Chen Yan’s expression was far too obvious. Yu Chu could hardly fail to notice it.
She immediately asked, “What’s wrong? Do you know Niannian?”
Chen Yan quickly shook her head.
“No, no… I don’t know her.”
After a pause, she hastily explained, “Well… not exactly that I don’t know her. It’s just that on the first day of filming, she already appeared on the variety show, right? I was just a bit surprised… she’s also joining the program?”
Niannian proudly lifted her little chest.
“Yes! Niannian is earning money herself! Sister Tian Tian said that going on TV can make money, and it can also help me find my daddy and mommy faster!”
Chen Yan’s lips twitched uncontrollably.
“I… I see.”
She quickly added, “Sister Chu and Niannian are going to the bathroom, right? I’ll wait outside then!”
After speaking, she hurried out.
Yu Chu still felt something was off. She lowered her head and asked Niannian, “Do you know that sister just now, Chen Yan?”
Niannian thought carefully, then shook her head.
“I don’t know her.”
Then she added, a little uncertainly, “But… I feel like Sister Chen Yan looks kind of familiar…”
She tilted her head, trying hard to remember.
“But I can’t remember where I saw her before. Maybe… maybe I remembered wrong!”
Yu Chu thought that might be possible.
Chen Yan had appeared on television before, and she had also been photographed in candid shots because of Yu Chu’s frequent public appearances. It was not strange if Niannian had seen her somewhere before.
A child’s memory could not hold too many things.
Niannian did not think too much about it. She quickly went into a small stall to use the toilet.
After coming out, she carefully washed her hands, checking whether her face was still dirty.
Only after confirming everything was clean did she dry her hands with paper and walk out of the restroom.
When she came out, Yu Chu and Chen Yan were both standing outside, seemingly talking about something.
The moment they saw her, both of them stopped speaking.
Niannian only vaguely caught the words “donation.”
But she did not understand what that meant.
Yu Chu smiled gently at her, her expression still as warm as before.
“Did you wash your hands?”
Niannian immediately held up her uninjured right hand confidently.
“All clean!”
She had checked very carefully!
Yu Chu took her hand and praised her.
“Niannian is amazing.”
The little girl allowed herself to be led away, her eyes full of trust and happiness.
Behind them, assistant Chen Yan watched quietly, her eyes gradually filled with anxiety and unease.
The livestream had resumed.
Niannian was back in her seat. She was sitting next to Qiao Lianlian.
But for some reason, Niannian clearly felt it.
Earlier, Sister Lianlian had seemed to like her a lot.
But after she returned from the bathroom, Lianlian suddenly seemed to dislike her.
Niannian asked softly, “Sister Lianlian, how long do we have to sit in the car?”
Qiao Lianlian did not even turn her head.
“I don’t know.”
Niannian gave a small “oh,” then asked again, “Will I sleep with you tonight? They said we’ll be assigned rooms… will I sleep with you and Daddy Wen?”
Qiao Lianlian replied coldly again.
“I don’t know.”
Niannian lowered her head, a little disappointed.
She tried hard to think of something to say, and finally squeezed out a question.
“Big sister… do you not like Niannian?”
Her voice was very soft, as if she did not want others to hear.
Qiao Lianlian glanced at the camera, then leaned closer and lowered her voice.
“They said you’re here to steal my Daddy Wen.”
Niannian froze.
Qiao Lianlian covered her mouth and continued whispering.
“Daddy Wen originally only had me as his daughter. They said now you’ve stolen Daddy Wen. You’re a bad child!”
Qiao Lianlian was still young and thought that covering her mouth meant the camera could not hear her.
She did not realize that microphones were already capturing every word.
Niannian suddenly felt lost.
Was it… really like that?
Her little body deflated like a punctured balloon. She curled up in her seat like a frightened little chick and said nothing more.
The livestream exploded with comments:
【What is going on? What does Qiao Lianlian mean? When did Wen Chengxi become hers alone?】
【Hello?? You’re also just an “intern daughter,” okay?!】
【This is so weird. She seemed to like Niannian at first, how did she change after a commercial break? Who are “they” she mentioned?】
【This is so malicious toward a child! Someone is deliberately stirring conflict between them!】
【Niannian looks so self-blaming… it’s heartbreaking.】
But everyone also understood one thing clearly.
This was not really Niannian’s fault.
She had become the focus of attention, and the show needed her traffic—but had not given her a real “family role” of her own.
As a result, the originally assigned “intern dad,” Wen Chengxi, suddenly had to take care of two “daughters.”
And Niannian… had unknowingly started blaming herself for it.
At the front, Wen Chengxi finally managed to retrieve his phone from Qi Qi and returned to the seats of his two “daughters.”
“My two little princesses! It’ll take another forty minutes to get back to the amusement park. If you’re sleepy, you can lean on Daddy and take a nap~”
He opened his arms, patting both shoulders as if assigning each child a side.
Qiao Lianlian immediately leaned in.
“Dad Wen… Lianlian is sleepy.”
Without hesitation, Wen Chengxi pulled her onto his lap.
“Okay, Lianlian can sleep on Daddy’s right shoulder!”
Then he turned to Niannian with a bright smile.
“Then Niannian can lean on Daddy’s left shoulder, okay?”
His smile was completely uncontrollable.
Two soft, adorable daughters!
If he ever got married in the future, he definitely wanted daughters!
He would spoil them like little princesses!
Unfortunately, in the Wen family, something strange had been happening since his great-grandfather’s generation—every child born had been a boy.
Not only in the main branch, but even the collateral branches.
Everyone in the Wen family kept having sons.
It was as if being born into the Wen family guaranteed a boy.
It was so strange that they had never managed to get a daughter.
But now—he finally had two!
He was overjoyed.
Still daydreaming about future daughters, he waited for Niannian to come over.
But after a long moment, she still had not moved.
He blinked.
“Hmm? Niannian isn’t sleepy?”
Niannian bit her lip, her eyes filled with reluctance.
Then, as if gathering all her courage, she said softly:
“Dad Wen… I… I don’t want to be your daughter anymore…”
Wen Chengxi froze.
“???”
His soul practically shattered on the spot.