《Looking for a Stepmother in a Parent-Child Variety Show》 Chapter 1 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation ¡°Look, miss Ruan is here!¡± ¡°It¡¯s hard to imagine such a big and luxurious party just to celebrate the birthday of a five-year-old. ¡± ¡°It is said that although this young lady is only five years old, she is born with strange powers and is incredibly smart. Mr. Ruan once promised to guarantee that she would get a bachelor¡¯s degree from some famous University before she was ten.¡± ¡°It¡¯s surprising, but it¡¯s not unusual. Didn¡¯t we in the United States have a prodigy called Michael? He got a bachelor¡¯s degree in anthropology from the University of Southern Alabama at the age of 10 and a master¡¯s degree in chemistry at the age of 14. ¡± ¡°Not unusual? You don¡¯t get prodigies like this often. But with the Ruan family¡¯s good genes, it¡¯s not unthinkable, the whole family is monsters.¡± At this time, the incredibly beautiful little girl was standing in front of the five-story cake, she raised her head, her big watery eyes staring at the cake. Then she stretched out her two toot little hands to the tall and handsome man beside her. ¡°Daddy!¡± The man¡¯s heart understood, his face was full of a loving smile to pick up the little girl, lifting her to the top of his head, so that the little girl can touch the cake in front of him. Ruan Jiao Jiao swelled up her cheeks and blew violently at the candle. The present men and women who wore luxurious clothes immediately applauded warmly, and their faces were filled with loving and happy smiles. Were they really loving and happy? No! It was not their baby! However, due to the Ruan family¡¯s status, they had to do their best to be filled with happiness and joy. For most of the people present, it was their honor to attend the birthday banquet and it was something worth bragging about in the future. However, what they never expected was that today¡¯s birthday banquet really became the talk for a long time to come. Because Ruan Jiao Jiao is dead. It was after the first bite of the cake. The girl¡¯s eyes were wide open, her expression was painful, her eyes were prominent, and her neck bursting with blue veins. With a line of red blood popular in the corners of her mouth, she fell to the ground. Mr. Yuan went from his former calm self to a heart-breaking cry and finally broke out in thunderous rage. The elaborate and magnificent banquet ended hastily with such a messy and heart-wrenching end. ¡ª¡ª ¡°Whoo!¡± Ruan Jiao Jiao woke up again and found herself in a dilapidated thatched cottage, lying on cheap bedding. Everything around her was strange. Suddenly a chaotic memory emerged in her mind as if to blow her head up! Curled up in the small bed, and after an unknown period of time, Ruan Jiao Jiao finally sorted out the whole thing. It turned out that she had been poisoned to death at her five-year-old birthday party. She had passed through into the body of a girl with the same name and surname, even her looks were very similar. This girl was also called Ruan Jiao Jiao. She was also five years old, but unlike her, this Ruan Jiao Jiao was a bit silly by nature, and her intelligence was much lower than her peers. Now, she was on a desert island, because this body¡¯s mother, Ms. Warm, was an ex-star who brought her to a parent-child survival program. To put it bluntly, it was to take the children to survive on a desert island. This program, at present, had a high rating. Ms. Warm hoped to gain popularity again through the program. There was a laptop computer turned on in the room. It was linked to the program¡¯s network, and the page was the public platform for the show. Ruan Jiao Jiao¡¯s small body moved to the computer and looked through the comments. ¡°Let Warm get out of the show! How can she connive at her daughter to push Little Cherry into the water! It¡¯s the parents¡¯ fault that their children are not educated properly!¡± ¡°Ruan Jiao Jiao is obviously a moron. Why take mentally ill children to this kind of program? Warm is willing to gain popularity regardless of responsibility? Is such a person deserving of calling herself a mother?¡± ¡°I hate this Warm¡¯s this group most. When a mother¡¯s EQ is low, her daughter is like a fool, only crying! I¡¯m bored to death to see it. They even pushed Little Cherry into the water this round. Can a fool break the law? It¡¯s irresponsible to the other guests to let fools on the show!¡± ¡°This Warm, she was popular at the beginning with a TV series, but she has nothing good after that! Now she wants to take her daughter to variety shows to gain popularity. Now, she has no emotional intelligence and no ability! The daughter is not popular either. The mother and daughter are both disgusting!¡± Ruan Jiao Jiao frowned with a petite brow, and her chubby little face was full of worry and anxiety. She quickly accepted and adjusted to her current situation, at least for a long time to come, and she would have to rely on her mother to survive. The two could be said to be tied to a boat, and she did not want this cheap mother to get too miserable. Because in that case, her life would not be easy. And she had the memory of this body, and she knew that this cheap mother was not as bad as the audience thought, just a little naive¡­ Okay, she was a little dumb. Chapter 2 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation As for the audience¡¯s talk about the cherry falling into the water, Ruan Jiao Jiao learned through memory that the original owner of the body did not do this. In fact, it was the mother of the Little Cherry, that is, another female guest in the program, who did not take care of the Little Cherry, causing her to fall into the water while playing. At that time, Ruan Jiao Jiao happened to be nearby, and that position was not covered by the festival group¡¯s camera. So Little Cherry¡¯s mother, Josie lied, she did not want to be known is because she did not take good care of Little Cherry, causing Little Cherry to fall into the water. So, she had pushed this matter to Ruan Jiao Jiao. Josie said that Ruan Jiao Jiao threw a tantrum and accidentally pushed Little Cherry down. Josie and Little Cherry were the most popular group on the show at present, mainly because Little Cherry was sweet and lovely in appearance and very polite. The broadcast of the program immediately attracted people¡¯s attention and became popular. Warm and Ruan Jiao Jiao¡¯s parent-child combination was not favored by the audience. This was also due to Ruan Jiao Jiao¡¯s low intelligence. All-day long, she would only cry and be in a daze, making the audience feel unpleasant. Now, she even pushed Little Cherry into the water, causing Little Cherry to become sick. The audience immediately became angry. Although there were also people who came out to say ¡°fair words¡±, for example, children¡¯s troublemaking did not make up their character. But there were also malicious viewers who will take screenshots of some of her previous shows, defining some of her expressions as jealousy against Little Cherry. At this moment, there were two voices of some intense dialogue from outside the house. ¡°Are you going to leave the show with Jiao Jiao now? Warm, think clearly, in order to participate in this program, you and the company have signed a gambling agreement! If you can¡¯t gain popularity on the show, the company has the right not to pay you any money for the next two years. To put it bluntly, you¡¯re going to work for the company for nothing!¡± ¡°Work is work, I participated in this program with Jiao Jiao for more than just myself. The doctor said that Jiao Jiao should participate in some social activities to help exercise her intelligence and thinking, but now? Look at how my daughter looks on the. She¡¯s a five-year-old! Why does she have to go through this?¡± The agent¡¯s tone softened down. ¡°The network has no memory, this matter will be forgotten after a period of time. The program group said as long as Jiao Jiao apologizes to Little Cherry, and the two children shake hands on the program, the audience¡¯s anger will calm down.¡± Warm¡¯s tone suddenly rose. ¡°Apologize? Why should my Jiao Jiao apologize? No surveillance, no camera, their mother and daughter are bullying my Jiao Jiao, who can¡¯t even speak clearly! If we really apologize, then it will really mean that it was my family¡¯s Jiao Jiao who did this! I know my daughter, and there¡¯s no way she¡¯s pushing other kids into the water. ¡± The agent helplessly said, ¡°maybe it¡¯s just a child¡¯s nonsense, Jiao Jiao did not intentionally do it. Just apologize, and don¡¯t exaggerate things, okay? If you don¡¯t change your temper, I don¡¯t think you¡¯ll mix well in the entertainment industry.¡± Warm did not give in. ¡°I didn¡¯t want to mix in the entertainment industry, everyone thought I was on the show to want to become popular. In the end, don¡¯t you know the reason why I participated? The show is already popular enough, and if the father doesn¡¯t come to see us, there are only two possibilities, either he doesn¡¯t watch TV, or he doesn¡¯t even want to see me. ¡± ¡°So I¡¯ve figured it out. I¡¯ll take Jiao Jiao to quit the program. After that, the company will do what it likes. It¡¯s not a big deal that I quit the entertainment industry!¡± With that, Warm pushed the door into the house. The agent¡¯s angry voice could be heard from behind. ¡°How did I even sign you! Such a person that doesn¡¯t care about her career!¡± Jiao Jiao heard the dialogue between these two people. So Warm participated in the program not to become popular, but to find Jiao Jiao¡¯s biological father. Warm walked into the room. She saw that the sleeping Ruan Jiao Jiao had woken up, and she went forward to touch her forehead. She could not help but breathe a sigh of relief when she found that the temperature on Ruan Jiao Jiao¡¯s forehead had dropped. Her daughter was not in good health from an early age. She was not only low in intelligence, unclear in speech, but also easy to be stimulated. This time, Jiao Jiao cried for a long time, and then had a fever. The audience knew that Little Cherry had a cold because she fell into the water, but no one cared about her daughter¡¯s fever because of grievance and shock. ¡°Jiao Jiao, let¡¯s go home.¡± Warm lovingly touched her delicate head. ¡°we don¡¯t have to suffer this anger!¡± Warm wanted to quit the program and leave with Jiao Jiao. But Ruan Jiao Jiao was not willing to accept this result. Silently tolerating being bullied was not her character. And the new mom had paid a lot for it. She suddenly hung her toot body against Warm¡¯s arm. ¡°Mom, I don¡¯t want to go. I want to continue filming.¡± Jiao Jiao¡¯s voice was very clear. Big black and white eyes are full of clarity. Warm was taken aback, she was so surprised that her mouth hung open. Jiao Jiao¡­ Jiao Jiao actually said a logical, normal, and complete sentence! Chapter 3 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation ¡°Mom, I want to apologize to Little Cherry!¡± Ruan Jiao Jiao hugged Warm¡¯s arms, and her poor little face stared at a pair of big watery eyes. They were very clear and sincere. ¡°Jiao Jiao¡­¡± Warm¡¯s tears fell like spring water. She was staring at her incredible daughter and immediately pulled her into her embrace. Her daughter! Her daughter used to sit there most of the time in a daze, and if she was hungry, she would cry, ¡°Mom! Mom! Jiao Jiao is hungry¡­¡± In addition, she has never said a complete sentence. Warm would take time to teach Jiao Jiao every day teaching her to say new words. Even if her daughter had just given her silly smiles, Warm had never given up on her. Today, her daughter talked by herself! Ruan Jiao Jiao saw Warm crying while hugging her and also did not answer, so she repeated, ¡°mom! Jiao Jiao wants to stay on the show. I want to apologize to Little Cherry¡­¡± ¡°Yes! All right! Mom will promise you, mother will promise you anything!¡± Warm was in tears, this moment, even if she said she wanted to pick the stars in the sky, she would find a way to pick them for her. ¡ª¡ª The program that Warm had brought Ruan Jiao Jiao to participate in was called ¡®Surviving on a Desert Island With a Doll¡¯. Doll and survival were two obviously conflict words. They produced a good chemical reaction, the program ratings continued to climb. The production team would bring five groups of families to a desolate island for the show. These families were single fathers or mothers with a child. Each group of families was allocated limited resources, such as an empty cottage, limited water per week, and insufficient food. Fathers or mothers need to rely on their survival skills to seek more food and water, as well as various resources in the program, in order to enable themselves and their children to live a fuller and richer life on the desert island. Most of the people who came to participate in the program were stars who had once been active on the big screen but had dropped in popularity because of either marriage, children, or word-of-mouth problems. They were here for only one purpose, to increase exposure, to reverse the audience¡¯s impression of themselves, and to gain more fans. To put it bluntly, it¡¯s this show that makes you famous again. By far, the most rewarding group has been Josie and her daughter Little Cherry. It can be said that with her lovely daughter Little Cherry, Josie once again won the audience¡¯s recognition, and at the same time, she showed her unique charm in the program, hardship, ability, high emotional intelligence, and so on. She had won the audience¡¯s unanimous praise. At this time, the production team was in a tent by the sea. A naked woman¡¯s hands were suspended from two posts on both sides of her body, and her feet were tied to the posts on both sides of her body. She was fair and plump, with a convex front and a warped back, and a long wavy hair on top of her head, revealing a beautiful, slender neck. A fat man was holding her thin waist tightly from behind, with one hand cruelly rubbing on the woman¡¯s breast. His ugly lower body was constantly penetrating the woman¡¯s body, his testicles beating on the woman¡¯s delicate buttocks, with a burst of obscene sound. ¡°What a slut you are!¡± The man¡¯s fat tongue in the woman¡¯s back was random licking. His mouth said humiliating love words. ¡°You have given birth to children, but still you clamp on me so tight! Oh! It feels good! It feels good! Ow! Josie, you¡¯re so addictive!¡± ¡°Oh¡­! Ah! Ah¡­. I can¡¯t take it anymore! Director Shi Kui, you¡¯re so good, I, I¡¯m going to orgasm! Ah ah ah ah!¡± With a spasm of the woman¡¯s body, she screamed and nearly broke through the tent. The man¡¯s fat hand covered the woman¡¯s mouth, suppressed the scream in his palm, while he continued to swing his butt, trying to get his penis into a deeper place. ¡°control yourself, baby. If you are heard, your womanly image can be completely destroyed.¡± Finally, both of them trembled, and Shi Kui sprayed the burning lava in the woman¡¯s body. He slumped feebly in the chair behind him, poured himself a cup of herbal tea, and smiled with satisfaction. With her back to Shi Kui, Josie, who was tied to the pillar at this time, flashed a touch of ridicule and contempt on her erotic face. She was an actress and knows how to get a short, powerless man to find confidence in her. Orgasm? Come on, Shi Kui could not make her get a real orgasm, even if he played this binding trick in a different way. Shi Kui recovered some physical strength, hurriedly untied Josie¡¯s hands and feet. The woman collapsed in his arms, her face still full of lust. ¡°I¡¯m going back soon. Little Cherry hasn¡¯t had lunch yet. Did you get the simple device that you said could filter seawater into freshwater done? I don¡¯t have anything new to show the audience this week. ¡± ¡°That thing can be shipped to the island in the afternoon. You come to me when it¡¯s dark at night and no one is there. I¡¯ll teach you the assembly and the principles myself. Later, as long as you take it to the audience and pretend to have made it yourself, they will once again support and shout that you are a goddess. Can this satisfy you? My lady?¡± Shi Kui¡¯s big mouth kept kissing the woman. Chapter 4 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation Josie came out of director Shi Kui¡¯s tent and returned to the island¡¯s house, but did not see her daughter Little Cherry. After inquiring, she found out that Little Cherry had been taken away by Ruan Jiao Jiao, and that she was brought to Warm¡¯s house to eat. Josie rushed to the Warm¡¯s home in a panic. For nothing else, just because the last time she had an affair with Shi kui spent a whole afternoon, resulting in no care for her daughter, Little Cherry fell into the water. She blamed the silly Ruan Jiao Jiao for the incident, and Josie explained to the public that she was busy working on a seawater filtration device and was looking for usable materials on the island. This is a moment of neglect to pay attention to the daughter¡¯s movements. Josie¡¯s intelligence and ability won the support and praise of the audience. People attributed the spearhead of the small cherry falling into the water incident to the silly Ruan Jiao Jiao and her mother Warm, who should be blamed for being irresponsible. In fact, a babysitting error, a child bump or fall into the water is not a big deal, but this is a TV program, everything will be magnified, beautified or even deteriorated by the audience. She said the Little Cherry was pushed by Jiao Jiao just to let people shift the spearhead. Now Warm and Ruan Jiao Jiao was pushed into the forefront of public opinion, Josie was very worried about Little Cherry and her contact with the mother and daughter. She was worried that her daughter might accidentally leak something in front of the camera. ¡ª¡ª ¡°Little Cherry, you can drink a little more water. It is said that if you drink less water, your skin will wrinkle!¡± Ruan Jiao Jiao¡¯s small body went to fill a glass of clear fresh water cup and placed it in front of Little Cherry. Warm saw this as she stood at the side, suddenly feeling a heartache. The director¡¯s team gave them very limited water for a week, and viewers were happy to see the usually shiny TV stars suffering on the show. Whatever was on the show was the truth. No water truly meant no water. Even if they had finished their food, they will not be getting any more. They can find their own way and borrow from other families participating in the show, but the production team will never give them even a drop of water. Last week, a family ran out of water for the last two days of the week because of excessive waste of water, and the child was dehydrated for more than 24 hours and almost had problems. Fortunately, Josie showed her magnanimity in time and gave her water to the group of families. At that time, the program screen displayed a scene: Josie was cooking in the kitchen when she heard Little Cherry say that her little friend¡¯s family had no more water, and she might be dying of thirst. Josie listened and hurriedly prepared a pot of water, and asked her daughter Little Cherry to send it over. The broadcast of this scene once again pushed Josie¡¯s popularity to the highest point. At this time, Little Cherry took the cup and looked at the water inside in surprise. ¡°Are these all for me?¡± Ruan Jiao Jiao happily nodded. ¡°Of course, you drink at will, because I want to apologize to you!¡± Cherry wondered, ¡°why are you apologizing to me?¡± Ruan Jiao Jiao said, ¡°because you said that I pushed you into the water.¡± Little Cherry opened her mouth and blushed a little. She quickly pretended to drink water and stopped talking to Ruan Jiao Jiao. ¡°But I was sick before,¡± she continued, ¡°and I was a little confused. I can¡¯t remember what happened at that time, but I¡¯m not sick now! Can we be friends, Little Cherry?¡± Little Cherry heard Jiao Jiao saying that she could not remember the situation clearly, and immediately felt relieved. She gave a relaxed answer. ¡°Okay, Jiao Jiao, I would like to become friends with you!¡± Mom said she had to show selflessness and magnanimity on the show, and anyone who came to her, even children she did not like, she had to show kindness. Ruan Jiao Jiao happily took her hand. ¡°How exactly did I push you into the water? Mom said she wanted me to apologize to the audience for the camera, but I can¡¯t remember. Would you like to help me remember?¡± With some disgust, Little Cherry looked at Ruan Jiao Jiao¡¯s dirty little hand, and then enduring discomfort, she gave a serious nod. Her mother already told her exactly what to say. She recalled, ¡°yesterday afternoon at 4 o¡¯ clock, I was building a castle by the sea. You wanted to borrow my spatula, as if to cook for your doll, but I was ¡®cooking¡¯ so I didn¡¯t lend it to you. You gave me a strong push in anger and pushed me into the water.¡± ¡°Oh¡­¡± Ruan Jiao Jiao nodded. ¡°So you did not lend me an item, so I pushed you into the water? I¡¯m such an evil person. ¡± Little Cherry carefully looked at the eyes of Jiao Jiao, as if trying to see if she really remembered the situation at that time. Because she lied, the truth of the matter was that she wanted to invite her doll to visit her sandcastle. She wanted to show off her castle. Ruan Jiao Jiao ignored her, Little Cherry wanted to go to the edge of the beach to find seashells, and those shells would become her castle¡¯s first ¡®tourists¡¯. However, she was accidentally swept down by a wave and fell into the water. She also did not understand. Obviously, she could admit that she carelessly fell. Why was mother so determined to say that Jiao Jiao had pushed her? Chapter 5 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation ¡°Little Cherry, are you wearing a watch?¡± Ruan Jiao Jiao¡¯s delicate attention seemed to focus on the white wrist of Little Cherry. Little Cherry shook her head. ¡°Mom won¡¯t let me wear any jewelry on the show.¡± ¡°Then how did you know it was four o¡¯clock in the afternoon?¡± she said. Little Cherry thought about it. ¡°It¡¯s mom who said it.¡± Ruan Jiao Jiao smiled and said, ¡°so you don¡¯t know what time it was. So you¡¯re just reciting what your mother told you?