosed by mountain after mountain. They went through several sections of mountain roads. The place where most villages were built was the large flat area between several mountains. Furthermore, there were some villages built on either the mountainside or at the foot of the mountain. Xiao'ao Village, which was one of the show's four destinations, was located on the mountainside.

Some people here had never been out of this place in their entire lives. But most people would venture outside when they were young before finally returned to their hometown in their old age.

"It is much better nowadays. Before the road was built, we must cross the mountains on foot to reach the nearest town. Thanks to the national policy, a direct road was built, and we can travel more conveniently. The time spent on the journey is also shrunk by more than half." The rickshaw driver explained along the way.

Halfway up, a bridge, about 500 meters long, was erected to connect two mountains. Thanks to the bridge, locals no longer needed to climb up and down the mountain. It was a pity that this place was too remote, and the roads were of little use. Outsiders rarely passed here, as well as cars. There were no points of interest here, nor were there any places worth investing. The only gratifying advantage was that its remoteness had protected the area from pollution and environmental destruction. The air was very fresh, and the blowing wind felt comfortable on the face.

The rickshaw driver sent the people to the Shanghe Village entrance and enthusiastically helped to unload the luggage. "Walk along this path for a while, then turn right. The third house is Mei family's house."

"Thank you, brother."

Si Yue paid the fare, took his luggage, and then walked in the direction pointed by the driver.

Xin Xu sighed, "Brother Yue is so good. You can talk so much with the rickshaw uncle. I really don't know what to say." In just such a short amount of time, the driver had become very cordial with Si Yue. If not for the latter insisted on paying the fare, the driver would have waived it.

Si Yue smiled warmly, "You are still young and can learn slowly."

The two walked for a moment before arrived in front of a farmhouse. Xin Xu raised his head and carefully observed the house they were about to live in for the next half a month. He was relieved and also equally surprised: "It looks good!"

After seeing the remoteness of the village, he originally thought that their temporary residence would be relatively bad. Unexpectedly, it was pretty good. A two and half-story building, a sturdy fence, and a large yard that was well maintained and looked both clean and tidy.

"The production team is so kind this time!" Xin Xu was finally willing to believe that the production team really wanted to give them a vacation!

Si Yue said nothing. The yard gate was closed, and Si Yue didn't push it open. Instead, he knocked.

"Come in!" A loud voice came from inside.

Si Yue pushed the gate open, and a kind-looking middle-aged woman walked out of the house. Seeing the two people, her eyes lit up, and she enthusiastically welcomed them: "Oh, you are here! Welcome!"

Si Yue greeted warmly: "Hello, Auntie. I'm Si Yue, just call me A'Yue."

Xin Xu also greeted politely, "Hello, Auntie. My name is Xin Xu. You can call me Xiao Xu."

"A'Yue, Xiao Xu, just call me Auntie Mei." Auntie Mei looked at the two young men and warmly invited them to enter the house: "Don't just stand outside. Go in and take a rest."

Auntie Mei looked at the two guests and smiled with enthusiasm. When she talked with Fu Yunruo that time, she was too nervous. But now she finally faced the stars, Auntie Mei found herself able to stand calmly and completely regarded the two as distant nephews who came for a visit.

"Auntie Mei, this is our little gratitude." Si Yue put two large bags of fruit on the table.

"You come from afar. Why did you still buy fruit for us?" Auntie Mei said so, but the smile on her face became more kind.

Si Yue's attitude was friendly and cordial. "Just a small gesture. After all, we will be under Auntie Mei and Uncle Mei's care for a while."

Auntie Mei smiled brightly. She took the two to the second floor, "Only me and the old man live in this house now, so we use the first floor. If you need something, just call us anytime…this is our son's room. The other two rooms are vacant. You two can live there."

Auntie Mei and her husband only had one son. When they built this house, they didn't build many rooms. The first floor had two rooms, one for the couple's bedroom and one for storage. The second floor had three rooms, which could accommodate their son after he got married and built a family.

It was already late afternoon when Si Yue and Xin Xu arrived at Mei family's house. The couple prepared a sumptuous farm dinner for the guests and let them have a relaxing night.

Just as the casts were preparing to spend their days in leisure, a task card was sent to them…

The nearby villages had become lively because of the arrival of the TV stars and crew. Everyone enthusiastically came to watch and gossip. But after two days, they lost interest. Even big stars also had two eyes, one nose, and one mouth. After a while, there was nothing special in seeing them. Moreover, the stars were very clumsy with housework and farmwork. If these people lived in the countryside, they wouldn't be able to provide for the family. They couldn't even differentiate the crops, which evoked much laughter.

Compared with the hustle and bustle in the villages, the flower garden was as quiet as ever. Fu Yunruo originally wanted to take a look at the stars who participated in the show and see if there were familiar figures. But at this timing, she found mutated signs on the eldest child's bud.

Compared with the hustle and bustle in the villages, the flower garden was as quiet as ever. Fu Yunruo originally wanted to take a look at the stars who participated in the show, to see if there were familiar figures. But at this timing, she found mutated signs on the eldest child's bud.

Because of this reason, Fu Yunruo devoted all her energy to the eldest child. The initial goal of Fu Yunruo when she began to grow orchids on the livestream was to try cultivating a mutated orchid. Although she ended up planting eleventh different varieties at once, she had never given up the idea of inducing mutation and had tried the necessary procedures in their growing process. It was a pity that both the fifth and the seventh didn't mutate even until they were in full bloom. Except for the eldest child, other 'siblings' also showed no signs of mutating.

