Chapter 9: The Rich Family's Surrogate Son 9: Leave Him Alone

After finishing her work that day, Chen Qian went to bed early. She had the habit of going to bed early in the fast-travel world, and she was tired from traveling, fishing, and cooking today, so she fell asleep quickly.

Fu Yuanbo felt tired while lying on the bed. The wound on his hand felt much better after applying medicine. He originally wanted to read the comments about today's live broadcast on the Internet with his mobile phone, but sleepiness came over him and he really couldn't hold on.

Before he fell asleep completely, he vaguely recalled the scene today that had once made him hard to let go. Fang Yuyun was standing beside Fu Zhongyan, looking at him with a smile, with an intimate and loving look.

There was still a sting of pain in his heart, but sleepiness overwhelmed everything, and this matter didn't seem to make him so uncomfortable anymore.

Fu Yuanbo also fell asleep quickly.

This mother and son went to bed early, but other groups were not so relaxed.

The second place in the tacit understanding game, who chose Room 3, was film queen Shi Xinning and her 11-year-old daughter Jiang You. The mother and daughter had a great tacit understanding in the game and cooperated very well, answering 7 questions correctly in 3 minutes.

But their excellent performance stopped there. After arriving at Room 3, Jiang You showed her characteristics of a little crybaby and started crying at the slightest provocation.

I cry when the room is too dark, I cry when I see bugs, and I cry even more when I am scared by the big black dog next door.

Shi Xinning was coaxing her daughter the whole time, and everyone in the live broadcast room was frowning.

Shi Xinning seemed to be upset by her daughter's noise. She was the last guest to learn that the program team would not provide meals. Jiang You even broke down and cried breathlessly. At this time, when Shen Qian and Fu Yuanbo fell asleep, Shi Xinning finally managed to boil water and cook two sweet potatoes.

"Mom, you're too slow. I'm tired of crying." Little Jiang You sobbed and complained softly.

"You can eat whatever you want. If you don't, both sweet potatoes are mine."

Jiang You finally started to eat dinner with sobs.

Room 4 is occupied by supermodel Ning Siyu and her 17-year-old son Lu Bo. Ning Siyu originally had little presence in the entertainment industry, but this son was born from her secret marriage to first-line star Lu Feiyu. The two were accidentally photographed together after more than ten years of marriage. After the incident was exposed, Ning Siyu generously took her son to a variety show.

Therefore, this mother and son pair are also very popular in the show.

It’s just that Ning Siyu had no experience of rural life at all, and that day she almost made her kitchen a hot topic because of her explosive cooking.

Lu Bo was in his rebellious period, and his parents' relationship was not going well, so his interaction with Ning Siyu was very poor, so the mother and son only got the last place in the game, and lived in the worst and farthest house.

Lu Bo didn't interact much with his mother. He had a gloomy face the whole time and just played with his phone.

In comparison, Fang Yuyun and Fu Zhongyan have the best living conditions, both of them have a good sense of the camera, and they also displayed the best tacit understanding and affection between mother and son throughout the afternoon.

Fang Yuyun was born into a wealthy family and married into a wealthy family, so she has an elegant temperament. She spent the entire afternoon talking to her son.

After learning that the program crew would not provide meals, she immediately found supplies in the kitchen and quickly made several dishes that looked good, which also won praise from netizens in the barrage.

After the recording of the day was over, Fang Yuyun asked her assistant about the situation, but learned a shocking piece of news.

"You said the most popular people in the live broadcast room are...Fu Yuanbo and his friends?"

“Yes, Madam, I have already told the program team to take away all the vegetables from their ingredients in Room 2. I originally thought that I could create some difficulties for them, but I didn’t expect Shen Qian to go fishing in the river and get a lot of vegetables from the villagers.”

Fang Yuyun frowned, but this was not the key point. She asked, "What about Fu Yuanbo? How did he perform?"

The assistant thought for a moment and said, "He didn't show much, he was very calm."

Fang Yuyun is getting a little restless now. This time, the variety show "Farming with Mom" is invested by the Fu family. Under her instructions, resources from all aspects will definitely be tilted towards her.

For example, before Fu Yuanbo arrived at the scene, she made him think that she was accompanying him on the show, and concealed the fact that Fu Zhongyan was also on the show.

For example, knowing the questions in advance in the section that tests tacit understanding.

For example, after Chen Qian and Fu Yuanbo chose Room 2, they arranged for staff to secretly take away the original ingredients in the kitchen, leaving only the staple food to avoid being exposed.

However, even after doing all these things, Fang Yuyun was still not satisfied with the results after the first day of recording.

Fu Yuanbo did not lose control of his emotions when he saw her and Fu Zhongyan participating in the show together.

He didn't bring himself any bad luck, wasn't scolded on the hot searches, and even had a good reputation?

Fang Yuyun took another look at the live broadcast data, and suddenly felt a black screen in front of her eyes. The data of Shen Qian and Fu Yuanbo's live broadcast room on the first day was even better than that of her and Fu Zhongyan.

Why?

Shen Qian is just a village woman with her good-for-nothing son. How can she be more popular than her, the wife of a wealthy family and a former star?

Fang Yuyun was so angry that she said to her assistant, "This won't work. Think of another way. We must make them fail tomorrow."

The assistant looked embarrassed. The program had already started recording. How could this go wrong?

