Chapter 125: Approached by a Talent Scout!

Lu Li instantly realized that he had actually taken off his mask to kiss Xueyan out of happiness. He instinctively frowned and was about to dodge the cameras to avoid being surrounded by the crowd.

Unexpectedly, Xueyan, held in his arms, actually held onto his brother’s shoulders. Smiling at the parent of the little contestant behind them who recognized his brother, he said:

“Yes, my brother is a big star, and I am my brother’s Little Pear.”

“No wait, although today I am temporarily a big tiger…”

Everyone backstage was so charmed that their footsteps paused for a moment.

For a time, they didn’t know whether to crowd around and talk or stop first and raise their phones to record this extremely cute scene. It could be called a scramble.

Lu Li looked at Xueyan, who was introducing their family background in his arms, with both amusement and helplessness.

Currently, he absolutely could not be considered the “big” star Xueyan spoke of. If he dared to claim this, the anti-fans online would probably boil over and use it as an excuse to make a fuss.

Yet this was said inadvertently by Xueyan.

Hearing Xueyan proudly say “my brother is a big star” inexplicably gave Lu Li an impulse.

Then I truly want to become a big star brother who makes Xueyan feel proud in a real sense.

“Hey hey, quiet down backstage. Contestant Number 2 is going on stage, Little Friend Number 3 get ready! Stop pushing and shoving!”

Seeing the commotion backstage, the unaware staff members hurriedly came over to maintain order.

“Eh—”

Someone unwillingly wanted to chase after them to take another look, but was suddenly stopped.

“Eh? Sorry, don’t chase after them, can you give our Little Pear some space?”

It turned out that the classmates from Class One noticed someone chasing Xueyan and Lu Li, and naturally came over to stop them.

“What are you chasing, what are you chasing? That guy just has two eyes and a nose, what’s there to chase!? Looking at him is not as good as looking at me!”

Subsequently, Lu Huai, with his hands in his pockets, appeared fiercely in front of them, scaring everyone so much they didn’t dare to move recklessly.

But you have to admit, this one was also truly handsome.

There was even a slight resemblance between their brows and eyes, it was just that their auras were completely different!

If Lu Li was like still water running deep in a deep ravine in the forest, then Lu Huai was like a bursting spark leaping right before one’s eyes.

“You… couldn’t you be the handsome and kind-hearted little boss mentioned online? [Read on RanaTranslations🌸] Little Pear’s fourth brother! My boyfriend and I super love watching the Big Raccoon team’s live stream! We are all fans of you, little boss—”

As a result, a young girl suddenly looked at Lu Huai in shock, instantly remembering the live stream incident from last time.

“How come the real person is so much handsome than in the phone? I’m so embarrassed, where is my phone…”

The girl covered her mouth excitedly, scrambling to find her phone to take a photo with Lu Huai.

The classmates from Class One were all stunned. They turned their heads to look at their Brother Huai.

Brother Huai actually has fans now?

No wonder Lu Huai dressed so handsomely today, so he actually has an idol burden?

Lu Huai: …?

Lu Huai, who was fiercely intimidating a second ago, could no longer maintain his expression.

“No way, who is your idol? I warn you, praising me is useless, I’m not like that guy Lu Li who likes to display his plumage like a peacock everywhere, trying to look cool and posturing!”

Lu Huai, who had always been susceptible to soft words but not hard ones, stiffly tried to shake off the crowd clinging to him.

“Young man, why don’t you just take a photo with Auntie? Anyway, you are both Little Pear’s brothers, both are big star brothers!”

Having lost Lu Li, everyone didn’t plan to let the Lu Huai in front of them go.

Anyway, they are both ‘star brothers’, taking photos with whichever handsome young man is the same!

Lu Huai: ???

Lu Huai was just dumbfoundedly submerged and surrounded by a group of parents.

To maintain the good image of Xueyan’s brother, Lu Huai was forced to patiently take photos with N uncles and aunties for a long time. His mouth almost went sour from smiling, feeling like he hadn’t smiled this long in his entire life!

However, with everyone saying “Little Pear’s brother,” Lu Huai didn’t dare to relax in the slightest.

What if it brings hate to Xueyan?

This guy Lu Li actually dared to dump the mess on me to clean up, you just wait for me when we get home today!

As for Wei Zhili and the crowd of classmates, they laughed until their stomachs hurt, yet absolutely no one stepped forward to help. It was rare to see Lu Huai deflated and unable to actually get physical.

Even Class Monitor Liu Han, who was always a bit serious, covered the corners of her lips and smiled.