¡± Little Cherry froze, she shook her head in a panic. ¡°No, I knew it was four o¡¯clock in the afternoon, and what happened was true, not what mom asked me to say.¡± Ruan Jiao Jiao asked again, ¡°how did you know what time it was in the afternoon?¡± Little Cherry thought about it. ¡°I asked my mother about the time later.¡± At this time, the program was live, because the incident of Jiao Jiao and Little Cherry had stirred public attention, so Jiao Jiao invited Little Cherry to visit her home, the production team specially arranged a camera for them. Although it was not the last edited high-quality program content, it still had a lot of popularity on the website. When the audience saw this, someone began to say, [you see, it¡¯s actually a child¡¯s nonsense. There¡¯s no need to raise an issue of character. On the contrary, how was the disease of Jiao Jiao suddenly cured?] [It seems that after the Little Cherry fell into the water, she also had a fever. Maybe she accidentally burned her brain?] [Little Cherry is so cute, generous, and gentle, and only a woman like Josie can educate such an excellent child!] [Why do I think Little Cherry is lying? Generally speaking, when people lie, they will subconsciously use the subject ¡®I¡¯ more and will describe the scene and time in a particularly clear way.] [Is there persecution paranoia in the post above? What lies can a child tell? You wouldn¡¯t lie about that, would you? She has no grudge against Ruan Jiao Jiao!] [That¡¯s our Little Cherry, and she is so cute, how can she lie!] In the scene, Ruan Jiao Jiao continued to hold the hand of Little Cherry. ¡°Well, it was four o¡¯clock in the afternoon, I remember. Yes, I heard that you fell into the water, and later became sick, are you feeling better now?¡± Seeing that Ruan Jiao Jiao no longer continued to ask, Little Cherry immediately felt relieved. Her tone was also obviously more cheerful now. ¡°Just a little cold. I feel much better today after taking medicine.¡± Ruan Jiao Jiao nodded. ¡°Next time you should pay attention. You can¡¯t run to the edge of the beach even if you pick up shells. This time you are lucky. Next time you are rolled to a deeper place in the sea, do you know what danger you will encounter?¡± The delicate tone of Ruan Jiao Jiao became mysterious. Little Cherry shook her head in a daze and asked curiously, ¡°what danger?¡± Ruan Jiao Jiao¡¯s mouth opened wide. ¡°You will be eaten by sharks, that¡¯s it!¡± Ow!¡± Little Cherry giggled at her. But then, she suddenly realized a problem. Ruan Jiao Jiao just mentioned she picked up shells and fell into the sea! This made Little Cherry¡¯s heart instantly feel nervous. Did Ruan Jiao Jiao know that she fell into the water because of picking up shells? She wanted to ask Ruan Jiao Jiao but did not dare, she was worried that Ruan Jiao Jiao might think of even more things! However, if she did not ask, she felt panic and fear again. After careful observation of her delicate expression for a while, Little Cherry did not feel anything unusual from the little waxy yellow and sloppy face. ¡®Maybe she subconsciously thought of the scene at that time? She didn¡¯t even realize it?¡¯ Little Cherry comforted herself like this. Ruan Jiao Jiao suddenly asked, ¡°so you built a castle by the sea and hoped that my doll would visit it. Then I borrowed a spatula from you, but you didn¡¯t lend it to me, so I was angry and pushed you, right?¡± Cherry became nervous again, and she tried to think about her mother¡¯s words in her mind. ¡°Well, I wanted to invite your doll to visit the castle, and then you wanted to borrow a spatula from me as if to cook for your doll, but I was cooking, so I didn¡¯t lend it to you.¡± Ruan Jiao Jiao was puzzled and asked, ¡°but you didn¡¯t mention that you invited my doll to visit your castle, you just said I came to borrow your spatula, right?¡± Little Cherry¡¯s face suddenly became nervous, ¡°re¡­ really?¡± Maybe I forgot?¡± Ruan Jiao Jiao¡¯s eyes flashed a sly light. She was deliberately leading out the flaws of Little Cherry. This was learned from Uncle Jack. Uncle Jack, dad¡¯s best deputy, once said that when people make up stories, their brains weaken, so they will keep changing topics. Imagine testing whether the other person lied about event X, you can talk about several things at the same time, and then go back to event X from time to time to look for the other person¡¯s mistakes in event X, and find out if it is still coherent or conflicting. Chapter 6 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation ¡°Did you forget?¡± she said, ¡°but you invited my doll to visit the castle, and that¡¯s what I said. So you did invite me first, didn¡¯t you?¡± Little Cherry began to shake nervously. She stared at Jiao Jiao with trembling lips. Finally, she summoned up the courage to ask, ¡°didn¡¯t you say that you forgot all about yesterday?¡± Ruan Jiao Jiao nonchalantly said, ¡°maybe it¡¯s a sudden memory of something? I can¡¯t remember exactly. The truth of the matter is, you invited my doll to visit your castle, and then I went, and I borrowed a spatula from you, and you didn¡¯t lend it to me, and then you went to the beach to pick up shells, and you were swept into the sea by the water, right?¡± Little Cherry was very nervous at this moment, and she tried to concentrate on listening to the words of Jiao Jiao. Yes, an invitation to visit the castle. Mother said must say is to borrow her spatula, she did not borrow, this is not wrong! She went to the beach to find shells and fell into the water. These are the truth, and in addition to the previous chat with Ruan Jiao Jiao about this topic, she also told her there would be sharks and so on, so that Little Cherry¡¯s mind subconsciously agreed with this paragraph. It seems like this. There was nothing wrong with what Jiao Jiao said. Little Cherry nodded nervously. ¡°Yes, that¡¯s right.¡± Ruan Jiao Jiao smiled in her heart. Children were really easy to cheat. ¡°Oh, so you¡¯ve been swept into the water by the waves, not pushed by me, right?¡± Ruan Jiao Jiao smiled and said. Little Cherry subconsciously wants to agree with the truth. But just nodded. Then, she immediately shook her head. ¡°No, you pushed me into the sea.¡± Ruan Jiao Jiao quickly asked, ¡°did your mother ask you to say that?¡± Little Cherry subconsciously nodded but quickly shook her head. ¡°No, I said so myself.¡± ¡°So you lied to yourself?¡± she asked. Little Cherry¡¯s eyes widened. ¡°No, no!¡± Ruan Jiao Jiao immediately asked, ¡°so did you lie to yourself, or did your mother ask you to lie?¡± Little Cherry cried, ¡°no¡­ it¡¯s me¡­ no¡­ it¡¯s my mother who¡­. wu¡­. wu¡­ you pushed me into the water¡­¡± Ruan Jiaojiao a face understood the expression. ¡°So, your mother asked you to lie and say that I pushed you into the sea?¡± Little Cherry cried louder, feeling wronged and afraid. ¡°Mom! I want to find my mother!¡± By this time, netizens had exploded. [My God! What did I see? What the hell is going on? Can someone explain it to me? I¡¯m confused now!] [Did everyone catch that? When Ruan Jiao Jiao asked Little Cherry for the first time if she was swept by the waves, Little Cherry did not deny it. After that, Ruan Jiao Jiao asked to confirm this, but Little Cherry denied it! That is to say, cherry does not deny that she was swept into the sea by the waves!] [Hello everyone, I¡¯m a psychologist. The content of the conversation between the two children on the screen just now seems to be very nonsense, but in fact, from a psychological point of view, it is actually a very classic inductive conversation. Whenever the topic of Jiao Jiao turns to the pushing incident, Little Cherry¡¯s performance is very tense and anxious, and whenever Jiao Jiao turns to another topic, Little Cherry will show obvious ease. From this point of view, It can be suspected that there is probably a lying part in Little Cherry¡¯s narrative. Next, the liar will usually take the initiative to repeat the questioner¡¯s content. Little Cherry has just repeated the delicate question many times and tends to describe the content in detail and vividly. In addition, because the liar will prepare a set of words in advance, the gap in each answer will be very small, while the non-liar will often repeat the description of the content, there will be more differences in words and details. At the end of the conversation, Little Cherry has shown a clear confusion between the truth and the lie, so I can tell that Little Cherry is lying.] [My God! The account above seems like an authentic psychology expert. He feels very credible.] [But the conversation between two children, it¡¯s a little too much to rise to a psychological point of view, isn¡¯t it? Why does Little Cherry have to lie about this?] [But Little Cherry¡¯s performance is really suspicious!] [It¡¯s really obvious! What are the Little Cherry fans still struggling with?] [It¡¯s too scheming to induce others to speak in this way at such a young age!] At this time, Warm was shocked at the two talking children. Josie rushed into the room in a panic, picked up Little Cherry. She could not help but angrily said, ¡°what¡¯s going on? What have you done to my daughter!¡± Chapter 7 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation Warm was just about to start talking. Ruan Jiao Jiao moved her soft body and jumped out of the chair. She opened her mouth pitifully and said,¡±Aunt Josie, it¡¯s little cherry who admitted her mistake. She said that you told her and that I pushed her into the water. But she knew clearly that I didn¡¯t do this. I feel very guilty. Can you stop asking her to lie? She¡¯ll be very upset. ¡± Josie saw the camera in the corner and turned pale. She looked down in shock to the crying Little Cherry, and looked at the face of Ruan Jiao Jiao. Did that mean Little Cherry just admitted the truth in front of the camera? Did she say that she thought her daughter to lie? Josie¡¯s eyes were flustered, and she forced her mood to calm down, in an angry tone, she said, ¡°don¡¯t talk nonsense!¡± She suddenly turned her head and said, ¡°Warm! Little Cherry¡¯s five. What does she know? You induced her to admit it just to get people to stop blaming your kids?¡± Warm pretty face had already recovered from shock, she smiled and put her hands on her chest, ¡°I never said a word to Little Cherry.¡± Josie froze, unable to say what she had thought of. ¡°Mother! I want to go home!¡± cried Little Cherry, her small hand wiping tears. Josie was upset by her noisiness. She said nothing more, holding her daughter and turning her head, she rushed out of Warm¡¯s house. Josie believed that she must figure out what happened, or she will only continue to make a fool of herself in the camera! But what she did not know was that her series of reactions in panic had already made some viewers break their previous impression of her. ¡ª¡ª Ruan Jiao Jiao began to think about her next plan. She had no idea, but she found that the current date was a few days after the death of her own in the United States. Which meant she could go back to her father. Would dad not be happy to know she was not dead but crossed into another body? But how would she do it? Just tell Warm? Tell her ¡®your child¡¯s soul is dead, and I¡¯m not your child now, and I hope you can send me back to United States?¡¯ Ruan Jiao Jiao secretly looked Warm who was preparing dinner. She was humming happily because her daughter was well now. Forget it, she did not have the heart to do that. And if she did, Warm would think that she was sick again. In the following days, Warm took care of Jiao Jiao, but she found that her ability to meet her daughter¡¯s needs was too limited. First of all, she ate a lot. Her body was small, but the explosion of food intake was actually comparable to an adult woman. And Warm gradually found that although the daughter was still small in appearance, her strength was getting bigger and bigger. It was amazing! That day, the production team distributed the new week¡¯s food and water. Warm could not lift it all herself, but Jiao Jiao Jiao Jiao picked up a bucket of water in her left hand, picked up a bag of grain in her right hand, and also turned back to urge her to go. Warm¡¯s jaw almost dropped. On the same day, she ate the food for the next two days. Because of the limited food, Ruan Jiao Jiao began to rely on herself and often went to another group of families next door to eat. The male owner of that group of families was Ji Zhang. A mature, handsome male star with a large fan base. Ji Zhang, in his early 30s, was the only group of male guests on the show, and he did not come to make a hit on the show. To be precise, Ji Zhang was popular, and he is divorced. He was still the dream of young female fans. He was the most anticipated target for marriage. The program invited him to come in order to use his fame to improve the ratings of the program and attract more attention. Ji Zhang¡¯s performance in the program was also very good. Although he has a very handsome appearance, but he is not the kind of big young master who does not know anything. He was good at hunting and often went deeper into the desert island to return with full load, so his family¡¯s food was also the best of all guests. This attracted Ruan Jiao Jiao. His son Ji fan was also a very good person. Ji fan was eight years old this year and was the oldest of all the children. He dressed in fashion. Even with scarce water, Ji fan still wore clean white shirts and jeans every day, and his hair is shaped with hair gel. He looks handsome and fashionable. ¡°Brother Ji fan!¡± At noon, Jiao Jiao entered the door and hugged Ji fan¡¯s arm. ¡°Did Uncle Ji cook dinner?¡± I¡¯m starving!¡± Ji fan felt surprised and confused by Ruan Jiao Jiao¡¯s sudden cleverness. However, slowly, he was attracted to Ruan Jiao Jiao¡¯s cleverness. He even started to enjoy hearing her calling in her soft, waxy voice call, ¡°brother Ji fan!¡± Chapter 8 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation Soon, Ji Zhang came out of the kitchen, carrying a hearty dish, which even contained today¡¯s newly caught sea fish. ¡°Jiao Jiao likes fish best! Especially uncle Ji¡¯s fish! It is sweet and fragrant!¡± Ruan Jiao Jiao mouth uttered praise words while she was at the table. Ji Zhang smiled and took a pair of bowls and chopsticks to Ruan Jiao Jiao. He touched Ruan Jiaojiao¡¯s small head with indulgence. ¡°If it tastes good, eat more.¡± At first, Ji Zhang came to participate in the program and did not pay much attention to Jiao Jiao and her mother Warm. As for Warm, Ji Zhang knew that she had played a very popular TV series, and was the female number one. At that time, Warm was only 18 years old. She was very good at acting, and her beautiful appearance was very popular the audience. She was one of the hot actresses of that year. Ji Zhang also admired her. Only later he heard that she lost favor. He heard that she was pregnant while unmarried, and then gradually left the audience¡¯s sight. In the past two years, Warm returned to the screen, but her era has long passed, and it seems that there are no good resources, so she has been tepid. After participating in this program, her warm-hearted and outspoken performance also attracted a lot of negative reviews against her. In addition, she was too realistic, and she had no survival ability. She was also not prepared like other female guests who had partnered with companies. Therefore, she was currently the worst group of families in this program. But recently, Ji Zhang was quite surprised by Ruan Jiao Jiao¡¯s cleverness, and he began to like the child. He willing began to occasionally provide some help for them. ¡°Jiao Jiao! Where are you, Jiao Jiao?¡± Warm¡¯s voice could be heard from outside Ji Zhang¡¯s yard. Ji Fan jumped out of his chair and opened the door of the cabin. ¡°Aunt Warm, Jiao Jiao is in my house!¡± he shouted. Soon, Warm appeared at the door of the room. ¡°Are you eating at Uncle Ji¡¯s house again?¡± Warm smiled apologetically toward Ji Zhang. ¡°I¡¯m really sorry, Teacher Ji, to cause you trouble.¡± Ji Zhang was originally an actor who broke into the industry with her at the same time, but now after years of precipitation, he had a good reputation and fan base in the entertainment industry. On the contrary, although Warm had a very good starting point, she did not play her good starting hand well. Now, she was not even as good as a third-tier star. Facing Ji Zhang, she also had to respectfully call him Teacher Ji. Ji Zhang¡¯s face showed a good-looking smile, ¡°no trouble, did you eat? If you haven¡¯t eaten, come and sit down and eat together.¡± Warm hurriedly shook his head, ¡°that¡¯s not good. There is limited distribution of food¡­¡± In fact, the food in her home was really not enough, because Jiao Jiao was really eating too much. Ji Zhang hurriedly stood up, ¡°it really doesn¡¯t matter, come and sit down quickly, I¡¯m better at hunting, so food is still abundant.¡± At first, she thought that Ji Zhang was just being polite. However, now he stood up to invite her. In addition, Ruan Jiao Jiao did not plan to move at all, and was staring at her firmly from where she sat¡­ Warm was in a dilemma, and she had no choice but to enter the room with some embarrassment. ¡°I¡¯m really not giving you trouble?¡± Ji Zhang smiled and gave her a chair, ¡°no trouble.¡± Warm sat. In fact, Warm was not old, and she was only 25 that year. She became pregnant with Ruan Jiao Jiao at the delicate age of 20, while her career was taking off. She had temporarily given up on her career for Jiao Jiao. Later, when Jiao Jiao was three years old, Warm came back to the screen again, but the two years had caused her to become tepid, and she did receive good backing and resources. She was fair and beautiful, her height was 172cm, and she had a nice curvy body. She had an especially large pair of crescent-shaped eyes that always seemed to be smiling. In terms of physical appearance alone, Warm was better than Josie. Ji Zhang glanced at Warm, then turned to serve more dishes to Jiao Jaio. ¡°Thank you, Uncle Ji! Is this pheasant? Are there pheasants on this island?¡± Ruan Jiao Jiao smiled with a smile. Ji Zhang nodded with appreciation, ¡°the little girl¡¯s mouth is quite good, she actually knows its pheasant? There are pheasants in this mountain, but you have to go inside. You won¡¯t find them in outer areas.¡± Warm was also a little surprised, ¡°there are pheasants in the mountains? If we can catch it, won¡¯t we solve the food problem?¡± Ji Zhang nodded and said as he ate. ¡°in the inner circle of the island. I¡¯m going to climb a mountain. I suspect I can find freshwater there, so I¡¯m going to go into the mountain this afternoon.¡± Warm¡¯s expression lit up, her hands folded, ¡°Teacher Ji, can I trouble you for something?¡± Ji Zhang gave her a puzzled look. Warm smiled, a little embarrassed. ¡°I want to learn to hunt with you, you may also see that my Jiao Jiao eats a lot. The production team¡¯s weekly is insufficient, so I want to hunt some wild game¡­¡± Ji Zhang waved his hand. ¡°Hunting is quite dangerous. Also, what¡¯s on the island is unknown. How about this, if you don¡¯t have enough food, you can bring Jiao Jiao to my house for dinner.¡± Warm resolutely refused. ¡°No, this absolutely not, how can we come to your home every day for dinner? I hope I can rely on myself. You can take me with you this afternoon. I promise I won¡¯t make any trouble for you!¡± Chapter 9 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation Listening to what Warm said, Ji Zhang¡¯s expression also loosened. He thought about it, nodded and said, ¡°that¡¯s okay.¡± Ruan Jiao Jiao heard her mother saying that she ate a lot, and she was a little sullen. However, after hearing that they could go hunting, she immediately shouted happily, ¡°yeah! We can go hunting!¡± ¡°No!¡± ¡°No!¡± Ji Zhang and warm both turned back, staring at her Jiao Jiao veto her idea. It was so dangerous to go into the island, how could you bring a child? Ruan Jiao Jiao¡¯s face suddenly turned bitter and began to eat. Her pair of large eyes were looking around, and she was forming her own plan. After dinner, Warm helped wash the dishes. When she was washing the dishes, her hand was inadvertently touching Ji Zhang¡¯s hand. The air had an inexplicable atmosphere. Warm did not feel anything, but Ji Zhang¡¯s lips gently pull upwards. In the afternoon, Ji Zhang went with Warm into the island, and the production team sent aerial photography to follow. On the beach near the sea. Ruan Jiao Jiao, dressed in a small white vest, pink pants, bare feet, legs spread, waist, stood on the sofa looking at the children in front of her. Well, in fact, it was just Ji Fan, Little Cherry, and another girl named kitten. ¡°Do you all understand today¡¯s mission into the deep?¡± Ruan Jiao Jiao spoke with courage and dignity. Little Cherry was unwilling. Her mother disappeared again in the afternoon because her mother was always very busy every afternoon, so she had always played alone. After the last time she fell into the water, her mother told her that when her mother was away, she could only stay in the house obediently and could not go out. And now, Ruan Jiao Jiao brought Ji Fan and asked her out to play. She said that they can play together in the afternoon. Little Cherry liked Ji Fan very much. She knew that her mother also liked Uncle Ji very much, so she thought, ¡®mom won¡¯t object to me and brother Ji Fan go out to play, will she?¡¯ But now, Jiao Jiao actually said to take her to explore the island. The director¡¯s team warned that there might be wild animals inside the island, and it was not safe. ¡°Brother Ji Fan, I don¡¯t want to take the risk of walking around,¡± Little Cherry said, putting on a pitiful face. Ruan Jiao Jiao squinted her eyes. ¡°Brother Ji Fan doesn¡¯t like timid girls, and girls who love to cry!¡± Small Cherry felt aggrieved, but she quickly stopped her tears. Kitten said, ¡°I also want to go to the island for adventure. It gets boring playing with sand all day. Little Cherry if you are afraid, don¡¯t go. We are very Democratic! We won¡¯t force you!