Old Li had been waiting in the underground parking garage for quite a while. When he saw Madam leading the little master over, he stared in surprise, his eyes widening. “Madam bought so many hamburgers?”
Little kids probably shouldn’t eat too much of this kind of fried food, right?
Carrying bags and bags of hamburgers and fried chicken, and then looking at the extra box of blind box figures in little cub’s arms, Chu Mingwan said with grief and indignation, “It’s all the hamburger shop’s tricks. Today the store launched a new special limited-edition blind box figure set. If you spend a certain amount, they’ll directly give you a full set, and there’s even an extra hidden one.”
It was a Pokémon theme that little cub loved very much. On top of that, Chu Mingwan really could not resist the temptation of the blind box gift, so father and son went on a spending spree and became the hamburger shop’s first “big shot” customers to get the full blind box set plus the hidden edition.
Li Shu: Young people’s tricks really are getting more and more, I can’t understand it, I can’t understand it!
Mumu’s little face was flushed from playing, and he felt so happy coming out with little dad today. It was simply the happiest day of his life!
After returning to the villa, father and son were both exhausted. They distributed all the hamburgers and fried chicken they had bought to everyone. Chu Mingwan instantly came back to life, sat with little cub on the carpet in the Moon Room, and started unboxing the Pokémon blind boxes.
A full set contained 24 blind box figures, and the hidden edition was an extra known style given away for free. The other blind boxes were all about surprise and a racing heartbeat.
Mumu pressed his little hands together very ceremoniously and muttered for quite a while, before his hands busily began opening that pile of blind boxes. Whenever he came across a duplicate figure, he would furrow his little brows. Whenever he drew a new design, he would smile with curved eyes.
Just watching the little expressions change on little cub’s face was already enough to make Chu Mingwan happy. In the end, fully satisfied, he took the two duplicate little figures back to his own bedroom.
The production team of “Adorable Kids Are Here” was very fast. They said they would post the promotional photos the next day, and by 8:30 p.m. the next day, the fresh-off-the-press promotional photos were sent out.
It had to be said that the production staff were very capable. They posted a total of twelve pictures, half of them being a large promotional image for each of the six families, and half of them being a PS group photo of the adorable kids.
Lazily lying on the bed, casually pulling a pillow under his chin for support, Chu Mingwan slowly looked through the adorable kids’ group photos.
Before long, the comment section under this Weibo post had already built up into a huge thread:
[Wow, is the first season an animal theme? The cubs wearing all kinds of animal-element outfits are so cute~]
[Ah, a cool beauty gave birth to a little sweetie, the goddess’s daughter is way too cute!]
[I only saw the silly top star and his domineering little sister. As expected, even the most sharp-tongued top star can only end up as a little lackey in front of his little sister.]
[As expected of the entertainment industry’s famous “pretty-boy young master,” Chu Mingwan really is infuriatingly full of trouble, but there’s really nothing to say about that face.]
[No matter how good-looking he is, he’s still a moral scum. If Chu Mingwan has any sense, he should hurry up and quit this parent-child variety show. I might even look at him a little more highly then.]
[Chu Mingwan, hurry up and quit “Adorable Kids Are Here.” I really don’t want Brother Xiayun to see this thing that’s so good at causing trouble again.]
[Haven’t you all noticed? The little boy from Chu Mingwan’s family is so cute. He’s adorable enough to melt auntie’s heart.]
[Wuwuwu, I noticed too. How could such a cute cub possibly belong to Chu Mingwan, that bad guy? He wouldn’t really abuse the little cub, would he?]
Abuse? He could abuse anyone, but he would never abuse his own Mumu cub. Every now and then he could run into a comment cursing him out, but seeing that there were no internet trolls targeting little cub, Chu Mingwan lost the urge to keep playing on his phone.
Since he hadn’t received a call from the production team last night, Chu Mingwan still deliberately opened WeChat to take a look before going to bed.
The pinned message was still the photos he had sent to Qi Yuan, but as expected of a big boss, there was not the slightest sign that he intended to reply. So cold!
