The room was still dimly lit. Xiao Zhang looked at his phone anxiously. “What if Yuan Yuan is late later?”
Ning Yu stood with arms crossed, carefully watching the screen. After several more long minutes, the lights in the room suddenly flicked on.
Beside him, Xue Mingyuan exclaimed loudly, “He’s finally up! That was tough! If he hadn’t gotten up, the kid really would have been late.”
However, the next scene was jaw-dropping.
Because it was Yuan Yuan who had gotten up, not Xiao Wang.
Yuan Yuan stood by the wall, rubbing her sleepy eyes vigorously, then turned off the small alarm clock. She picked up her clothes and went to the bathroom alone to change and wash up.
For a moment, the expressions of everyone present turned rather unpleasant.
Oh, this.
It was an unforeseen situation.
Who would have thought Yuan Yuan would be up while Xiao Wang was still sound asleep?
Ning Yu suddenly grew curious. “She has an alarm clock in her own room too, right? Does she usually get up by herself?”
Xiao Zhang shook his head and waved his hand in denial. “No, usually I get up first to make breakfast, then just call her. That alarm clock is just for decoration; she’s never used it before.”
Su Yuan said bluntly, “It seems Yuan Yuan doesn’t trust her dad much, going so far as to set an alarm specially.”
There were staff members at home too. One of the staff sisters, feeling uneasy, went over to help Yuan Yuan with her hair and gently asked her, “Why did you set an alarm to get up by yourself? Shouldn’t Dad be waking you?”
Yuan Yuan spat out a mouthful of toothpaste foam. “I just knew he wouldn’t get up.”
“Why?”
Everyone was curious about Yuan Yuan’s answer.
“He doesn’t have to go to work today. On days he doesn’t work, he sleeps until noon.”
The staff member asked again, “Are you going to wake Dad up now?”
Yuan Yuan quickly washed her face. “What’s the use of waking him? There’s not enough time. It’s my turn to be class monitor today, so I have to go early. I’ll boil an egg for myself in a bit, then go downstairs to find Linlin. I’ll just ask Auntie to take me to school.”
Yuan Yuan had everything planned out clearly in one sentence.
The implied meaning: What’s the use of having this dad?
Bullet comments:
“Holy crap, little sister, I’m really impressed. At an age when she’s about to start elementary school, she can already take care of herself.”
“At that age, I was still playing in the mud. Forget getting up at this hour; it was already amazing if my parents could drag me out of bed!”
“She even knows how to boil eggs—my goodness!”
The guests on-site also found it incredible and surprising.
Ning Yu’s eyes sparkled with excitement. “She even knows how to boil eggs?”
Lin Momo’s voice followed. “And who’s Linlin? Her classmate?”
Xiao Zhang watched the screen, his heart aching for his daughter. His voice dropped. “She can do it. She helps me when I cook. Kids are pretty smart; she just watched me do it and learned.”
“Wow, that’s amazing,” Ning Yu applauded. What a sensible child. But where on earth has the dad disappeared to again?
Xiao Zhang watched his daughter go to the kitchen alone to boil water and cook an egg, wishing he could go home right then and give her a big hug.
“Linlin is her classmate. We all live in the same neighborhood; she’s right downstairs from us. Usually, when buying groceries or doing errands, I go with Linlin’s mom,” Xiao Zhang explained, and everyone suddenly understood.Just as everyone watched Yuan Yuan finish boiling the eggs and prepare to head downstairs, Ning Yu suddenly posed a soul-searching question: “Wasn’t it agreed that Xiao Wang would take care of the child? So, where is he?”
Bullet comments:
“So, where is he?”
“So, where is he?”
“…”
The camera followed Yuan Yuan downstairs, showing the five-year-old child communicating with others. Yuan Yuan politely greeted Linlin and her parents. Knowing they were filming a show recently, Linlin’s mother warmly invited Yuan Yuan inside and even offered her more breakfast.
Meanwhile, Linlin’s father was packing his daughter’s schoolbag. The four of them looked perfectly harmonious.
Bullet comments were furious:
“Her dad knows to pack his daughter’s schoolbag, but Yuan Yuan’s dad is still sleeping even after the child has left the house.”
Ning Yu also voiced her doubts: “It’s still an attitude problem. Since he knew he had to take his daughter to school, why didn’t he set an alarm? Even a child like Yuan Yuan knows to set an alarm. How could an adult not know?”
Xiao Zhang took a deep breath, closed her eyes, and gritted her teeth: “This makes me so angry. Thank goodness we’re filming a show, and it’s fortunate that Yuan Yuan is naturally obedient. If she had really run off while he was still sleeping, I really…”
Speechless!
Bullet comments:
“This is just too much. To put it bluntly, if someone came to kidnap the child now, he wouldn’t even know.”
“He clearly didn’t take this seriously. How could he forget something like this even once? I’m speechless. It seems Ning Yu was right—we shouldn’t have believed Xiao Wang could change. Hah.”
At that moment, Lin Momo’s voice drifted in like a feather: “He doesn’t have to work today. Maybe he thought that was a reason not to get up, just like how we sleep until noon on days we don’t have to work.”
Bullet comments:
“Lin Momo, just shut up. Why do you always sympathize with men? If you keep talking, I’m really going to turn against you!”
“Can’t our Momo express her opinion? Everyone makes mistakes. The dad is usually busy with work, and now he just forgot one small thing and gets criticized like this. Enough already!”
“Some people are really lenient toward men. I can’t stand it. Tone down your ‘submissive wife’ vibes; it’s stronger than anything else.”
…
“But wasn’t it agreed yesterday that he would take care of Yuan Yuan? Why doesn’t he remember? Having a task and not having one are two different things.”
Ning Yu couldn’t stand Lin Momo’s attitude anymore and spoke coldly without holding back: “There’s no need to make excuses for him. The fact is, he didn’t take it seriously!”
Damn.
She directly confronted her!
The Director’s eyes lit up—this was exactly the kind of heat they needed. Inviting Ning Yu to join this variety show was definitely the right decision.
Seeing his girlfriend criticized by Ning Yu and recalling how he was scolded by his parents yesterday, Xu Yize’s anger flared up.
“She wasn’t really making excuses for Xiao Wang, was she? It’s human nature to turn off the alarm when you take time off work.”
Ning Yu placed a finger on her lips, glanced over lightly with a look of disdain, and said, “You think that’s normal? Well, that’s exactly what I expected. I’ll let you have this one.”
Bullet comments:
“Thank you, Ning Yu, for curing my anxiety.”
“So intense. Isn’t this implying that Xu Yize is exactly that kind of person?”
“Ning Yu, get lost! So rude!”
“Really triggered? Xu Yize’s fans, don’t cry. I feel sorry for you. Here’s a hug—you’re about to fall apart!”Xu Yize’s expression darkened. Damn it, he had originally intended to speak up for Lin Momo, but instead, he ended up being subtly mocked by Ning Yu again.
Ning Yu!
Xu Yize clenched his fists in frustration. Enough already—was she still angry after all this time? How long was she going to hold onto this grudge?