"Anyway, you go and find a way."

The assistant racked his brains and finally discovered a detail. The reason why Fu Yuanbo was still emotionally stable was because he didn't do much, and Shen Qian's attitude towards him was also quite friendly.

However, Fu Yuanbo's hand was injured that day. If the program team forced all the children to participate in labor the next day, if he went to work with an injury, he might have a conflict with Chen Qian.

So, the next day, after Chen Qian made breakfast and called Fu Yuanbo to get up, the mother and son received a task list.

[Today's task: Mother and son must work together on the farm for at least 2 hours, otherwise the punishment mechanism will be triggered.]

Shen Qian held the task card, deep in thought.

Fu Yuanbo didn't take it to heart, as if all his attention was on the corn bun in front of him.

Chen Qian made ten corn buns in total. Fu Yuanbo ate four of them in one go. When he wanted to take the fifth one, he saw Chen Qian's disapproving look.

He retracted his hand, looking unsatisfied.

"I'll pack the rest in a bag. You can use it as dry food if you're hungry later."

"Oh, okay." When Fu Yuanbo heard that he had to take it with him, he was no longer greedy.

"What does the task card ask me to do? Work in the fields?" Fu Yuanbo asked casually.

Fu Yuanbo knew that he was participating in a farming program, and he had already prepared himself mentally to work in the fields before coming. Although he didn't know anything, he thought that he could just learn from his adoptive mother, and didn't think too much about it.

But Shen Qian said: "I won't take you to the field today."

"Um?"

"I'll take you to the mountains to dig wild vegetables later."

"ah?"

Chen Qian didn't explain much. He stood up and packed the remaining corn buns, filled a kettle with boiled water that he had prepared in advance, and took a small hoe for digging wild vegetables, and put all of this in the backpack.

After everything was ready, he put on the backpack and called Fu Yuanbo to set off.

She could still guess the intention of the program team. There was a piece of land behind each house. The next task of each group of guests would definitely be to weed, plow the land, sow seeds, and then plant crops on their own land.

Since the name of the program is "Farming with Mom", it is natural for mothers to work with their children.

However, today's task card did not specify any specific work. Among all the things, only going up the mountain to dig wild vegetables together was labor-free and could also take Fu Yuanbo hiking for exercise and breathing fresh air. So Shen Qian took his son on the road.

This morning, Shen Qian was not as calm as she appeared to be. She was a little worried. She had dreamed of the plot in the original book last night.

Originally, Shen Qian thought that he already knew the plot, and would not feel anything even if he dreamed about it. Unexpectedly, the scene in the dream was very real. It was the last paragraph of the novel. Shen Qian was like an outsider, standing aside and watching everything happen.

The 26-year-old Fu Yuanbo is no longer the young boy he is today. He has grown up, and his facial features have become more handsome, but it makes people feel distressed just looking at him.

Shen Qian dreamed of many details. The 26-year-old Fu Yuanbo was so thin that his bones were visible. She then realized that he had been suffering from various illnesses for a long time. The most serious one was stomach disease, which made him hold his hands against his abdomen from time to time.

He had a fierce expression on his face and a pair of eyes like an eagle. When he stared at people, it always made people shudder.

When he was driving wildly on the highway, Shen Qian saw the last scene clearly. Fu Yuanbo committed suicide. He no longer wanted to live. He had suffered too much. Even if he took revenge on the Fu family, what could he do? He could not change his tragic life of being despised and abandoned.

Just as the car rolled off the highway, Shen Qian woke up with sweat all over his forehead.

At this time, Chen Qian took Fu Yuanbo out. After they took a few steps, Fu Yuanbo turned back inadvertently and saw Fu Zhongyan waving at him from afar.

Fu Yuanbo pursed his lips tightly, his eyes flashed with a hint of coldness. What was that guy doing here?

Shen Qian was completely unaware of this. Fu Yuanbo thought about it and finally reluctantly told Shen Qian what happened to Fu Zhongyan later.

After all, there were many cameras filming around them, so he didn't care. He didn't want her to suffer any unwarranted attacks.

"Fu Zhongyan is behind." Fu Yuanbo said in a low voice.

Shen Qian only glanced back briefly and urged, "Don't worry about him, we have to hurry up and don't dawdle."

For some reason, when Fu Yuanbo heard his adoptive mother say this, he felt inexplicably happy.

Since he came to the Fu family at the age of six, everyone told him that Fu Zhongyan was his younger brother and it was his parents' responsibility to accompany him.

He is their biological child, but his younger brother is not. He is very pitiful, so he needs to be taken care of more. He is the older brother and will have plenty of opportunities to live with his parents in the future, so he needs to love his younger brother more.

When Fu Yuanbo first arrived at the Fu family and was unfamiliar with the place, he didn't think there was anything wrong with this statement. But ten years later, when he stood outside the farmyard and saw his mother accompanying Fu Zhongyan to participate in the show, he understood everything.

Those words are just empty promises to fool children.

When his adoptive mother looked back at Fu Zhongyan who was chasing after him and urged him to leave quickly, Fu Yuanbo felt for the first time that he was more important than Fu Zhongyan.

Even if this was an illusion, he felt that his painful and numb heart was like the ointment last night, bringing him an inexplicable sense of coolness and comfort.