Luo Yiyun: Fine, fine, what a sticky father and son pair.
Chu Mingwan, who had not managed to experience what it felt like for a big shot to spend money like water, grinned at his own little cub, who was fiercely protective of his father. As expected, he really was his family’s good cub.
Luo Yiyun was an agent who acted with lightning speed. She had more than one artist under her, and before this, she had not put that much effort into the original owner, who had the temper of a young master and did not know how to respect people. She had only been acting according to her protective, calf-guarding nature.
Now, looking at the young man who was slowly walking away while holding the cub, Luo Yiyun pinched the bridge of her slightly swollen nose. It had been some time since they had last met, and she felt that there had been a huge change in the young man. The arrogant, domineering hostility he had before was gone, and he had become much more obedient.
With that thought, Luo Yiyun lifted her foot and walked toward the production crew staff. Even just for the sake of little Mumu cub, who called her auntie in a milky voice, she would not let the artist under her be bullied by anyone.
The B Building of Yaodong Tower was practically a gathering place for filming companies, and many workplace dramas loved to shoot here. As for the adjacent A Building, it was an ordinary shopping mall. After they finished filming the kids’ variety show promotional video later, they could take the good cub there for a stroll.
Maybe because it was around the time when various companies were starting work, there were not as many people coming and going in the building as before.
Mumu jumped down from little dad’s arms, held little dad’s hand, and looked around the building with curious eyes.
After taking the good cub for a walk around, and accompanying the child to the restroom, they happened to receive a call from Luo Yiyun when they came out.
He shook Mumu’s little hand. “Let’s go, auntie is calling us back!”
“Okay!” Mumu answered in a milky voice, nodding.
Just as the father and son were walking out of the restroom holding hands, Youyou, who had come out to use the restroom together with the staff, walked out of the stall with a strange expression on his face.
“Why do I keep feeling like bad uncle is a little off? Could he be acting with the pretty younger brother?” Feeling that he had seen through bad uncle’s schemes, Youyou hurriedly washed his hands, then hid behind the wall corner and peered out at the departing father and son.
The staff member who had come to the restroom with Youyou saw the little boy hiding behind the corner and peeking out, and walked over to ask softly, “Youyou, are you done using the restroom?”
Startled by the sudden voice, Youyou pressed himself against the wall. “Mm-hm, I’m done.”
“Good, then let’s go back.” The staff member looked at the watch on his wrist. “It’s about time, it should be almost time to start filming.”
Walking along with the staff member, Youyou also kept looking at the children’s watch on his wrist, trying to discover more clues by observing the photos he had taken, so he could rescue the pitiful younger brother who had been deceived by the bad uncle.
Today was also a day for Chu, Detective Jiayou, to work hard to see through appearances and uncover the truth. As long as he kept at it, he would definitely be able to rescue the suffering pretty younger brother from the hands of the demon uncle.
A five-and-a-half-year-old boy putting on a stern face really did look the part. The staff member was afraid the child would get lost, so he would turn back to look every so often, always feeling that something on Youyou’s face gave off a… “chuunibyou” aura.
Youyou had no idea what the uncle staff member beside him was thinking. Since he was also not far behind Chu Mingwan and the others, and because all of Youyou’s attention was on the “suffering” pretty younger brother, if the staff member had not pulled him in time, he would have almost followed them into Chu Mingwan’s makeup room.
“Youyou, come here quickly.” When Chu Xiayun saw his son coming back, he waved from a few steps away. He had already finished his makeup and changed into the clothes prepared in advance by the staff, waiting for his son to return so they could start filming.
According to Chu Mingwan’s previous domineering and overbearing personality, being placed behind others for filming would definitely have made him throw a young master tantrum. There were also some people in the production team with bad intentions. They had originally planned to set a trap for Chu Mingwan over the makeup room matter, but Luo Yiyun was not someone easy to mess with. In just a few words, she secured Chu Mingwan a separate makeup room.
Chu Xiayun did not want to deliberately make things difficult for Chu Mingwan. He could not wait to never run into Chu Mingwan at all, but if the production staff wanted to make things difficult for Chu Mingwan, he naturally was not saintly enough to still protect someone who had once nearly caused his death.
In fact, Chu Mingwan was now busy to the point where his feet barely touched the ground. His skin was in such good condition that even the makeup artist kept praising it, and in the end only a thin layer of foundation and lipstick was applied. During the waiting time that followed, he transformed into a praise machine for Mumu cub.
The production team’s little tricks were indeed annoying, but it was obvious that they were very devoted to this program. The little clothes they had prepared for the cubs were so cute that Chu Mingwan could hardly breathe.
“Ah, is this my good cub? My good cub is so pretty.”
“So cute. Come on, let Papa give you a kiss, mua, mua.”
“Truly worthy of being my good cub, you’re handsome as hell!”
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This was a scene none of the staff had expected. Chu Mingwan did not make a fuss with Chu Xiayun or the production team because of those special arrangements, and instead became addicted to cuddling the cub to the point of being unable to pull himself away.
The shy good cub changed into several sets of adorable themed clothes, and was praised by little dad until his face turned red. Even his big eyes were shining brightly, full of joy.
