Chapter 189: Program Turmoil

The milk powder can was really empty!

The bullet comments were full of wailing!

【I knew it! I knew it! Ah, what will the poor baby eat?】

【You production team, this is murder! Murder! Does anyone still remember this is a sick baby!】

【Help! I'm begging you, not many people are watching anyway, just swap out the child!】

【Enough said, I'm calling the police!】

【Calling the police +1】

The police received reports from various places and went online to watch the livestream. Official personnel called the production team and also dispatched two presentable officers, one male and one female, to persuade them.

Inside the villa, Guan Xianxian and Qin Yuanjun were both somewhat embarrassed. They wanted to have the villa's butler bring over a can of milk powder, but the production team's staff came over to persuade them to swap out the child.

"Isn't that a bit inappropriate?"

Guan Xianxian thought to herself, with so many netizens watching, if they swapped the child, they would get scolded, right? This kind of privilege was fine to use in private, but on the surface they still needed to maintain fairness.

The staff member was speechless for a second. Listening to the director's roar in her earpiece, she continued gently, "This little one's condition is somewhat complicated and not very suitable for appearing on camera. This time was our production team's oversight, please forgive us!"

Qin Yuanjun furrowed his brows. He suspected the production team of bullying the weak and fearing the strong, deliberately creating a blunder to affect their reputation.

"We can take good care of the child!"

The staff member's smile froze at the corners of her mouth.

The bullet comments erupted like a geyser!

"Qin Yuanjun is really something. Ji Xiaoling doesn't even need to lift a finger—he's made himself into Ji Xiaoling's control group all on his own."

Did Ji Xiaoling throw money at this variety show because she was certain Qin Yuanjun could only serve as the lightning rod for this show, drawing most of the netizens' attention and making her, the wealthy young lady, appear all the more understanding, gentle, and virtuous by contrast?

Qin Zhenzhong wasn't stupid either. "Looking for me?"

"I just don't like her standing on the high ground!"

"Tell Grandpa Qin that someone is scheming against Uncle Qin!"

After this, Ji Xiaoling would do some good deeds, take some beautiful photos, and consolidate this persona. Not only could she smoothly enter the entertainment industry, she would also get a very good starting position.

Ye Shu hurriedly called Su Xi. "Su Xi, quickly have your people keep an eye on Ji Xiaoling's movements. We can't let Ji Xiaoling rise by stepping on Qin Yuanjun's reputation!"

That woman Ji Xiaoling was ruthless! If her mother's identity were discovered, her mother would definitely be killed!

Su Yu understood at once the reason Su Xi had given her the phone!

If she got scolded, how sad she would be! Thinking that those beautiful, lovely peach-blossom eyes would keep shedding tears, she inexplicably felt Su Yu was pitiful and wanted to give her a hug.

Su Xi tapped the table, looking at Su Yu without speaking.

【You're really too agitated, you're blocking me from watching the livestream! Missing this awkward moment would be such a pity! The netizens are so talented, skipping even one of the bullet comments scolding them would be my loss!】

Ever since learning that Ji Xiaoling was joining this show, Ye Shu had stayed up late reading many PR case studies. For a situation like this one, the PR department could leverage the traffic from gender antagonism, edit Ji Xiaoling and Qin Yuanjun's ways of handling things into a comparison video, and then join forces with Hai Fei's team to secretly steer the narrative in fan groups.

Su Yu thought it would be fine to speak up. "Uncle, the internet can not only create gods but also destroy them. You don't need to worry!"

Qin Yun thought that at a time like this, Su Yu should not butt in and make herself obnoxious!

Su Yu tilted her head. "Uncle, how come you seem to especially dislike her?"

An amusement park! That was a high-incidence zone for accidents!

"Heh, if she stands on the commanding heights of public opinion, the first thing she'll do is announce that she's the daughter adopted under my youngest aunt's name! To make the rice already cooked!"

"Hello, Auntie, is Grandpa Qin at home?"

The wealthy young lady Ji Xiaoling, with a similar background, would comprehensively outshine the wealthy young man Qin Yuanjun, and with Hai Fei's fan clubs that perennially roamed major public squares lending support, she would definitely be able to step on Qin Yuanjun and be hoisted onto a pedestal by netizens!

As long as the PR department deleted and controlled comments fast enough, Ji Xiaoling's dark history wouldn't surface. Netizens with poor memory would only feel that Ji Xiaoling was kind-hearted and beautiful.

【It's almost surpassing my dislike for her! But Uncle is right too— hearing that she'll be praised as a god makes me feel especially displeased. Wulongcha, you go over first, watch for the right timing, and coordinate the Slowdown Card with the Rainfall Card. I believe in you!】

Qin Yun looked at Qin Zhenzhong, who was sitting beside him watching the livestream and had already smashed three teacups. "Do you have something very important to say? I can relay it for you."