Fu Yunruo was keenly aware of the slightest changes in her orchids. To be more cautious, she carefully observed the eldest child for three days. After confirming that it had indeed successfully mutated, her body trembled in excitement, and she immediately called Uncle Guo over.

As soon as Uncle Guo walked in, Fu Yunruo said excitedly: "Uncle Guo, can you see if this child has mutated?"

Even though she already had an answer in her mind, Fu Yunruo still wanted Uncle Guo's confirmation.

Uncle Guo observed carefully for a while before he stood up and said with satisfaction: "It has indeed mutated."

Fu Yunruo's face flushed with excitement. She had successfully raised a mutated orchid!

"Take good care of it." Uncle Guo walked out of the flower room with his hands behind his back. However, his steps were lighter than usual. Once he was outside, Uncle Guo impatiently took out his mobile phone to call his rival: "Hey, Old Mo…"

…

Fu Yunruo stayed in the flower room for a while before she came out and looked for her son.

Wearing a cute straw hat, Wenwen was currently busy 'tending to' the vegetable field. This straw hat was specially woven for Wenwen by Uncle Mei. It was very lightweight and had a wide brim that blocked most sunlight, making it very suitable for outdoor work.

Under the straw hat, the child's chubby face flushed, making him looked even more charming and lovely.

If he helped taking care of the orchids, the result would be devastating, so Wenwen thought hard and decided to help taking care of the vegetable field instead. He saw the crops on the field were wilting under the hot sun, and the ground was so dry that it cracked. So Wenwen took a hose, turned on the faucet, and began watering the vegetable field.

The water came out of the hose in a tall shower, pouring over the field. Seeing the water droplets in the air seemed to refract light, Wenwen suddenly wanted to make a rainbow.

So, he tried spraying the shower as tall as possible.

When Fu Yunruo arrived, what she saw was her son playing with the water, and she hurriedly went turn off the faucet.

"Didn't Mom say that you are not allowed to play with the water?" Fu Yunruo squatted in front of Wenwen and lightly smacked his chubby butt. "Naughty little ghost."

Wenwen's eyes widened in grief and indignation, as if he was being wronged: "I'm not playing with the water!"

He shouted: "I'm watering the vegetables!"

Fu Yunruo turned her head and saw the wet, obviously over-watered crops. My God, will these poor things survive?

"Well, Mom's Baobao is really well-behaved. Mom has wronged you. Mom is wrong." Fu Yunruo touched the boy's slightly damped clothes. She picked him up and walked into the bungalow to get him changed. "Mom knows Baobao wants to help. But next time you want to water the vegetables, remember to call Mom, okay?"

Wenwen hugged Fu Yunruo's neck. Well, since you sincerely apologized, I forgive you for spanking me!

After changing Wenwen's clothes, Fu Yunruo happily shared the news about her mutated orchid. Wenwen was equally happy to hear that. Then when his mother said that she would spend more time looking after the orchid, he tilted his head and suddenly thought of something: "So we won't go back to the village?"

"Eh?" Fu Yun was a bit stunned. Thinking that Wenwen hadn't seen his friends for a long time, she guessed that he must be missing them, so she nodded agreeably: "Go back!"

Wenwen said thoughtfully: "Mom, it's okay if you are busy. I can play alone."

When Fu Yunruo heard her son's caring words, she was so moved that she gave him a loving hug: "It's okay. Mom still has time to spend with Mom's baby. Wenwen is the most important to Mom."

At this time, Uncle Guo walked in to hear the mother and son's conversation: "If you are busy, I can send Wenwen back to the village."

Fu Yunruo thought about it for a moment and agreed. With many playmates and elders, Wenwen would be better staying in the village. Uncle Guo could send the child in the morning and picked him up in the afternoon, which wouldn't take too much time.

So the next day, Uncle Guo sent Wenwen back to the village. Wenwen hadn't seen his friends for a while, and his mother was busy during the day, so he readily agreed. Uncle Guo drove Wenwen back to the village in a small electric car. As soon as the car arrived at the entrance of the village, Wenwen saw his playmates. Once the car stopped, he jumped out and ran towards his friends.

"Grandpa, I'm going to play!"

Uncle Guo answered shortly. He had some business to do in the village, so departed to another place.

Wenwen and his friends had a joyful reunion. Zhuangzhuang, Little Shitou, and other children jumped in joy upon seeing Wenwen, and the group quickly resumed their game. Today they were playing hide-and-seek. Wenwen didn't have any new idea for the time being, so he joined the game. Wenwen knew of a perfect hiding place that others couldn't find. Unless he went out by himself, he would never get caught!

Wenwen hurriedly ran with his short legs, avoiding other children. He quickly arrived at his house, then hid under a wooden board behind a nearby haystack. He only needed to estimate the approximate time to come out, and he could continue hiding here next time!

Wenwen was pleased with himself. He was so smart! Every time, other children couldn't find where he was hiding. He was the only one who couldn't be found, and they all looked at him with admiring eyes.

Wenwen waited and waited. Before the time was up, he heard a small noise outside. Wenwen held his breath and subconsciously opened his eyes. Was his secret base being discovered?