¡± Kitten participated in the program with her mother, who was also a former actress, with a very high degree of national TV series across the country. But unlike Warm, Kitten¡¯s mother, Chen Xia, gradually faded out of the audience¡¯s sight because she married a prolific director and returned to her family. Therefore, the starting point for her to return to fame was not the same as Warm. As the wife of a well-known director, Chen Xia was a very imposing woman. Even the production team had to call her Sister Xia. Most of the comments of the audience on Chen Xia praise her kindness and lack of airs. Even her grumpy and occasional dramatic behavior had been commented to be outspoken, that Sister Xia really has aura and so on¡­ Because of Chen Xia¡¯s husband¡¯s position and fame in the entertainment industry, no one dared to point fingers at her. A while ago, Chen Xia shouted that the production team was stingy and complained that the water source given every week as only enough to drink and can not bathe! The audience immediately said Sister Xia dared to speak her true feelings. However, in another set of shots, Warm was also complaining about insufficient water and could not take a bath. The audience¡¯s reaction was- ¡°Why does Warm complain so much?¡± ¡°She has no ability, yet she has so many requests!¡± In the program, the same situation with Warm and Chen Xia, there were two different results. In view of Chen Xia¡¯s status in the Jianghu, Kitten was also more confident and liked to show off among the children. She changed into foreign clothes every day, wore cool sunglasses, and had a bad temper, all of which show off her rich family background. The audience¡¯s comments on the kitten were mixed, but she did not care. At this moment, Little Cherry was stimulated by the attitude of Kitten. Children always liked to compare. ¡°I¡¯m not afraid. I¡¯ll go!¡± said Little Cherry. Chapter 10 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation The production team found a few little kids walking to the mountains together and quickly reported the news to the director. After all, it¡¯s an outdoor reality show, and the director¡¯s team has no right and should not interfere with the guests. However, it was a dangerous thing for a few little guys to rush into the island! Chief Director Shi Kui was on a delicate body, crazily vent his sexual desire. His weak penis rubbing against the female star¡¯s flesh hole. He was shaking unceasingly, so how could he think about the report that was coming in from the radio? ¡°I¡¯ll kill you! I¡¯ll kill you today, you little slut! Aah! You¡¯re clamping down on me!¡± Shi Kui was sent to the peak of lust, and he crazily grabbed Josie¡¯s hair from behind and pulled hard. Josie was in great pain and she screamed out, winning Shi Kui¡¯s inner satisfaction. He pulled the woman¡¯s hair in one hand, the other hand to cover her red delicate lips, his crotch penetrating her violently. ¡°You know what? When you were a hit, I was an assistant editor and director! Once with your crew, your high pride was engraved in my heart! Oh! You¡¯re so tight.¡± Shi Kui loosened Josie¡¯s hair and watched her cry for mercy under his body. The satisfaction swept through his brain in an instant. He continued, ¡°once, I saw you being pulled into the storeroom by our chief director. I peeked through the door and saw him playing with you. I wish that was me! From then on I swore, I¡¯d be chief director, oh! Oh, oh, oh!¡± Shi kui pressed his penis with one hand and suppressed his desire to ejaculate. Then he continued, ¡°so this program, I was the first to think of you. Do you know how long I missed you? My baby?¡± He picked Josie up from behind, clasping her legs with both arms, as if holding a urinating child. Josie exclaimed and pressed Shi Kui¡¯s shoulder behind her with her backhand. The lower body immediately felt a burst of hot pain. It was Shi Kui¡¯s penis, again inserted into her flesh hole. He pushed up hard, both hands pressed against two legs to the maximum. Josie sniveled and groaned in Shi Kui¡¯s arms, allowing the man to play with her at will. Shi Kui did not keep his promise last night, and he did not give her the seawater filtration device. He played with her for nothing all night, and he even asked her to come this afternoon to get the device. Josie was ready to be played by him again. This Shi Kui was really getting more and more excessive every time! ¡ª¡ª ¡°Which of you has seen where the chief director has gone? I can¡¯t find anyone after looking for a long time! Where are the children now?¡± The deputy director anxiously asked in the island¡¯s temporary monitoring room. ¡°Several children have already gone up the mountain. The photographer has too much equipment, so he is unable to follow. We have sent aerial cameras to follow,¡± someone answered. ¡°Warm! Also Teacher Ji. Send someone to inform them.¡± ¡°They entered the mountain an hour ago.¡± ¡°Where is Sister Xia? Let her know that Kitten has entered the mountain. ¡± ¡°Okay, I¡¯ll go!¡± ¡°Keep sending aerial cameras to follow! Send the footage to my screen, and I¡¯ll have to keep an eye on it. ¡± The deputy director ordered. He had no right to interfere with the progress of the guests in the program. According to the contract, any situation in the program can not be directly interfered with by the production team unless it is urgent and necessary. ¡ª¡ª Warm and Ji Zhang both entered the depths of the mountains, and the unmanned aerial vehicles of the production team have also been hovering overhead to take aerial photos for them. Both had hidden microphones tucked into their collars for easy recording of conversations. Ji Zhang wore a rustic field suit today, similar to the military uniform style. He was tall and had a good figure. This style of clothing suited his person and he was very handsome and capable. Warm wore jeans and pure white outdoor sports clothes, and her face was covered with a white transparent veil to resist mosquitoes in the mountains. The two walked, one in front of the other. Except for the occasional dangerous road section, Ji Zhang would turn back to pull Warm¡¯s hand. Ji Zhang¡¯s performance was consistent with his external image, warm, polite, very gentle. Warm tried to keep as far as possible a distance with Ji Zhang. After all, she was not popular with the audience and did not want to be misunderstood. Netizens liked to see Ji Zhang¡¯s shots, so there was a large number of viewers who tuned in to watch this group¡¯s sub-shots on the web pages. Even if Warm paid attention and keeping a distance, many fans still scolded her- [Is Warm shameless? Not only she did not quit the show, but she also seduces my hero?] [Learning to hunt? That¡¯s an excuse. She clearly wants to rub shoulders with Ji Zhang! Ji Zhang¡¯s hunting is hard enough. Why should she drag him down?] [These two days, Jiao Jiao was smart, so my impression of this family group improved a little bit. Now, this Warm is doing it again! I hate it!] Chapter 11 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation Warm had no idea about it. Two of them just crossed a mountain and were on the other side of the mountainside, where the road is very narrow. Ji Zhang said a little further down the mountain forest, there were pheasants. But as they were going down, the sky suddenly became dark. Then the wind began to blow. ¡°No, it may be raining soon. Once it rains, the ground will be very slippery, and the mountains are very dangerous on rainy days .¡± Ji Zhang stopped and looked up at the sky, his angular handsome face flashed a touch of worry. Warm asked, ¡°so, shall we return now?¡± Ji Chang shook his head. ¡°We¡¯ve been out for an hour. It¡¯s definitely too late to return now. We can only find a safe place to avoid the rain first.¡± The two began searching nearby for a cave to shelter from the rain. In the process, heavy rain has poured down. The rain was heavy, and their faces were hurt by the fierce wind. ¡°It¡¯s windy on the island and we¡¯re halfway up the hill and we have to walk together. I¡¯m sorry. ¡± Against the wind, Ji Zhang embraced Warm¡¯s waist with one arm, and the two huddled together as close as possible. Online, the netizens were cursing that Warm was dragging down Ji Zhang. They even said that Warm was bad luck, and she will bring bad luck to Ji Zhang. Maybe netizens¡¯ obsession was too strong, or maybe Warm really was bad luck. Warm was walking in the narrow mountainside when she suddenly slipped underfoot. She fell and tumbled down the side of the mountain. Ji Zhang was trying to resist the wind and rain, trying to see the road in front of him when suddenly, the person in his arms slipped. He did not have time to react, and Warm had already fallen a good distance, rolling down the slope! Ji Zhang¡¯s face changed greatly and flew out towards the slope. In an instant, he leaped a few meters ahead. He grabbed the weeds around him with one hand and held Warm¡¯s hand with the other hand to stop her from falling further. Just like that, the two were covered with rain and mud. ¡°Mr. Ji! Are you all right?¡± Warm was shocked as she saw that sleeves were broken by the branches. Ji Zhang took a deep breath and tried to pull Warm back to safety. ¡°I¡¯m fine, how are you? I can¡¯t use my strength here. You grab me and climb up!¡± Warm nod hard, grasp Ji Zhang¡¯s arm, foot pedal on the slippery slope ground, hard to climb up. For a while, Warm climbed to Ji Zhang¡¯s position. They had fallen quite a distance from the main road, so there was still a distance to climb. Ji Zhang pulled out a safety rope from his backpack, he tied one end to his waist and the other end to Warm¡¯s waist While he was tying the rope for Warm, Ji Zhang found that she was bleeding. It was clear that it was from the fall, and he did not know how serious was her injury. ¡°Go up first and find a safe place. I¡¯ve got the medicine!¡± Ji Zhang shouted against the wind and rain. Warm nodded. She climbed with all her life and was only now realizing that she had a lot of injuries. The most serious one was that a branch stabbed into her thigh. In order to not affect Ji Zhang, Warm kept silent. It was not until the two climbed to the place where they fell that Warm fell to the ground, pale as paper. She could not tell whether her face was covered with rain or cold sweat. Ji Zhang also found the injury on Warm¡¯s leg, and his face changed. He looked up and found that the aerial camera has disappeared, it was likely that it was shot down in the storm. He tried to communicate with the production team, but all he heard was an electric sound. Then he tried to look for the microphone in Warm¡¯s collar and found that it had disappeared. It probably fell out earlier. The situation was quite grim. Ji Zhang immediately made a decision, he pulled Warm to the bottom of a large rock. Although it can not shield the wind and rain from all directions, at least it was some shelter. ¡°I¡¯ll find a place to take shelter from the rain. You wait for me here. Don¡¯t move! I¡¯ll be back soon. ¡± Warm gave a hard nod, her beautiful face full of apology. ¡°I brought you trouble.¡± ¡°Don¡¯t say silly things,¡± said Ji Zhang, ¡°I¡¯ll come back.¡± Then, he quickly turned around and leave. Chapter 12 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation Fortunately, Ji Zhang quickly found a cave that can be used to avoid the rain. Although it was only a shallow hold under a mountain rock that had a space of three or four meters, at least they would not be under the rain. There was a pile of dry wood in the cave, which might have been left by someone before, but it was a big help. Ji Zhang lit the dry wood, and the flame started to crackle. He quickly went back to find Warm, and she was now drenched by the heavy rain, as if she had been fished out of water. She was already starting to be a little feverish. Ji Zhang supported her quickly back to the cave and held her to the warm fire edge. Warm was so weak that she almost slid down Ji Zhang¡¯s body. Ji Zhang held her from behind took her to sit down. Warm sat in Ji Zhang¡¯s arms, and she apologetically leaned against his body. ¡°Sorry, Teacher Ji¡­¡± Ji Zhang was also wet by the rain, his wet hair stuck in front of his forehead, looking rather sexy. He looked at Warm with concern, unloaded his backpack with one hand, and quickly rummaged through the backpack for emergency medicine. Warm leaned against his shoulder while staring at the man¡¯s angular face. She was in a little trance for a while. In her impression, although Ji Zhang was polite and gentle, in fact, behind his gentle smile, he gave off a sense of coldness and alienation. This sense of alienation made Warm think he was a difficult person to get along with, at least, he was not as simple and easy as he looked. Even if everyone thought that Ji Zhang was a polite, easy-going gentleman, but Warm found his inner loneliness and pride. She once knew a person very similar to Ji Zhang. Even if that person was laughing, his laugh never reached his heart. That man was the father of Jiao Jiao. However, that person and Ji Zhang were very different, because he rarely showed a smile. That man¡¯s personality was also tougher, and he was a domineering guy. ¡°I¡¯m sorry, I need you to take your pants off. ¡± She heard Ji Zhang¡¯s voice suddenly. Startled by this, she looked back and asked in disbelief, ¡°what did you say?¡± Ji Zhang¡¯s face hung an apologetic smile, ¡°I mean, I need you to take off your pants, because I have to give you medicine, and before that, I have to break the branch a little, can you resist?¡± Warm just realized that the branch was still stabbed into her leg. Fortunately, the branch was very thin. It was probably due to the rapid fall that it was able to stab into her leg. She nodded, and Ji Zhang carefully broke the branch. When it came to taking off her pants, Warm felt embarrassed because she was wearing nothing but a pair of underwear inside. Maybe Ji Zhang sensed Warm¡¯s embarrassment, as he said, ¡°I¡¯ve learned a little outdoor first aid. You can think of me as a doctor.¡± Yes, doctor. Just a doctor. With her face flushed red, Warm unzipped her jeans. Due to the fever and the rain, it was hard for her to focus, and Ji Zhang helped her. He knelt in front of Warm¡¯s body, grabbed the sides of the jeans with both hands. As soon as he looked up, his gaze was met with Warm¡¯s crescent-shaped beautiful eyes. Those eyes were moist and were looking at him shyly Ji Zhang¡¯s heart skipped a beat. ¡°I¡¯m sorry,¡± Ji Zhang said. He exerted some force and peeled off the jeans from Warm¡¯s legs. Suddenly, two white and long, plump and tight legs were exposed in the air, Beside the flame¡¯s crackling, Ji Zhang¡¯s heart felt light. At this angle, her pure white briefs were plain for all to see. Her hips were swaying in front of his eyes. Ji Zhang hurriedly forced himself to withdraw his eyes, put attention on the wound on Warm¡¯s thigh. ¡°It¡¯s ok. The wound isn¡¯t very deep. I¡¯ll disinfect it for you first. You drink this.¡± Ji Zhang took out an outdoor flask from his backpack. Warm twisted it open, then sniffed it gently. ¡°Wine?¡± Ji Zhang nodded, ¡°white wine has anti-inflammatory effects. Drinking it also can give you some warmth.¡± Warm nodded, submissively poured down two mouthfuls, and immediately coughed. The hot liquid flowed down all from her throat into her stomach and she felt a burst of heat. Ji Zhang also gave her some medicine for her to consume with water. After receiving the white wine, Ji Zhang himself also drank two mouthfuls. Now they are all caught in the rain and suffered some injuries, if he also caught the fever, the situation would become very difficult. First, they had to restore some warmth. Chapter 13 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation Warm was starting to develop a high fever. They did not know whether it was because of white wine, or she was sleepy from the medicine, but her vision soon became a blur and her mind became groggy. She vaguely felt Ji Zhang put on some medicine on her leg. After Ji Zhang put on some medicine on Warm¡¯s legs, he also sneezed two times. He hurriedly took off his wet clothes and spread them out by the fireside to dry. Looking back to see has been half unconscious Warm, Ji Zhang remembered her stomach still had some obvious injuries. He hesitated. He turned back and took off Warm¡¯s clothes, and proceeded to put on some medicine on her body. A cold wind blew into the cave, making Ji Zhang shiver. The cave was not deep, and the cold wind would often blow into it. Now, the two of them were not wearing clothes, so it was easy to fall ill. Ji Zhang thought of the simple tent in the backpack. He quickly set up the tent and faced the tent¡¯s opening towards the fire. He then sealed the tent to prevent the cold winds from blowing in from outside. This simple tent was certainly not designed to be used in a storm, and immediately, it was almost blown away. Under the heavy rain, it would definitely fall apart. But now with caves, tents obviously had a big role to play. It was just a simple single-person tent. The space inside the tent was so small that after he carried Warm into the tent, he had to squeeze himself in. He sat cross-knee in the doorway of the tent, warming himself against the bonfire without looking at the person behind him. But soon, there was a sad moan from behind him. Ji Zhang turned back, found Warm¡¯s naked body curled up, and her entire body was shaking. She was clearly freezing. ¡°I¡¯m sorry.¡± Ji Zhang sighed and said softly. He picked up Warm and had her lie down in front of his body. As he reached out to her waist, he held her in his arms. In the current situation, the two people can only keep warm like this. Warm sat against Ji Zhang¡¯s body, her head resting on his shoulder, her two slender beautiful legs curled up on one side, and her white beautiful feet were brushing against the tent flaps. It was hard for Ji Zhang not to see the beautiful scenery in his arms. In particular, the woman¡¯s delicate skin, it was a kind of he has never felt before. It was so delicate and smooth, but it was also attractively firm. He looked down on Warm¡¯s face. It was a very beautiful face, enough to move any man¡¯s heart. She had long eyelashes like feathers, a clever nose, and delicate pink lips. Looking down, her slender neck, exquisite collarbone, and a pair of upright, extremely beautiful breasts. Her skin was so white that it had an almost transparent luster under the bonfire, like a good white jade that was bright and delicate. She did not look like a woman who had given birth to a baby. As he looked across her body, his gaze was met with a pair of dark beautiful eyes. He surprised himself and thought, ¡®damn it, what are you looking at?!¡¯ Warm opened her eyes. To be exact, she only opened it a little and she quietly watched Ji Zhang. her red lips gently said a vague, ¡°Teacher Ji¡­¡± It was as if she was inviting a man. Ji Zhang could no longer restrain the physiological reaction. His male part gradually woke up and was pressing against her back hip. Fortunately, they were all wearing underwear. ¡°Teacher Ji¡­¡± Warm¡¯s eyes had a trace of confusion as she looked at the man¡¯s face. She subconsciously burrowed into his embrace, looking for a warmer place. The next moment, she fell asleep again. Ji Zhang has already locked lips with her, with the tip of the tongue he pried open her teeth like a shell, sucking the fragrance in her mouth. One hand also moved up along her side waist, holding a warm breast, carefully and gently kneading. The unconscious movements and calls of the woman in his arms seemed to be inviting him. In such a dry fire, there was only a closed space for two people, which made it difficult for him to refuse. His masculine features grew more vigorous, and the huge object stretched little by little into the gaps between her legs. Ji Zhang subconsciously shifted her body so that his penis smoothly enter into warm gaps between her, close to her wet white underwear. Chapter 14 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation ¡°May I¡­¡± he asked softly, suppressing a heavy gasp, sliding his lips to Warm¡¯s ears. Warm did not respond. Ji Zhang withdrew his eyes, looking at the warm face, suddenly froze. Is she asleep? At this moment, Warm was quietly lying on Ji Zhang¡¯s shoulder, her picturesque eyebrows gently wrinkled, lips slightly open, breathing shallowly. Ji Zhang reached out and touched Warm¡¯s forehead. It was hot. This instantly doused most of Ji Zhang¡¯s desire. He could not help but ask himself, ¡°what am I doing?¡± Showing off your desires to a sick woman? It must be the white wine. Both their clothes were now set up on the tent, because they had been soaked through by the rain, and were still dripping wet. It seemed that they could not be dried for a while. This simple tent was only used for temporary rest, and the backpack¡¯s space is limited, so there was no sleeping bag and other equipment. Ji Zhang hugged Warm more closely, in an attempt to bring her more heat. As much as possible, his eyes only looked at the burning bonfire, and his body¡¯s desire began to fade. The woman¡¯s body fragrance continued to penetrate into the tip of his nose, reminding him of some things many years ago. He had no prior connection with Warm. When Warm was popular all over the country, he was only a newcomer and he did not have much resources. At that time, Ji Zhang often saw Warm¡¯s activities on TV. He was envious of her having so many resources, and he admired her commendable acting skills despite being so young. Warm was so confident on the stage as if emitting light. Every time, she could calmly deal with excited reporters surrounding her. Ji Zhang was also once, like most young people, worshipped her, liked her, infatuated with her. And then the Warm fell out of favor with the public. Later, it was reported that she was unmarried and pregnant, giving birth to an illegitimate child for a prolific man, Ji Zhang was also very disappointed. Until the recent two years when Warm suddenly appeared, Ji Zhang paid close attention to her dynamics. He knew that in this industry, if she did not grasp the opportunity, Warm will have difficulty catching the public¡¯s eyes. It seemed that her company did not want to support her, and they only gave her insignificant resources. Ji Zhang also decided not to pay attention to Warm. However, he did not expect that by coincidence, the two would hug each other naked, in the cave of this desert island. Warm¡¯s kiss was as sweet as he had expected when he was young. Ji Zhang looked down at the warm face, and his gaze gradually became gentle. ¡ª¡ª The other side of the mountain forest. A big tree pulled up its roots and collapsed in the middle of the woods. Its branches and leaves danced wildly with the wind. The momentum was shocking. In a little cave. Ruan Jiao Jiao sat cross-legged on the ground eating melon seeds. She looked at several caves and her little partner, who was pale and looking at the scene outside. She smiled and said, ¡°it¡¯s a thunderstorm. It¡¯s just a large-scale cloud movement. It won¡¯t be long before it ends.