The Vicious Female Supporting Character Gets Adored by Kids on a Variety Show - CHAPTER 9
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Yan Wang thought he had misread something?
He stared at the screen for a full minute before confirming the headline was correct.
With trembling fingers, he tapped on the video – an edited clip from his mother’s livestream.
She seemed to have fallen, her clothes smeared with mud. Even so, her eyes remained as gentle as ever.
“I have a son, a few months older than you. Because of illness, he’s never been able to leave the hospital. He also wants to climb trees and pick fruit, but unfortunately can’t…”
A thunderous boom echoed in his mind, like fireworks exploding, leaving him stunned. Only shock remained in his thoughts!
….
The next day.
In a small village at the foot of Yan Mountain.
Today was the final stage of recording for the fourth episode of “National Parents”.
As per tradition, the village chief would tally each group’s task points, convert them proportionally to cash, and allow the children to buy gifts with the money.
Unsurprisingly, Tang Tang and Yan Yueqing’s group had the fewest points, exchanging for only 200 yuan. Still, it was more than enough to buy some ordinary gifts.
The driver dropped off the six groups of guests at the department store in T City.
To maintain the mystery of the gifts, there was no live streaming while shopping. The guests were entirely responsible for guiding the children’s activities.
Yan Yueqing led Tang Tang, watching Qin Youran walking at the front. She suddenly realized – this no-streaming phase might not just be to prevent spoilers!
Qin Youran was the female lead in the book. Besides her sweet and cute appearance, she had a very astute mind.
Every time she took the kids to buy gifts, she would use the opportunity when cameras weren’t rolling to buy gifts for the staff at her own expense.
The saying goes, “A favor received is a debt to be paid.” Once the staff received gifts, they would try their best to maintain her perfect image in later recordings.
Later, Li Manman also discovered this clever trick and followed suit.
After that, a strange trend started in the crew – the kids’ group bought gifts for their little friends, while the celebrity group bought things for the staff at their own expense. Everyone was competing to outdo one another.
Not live streaming was probably to avoid capturing this phenomenon, which might cause netizens who had previously praised Qin Youran for being “thoughtful and kind, even considerate to the staff” to turn on her.
“This teddy bear is for Little Zhen, the dragonfly hairpin for Huanhuan, and Brother Haohao’s glasses frame…” Tang Tang was very organized, quickly selecting gifts and double-checking to make sure nothing was missed.
Yan Yueqing stood quietly to the side, careful not to disturb the little princess as she made her list.
But someone couldn’t bear to see her at ease and spoke with a cold laugh: “Yueqing, bringing Tang Tang to this kind of budget store is a bit ridiculous, isn’t it?”
Li Manman walked in, holding the hand of her group’s little girl, Huanhuan.
She still had some sense, first letting Huanhuan go play with Tang Tang before lowering her voice. “If you hadn’t dragged the team down and lost points, would Tang Tang be so poor as to come to a place like this to pick out gifts?”
“What’s wrong with this place? It’s quite nice,” Yan Yueqing replied.
Li Manman sneered. “It’s fine for choosing children’s gifts, but what about you? It’s been four episodes, and you haven’t prepared a single gift for the staff?”
Her tone grew increasingly hostile. “Well! Someone as shameless as you, how could we expect you to understand social graces?”
Yan Yueqing raised an eyebrow. She wondered if this person was looking for trouble.
“Are you saying that buying gifts equals understanding social graces?” she asked calmly.
Li Manman gave her a look of disgust. “There’s no point talking to someone like you. Taking the show’s character fee and suddenly turning around to stir up heat! Yan Yueqing, is there even such a thing as professional ethics in your dictionary?”
“Character fee?” Yan Yueqing said coolly. “If money’s been paid, that’s called a character fee. If no money’s been paid, that’s called making empty promises!”
*unedited*