The next moment, the plank was lifted, and a low, pleasant chuckle came from above.

"Oh, look at what I find?"

A pair of slender hands stretched down, holding Wenwen's waist and lifted him up easily.

"Whose little cutie is this?"

A handsome face appeared before Wenwen's eyes, and the boy's eyes suddenly widened.

S-Si Yue?!

Si Yue was here to take the dustpan and some firewood. The firewood in the kitchen was almost gone, so he took the initiative to fetch some from the place where the Mei family stored their firewood. On his way back, Si Yue noticed a slight movement near the old house. He thought the crew had put a small animal here to add some spice to the show, so he went to take a look. But it was actually a little cutie?

Si Yue looked at the fat little dumpling in front of him. After making sure that he could accept contacting the little dust on the boy's body, he held him with one hand. This little dumpling was very soft, with a white and tender skin that was very comfortable to the touch. There was a faint scent of milk on his body. He looked very cute and lovely, a far cry from any other local kids he saw these few days.

Si Yue originally thought that he was indifferent to children. Unexpectedly, he found this little guy was quite likable. Was it perhaps because of his recent fondness of the streamer's young son, so he began to have a bit of fondness when seeing other obedient and cute little dumplings?

"Little guy, why are you hiding here?" Si Yue carried the child out of his hiding place while simultaneously motioning the cameraman to avoid shooting his face.

However, the camera had already followed the moment when Si Yue lifted the wooden plank and subsequently took a close-up. On the lens, a cute little boy crouched and looked up with his big round eyes, like a frightened animal. His skin was white and tender, with chubby red cheeks and a beautiful little face. Very cute.

When the child appeared on the screen, the audience suddenly fell silent.

The next moment, a barrage of comments filled the entire screen.

[Aaaaahhh! What a cute little cutie!]

[Whose baby is this, aaah!]

[Help! I'm suffocated by cuteness overload!]

[Me too, me too!]

[Me three, me three!]

[Mr. Cameraman, quickly take more shoot! I want to watch the little cutie again!]

This bolded red comment quickly drew a chorus of supports. Si Yue's fans rebelled. They clamored and demanded to see more of the little cutie. As for Si Yue? Who was that? They didn't care!

Wenwen didn't know the situation in the livestream channel. He sat in Si Yue's arms, so nervous that his body totally stiffened. Hearing Si Yue's question, the boy stammered to answer: "Pla-playing hide and seek."

The trembling milky voice of a tender little child rang in the livestream channel and reached the audience's ears, who instantly screamed from the cuteness attack. They sent a barrage of comments, telling Si Yue to be gentle to the little cutie. Don't you dare to scare him!

"Oh, playing hide and seek." Si Yue held the child in one hand and the dustpan in the other while keeping the firewood steady on his back. After walking just a while, Si Yue met a group of little children looking over and trying to move closer to him. Their gazes were all on the little dumpling in his hand, as if they were eager to snatch him back. Si Yue put the little dumpling down and stroked his head gently: "Next time you play hide and seek again, remember to hide with your friends, okay?"

Such a small child hid in a place that was hard to find. What if something happened to him?

Finished speaking, Si Yue got up and returned to Mei family house with the dustpan and firewood.

Wenwen dazedly touched the head that had just been patted by Si Yue. Looking at the tall departing figure, he blushed.

Si, Si Yue actually patted his head!

Wenwen's little heart was fluttering wildly. Did Si Yue come here to record the variety show?

When he joined the entertainment industry in his previous life, Si Yue had already retired and never appeared again in front of the public. Although he was unscrupulous in his effort to become popular in his previous life, Si Yue had always been the existence he looked up to. He regarded Si Yue as his idol and hoped to achieve the same achievements in his career.

Fu Wen spent many years at the bottom before finally getting a chance to play as the second male lead in a drama. The drama became popular, and his role was also likable. He thought that he finally got the momentum he needed, but as a result, he was suppressed because he blocked someone else's road. Later, someone compiled the roles he had played and commented that his acting was somewhat similar to Si Yue.

The agency company that Fu Wen joined was not a big player in the industry, nor was he well-known at that time. Fu Wen also had no background nor technical foundations, and the company didn't arrange any training for him. In order to hone his acting skill, he especially learned from Si Yue's movies. All the roles Si Yue played in the past, he had watched and researched thoroughly.

Maybe all those studies affected Fu Wen too deeply, so much that he unconsciously brought out Si Yue's shadow when he was acting, which was then noticed by fans.

This gave Fu Wen's agent an idea, who suggested that Fu Wen marketed himself in this direction. At the time, Fu Wen was too eager to get ahead. Under his agent's persuasion, he deliberately imitated Si Yue's attitude and acting style and gained the title of 'Little Si Yue.'

Negative popularity was still popularity. Although his action attracted countless ridicules, Fu Wen indeed gained enough momentum, leading to several offers of drama roles that gave him a successful turnover and finally made him a name as an actor.

Fu Wen himself had a real talent in actings. After he began deliberately imitated Si Yue, he developed a temperament and aura similar to the latter. Although most of Si Yue's fans scolded him for being shameless, Fu Wen never cared. What he wanted was fame. He wanted to climb to the top so that he would never be bullied again.

After Fu Wen got the title of Movie Emperor, he also got rid of the 'Little Si Yue' nickname. And this period then became his only real black history. In Fu Wen's previous life, he had always been ridden with controversies. Even his fans were divided into two extremes: fans who loved him to death and anti-fans who hated him to death.

