Chapter 168: Xueyan’s Eyes Are Red

However, no matter how the Lu Li on the screen, who was being hugged by Xueyan throwing himself into his arms, tried to restrain the corners of his mouth, it was undoubtedly a futile effort under the piercing eyes of the audience.

At this moment, everyone was left with only one thought: Can you kid get out of the way and let us go up and try?!

【Heavens, the key is, it really looks like he’s acting spoiled with me, his older sister! The sense of substitution is too strong, baby, you wait for sister to sell the company and buy toys for you!】

【You wouldn’t think that just because you are whispering to your brother, we the audience can’t hear, right? We all heard it! Little Pear!! You are simply a little glutinous rice ball (made a ferocious expression by being hit by cuteness)】

Compared to the ordinary audiences who were hit by cuteness so much they bubbled on the spot, countless Pear fans squatting to watch the program were inexplicably stunned looking at this scene.

Feeling it was the first time seeing Lu Li off the stage having such vivid emotional fluctuations.

It could be seen by people his happiness at being relied on by Little Pear, his tender affection when his heart ached for the sleepy cub, and even a kind of uncontrollable urge to show off his own little friend in front of the camera, a slightly punchable feeling…

However, Xueyan ultimately accompanying his brother to prepare visiting gifts actually fell right into Director Guo’s lap in a certain sense.

Originally, the interactions between parents and cubs were the most precious highlights of this program! What’s the point of Lu Li moving alone?

“Pajamas?”

Although when Lu Li saw the gift Xueyan prepared for the fifth group of guests, he couldn’t help but be stunned for a moment.

“Hmm, the little friend from the fifth group doesn’t have pajamas, Brother.”

Xueyan was naturally talking about Pei Shuo, he didn’t even have a suitcase, what to do about sleeping at night.

At least Xueyan remembered that during kindergarten nap times, Pei Shuo had a bit of obsessive-compulsive disorder; he absolutely wouldn’t get into bed to sleep without changing into clean pajamas.

Once when his old pajamas got dirty, it was only after Teacher Jiang contacted the Pei family driver to deliver a change of clean new pajamas to the kindergarten on the spot that Pei Shuo was willing to sleep.

And this time he himself just happened to bring a few extra sets of pajamas.

“…”

Anyone with a discerning eye could tell that the silent Lu Li was unwilling to let Xueyan take out his personal pajamas for another little friend to wear, even if these few sets were brand new ones just sent over by Simons.

But if his refusal was caught on camera, it definitely wouldn’t be good if the opposing guests saw it later.

“Take Brother’s, your pajamas are a bit too small, right? I remember that little friend Pei Shuo is quite a bit taller than you, clothes can be big but they can’t be small.”

Lu Li calmly took out his own new pajamas, swapping out the pajamas Xueyan enthusiastically wanted to share.

Yet he didn’t realize that his words clearly and unintentionally stung the little annoyance Xueyan had always hidden in his heart again.

Because even his brother noticed that Pei Shuo had grown taller than him, and his body was more robust than his own!

Recording the program together like that, if he stood together with Pei Shuo, would a lot of audience friends feel he was a little shorty?

In the happiness of being about to see a good friend, a trace of little annoyance suddenly arose.

Not noticing this point, Lu Li led Xueyan sequentially to visit the several guests, and the contents of the supply bags prepared in advance were also quite appropriate.

The Fu Shuilan father-daughter combination just happened to need the set of disinfecting alcohol inside for emergency relief, to disinfect the rural small bathroom for his daughter Emma, who was unwilling to go to the bathroom.

Teacher Lin Xiangtao, who couldn’t coax his crying child to stop, besides a small gift prepared by Lu Li, additionally received a beautiful small stone Xueyan picked up in the small yard in the afternoon.

The little boiling kettle, after staring at this beautiful stone and playing with it, actually stopped his tears, successfully making Teacher Lin Xiangtao heavily breathe a sigh of relief, and cast a relieved and grateful look at Lu Li.

As for the little friend Zhou Ziyan and Gu Duanduan, they had already exchanged gifts when they came to visit.

So only the last house of Pei Shuo and Little Aunt Lan was left.

After knowing there were two Aunt Lans, Xueyan secretly called Lan Yu “Little Aunt Lan” in his heart.

“…Brother, it seems a bit dark here.”

It was just that the further they walked towards Pei Shuo’s side, Xueyan found the village becoming more and more deserted, and even a bit scary.

Lu Li also slightly pursed his lips, suspiciously pulling Xueyan tightly to his side, suspecting whether it was truly necessary for the program team to make the conditions of this No. 5 Fishing Shed so arduous?

