Serve as Contrast Team in a ‘Dad with Baby’ Show

[Could it be that the program group threw the game?] Some people questioned.

But it was quickly refuted.

[It’s really impossible, didn’t you see how surprised the director was?]

[You could only say that if you didn’t see Lin Cheng’s father and daughter team fighting so hard today. ]

[I estimate that they delivered at least a hundred cans of gas this day. ]

[I admit that I was bored, but I did count them one by one: 191 cans, no more, no less. ]

[The director team is probably feeling right stupid now. ]

[Looking at the director’s mouth’s shape just now, she was probably prepared to announce that the dad and baby team has failed their task for the week. ]

[Hahaha, just ask the director team if their face hurts. ]

……

The program team really felt a little embarrassed at this time.

The director looked at the cameraman that had been filming the Lin dad and daughter team all day, somehow expecting him to say that the money Lin Cheng and Lin Momo earned were not all in accordance with the program rules like before.

But unexpectedly, the cameraman nodded at her: Lin Cheng’s money was indeed earned from delivering cans and cans of gas. Even if it was opportunistic selling, they also relied on their own ingenuity to do it.

Seeing this, the team director was speechless for a while, and finally she said with forced cheerfulness, “Really, then, congratulations for completing the task!”

… …

Hearing the director’s announcement, Chen Yu, Wang Xi, and Zhou Qi, who had been standing in front of the computer nervously, all breathed sighs of relief. At the same time, they were all surprised that Lin Cheng had actually completed the task.

“I thought Brother Cheng’s team would definitely not be able to complete it, but it ended up okay after all,” Wang Xi said with lingering fear in her voice.

Just now, Chen Yu heard the news from the program group: If a family team fails to complete the task twice in a row, they may be suspended from recording the program and replaced by a newly promoted ‘dad and baby’ team.

“Brother Cheng really worked too hard this time,” Wang Xi said again.

As they watched the livestream throughout the day, they all saw Lin Cheng delivering one heavy can of gas after another, and his arms could be seen shaking several times from strain and exhaustion, but he didn’t stop. Wang Xi was very moved.

“Yeah, I thought that with Brother Cheng’s personality, he wouldn’t care about completing any tasks at all.”

Chen Yu nodded, also hiding the surprise in his heart; Lin Cheng really worked so hard on the show, which was fully beyond his expectations.

Did this person finally wake up?Go bankrupt? Did he take the wrong medicine? Chen Yu secretly guessed.

But he didn’t know that the reason why Lin Cheng persisted in completing the task was simply because he saw Lin Momo’s hard work and couldn’t bear to disappoint the girl.

… … 

In the small courtyard of the residential area, the first part of the filming ended. A crewmember of the program team then approached Lin Cheng and Lin Momo with the box for next week’s ‘family background’ lottery.

“It’s still the same as last time. There are five different ‘family backgrounds’ in the box in front of you. Whatever you draw will be the life you will experience next week,” the director explained.

“So, will it be dad who will draw this time, or is it daughter? Perhaps Momo can draw this time.”

“Okay,” Lin Momo replied in a low, serious voice. Looking at the box in front of her, her expression suddenly became tense.

Lin Momo clenched her hands and prayed silently in her heart, ‘you must get a better family background‘, and then solemnly stepped forward to draw a card.

Just as Lin Momo was about to reach into the box, Lin Cheng took a step ahead.

In fact, there was no need to draw cards at all. Lin Cheng could also guess that, whatever was in the box, no matter which card he drew—there would only be one result.

Seeing Lin Momo’s nervous look, Lin Cheng suddenly decided not to let her take this ‘hit’. If it was pre-determined to be a ‘bad’ card anyway, no need to let Lin Momo bear the burden for it.

Lin Cheng reached into the lottery box.

This time, the program team seemed to be feeling extra good about themselves and actually put five cards in it.

But no need to think about it, the five cards must all have the same content.

Lin Cheng took out one at random.

He opened the card in front of the camera, and there were also six pieces of information inside:

[Home address]: Shangbei Road, No. 4 Xisha Lane (the house was built privately by the owner in the 1980s, and the facilities are basically complete. The rented house has one bedroom, one living room and one kitchen, one bathroom, 59 square meters in total).

[Dad’s Occupation]: Steamed buns vendor.

[Family income]: 40,000 yuan.

[Means of transportation]: steamed bun stall tricycle.

[Financial status]: Due to the expenses of building a house in their hometown, there is currently zero savings. The stall location fee is 800 yuan/month, the rent is 2,000 yuan/month, and the utility expenses for water, electricity and gas are 400 yuan/month; the total monthly hard expenditure of the family is 3,200 yuan (converted 800 yuan/week).

[Disposable funds this week]: The allocated amount to purchase steamed bun ingredients is 600 yuan, which can be budgeted as the team sees fit, and the remaining funds is 200 yuan.

… …

Lin Cheng looked at the card information with a blank expression on his face.

On the contrary, Lin Momo was a little excited—it seemed that they were lucky this time! Compared with this week’s situation, next week’s family conditions were obviously much better.

And after eating buns for so many years, it was the first time that Lin Momo had the opportunity to be an actual owner of a steamed bun stall!

Glancing at the girl’s happy face, Lin Cheng decided not to tell her the harsh reality.

… … 

The father and daughter stayed at the hotel arranged by the program group for one night.

The next day, Chen Yu personally picked up Lin Cheng and Lin Momo.

In the car, Chen Yu said to Lin Cheng sincerely, “Brother Cheng has worked hard.”

Originally a person who didn’t care much about catching up on popularity, going on shows, or even recording songs, Chen Yu didn’t expect Lin Cheng to work so hard during the recording process of this reality show.

As Lin Cheng’s manager, he was so moved that he wanted to cry.

Lin Cheng glanced at Chen Yu but said nothing.

The two came to the entertainment company.

In the office, Lin Cheng and Chen Yu briefly discussed next week’s work, then got up and prepared to leave.

As they were leaving, Lin Cheng suddenly stopped walking. He turned and asked Chen Yu, “Where’s Lin Momo?”

No wonder Lin Cheng always felt that something was missing along the way.

It turned out that Lin Momo was missing.

“Lin Momo? I sent her back to her home,” Chen Yu replied.

The program was recorded from Monday to Friday. According to the agreement they signed before, Lin Momo only needed to be there during the filming. There was no need to shoot on weekends, so he had someone send Lin Momo back.

“I’ll pick her up again this Sunday afternoon,” Chen Yu added.

Even before Chen Yu finished speaking, Lin Cheng already realized this himself. So he simply nodded and said no more.

But there was an inexplicable feeling in his heart that something was not quite right…