Yet, he didn't care at all.

But now, facing the real Si Yue, Wenwen suddenly reminded of a problem that he deliberately refused to think about in his previous life.

—What kind of impression did the Si Yue in the previous life have about the person who took advantage of his fame? Did he look down on him, or did he simply pay no attention at all?

Wenwen's mind went even further. Si Yue wouldn't possibly hate him, right?

No, he shouldn't take it so seriously, right?

Wenwen remembered that he exchanged a few words with Si Yue's former agent at a banquet in his previous life. At that time, Mr. Yuan had already retreated to the rear line and become one of the major shareholders of Apple Entertainment, no longer managing an artist.

And that Mr. Yuan was actually kind to Fu Wen, who was still marketing himself as Little Si Yue at that time. Therefore, Si Yue himself also shouldn't mind, right?

But changed to himself, if someone suddenly came out and used his name to gain popularity, he would probably feel repulsive…

Wenwen's hands subconsciously gripped the hem of his clothes.

After Si Yue and his cameraman left, the children rushed to surround Wenwen, clamoring loudly.

"Wenwen, you were taken so high by Uncle Yue! We thought we couldn't snatch you back."

"Wenwen, why are you with Uncle Yue?"

Wenwen was still immersed in gloomy thoughts, but he was interrupted by his friends' loud questioning. Facing the children's curiosity, he simply replied: "He found me."

"Wow! Uncle Yue is amazing!" Diandian clapped her hands: "We never find Wenwen."

"Yeah! Every time we play hide and seek, none of us can find where Wenwen is hiding! Uncle Yue is amazing!"

After a round of amazement, the children finally noticed Wenwen's untypical silence and hurriedly asked: "Wenwen, what's wrong with you?"

Little Shitou asked with concern, "Did you mistaken Uncle Yue as a bad person and was frightened?"

"Don't be afraid. Uncle Yue is a good person! He is a big star!"

Diandian patted Wenwen's back solemnly, mimicking an adult calming a child: "Wenwen, don't be afraid. Uncle Yue is very nice. He gave us sweets."

"Yes!"

"I'm fine." Wenwen pretended to be okay. Still, he couldn't get rid of his thought.

The children were simple. Hearing Wenwen said so, they really thought that he was fine and resumed the next round of hide and seek. The child who became the seeker covered his eyes and began shouting: "1,2,…" Other children immediately broke up into various directions, including Wenwen, who ran with his short legs.

Wenwen originally wanted to go to the usual hiding place he just used, but his footsteps suddenly halted, and he changed direction to Mei family's house. The boy remembered that the stars who came to this village for the variety show lived in Grandma Mei's house, and decided to go there instead. On the way, he passed by some adults who warmly asked where he was going.

Wenwen replied with his tender voice: "I'm going to Grandma Mei's house!"

When Wenwen reached the door of Mei family's house, he stopped in hesitation, not daring to open the gate and come in. The boy lingered outside the fence for a long time before he finally gathered his courage and quietly pushed open the gate. The gate opened slightly with a screech as he looked inside through the gap. Wenwen's eyes moved left to right, but there was not much he could see in such a small gap. He was hesitating again when the gate was suddenly pulled open. Caught off guard, Wenwen lost his balance and tumbled forward.

As his body fell, Wenwen reflexively waved his hands around, trying to catch on to something. When his hand hit a hard and somewhat soft pillar, he subconsciously grasped and hugged it with both hands.

How dangerous. He almost fell headfirst, ah!

Feeling the pillar he was hugging moved up, Wenwen subconsciously tightened his grip. When his body was lifted and his two short feet began to dangle in the air, he quickly wrapped his feet around the 'pillar.'

[Aaaah! This must be the best posture for hugging thighs√]1

[I also want a baby this cute as my leg pendant!]2

[Looking at this scene, I don't know who to envy…]

Si Yue had noticed the little dumpling's arrival very early. When his big round eyes were peering into the courtyard from the small gap, Si Yue opened the gate. The little dumpling who was caught off guard lost his balance and fell over. After flapping around like a duck, his little hands quickly took hold of Si Yue's pants.

Si Yue could have evaded, but for some reason, he stood still and let the child grabbed his pants. But when he felt his pants were about to be pulled down, he got a hold of it to not get stripped naked.

Feeling the simultaneous soft touch and heavy weight on his foot, he lifted his leg and shook it: "How long can you hold on?"

Wenwen looked up and met Si Yue's eyes, who was looking down at him. His chubby face immediately turned red.

Wenwen quickly let go of Si Yue's leg, put down his hands and feet, and took a few steps back. "I-I'm sorry!" He apologized in panic.

Wenwen secretly raised his eyes and took a glance at Si Yue, then quickly lowered his eyes again and stared at the ground, feeling extremely embarrassed.

Si Yue raised his eyebrows and squatted down. "Little guy, come here."

Wenwen looked up at Si Yue in hesitation, still didn't dare to step forward.

"Are you afraid of me?"

Wenwen quickly shook his head. He was not afraid! However, whenever he faced Si Yue, Wenwen always felt awkward and guilty.

Si Yue said again: "Come here."

Wenwen took a tiny step forward, but Si Yue suddenly held him on his armpits, stood up, and lifted him off the ground.

