Chapter 179: The Secret About Growing Taller

“Hey hey, kid, stop staring at others and hurry up and eat. Don’t tell me your little aunt has to feed you too?”

Lan Yu poked Pei Shuo, reminding the little guy to hurry up and eat his food, instead of constantly staring at Xueyan and Lu Li.

Although Lan Yu herself was actually staring the whole time too, completely oblivious to the fact that the cameraman beside her was filming everything.

Inwardly, she wished she could take Lu Li’s place and sit there, having the little guy throw himself into her arms to act spoiled. The idea of cooking to provide for an older sister or something was just too adorable, right!?

Exactly what must one do to skip marriage and all other steps to directly have a Xueyan?

“No. I know how to eat by myself.”

Unsurprisingly, Pei Shuo instantly rejected Lan Yu’s request to feed him. Because Lan Yu actually didn’t know how to feed someone at all; it was the kind that would choke food right down one’s windpipe.

Pei Shuo, who turned his head and stopped watching Xueyan’s brother feed Xueyan, simply felt that Xueyan was so good and so cute even when eating.

Ever since graduating from kindergarten, he hadn’t had the chance to watch Xueyan eat or take a nap for a long time.

“But how did you know this grandma’s cooking was good, kid?”

Even a simple egg mixed rice was made so fragrantly it could kill. After holding back for a long time, Lan Yu finally couldn’t resist her curiosity and asked.

Actually, the cameramen were also very curious about this question.

Pei Shuo, who was targeted by the camera this time, rarely wasn’t silent:

“Because when we passed by, I smelled the aroma of the food, and felt it was especially fragrant.”

Pei Shuo answered with his head lowered.

For a moment, the viewers also laughed. So, he smelled it on the way here?

【So he smelled the aroma of the food on the country road while being led by Teacher Lan Yu!】

The program team also replayed the scene from their journey over. Sure enough, Pei Shuo turned his head and took several looks at a neighbor’s small house where someone was cooking. The curling smoke from the kitchen chimneys, accompanied by the aroma of the food, was exceptionally reassuring.

【You can tell he was truly starving to death haha】

【But this observation skill is also quite impressive! The key is he even thought of inviting the grandma over to help~】

【Little friend Pei Shuo is also super awesome today!】

And regarding Pei Shuo’s performance today, the viewers naturally also gave a lot of praise.

Although some people also pointed out that this extraordinary self-care ability might have been forced out by Lan Yu. Isn’t it said that lazy parents easily raise hardworking cubs?

“Xiao Shuo’s performance here is indeed not bad, he didn’t lose face for our Pei family.”

Old Master Pei, in front of the TV, smiled even more satisfied, the fine lines at the corners of his eyes turning up.

It was just that Pei Yonghuan, upon seeing Pei Shuo’s performance in this episode of 《Baby? Baby!》, had a very strange and suspicious mood.

This kid Pei Shuo actually had the patience to learn to cook!? And even made enough for so many people in one go. Has this kid’s personality changed? The key is he was getting a bit too close to that little cub from the Lu family.

“Perhaps because they were kindergarten classmates, running into a familiar little friend on the program, it’s inevitable it would be like this.”

The assistant beside him analyzed a bit, feeling it was enough to explain it.

However, although under the grandma’s leadership, the two little ones successfully salvaged the situation and unexpectedly filled the parents’ stomachs, they were clearly powerless to reverse the situation in the evening culinary competition.

When Lu Li and Lan Yu arrived in a hurry with Xueyan and Pei Shuo, the other guests were quite in disbelief upon hearing about the situation of their two groups.

They felt this didn’t seem like a story that would happen in the real world at all, it was simply more exaggerated than a TV drama script.

“It’s okay, Xueyan, you can eat the food my dad makes!”

The little boiling kettle, Lin Yujia, instead very generously expressed that as long as he had a bite of food to eat, Xueyan wouldn’t go hungry at all!

Completely oblivious to the gaze Pei Shuo instantly threw his way when he said this. Fortunately, after Pei Shuo saw Teacher Lin Xiangtao make a “big hodgepodge one-pot stew,” he fell silent again, feeling this didn’t seem much better than what his little aunt made.