The program team, also not minding making things chaotic, added a piece of haunted house music to this segment, making the hearts of all the audience clench, feeling it was even more terrifying at night.

When the two people, one big and one small, truly found the fishing shed, they were both stunned for a moment.

In the yard, Pei Shuo was trying to hold a small axe to chop wood, and Lan Yu on the side was miserably holding the wood for Pei Shuo. [Read on RanaTranslations🌸] They were originally preparing to rest, only to find that the only table was uneven and needed fixing, otherwise there would be nowhere to eat breakfast tomorrow morning.

Xueyan just stared blankly at Pei Shuo’s pitiful appearance like this.

Feeling like Pei Shuo had gone bankrupt…!

At least in Xueyan’s impression, Pei Shuo was always neat and tidy and especially loved cleanliness. In kindergarten, every time after playing soccer on the small playground and returning to the classroom, Pei Shuo would be the first to take a shower and change clothes.

And the originally expressionless Pei Shuo, in this dark-toned night, suddenly hearing a noise and turning his head to see Xueyan, was also stunned for a few seconds. It was hard to use words to describe this feeling. It was like in the doomsday ruins on a dim rainy day, a milky white little iris flower suddenly bloomed. Feeling the other party simply shouldn’t appear here!

Discovering Xueyan also didn’t speak, just staring at him in shock and sadness like this, Pei Shuo’s movements instead became rarely stiff, trying to find a rag to wipe his face.

“Hey hey Xiao Shuo, that’s the rag just used to wipe the boiler!”

Lan Yu was so scared she hurriedly yanked it back for Pei Shuo. The cloth was full of boiler ash, if he really wiped it, he’d turn into a pitiful little painted cat face. When he grew up later, this would all be high-definition dark history.

Seeing the situation, Lu Li also hesitated very much, feeling this scene was truly a bit hard to know how to deal with. Would seeing the other party’s such miserable scene cause them to hold a grudge? At least many people in the circle are like this. But standing and not speaking seemed even worse. Lu Li fell silent for a moment and still opened his mouth to explain:

“Sorry to bother you Teacher Lan Yu, Xueyan and I are here to drop by, and in passing bring you some souvenirs…”

“Wow oh, thank you thank you! Just now little Zhou also came by once. You youngsters are really bringing emergency relief. You also saw, our house truly lacks everything.”

Fortunately, Lan Yu was actually straightforward as always, frankly and openly stating without any pretense that they really needed rescue here.

“Eh, and you also brought Xueyan over. [Read on RanaTranslations🌸] Little Xueyan, hmm? Do you want Auntie to give you a hug?”

Ever since the Masis poster incident back then, and hearing countless praises from her old friend Qu Jia’s mouth over these years, Lan Yu actually had long wanted to look at this legendary Lu Xueyan up close.

Today, staring and looking like this, he was indeed so beautifully well-behaved it was like something else. 　　Completely a doll among dolls!

Making people wish they could reach out and touch the little face, and then pull him into a hug and fiercely kiss him a few times.

“But why, why does it seem like he’s crying? Don’t tell me he was scared by Pei Shuo just now??”

It was just that Lan Yu, who squatted down and just reached out her hand, discovered that Xueyan’s beautiful big eyes had unconsciously turned red, and instantly turned pale with fright.

One sentence successfully shifted the blame, making even Pei Shuo’s footsteps stall, thinking it was really his current down-and-out appearance that was scary.

Crying?

Lu Li instantly nervously bent down and looked at Xueyan, for a moment exceptionally regretting that he insisted on bringing Xueyan out to drop by late at night.

The road was wet, slippery, and dim. Suddenly getting startled and scared, if he went back at night and directly started having a high fever, what to do?

Little children are indeed easily scared by concepts like darkness and ghosts.

【What, our Little Pear was really scared?】

When the program filming reached this point, even the countless viewers in front of the TV who were originally grinning and happy all sat up from the sofa.

Heavens, hurry up and go coax him—

Does hugging him up and coaxing the little guy not to be afraid also need people to teach!?

And Lu Li also indeed pulled Xueyan tightly into his arms again, and told Xueyan that Brother was by his side, there was nothing to be afraid of.

“Brother… can we pick up Pei Shuo and Little Aunt Lan to take them back and raise them? Don’t let them be little wild people…”

As a result, in the next second, Xueyan buried himself in his brother’s arms, and the slightly choking words he spoke forcefully made the atmosphere pause, instantly becoming both funny and tear-jerking.

Pei Shuo’s expression became spectacular, and even Lan Yu couldn’t help standing in place, caught between laughter and tears, not knowing how to react.