"Ah!"

Wenwen felt his body was lifted into the air. His line of sight quickly went up and up again. He was now higher than Si Yue! Wenwen looked around with wide eyes. His two chubby feet kicked around a few times before he finally looked at Si Yue quietly.

At this time, Auntie Mei walked out of the house. Seeing Wenwen, her face bloomed into a smile: "Wenwen, you are back!" She quickly walked to Wenwen: "Your Mom just called me, and I am about to go out to look for you."

When Fu Yunruo called to inform that Wenwen went back to the village to play, Auntie Mei happily promised to look after the boy.

Hearing the word 'Mom,' Wenwen immediately asked: "What did Mom say?"

"To let you have a meal at noon, and then take a nap after eating." Auntie Mei smiled and passed Fu Yunruo's instruction. "Grandma cooked your favorite meat omelet."

Wenwen's eyes immediately lit up. He said cutely: "Thank you, Grandma!"

Seeing that Auntie Mei knew the boy, Si Yue moved him into his arm.

Xin Xu, who was in the kitchen, heard people talking from the yard and came out curiously. Seeing the cute little dumpling in Si Yue's arm, he immediately became ecstatic: "Brother Yue, where did you kidnap this child from?"

Xin Xu walked towards Si Yue. His eyes were fixed on the little guy. Seeing the chubby little cheeks that seemed to be really nice to pinch, his fingers itchingly made a swift move.

But Si Yue was faster. He blocked Xin Xu's hand and said solemnly: "You cannot casually touch a child's face."

Is that so? Xin Xu retracted his hand in disappointment: "I see…"

Wenwen also looked at Xin Xu. There was a bit of curiosity in his eyes. He knew Xin Xu, and had even sung one of his classic hit songs when participating in a show.

—Another advantage of returning to the past was to meet the legendary stars who had already retired or passed their era after he grew up.

"Auntie, I'll take Wenwen to buy soy sauce."

Seeing that Wenwen did not reject Si Yue and even looked at the man with shining eyes, Auntie Mei knew that he really liked Si Yue, so she readily agreed: "Okay!"

Si Yue put Wenwen onto his shoulders and walked out of the yard.

Wenwen held Si Yue's shoulder with one hand and looked around curiously. It was his first time sitting on an adult's shoulders, but he felt very safe. Si Yue's grip was so steady that he didn't have the slightest worry about falling off. It was also Wenwen's first time seeing the scenery from such a high angle. Although his mother often hugged him, she was a weak woman and couldn't carry him on her shoulders. The village, which Wenwen had long been very familiar with, suddenly became very novel from a new perspective.

He suddenly had a subtle feeling: is this how having a father feels like?

But Wenwen threw away this thought as quickly as it came. There was no need for a third person in their family. Just him and his mother were enough. He definitely didn't need that scumbag man!

Wenwen lowered his eyes at Si Yue's side face. He pursed his lips and whispered: "I'm sorry…"

Si Yue turned his head and glanced at the little guy. Seeing the anxiety in the boy's eyes, he smiled softly, "It's okay."

Si Yue thought Wenwen was apologizing for accidentally bumping into him. He didn't know that the little guy was referring to another thing. Facing Wenwen's apology, Si Yue was impressed at the child's sensibility despite his young age.

"Then, are we friends now?" There was an expectation in Wenwen's voice that he didn't even notice.

"Then, are we friends now?" There was an expectation in Wenwen's voice that he didn't even notice. He was very nervous. If he could become a friend with his great idol, his life would be even more perfect!

In this life, he would never do bad things anymore and would definitely be an upright person! He wanted to become his mother's pride!

Si Yue asked back, "Do you want to be a friend with me?"

Wenwen nodded seriously: "Yes!"

But Wenwen had forgotten one thing. At this time, he was still a little dumpling who was less than four years old. When he solemnly said that he wanted to become friends with Si Yue, he evoked laughter from the audience.

Of course, it was because the one who proposed to make friends with Si Yue was a cute little dumpling. Changed into an adult, Si Yue's fans probably would have scolded him for shamelessly trying to latch on their idol's popularity!

However, the current situation was—

[Ah, ah, ah! I want to make friends with our little cutie too!]

[Me too, me too, me too!]

[Of course you can, darling! If Brother Yue dares to refuse you, we will scold him!]

There was a hint of laughter in Si Yue's voice as he nodded: "Okay."

Wenwen instantly broke into a wide smile. After drunken in happiness, he thought he should be more restrained in front of his idol and couldn't show his emotion too much, so he tried to put on a serious face again. However, despite his best effort, Wenwen couldn't help himself. He covered his grin with both hands. His eyes were bent into a crescent shape, and his feet kicked around joyfully.

Wenwen thought proudly: He and his idol are now friends!

When Si Yue and Wenwen passed by the village road, they met Wenwen's playmates, who ran to ask if he was still playing hide and seek.

Wenwen yelled: "Not playing. I'm going back to eat!"

Hearing this, other children also stopped playing and went home to eat lunch. After having their meal, they could play with Wenwen again in the afternoon.

Two figures, one tall and one short, soon arrived at the village's small shop. Wenwen sweetly greeted the shopkeeper, Second Grandpa Mei, who often gave him free snacks.

Second Grandpa Mei laughed. He took a milk candy and stuffed it into Wenwen's pants pocket.