But the one who shone brilliantly in this culinary competition was unexpectedly the Zhou Ziyan family group, whose presence had been relatively weak since the program’s recording began!

Zhou Ziyan, this idol young actor, didn’t look like someone who knew how to cook. As a result, after borrowing some milk and supplementary ingredients, he forcefully used flour and eggs to make a dessert—soufflé pancakes!

The cucumbers prepared by the program team were mixed by Zhou Ziyan with a few fruits given by the villagers on the day they moved in. He cut them into small cubes, spreading them out next to the soufflé as a garnish to cut the greasiness, turning it into a rustic-style soufflé pancake.

As soon as this dessert was brought out, the entire venue erupted.

After all, opportunities to eat sweet pastries in the village were rare. Not to mention the soufflé pancakes fresh out of the pan were still jiggling Duang~ Duang~, and the aroma was overflowing.

Each little friend was also given a small portion of the fragrant soufflé.

Lin Yujia held it in his mouth, almost on the verge of tears, reluctant to swallow it down, feeling as if he had finally and briefly returned to modern society from primitive society. The group of parents also gathered around Zhou Ziyan, trying to learn how this was made.

Lu Li memorized it especially seriously, and even Best Actor Fu Shuilan humbly asked for advice on the proportions and techniques. This made Zhou Ziyan, who had been somewhat marginalized since the program’s recording began, feel extremely overwhelmed by the unexpected favor.

“Is one portion enough?”

Among the little friends sitting on small stools, Pei Shuo kept his head turned, watching Xueyan eat the soufflé. Seeing that Xueyan slowly finished his portion, he shoved his own portion of soufflé over.

“Aren’t you eating, Pei Shuo?”

Xueyan asked with a smile.

Pei Shuo shook his head. As a result, in the next second, Xueyan used his small fork to pierce the soufflé and, with an “Ah…” sound, fed it right to his mouth.

So, Pei Shuo’s body reacted faster than his thoughts, opening his mouth and taking a big “awoo” bite with an “Ah” sound, his cheeks bulging.

The soufflé had a very rich aroma of eggs and milk, yet it wasn’t overly sweet. The fruit cubes also added a bit of refreshing feeling.

He clearly had eaten many much more delicious foods at home usually, but on this rural summer night recording a program, Pei Shuo just felt this bite of soufflé was incredibly delicious!

“Eh!”

The cameraman on the side almost slapped his thigh in regret.

Just now he was busy crowding around to film the rare parent recipe exchange and learning session, and actually failed to capture the cute interaction of the little guys!

“Xueyan, can you also feed me a bite of soufflé?”

Lin Yujia was similarly watching with envy, feeling he also wanted Xueyan to feed him.

“But our soufflé is already all eaten up, Yujia. Next time!”

Xueyan seriously said with a beaming smile.

Only then did Lin Yujia frustratingly realize he had eaten too fast, causing him to miss the activity of being fed by Xueyan!

When the awards ceremony for the final competition concluded, each family also bid farewell to one another, officially ending this exhausting day of filming. Originally thinking the program’s recording journey would be very long, they didn’t expect a few days to pass in the blink of an eye.

On the way back, although Lu Li believed he had completely mastered the method of making soufflé and wanted to secretly experiment tonight to give Xueyan a surprise tomorrow morning, looking at the slightly sleepy Xueyan sitting in the crook of his arm, he still couldn’t help but feel a bit guilty inwardly.

The advantage of being first place in selling vegetables had actually been completely messed up by the meal he cooked.

Thinking about how Xueyan rarely had a little obsession with first place during the day, yet he hadn’t managed to do it well, Lu Li couldn’t help but suspect that if this was broadcasted and seen by Lu Ting and the others, they would definitely have a huge problem with him.

A staff member on the side also took the opportunity to do a final little tail interview with the cubs who had been exhausted all day:

“Xueyan, how do you feel your mood is today?”

Xueyan looked up at the staff uncle, and keenly snuggled closer into his brother’s embrace:

“I feel very good.”

