Forced to Live Together After Picking Up the Child of My Rival Alpha - Chapter 16
While the atmosphere here was tense, the online world was buzzing with excitement.
【CP Obsessed: Oh my god, have you noticed how much Wei Yang really pays attention to Song Yuan?】
【Waiting for the Big Scoop from Five Years Ago: I’ve always said there must be some history between them! Besides, Wei Yang is an insider maybe she knows something!】
【Hugging Jin’s Wife: Where the hell did this damn green tea bitch come from?! What does Yu Jin have to do with Song Yuan getting hit? Stop spewing nonsense without thinking!】
【@Yuan’s Official Wife: My heart aches so much. Back when Yuan was just starting out, she was maliciously slapped while filming, and now it’s happening again. I’m crying!】
【Yuan Yuan Yuan Yuan: Please, production team, don’t pair my Yuan with Yu Jin anymore! Let Wei Yang, who actually cares, be with Yuan, okay?】
【Yu Jin’s Wife: Sis, are you confused about who’s in charge here? Does my Yu Jin even care about pairing with that so-called Yuan?】
The internet never forgets. Song Yuan closed her eyes, already imagining the absurd discussions netizens were having.
Just then, a staff member rushed into the courtyard, panting, and greeted everyone.
“Hello, dear guests! Now, the parents need to head to the specially arranged room in the north. There are many challenges inside that require cooperation between children and parents. The three families will both help and compete with each other. The final winner will receive a mysterious grand prize from the production team!”
After the brief explanation, the six parents were led into the room where the children were waiting.
The earlier drama had just subsided.
The six parents hurried over to their respective children.
When Luoluo saw Song Yuan and Yu Jin walking toward her together, she dashed over to them on her little legs.
“Mommy! Mama!”
The moment she saw Luoluo running toward her, Song Yuan let out a soft sigh, her mood lifting considerably.
She completely ignored Yu Jin and scooped up Luoluo’s small body.
After a warm moment with Song Yuan, Luoluo led both of them to a neatly arranged set of props.
In Song Yuan’s memory, Luoluo rarely, if ever, initiated conversations. Seeing such a noticeable change in her, Song Yuan felt both heartache and joy.
Luoluo began explaining, stumbling a little, as children often do: “Mommy stands inside the hula hoop grid and can’t move. Mama moves the hula hoops for Mommy, one step at a time. When we get to the small hula hoops, Mommy has to carry Luoluo, and Mama keeps moving the hula hoops. Whoever reaches the end first wins!”
Then, Luoluo pointed toward the far end of the room: “Mommy and Mama need to hurry only the first place gets that super big prize!”
Song Yuan and Yu Jin exchanged a glance. The prize didn’t matter; at that moment, their competitive spirits had been ignited.
At the staff member’s signal, the room filled with the sound of hula hoops being moved.
At first, they were all large hula hoops. Song Yuan jumped into the hula hoop grid laid out on the floor, while Yu Jin manually picked up the hula hoops, passed them over Song Yuan’s body, and placed them back on the ground.
After repeating this for five meters, small hula hoops appeared ahead.
Song Yuan suddenly shouted, “Yu Jin, stop!”
Yu Jin froze mid-step, just as Ma Tianmeng from the neighboring team screamed she had stepped on a red alarm and was hit by a hammer set up above.
Shortly after, Jian Xi’s scream echoed as well.
Yu Jin looked down and saw a red alarm right by her feet.
She had almost stepped on it.
With a look of relief, she glanced at Song Yuan, who quickly picked up Luoluo. With Yu Jin’s cooperation, the three of them raced to the finish line at top speed.
As the victory music played, Luoluo cheered happily, “Mommy, Mama, we won!”
Colorful confetti rained down on the three of them. Yu Jin brushed away a purple strand that had landed on her eye, a smile she couldn’t hide spreading across her face.
Meanwhile, Bella, Ma Tianmeng, and Yue Yue’s team took second place. Yue Yue hugged Bella and kissed her: “Second place is great too, sweetie! Let’s go have some cake later to celebrate Bella’s achievement!”
Ma Tianmeng stamped her foot in frustration: “I’ve been on so many variety shows, but I never expected the production team to pull such a dirty trick in a parent-child game!”
Jian Xi’s team, having stumbled multiple times, ended up in third place.
Dian Dian looked dejected. Wei Yang suppressed her rising irritation and gently comforted her: “Dian Dian, we’ll try harder next time. We can definitely get first place!”
Jian Xi stood silently nearby, emanating a faint aura of resentment.
After each family received their respective prizes, the day’s parent-child interaction game came to an end.
Everyone returned to the courtyard to listen to Meng Yan Yan’s closing remarks.
Meng Yan Yan held the microphone up to Luoluo and asked gently, “First, congratulations to our little friend Luoluo for winning first place today! Is there anything you’d like to say?”
Luoluo stood straight, smiling but visibly nervous, and shook her head.
Meng Yan Yan’s expression remained unchanged as she asked again, “Then, is there anything you’d like to say to your mommy and mama?”
Luoluo turned around, on one side was her mommy, Song Yuan, and on the other, her mama, Yu Jin.
This time, Luoluo turned back and answered the host: “I love Mommy and Mama.”