She both felt exceptionally moved that when the little guy saw herself and Pei Shuo down and out, his first reaction was actually to beg his brother Lu Li to pick them up and take them back to raise them, instead of feeling disgusted.

At the same time, she also felt the matter of being recognized as wild people by little friend Xueyan was quite an embarrassing misunderstanding.

No, do she and Pei Shuo really look like wild people on a deserted island?

Are there such high face-value, fashionable wild people parent and cub combinations!!?

The program team’s post-production at this moment also very fittingly Photoshopped a wild person tiger skin jacket onto Pei Shuo and Lan Yu, who were standing blankly in place, and in passing blew a few gusts of autumn wind and fallen leaves.

Bringing an even stronger variety show effect to the viewers.

【Oh my god hahahaha, wild people? [Read on RanaTranslations🌸] My mom asked me why I was laughing like a lunatic on the sofa! Teacher Lan Yu, you also have today hahaha—】

【Oh mom, baby is really pitiful and cute. The two of them aren’t wild people, it’s just that the two people aren’t very good at taking care of themselves hahaha】

【Laughing to death, don’t tell me, actually from a little friend’s perspective, living in Cabin No. 5 really does look like being exiled to a deserted island fishing village hahahaha】

After all, no matter how strong Pei Shuo’s adaptability was, putting it bluntly, he was only a little friend who just graduated from kindergarten. From childhood to adulthood, he was also accustomed to being surrounded by nannies, so his level of taking care of himself was still not that high.

Plus, having done heavy manual labor for the greater part of the day, Lan Yu, this sole parent, was even more unreliable, leading to the two people’s images indeed undergoing a massive change compared to when they first met.

Simply put, they became quite unkempt.

“Xueyan, little friend Pei Shuo and Teacher Lan Yu haven’t become wild people, they’re just… just temporarily living in Cabin No. 5.”

Lu Li also used a tone caught between laughter and tears, trying to comfort and coax Xueyan.

“…Really?”

Lying in his brother’s arms, Xueyan looked up and stared gloomily at his brother, as if suspecting whether his brother was unwilling to agree to him, and so was covering it up.

“Of course, look at your Little Aunt Lan, where are there such beautiful wild people, hmm?”

Lan Yu, who accepted the title “Little Aunt Lan” well, also bent down to look at Xueyan, trying to let the cub see her beauty.

It was just that Xueyan, looking at the dust stuck on Auntie Lan Yu’s face at some unknown time, subconsciously reached out and wiped it for the auntie.

Lan Yu’s eyes instantly widened.

Oh my god, this little doll actually touched my face? Why is he so cute ah!??

“Auntie, there’s dust on your face, and on Pei Shuo’s too.”

Xueyan was a bit startled by Little Aunt Lan’s suddenly widened eyes, but still softly reminded her, letting Little Aunt Lan go help wipe Pei Shuo’s little face.

Lu Li, looking at this scene of Lan Yu completely free-ranging the cub, subtly sighed, and also couldn’t stand watching it anymore:

“How about this, I’ll also stay and help out for a bit, Teacher Lan Yu.”

“Oh oh, would that be bad?”

Lan Yu spoke polite words, but her movements enthusiastically welcomed Lu Li, this young labor force, to come over and work illegally.

Don’t tell me, this guy Lu Li taking care of cubs is really fast and good, completely unlike such a young unmarried Alpha!

“Xueyan, Pei Shuo, you two little friends go wipe your little faces first? I just happen to have towels in my bag.”

Lu Li’s personality also never liked to talk much, so he simply took care of Pei Shuo along with him, and even handed out a wet towel to each.

Pei Shuo first stared at Xueyan opposite him, watching Xueyan wash his face like a small cat, his eyes slightly squinting as his brother gently rubbed his cheeks with a towel.

In the next second, he himself was also covered by a wet towel from his little aunt Lan Yu mimicking the action, and was rubbed rapidly as if scrubbing a stainless steel basin.

Pei Shuo, whose face was rubbed into a grimace: …

As soon as Xueyan opened his eyes, he saw Pei Shuo being rubbed by Little Aunt Lan so hard his facial features took off, and finally couldn’t help but be instantly amused.

Seeing this, a bit of a smile also surfaced in Lu Li’s eyes.

Even the cameraman held back his smile, and painstakingly took two close-ups of these two families with completely different styles.