The clicking of camera shutters did not stop either. Chu Mingwan took a moment to ask the staff, “Can I take photos? I definitely won’t leak them before the production team does, and can I keep them privately too?”
Being stared at by the handsome young man with those pleading eyes put the staff under a lot of pressure, but after getting approval from above, he still allowed Chu Mingwan to keep the photos on his phone.
Chu Mingwan gave a happy heh-heh laugh, then turned around and started wildly praising Mumu again, with absolutely no repetition in his high-quality rainbow compliments.
In the end, not a single photo was deleted. They were all packaged up and sent to the cub’s biological father. In the original plot, this father and son clearly had not made any scene, so no one knew why their relationship had been so cold. Chu Mingwan still felt that a cub’s growth could not do without the care of his biological father, so he privately sent the cute cub’s photos over.
That, um… a rich husband might not be at home, but it should still be possible to care about his son occasionally, right!
After the photos were sent, the phone was handed over to Luo Yiyun for safekeeping. Only when the staff came over to notify them did Chu Mingwan take Mumu cub, who was wearing little rabbit overalls, by the hand and head toward the filming room.
At the entrance to the filming room, they happened to run into Chu Xiayun and Youyou, who had just finished filming and had not left yet. Chu Mingwan’s gaze subconsciously landed on Youyou.
The five-and-a-half-year-old boy was wearing a pair of overalls similar to the ones on Mumu, except that unlike Mumu’s rabbit elements, the boy’s outfit had a big gray wolf element.
So young, yet already so intimidating. As expected of the cub version of the future male lead, Chu Mingwan could not help but silently sigh when he saw Youyou standing in front of Chu Xiayun and glaring at him.
Mumu curiously looked at the older brother wearing the big gray wolf overalls and felt that his eyes were a little fierce. The little cub felt somewhat scared and unconsciously leaned closer to little dad.
Youyou’s fierce expression could not hold up any longer. The pretty younger brother seemed a little scared. Could it be that he had… scared him!
He clearly was not scarier than the bad uncle. Why would the pretty younger brother be afraid of him? Youyou suddenly understood what it meant to be defeated.
“Teacher Xiayun, please rest in the makeup room first. We may need to reshoot two more photos later.” The staff had watched the excitement enough, and only then came over to smooth things over.
The original owner’s face actually did not differ much from Chu Mingwan’s face in his previous life. Both belonged to the kind that was very beautiful and handsome, with a boyish yet feminine appearance. But the original owner’s professional ability was far too poor, so in the circle he was jokingly called a “pretty-boy young master,” and later that even turned into a trending-search mocking term.
However, still photos did not require the same level of expression as moving images. Chu Mingwan had once gone with the workers to do extra work for a period of time, so he and the cub were quite natural together.
Mumu was a little afraid of that pitch-black camera, but with little dad by his side accompanying him and furiously showering him with all kinds of rainbow compliments, the cub immediately puffed out his little chest with courage.
Even the photographer found it extremely surprising. He had naturally heard of Chu Mingwan’s “pretty-boy young master” reputation, but hearing about it was not as good as seeing it for himself. He felt that Chu Mingwan was not as unbearable as the internet had said.
He was not the only one with that thought. In short, Chu Mingwan’s performance today had brought a huge shock to the production crew staff.
When filming ended, Zhang Bai finally walked over to Chu Mingwan. “Hello, Teacher Xiao Chu, I’m Zhang Bai, Director Fan’s assistant. Since today is the last two sets of promotional videos, next we may need Mumu and Youyou to take a few group photos together.”
“Have the two little guys take photos together?” Chu Mingwan said in surprise, lowering his head to pat Mumu’s little curls. “This was not mentioned before, was it?”
“Because there are six guest groups in the first season, and they are all filmed in pairs. For the first two groups, the children would all take a few group photos together.” Zhang Bai looked at the little cub pressed against Chu Mingwan’s leg with narrowed eyes. This was not an unreasonable request, probably just because this little cub was a little shy.
The staff had already brought over Chu Xiayun and his son, who had been resting in the makeup room. The little boy was still wearing that gray wolf overalls set, and almost instinctively glared at Chu Mingwan once, before looking at the pretty younger brother pressed beside Chu Mingwan with eyes full of anticipation.
Heh heh, the staff uncle was letting him film with the pretty younger brother later. Then he could use the filming opportunity to win the younger brother over to his side. Youyou little friend gave himself a huge thumbs-up in his heart.
Chu Mingwan was crouching down, speaking face to face with Mumu cub pressed beside him. “Later, our good cub is going to do a separate shoot with that older brother. Is our good cub willing?”
That unfamiliar older brother was still a little fierce, but when Mumu had just turned to look at him, that older brother had smiled at him, and the fierce feeling instantly did not seem so scary anymore.
Maybe the unfamiliar older brother was like big dad, also the type who did not like to smile? Mumu pressed closer into little dad’s arms and could not help but turn his head to glance at Youyou again.
Youyou hurriedly grinned at the pretty younger brother, hoping the pretty younger brother would like him a little more, so that after the bad uncle was taken away by the police, he might be able to get his dad to bring the younger brother home together.
“Mm.” Under the unfamiliar older brother’s expectant gaze, Mumu obediently nodded.