Then, as if shy, she buried herself softly in Song Yuan’s embrace.
All of Song Yuan’s exhaustion from the day melted away under Luoluo’s adorable confession.
Meng Yan Yan straightened up and moved on to interview Bella: “What are your thoughts on winning second place, little friend Bella?”
Bella put on a serious face: “Later, Mommy is taking me to eat cake!”
Meng Yan Yan laughed at the response and turned to Dian Dian.
Dian Dian, who had placed third, was hanging her head.
Meng Yan Yan gently patted Dian Dian’s head: “What’s wrong, little Dian Dian?”
Dian Dian looked up to see Jian Xi and Wei Yang towering over her.
Her nose tingled, and tears streamed down her face: “Dian Dian is not happy.”
The child’s straightforward expression moved Meng Yan Yan deeply. She took out a tissue and gently dabbed Dian Dian’s tear-streaked cheeks, comforting her as she wiped: “Dian Dian, it’s okay. There will be many more competitions in the future. One loss doesn’t mean anything.”
Nearby, Bella came over and hugged Dian Dian: “Don’t cry! Come have cake with my mommy later!”
Dian Dian’s tears stopped, but she continued to sniffle.
Luoluo quietly walked up to Dian Dian and handed her the toy rabbit she had gotten earlier in the maze: “Don’t be sad.”
Luoluo’s action surprised Song Yuan this was the first time Luoluo had actively spoken to either of the other two children.
Though Dian Dian didn’t respond verbally, she took the rabbit doll from Luoluo’s hand.
Once Dian Dian had calmed down, the host continued with the program’s schedule.
Meng Yan Yan announced, “Our first episode is about to conclude. In the next episode, family pairings will be rearranged. Through discussion, you may choose to form new families with others or keep the same pairings as today.”
As soon as Meng Yan Yan finished speaking, Wei Yang let go of Dian Dian, who was still wiping her tears, and hurried over to Song Yuan: “Ah Yuan, Ah Yuan! Let’s form a new family together!”
Song Yuan remained silent. She had to consider Luoluo’s feelings.
Luoluo stood obediently by her side, but Song Yuan knew Luoluo understood everything.
She was an exceptionally sensitive child who had been abandoned before.
How could Song Yuan dare to say, in front of her child, that she would pair up with someone else and leave her behind?
But the problem was, Luo Wei kept urging Song Yuan to create a CP dynamic with Wei Yang on the show.
Today, Song Yuan had been avoiding Wei Yang, and Luo Wei had even keenly texted to inquire.
On top of that, the audience’s reaction to her pairing with Yu Jin had been too intense their fans were already at each other’s throats.
Song Yuan found herself caught in a dilemma.
Meanwhile, Wei Yang persisted relentlessly: “Ah Yuan, Ah Yuan, please agree! Let’s form a new family together.”
Song Yuan didn’t want to agree, but under the watchful eyes of everyone, they were all waiting for her response.
Facing the camera, she forced a smile and said, “Since the production team said we can rearrange pairs in the next episode, I’ll reveal my answer then. Stay tuned, viewers!”
Her words seemed flawless, she had said everything, yet revealed nothing.
On the live stream, comments flew by rapidly.
【I’m Not from Fujian: What’s with the suspense? She’s keeping us all guessing!】
【Tomato Lover: Ugh, I’m disgusted. Who gets it? She’s the kind of scum who doesn’t take initiative, doesn’t reject, and doesn’t take responsibility!I Love My Control Dragon: I believe what some fans are saying now! Song Yuan is really stringing Wei Yang along while chasing after Yu Jin!】
【Jin’s Wife: Our Yu Jin would never be interested in such a disgusting person. She’s indiscriminate and dirty get out of the entertainment industry!】
【One of Yuan’s Harem: Ladies, stop stuffing your intestines into your brains, okay? It’s obvious Wei Yang is the one clinging to our Yuan! Yuan just doesn’t know how to refuse!】
【@My Heart Belongs to Yang: Why is Yang Yang clinging to her? It’s because they had that incident before! That scum blinded her, and now she’s abandoning our Yang Yang! What can our Yang Yang do?】
For a while, the variety show’s popularity soared. Various marketing accounts speculated whether Song Yuan would choose to stay with Yu Jin or form a new family with Wei Yang in the next episode, even creating online voting polls.
Song Yuan felt she shouldn’t be troubled by these matters at such a time. Today marked a critical step in Luoluo’s recovery she had actively interacted with children her own age.
She decided to cook a homemade meal.
She casually tied up her hair and put on an apron.
She hollowed out the chili peppers, filled a piping bag with seasoned minced meat, stuffed it into the peppers, cut them into small pieces, and fried them in oil.
Dish after dish, full of color, aroma, and flavor, was brought to the table. After completing her task, the three of them sat down to eat.
Song Yuan placed a piece of stuffed pepper into Luoluo’s bowl. Luoluo cut it with her spoon but didn’t bring it to her mouth.
Noticing that Luoluo had only taken a small bite of rice, Song Yuan put down her chopsticks and asked with concern, “Luoluo, what’s wrong? Can’t eat?”
Luoluo shook her head. Just as Song Yuan was about to ask more, her phone vibrated in her pocket.
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