Si Yue bought a bottle of soy sauce. On their way back, Wenwen refused to be carried again. Although he liked being carried so high, he believed in equality in friendship. How could he let his friend carry him all the way?

So he solemnly refused.

Not only that, but Wenwen also offered to help to carry the soy sauce. In his opinion, Si Yue and a soy sauce bottle were a mismatch combination, so he decided to take the burden on his idol's behalf!

Si Yue looked at Wenwen's small body, then put the soy sauce bottle on the ground.

Wenwen tried to lift it with a single hand…and failed.

The boy was surprised. Was soy sauce so heavy? A glass bottle full of soy sauce was only one kilogram in weight! He tried again, this time with both hands, and finally managed to pick the bottle up.

Wenwen walked two steps, but his body was too unbalanced that he walked stumblingly. Si Yue was squatting on the side, propping his chin in amusement as he watched his new friend, walking like a little penguin with a soy sauce bottle in his hand. In the end, Si Yue couldn't hold back and reached out to poke the little guy.

The shaky little body suddenly lost its balance and fell butt-first.

Still holding the soy sauce bottle, Wenwen sat on the ground, dazed and dumbfounded.

The livestream audience broke into laughter. They condemned Si Yue for being a bully and teasing such a little child. Couldn't he see how the child was trying his best?

Si Yue also laughed. This kid was very funny. He often showed maturity beyond his age, but sometimes, he totally looked like a child.

In the end, Si Yue carried both Wenwen and the soy sauce to Mei family's house. All the way, Wenwen nestled in Si Yue's arms and blushed like a monkey butt, feeling that he had lost too much face in front of his idol.

The cameramen took a break during lunch, and the livestream broadcast was paused, so both Si Yue and Xin Xu were more casual. Xin Xu ate his meal and complained: "The production team is too evil. I am about to collapse by their tasks." Because they were recording a variety show, the casts not only needed to complete the task assigned but also had to improvise some humor when doing it. It wasn't easy to do tasks in an exaggerated manner and also be careful not to make any offensive remarks.

Generally speaking, a variety show was never easy. Especially because this was in the countryside. The casts and guests were genuine city folks who had never touched farm work or raised poultry. As a result, they were beaten both physically and mentally every day.

Wenwen was eating the meat omelet delishly while propping his ears to listen to the gossip. He agreed with Xin Xu. Indeed, a variety show usually involved physical work, which made it very tiring. In Wenwen's previous life, every time he went back from a variety show, he would collapse in exhaustion, too tired to even move a finger.

Auntie Mei did not forget to put some vegetables into Wenwen's bowl: "Wenwen, you cannot just eat meat. Eat some veggies."

Wenwen subconsciously wanted to act like a baby with Grandma Mei. Grandma Mei was not as strict as his mother and easily surrendered under his cuteness attack. But he then met Si Yue's eyes, and the chopsticks that were about to be put down were taken back into his mouth. He bit the green vegetable and chewed it a few times. After swallowing, the boy said solemnly: "I'm actually not a picky eater."

Well, he couldn't let his idol think that he was a picky eater.

"I see." Si Yue nodded with equal solemness. He picked up dishes with the public chopsticks and quickly filled Wenwen's small bowl with vegetables: "Eat more."

Xin Xu snorted, then covered his mouth to stifle his laugh.

Wenwen: "…" Why did he suddenly suspect that his idol was deliberate? No, it must be just his feeling!

After lunch, Si Yue and Xin Xu walked to the yard and chatted. After a few days of living together, Xin Xu was now getting along very naturally with Si Yue. Wenwen also went to the yard, taking a walk to help digestion while keeping his ears to the two stars' conversation.

After half an hour, Auntie Mei went out to fetch Wenwen and brought him to take a nap. Wenwen's resting time was very regulated. Half an hour after lunch every day, he must take a nap. Auntie Mei naturally couldn't feel assured letting Wenwen go back to the rental house alone, so she let him take his nap here. Wenwen regarded himself as an adult and wanted to sleep alone, so he took a nap in Auntie Mei's son's room.

Wenwen was very familiar with Mei family's house and didn't feel uneasy at all. Although he was still nervous knowing his idol was right downstairs, his punctual biological clock quickly put him to sleep.

When Wenwen woke up from his nap, the room was quiet. After rubbing his eyes, he climbed out of bed, opened the door, and went downstairs. Only Auntie Mei was in the yard, with no signs of Si Yue and Xin Xu's figures. Wenwen looked around and asked: "Where is Si…where are Uncle Yue and Uncle Xu?"

Auntie Mei replied with a smile, "They went out to do the show's task."

In the beginning, Auntie Mei was curious about new things and went to watch how a TV station recorded its show. As a result, these stars did what she and her fellow villagers usually did every day. There was nothing interesting in watching them, so she no longer paid attention.

Wenwen knew that he couldn't bother Si Yue and Xin Xu's work. He regretted it a bit, but wasn't in a rush. The show would take half a month to finish, and he still had plenty of time to get closer with Si Yue. So, Wenwen recovered his spirit and went out to play with his friends.

When he had just hopped out of Mei family's yard, Wenwen suddenly froze. He squatted down and covered his head in despair. How could he forget that Si Yue was here to record a show! Did his mind also turn into a real child after being in this body for so long? When he met Si Yue this morning, a big camera and a cameraman followed behind, broadcasting everything live. How could his eyes filtered out such shiningly big equipment and only see the idol?!

