"Director, your face is beaming," Deputy Director Yang said helplessly, watching the director who was still smiling even after getting into the car.
"What do you know? The children like me, and I'm happy."
Seeing this, Deputy Director Yang couldn't help but inwardly complain: Shouldn't it be that the children know you're the director, so they're trying to please you? However, if children with such adorable faces were to please him, he probably would have fallen for it just like the director.
"By the way, Director."
Chen Tianming's expression turned slightly serious: "What is it?"
"It's just that Fang YanHuan might be joining the show again."
"What? Does she think my show is a place she can come and go as she pleases?" Chen Tianming said indignantly upon hearing this. "Who does she think she is?"
Deputy Director Yang said sheepishly, "She's the daughter of the Fang family, and the recognized girlfriend of the film emperor Wen Lan."
"She... I..."
Chen Tianming got a headache and immediately lost his temper: "Didn't she say she was sick and would miss this episode? What, does she want to establish a professional image on my show?"
"I don't know," Deputy Director Yang shrugged, indicating his own helplessness. "So, what should we do now?"
"When does she arrive?"
"Tomorrow morning."
Chen Tianming scoffed and said indifferently, "Then let her come tomorrow by herself."
He had to spend time with his precious little ones and didn't have time to pick anyone up.
"Alright, Director."
Deputy Director Yang silently prayed that nothing else would go wrong.
Mingcheng.
If the snow mountain was a star and moon in the ninth heaven, and the heavenly lake was an endless yearning, then Mingcheng was the most down-to-earth human world.
"Indeed, the human world is the most suitable place for me," Cui ManTong took a deep breath of the fragrant air, greedily saying, "It smells so good, my mouth is watering."
In a place like this, her waist and legs instantly stopped aching, and she could jump around with ease.
"Behave yourself, we're short on funds."
Chen Huan's words were like a basin of cold water, dousing the flames that had just ignited within Cui ManTong. She wilted and leaned on Fang MiaoMiao, lamenting the show's stinginess and cheapness.
Fang MiaoMiao patted Cui ManTong's head: "Don't worry, with me here, I'll let you have a blast today."
Cui ManTong's eyes lit up: "MiaoMiao, are you."
Fang MiaoMiao raised her hand to cup Cui ManTong's tempting red lips: "Shush!"
[Ahhhhh, sisters, ManMiao CP is real, I'm so invested, I love it so much, ahhhh, get together, get together.]
[The one above, don't get so excited. Look, our mature CP has learned to take screenshots on their own. I never thought I'd find a girl as suitable for ManTong as this. What is this if not love?]
[Is there anyone here who understands lip-reading? Come out and translate for your emperor. What did MiaoMiao just say? Five mao for the answer.]
Immediately.
Two golden bullet comments appeared in the live stream.
[No, ManTong, she's mine.]
[Thanks for the invite, MiaoMiao has a legal husband.]
[Holy crap, what did I just see? A public debunking?]
[Good heavens, the one above, isn't it more accurate to say it's a public declaration of ownership rather than a debunking? Oh my god, let Chen TianMing host another variety show. I've already thought of the title: The Behind-the-Scenes Jealousy Announcer. Hahaha.]
[The one before is too savage, you've plucked all the bamboo shoots from the mountain. But cough cough, to be honest, a friend of mine also wants to watch this variety show. Director TianMing, keep it up.]
"I want to eat stinky tofu."
"Buy it."
"Mom."
"Auntie MiaoMiao, we want to eat grilled squid."
"Buy it!"
"MiaoMiao."
"Buy it!"
In the RV, watching Fang MiaoMiao waving her hand generously, Chen TianMing wondered: "Is that the 3,000 yuan for Fang MiaoMiao?"
"Yes," Deputy Director Yang was also confused. "When we gave it to her, you were right there. To prevent her from reneging, we gave her a new phone with no contacts on it."
Chen TianMing was even more puzzled: "That's impossible. Look at Fang MiaoMiao's extravagant behavior, she doesn't look like someone with only 3,000 yuan."
This wasn't the kind of team he expected to see happily wandering around; it clearly defied logic.
"How about we check Fang MiaoMiao's finances tonight?"
Chen TianMing was about to say whether it was appropriate, but then he caught sight of a few people, even the cameraman, moving their lips. His refusal instantly turned into: "Check it. We must check the accounts tonight."
"This is so great."
The group lay happily in a pavilion, admiring the surrounding scenery and sighing with emotion.
"MiaoMiao, did we spend a lot of money just now?" Zhou JiaXin suddenly remembered something and asked with some concern.
"No."
"No?"
Now it was everyone's turn to be surprised: "You... we just ate and ran? Isn't that a bit too exciting?"
"How could that be?" Fang MiaoMiao's lips curved upwards, and she beckoned to the cameraman.
The cameraman took a few steps closer.
"I think both the viewers in the live stream and the show crew who want to see us make fools of ourselves are very curious, right?" Fang MiaoMiao spread her hands innocently and blinked. "But what does it matter? I just won't tell you."
Her smug and somewhat annoying demeanor made Chen TianMing backstage furious and speechless: "This girl is doing it on purpose."
Deputy Director Yang cleared his throat: "Director, if Fang MiaoMiao didn't use up her funds, we can't say she lost, right?"
"She violated the rules of this episode."
Deputy Director Yang shook his head: "She didn't use any other phone."
After giving that phone to Fang MiaoMiao, they had a hacker monitoring it constantly. Fang MiaoMiao indeed didn't make any calls, add any friends, let alone make any transfers.
"This is precisely what makes me even more angry and bewildered," Chen TianMing said powerlessly.
Here he was, a man in his forties, and he couldn't outsmart a twenty-something youngster.
"Mom, I'm sleepy."
Fang MiaoMiao picked up Wen YanAn and gently said, "Want to sleep?"
Wen YanAn rubbed his eyes and shook his head.
Fang MiaoMiao clapped her hands and motioned for Wen YanAn to sit on her lap: "Sleep."
Wen YanAn leaned on Fang MiaoMiao's shoulder and softly said, "Thank you, Mom."
"I'm starting to feel a bit sleepy too," Cui ManTong yawned.
"Then how about we head back to the hotel directly?" Zhou JiaXin suggested. "Since our tourist attractions have been reduced by more than half, we don't need to rush as much later."
"Good idea," Cui ManTong raised her hand in agreement.
"I'm fine with anything," Chen Huan said faintly, glancing at the somewhat listless children.
"Alright, then let's go back to the hotel."