¡± Little Cherry turned back, looking at Ruan Jiao Jiao. She felt that Ruan Jiao Jiao¡¯s recent change was really significant. Before this, Ruan Jiao Jiao would only cry and be silly. No matter how Warm cleaned her, before long, she would become dirty again. But now, she looked smart, and when she smiled, her big eyes were full of cunning. She overheard the adults in their discussion. They said that was after the fever of Jiao Jiao, and the fever burned her brain. Was this really true? Could a fever make a person change so much? Even brother Ji fan likes Jiao Jiao so much now. Little Cherry is also beginning to look forward to catching a fever so she can burn her brain to make herself smarter. ¡°What is cloud movement? It¡¯s obviously uncle Thor and mother-in-law rain god who creates thunder and rain in the sky. It¡¯s all played like this on TV.¡± Kitten did not think that Jiao Jiao was making sense. Ruan Jiao Jiao spat out melon seeds, her small face smiled as she destroyed a child¡¯s fairy tale fantasy. ¡°What do you mean by thunder god? This is science, understand?¡± Kitton agree. ¡°I don¡¯t understand. Do you understand better than me? Then explain it to us!¡± Ji fan was also curious and looked at Ruan Jiao Jiao. Although he knew the science, he wanted to hear Jiao Jiao explain. ¡°Na! It¡¯s summer, and direct sunlight makes the water on the ground evaporate faster than in spring and autumn and winter. The air close to the ground can accept more water vapor due to its higher temperature, resulting in a decrease in the density of the air, a lighter air, and a continuous rise in the lighter air. ¡± ¡°Every rise of 100 meters, the temperature drops by 0.6 degrees, that is to say, the more upward the air is, the cooler the air is. When the air is cooler, it can not contain the original abundant water vapor. Some of the water vapor will condense into small water droplets and the sky will rise clouds.¡± Ruan Jiao Jiao pointed to the outside. ¡°The rising heat will pull out those suspended small water droplets, the bigger the cloud is, the higher it is. This is called cumulonimbus cloud in weather. In fact, the bottom of the cloud is at least 1000 meters from the ground.¡± Chapter 15 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation The two girls opened their mouths wide and could not understand what she was saying, but at this moment they just thought she was very good. Ji fan nodded, ¡°Jiao Jiao said right, I saw the principle in a meteorological magazine, but it was not very clear, Jiao Jiao¡¯s explanation is clearer than the magazine.¡± Ruan Jiao Jiao crescent-like eyes bent up, ¡°brother Ji Fan, you¡¯re really good.¡± Jif Fin eyes staring at Ruan Jiao Jiao, he asked ¡°then you can explain why thunderstorms can produce lightning?¡± Ruan Jiao Jiao pressed her thumb on her chin and nodded. ¡°If brother Ji Fan wants to know, then I can explain it to you!¡± Ji Fan nodded vigorously. Ruan Jiao Jiao said, ¡°when the small water droplets in the cumulonimbus cloud continue to collide and form larger water droplets to fall down, they will generate friction with the hot air rising from the ground, and they will be charged after friction.¡± ¡°The rising air stream carries a positive charge, the falling water droplets carry a negative charge, and the charge in the air begins to discharge, accompanied by a rumbling thunder.¡± Ji Fan gave Ruan Jiao Jiao an appreciative thumbs up. He was the absolute top student in school but did not expect Ruan Jiao Jiao, at such a young age, to understand more than him. Ji Fan had some basic knowledge on this topic, but basically, he could be sure that Jiao Jiao Jiao explained it correctly. Ji Fan was a well-known student, with good results. In the previous season of the program, everybody knew this. Ji Fan also gained numerous fans because of this program Seeing him give a thumbs-up, Kitten and Little Cherry knew that she was right. Little cherry stared at the sky outside, and could not help but ask a question to try to surprise Jiao Jiao. ¡°Then why do we only see lightning every time, and have to wait a long time before we hear the thunder? Didn¡¯t you say that little drops of water would cause thunder when they rubbed electricity?¡± ¡°Oh, that?¡± said Jiao Jiao, ¡°because lightning travels at 300000 kilometers per second of light speed and thunder travels at 331 meters per second of sound speed, people see lightning first and then hear thunder.¡± Little Cherry was stunned. She could answer that? You¡¯re not making it up, are you? If it were Little Cherry being asked, could she have made this up? She widened her eyes and stared at her, her face full of wonder. Kitten looked at the Jiao Jiao with a puzzled face. Did the fool really become so smart? By this time, the rain outside had stopped. The storm and lightning seemed to be just a dream, and the whole forest seemed very peaceful except for the wet ground and the fallen trees, which foreshadowed the disastrous storm. ¡ª¡ª The production team has long been a mess. Due to the heavy rain, they have lost control over the drones. Whether it was the Warm and Ji Zhang¡¯s group, or the group of children, they lost track of them both. Chen Xia patted the table angrily. ¡°Quickly contact the search and rescue team! Why didn¡¯t you call me earlier? Shi Kui, what do you do as a director? You can¡¯t even stop a few children from entering the island by themselves?¡± Shi Kui paled and dare not make a sound. He barely gained his fame as the variety show director, and Chen Xia¡¯s husband was the industry¡¯s tycoon. It is not someone he could afford to offend. He was frustrated that he played with Josie too much, did not expect that so much trouble would happen in that period. At the same time, some secret hatred in his heart, this Warm and Ruan Jiao Jiao, mother and daughter, can they not give him trouble? Subconsciously, Shi Kui blamed the mistakes on the Warm and her daughter. Shi Kui placated Chen Xia. ¡°I have sent people into the mountain search and rescue. It takes time to contact people and send them from outside. Now, we can only rely on the production team with their own search and rescue team. Sister Xia, it was only rain, everything should be fine.¡± Chen Xia¡¯s anger flared. ¡°Should? You say should? Kitten is only six years old. Even if it¡¯s a 1 in 10000 possibility, can you bear the responsibility for something? When the children act on their own, you, as chief director, should inform the parents in time. You can¡¯t even stop this simple thing? Don¡¯t tell me you didn¡¯t know! Are all the cameras in this program just decorations?¡± Shi Kui could only smile while making the best effort to find a guarantee. ¡°All the drones have been sent out, I believe the aerial photography will soon bring news. Please wait a while, calm yourself!¡± Josie stood to one side. Although she was also very worried about her daughter¡¯s safety, she did not dare to speak. After all, she had an affair with Shi Kui which caused him to miss the news about the children. It would not do her any good to make a scene about it. Now, she could only hope that the children are okay. Otherwise, if this thing becomes a huge deal, she was worried that she could not hide her activities with Shi Kui. Then, she would be completely finished! Chapter 16 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation ¡°Oh, no! There are tigers in the mountains!¡± A deputy director rushed into the tent in the monitoring room, and a word changed everyone¡¯s face. Shi Kui quickly asked, ¡°what¡¯s the situation?¡± Chen Xia anxiously questioned, ¡°what are you all doing? Didn¡¯t you say that this desert island had been checked with unmanned aerial vehicles to ensure the safety of guests before shooting here? Shi Kui, if something happens, you¡¯ll be waiting for court!¡± Shi Kui forehead burst into a cold sweat, ¡°Sister Xia, don¡¯t worry first, we did check, but this Island area is very large, unmanned aerial vehicle inspection can not rule out the possibility of internal risk factors. So as long as our activity area is determined to be in the periphery, it will definitely not be attacked by wild animals!¡± Chen Xia raised the tone, her voice some sharp. ¡°But you also did not guarantee that the guests only have activities outside! My daughter is in there now!¡± Shi Kui wiped the sweat on his forehead and turned to the deputy director and said, ¡°what happened?¡± The deputy director hurriedly said, ¡°our search and rescue personnel sent back news. Because the soil was wet and soft after the rain, a string of footprints were found on the island. They were measured with a ruler. The footprints were 9.0 cm long and 7.3 cm wide!¡± Shi Kui face changed greatly, ¡°are you sure it¡¯s tiger?¡± ¡°Very sure! And search and rescue personnel determined that that was the direction the children were going! Now our men are not fully equipped, and we dare not go too deep¡­ ¡± Chen Xia heard a rage, ¡°you dare not go deep?¡± What do you mean? You don¡¯t dare to go in until the children escape from the tiger¡¯s mouth to a safe area?¡± Shi Kui cried bitterly in his heart. Can this woman not add more chaos! But he dared not speak out. That was when the drone¡¯s aerial photos came again. ¡°A few children have been found! Heading in the direction of the search party! It¡¯s like something¡¯s chasing them!¡± Shi Kui has not spoken. Chen Xia shrieked, ¡°quickly adjust the drone picture to the main broadcast!¡± The deputy director hurried to do so. Shi Kui also hurriedly whispered to one side, ¡°ask the search and rescue team to speed up, rescue the children! And, cut out a set of shots for the live broadcast.¡± He knew that if a few children have an accident, he would definitely be in trouble. But if nothing happens, then this set of pictures would undoubtedly add a bright color to the show. And it would give the show some good reputation. The production team immediately formed a search and rescue team for timely rescue! What a stunt! What a wonderful show! At that time, even if Chen Xia really made a scene, they could rely on the show¡¯s results to protect themselves. ¡°I got the tiger! It¡¯s true that it¡¯s behind some children, but in the middle of the chase he suddenly changes direction!¡± The aerial photography team reported the news in time. Several people have gathered around the screen, showing some cameras following the footsteps of the children, only to see the children in a panic, running in one direction. And another set of shots showed a huge and strong South China tiger. It was running in the other direction. ¡°What happened? Why didn¡¯t it chase the children?¡± ¡°Did it find another prey?¡± ¡°Why?¡± Josie suddenly wondered aloud, ¡°didn¡¯t you say that Jiao Jiao also went with them?¡± ¡°Yes, it¡¯s the four children who went into the mountain together, Jiao Jiao, Kitten, Little Cherry, and Ji Fan,¡± the deputy director said. Josie frowned and reached out to the picture. ¡°But you see, there are only three children. What about Jiao Jiao?¡± The crowd bowed. Yeah, where was Jiao Jiao? Ruan Jiao Jiao was not on the children¡¯s team. Was it true? ¡°Is she alone, and the South China tiger is chasing her?¡± Questions have been raised. All the people present changed their faces, especially Shi Kui. At this time, there was a single person, which undoubtedly increased the difficulty of search and rescue. If the child is chased by a tiger, the consequences are self-evident. ¡°I¡¯m finished¡­¡± Shi Kui murmured to himself with a face pale. He felt desperate for his future. Chen Xia saw that her child was out of danger, and her brain starting to become flexible. She immediately said, ¡°arrange a group of aerial photos to catch up with the tiger, determine the position of Jiao Jiao! Director Shi Kui, you must immediately contact the search and rescue team outside the island, report the situation, and ask them to bring their equipment in to save people. ¡± ¡°No! The tiger is chasing into the gap in the cliff, and the drone can¡¯t get in!¡± Chapter 17 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation More than half an hour later, the search and rescue team led Ji Fan and the other children to the security zone. When the Little Cherry and Kitten saw their mothers, they jumped up and cried. Ji Fan could not wait to go back, because he has brought the two girls back safely, so he must now go back to pick up Ruan Jiao Jiao. ¡°So, Jiao Jiao suddenly fell behind on the way you ran away together and ran in the other direction?¡± a deputy director asked. Ji Fan nodded, ¡°I wanted to go back to find her, but Jiao Jiao told me on the road, no matter what happens, will first send back Kitten and Little Cherry.¡± He had promised Ruan Jiao Jiao, and he had kept the promise. In fact, the situation at that time did not allow him to turn back at all, and once he turned back, he was likely to take everyone to their deaths. ¡°You take a rest first. The search and rescue team is still continuing the search and rescue. Aerial photos have also determined the last missing location of Jiao Jiao and the tiger. We will find her,¡± the deputy director comforted. Ji Fan grasped the point of this sentence. ¡°The missing location? What do you mean? You can¡¯t be sure where Jiao Jiao is now?¡± The deputy director had no choice but to explain, ¡°the tiger finally disappeared into a crack in the wall of a cliff, and the drone could not enter, but we will look in that direction.¡± On the other side. ¡°Help from outside won¡¯t come until tomorrow morning!¡± Shi Kui hung up the phone and threw his mobile phone on the ground in anger. Their Island was really remote, and they could only come to a special boat to deliver water and food once a week. So it¡¯s not just the guests who ration their food and water, they did the same. The production team and the guests took a bath once a week. They had to accumulate water for bathes. The shooting conditions were difficult, but that was what the audience liked to see. But it also led to problems for them and difficulty getting immediate help from outside. Although he suspected that the rescue team deliberately slowed down the work to push off until tomorrow morning, he could not give the command! It was late. What was worrisome was that there was still no news of Ruan Jiao Jiao. Fortunately, however, another group of teams entering the mountain returned safely. Although it did not look that safe. Warm was lying on Ji Zhang¡¯s back as she was carried back by him. She was still and was very weak. The medical team of the production team quickly hung up the medicine for her. Warm just recovered a little consciousness and heard Josie and Chen Xia in the tent outside, engaged in dialogue. They were talking about her missing daughter. After listening for a while, Warm heard the effect of the matter. She could no longer rest in bed. She pulled out the needle and rushed out of the tent to find the director¡¯s group. Ji Zhang was also in the director¡¯s monitoring room at this moment, he also just learned about the children¡¯s situation, and was currently discussing the next steps. He proposed to go into the mountains to participate in the search and rescue, because he often went into the mountains to hunt, he had a better understanding of the terrain on the island. Warm rushed into the tent and said, ¡°I¡¯ll go with Mr. Ji!¡± Shi Kui waved his big hand, ¡°no, this critical time must not have any more problems, all guests must stay in the safe area!¡± He turned to Ji Zhang and smiled at him, ¡°Teacher Ji, I hope you can understand the difficulties of the production team. Now, our top priority is to ensure the safety of guests, I can¡¯t afford even a little problem!¡± Ji Zhang nodded his understanding, and comfortingly said, ¡°we still listen to the director. The search and rescue team will go in, and they are definitely more professional than us, especially you are still sick, you absolutely cannot be running around.¡± Warm¡¯s tears burst out of her eyes, ¡°Jiao Jiao is still in the mountains, I must go to find my daughter! Director Shi, are you sure there¡¯s a tiger chasing Jiao Jiao? What about aerial photography? Is there any news of Jiao Jiao in aerial photography?¡± Shi Kui had been particularly irritable, the whole afternoon bore no news of Jiao Jiao. She had disappeared along with the tiger. Now the biggest possibility was she had been eaten. He did not answer. Josie had gone into the tent, seemingly comforting, but actually said with a little sarcasm, ¡°Warm, don¡¯t worry, I don¡¯t think the chances of Jiao Jiao¡¯s survival will be very great this time, so you¡¯d better prepare yourself first for it!¡± Warm¡¯s eyes immediately turned red, ¡°what did you say!¡± Josie¡¯s face was sad. ¡°The child is small, how can she outrun the pursuit of a tiger? Even if she can get out of danger, it¡¯s not easy for a child to walk out on her own. It¡¯s very difficult for an adult to walk out of the mountains, especially at night.¡± Little Cherry came in with Josie, and added, ¡°yes, there are snakes in the mountains.¡± Warm turned pale. Chen Xia also opened the curtain to enter the door, ¡°sorry, Kitten caught a cold from the rain. I will take care of her and get her to sleep before coming back.¡± Warm¡¯s legs became weak and she took two steps back. Yes, Jiao Jiao was also the rain. She¡¯s alone in the forest. Even if can escape from the tiger, how will she spend the night? Chapter 18 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation Ji Zhang hurriedly held Warm, and he looked at Josie with displeasure. He turned to Warm and said, ¡°Jiao Jiao is a smart child. Even if she encounters danger, her survival probability is much greater than a normal child. Let¡¯s not think about the worst-case scenario.¡± Warm tears were streaming down her face. Now, she seemed to be soaked in cold water, and she shivered. As long as the thought of her daughter now alone in the woods helpless appearance, she wished that she was the one who was trapped in the woods! Jiao Jiao! You can¡¯t have an accident, Jiao Jiao! If something happens to you, mom¡¯s dead! I can¡¯t live either, Jiao Jiao! With her serious illness, coupled with excessive sadness, warm eyes turned, she fainted. At this moment, netizens were also eagerly discussing it. [Why did Jiao Jiao insist to go play in the woods? Great, now she¡¯s about to die? At least when she¡¯s stupid, things were easy!] [Can you stop being so mean to a child? Imagine if it were your child?] [My children would not do such stupid things.] [It seems that Jiao Jiao is more unlucky than she is. This should be a lesson to Warm. Who told her to go hunting in some mountains in order to seduce Ji Zhang? this is good. The child has an accident!] [I¡¯m sure she won¡¯t live. Being targeted by a tiger is no joke!] [The production team has also made a big deal this time. We told them to drive the mother and daughter out earlier, but the production team just didn¡¯t listen. Is it ok now? When the time comes, people will die. How can this program continue!] Just as the discussion was intense. The drone suddenly took a strange set of pictures at the edge of the security zone, because it was too dark and there were trees, so the picture was not very clear. But it looked like a figure. Before the news was sent back to the production team, there was a faint cry at the edge of the forest. The cry was getting closer and closer, and there was some earth-shaking momentum. ¡°Ruan Jiao Jiao?¡± Shi Kui suddenly stood up and ran out of the tent with a crowd, running straight to the edge. ¡°Woo woo! Woo woo!¡± A tragic howl resounded through the quiet and empty Island. The sound instantly spread everywhere. Ji Zhang rushed to the front, followed by Ji Fan. The father and son were both eager to get closer, the closer they got, the more they could tell that the sound was from Jiao Jiao. She must have suffered a serious injury to be crying so badly! Did she break her arm? Broken leg? Or¡­ They ran to Ruan Jiaoj Jao¡¯s voice. When they closed the distance, they could clearly see a small figure sitting on the ground, wailing. ¡°Jiao Jiao!¡± Ji Wan wanted to rush over but was held by a deputy director. What if she was in a very miserable state? It could traumatise a child Ji Zhang and Shi Kui rushed to Jiao Jiao Jiao, only to see Jiao Jiao¡¯s dirty body. Her small braids were loose, and her face was covered with mud. But both arms and legs were healthy. There was no obvious trauma. Both were relieved at the same time. The photographer also followed suit and showed the audience in front of the computer with a 360-degree shooting camera. [Shit, everyone¡¯s alive. Stupid people have stupid blessings!] [Ji Zhang is so gentle!!] Ji Zhang quickly approached her. ¡°Be good, Jiao Jiao. You are home, and there is no more danger. Tell Uncle Ji where you are hurting?¡± Ruan Jiao Jiao still cried bitterly. She cried loudly, ¡°Uncle Ji!¡± Woo! Wooo-woo! I want to find mom! A pig! A pig attacked me! I¡¯m scared!¡± Ruan Jiao Jiao pointed behind her like a complaint. Ji Zhang I saw a wild boar on the ground behind Ruan Jiao Jiao. He did not know it was dead or it fainted. Ji Zhang was dumbfounded. ¡°Jiao Jiao? The boar attacked you? Where are you hurt? Tell uncle, are you hurt?¡± He began to look for wounds on Jiao Jiao. But he did not find anything. ¡°It¡¯s so fierce,¡± she continued to cry. ¡°Woo! Uncle Ji, I want my mother!¡± The director group was stunned in place, so was Ji Zhang, and so were the audience. Chapter 19 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation Shi Kui swallowed the saliva stuck in his throat. ¡°What¡¯s going on? Ruan Jiao Jiao? Didn¡¯t you get chased by a tiger? Where¡¯d you get this boar?