Niannian was stunned.
What were these black things? She had never seen them before.
She had only wanted to come over and get a little bit of water to drink!
Perhaps the confusion on Niannian’s tiny face was too obvious, because a voice from the filming crew spoke up kindly.
“Lianlian Baby, you don’t need to be nervous or scared. Our livestream has already started! But why is your little face so dirty?”
In adults’ eyes, children all liked rolling around on the ground.
They simply assumed that Niannian had accidentally dirtied her face.
But since this was a livestream, the point was to show the most natural and childlike side of the children. So even though Niannian’s face was so dirty that her appearance could barely be seen clearly, the filming crew still began recording her.
When she heard that her face was dirty, Niannian became even more frightened and nervous.
She hurriedly rubbed her little hands over her face, but she forgot that her hands were dirty too. After wiping like that, her face became even dirtier.
As she wiped, she stammered, “I-I’m not called Lian… mm… Lianlian… I-I’m called Niannian…”
The filming crew smiled like affectionate aunties.
“Yes, yes, yes, your name is Lianlian.”
Niannian felt a tiny bit troubled.
The name these older brothers and sisters were calling sounded different from Niannian’s name.
She had already corrected them, so why were they still smiling so happily?
The livestream chat comments were rapidly increasing:
【So this is the ordinary Baby our哥哥 is taking care of? That baby voice is too cute hahaha, she pronounced Lianlian as Niannian.】
【That’s normal! When my little niece first learned how to talk, she always said weird things too.】
【Wuwuwu she’s so lucky! How did she get picked to be our Chengxi-gege’s daughter?!】
【I’m curious what our Chengxi-gege’s future child will look like. Definitely handsome like him, right?】
【Am I the only one who thinks this kid is really dirty? Look at her clothes and her face. How long was she rolling around on the ground?】
【Exactly! Why couldn’t the director find a more obedient and presentable child?】
More and more unpleasant comments began appearing in the livestream.
The “哥哥” they were talking about was Wen Chengxi, a hugely popular celebrity in the entertainment industry with a powerful background. He was also the younger brother of billionaire Wen Chenfeng.
One of his hit dramas was currently airing, and in order to promote it, his company had arranged for him to appear here as an “Intern Dad.”
Meanwhile, “Lianlian” was the ordinary child assigned to Wen Chengxi as his “Intern Daughter.”
Many fans believed that the production team should at least have found a clean and obedient child for their idol.
What if this child was too troublesome and made their idol suffer?
Seeing those comments, the directing team picked up the walkie-talkie and asked, “Has Intern Dad Wen Chengxi arrived yet?”
《Happy Parent-Child Travel Show》was the first parent-child variety show in the entertainment industry.
When the first season aired, it created numerous viewership miracles.
Countless fans saw their favorite male and female celebrities remove their glamorous public personas under the spotlight and return home to deal with complete chaos while raising children. It made the idols seem much more down-to-earth.
There had even been many iconic scenes that later became popular internet memes.
When the second season officially announced its schedule, the director boldly decided to use a livestream format, instantly exploding across the entire internet!
On top of that, this season added a child from an ordinary family.
As viewers put it, children from wealthy celebrity families were different from children from ordinary families.
The audience wanted to see that contrast.
With such a comparison group, everyone wanted to know exactly where the differences lay between ordinary children and wealthy children.
To put it bluntly, if the ordinary Baby behaved badly, it would only make the other children seem even more obedient in comparison.
So as Wen Chengxi’s fans, seeing their idol assigned to such a dirty child made them feel upset.
【Our male god specially bought luxury children’s clothing as a gift for this child. Is she going to roll around in the dirt while wearing that too?】
【How does the production team even choose people? Sure, we wanted a comparison, but couldn’t they find someone more normal?】
【The people above clearly haven’t seen the countryside before. Countryside kids are all like this.】
【Exactly, rolling around in the dirt is normal there.】
【That’s nonsense! My hometown is rural too, and my child is perfectly clean. Kids only end up like this because the parents don’t know how to teach them!】
The livestream comments instantly turned into a battlefield.
The directing team already knew that Wen Chengxi’s screen had the highest popularity.
But they had not expected this much attention.