“Oh? Then won’t you feel regretful for not getting first place?”

The staff member indeed wanted to dig a bit deeper into the mental journeys of the cubs from the several families. And the designated interview digging point for Xueyan’s group was precisely the dramatic change in rankings. Hearing this, Xueyan hurriedly shook his head, hugging his brother:

“Not regretful.”

“Because having Brother by my side, I won’t feel regretful at all.”

As soon as this sentence came out, the screen was filled with many small hearts added by the post-production team, and the staff members also smiled.

Children’s thinking is sometimes just this cute. They only need their parents by their side, and rankings instead become unimportant.

Sure enough, trying to figure out the thoughts of cubs from the utilitarian perspective of adults is still too presumptuous.

“But Xueyan, why do you always like being carried by parents? Is it because you really like being held by your brother like this?”

Until they almost arrived at the small house, when Lu Li put Xueyan down from his embrace preparing to say goodbye to the staff, a staff member keenly noticed that Xueyan seemed to actually have quite a bit of interest in the matter of being held by a parent.

When there are many people he will feel shy and want to walk by himself, but when there are few people he is happy to be held by a parent.

Unexpectedly, after being asked this question, Lu Li actually became unusually nervous. [Read on RanaTranslations🌸] He subconsciously looked up at the camera, far more unnaturally than with those few questions just now.

Sure enough, Xueyan looked at his own short little legs. Not noticing his brother’s nervousness, he instead said very seriously:

“Because Brother, Sister, and the doctor said, being held can help you grow taller. There will be gravity from the earth, which will pull the legs longer.”

Xueyan’s completely serious look of sharing his experience on growing taller to the camera instantly made the cameramen collectively lose their composure. They looked up at Lu Li, who appeared calm but was actually already sweating profusely.

Sure enough, it was right to let our program team interview and catch this explosive point, right!? Where did they hire this quack doctor—!

【No, whose genius idea was this ghost-logic explanation!? Let’s see who still dares to hate on our baby for being delicate. I beg the heavens to distinguish the loyal from the treacherous!】

【Truly completely serious nonsense ah Li hahaha, never expected you were this kind of Lu Li, even specially hiring a doctor to put on an act?】

【Then this 162cm baby also wants to be picked up and held by someone to undergo the gravity height-increasing therapy!】

The viewers completely didn’t expect that in such an episode of non-stop high energy, the program team would actually manage to dig out a shockingly massive secret of the Lu family at the very end. Previously online, there were even anti-fans trying to find tricky angles to hate on the little guy for being too delicate, insisting that Lu Li carry him all the time instead of walking by himself.

So exactly who is the one who can’t bear to leave Little Pear’s hugs?! While the viewers were collectively laughing crazily, this time it was the family’s turn to collectively sit on pins and needles.

Lu Jing, who personally acted as the No. 1 height-increasing medical expert, rarely coughed and looked away.

“Why is this program asking such tricky questions for no reason!? Hurry up and have Guo Rui check what this guy’s name is, and what his employee number is.”

And Lu Ting even almost named this staff member who dug out dirt with his question to be sent to Siberia to dig potatoes. It’s hard enough to coax the sweet cub, who is anxious about his height, to be held a few more times. You people just can’t get to hold him yourselves, so you envy the family!?

“…It’s okay, he’s young now, and hasn’t learned to surf the internet yet.”

Lu Xun actually silently offered a word of comfort.

“Anyway, after the filming in Quanxi Village is over, don’t turn on the TV during the few days Xueyan comes back to rest.”

First stage? As for Lu Huai, who had been holding a phone and wriggling crazily the whole time, suddenly quieted down and looked at the TV.

The first stage went to this remote whatever water town. Then where are they preparing to go film the second stage?!

However, just as the atmosphere at home was subtle, Director Guo Rui’s phone call actually came through as if there was a telepathic connection.

Although Lu Ting had just picked it up and hadn’t even spoken yet, Director Guo Rui, as if having guessed something, preemptively said:

“Good news, extremely good news ah Chairman Lu Ting—!”

The whole family: ?

What the hell is the extremely good news?