The footage finally broadcasted on the big TV screen was also full of variety show effect, and the number of audience bullet comments also reached the peak of the first episode:

【Hahaha, on one side it’s gently rubbing cheeks, on the other side it can only be called scrubbing the face.】

【So exactly which genius came up with the wicked idea to let Lan Yu come on a baby-raising variety show. I feel this is not only torturing Lan Yu, but also torturing little friend Pei Shuo hahaha】

【Let me guess, it’s definitely not Manager Sister Wen, Sister Wen has never spoken with any weight. This looks like she was forcefully thrown over to participate in X-Change!】

The audience watched with keen interest as the two families, No. 1 and No. 5, actually unexpectedly harmoniously started cooperating at the very end of the first episode.

Successfully finishing up the final repair tail of the small fishing shed cleanly!

As the work of the two adults was finally accomplished, the program background music also gradually became warm.

And in the small house, Pei Shuo was standing by the bed, signaling the entering Little Aunt and the other with a “Shh” to be a bit quieter.

The two parents took a closer look and realized that Xueyan, whose physical strength was originally weak, had already unconsciously fallen asleep.

But the sleeping Xueyan was also tiny, even occupying only a tiny corner at the head of the bed, and was covered by the only clean blanket clumsily pulled over by Pei Shuo.

Seeing this, Lu Li silently exchanged glances with Lan Yu, and Lan Yu also waved her hand to express a million thanks, see you tomorrow morning at the village entrance for the task assembly!

So, Pei Shuo, who took a step back, watched helplessly as Xueyan’s brother easily reached out and put the sleeping Xueyan on his back.

Like a big tiger gently carrying a sleeping kitten on its back.

Pei Shuo just kept staring at Xueyan’s brother carrying Xueyan away.

On the side, Lan Yu, who was embarrassed to slack off because Lu Li, this junior, was present, also finally stretched her waist and stated:

“You kid don’t expect me to carry you like this, Xiao Shuo, you should know your own weight.”

Hearing this sentence from his little aunt, Pei Shuo instantly lowered his head and coldly snorted.

He didn’t want his little aunt to carry him like this anyway.

He just also wanted to carry Xueyan like this!

Then he would have to grow much, much taller. As tall as Xueyan’s brother.

And on the way back, Xueyan, carried on his brother’s back, softly “hmm”ed a few times. After groggily sensing his brother’s scent, he also subconsciously rubbed against his brother’s neck again:

“Brother…”

This also made Lu Li, carrying Xueyan on his back, unconsciously curl up the corners of his mouth again along the way, as if what he was carrying on his back was his entire world.

【The originally long and cold small path also became warm and lovely because of the companionship between the two people~】

Accompanied by the program team’s melodious evening tune and a long-shot panoramic view, a line of subtitles ultimately floated in the tranquil night scene of the rippling water town.

【The five families’ first day of moving in concludes smoothly, look forward to the arrival of tomorrow’s new task challenges!】

In the final dozen seconds of the advance trailer, the program sequentially used five shots to sequentially display the final scenes of the five families falling asleep.

There were adults and little friends sleeping sprawled out, and also sleeping properly… it just happened that the scene of Lu Li leading the sleep was still exceptionally cute and outstanding.

Because Xueyan, wearing pajamas, was completely lying on his brother’s chest sleeping, with only half a small face showing under the quilt.

Clearly, he was extremely tired this day.

And Lu Li, used as a sleeping mat by Xueyan, also hugged him steadily, not showing the slightest dangerous tendency of letting Xueyan roll off, looking extremely proficient in leading sleep.

【Heavens… this completely looks like a melted little pastry sticking in the parent’s arms, who understands!!】

In fact, what even Qu Siyue didn’t expect was that after the first episode advance trailer finished broadcasting, various data had already started to explode comprehensively.

The explosive points compressed and edited into one episode by the program team were simply too many to count.

The unexpected cooperation of the last two families even sublimated the entire theme.

One can only say Lu Li is perhaps truly the holy body of innate traffic. For a moment, Qu Siyue didn’t know whether he should pity that young man Zhou Ziyan, who painstakingly visited everywhere, but in the end, his total screen time wasn’t even half of Lu Li’s…

Except for Lu Ting and the others, who had strange expressions looking at the scrolling subtitles at the end, not knowing what to say.

This guy Old Third, what the hell was he doing at the end?!

He actually ran over to someone else’s house to help work?

It’s just that before everyone could start hotly debating the content of this episode, the preview for the next episode officially broadcast.

【Dang dang dang, the cubs’ vegetable selling challenge grand assembly! In the next episode, exactly which little friend will be able to sell the fruits and vegetables in their hands the fastest, exchanging for sufficient starting funds for the family!? Exciting follow-ups, all in “Baby? Baby!”!】