¡± One cameraman could not help but say, ¡°could the storm have accidentally killed the boar?¡± After all, how can a child beat a wild boar, even if an adult encountered a wild boar, there was probably no way to live? Another camera shook his head. ¡°I remember this position very clearly. Aerial photos did not find any dead wild boars, and you see, the traces behind the wild pigs are obviously traces of being dragged over.¡± ¡°You mean she killed a wild boar and dragged it back?¡± No one believed this statement. Even thought it was a little ridiculous. But in fact, there was really no other way to explain it. Ji Zhang was ready to go forward to hug Jiao Jiao, because the top priority was to hug Jiao Jiao and check her body, to see if she was sick or injured. But Jiao Jiao wiped a tear and stood up. She turned her little body, grabbed the wild boar¡¯s ear, and then walked towards the camp, crying, ¡°mom! Pig! I¡¯m afraid of it¡­¡± The wild boar¡¯s heavy body dragged a trace along the soft wet ground. Everyone was dumbfounded at the scene. The audience was shocked. [Did I forget to take my medicine today and hallucinate? Ruan Jiao Jiao dragged a wild boar back?] [This wild boar looks at least 100 kg!] [Shit! I suddenly think this scene is so cute. What¡¯s going on? Am I infected by the stupidity of Jiao Jiao?] [What the hell is this strength? I remember a while ago, Ruan Jiao Jiao helped her mother carry the supplies sent by the production group. It was a big bag. I thought the contents were very light at that time. Later, when I looked at Josie¡¯s group, Josie could not carry the same bag herself, and I was still wondering.] [Wow! This baby makes my heart cry today, it¡¯s too cute!! Dragging a boar while saying she¡¯s scared, this contrast is damn likable!] Jiao Jiao escaped from the tiger¡¯s mouth, but also dragged a wild boar back. This news instantly detonated the entire program. Everyone began a fierce discussion. More people thought that the boar may have been smashed to death in the forest, and Jiao Jiao found it, so it was dragged back. However, some people thought that Jiao Jiao had been crying that the wild boar was fierce, so the wild boar must have been alive when she saw it. Shi Kui was in a good mood. Jiao Jiao did not have an accident. Everyone was safe! His show would not go wrong! And his future would be fine! In order to celebrate his good mood, Shi kui decided that night, with this wild boar will be used to hold a party! To celebrate today¡¯s surprise. ¡°No, the pig is mine.¡± In Shi Kui brought people to Warm¡¯s house, trying to move the boar. Jiao Jiao sat on the boar. Shi kui said with a smile, ¡°be good, Jiao Jiao. It¡¯s such a big pig, your mother will not deal with, you will waste it! Uncle director will take care of the pig and prepare a most delicious meal for you, okay?¡± Ruan Jiao Jiao put on a cold face, eyes a little disdain. ¡°Uncle Director is the worst. He wants to deceive children, the production group said this! The essence of this show is the desert island survival challenge! Whoever that finds it, it belongs to them! You can¡¯t rob my house!¡± Shi Kui¡¯s face was stiff, and he wanted to retort, but Jiao Jiao was about to start crying again. This made him sweat and had to take the team angrily away. After all, if he really gained the reputation of robbing his guests, his future as a director would be finished. Thinking that there would be pork in Warm¡¯s house tomorrow, Shi Kui swallowed his drool. After all, like the guests, they had limited food and drink, and the food was never in very good conditions. That night, Jiao Jiao dragged the pig into the house, and then ran to Ji Zhang¡¯s home. Ji Zhang was cleaning Ji Fan, and the father and son were ready to go to sleep. Then, they saw Ruan Jiao Jiao sticking her small head into the door. Ji Zhang hurriedly waved to her, ¡°Jiao Jiao, come in quickly. Why did you come over so late?¡± Ruan Jiaojiao opened a pair of bright big eyes, smiling to Ji Zhang, she said, ¡°I like Uncle Ji, so Jiao Jiao has good things to share with Uncle Ji.¡± Ji Zhang wondered, ¡°do you want to share boar with Uncle Ji?¡± Ruan Jiao Jiao shook her head. ¡°No.¡± Ji Zhang smiled and hung the towel outside the door. He did not take it to heart, it was children¡¯s words after all. After all, what could a five-year-old girl share with him? Chapter 20 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation Ruan Jiao Jiao said smugly, ¡°Jiao Jiao found fresh water.¡± Ji Zhang¡¯s back froze for a while. ?? Ji Fan also widened his eyes, ¡°what? Fresh water?¡± On this Island, the biggest demand was freshwater. Without fresh water, they would be restricted in cooking, drinking, bathing. Life would be quite uncomfortable. Ji Zhang also once hunted on the island, constantly searching in the hope of finding fresh water, but had found nothing. ¡°How much water is there?¡± Ji Zhang asked. Ruan Jiao Jiao clasped her fingers. ¡°As much as you want, a whole pool of water, used up water!¡± Inside, Ji Zhang and his son took a breath. Ji Fan excited to jump out of the chair, ¡°I can take a bath every day?¡± Accompanying dad to this stupid program was one of his most regrettable things. Due to the lack of water resources, every day, they had to save water. Like when he rolled outside all over the mud, he could only wipe his body to save water. It was a terrible feeling. Taking a bath once a week really drove him crazy. Especially here at noon, the climate was very hot, and the wind was strong, carrying a lot of dust. Ruan Jiao Jiao nodded. ¡°Of course, you can take a bath every day.¡± ¡ª¡ª The next morning, Josie was sweating in the yard, and photographers were circling her. Little Cherry walked around her mother, asking, ¡°mom! What is this? It looks so good!¡± Josie said gently, ¡°mom has been running around all this time, just for this thing. We can use this thing in the future. We can turn seawater into the desired fresh water.¡± Little Cherry opened her mouth wide, a face of worship looking at her mother. ¡°Mom! Mom! You¡¯re amazing!¡± Josie said with some chagrin, ¡°it¡¯s a pity that mom¡¯s limited ability can only make this simple gadget.¡± Little Cherry quickly shook her head and crouched down to take Josie¡¯s hand. ¡°Mom, you¡¯re the best! Can we give the fresh water to brother Ji Fan¡¯s house in the future?¡± Josie said with a wry smile, ¡°this machine turns seawater into fresh water by distillation, but it¡¯s too simple and crude, and it¡¯s very inefficient. At present, we can only produce three or four liters of fresh water a day.¡± Little Cherry asked, ¡°are three or four liters very few?¡± ¡°My baby can at least drink a pot of water every day, and mom has extra water for you to make your favorite cupcakes, if we save a little bit every day, every two or three days, we can also wash your head with shampoo.¡± Cherry heard the cupcake and shampoo, immediately held Josie¡¯s neck happily. She could not stand her daily dirty hair. Although her mother had tried to make it look clean and beautiful as much as possible, she always felt a little itchy. And cupcakes, although the production group gave flour, but their water resources were limited. Her mother had been unable to make her favorite snacks. The bright sunshine, the gentle sea breeze, Josie¡¯s beautiful, tender, intelligent smile, and Little Cherry¡¯s happy cheers all add up to a beautiful and harmonious picture. The audience in front of the computer also cheered. [Josie is really my goddess. She can even do distillation. Little Cherry is really a happy girl! She¡¯s also the only girl on the island who can wash her hair often!] [Oh, my God! Josie knows everything! The show¡¯s biggest problem is the lack of water resources, and she actually solved this problem! Then the rest of life will no longer challenge this group of families!] [I really hope that other useless families don¡¯t steal the goddess¡¯s idea. Especially that Warm¡¯s group of families who like to eat most. If they come to Josie¡¯s house to borrow water, I can¡¯t help but turn off the video!] [Yes, the Warm group often goes to Ji Zhang¡¯s house for dinner, and may even come to Josie¡¯s house to borrow water. Josie goddess finally makes herself and Little Cherry¡¯s water resources abundant. She is so kind that she can not help sharing her water source when the time comes!] [Hey, aren¡¯t you all having too much inner drama? Didn¡¯t you pay attention to the footage of the Warm family? Now you go over and see how ignorant and ridiculous your worries are!] What does that mean? Because it¡¯s not a full TV show that¡¯s edited and played, it¡¯s just an early live broadcast on the Internet, so each group of families had a split broadcast. When people saw this post, they all moved to Warm¡¯s family broadcast. Chapter 21 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation Netizens wanted to see, what was happening in Warm¡¯s home? ¡ª¡ª ? Each guest¡¯s residence was a simple wooden house built by the production team on the periphery of the island. In fact, there was no place to cook at first. At the beginning, the group gave each family a small carbon stove, cooking and water can only be done with this small carbon stove, while the group gave only five catties of coal per week for each group of families. This is obviously insufficient. Ji Zhang¡¯s family was the first to build a stove with soil and realized firewood cooking. Ji Zhang also because of the life skills of building a stove, was praised by netizens. In addition, Ji Fan¡¯s student attribute seems to be able to answer anything he asks. He never complained about the hard life, and even did a lot of housework for his father. This made the audience very fond of him. When they first arrived on the island, the cute children cried all they long because they ate and drank too poorly. Kitten once cried because there were no chocolate brownies at night. Netizens said different things about her, including sympathy and understanding, and malicious slander. Little Cherry was the first child to accept the status quo. She was smart and she even took the initiative to appease Kitten and another girl, so she has won unanimous praise from netizens. Even for a long time, the phrase ¡®give birth to a baby like Little Cherry¡¯ had been popular on the internet for a long time. As for Ruan Jiao Jiao¡¯s family, netizens had always thought that there was nothing to watch with this group of family. They even thought that Warm¡¯s group was a bit redundant to appear in this program. At this time, netizens, in the celebration of Josie¡¯s seawater conversion device, were curious and turned to Ruan Jiao Jiao¡¯s home one after another. They switched broadcast only to see that the original empty small courtyard now stood a wooden baffle. Outside the baffle hung a layer of curtains. Ji Zhang, the person with the strongest hands-on ability was squatting in the yard sawing wood. Ji Fan was standing outside the baffle, through the curtain he asked, ¡°Jiao Jiao, is the temperature okay?¡± Inside came the voice of Jiao Jiao. ¡°No problem! I¡¯m almost ready to wash it. Brother Ji Fan, you can try it too!¡± Ji fan happily agreed. The audience looked suspicious. Some people began to scold regardless. [Why does Ji Zhang work at Warm¡¯s home? The shameless mother and daughter have gone to trouble Mr. Ji again?] [Ji Zhang is too kind. This is a survival challenge in itself! Why don¡¯t you have the ability to survive on a show like this? Do you want to be ashamed to bother others with everything?] [Warm mother and daughter! Get off the show!] [The mother is a cunning fox! The daughter knows how to stick to men like brother Ji Fan. This kind of mother can¡¯t teach a good daughter. Why did I even think that she was cute last night with the boar!] [Oh, after asking Ji Zhang for help, it¡¯s time to ask goddess Josie to borrow water, right? But don¡¯t let the vampire mother and daughter know that Josie made the equipment to distill sea water, or I¡¯m afraid they¡¯re going to suck blood again!] [What are you talking about? Warm mother and daughter need Josie¡¯s fresh water? Can you open your eyes and take a closer look at what Jiao Jiao is doing! What is Ji Zhang doing?] [What do you mean?] [Are you blind? Can¡¯t you read it yourself?] The audience observed one after another. They did not notice before, but this time with a closer look, Ji Zhang was sawing wood in the yard, as if to make wooden partitions. It looked as if it was a yard dedicated to a bath! Why do you say that? because there was a big water tank next to the partition. The water tank is full of water! Ji Zhang was making a hydraulic device for them, along with plastic pipes, to allow the water in the tank to enter the pipe and then flow into the bath area in the center of the partition. At this time, the curtain of the partition opened, and she was barefoot, wrapped in a large bath towel, so that she only exposed a small head, which was obviously just taken a bath! [They¡¯re bathing in seawater?] [But after taking a bath in the sea, the body will be dry and sticky, because there is a lot of salt in the sea! It is not recommended to use sea water to bathe frequently in daily life!] [Wait! Ji fan just filled a glass of water directly in the water tank to drink. It is fresh water!] Did Ruan Jiao Jiao take a bath in fresh water? Chapter 22 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation The next scene surprised many people. After Ruan Jiao Jiao, Ji Fan went into the ¡®bathroom¡¯ and began to take a bath. ? Warm divided the cooked wild boar and took a large portion to Ji Zhang, thanking him for the simple bathroom. Ji Zhang smiled and said, ¡°i can¡¯t take this. Fresh water is given to me by you and Jiao Jiao. That¡¯s precious enough. You keep these pork yourself.¡± Warm shook her head, ¡°even if we keep it, we can¡¯t eat it all. It¡¯ll be spoiled soon. Mr. Ji, you should help eat it. It¡¯s also a little token of my appreciation. There must be a lot of trouble for you to help.¡± Ji Zhang saw this, hesitated for a moment, nodded, and said, ¡°well, you can give the pork that you can¡¯t finish to me. I will take it back to deal with it, to make bacon so that it can be preserved a little longer, you want to eat at any time, at any time to my home to pick it up, how about that?¡± Warm eyes were happy. ¡°That¡¯s great! I¡¯ll go and get it. ¡± Audience: ??? [Warm gave Ji Zhang fresh water?] [Warm was also giving Ji Zhang wild pork!] [Hahaha, warm provides ingredients, and Ji Zhang is responsible for handling them. The two families looks like they are living together! Old Ji also built a bathroom for Warm. Isn¡¯t this a lovely picture?] [Who said that Warm mother and daughter were vampires? May I ask those people, do you realize your narrow-mindedness?] [Liar! Where did Warm get so much water, enough for two children to bathe?] [Yes! There was no water yesterday, and she was still sick. Jiao Jiao also just got out of danger. How did they get water in only a night? Who will explain?] [I can¡¯t help it. This is a live broadcast. If I miss the scene, I won¡¯t be able to replay it. Let¡¯s wait for the feature film to broadcast and see the complete content!] Warm gave the wild pork to Ji Zhang, he also entered the ¡®bathroom¡¯ to take a shower. In the morning, Ji Zhang pickled the wild pork, and in the afternoon came to Warm¡¯s home, helped her in the corner of the eaves to build a earthen stove, meaning to help Warm with the cooking. Warm was filled with gratitude. Ji Zhang also gave his spare large iron pot to Warm. ¡°You don¡¯t need to worry about the problem of chopping wood. I will go into the mountain every day to cut some back, and I will bring you some.¡± Warm was flattered. ¡°That¡¯s just embarrassing. Teacher Ji, you can teach me, then I can get some wood myself.¡± ¡°Teach you?¡± Ji Zhang eyes suddenly become playful, his handsome face looked mischievous. Warm¡¯s face immediately turned red, because she remembered, the last time asked Ji Zhang to teach her hunting, the result became Ji Zhang braved the rain to save her. Now, she even dared to ask Ji Zhang to teach her to cut firewood. Ji Zhang smiled. ¡°I can¡¯t finish all the firewood. I will just give you some, as a thank you for fresh water, you do not have to be embarrassed.¡± Warm nodded, giving wry smile. ¡°It¡¯s just some fresh water that Jiao Jiao inadvertently found. We did not pay anything, but you¡¯re so kind to us.¡± Did not pay anything? A strange look flashed across Ji Zhang¡¯s face. Because he thought of this morning, Jiao Jiao herself carrying two buckets of water. Today, he came back from the mountains with four jars of water. If he were on his own, he would have to go back and forth ten times and eight times. With the help of this strange girl, Jiao Jiao, they only went back and forth three times. And that was enough water for the two of them to use for a while. Whether it was wild pork to be eaten for a period of time or rich water resources, Ji Zhang believed that Ruan Jiao Jiao had given him far more than he had returned. At this time, the courtyard door was knocked, Chen Xia stood outside the door with a smile. ¡°Is Warm home? Yo, Ji Zhang is here too! That¡¯s good. I¡¯d like to talk to you about something.¡± Warm hurried forward, opened the courtyard door to let Chen Xia in. She has some doubts, Chen Xia had always looked down on her. Chen Xia was usually very rude against Warm in the program, often domineering, commanding her to do things. Warm also cared about Chen Xia for being an elder with some fame in the industry, so she never refuted. Today, Chen Xia¡¯s kind smile was something Warm had never seen before. Chapter 23 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation ¡°I heard you found fresh water?¡± Chen Xia smiled and looked at Ji Zhang. She thought that it must be when Ji Zhang and warm were in the mountains yesterday, they found fresh water. Although Warm had the right to speak about this matter, the main person should be Ji Zhang. ? Ji Zhang nodded, ¡°Jiao Jiao found it.¡± Chen Xia paused for a moment. Jiao Jiao disappeared yesterday and almost died. She came back dragging not only a wild boar, but she also found fresh water? She quickly covered up the look on her face and said with a relaxed smile, ¡°in fact, it¡¯s nothing. I heard that you have plenty of fresh water. I also want to come to ask for some water!¡±Well, if there¡¯s anything I can do to help you later, just say it!¡± Chen Xia clearly wanted to get free water. In the audience¡¯s view, she was not annoying, and they even thought that she was being kind, given her status. [Sister Xia does not pretend at all!] [Yes, I appreciate sister Xia¡¯s character, so direct!] Chen Xia¡¯s also had skills with words, as if determined that the other party will not refuse. She even said that if the other party needed help, she would help. It appeared that if they refused her, War mand Ji Zhang would be stingy. Ji Zhang looked to Warm. After all the water source was found by Warm¡¯s family, he could not make the decision. Warm did not hesitate, ¡°Sister Xia, the water source we found is very abundant. Tomorrow Teacher Ji will be going into the mountains, he can take you over.¡± Chen Xia laughed, ¡°don¡¯t bother, don¡¯t you have water in your home? I have a bottle here. I will come to fetch water anytime I need it, is that okay?¡± Warm was stunned. Come to my house to fetch water? Although they had water at the house, they had to go back and forth five or six times, to transport back such a little water. If Chen Xia wanted to take a share, then Teacher Ji and Jiao Jiao would need to go many many times more. However, in order to save face, she did not refuse. Chen Xia should not ask for too much. In the morning, Chen Xia took a large bucket of water, and asked Ji Zhang to help her carry it back. Unexpectedly, in the evening, Chen Xia came again. That means that the water had been used to give Kitte a bath. She herself did not use any. This also meant that she had no more water. Chen Xia came over this time and asked for another large bucket of water, repeatedly thanking her. Warm could not say much. The next morning, Chen Xia did not come. But she came back in the afternoon. This time, Chen Xia was blocked in the door with her delicate and small body. ¡°Of course not!¡± Ruan Jiao Jiao said shrewd look on her delicate face. ¡°We¡¯ve had a lot of trouble getting water. Uncle Ji has to take me several times to get enough for our two families for two or three days. As a result, you took more than half of it yesterday.¡± Chen Xia smiled and bent down, pinched Jiao Jiao¡¯s little face. ¡°Jiao Jiao, aunt did not know that it was so much trouble. I will pay attention to, and I will use less water, is that okay?¡± Ruan Jiao Jiao smiled and said, ¡°no, we can share the water with you, but you have to fetch water yourself!¡± Chen Xia¡¯s face froze, and in her heart, she asked how can the child be so ignorant? At this time, Warm heard the conversation and came quickly. ¡°Jiao Jiao, where is the courtesy mom taught you? Who told you to talk to Aunt Chen like that?¡± Ruan Jiao Jiao¡¯s mouth was flat. Warm smile to look at Chen Xia, and said apologetically, ¡°but Jiao Jiao said is really the truth. The previous water is also used up, we will go to the mountains to fetch water later. Do you want to come with us? You can take as much as you want.¡± Chen Xia smiled and waved her hand. ¡°Don¡¯t tell me about the water source. It¡¯s embarrassing. I¡¯ll tell you what. When you come back this afternoon, I¡¯ll come back again. I¡¯ll take less.¡± Warm gave a dark frown. Chen Xia turned away with an empty bucket. Chen Xia was a little unhappy. With her position, she had to curry favor with this kind of stale celebrity. It was like she¡¯s here to ask for Warm¡¯s help for her family! How did that look? ¡°No wonder you can¡¯t get popular. You have no vision!¡± Chen Xia felt hatred in her heart. Chapter 24 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation In the evening, Chen Xia came again. Warm could not refuse her in front of the camera. So, Chen Xia left with some water. ? Her magnanimity has won the recognition and praise of the audience. Chen Xia¡¯s practice, however, made some netizens feel angry, but there were also some voices, still helping Chen Xia. The moon was bright and the stars were sparse, and the island was silent and could only hear the sound of the waves beating the rocks. In the cabin, Warm held her daughter Jiao Jiao. They sat on the bed. ¡°We¡¯re going home tomorrow. What does Jiao Jiao want to eat? Mum will take you to eat whatever you want tomorrow, okay?