【Beep— Villain Points +100! The enhancement of mass base is helpful for changing the villain’s fate! Please strive to gain more favor and support from the masses, thereby resisting the established villain plot line where the masses rebel and relatives desert!】

The system notification sound rang out beside Xueyan’s ear again.

Mass base?

The cub ignorantly repeated this unfamiliar term in his heart.

【Mass base means our villain must stand closely with the people and masses in the book. Fourth Brother did this very well today!! Think about it, Fourth Brother in the original book absolutely couldn’t patiently cooperate for such a long time taking photos, right? He even harmonized his relationship with the classmates in his class.】

System 444 opportunely popped out to explain the noun to the cub, feeling quite satisfied with Fourth Brother’s “working” this time.

Even the perverse school bully from the original book has to cooperate with the masses for photos today for the sake of his younger brother!

As for Lu Li, who disappeared amidst the chaos, he was currently holding Xueyan and standing on the staircase in the distance, watching Old Fourth being surrounded from afar. A hint of a smile also surfaced in the depths of his eyes.

Let Old Fourth also experience the feeling of being a “big star”.

“Meow…”

Charlie, who had run all the way with them, also felt somewhat relieved. Because there were also N hands that couldn’t touch Xueyan attempting to touch his beautiful fur!

Charlie, who had been washed brand new and fragrant these past few days, cared super much about his appearance. Because the prettier the little kitty, the less face he would lose for the pretty Xueyan standing beside him.

And the score for the first contestant required waiting until the first three little contestants had all finished performing before being announced together. This was also a very common scoring mode, basically establishing high, medium, and low tiers to set the tone for the entire competition’s scoring.

“Should we go out for a walk first? Otherwise, we’ll have to wait quite a while.”

Lu Li lowered his eyes and asked Xueyan in his arms.

Xueyan shook his head.

“The second little friend is starting, I also want to watch, is that okay Brother?”

Participating in this kind of competition for the first time, Xueyan was clearly also a bit curious about the other little friends’ works, and wanted to stay and watch a bit longer.

“Okay, but we might have to go find Old Dad first.”

As the second little contestant took the stage, the lights in the entire venue dimmed again, which allowed Lu Li to not have to dodge the crowd everywhere.

Because I went to pick up Xueyan and disappeared halfway, Dad might be angry right now.

In fact, Lu Ting was indeed very angry.

Originally, the moment his sweet cub’s competition concluded, listening to the roaring applause of the entire venue, Lu Ting, as a dad, felt simply proud! Honored! Gratified and moved!

See that, such an outstanding sweet cub belongs to my family!

You simply have no idea how quiet and pale the little guy was when he was first born, yet now he can bravely stand on stage, obediently and smartly telling stories.

As a result, Old Third went to pick him up and hasn’t brought him back until now!

Just as Lu Ting felt a sense of emptiness in his arms, a soft and happy voice rang out from behind:

“Papa—”

Xueyan, held by his third brother, pounced into his papa’s arms, smilingly rubbing his little tiger hood against his papa’s cheek.

Borrowing the distant stage lights, Lu Ting looked at the little guy’s exceptionally bright eyes. At this moment, he didn’t say a single word. He purely tightened his arms, hugging the cub tightly in his arms, and pressed his cheek against Xueyan’s little face.

It seemed only like this could he truly feel the cub’s existence.

Xueyan actually perceived his papa’s emotions. He obediently allowed his papa to press against him, and even rubbed against him.

“Did Papa take pretty photos today?”

Xueyan asked softly, seemingly wanting to divert his papa’s attention. For some unknown reason, he felt like his papa was about to cry.

Even I feel ashamed when I cry.

“Of course, today not only did Papa take photos personally, but he also hired a professional photographer to record the whole process. How about we go home tonight and choose our sweet cub’s competition photos together?”

The Alpha, who was almost shedding tiger tears, finally showed a smile again upon hearing this. To avoid shooting a pile of scrap photos like Eldest Son said again, Lu Ting directly used double insurance this time.

“Okay!”

Xueyan then smiled and sat in his papa’s arms, curiously and quietly looking at the subsequent little friends taking the stage.

The Contestant Number 2 who took the stage after Xueyan was actually a highly regarded seeded contestant. It was said he had even acted in quite a few TV dramas, playing the childhood roles of many big stars inside.

He looked truly very pretty, to the extent that he would make people’s eyes light up on an ordinary day. Yet unfortunately, he failed to achieve this effect today.

After all, in terms of leaving a deep impression, the combination of the little tiger kitty and Charlie kitty from just now probably wouldn’t have any work surpass it for several years.

Moreover, in the final impromptu segment, perhaps because Xueyan performed too perfectly, Contestant Number 2 and Contestant Number 3 both had slight nervous slip-ups in succession.

