That left only Li Taiyang, Zhu Shiliang, and Di Youyou, didn’t it?
Di Youyou’s soul was already an adult, so naturally, she couldn’t bully children.
But when it came to a director like Huang Yiping, who was so childish and enjoyed picking on kids, Di Youyou certainly had a few words of justice to say.
“Director Uncle, are you a weasel in disguise?”
Huang Yiping was taken aback.
“What do you mean?”
Di Youyou crossed her arms, her tone still babyish, yet she already knew how to sarcastically mock adults.
“I’m saying you bully children, you’re as bad as a weasel!”
The little one puffed out her cheeks, her expression clearly saying, ‘Stop pretending, I’ve already seen through your true nature.’
Everyone was unaware that Di Youyou had already gone viral beyond the livestream due to her frequent quotable remarks. The program’s leadership had assumed her million followers were drawn to her adorable looks.
It was only the first episode, and someone dared to publicly expose the chief director’s shortcomings. This delighted the cameraman assigned to follow Di Youyou, who vowed to protect this clip from being maliciously cut by certain people.
This kid was simply too interesting.
Huang Yiping: “…”
This director, who usually enjoyed teasing others, had no idea he was about to gain a nickname that the entire nation would delight in: Weasel!
Huang Yiping clearly didn’t grasp the severity of the situation. From now on, this name would accompany him for the rest of his life, even replacing his real name.
As for now, being a man in his forties, he naturally couldn’t stoop to arguing with a three-year-old.
In a way, he actually admired Di Youyou’s courage and wit.
The fact that she could figure out he was deliberately being mean at this moment was proof enough of her intelligence.
“So, what should we do? We have to follow the rules, right?”
Hardening his heart, Huang Yiping left the choice to Li Taiyang, Zhu Shiliang, and Di Youyou, who hadn’t made their decision yet.
“You three think about it. What should we do?”
Di Youyou couldn’t be bothered to waste time.
“Those two boys should naturally stay together. As for me, I’ll follow however you adults go down the mountain.”
The little girl’s tone was already laced with considerable anger. As soon as she finished speaking, she walked straight over to Huang Yiping and grabbed his pant leg.
Di Youyou stood beside Huang Yiping, looking like an angry little pufferfish, barely reaching his knee.
The adults present couldn’t help but be amused.
At that moment, an off-screen voice couldn’t resist chiming in.
“Haha, Director Huang. Serves you right for bullying kids. We were really afraid this little one would jump up and hit your knee.”
Huang Yiping: “…”
When the variety show officially aired, the program’s post-production editing team kept this clip entirely intact, because everyone knew this little girl, Di Youyou, was absolutely going to be a hit.
The rules were set by Huang Yiping himself, so he couldn’t very well contradict them now.
The original plan was for the last child left behind to stay alone at the mountaintop. Then, Huang Yiping would guide the other children to work hard and rescue the isolated child, reuniting everyone.
But now, with Di Youyou breaking the mold first, Huang Yiping was indeed put in a somewhat passive position.
“Little Di Youyou, are you sure about this?”
“If you choose to go solo, then you’ll have to complete all the remaining tasks today on your own, without any other helpers in your group.”
Di Youyou nodded, readily agreeing.
“That’s fine, no problem on my end!”
Huang Yiping didn’t know how to respond; this little brat was really straightforward!
“Then let’s go!”
These three words were uttered with a certain gritted-teeth intensity.
The cable cars were double-rowed. With two children plus their respective cameraman uncles, indeed only one could fit per cable car.
Di Youyou didn’t envy the other children who could depart first; she just stuck firmly to Huang Yiping’s side.
Looking at the little tail by his feet, Huang Yiping really wanted to pick Di Youyou up and toss her into outer space. In all his years in the industry, this was the first time he’d encountered such a bold and thick-skinned artiste.
The other party wasn’t afraid of him at all, so Huang Yiping hadn’t yet found a way to suppress Di Youyou.
As they say, those involved are often blind to the situation. If Huang Yiping had thought to ask the audience at this moment, netizens would surely have offered him strategies.
Wasn’t Di Youyou’s weakness still up on the mountain?
Huang Yiping arranged for almost all the filming units to go down the mountain before he finally prepared to board a cable car.
Unexpectedly, Di Youyou, though small, moved her little short legs quite fast.
She hadn’t left Huang Yiping’s side for half a step.
Huang Yiping also wanted to see what Di Youyou would do, so he deliberately didn’t ask the staff to take her to the next cable car, merely giving them a meaningful glance.
Di Youyou paid no mind to any of this; her sole focus now was sticking close to the weasel.
The moment Huang Yiping’s backside touched the seat, Di Youyou directly grabbed his pant leg and climbed up too.
The little one didn’t choose to sit beside Huang Yiping; instead, she leaned right against him.
Then she waved to her own follow-up director.
“Uncle, come up quickly.
Youyou saved a spot for you.”
The little one still clearly knew who was on her side. The follow-up director hadn’t expected to be so important in this kid’s eyes!
She knew to save him a seat.
Di Youyou’s follow-up director didn’t stand on ceremony either. His job was to film Di Youyou; if he didn’t film well, the weasel would definitely dock his pay later.
He couldn’t interfere with Di Youyou, so he could only follow his little boss.
Once on the cable car, right in front of the chief director and the on-camera subjects, the cameraman guy shoved the camera right into the faces of the big and small duo.
Only then did the subsequent audience get a close-up look at what that dog director, who always gave viewers knife-wielding plotlines, actually looked like?
On the day the episode aired, the entire internet was taken by storm with a meme-worthy image of Huang Yiping kneeling and begging the audience for forgiveness.
Various high-definition pictures of Huang Yiping began circulating wildly across all platforms.
Twenty minutes later, the cable car finally reached the foot of the mountain safely.
Beyond the cameraman’s lens, Fragrant Hills was already quite beautiful this season. The rapid construction of various hiking facilities signaled that the Fragrant Hills scenic area would soon welcome its peak period.
The aerial footage was also sufficient.
Huang Yiping took the kids onto a bus heading to the picturesque mountain village ten kilometers away—A’Die Village!
Di Youyou could tell this village was designed to be a homestay natural experience village in the future; this was essentially advance publicity.
Labor was about to begin. I wonder how the group of adults up on the mountain were doing?
All the parents collectively indicated: Not very well at all!
Because this damn program team actually wanted them to completely renovate the Taoist temple at the mountain top.
The weeds inside and outside the courtyard walls needed to be completely cleared, and all the water vats outside each main hall needed to be filled with water…