He just directed a parent-child reality show and never expected it to spark such a profound social discussion. It feels like his own image and the show's prestige have been elevated all of a sudden.

However, his joy lasted only a few seconds. When Director Jiang saw the trending topic #QinYuanyaoBlackMaterialCompilation# not far behind this trending topic, his smile vanished.

We're all insiders; we can tell at a glance which trending topics were bought and which weren't.

Director Jiang doesn't care about the backstabbing and infighting among celebrities, as long as it doesn't affect his variety shows.

However, this Qin Yuanyao was specifically requested by the investor, the Chi Group, to participate in the program.

Anyone with a brain wouldn't believe there's nothing fishy going on between Qin Yuanyao and Chi Baiyi.

Although all the trending topics related to Qin Yuanyao, Chi Baiyi, and Chi Naiqi have been removed, Director Jiang has his own explanation—

—It must be because President Chi didn't want too many people to pay attention to his relationship with Qin Yuanyao, and didn't want his private affairs to become gossip for everyone to pass the time, that's why he had it taken down.

Right now, someone is clearly trying to ruin Qin Yuanyao's reputation by buying her this trending topic. Should he do something about it or not?

As Chi Baiyi went upstairs, Director Jiang humbly called out to her at a corner of the stairs where there were no cameras.

Director Jiang explained the whole story and even showed the trending topic to Chi Baiyi.

"Mr. Chi, do you think we should remove the negative trending topics about Qin Yuanyao?" Director Jiang asked cautiously, observing Chi Baiyi's expression.

Chi Baiyi glanced at it briefly and handed the phone back to Director Jiang: "No need."

"Huh?" Director Jiang thought he had misheard.

How could President Chi not care when his woman was targeted with such negative trending topics?

Chi Baiyi lifted her leg and walked away.

After walking a few steps, he stopped and said to Director Jiang, "From now on, you don't need to ask me about her affairs."

Director Jiang looked completely bewildered as Chi Baiyi walked upstairs.

What's going on?

Why does Chi Baiyi seem completely indifferent to Qin Yuanyao?

But if he didn't care about Qin Yuanyao, why did he spend so much money investing in the variety show and ask them to change the rules, just so that Qin Yuanyao could participate in the show as a temporary mother and form a temporary family with them?

Is this the joy of being rich? One second they'll spend a fortune to make you smile, the next they'll ignore you completely?

However, since Chi Baiyi said he didn't need to worry about it anymore, then he wouldn't bother...

...

When Chi Baiyi went up to the fourth floor, he saw Chi Naozi in Qin Yuanyao's room.

She was holding her storybook and telling Qin Yuanyao a story in her childish voice.

"...A big fish swam by, and the tadpoles saw that the fish had two eyes and a wide, large mouth. They thought it must be their mother, so they chased after it, calling out, 'Mama—Mama—!' The big fish laughed and said, 'I am not your mother…'"

Qin Yuanyao nestled lazily on the sofa, her jade-like hands propping up her head as she gazed lovingly at Chi Nao, who was telling her a story.

Chi Cheese sat next to her, holding a storybook and telling the story vividly.

Sunlight streamed through the window and fell on the floor in front of them, enveloping the two of them in a soft glow, making the scene look exceptionally warm and beautiful.

A few barely perceptible hints of bewilderment and confusion appeared on Chi Baiyi's cold and stern face.

He had a moment of déjà vu, and then he vaguely realized that Chi Nai had a resemblance to Qin Yuanyao in his eyes and eyebrows.

Chi Baiyi quickly calmed down and dismissed these absurd thoughts.

He interrupted Chi Naoche in a cold voice: "Naoche, go back to your room."

Chi Nia was very unhappy about being interrupted, and turned her head to glare at him with her little face puffed up.

She finally got to spend some time alone with her mother, but her stinky father came and ruined it.

"I'm not going back! I want to sleep with Sister Qin!"

Chi Baiyi's expression darkened slightly: "Listen to me."

“I want to sleep with Sister Qin, how is that disobeying me?” Chi Nao asked rhetorically.

Chi Baiyi didn't speak, but his expression only became more and more unpleasant.

He really couldn't understand why Chi Naoqi liked Qin Yuanyao so much.

The compilation of dirt that Director Jiang just showed him was much more extensive than what was shown in the video.

Although Qin Yuanyao has not caused any trouble so far, and her behavior on the show is completely unrelated to the scandals he found, Chi Baiyi is still wary of her.

He didn't want Chi Nao and Qin Yuanyao to get too close and become tools for each other's hype.

The father and daughter stared at each other across the distance, their faces growing increasingly grim. Neither was willing to back down, and the atmosphere remained tense and frozen.

Qin Yuanyao, caught in the middle, glanced at the older one and then at the younger one before carefully speaking.

"Why don't we let Cheese sleep in the room? The two rooms are close together, so it'll be convenient if Cheese wants to go back to sleep later."

Chi Naozi took Qin Yuanyao's arm and solemnly promised, "I don't want to go back to sleep any later, Sister Qin. I just want to sleep with you."

Qin Yuanyao chuckled.

Chi Naozi turned her head and glanced at Chi Baiyi with disdain: "Dad, Sister Qin has asked me to sleep with her. I can't refuse Sister Qin's kindness. You should go back to your room."

Chi Baiyi: "..."

Chi Baiyi sighed almost imperceptibly.

He was truly at a loss as to what to do with his daughter who had appeared out of nowhere.

"Then, Miss Qin, I'll trouble you to take care of Cheese for the night." Chi Baiyi said to Qin Yuanyao with an indifferent expression, polite yet distant.

Qin Yuanyao's tone was equally polite yet distant: "I will take good care of the cheese."

As soon as Chi Baiyi turned around, Chi Naoqi looked at Qin Yuanyao with starry eyes, holding her storybook, and asked in a soft, sweet voice, "Sister Qin, do you want to continue listening to the story of 'The Little Tadpoles Looking for Their Mother'?"

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