Although everyone still applauded enthusiastically when they left the stage, it was clearly felt that the scores wouldn’t be easy to get high. The atmosphere was so calm that it even made people’s minds wander a bit.

“All contestants and parent friends at the scene, the scores of the first three little contestants will be announced shortly! This score is weighted from the professional judges and the public judges, with a perfect score of 100 points…”

During the interval after the previous contestant left the stage, the host finally came on stage to start announcing the scores. The atmosphere of the entire venue finally became excited again.

Xueyan clenched his little fists a bit nervously, not to mention the parents behind him.

“Contestant Number 1, final score 95.15 points—!”

As soon as this score came out, gasps of amazement spread throughout the venue. Because city competitions had always scored quite strictly; in previous years, 85 to 90 points was considered excellent, and anything over 90 had hope of challenging for the gold award!

Is it that the scoring is loose this year? Or is it truly going to create a historical high score record? We just have to see if the scores of the latter two contestants are as high…

The host seemed to feel the expectations of the entire venue, and smilingly announced all the scores in one breath:

“Contestant Number 2, final score 87.21 points. Contestant Number 3, final score 81.92 points! Let’s congratulate the above three contestants!”

In this instant, the entire venue was stunned at first, and then truly thunderous applause rang out. Countless people were even already trying to find Xueyan the little tiger and Charlie the little cat in the venue to say congratulations.

The many judges on the judges’ panel also smiled and applauded in congratulation.

Teacher Ding Jiaying, who was waiting nervously, had an expression excited to the extreme, wishing she could hug Xueyan and celebrate fiercely.

Unfortunately, Lu Li, who was experienced in this, had long since taken Xueyan with his dad to change clothes early and prepare to leave the venue.

“Papa, can I really get the gold award everyone talks about?”

Xueyan, held in his papa’s arms, thought about the whispers he just heard in the venue, and asked softly and joyfully.

Actually, Xueyan didn’t know exactly what meaning this gold award had. But Xueyan knew that getting the gold award seemed to make his parents feel very proud and very happy!

The most crucial point was that he never seemed to have the chance to participate in this kind of competition before…

It turns out competitions are really fun.

“Our sweet cub doesn’t need to care about others. [Read on RanaTranslations🌸] Whether our sweet cub gets the gold award in the end or not, Papa will get a big gold trophy for our sweet cub to take home tonight!”

The complacent Lu Ting had clearly already made up his mind. To commemorate the sweet cub’s first competition in his life, he would directly have a real gold trophy made!

He would place it right in the center of his office, so everyone who came in would see his sweet cub’s big gold trophy at first glance!

Xueyan thought about it, feeling that what his papa said seemed to make a lot of sense.

Regardless of whether he could get the gold award or not, he and Charlie had played very happily today.

“Meow?”

Charlie also meowed, instantly making Lu Ting look over.

“Okay, you kid get one too. Remember to make a small gold cup for Charlie too!”

Lu Ting was currently filled with heroic spirit. He directly waved his big hand, instructing the assistant nearby to remember to approve a real gold trophy for Charlie as well.

“Meow~”

Under the envious gazes of the crowd, Charlie instantly became happy and wagged his tail as he meowed.

What the parents somewhat did not anticipate was that, right on the way leaving the venue early, there were actually talent scouts and child star agents who, hearing the wind, chased after them tracking the scent who knows how!

“Hello, I am Wan Shihao, staff of Xinghai Entertainment. You must have heard of Xinghai Entertainment. Many famous child stars in the circle today are under our company. May I ask if you are considering letting your child join…”

This talent scout who squeezed over first, wearing small black glasses and acting quite conceited, had just enthusiastically taken out his business card when the other talent scouts behind him sighed.

Because Xinghai Entertainment was indeed the biggest company currently. Basically, the best seedlings would be poached by them.

It was just that just as Wan Shihao handed out his business card and smilingly looked at Xueyan, he was stopped by Lu Li, who had taken off his mask.

Lu Li uncharacteristically stared down at the other party with a subtle expression, and wordlessly accepted this business card handed over by the industry insider on behalf of Xueyan.

“…Lu, Lu Li!?”

Holy crap, it really is Lu Li!

This talent scout Wan Shihao was directly dumbfounded. How could he not know Lu Li, who was currently at the height of his popularity.

Then it’s over, that intern squatting at the venue to pass messages truly has no eye for things.

Lu Li has already gone solo himself. If those rumors online are all true, if this younger brother wants to debut, wouldn’t he just bring him along directly? Why would they need us to package him!

Moreover, with the little guy’s appearance and temperament, you can’t even say God is feeding him.