Had he also been broadcasted? How much embarrassment did he do? Did the audience ridicule and mocked him?

He even brazenly said that he wanted to make friends with Si Yue…

Such a shamelessness, such a cheekiness. He reckoned Si Yue's fans to react the same as his previous life. They were probably scolding him to hell now, right?

Wenwen's whole body shrank into a little ball. Like an ostrich, he buried his face into his hands and refused to admit that the stupid boy from this morning was him.

At this moment, the children's voices came from outside the gate, calling Wenwen's name loudly.

Wenwen looked up and stood. Forget it. Anyway, he had long been used to be brazen and thick-skinned. Just a bit of scolding wasn't enough to make him feel itchy or painful. What's more, his mother didn't let him using electronic devices too much. The little electronic time he had was not enough to watch tv dramas every day. How did he have time to watch a random variety show?

Out of sight, out of mind. If he didn't watch, then he wouldn't see the audience scolding him.

Anyway, he was still young. When he grew up ten or twenty years later, maybe people would have long forgotten this dark history of his!

After Wenwen figured it out, he jumped and ran out, yelling loudly: "Coming!"

The village children gathered together in no time, very lively and noisy. Not long after, another group of children was running toward them. Dali and Little Shitou looked at them. It was Dashan and his underlings from the neighboring village!

The children thought that Dashan was going to kidnap Wenwen again, so they hurriedly surrounded him with a thick human wall, glaring fiercely at Dashan's group.

Wenwen who was squeezed so tightly that he almost couldn't breathe: "…"

"What do you want to do?" Dali yelled. "Let me warn you, Wenwen is our village's child. You are not allowed to take him away!"

"Go away!" Diandian waved her little fist and glared fiercely.

"I'm not going to take Wenwen away," Dashan said. He tried to look at Wenwen, but the boy was covered so tightly that he couldn't see him at all.

Even though Dashan said so, Dali and his friends were still very vigilant. They thought that Dashan was lying. He probably wanted them to relax their vigilance and then used the chance to kidnap Wenwen again!

Wenwen, who had gone through vicissitudes of life, finally managed to extricate himself out of the human wall. His face was flushed, and there was a layer of sweat on his chubby face. Dali and another big boy stood on Wenwen's left and right, like a pair of warrior bodyguards, staring at Dashan's group with piercing eyes.

Wenwen raised his face and asked solemnly: "Why are you here?" Although Dashan doubly returned the candies he snatched away, Wenwen still didn't forget how he had kidnapped him in front of other children.

When Dashan saw Wenwen, his eyes lit up, "I have given you the candy. Can I play with you?"

Wenwen: "?!" Wait, the candies were actually a bribe, not an apology?

Dashan proposed: "Let's play together. It's more fun with more people."

But the village children refused immediately: "Wenwen doesn't want to play with you!"

Dashan tilted his head, "Why?"

Yiyi puffed up her chest and said, "You are dirty. Wenwen won't play with dirty kids!"

"You don't wash your hands!"

"Your clothes are dirty!"

"Your faces are dirty too!"

They shouted one after another. Dashan was taken aback. He turned and took a look at the kids behind him and compared them with Wenwen's playmates. Indeed, the children from the other side all dressed neat and tidy, with clean hands and faces. On the other hand, he and his friends all had dusty faces, their hands and nails were stained with mud, their clothes were dirty, and the younger ones even had snot all year long…

"Wenwen doesn't hold hands with children who don't wash their hands!" Diandian raised her chin proudly. In order to hold hands with Wenwen, she asked her grandmother to help washing her hands every morning, noon, and night. As a result, her hands were clean, tender, and smelled nice every day!

"Then we are going to clean up, too." Dashan gave an order, and his group ran to the river.

Seeing them running away, Wenwen's group also followed behind.

The children swarmed into the river. This small river ran through the village, with a very low water level and gentle flow. Even four or five years old children could stand in the river safely. Dashan and his group washed their face, hands, and feet with rough manners. A child accidentally splashed water on another child, who then retaliated, accidentally splashing the children next to them. Soon enough, a water fight broke at the river.

Dali and the others, who initially watched on the side, became enthusiastic and ran over to join the water fight. A large group of children gathered together, playing and yelling, loud enough to shake the sky.

Wenwen: "…"

Not long after, a wet Dashan walked up to Wenwen and called, "Wenwen." The boy reached out his hand and held Wenwen's smaller and softer hand.

The cold and damp touch made Wenwen raise his head subconsciously.

Dashan said happily: "I washed my hands." Then he declared boldly: "I won't be a boss anymore. From now on, I am your underling, and you are our Xiahe Village's little boss!"

Wenwen: "…" After ruling over Shanghe Village children and became their boss, he relied on cuteness to conquer the neighboring village?

When Dali heard Dashan's declaration, he immediately accepted with joy: "Okay, since you recognize Wenwen as your boss, from now on, we are sworn brothers!"

Wenwen: "I don't want it." Leading the children from one village was already tiring enough, so how could he lead another one? He would get overworked!

However, the excited Dali and the others did not hear Wenwen's small protest and happily accepted the neighboring village's group. Children were naturally lively, and they got more excited with more people. Soon enough, Wenwen was also affected by the surrounding mood. He let go of his awkwardness and happily played with his new playmates.