Hehe, that old man was just a money-making tool for him and his cub. There was no need to care about these little details. Chu Mingwan happily held his phone and admired his cute cub’s photos for a while longer.
Not long after the production team posted the announcement, Zhang Bai bundled all the photos and sent them over: “Teacher Xiao Chu, the staff here didn’t have time to individually retouch them, so the ones saved in the folder are all straight-out original images.”
Asking the production team for photos in the first place had already been Chu Mingwan’s shameless move. How could he possibly have the nerve to ask the staff to retouch each one for him?
After glancing at the balance in his wallet, Chu Mingwan immediately sent Zhang Bai a big red packet without hesitation: “Thanks for your hard work, brother. Brother Zhang, help me treat everyone to barbecue at a street-stall eatery.”
Being able to receive a red packet from Chu Mingwan was already surprising enough for Zhang Bai on the other end of the phone. When he heard Chu Mingwan say he wanted to treat everyone to barbecue at a street-stall eatery, he felt an even stranger, subtle sort of feeling. So people really can’t be too much like Chu little master. Look, someone who used to be picky even about five-star hotels now knows what a street-stall eatery is.
“It’s almost time to get off work. Let’s head to the street stalls later, the boss is treating us to barbecue.” Being able to eat barbecue for free was a very joyful thing. Zhang Bai first sent Chu Mingwan a sticker, then tapped open the red packet. When he saw the amount inside, he froze for a long time, then raised his phone toward the group of coworkers. “The boss is generous, we can order whatever we want.”
The entire studio immediately erupted into cheers. The coworkers in the prop team were the first to finish their work, and one of them subconsciously asked, “Brother Zhang, which boss is being this generous?”
After all, Director Fan’s stinginess was something the entire circle knew all too well.
“You might not believe me when I tell you.” Under the gazes of the coworkers looking over, Zhang Bai explained, “It’s Chu Mingwan. He probably really likes the photos we took of his kid!”
That was the only explanation that made any sense. Zhang Bai’s expression was extremely complicated.
The entire production crew was even exchanging looks in disbelief. So Chu little master was treating their production team like a children’s photography studio!
“Adorable Kids Are Here” had been promoted for a long time already. It was just that the production team had released the guest list a little late, but because Director Fan came with built-in popularity, this variety show had always drawn a lot of attention.
As soon as the guest list was released, the buzz shot up even more. When all the little guests handed in their final exam papers and welcomed the summer vacation they had been looking forward to, the creatively designed livestream show “Adorable Kids Are Here” finally officially began filming.
The production team had already obtained the guests’ exact addresses in advance from each of their agents, so they deliberately pulled a little trick and held a special livestream before filming officially started.
The accompanying staff who came to follow the Chu family father and son consisted of only Zhang Bai and the cameraman carrying the camera.
Zhang Bai stared carefully at the address Luo Yiyun had sent him, reading it over several times. Then he turned and poked the cameraman sitting beside him. “Xiao Zhu, help me check. I didn’t stay up so late yesterday that I ruined my eyes, did I?”
Zhu Pengtian looked blankly baffled, but still followed Zhang Bai’s lead and leaned over to read the address on the phone. “Zhongxin Road, Chengbin Mountain Villa 37, what’s wrong with this place?”
“Looks like my eyes are fine too!” Zhang Bai couldn’t help muttering twice, then looked at Zhu Pengtian with a complicated expression. “The person we’re going to pick up is Chu Mingwan, so how could a fake young master expelled from the Chu family afford Chengbin Mountain Villa on Zhongxin Road? That’s the highest-end villa district of the Qi Group.”
Zhu Pengtian had never paid much attention to those things online. Hearing Zhang Bai say this, he couldn’t help scratching his head. “Maybe this villa is rented?”
People who could live in Chengbin Mountain Villa simply would not rent out their houses. Zhang Bai knew this very well, but he was still staring blankly at the location on his phone. The security at Chengbin Mountain Villa was extremely strict, and even if they took out the production team’s and Chu Mingwan’s contract, they might not necessarily be able to enter the villa district without notifying Chu Mingwan.