It’s simply the kind where God is chasing behind him holding a spoon to feed him. Even if the little ancestor takes a bite and spits a bite out, He would still happily continue feeding.

“Uncle goodbye?”

Compared to the vigilant parents, Xueyan actually waved his little hand slightly, finding the other party’s small black glasses very interesting.

“Eh, Baby goodbye! If there’s a chance in the future, cooperate and play together with the little friends under Uncle’s management—!”

Wan Shihao hurriedly smiled and returned a salute to the little guy, his words still not forgetting his professional duty.

Watching the Lu family group leave, the smile on Wan Shihao’s face faded. Recalling the clothes Xueyan had changed into, he felt the style looked somewhat familiar.

Especially that little scarf on his neck, the pattern was clearly the classic Masis pattern. But he hadn’t heard that Masis had launched a children’s clothing line.

Except for that little model who popped out of nowhere recently, who actually didn’t interface with any company or channel, and directly parachuted in to get Masis’s poster shoot and global promotion commercial deal.

For this kind of top-tier commercial resource from a top-tier brand, the self-proclaimed resourceful Wan Shihao could always get first-hand information. For the first time in his life, he experienced such a Waterloo-like massive failure—the poster ad was printed out, yet his own side hadn’t even heard a whisper of it.

“Brother Wan, don’t you feel that this little guy’s figure looks very much like the model on the poster?”

“Even if the hair in the raincoat hat wasn’t an artistic creation retouched by Masis in post-production… this actually has ready-made white hair?”

The assistant nearby muttered softly, feeling the resemblance growing the more he looked.

“No, no, no, the most obvious evidence is clearly that fat cat!”

The gradually excited Wan Shihao had already taken out his phone and zoomed in on that Masis raincoat poster. It was absolutely true that a cat able to grow this strong wouldn’t appear a second time in the world!

Everyone actually overlooked such an obvious blind spot.

“Eh, then Lu Li could actually directly contact Masis’s connections to insert his brother into the shoot. Looking down on us seems even more normal…”

How come Lu Li’s resources after going solo feel unfathomable now?

The shrewd Wan Shihao rubbed his chin, but didn’t do anything superfluous, such as going to remind Chasing Light Entertainment. He only felt that after Lu Li went solo, the development of things seemed to become increasingly interesting.

The industry recently knew that Chasing Light Entertainment was holding its breath, desperately trying to tear off a sufficiently persuasive resource for the remaining three members of the group, thereby proving that the team was developing rapidly even without Lu Li.

“Interesting.”

While Wan Shihao regretted missing such a good seedling, he was also a bit curious about how Lu Li managed to make Masis relent. Masis was famous for its harsh conditions.

Xueyan, held in his parent’s arms, actually stared at the business card in his brother’s hand, curiously asking:

“What is a talent scout? Brother.”

“A talent scout… is a detective who looks for stars, and he happened to find our Xueyan, this little star.” Lu Li raised an eyebrow and explained.

“If I am a little star, does Brother become a big star? [Read on RanaTranslations🌸] Will I revolve around Brother like the teacher said the moon revolves around the earth?”

Xueyan pondered for a moment, recalling the astronomy-themed class in kindergarten recently.

“No, it’s Brother revolving around our Xueyan. The whole family are our Xueyan’s satellites, protecting Xueyan in the center, that’s right.”

Lu Li, slightly startled, didn’t expect Xueyan’s knowledge reserve to have already taken initial shape during the kindergarten stage.

Thinking about it this way, the fact that Xueyan could unflinchingly tell such a good story during the impromptu segment wasn’t accidental, but inevitable.

Old Fourth reading so many picture books to Xueyan at home somewhat played a role.

“Hehe, so you guys still remember me. I thought I didn’t belong to this family anymore!”

However, just as they were about to walk out of the auditorium, they were stopped by Lu Huai, who was already waiting at the back door exit.

The sarcastic Alpha male high schooler was just short of exploding right then and there.

“What do you want to do now, Old Fourth?”

Dad was currently immersed in the smugness of his sweet cub actually being approached by a talent scout right after a competition, and the reservedness and arrogance of feeling that his sweet cub couldn’t casually sign a contract. Looking at Old Fourth who looked ready to catch fire, he became vigilant again.

“What do I want to do? I want to carry Xueyan to class for a stroll!!”

As a result, the next second Lu Huai chuckled and started talking to Xueyan.

“Do you want to go to Brother’s class to take a look, mm? Sit in Brother’s seat and see how Brother is usually a great top student.”

Since we’re already here, of course I have to carry Xueyan for a stroll to make them die of envy.

Right now, the whole class is waiting for me to bring Xueyan over to play!