【What on earth happened? For Uncle Ye to say something so confidently!】

Su Yu only thought for one second. 【We absolutely cannot let this kind of thing happen. She cannot be allowed to have this much power!】

Su Yu heard Qin Zhenzhong's voice and shouted extra loudly, "Yes, it's Grandpa Qin we're looking for!"

Qin Yun had no choice but to turn on the speaker, praying in his heart that Su Xi would notice Su Yu's meddling and stop her!

"Speak!"

"Grandpa Qin, hurry and help Uncle Qin buy water army troops, have someone remind him—he's about to be turned into a control group by Ji Xiaoling!"

Some uncle said that Ji Xiaoling is stepping on Uncle Qin to rise. In TV dramas, stepping stones always end up badly! Grandpa Qin, you have to help Uncle Qin, so many people are after his life!"

Hearing this, Qin Zhenzhong grew even angrier inside. This foolish son of his had eight hundred schemes in total, and a thousand of them were used on him, while he was two hundred schemes short toward everything around him, letting others manipulate and slaughter him!

Qin Zhenzhong was still angry, but the soft childish voice on the other end of the phone didn't stop. "I super don't like Ji Xiaoling. Grandpa Qin, you're a good person, hurry and save your son! Uncle Qin may not be smart and is even bad, but he's much better than Ji Xiaoling! It must be because Grandpa Qin raised him well!"

Qin Zhenzhong: I thank you for that!

Ye Shu and Zhu Xueheng had odd expressions. After Su Yu hung up the phone, they said in unison, "Xiao Yu, do you not know how to praise people?"

"Of course I know how to praise! Uncle, at your wedding last time, didn't I praise you together with Huo Huo?"

Ye Shu's mouth instantly flattened, and Zhu Xueheng laughed heartily.

"Right, you're very good at praising people! Hahaha!"

As Zhu Xueheng laughed, he caught sight of Ren Tandu sitting there like a sculpture. "Good thing Ren Tandu hasn't spent much time with you, otherwise he'd have to take the blame for something again!"

Ren Tandu shot Zhu Xueheng a glare!

"I have to be ready for my wife's summons at all times, so naturally I'm not as free as you, still able to play with kids!"

Zhu Xueheng couldn't laugh anymore!

Ren Tandu and Ye Shu had both sorted out their weddings!

And what about him?

His daughter still treated him as a dad who might leave at any moment. The bond built during this period would probably only make his precious daughter cry twice. If a new dad came along to coax her, she would probably gradually forget him!

In a flash of lightning, Zhu Xueheng thought of Ren Tiandu's weakness. "Raising a kid isn't easy! I'm with my precious daughter every moment, so of course she has to play with her precious friend!"

He really wasn't married, but his biological daughter was already over five years old!

Not just biological, but one with a proper title and status!

Did Ren Tiandu have one?

He didn't!

Because of that mouth of his, he didn't even have a kid!

Receiving Zhu Xueheng's provoking gaze, Ren Tiandu gnashed his teeth! If he didn't fight fair, then don't blame a brother!

"Liang Yan, I've almost forgotten—how many daddies do you have in total?"

Ren Tiandu raised an eyebrow at Zhu Xueheng. Calling someone daddy was nothing! Liang Yan had many daddies!

"I don't remember either! There were too many daddies like the ones on TV who changed every few days, I can't keep track!"

Zhu Xueheng was very calm. He'd once had many girlfriends too. This situation was his own fault. He wasn't angry, just a little sour!

In his daughter's eyes, he wasn't the only daddy!

Su Yu tilted her head. "On TV—you mean that Hai Fei was also one of your former daddies?"

Zhu Xueheng:???!!!

Tang Can also joined the chat. "Huo Huo, aren't your standards for calling someone daddy a bit too loose?"

If she weren't afraid that Tang Tang would dock her allowance once she found out, Tang Can would have thoroughly criticized Hai Fei from head to toe. Did that man on TV have any redeeming qualities, in looks or behavior?

Even his relatively presentable looks were worse than Liang Yan's current daddy! How could Liang Yan bring herself to call him "daddy"?

Liang Yan waved her hand. "At the time, I was just bragging to the other kids in our circle. It's just a title—I don't mind!"

Ren Tiandu smiled happily. "Exactly, it's just a title!"

Zhu Xueheng's face twisted viciously. "Still better than having none!"

At least the child was his biological daughter! That couldn't be changed!

Ren Tiandu curled his lip, pulled out his phone, and went off to chat with his own wife.

"Bragging is boring. They cry when they can't win an argument, and then they tattle!"

Tang Can used to be the one who was argued to tears, and she never tattled. By the time it was her turn to argue those people to tears, they went and tattled!

Back then, Tang Can, getting scolded for this kind of thing for the first time, was thoroughly unconvinced! This was completely unfair!

"Let them tattle. My great-grandfather was the one handling those parents back then. My great-grandfather didn't care what I did, so I never got punished—the ones who lost out were them!"