¡± According to the agreed process of the program, a total of 12 episodes were shot this season, six episodes were shot in the first month, and then the guests had a half-month rest period. After the rest period, if the first few episodes of the program have considerable effects, the next six episodes would be smoothly carried out. If the effect was not good, there may be a risk that the station will not renew its subscription. Tomorrow, it would be a month, and all guests and the production group could go off the island and go home to rest. Thinking of the month-long high-intensity work on the island, and that she went from bad reviews to improved reviews, Warm looked at her daughter with a gentle expression. If she carefully recalled, her twist of fate came when her daughter woken up. The next morning. Ruan Jiao Jiao woke up from her sleep, she vaguely heard a quarrel coming from outside the door. The shooting had not stopped? She rubbed her eyes and sat up, lying down by the window, and saw Warm had tears streaming down her face, saying, ¡°how can you hide the news of my mother¡¯s death from me until now? What are you thinking, Sister Lan?¡± Jiao Jiao knew the woman standing opposite of Warm. It was Warm¡¯s agent, Sister Lan. Sister Lan was wearing a lady¡¯s suit, holding a delicate handbag in her hand. ¡°This is my bad, but it is also the company¡¯s decision, I really can not help it! Your reviews are getting better, and if I tell you this, isn¡¯t all the effort in vain? Can you guarantee that you can still control your emotions and finish the next shoot?¡± Warm looked at Sister Lan, hardly believing what she heard. Warm raised her voice, and said with an exhausted tone, ¡°so you in order to get me to continue in the program, you hid the news of my mother¡¯s death from me?!¡± Sister Lan frowned, sighed, and said, ¡°Warm, you know, at present, we have signed an agreement. The program shooting is not subject to any external interference, no matter what happens outside, you have the responsibility to continue to complete the shooting, and I do this, just to not want to distract you. I did it for your own good!¡± Warm clenched her fist. The program stopped shooting today, and Sister Lan just told her this news. Warm¡¯s mother passed away a few days ago on the way to the hospital! Sister Lan, with integrity, continued, ¡°do you know how precious you are right now? I¡¯ll tell you the truth. The reason why your mother¡¯s rescue was not timely is that the public opinion you caused earlier has attracted some malevolent public attention. Your mother¡¯s ambulance was blocked by these bad actors on the way to the hospital, so the best rescue time was delayed. ¡± ¡°What!¡± Warm was looking at sister Lan, ¡°you say it again!¡± Sister Lan¡¯s heart trembled, because at this moment, Warm¡¯s eyes were blood red. She also opened her mouth in surprise. Warm¡¯s body had slipped slowly, and she crouched against the wall on the ground, with a faint, painful, repressed sound in her throat. Chapter 25 - About Dad Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation Sister Lan looked at the Warm condescending. ¡°This is the fact, and there is no way to change it. Of course, the company will not let your mother die in vain, the process of suing the bad people is underway, and the company decided to bear the cost for you.¡± Warm looked at Sister Lan numbly, her tears still flowing. ? ¡°You just need to keep this mood and cooperate with the company to make a voice in front of the media,¡± she said, ¡°rest assured, this matter will definitely give you justice.¡± Warm mouth pull up a sad arc, ¡°my mother is dead, you still plan to use her for the show?¡± Sister Lan¡¯s expression froze for a moment, then frowned. ¡°Warm, you must understand, the company is for you to get justice, if you rely on your own prosecution, can you pay the fee?¡± Seeing Warm¡¯s bowed head, Sister Lan¡¯s tone softened, ¡°as for the show, this matter depends on you. As an artist, some speculation is of course better than no speculation, the company is not a charity enterprise. You may use this matter to help you stir up attention, the income is also your own. Think of it rationally, this is a win-win result.¡± Warm wiped her tears with a smile. ¡°Has the boat arrived?¡± It¡¯s the day to get off the island. Sister Lan frowned. She did not know what Warm was planning, and she was afraid of her temper. So to confirm, she asked, ¡°do you understand what I just told you?¡± Warm expressionlessly turned to the house. Sister Lan followed two steps behind. ¡°You just got a good degree of attention in this program now, the company is also doing this for your development. Don¡¯t be difficult!¡± Boom! Warm closed the door, isolating Sister Lan outside. Ruan Jiao Jiao jumped to the ground and jumped Warm¡¯s arms without wearing her shoes. ¡°Mom! Don¡¯t cry, Mum!¡± Ruan Jiaojiao held Warm¡¯s neck and kept caressing her hair on the back of her head with her small hand in an attempt to bring her comfort. Warmth buried the face in Jiao Jiao¡¯s delicate shoulder. Even if she tried to restrain, the shaking of the shoulder still betrayed her. She was devastated. Warm felt that for the first time in her life, she hated the profession so much. Being an actress, being a star, was her pride and also her dream, but now, this career has brought her life so much pain. Those who hate her, blocked the road so that her mother who suffered a heart attack could not get treatment in time? At this moment, Warm thought she would never forgive herself for life. It¡¯s like, you know, you killed your mother. ¡ª¡ª The program paused, and Warm left the island with her daughter. On the road, no matter the plane or bus, Warm silently stared out of the window, not speaking at all. Ruan Jiao Jiao used Warm¡¯s mobile phone to search the internet for ¡®how to comfort others when they lost their loved ones.¡¯ Because she really lacks experience in this area! [Talk to her about anything else, anything she cares about, distract her.] She was satisfied with this answer. She turned off the mobile phone to embrace Warm¡¯s arm. ¡°Mom, can you talk to me about dad?¡± Ruan Jiao Jiao remembered that when she was just born again to this body, she heard Warm mention the bad man. Warm to participate in TV programs, as if to find the father of Jiao Jiao. The car whizzed past. Warm was sitting by the window and just barely calm her mood when suddenly she heard the sweet voice of her daughter. ¡°Mom, why don¡¯t you tell me about dad?¡± Warm expression froze, her heart instantly fell into the bottom of the valley. Her mood was once again devastated¡­ She turned her head to her daughter and saw Jiao Jiao staring at her with her big, watery eyes. She could not bear to refuse any of her daughter¡¯s requests. What was more, she had been a little stupid in her early years. Now she¡¯s getting better. Was it not normal to ask about her father? Jiao Jiao did not think that it was not the best move to use sad questions to diver somebody¡¯s attention! She held her Warm¡¯s arms and looked eager. Warm could only force a smile. ¡°I don¡¯t know what kind of person your father is, but I think he must be an excellent person.¡± Chapter 26 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation Ruan Jiao Jiao stared with big eyes. ¡°Mom. You don¡¯t understand? How is that possible?¡± Warm shook her head. When she woke up in the hospital, beside her was Ruan Jiao Jiao, who was still a baby at that time. After she woke up, she lost her memory and had many problems in her body. It took a year to recover her body, so she delayed her career. ? Over the years, Warm gradually recalled some things before, but only lost the memory of those years. Jiao Jiao was indeed her child, and in addition to the unique feeling between the mother and the child, the DNA identification results were also very clear. Although she lost the memory of falling in love and having children, the warm bottom of her heart clearly knew that she must love a man deeply, so she hoped to find him. No one died in the accident that caused Warm to lose her memory, so the child¡¯s father must still be alive. It was just that she did not know why he did not look for her. Warm has made a decision in her heart, and if the show ends and the man still did not come to find her, then she was ready to forget the past and start a new life. ¡°Mother lied!¡± Ruan Jiao Jiao pouted. ¡°Mom clearly said, if dad does not look for you only two reasons, one is that he does not watch TV, and the other is that he does not want to look for you!¡± This is when she just woke up in this delicate body, heard Warm outside and Sister Lan¡¯s dialogue. ¡°If he doesn¡¯t want to find us, he¡¯s an ungrateful bad man, not a good man!¡± Ruan Jiao Jiao cut through the railway. Warm was stunned, for a while a Little did not know how to explain to her daughter. Ruan Jiao Jiao also raised a sweet smile. ¡°So mom, forget that bad man. If there is a chance, I will introduce you to a really good man, or a super handsome man!¡± She thought of her father. Ruan Jiao Jiao liked Warm but also felt pity for Warm. She hoped to turn Warm into her mother. Real mom! Warm could not laugh or cry. She reached out to pinch the delicate face. ¡°Silly child, what silly words are you saying? Where are you going to find mom a super handsome man?¡± Ruan Jiao Jiao gave a mysterious smile, holding Warm¡¯s arms. ¡°Mom will know later.¡± Warm embrace the delicate daughter and kissed her hair, her heart feeling warm. Warm suddenly felt that her luck may not be so bad, at least the daughter¡¯s illness was getting better. Jiao Jiao was also so intelligent and sensible. In this nightmare-like life, it was the only thing that can make her feel gratified. God did not totally forsake her. Ruan Jiao Jiao, who was held by Warm at the moment, rushed to stick her face out of the window. Beside the bus she was riding in, there was a row of black cars passing by in an orderly fashion. The window of the second car was open, and a man in a suit was sitting in the back row. His face was perfect as if carved with a delicate knife. She opened her mouth in surprise, and her eyes immediately turned red. But the next moment, the car accelerated ahead of the bus in which Jiao Jiao was riding. Ruan Jiao Jiao broke away from Warm, pressing her face against the window to try to look at the black car, her beautiful big eyes suddenly shed tears. Warm was aware of Jiao Jiao¡¯s abnormal behavior, thinking that her daughter may be feeling sick. She asked anxiously, ¡°what¡¯s the matter Jiao Jiao? What¡¯s wrong? Why are you crying?¡± Ruan Jiao Jiao cried while pointing to the direction of the car¡¯s departure. ¡°It¡¯s a handsome man,¡± The man who was just sitting in the black car was clearly her father! ¡°Huh?¡± Warm face full of question marks. Chapter 27 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation City A, the political and financial center city in China. It was also the city where Warm¡¯s home was located. Warm¡¯s parents lived in a mid-range community in the western district of the city. Originally, the old couple lived in the tube building in the downtown urban area. A few years ago, Warm made a lot of money when she became popular in the film and television circles. Then, she bought a house for her parents and moved out of the downtown urban area. ? On the day that Warm came back with Jiao Jiao, Warm¡¯s mother had passed away for a whole week. According to the custom of her hometown, people must be buried within three days, so Warm did not even catch up with her mother¡¯s funeral. Warm arrived at her father¡¯s house at six o¡¯clock in the afternoon. It was the seventh day after her mother¡¯s death, so many relatives in the family had come over today, and this point had not left. Warm entered the door with Jiao Jiao and found that the food was just being served. According to the rules, relatives who come to worship will have a meal at the home. Warm opened the door and found her seventh aunt, eighth aunt, uncles, and children were all in. In addition, Warm¡¯s father looked a lot older. He looked depressed while the other people looked happy. There were dishes on the table, and some people were watching TV. There were also some people squatting on the side, playing games on their mobile phones. Warm walked through the door, causing a lot of sensation. ¡°The big star is back? How¡¯s work going?¡± ¡°Warm, you said you are too busy with this work, your mother left for a week before you came back. As an uncle, I really have to say a few words about you! What a shame!¡± ¡°Dad, she¡¯s busy with work. She¡¯s been on the island before this. Now, she¡¯s just finished and she¡¯s back. Don¡¯t be scolding her!¡± ¡°Yes, Warm and her mother have a good relationship. She is most miserable when this happens. Don¡¯t criticize her anymore!¡± There was a lot of talking, and Warm really could not afford to cause a commotion. She simply said hello to everyone and went to talk with his father. Jiao Jiao was left among a group of relatives. A little girl, eight or nine years old, came over and patted her back. ¡°The fool is back? Grandma died, you know? It¡¯s good that you don¡¯t know anything. You won¡¯t be sad!¡± Ruan Jiao Jiao turned around and saw a girl with a ponytail, with a lollipop in her mouth, looking at herself obliquely. Seeing that Jiao Jiao was looking back at her, the girl also took the lollipop out of her mouth and waved it in front of Jiao Jiao¡¯s face. ¡°Want to eat it? Go to your mother!¡± A few adults saw this but did not say anything, some people still puckered their mouths, shaking their heads while laughing. They were all coquettish or stupid. Ruan Jiao Jiao gave the little girl a glance, and knew that this was her cousin Xu Shan. Xu Shan¡¯s mother was Jiao Jiao¡¯s mother¡¯s sister. At this time, aunt pulled Xu Shan aside. ¡°Did you practice the piano today? You should play a song later to make your grandfather happy.¡± Xu Shan puckered at her mother¡¯s gaze. It was clear in her heart that her mother wanted her to play in front of these relatives to put on a show, so as to earn some face for her. Sure enough, an aunt immediately agreed. ¡°Yes, Shan Shan¡¯s piano practice has been more than a year? If I say that your family¡¯s artistic cell is really powerful, I think Shan Shan will also become a big star in the future!¡± Someone asked with an inaudible voice. ¡°If you asked me, Warm should bring Shan Shan to participate in the program, what does Jiao Jiao know? If we take Shan Shan, with our Shan Shan¡¯s intelligence, we¡¯ll definitely get a lot of fans, and we¡¯ll not be scolded so badly?¡± Aunt heard these words and feel good. She was Warm¡¯s sister, but Warm had always been more beautiful, smarter, had better luck than her. Warm even became a big star while she was young. However, she herself divorced early and had a low income. Up to now, she did not even have a house of her own. She had been living in her parents¡¯ home. Even her parents¡¯ house was bought by Warm. It all made her feel jealous and unbalanced. But who would have thought that things would turn around? Warm unmarried pregnant, unexpectedly had a child, she did not even know who was the child¡¯s father. And the kid¡¯s a fool! Chapter 28 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation After that, Warm¡¯s career began to decline. Since her schooling days, she was noticed by a big director and began to act. So Warm did not have any survival skills besides acting. She did not even know how to be poor. ? Although Warm had now returned and was ready to start her career again, the current situation did not look very good. It seemed that she and Jiao Jiao was scolded very badly on this program. ¡°When I said I wanted to participate in this program, I told her that she should take Shan Shan. She refused and took Jiao Jiao.¡± Aunt Wen Yan said this while placing down tableware, her tone was casual. A group of relatives started jabbering, evaluating. ¡°This whole thing was not handled wisely. Look at Shan Shan, she is beautiful, smart, and has many strong points. If she was brought to the program, she would also improve Warm¡¯s reputation!¡± Wen Qing magnanimously waved her hand. ¡°Warm has her own decisions to make. Of course, she has to cultivate their own daughter. Who would cultivate someone else¡¯s daughter?¡± The relatives did not agree with this. ¡°That¡¯s what I¡¯m saying, but isn¡¯t her daughter a waste of such good resources? I¡¯m going to have to talk about her later and tell her to take Shan Shan.¡± ¡°I also watched that program. Those big stars of other people have a purpose to bring their children to the program. It is nothing more than two points. One is to show their children, and the other is to pave the way for the children in the future and accumulate popularity! Warm¡¯s child is no good, but she insists on bringing her, and you see the result!¡± The people talked endlessly as if there was no such thing as Jiao Jiao. Ruan Jiao Jiao could not stand it. She rolled her eyes, pouted her small mouth, and said, ¡°aunt, it¡¯s not that my mother did not take Shan Shan, she said to take both me and Shan Shan, but in the past, you yourself said that you don¡¯t want Shan Shan to go, so my mother did not take her.¡± The conversation in the restaurant came to an abrupt end, like a dog that kept barking and suddenly got strangled. Everyone stared at her with big eyes. Just now, was she talking? Xu Shan was also surprised and her mouth hung open, the lollipop in her mouth fell to the ground. Wen Qing was more shocked, staring at Ruan Jiao Jiao, her face showed that she could not believe it. Ruan Jiao Jiao had always only smirked and cried. She only knew how to shout that she was hungry, and even her sentences would never be complete! At this time, they were surprised to find that Jiao Jiao¡¯s expression and actions, everything was very normal. They could not see that was a stupid child! Ruan Jiao Jiao puckered her mouth, ¡°aunt, you can¡¯t calculate so clearly. If you missed a good thing, you cant turn around and push the problem on my mother¡¯s head. That¡¯s not this is not right!¡± The child¡¯s tone and words made the adults blush. Wen Qing¡¯s face suddenly burned. Jiao Jiao said the truth. At the start, when Warm participated in the program, Warm did mention taking Shan Shan to go with her. But Wenqing thought about it, and thought that Shan Shan should not go, and Warm should take Jiao Jiao. She should take her own daughter and cultivate her. Besides, when the time comes, when Warm can¡¯t care fore Jiao Jiao, surely she would get Shan Shan to take care of Jiao Jiao, but Jiao Jiao is a fool. So when the time comes, Xu Shan would also have to bear the responsibility of all the problems. Therefore, Wen Qing said at that time that Warm should bring Ruan Jiao Jiao, and not bring Xu Shan. The result was that Warm brought her daughter Jiao Jiao, and gave up on taking Xu Shan on the program. Now, these words were said in front of the relatives by Ruan Jiao Jiao, and Wen Qing did not know where to hide her face. Chapter 29 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation At this time, Warm walked into the room while talking with grandpa. Seeing Jiao Jiao Jiao standing among her relatives, she suddenly remembered something. She patted her forehead and said, ¡°I almost forgot to tell everyone that Jiao Jiao¡¯s illness is getting better!¡± ? Relatives were stunned, with different expressions. Because the program on TV at present did not broadcast completely, it only broadcasted the old clips when Jiao Jiao still had the issue of her illness. And the relatives did not go online to catch up with the live broadcast of the festival group, so they did not know that Ruan Jiao Jiao was well. Their knowledge of the show was up to the last regular broadcast, which included the time when there were voices everywhere cursing the mother and daughter team. ¡°Huh?¡± An aunt looked at her in shock. The child spoke fluently just now, just like a normal child! Wen Qing¡¯s expression was also unpredictable, her face was ugly but had to raise a false smile. She quickly stepped forward to embrace the delicate little shoulder, ¡°good girl, your illness is really better? Aunt¡¯s so happy!¡± Other relatives also agreed. ¡°Yes, Warm must feel much better now!¡± ¡°Good people get rewarded!¡± ¡°Did you go to the hospital for an examination? Are you sure you¡¯re okay?¡± Warm answerED one by one, said this time she will take Jiao Jiao to the hospital for a check, but she also just found out the news of her mother¡¯s death, so the check is delayed. Several relatives looked at each other. Originally, some people secretly accused Warm of unfilial piety. Her mother died a week before she came back. Now, hearing that she just heard, it was not easy to say anything more. Jiao Jiao withdrew from her aunt¡¯s arms and returned to her mother¡¯s side. She did not mention her aunt¡¯s gossip. After all, mom was in a depressed mood, and she did not want to add insult to injury. And dad once said, domestic ugliness can not be publicized. Soon. The food is on the table. The crowd took their seats. Someone asked, ¡°why hasn¡¯t old Wen come out?¡± Old Wen refers to his warm and warm father, whose real name is Wen Yong. Warm sighed, ¡°dad said he can¡¯t eat, also he¡¯s not hungry, Let¡¯s eat first.