So was this surprise livestream already losing its appeal? Thinking of the scene of the bonus flying away right in front of him, Zhang Bai was practically on the verge of tears.
More than half an hour later, the production team’s car stopped outside the main gate of Chengbin Mountain Villa. The security team should have already received the owner’s notice in advance. After carefully checking Zhang Bai and the others’ identification, they let them enter the villa district.
Picking up his phone to check the time, there were now only about ten minutes left until the agreed broadcast time. Zhang Bai, who had been anxious about this month’s bonus all the way, could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
Zhang Bai and the cameraman deliberately delayed a bit, and by the time they reached the front of Gate 37, it was exactly seven in the morning.
They opened the livestream room on time. After two or three seconds of a black screen, viewers who were used to getting up early quickly flooded in:
[Here we are, here we are. Production team, you’re not human. Even though summer vacation has already started, because of this kids’ variety show, I got up even earlier than I did for school.]
[The announcement was only posted five minutes before the livestream, and it was still in a no-prize guessing format. Director Fan, you’re so bad~]
[Hehehe, I have to say, the production team really knows how to play. Everyone, let’s open a blind box together!]
[Guess which guest this livestream room belongs to, I’m betting on my goddess Yating.]
[Wow, just looking at the villa gate, you can tell this is a rich family. I’m voting for baby Xiayun, after all our baby Xiayun is the Chu family’s true young master!]
[Who says otherwise? Just based on the villa’s scale alone, the first one to eliminate has to be Chu Mingwan, that thing who stole someone else’s life and keeps causing trouble, right!]
The camera swept past the sea of flowers planted in the open space in front of the villa gate. It was exactly when the flowers were blooming most brilliantly, and the gardener had taken especially good care of them. One glance was truly a feast for the eyes.
Before Zhang Bai could press the doorbell, the villa gate had already slowly opened. A young man wearing a black suit walked out from inside the villa. “You’re the staff from ‘Adorable Kids Are Here,’ right? You must have had a hard time coming all this way. I’m the butler of this villa.”
Liao Xing’an looked to be about thirty-four or thirty-five. He didn’t have the kind of looks that are fashionable nowadays, but instead had a bit of that seventies- and eighties-style, down-to-earth, reassuring face. Every gesture he made also carried a certain air. Even if he said he was the owner of this villa, no one would doubt him. Yet he said he was the butler of this villa.
[Wuwuwu, even the butler looks this proper. I’m getting more and more curious about which guest it is.]
[After getting used to all the fresh-faced pretty boys in the entertainment circle, looking at the butler uncle, I want to say I can!]
[May I ask which villa district this is? Can I go apply to be a maid? Not for anything else, just to have a passionate romance with the butler uncle.]
[Sister, you just woke up and you’re already daydreaming!]
The livestream comments were still endlessly discussing this newly appeared butler when Zhang Bai heard a burst of footsteps from upstairs. He raised his eyes toward the staircase and saw little cub, with a head of curly little hair and wearing frog-style pajamas, walking toward the living room.
Seeing Zhang Bai and the cameraman standing in the living room, Mumu got such a fright that his chubby little hands clutched tightly at the frog pajamas on his body, and little cub instinctively flapped his short legs and turned to run back upstairs.
At this moment, the livestream room had already exploded:
[Wow, this is the first little cub to appear. Those messy little curls are way too cute!]
[Cute cub, come give auntie a kiss.]
[Wait, didn’t you all see what that little cub looks like? If I’m not mistaken, isn’t that Chu Mingwan’s child?]
[The person above, please trust your eyes. You didn’t see wrong, that is Chu Mingwan’s little cub.]
[I specifically compared it with the official promotional photos from before. That little boy just now seems to be Chu Mingwan’s son.]
[So, the owner of this villa is… Chu Mingwan!]
【AUTHOR’S NOTE】
Thank you to the little angels who voted for me with monthly tickets or fed me nutrient solution during 2023-07-01 20:00:00 to 2023-07-07 20:00:00~
Thank you to the little angels for feeding me nutrient solution: Sanzhi, Ye☆Xingchen, 1 bottle;
Thank you all very much for your support. I will keep working hard!