【But the boomerang hit your mom!】

Zhu Xueheng: Baby, their aggro was on you, but in the end they went after the people you care about!

Tang Can suddenly envied Liang Yan—her whole family kept her in check!

Ren Tiandu, who'd been asked by Tang Tang to take photos of Tang Can, saw Tang Can's expression and his mouth twitched!

What did she have to be envious about!

Wasn't her life good enough now? Every time she caused trouble, the one who got punished and scolded was him!

Ren Tiandu didn't dare let the three kids keep talking. "Tang Can, come over here and talk to your aunt!"

Tang Can had wanted to ignore Ren Tiandu, but hearing the word "aunt," she got up and leaned in.

Su Yu felt anxious inside! For the first time, she felt the system wasn't enough!

She now wanted Wulongcha to keep an eye on Ji Xiaoling and make her unlucky, but also wanted Wulongcha to check whether the Qin family had made any moves.

Zhu Xueheng was currently pulling Liang Yan aside to ask about things. Tang Can seemed to be on the phone with her aunt.

Su Yu had no way to chat with her friends to relax, so she forced herself to focus her attention on the livestream.

On Qin Yuanjun's side, he'd already been paired with a pale-looking little boy who appeared to be six or seven years old. From the comments, it seemed the production team had originally wanted to give Qin Yuanjun and Guan Xianxian a normal, cute little girl to raise, but Guan Xianxian and Qin Yuanjun had refused!

Su Yu didn't see the reason for their refusal, but just looking at the mess they were making of their cooking, it was clear that the two's decision wasn't very wise.

【Neither of them can cook—who on earth gave them the courage to choose a sickly little boy?】

Seeing Qin Yuanjun and Guan Xianxian turn fine ingredients into pig slop and black charcoal, Su Yu felt heartache. 【So much delicious food all wasted—are they worried they won't cool down fast enough?】

Wasting food would be condemned by everyone!

Su Yu turned her gaze to Ji Xiaoling's side, just in time to see her stumble and fall into Hai Fei's arms in slow motion.

On the screen, Hai Fei's fans, seemingly tired from cursing, started a new round of battle!

【Shameless woman, get lost!】

【Let go of my brother!】

【Damn capital, my poor brother!】

【They're such a good match!】

【What the hell, I'm dropping my fandom!】

【Sisters, I really can't take it anymore! Him doing this—what's the difference from selling smiles for money? I spend money so he can be some rich woman's lapdog?】

The comments gradually dwindled to only fans cursing Ji Xiaoling. Su Yu really wanted to know whether those fans who said they were dropping their fandom actually did, or just went offline to cool off.

Hai Fei and Ji Xiaoling were bubbling with pink romance, while the child beside them just stood there blankly. Whether the two adults or the netizens watching, not many seemed to care about that child's existence.

Ji Xiaoling wasn't stupid either. She didn't know why she kept losing energy every little while today, but as soon as her body returned to normal, she went to check on the child.

She hadn't forgotten the theme of this show.

Novice parents—whether or not Hai Fei was a good daddy, she had to be a good mommy!

"Baby, are you hungry?"

Ji Xiaoling squatted down very gently, her eyes gazing earnestly at this somewhat blank-faced child.

The child shrank back, trembling as she pointed at a stall not far away, filled with cotton candy and all kinds of sweets.

"Baby wants to eat that? Then how about Mommy buys it for you?"

Thank, thank, Mom, Mom!

【This child's voice is really strange; he seems very afraid of Ji Xiaoling, but they should be meeting for the first time, right? Could it be a child's special intuition?】

You watch the child first, I'll go buy cotton candy!

How could Hai Fei let Ji Xiaoling do it? "I'll go buy it!"

Ji Xiaoling smiled and refused, "I want to buy some cartoon-shaped cotton candy for the baby, and take it easy meanwhile—thanks for taking care of him!"

Not a trouble, it's only right!

Hai Fei knew Ji Xiaoling's identity; even before the show aired, he had experienced her privileges, and already had countless plans to pursue her. Therefore, in everyday speech, he also altered his manner of speaking, trying his best to act as a devoted husband!

Before Ji Xiaoling left, she gently said to the child, "Mommy's going to buy you cotton candy, you must obediently listen to Daddy!"

The little child nodded, "Thank, thank, Mom, Mom!"

Ji Xiaoling walked toward the stall with various colored cotton candies in her high heels. Taking advantage of the camera filming her back, she glanced ahead at those cotton candies with a hint of disdain!

Such low-quality stuff—only that waste would like it!

I really don't know how the show crew and the welfare institute taught them!

That kid is really stupid and dull!

Ji Xiaoling was thinking about things while walking quickly, but at some point her movements started to slow down again!

Just then, a heavy rain poured down!

She moved slowly, and accidentally stepped on a stone.

Ah!

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