[Hahahahahaha, look at my Qing-jie’s expression—you can tell at a glance that little Dou Dou’s luck isn’t great.]
[No worries, I love watching this!]
In the live broadcast room, the audience was roaring with laughter at this scene. Bullet comments rolled across the screen like a snowstorm, mercilessly teasing the situation.
“It’s alright, Qing-jie. At worst, you can come stay at my place later.”
Ye Shuang glanced at the director, who was looking utterly pleased with himself as if he controlled everything, then subtly leaned closer and whispered to Qin Muqing, who wore a pained expression.
Ye Shuang genuinely liked Qin Muqing from the bottom of her heart. Combined with Qin Muqing’s straightforward and simple nature, she naturally felt inclined to extend kindness toward her.
“Wuwu, little sister, thank you so much! You have no idea how terrible my son’s luck is—”
Qin Muqing’s voice trembled with emotion, on the verge of pouring out her grievances.
“Congratulations to little Dou Dou for winning the fourth prize!”
The director’s cheerful voice suddenly cut in, striking like a bolt from the blue.
“Hah, see?”
Qin Muqing’s words were instantly cut off. Staring at her clueless, utterly bewildered silly son, she felt utterly hopeless. Deflated like a balloon, she slumped against Ye Shuang.
“It’s alright, it’s alright.”
Ye Shuang quickly patted Qin Muqing’s back, comforting the beauty who seemed to have lost her soul.
She truly hadn’t expected Dou Dou’s luck to be this bad. Initially, she had wondered if Qin Muqing was just being overly worried.
Now, well… like mother, like son.
“Mom, hehe, we got the fourth prize!”
Although Dou Dou usually acted more mature than the average six-year-old, he was still just a naive little kid who couldn’t grasp the complexities of adult schemes.
At this moment, he was grinning innocently, completely unaware of the situation they were about to face.
“Heh, just don’t cry later.”
Qin Muqing sighed helplessly. She absolutely didn’t trust that unreliable director to actually let her stay at Ye Shuang’s place.
As she spoke, her mind began conjuring images of the possibly terrible house they would have to face.
[I bet a milk candy that Dou Dou will definitely cry later. He’s totally been tricked by that shady director.]
[It’s fine, we have the gorgeous Ye Shuang here. Seriously, thank you, Ye Shuang, for helping our Qing-jie!]
[Yeah, Ye Shuang is so kind.]
[Hah, probably just pretending.]
Regardless of the heated bullet comments, it was Lu Jue’s turn to draw next. His luck seemed only average as well, landing him the third prize.
Ye Xinrou clearly had good luck, drawing the first prize, while Li Qinqin got the second prize—meaning she didn’t have to change where she was staying.
After the draw, the group quickly dispersed to find the houses they had drawn and figure out how to handle dinner.
When they realized that, aside from Ye Xinrou, almost no one else knew how to cook dinner…
Li Qinqin, who had been quiet all along, hesitated for a moment. A shy blush spread across her cheeks as she softly suggested:
“How about… all of you come to my place for dinner later? I don’t need to look for a house, so it’s quite convenient.”
As she spoke, Li Qinqin’s gaze lingered mainly on Ye Shuang, whose face was slightly pale.
Truth be told, she was a bit of a looks-person herself. Moreover, Ye Shuang’s resolute refusal of Ye Xinrou earlier had sparked a sense of admiration in her heart.
“Won’t it be too much trouble?”
Ye Shuang and the others hesitated. Although they could solve their meal problem by making instant noodles themselves…
They all instinctively looked at their little ones. The children’s sparkling eyes softened their hearts, and then they turned to Li Qinqin with hopeful expressions.
“No, not at all.”
Li Qinqin’s fair cheeks instantly flushed bright red as she quickly waved her hands in response.
“My mom’s cooking is amazing! She really loves it when people enjoy her food.”
Duo Duo seemed to sense her mother’s slight embarrassment and spoke up in her clear, crisp voice.
In her heart, her mother usually loved studying cooking techniques, or would stay in the study without coming out. Other than that, she practically never wanted to leave the house.
It was only because Dad couldn’t stand it anymore that he made her bring Mom out to make friends, which meant she couldn’t even stay with her younger brother.
“Thank you then. We’ll come back as soon as possible to help you with preparations.”
Ye Shuang, Qin Muqing, and Lu Jue stopped being coy and declined no more.
After all, the children were still young and couldn’t just eat anything, and their own stomachs were growling too. At this point, it didn’t hurt to be a little thick-skinned.
The most annoying thing was that the Director wouldn’t even let them order takeout!!!
“I know how to cook, and Xiao Zhao is a bit tired. I won’t trouble you.”
Ye Xinrou’s gaze lingered on Ye Shuang for a moment, a flicker of hesitation in her eyes before she forced a strained smile and politely declined.
“Okay, that’s fine.”
Li Qinqin didn’t think too deeply about it, simply assuming Ye Xinrou wasn’t confident in her cooking skills, and didn’t take it to heart.
The others didn’t overthink it either, currently just wanting to quickly find their houses and come back to help.
Thus, they parted ways outside the courtyard.
Ye Xinrou watched as Ye Shuang and Qin Muqing walked ahead hand in hand intimately, with Lu Jue accompanying them. The group chatted and laughed together.
Meanwhile, she had to take another path, and her expression couldn’t help but darken.
“Mom?”
Gu Zhao gently shook Ye Xinrou’s hand, his eyes full of concern.
He vaguely sensed that Mom seemed unhappy. Actually, he felt a bit disappointed too – he had really wanted to eat with the other little friends, but didn’t want to contradict Mom’s kindness.
“Tired? Let’s hurry back.”
Ye Xinrou withdrew her gaze, forced out a smile, took Gu Zhao’s hand, and stepped onto the other path.
[Poor Rou Rou, she’s clearly being isolated! She specifically looked at Ye Shuang earlier – it must be Ye Shuang who’s leading the isolation!]
[My Rou Rou is so pitiful, why doesn’t that hateful Ye Shuang just die already!!!]
[Yeah, how can they treat our Rou Rou like this.]
[Ye Shuang should just leave the industry, stop being disgusting here, and stop hurting Rou Rou!]
[Don’t cry Rou Rou, we’ll always support you. Someone like Ye Shuang will get what she deserves sooner or later!]
[Ye Shuang is just jealous of Rou Rou and deliberately isolating her. People like her shouldn’t appear on the show – they ruin the mood!]
[Hiss… are Ye Xinrou’s brain-dead fans going crazy?]
For a moment, the screen was filled with accusations against Ye Shuang.
As casual fans of Ye Shuang and mother-fans of the two milk dumplings, they couldn’t help but speak up to defend Ye Shuang fairly.
But after just a few words, they were overwhelmed by Ye Xinrou’s brain-dead fans and could only reluctantly choose to turn off the comments.
Because of this incident, casual viewers who had initially felt favorable toward Ye Xinrou also developed some negative impressions of her.
Once again, Ye Shuang made it to the top three on the trending list.
#Ye Shuang Isolating Ye Xinrou#
#Ye Shuang Helping Qin Muqing#
#Ye Shuang’s Character#