While they were pleased, they also felt that something about this “Lianlian” seemed strange.
So the directing team picked up the walkie-talkie again and asked, “What did the ordinary family say earlier? Why hasn’t Intern Dad Wen Chengxi arrived yet?”
The filming crew on the other side was confused too.
They had just heard that while the ordinary family was bringing Lianlian over, there had been a minor car accident. They were currently dealing with traffic police to determine responsibility.
Wen Chengxi, the Intern Dad, had already gone over to pick up the child.
But now, the ordinary Baby was standing here while Wen Chengxi was nowhere to be seen, leaving everyone bewildered.
Of course, Niannian knew nothing about any of this.
She only stood there uneasily, secretly glancing at the bottled water nearby from time to time.
She wondered when the older brothers and sisters would finally hand out water to Niannian too!
Niannian was really, really thirsty!
Seeing how nervous and restrained the child looked, the filming crew’s hearts softened a little.
Because of long-term malnutrition, Niannian looked extremely thin, which only made her dark eyes appear even bigger and brighter.
But the little girl was terribly nervous. Her eyes were filled with confusion, uneasiness, and fear.
Looking into those bright black eyes, the filming crew spoke even more gently.
“Baby, don’t be scared. Inside the machine in front of you, older brothers, older sisters, uncles, and aunties from all over the country are watching you. They’re all very nice. You’re on television now! Is there anything you want to say to them?”
When Niannian heard that she was on television, the uneasiness in her heart immediately relaxed a little.
She knew what television was!
The grandpa and grandma next door watched television news every day while fanning themselves.
Niannian did not know what “news” meant, but Grandpa and Grandma had said that watching television let people learn about… mm… learn about everything happening in the whole world!
It was something very amazing!
Niannian’s eyes immediately lit up. Filled with hope and innocent confusion, she quickly asked, “Then can the older brothers and sisters help me find my mommy?”
Hearing this, both the filming crew and the directing team froze.
“Find your mommy?”
Had the child just left home and already started missing her mother and wanting to go home?
Not only the filming crew and the directors thought so.
Even the livestream viewers and fans thought the same thing.
【I’m speechless! Filming just started and she already wants to go home to Mommy!】
【How exactly does the production team choose people?!】
【Seriously, can they find someone more reliable? I’m getting angry!】
Niannian had no idea that her words had made the livestream audience unhappy.
She nodded her little head vigorously, staring without blinking at the black machine in front of her.
At this point, she was no longer afraid of the black machine anymore.
Since television knew everything happening in the world, then it definitely also knew where Niannian’s real mommy was!
Niannian hurriedly said, “I’m a child stolen by a fake mommy. I secretly ran away just now, and I ran for a really, really long time… I want to find my real mommy.”
The livestream comments, which had been filling the screen nonstop just moments ago, suddenly stopped.
It was as though the screen had been completely cleared.
The next second, countless comments exploded across the screen again—
【??????】
【??????????】
【????????????????】
【Wait, what is this child talking about?!】
The directing team and filming crew looked even more dumbfounded.
The directors hurried over and ran to Niannian’s side, no longer caring whether they would appear on camera.
“Baby… your name isn’t Lianlian? Qiao Lianlian?”
Niannian became a little anxious too, and when she got anxious, her tongue stumbled over her words.
“I-I already said it just now! I-I’m Niannian!”
The filming crew and the livestream audience: “……”
We thought you were just speaking unclearly in a cute baby voice! Like you were doing right now!
At that moment, the director’s phone rang.
It was a call from Wen Chengxi.
Wen Chengxi’s voice was directly broadcast into the livestream through the microphone.
“Hello, Director? It’s me, Wen Chengxi! I’m bringing Lianlian over right now. The two cars had a minor scrape, and the other party was fully responsible… Nothing serious happened, we were just taking photos and registering responsibility with the traffic police, so I couldn’t answer your call earlier… Director? Can you hear me? Why aren’t you speaking? Is the signal bad?”
The director slowly lowered his gaze to the phone.
Then he looked at Niannian standing in front of him, her little face filthy and impossible to see clearly.
Director: “…………??”
The livestream audience who had heard the entire conversation: “…………?????”
So this really wasn’t Qiao Lianlian?!