¡± Relatives looked at each other one after another, knowing that Wen Yong and his wife had a good relationship for many years. Now that his wife was gone, he was in a depressed mood and has no heart to entertain everyone. Wen Qing said to Xu Shan, ¡°go, call out your grandfather! He can¡¯t be skipping his meals. ¡± Xu Shan reluctantly jumped down from the chair, because she used to be the only normal and sound child in the family, grandpa and grandma particularly liked her. When Xu Shan was a child, she was loved by her grandparents. Xu Shan was quite happy in her heart and felt that she was the baby of this family. But when she gradually grew up, she began to dislike contact with her grandparents. The two old people had a smell, also always to hug her. And she wants to live with her parents like other children. But since she did not have a father, she wanted to move out alone with her mother. Because there was only one toilet in the home, grandpa and grandma¡¯s bad eyes often made the toilet dirty. If her mother had not said that her grandparents would have left the house to her in the future, she would not have wanted to coax the two old people. Now that grandma has died, she feels a little sad, but thinking of selling the house and changing it to a bigger house that belongs only to their mother and daughter, Xu Shan felt more happy than sad. She went into the bedroom, took grandpa¡¯s hand, reluctantly said, ¡°grandpa, eat some food, my mother said no food is not okay.¡± The old man originally sat on the bed to hurt his mind, heard the most beloved granddaughter to come in to call him to eat, suddenly felt his heart go soft. With teary eyes, he said, ¡°good! Yes, grandpa will eat, and don¡¯t let Shan Shan worry!¡± Xu Shan a little helpless, she was forced to put up a false smile like her mother and nodded. Chapter 30 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation Wen Yong and his wife had always liked Xu Shan very much, because they have only two daughters. Although the younger daughter had become famous in the entertainment industry a few years ago and has made a lot of money, parents are like this, and subconsciously they will love the worthless children more. They loved Wen Qing. ? Moreover, Wen Yong and his wife had a misunderstanding of the entertainment circle, believing that it is a place to eat youth food, not a formal, proper work for a lifetime. Later, Warm became pregnant while unmarried, and gave birth to a fool. She did not work for a long time, it seemed to confirm the view in Wen Yong¡¯s heart. Although Warm bought them the house, they have always planned to leave the house as an inheritance to their eldest daughter Wen Qing after their death. And neither he nor his wife liked the granddaughter. From the moment she appeared in the Wen family, they did not like her. As for or Warm, Wen Yong also blamed her in his heart. After all, before Warm stopped working, she brought a rich life to the family, and there was spare money for Xu Shan to learn piano and dance. Later, because Warm lost everything, Wen Qing and Xu Shan also lost everything. Now Xu Shan can continue to play the piano because of Wen Qing¡¯ own hard work and being thrifty. This made the two old people distress unceasingly. After all, if Warm did not get involved became pregnant, would Wen Qing have such a hard time? Xu Shan could also get a better education. In addition to this incident, they also heard the news from some people, saying that Warm¡¯s mother was not rescued in time because of those who blocked the road. Those people were the audience that did not like Warm. This all caused Wen Yong to form more opinions against his daughter in the bottom of his heart. But there was no evidence of this, it was just hearsay, and he could not blame Warm. At this time, Wen Yong was pulled by Xu Shan walked the room, came to the dining table. The relatives laughed, ¡°Wen Qing really understands Wen Yong. She knows when old Wen loves Shan Shan and only Shan SHan can get him out to eat!¡± ¡°Yes, Shan Shan is good. Hurry up, hurry up, sit down and eat. People can¡¯t come back to life after death. Old Wen, you can¡¯t always be so depressed. You have to pay attention to your health!¡± Wen Yong nodded and sat around the table with the crowd. He looked at Xu Shan, his face is full of love, and then look at Jiao Jiao, and he could not help but frown. Just now Warm came into the room to mention to him, said that the disease of Jiao Jiao is getting better, that she was not as stupid as before. He did not believe this. Was she really recovered from this disease? He subconsciously thought that Warm meant that she was a little better off than before. And still a fool. He had to say that this silly girl, Ruan Jiao Jiao, had dragged this already poor family even worse conditions in recent years. Therefore, Wen Yong just could not like her, and could not pity this granddaughter. Wen Qing smiled and said to her daughter Xu Shan, ¡°grandpa likes to hear you play the piano most. Go quickly and play a new piano song for grandpa.¡± Xu Shan speechlessly looking at the mother. She just sat down, and now she needs to play the piano? Were they going to let her eat or not! But thinking of the house, she could only put up a strong smile, stood up, and nodded. The piano was bought for Xu Shan a few years ago when the star was earning a lot of money. Xu Shan sat in front of the piano and began to play with five fingers deftly. Warm looking at this scene and smile, her eyes flashed a touch of sadness. She looked at her daughter, thinking if Jiao Jiao Jiao was a normal child, now she could also learn the piano? Everyone praised Xu Shan¡¯s piano skills, but Ruan Jiao Jiao just concentrated on eating the bowl of rice. Earlier, she went into the kitchen to take a look. She saw that the food was not enough for her, and she did not want to go home hungry. As for the piano? Although it was internationally recognized that it was more difficult to study before the age of six, when Jiao Jiao reached the age of five, she had already taken the ABRSM, the piano examination at the United Kingdom Conservatory of Music, and obtained intermediate results. Xu Shan and her are not on the same level at all. Chapter 31 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation While eating, she was thinking about today in the bus when she accidentally saw her dad. Her father, Mr. Ruan, should be in the United States, but the face just now, was obviously her dad! ? She wanted to catch up, but she could not do anything. One was that she could not catch up, and the other was that even if she caught up, how should she explain it to dad? Tell him that she was reborn in a stranger¡¯s body? When the time comes, even if dad believes her, the result would be to take her away. What about her new mother when the time comes? Dad would not agree to bring Warm along. While thinking, there was a burst of fierce applause in the dining room. Xu Shan proudly said, ¡°this is the song I need to practice for the next examination. I am not very familiar with it, so I can only barely complete it.¡± ¡°This is you barely being able to play? Shan Shan, you¡¯re such a good player! Warm, I say you really should train Shan Shan, I remember, you used to send her to learn piano and dance. After that, why did Shan Shan stop dancing? She¡¯s got a great talent for dancing, too!¡± The speaker was Wen Yong¡¯s sister, but also the aunt of Ruan Jiao Jiao and Xu Shan. The others also nodded. ¡°Yes, Warm, now, your career has improved, and you have the money to cultivate Shan Shan. I think Shan Shan is quite talented in literature and art, maybe later she can also be a big star.¡± Wen Yong did not agree, shaking his head, ¡°what¡¯s good with becoming a star? Look at Warm, is it not a lesson? When it¡¯s good, it makes a lot of money, but when it¡¯s bad, it can¡¯t even solve issues of food and clothing!¡± Aunt laughed and said, ¡°Wen Yong, that¡¯s not right, now the times are different! You should not make a fuss now that Warm finally gained some reputation. Look at those stars with a good reputation, they have a good life!¡± Warm licked her lips and looked at her aunt. She did not speak. Wen Yong nodded. ¡°In any case, Shan Shan really has talent. How many grades of her piano have been tested?¡± Wen Yong has also learned the piano before and knew about it. Wen Qing¡¯s smile was proud. ¡°She just passed amateur level 6, has not passed the primary level.¡± Wen Yong lovingly looked at Xu Shan. ¡°Shan Shan is only 9 years old this year, but she¡¯s already on level 6. Normally even for primary school graduates, level 6 is good! Shan Shan really has talent! Warm, if you get better in your career, you should get Shan Shan a good teacher.¡± In view of his mother¡¯s recent death, Warm did not want to refute his father, so she nodded. Although she did not like everyone to take her efforts for granted. Xu Shan was Wen Qing¡¯s daughter, but when Warm¡¯s career was good, she was never stingy in cultivating Xu Shan, and she never skimps on spending on Xu Shan. But when she had difficulties in her career, everyone seemed to start to blame her. They blamed her for not giving Xu Shan better education, blamed her for not managing her job well, blamed her for getting unexpectedly pregnant while unmarried, blamed her for putting them in a bad situation. No one comforted her, and no one really cared about her. Ruan Jiao Jiao could not listen to it any longer. She put down her chopsticks and put her hands on her face and said, ¡°mom can train sister Shan Shan, but before that, she should train me, right? Mom, I want to learn the piano too!¡± Everyone¡¯s eyes immediately looked to Jiao Jiao Jiao. Wen Yong frowned with some surprise. Just now, he saw that Jiao Jiao was only eating, so he did not take her seriously. Now, listening to her speak with her own mouth, was she really recovered from her disease? Can she speak fluently now? ¡°You study piano?¡± Xu Shan sat in front of the piano and looked back at her delicate eyes, with a trace of ridicule and disdain flashing in her eyes. Warm smiled. ¡°Jiao Jiao is also soon six years old, it¡¯s a good age to learn the piano. I really intend to let Jiaojiao learn piano.¡± The aunt laughed and said, ¡°learning is a good thing, but it also depends on the child¡¯s talent, if she is suitable for learning. You can¡¯t blindly say that Jiao Jiao should learn piano just because Shan Shan plays the piano well.¡± Wen Yong also said, ¡°Jiao Jiao just became better from her illness. At present, the most important thing is to make up for the basic knowledge. Don¡¯t consider anything else first.¡± Chapter 32 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation Wen Qing put on a faint smile when she heard this. ¡°Yes, I remember Shan Shan learning piano, because in the school, during vocal music class, she displayed a talent for music. It was her vocal music teacher that suggested for her to learn it.¡± The aunt nodded in agreement and looked at Xu Shan lovingly as if seeing her outstanding, glorious future. ? Warm pressed her lips tight. She used to like Xu Shan, but she really did not like the whole family looking down on her daughter, which made her feel sad. Ruan Jiao Jiao understood Warm¡¯s expression. She looked at the food on the table with regret, raised a smiling face, and jumped out of the chair, walking to the piano. She turned back to raise a small face to look at the crowd, ¡°sister play really good, Jiao Jiao also wants to try!¡± Xu Shan frowned. ¡°this piano is just tuned, don¡¯t touch it if you don¡¯t know how to use it.¡± A group of elders looked at each other and shook their heads with a smile. The little girl, Jiao Jiao Jiao, could not even understand the score, but she still wanted to play the piano. Wen Qing magnanimously said, ¡°Shan Shan, you should teach her, in case Jiao Jiao also has talent, in the future you two can be like sisters, learning the piano together. That¡¯s such a beautiful scene to think about.¡± Xu Shan reluctantly gave way to one side and let Ruan Jiao Jiao sit on the side of her chair. She taught it in a decent way. ¡°You put one hand on these keys and stay still like I do.¡± Ruan Jiao Jiao obediently laid her hand on the key. Xu Shan said, ¡°I¡¯ll teach you the first verse of the simplest Ode to Joy. You can¡¯t understand the score, and you can¡¯t play with both hands in coordination. You just play one hand first, remember the numbers, and the little finger is 5 until the thumb is 1. 54321. Remember these keys?¡± Ruan Jiao Jiao nodded. Several adults looked at this scene, some people praised and sighed. ¡°Look at Shan Shan teaching. In the future, Shan Shan can be a piano teacher, that¡¯s good too.¡± Xu Shan said, ¡°the first quarter, 3345,5432,1123322, you try it first, 3345 ¡­¡± Before the words were finished, she had put her hands on the piano. Although her hands were so small that they couldn¡¯t even completely cover a few keys, the beautiful tune jumped out of her fingers in an instant. It¡¯s not the Ode to Joy Xu Shan just taught. It¡¯s the song Xu Shan just played! Ruan Jiao Jiao¡¯s hands were too small to cover the keys, but she was flexible and did not drop any scales! She was even saying, ¡°Georg Philipp Telemann¡¯s Bourr¨¦e, I¡¯ve heard it in the video. Sister, is that how it works?¡± Jiao Jiao was just speaking nonsense. This is the music that she once played to pass the grade examination, of course, she was skilled. The notes played by Jiao Jiao were more accurate and the playing was more smooth. She was obviously more skilled than when Xu Shan played just now. The whole family was shocked and looked at the scene in an incredible way. Especially Warm. She opened her mouth wide and looked at her daughter sitting in front of the piano in disbelief! Her daughter, playing the piano? And skilled at playing the piano? How is this possible? ¡°How is this possible¡­¡± was also exclaimed subconsciously by Xu Shan herself. She sat next to Jiao Jiao, clearly seeing how flexible her fingers were. She had trained with this song for the next grade examination. Xu Shan was being modest. In fact, she practiced no less than 30 times to play the complete song. Even then, there were the occasional wrong sounds in the middle, which the family could not hear. Chapter 33 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation It was the end of the song. The silence of the whole Wen family could be heard. ? Everyone was staring at Jiao Jiao unbelievably. It was hard to imagine, a girl less than six years old, unexpectedly watch Xu Shan play once, could completely play it herself? That was not possible! But they just saw it with their own eyes! Moreover, she had always been a fool before and was unexpectedly sober in this program, so she had never learned the piano before, which was clear to everyone. So everyone was sure that she only saw Xu Shan play this time once! And just now she said she had heard it in the video, so she knew what the song was called? They could not believe it. The aunt¡¯s eyes widened and her lips trembled for a long time unable to speak. Wen Yong also put down the tableware and stared at Ruan Jiao Jiao with his old eyes. Of all the people present, only he had an in-depth understanding of the piano, so when Xu Shan played, he could hear several minor mistakes. But when Jiao Jiao played, there was no mistake at all. Can the child still read the music? ¡°Hmm? Am I not playing right?¡± Ruan Jiao Jiao stared at everyone. They just reacted, aunt hurriedly stood up and said, ¡°Oh, Ruan Jiao Jiao is amazing. Is this inherited? Is the child a genius?¡± Ruan Jiao Jiao agreed and nodded. In her past life, when she was by her father¡¯s side, everyone used to call her a genius as well. A long-lost and familiar name! Wen Yong also severely swallowed his saliva, he turned to look Warm. ¡°Did you get Jiao Jiao to learn the piano?¡± Warm hurriedly shook her head. ¡°How is that possible? Jiao Jiao just became sober not long ago. Before that, she did not touch the piano.¡± The more Warm spoke, the softer her voice was. She felt that it was incredible.. Ruan Jiao Jiao raised a delicate smile. ¡°Mom, do I play well?¡± Warm¡¯s tears burst out in an instant, and she nodded desperately with her mouth puckered, but could not speak. Wen Yong looked seriously at Jiao Jiao. He carefully examined her for a while, and with a kind voice, he asked, ¡°Jiao Jiao, you only saw her play once, and you learned it?¡± Ruan Jiao Jiao looked at grandpa with a smile, as if to answer. Wen Yong said to Xu Shan,¡±Shan Shan, you play the Waltz again!¡± Xu Shan had never seen grandpa with such a serious side, subconsciously sitting upright, nodding to play. Ruan Jiao Jiao sat next to her and listened. Is this one of the tracks for the amateur band 5 mini-music test? Xu Shan played this song more smoothly, because it is the track of the previous examination, and has also practiced to the point of proficiency. Wen Yong walked quickly to the piano and lowered his voice, as if for fear of disturbing Ruan Jiao Jiao. ¡°Jiao Jiao, can you play the song just played by Shan Shan?¡± Ruan Jiao Jiao smiled and nodded. Her hands were skillfully placed on the piano keys, and soon a Waltz flowed lightly from her fingertips. Wen Yong¡¯s gentle face changed as she played, eventually solidifying into a shocked expression. There was no one at the table to that cared about eating, and no one cared about chatting. Everyone¡¯s eyes were focused on the delicate body of Ruan Jiao Jiao. The scene really shocked them. There was a real genius in their family! Listen to the piano music once, and instantly repeat it! What a genius! Warm¡¯s tears flowed like a turbulent. Today was a sad day, but her daughter gave her such a big surprise, gratifying surprise. Until the end of Ruan Jiao Jiao¡¯s song, the home was silent. Chapter 34 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation Wen Yong was the first to react, his face shocked. He looked at Ruan Jiao Jiao and asked, ¡°Jiao Jiao, can you understand this music?¡± Ruan Jiao Jiao nodded. ¡°Yes.¡± ? Xu Shan immediately jumped out of the chair and pointed to Jiao Jiao. ¡°She lied! If she hasn¡¯t learned it, how can she understand music?¡± Yes, she had not even learned it. Even a genius could not understand the music score, how could she? Wen Qing thought about it and said, ¡°I guess it¡¯s probably Jiao Jiao who often watches Shan practice piano these years. Although she seems to have some brain problems a few years ago, in fact she has learned into her brain.¡± Wen Yong meditated and said, ¡°you mean, although Jiao Jiao was stupid before, but in fact still has the learning ability, but can not show it, so everyone thinks she doesn¡¯t know anything?¡± ¡°It seems that¡¯s the only reasonable explanation,¡± Wen Qing said. Ruan Jiao Jiao pouted her mouth, ¡°I learned from her just now.¡± She was kidding. She had learned from an internationally famous piano master. If the name of her teacher was uttered, everyone would be respectful. If they thought that she learned the piano from Xu Shan all these years, Jiao Jiao could not agree. Wen Yong looked at the Jiao Jiao. ¡°you said¡­. you didn¡¯t learn it from Shan Shan? Well then, Jiao Jiao, grandpa will turn over the page for the music. If you can really understand it and play it, grandpa will believe you, okay?¡± Wen Yong wanted to confirm whether Jiao Jiao really was a kind of legendary genius. Ruan Jiao Jiao readily agreed. Wen Yong turned the score back to ensure that it was the part that even Xu Shan had not learned. Etude for the left hand! National musicians Association piano examination Level 7 repertoire! Ruan Jiaojiao looked at the music score and nodded generously. These are all the tracks she has practiced. And with her talent, it used to amaze the teacher. As long as any track is played no more than three times according to the track, she can skillfully and completely play them. This is the advantage of her memory and physical coordination. And she had a feeling that the body was almost the same as she had before, and that she still seemed to have those advantages. Soon, according to the music score, Jiao Jiao played out the left-handed Etude. Wen Yong¡¯s forehead, began to ooze large drops of sweat, not because of tension, but because he was too excited. His granddaughter, she was really a genius. The kind of genius that only appears in rumors! Aunt also had tears in her eyes, and was inexplicably excited. ¡°This child, I always thought this child would stay that way forever. I never thought¡­ I never thought¡­¡± She could not express her feelings in words. Because it was incredible! Warm cousins, already recorded the scene with their mobile phones, and posted it on the internet. They had been recording videos since Jiao Jiao played the Bourr¨¦e. After Ruan Jiao Jiao finished playing the left-handed Etude, the first video released to the social network has exceeded 100,000 views! Because Ruan Jiao Jiao, who has just been loved by the audience in the program, is talking a lot. The video of her playing the piano had attracted attention instantly once it was released. Warm¡¯s cousin said, ¡°oh my God, I released the video of Jiao Jiao only a few minutes ago. Now, it unexpectedly garnered 100,000 views! Wow, someone said that after watching the latest live broadcast, Jiao Jiao found water on the island and dragged back a boar?¡± When the people at the table heard the words, they all stopped. They began passing on mobile phones to each other and looking at the messages replied by netizens. Their memory was still with the TV broadcast of the old episodes, and they thought Warm and Ruan Jiao Jiao was still in the netizen¡¯s bad books. They did not expect that Ruan Jiao Jiao had already changed the impression of most viewers in the live broadcast. She became one of the most popular girls! Chapter 35 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation They just learned at this moment that she was now one of the most popular little girls in the show, and the degree of popularity was actually vaguely more than Little Cherry. Warm was no longer scolded and cursed by everyone, but starting to get a lot of fans! ? Ruan Jiao Jiao finished a song and jumped out of the chair. ¡°Mom! Jiao Jiao¡¯s hands are sore!