After one afternoon, Wenwen was now all smile and grin. When a beautiful woman came pushing an electric scooter at the intersection, Wenwen's eyes lit up, and he ran as quickly as his short legs could. "Mom!"

Fu Yun answered sweetly from a distance.

When other children saw Fu Yunruo, they also rushed over and happily surrounded her, calling "Big Sister Ruoruo!" with loud voices.

Fu Yunruo replied with a smile and said gently: "Thank you for taking care of Wenwen!"

"Big Sister Ruoruo, will you and Wenwen come back tomorrow?" Little Shitou asked reluctantly.

Fu Yunruo looked at Wenwen, whose face was flushed with excitement. She said with a smile: "Yes. We will come back when we have free time."

Satisfied with the answer, the children dispersed happily.

Wenwen had climbed onto the front seat of the electric scooter. His hands were holding the handle, and his legs were dangling around. Fu Yunruo pushed forward and asked with a smile: "Wenwen, what game did you play with your friends today?"

Wenwen recounted the games they played today one by one and then proudly held his chin high: "They are too childish. In fact, I don't like playing these games."

Fu Yunruo couldn't help laughing, "Okay, okay. Our Wenwen is very sensible. You patiently accompanied other children playing. How awesome!"

As the mother and son chatted, they arrived at Mei family's gate in no time. "Get down. Let's say goodbye to Grandma Mei."

Fu Yunruo called loudly from outside the gate. Auntie Mei, who was alone at home, immediately came out of the kitchen, still wearing an apron.

"Ruoruo, you are here!"

"Grandma!" Wenwen jumped down from the scooter and took a look inside. It seemed that Si Yue and Xin Xu had not returned yet.

"Auntie Mei, thank you for taking care of Wenwen today."

"It's nothing. Why are you so polite? Wenwen played with his friends all day, and I hardly looked after him." Auntie Mei waved her hand. It was indeed very easy to look after Wenwen.

"Then Wenwen and I will return to the flower garden now."

Auntie Mei asked, "Why don't you stop for dinner?"

"It's alright. I've prepared dinner over there." Fu Yunruo knew there were currently guests in Auntie Mei's house and didn't want to trouble the older woman. "Besides, you must be busy these days."

Auntie Mei didn't force them to stay and only told Fu Yunruo to have a meal here next time.

Fu Yunruo easily agreed.

After chatting for a while, Fu Yunruo took Wenwen and left on the scooter. The scooter had just driven ten meters away when Si Yue and Xin Xu entered the yard from the side gate. As soon as he stepped into the yard, Xin Xu stretched his neck and sniffed around: "Auntie Mei, what did you make today? It smells so delicious!"

Auntie Mei was still standing at the front gate. She turned around and replied with a smile: "I'm cooking braised pig feet."

"Wow!" Xin Xu's saliva was almost drenched out.

Si Yue looked around, but didn't see the cheerful little figure running out, "Where is Wenwen?"

"His mother took him home." Then Auntie Mei returned to the kitchen to continue cooking.

Xin Xu followed behind, showering Auntie Mei with sweet words to amuse the latter.

Si Yue tilted his head and glanced outside the fence. The figure of the small scooter that he accidentally saw when entering the yard was now long gone.

…

Wenwen babbled endlessly on the way, sharing today's experience with his mother in his cheerful voice. There were so many things he wanted to share. Except for when he was swallowing his dinner, the child's mouth babbled nonstop, even after he lay down on the bed to sleep.

Wenwen originally wanted to tell Fu Yunruo about the possibility that his face had been broadcasted together with Si Yue in the show's livestream today. But after a second thought, he decided not to. If his mother found out, she would definitely go to the internet to watch the livestream's recording. If she saw he was under cyber attack, wouldn't she be so sad and cry?

Or maybe, she would go to the production team and demanded them to delete the recording.

Although his mother loved to share about him on her livestream channel, those were mostly verbal or indirect, and she was very careful to protect his privacy. When she occasionally shared his photos, his face would also be heavily hidden with mosaic.

In the end, Wenwen firmly chose to skip the details. However, he couldn't help talking about his idol.

"I met Si Yue!"

Fu Yunruo knocked his forehead lightly, "Don't call older people with their names. You should call him…Uncle."

Fu Yunruo originally wanted to say 'Big Brother,' but she suddenly remembered that Si Yue seemed several years older than her. She remembered Si Yue, probably because in the original novel, the female lead tried several times to hook him, but with no result. In the end, their relationship was pretty bad, mainly because of the antagonism between their respective companies.

Because of this reason, Si Yue could be said to be the mountain pressing above the male lead and female lead. He was also the only character who had never suffered a loss in the couple's hands. If it were not for his sudden retreat from the entertainment circle, the male lead and female lead wouldn't be able to become the legend of their era later in the story.

Of course, this is what Fu Yunruo summed up from the sparse description in the book. After all, the plot was about the female lead's awesomeness. How could it detailedly describe the situation where the female lead didn't win?

In Fu Yunruo's opinion, Si Yue's setting was simply a cliche for a hidden boss. But after sighing, she no longer put it in her mind. After all, it had nothing to do with her.

Wenwen rubbed his forehead. Alright then. Since Mom said so, he would call him 'Uncle Yue.'

Wenwen remembered that he hadn't said goodbye to Uncle Yue today.