¡± She threw herself into her Warm¡¯s arms. Warm lovingly embraced Jiao Jiao and forced herself to stop her tears. She was kissing Jiao Jiao¡¯s little face repeatedly. Ruan Jiao Jiao held Warm for a little while before hurriedly going back to her rice bowl. After all, she had not eaten enough. Xu Shan looked at Ruan Jiao Jiao, who was surrounded by relatives and praised constantly. Even her grandfather, who had always loved her most, also returned to the table at this moment to bring vegetables to Ruan Jiao Jiao. Xu Shan cried loudly. After all, she was only a nine-year-old child and could not stand the grievance! She did not have time to eat, and she had to listen to her mother¡¯s words to perform. As a result, she did not perform successfully and was upstaged by Jiao Jiao. Now Jiao Jiao was the focus of the whole family, and she played two or three songs in a row, but no one wanted to look at her, or even comment on her. She seemed to suddenly be replaced by Ruan Jiao Jiao. Xu Shan had always taken Jiao Jiao Jiao as a fool and thought that the more silly Jiao Jiao was, the more it offset her excellence. Now it was all reversed. It was like she was now the fool. Even her crying did not attract people¡¯s attention immediately. Because at the table, it was so lively, so lively that the people were full of voices, so lively that it covered her crying. Jiao Jiao and Warm ate together with the crowd, then she took Jiao Jiao and left. Unlike Wen Qing, Warm had her own house. This house was bought by Warm in the early days of her career. Wen Qing divorced after some life difficulties and moved over with her daughter Xu Shan. Warm also supported them financially. Although Warm was poor these recent years, fortunately, when she made money early in her career, she had saved up enough to buy a house for herself. Although it was only a two-bedroom apartment, it was enough for Warm to live with Ruan Jiao Jiao. Warm just parked her car in the above-ground parking lot in front of the apartment building and found that there seemed to be a familiar figure not far away. She got out of the car with Ruan Jiao Jiao in her arms. She soon found the person waiting in front of the building. Unexpectedly, it was Ji Zhang? ¡°Teacher Ji!¡± Warm trotted to Ji Zhang. Surprised, she asked, ¡°why did you come?¡± Ruan Jiao Jiao also opened her eyes sleepily, yawned, and said, ¡°hello Uncle Ji.¡± Ji Zhang¡¯s smile was still so bright handsome. He rubbed Ruan Jiao Jiao¡¯s hair and said, ¡°hello Jiao Jiao.¡± Ruan Jiao Jiao asked, ¡°where¡¯s brother Ji Fan? Did he not come?¡± Ji Zhang said, ¡°brother Ji Fan is going to study. Uncle Ji will bring him next time, okay?¡± Ruan Jiao Jiao nodded sweetly. Later, Ji Zhang look at Warm who¡¯s eyes were full with doubt. He explained elegantly, ¡°I heard the news of aunt¡¯s death, called you, you didn¡¯t answer, so I personally came to see you.¡± Warm was flattered. ¡°That¡¯s embarrassing. How could I trouble Teacher Ji to personally come over?¡± Ji Zhang smiled. ¡°Actually there are some other things. It¡¯s not convenient to talk here. I can go up?¡± Warm hurriedly nodded and invited Ji Zhang into the building. Ji Zhang, wearing a mask and a cap, entered the elevator with Warm. Chapter 36 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation ¡°The heroine?¡± On the sofa, warm and shocked. ? Ji Zhang¡¯s purpose today was to invite her to be the heroine of his new film! ¡°Yes, the heroine herself is a single mother, I think this role is very suitable for you, and the role of the heroine¡¯s child, I also recommended Jiao Jiao to the director group, I think she is very suitable.¡± Ji Zhang¡¯s lips smiled and put the teacup to his lips while explaining. With that, he took a sip of tea, the warm tea down his throat, swallowing it without difficulty. Warm noticed his slender neck and sexy Adam¡¯s apple. It had to be said that Ji Zhang¡¯s appearance was too handsome, and every action he did had infinite elegance and male charm. If you asked Warm which part of Ji Zhang was most attractive to her, Warm would definitely answer: his chin. Ji Zhang¡¯s jaw and neck formed a perfect curve, beautiful, but also, it did not lose the charm of men. Warm was stunned by Ji Zhang¡¯s action of drinking tea, almost missing Ji Zhang¡¯s explanation. Wait a minute¡­ Ji Zhang just said, recommended Jiao Jiao to act? Ji Zhang saw that Warm did not respond for a long time, and thought that she was reluctant to get her daughter into the entertainment circle. ¡°Actually, Jiao Jiao is very smart, you can consider letting her try through the play. If she does well, it is also an opportunity. And the director of this play is Li Ming.¡± Ji Zhang suggested. Warm covered her lips in surprise and said in a low voice, ¡°director Li¡¯s play? Teacher Ji¡­ can I really do it?¡± Li Ming was one of the best directors in the circle. The films directed by him were all large-scale productions and the requirements for the role were also quite high. Warm did not doubt herself. However, people who were cast by Li Ming were first-class actors and actresses. They must all have top-notch acting skills. It was said that director Li is very strict and harsh, and the actors that he chose were like proving his strength. Ji Zhang smiled and said, ¡°I have suggested you to director Li. Director Li is very interested in you. He has seen your films before and has a high evaluation. Therefore, if you are interested, I can arrange for you to meet.¡± Warm, of course, was interested. ¡°Then I¡¯ll leave it to you.¡± Ji Zhang smiled and said, ¡°what about Jiao Jiao, are you willing to let her try?¡± Warm hesitated. ¡°I¡¯ll ask her.¡± Although she did not plan to let her daughter enter the entertainment industry at a young age at first, Ji Zhang was right. This was an opportunity to broaden and explore her daughter¡¯s future development. Originally, she took Jiao Jiao to participate in variety shows. At that time, Warm did not think that her daughter will go down this path, mainly because at that time, her daughter was stupid. Now, it was different. Ji Zhang left, before leaving, he took a deep look into Warm¡¯s eyes, as if wanting to say something. Finally, he did not say anything and took his leave. Closing the door, Warm suddenly had a feeling ¨C like everything was different. The turning point seemed to be in when her daughter became clear-headed. The next day, Warm brought Jiao Jiao to the cemetery to pray for her mother. In the afternoon, she received Ji Zhang¡¯s phone call. He arranged for her to have lunch with director Li tomorrow at noon with Jiao Jiao. The next day, Warm and her agent Sister Lan, together with Jiao Jiao, went to the agreed hotel. Ruan Jiao Jiao was getting bored following her mother around. Yesterday, when Warm asked her if she would like to act, Jiao Jiao instantly agreed. It was a high-grade, chic, and amazing private restaurant, full of antiques. The waiter led them to the box. Before entering the door, Sister Lan tidied up Warm¡¯s clothes, while saying, ¡°talk less in front of director Li. Don¡¯t be outspoken. I will answer all the questions if possible.¡± The moment she pushed open the door, Sister Lan¡¯s face instantly raised into a bright and warm smile. Ruan Jiao Jiao had to sigh. Sister Lan should be the one who¡¯s acting! Chapter 37 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation This private restaurant was very high-grade. The second floor covers a large area, but in addition to the corridor and public area, two compartment boxes were even set up on the second floor. Opening the double-layer wooden door, you would see a box filled with Chinese-style ornaments. The box was divided into two, by an antique screen divided into a meeting area and banquet area. ? The meeting area had a wooden faucet and a carefully designed tea table. A water channel was carved in the center of the tea table. Water flowed slowly and repeatedly, circulating around the table through a circulation system. At the position of the window stood a girl in ancient costume, playing the guzheng. The sound music around the beam was elegant and quiet, slowly flowing in the room, it was particularly beautiful. Several men and women were sitting around the tea table in the reception area, talking in low voices, with formulaic professional smiles on their faces. Warm brought Ruan Jiao Jiao through the doors and they both saw this scene. Sister Lan took the lead in raising a smile and walked to the tea table. She smiled at the middle-aged man on the main theme in the center. ¡°Director Li! It¡¯s been a long time since I¡¯ve seen you. You¡¯re chosen such an elegant place, you really have to have a good eye!¡± The middle-aged man, known as director Li, was about 1.75 meters tall, with sparse hair and a thin figure, wearing a casual blue-and-white plaid shirt and a pair of unassuming jeans. If you walk on the street, no one will associate him with the famous director who has won many awards. Director Li smiled and waved, motioned Sister Lan and warm to come over. At the same time, he smiled at a middle-aged woman beside him. ¡°Today, I also invited miss Wen to come with me. I remember the 10 days of siege that miss Xu and miss Wen starred together a few years ago. I still remember it vividly. I¡¯d like you two to have a chat today. ¡± Warm realized that besides her, Xu Wei and her agent also came today. These two people arrived earlier than Warm, it seemed that they have been sitting for a while. Xu Wei and Warm were on the same road. The two of them were praised as celebrities. At that time, Warm was more popular. However, Xu Wei was a child star within a film family, with significant resources. The two of them could be said to be equals. There was a period of time, although the outside world will always put the two people together to compare. Although there appeared to be a lot of competition, in fact, Warm and Xu Wei got along well in private, they were even best friends. Xu Wei appeared generous and enthusiastic. It was easy for Warm to like her. But after Warm suffered from amnesia, she had no contact with Xu Wei anymore. Warm later recovered some memories, and tried to contact Xu Wei, Xu Wei¡¯s agent declined her. Since then, Xu Wei has never appeared in Warm¡¯s world. In Fact, when Warm¡¯s career fell to the bottom, Xu Wei had been popular the whole time. She now seemed to be one of the most popular actresses. No matter word-of-mouth or popularity, Warm was beyond reach. Xu Wei was wearing a big red butterfly-collar dress today. It revealed much of her skin, with two of her arms exposed, looking tender, fair, and attractive.. She had long wavy hair, delicate, well-concentrated makeup on her face, and fiery red lips that made her extremely sexy. When she saw Warm, her face showed a touch of surprise and then smiled. ¡°Long time no see, Warm.¡± Xu¡¯s agent, sister Yang, also smiled. ¡°Director Li, do you know? Xu Wei and Warm are personal friends, and they have a very good relationship. They are like sisters.¡± Chapter 38 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation Director Lee did not seem to know that Warm and Xu Wei were friends. After all, when the two people were together, the outside world rumors that the two people were competitive. Later, Warm stopped and no longer appeared in public. So, director Li had no idea of how the relationship between them was, let alone have an understanding. ? ¡°That¡¯s just great,¡± he said with a smile. Sister Lan and Warm looked at each other. The two of them understood the situation today. They guessed that Xu Wei and her agent were also very interested in the film, and wanted to fight for this role. Director Li listened to Ji Zhang¡¯s suggestion, then, he could not make a decision between the two at the time. So, to pick a heroine, he called them both. This meal appeared to be a catch-up session, but it was actually an interview! Sister Lan laughed. ¡°Sister Yang can really joke. Xu Wei is at the height of her career. Warm just started. Now that Warm and miss Xu are close sisters, we should learn more from miss Xu!¡± Sister Lan was the agent assigned to Warm by a new company. So, she was not familiar with Warm¡¯s past relationships. To Sister Lan, her opponent was a first-tier actress, and she felt that Warm had no hope in this competition. Sister Yang smiled and looked at Ruan Jiao Jiao beside Warm. Inadvertently squinting, she said, ¡°you brought children? That¡¯s great, we¡¯ve got a kid here, too. They should play together.¡± Warm and sister Lan just noticed that there was a little girl sitting at the corner of the room. She was sitting at the corner, eating snacks. Sister Lan wondered, ¡°who is this?¡± Sister Yang replied with a smile,¡±this is Xu Wei¡¯s niece. It¡¯s just that director Li¡¯s new play is short of a child. So happened that Xu Lan¡¯s child also liked to act, so we brought her along for director Li to take a look.¡± So she was here to fight for the role with Jiao Jiao. She also spoke in the manner as if Director li had decided that Xu Wei would be the heroine. Although sister Lan felt that Warm could not compete against Xu Wei, but the role had not been determined after all. They come to fight for the role, so hearing sister Yang say this, she felt unhappy in her heart. Director Li then poured a cup of tea for everyone like a gentleman. With a smile, he said, ¡°I believe you have all read the script. I want to hear your views.¡± Xu Wei took the lead , smiling. ¡°Director Li, I am naturally happy with the play. I have no opinion. Everything follows your will. You say how it should be shoot, and that is how I will shoot.¡± Sister Yang smiled and answered, ¡°yes, Xu Wei is a professional, and there is absolutely no problem, no matter what you want, Xu Wei can deliver!¡± No matter what kind of heroine director Li wanted, Xu Wei had no problem. This not only impressed the director but also brought out the confidence of her professionalism. Director Li just nodded, eyes looking to Warm. Ji Zhang did give her a copy, that is, the selection of the play. It was not specific to the final script, but the general plot and the details of the character had been sufficient. Warm had carefully studied the character, and also truthfully said her inner thoughts. She had an opinion about the positioning of the character and she felt that there needed to be an adjustment in the plot. She spent quite some time and said a little too much. Xu Wei¡¯s teacup had long been drained. Sister Yang also covered her lips with her hand, obviously trying to stifle a yawn or two. Director Li was very patient from the beginning to the end, just listening. ¡°I¡¯m sorry, I¡¯ve said a little too much. If there¡¯s anything wrong, you¡¯ll have to wait. ¡± Warm finished, only to notice that a lot of time had passed. The food had been on the table for a long time. Sister Lan helplessly glared at Warm. She could have just been like Xu Wei, praising the director. Yet, she had to say so much, and she might have even said too much. Did she not specifically explain to Warm to speak less before entering the door? Was she ignorant to the instructions? Chapter 39 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation Director Li smiled, nodded, and said, ¡°it¡¯s not a bad thing an actor understands the role.¡± Sister Lan¡¯s heart suddenly cooled. ? Because director Li not only did not say it was a bad thing, he said it was a good thing. She felt that director Li was such a big director, every film he makes would be amazing. Coupled with his directing style, not only would cinemas be filled to the brim, Warm might win a grand prize, and probably even more. What he needed was an actor¡¯s understanding of the script? No, what he needed was that you had a certain degree of professional ability and then obey. That was enough. Now, director Li did not praise Warm¡¯s observations, so sister Lan subconsciously thought that this had an 80% chance it was going to cool. ¡°Let¡¯s eat first.¡± Director Li got up and made a gesture to the people. When eating, it was mainly Xu Wei¡¯s agent, sister Yang, who was talking. At the end of a meal, director Li looked at Ruan Jiao Jiao beside Warm. ¡°This must be Jiao Jiao?¡± Sister Yang and Xu Wei were both in the same boat. Warm also did not expect that director Li actually called out Jiao Jiao¡¯s name. Ruan Jiao Jiao opened her big watery eyes and nodded with a smile. ¡°Uncle Li, my name is Ruan Jiao Jiao.¡± Director Li smiled kindly and nodded. ¡°I saw your piano playing on the internet. It¡¯s very good. How many years have you studied it?¡± In fact, after Ji Zhang recommended Jiao Jiao, director Li asked his assistant to show him the clips of Jiao Jiao. As a result, the next day, his assistant showed him the video of Jiao Jiao¡¯s piano performance. The videos were already very popular online. Director Li also has some experience with the piano. At a glance, he felt that the little girl was not ordinary, so he was very interested in Jiao Jiao. Earlier, sister Yang and Xu Wei interrupted director Li several times, so director Li did not specifically speak to Jiao Jiao. Now, he took the opportunity to talk to her while eating. Ruan Jiao Jiao put on a natural face. ¡°Uncle Li, I just learned the piano.¡± Director Li nodded. He did not watch all of the video. He only saw some clips of Ruan Jiao Jiao playing. Therefore, he subconsciously thought that ¡®just learned¡¯ meant learned for less than a year. After all, at this age, she would be new to the piano. Warm felt that director Li must have misunderstood the meaning of the words Jiao Jiao said. She thought that her daughter was trying to explain that she only learned the piano yesterday. However, she did not explain further. It would only make it even more difficult to explain, not to mention appearing ostentatious. As for Jiao Jiao herself, in fact, she just said it casually. She could not say that she learned it in her previous life, let alone how long she learned it, because it¡¯s difficult to explain it to her mother afterward. ¡°What else can you do besides the piano?¡± Director Li asked with a smile. Ruan Jiao Jiao thought and said, ¡°I know a lot. Uncle Lie, what are you specifically asking for?¡± She asked this question, but director Li was puzzled. Sister Yang gave Xu Wei a wink, meaning that if director Li was so interested in Warm¡¯s daughter, it would be unfavorable to them. Xu Wei naturally realized this long ago. She suddenly smiled and said, ¡°warm, your Jiao Jiao is better now? I¡¯ve been worried. I¡¯ve met a brain expert this time abroad, and I wanted to come back and introduce you. ¡± Here sister Lan was happy that director Li was treating Jiao Jiao well, and was happy. However, when she heard Xu Wei¡¯s words, her heart sank. Sure enough, director Li asked in a puzzled way, ¡°brain expert?¡± Xu Wei¡¯s face was surprised. ¡°Director Li, you don¡¯t know?¡± She took a careful look at Jiao Jiao as if she were afraid of hurting her. She did not continue explaining, just pointed to her own head. Chapter 40 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation It meant that Ruan Jiao Jiao had problems with her head. As expected, director Li frowned. He did not know about this matter. However, when he spoke to Jiao Jiao, the little girl seemed to be very clever. He did not see that the little girl¡¯s brain was not good. ? If the little girl was mentally defective, it was definitely not suitable for making a movie. And if something happens during the shooting, was it not trouble for him? Warm said, ¡°Jiao Jiao did have intellectual problems before, but has fully recovered, even better than the average child¡¯s learning ability.¡± Sister Lan immediately nodded. ¡°That¡¯s exactly it. This child is very clever. They participated in that parent-child survival program. The director group gave unanimous praise to Jiao Jiao.¡± It meant that there was absolutely no problem for Jiao Jiao to participate in the program. After all, she was young, even if she is smart, she still could not discern such caring insinuations as Xu Wei. But she noticed that director Li did not seem to believe that her illness had been cured. So, she held the table with both hands and held her small face and said, ¡°if uncle Li doesn¡¯t believe it, wouldn¡¯t he just put out a question to test me?¡± Director li laughed and found the proposal interesting. He noticed that the restaurant had prepared custom matches for guests on the table. The box was very delicate and had landscape paintings printed on it. He thought of an interesting problem that had baffled his son, who was in primary school some time ago. It took him a long time to think of the correct solution. At this age, should she also be going to primary school? ¡°Then I¡¯ll give you a question to see who can answer it faster.¡± Director Li drew matches from the matchbox. ¡°This is a primary school problem, but an interesting problem. You would need to understand the addition and subtraction within ten, and you have to think.¡± Sister Lan whispered to Warm, asking, ¡°can Jiao Jiao solve addition and subtraction within ten?¡± Warm and nervous, she did not know. In principle, the daughter had just recovered from her illness, and she had not learned this. However, she had a subconscious feeling that Jiao Jiao was getting more and more intelligent. It should be no problem. However, even if she could solve addition and subtraction within 10, it did not mean that she could solve the problem. Director Li meant to not only test Jiao Jiao, but also to test Xu Wei¡¯s niece. Xu Wei¡¯s niece was seven years old this year, two years older than Ruan Jiao Jiao. She had gone to primary school, and she obviously had an advantage. Director Li used some matches and put out a ¡°5+4=2¡±. He asked, ¡°you can only move a match in this, and the equation will be correct. Come, adults can also use their brains, think together.¡± Director Li greeted everyone to think together. Xu Wei and sister Yang looked at each other, thinking in their hearts, ¡®was this to test, or test adults?¡¯ They did not expect that director Li would come up with a quiz in a whim because of Ruan Jiao Jiao. ¡°It¡¯s five times four, and if five minus four is one, move the horizontal line below two? To a seven? But five and four can¡¯t get seven!¡± Sister Yang took the lead in thinking, but she could not see why. Xu Wei¡¯s niece also stared for a long time, her small face was wrinkled into a ball. Warm and sister Lan both sat a little far, and they got up to have a better look. Director Li felt a little proud that he had come up with a puzzle that is difficult for them to solve. At this time, Jiao Jiao just came over, and she did not look for more than three seconds before saying, ¡°it¡¯s very simple. You haven¡¯t come up with an answer?¡± The crowd immediately looked at her. Director Li asked in an interested manner, ¡°little girl, you just saw the puzzle, right? You already know how to solve it?¡±