Chapter 13

Jiang Mingzhe's shout immediately stunned everyone.

Xiaoyu glanced at the younger brother and the ice cream machine, but finally decided to comfort Jiang Mingzhe first: "Mingzhe, you have to be strong. You can't cry in front of the camera, everyone will see it."

Youyou then urged Xiaoyu, "Oh, don't worry about him, let's just buy one for the two of us, I want to eat it now."

Shaoqi was so angry at her heartless daughter that she almost fainted: "Shaoyouyou! That's not how you use arithmetic! And why don't you learn from Xiaoyu and comfort Mingzhe instead?"

The director's cameras were so busy they couldn't keep up. On the side, Yun Jingcheng was torn between feeling sorry for Zaizai and Xingxing, while Le Xinzhou and his daughter were enjoying the show.

Le Xinzhou even tried to slip away in the chaos to find a playmat. As he backed away, he pinched his daughter's little face and whispered, "It's a good thing I bought you one this morning, otherwise you wouldn't have seen this good show."

The chat room was buzzing with excitement.

[That's so true! I watch variety shows just to see the guests scrambling around in the corner!]

[Being the youngest child, when faced with a problem, they cry for a while first.]

[Hilarious! Leng Zhi should now fully understand the "help" message Le Xinzhou posted this morning.]

[It was his turn to frantically dunk "Help!"]

Jiang Mingzhe cried so hard he could barely breathe, almost forgetting why he was crying in the first place. After wailing for a while, he finally remembered that it was because of the ice cream.

He pricked up his little ears and heard Xiaoyu's comforting words, Youyou's gloating, and Shaoqi's accusations, but the only thing missing from the hustle and bustle was the voice of the bad father.

He couldn't help but secretly open his eyes, wanting to see the bad dad's reaction.

As a result, Jiang Mingzhe's eyes met Leng Zhi's phone camera directly.

Jiang Mingzhe: "?!"

Leng Zhi finally spoke, saying calmly, "Xue, you've finally managed to get the shot."

Jiang Mingzhe was a little confused. What was Bad Dad filming?

He heard Leng Zhi continue, "When we get back, print out this photo and give one to each of your classmates. Please take a good look at it. Their Squirrel King is not a Squirrel King at all. He's actually a Scoundrel King who just lies on the ground and cries."

Jiang Mingzhe's face flushed red instantly, like a ripe cherry tomato: "No! Waaah—I'm not a cheater!"

He tried to argue his point: "You're the real cheater! You promised to help me... play games with me, but you've been breaking your promise! And you won't even give me ice cream!"

Leng Zhi: "We can eat ice cream, but if we eat ice cream, we won't have any guest rooms tonight. We'll just sleep on the steps in front of the ice cream shop."

Jiang Mingzhe gritted his teeth and said, "Fine, I'll sleep! I want ice cream!"

Leng Zhi said quietly, "You'll get a lot of mosquito bites, and other insects will crawl all over you."

Jiang Mingzhe's eyes widened immediately.

Mosquitoes! Bugs! How scary!

His once-firm resolve was shattered by the insect's intimidating attacks. With his last shred of longing for ice cream, he whispered, "Bad dad didn't play the little games he promised me. You're the real cheater."

Leng Zhi lifted his eyelids and said, "Oh, if you want, I can play with you tonight."

Jiang Mingzhe was completely hooked! His "bad dad" had already set a time! He couldn't keep lying! — Ice cream was just a momentary craving, but being the king of the games was a lifelong honor for the class!

The little scales in Zai Zai's heart suddenly found their direction. He, who had been crying with tears all over his sleeves, immediately became well-behaved again, obediently got up from the ground, turned around and walked down the steps of the ice cream shop.

Halfway there, he stopped again, turned around, and solemnly said to Xiaoyu and Youyou, "You'd better not eat it either, it's too wasteful of stars."

The others were unaware of the little game agreement between Jiang Mingzhe and Leng Zhi, and were all puzzled: "...?"

How did this child suddenly become so enlightened?

Jiang Mingzhe's abandonment undoubtedly affected the two children—Xiao Yu, the well-behaved protagonist, clenched his little fists, determined to shoulder the burden of his weak father, resist the temptation of ice cream, and protect the stars!

Without Xiaoyu's contribution, Youyou couldn't afford two stars by herself, so she could only pout and say, "Fine, I can't eat any now."

[What happened? Why aren't the kids falling for it anymore?!]

[Who knows, Leng Zhi single-handedly saved three families from bankruptcy?]

[The guest's logic was so meticulous; they actually managed to persuade the crying child!]

[Hahahaha, taking a picture, printing it out, and sending it to his classmates is so mean! If he really did that, Mingzhe would have to live with his head down for the rest of his life in kindergarten!]

[What a scary dad! No wonder Jiang Mingzhe often whispers "bad dad" to him, hahaha]

[Be careful, Dad!]

After resolving the minor dispute over the ice cream, Leng Zhi led Jiang Mingzhe away from the shopping street and headed directly to their next destination.

Three groups of guests had already gathered here. Judging from the "battle results" in Shaoqi and Yun Jingcheng's hands, there shouldn't be many crawling mats left in the shopping street. So he made a quick decision and followed the action map in his memory to head to the next place.

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The professional gamers' keen sense of smell brought Leng Zhi's team an overwhelming victory, so much so that after the game, every returning guest felt somewhat doubtful when they saw Leng Zhi appear.

Why is he pulling a small cart?

Jiang Mingzhe was sitting cross-legged on the stroller, his hands tightly clutching a pile of playmats, only half of his head showing.

Yun Jingcheng had met Leng Zhi once in the shopping street, and at that time he had already noticed the difference in the number of playmats.

However, he optimistically believes that the gap is temporary and there may be a chance to overtake in the second half.

But what's going on now?! He's climbing on so many playmats that the production team had to provide him with a small stroller!

Yun Jingcheng, doubting his own existence, recounted his score on the playmat: "One, two, three... twenty points."

He found a total of ten crawling mats, five of which were Le Xinzhou's triple score mats, and five of other colors.

This is actually a pretty good result, considering that each person hid fifteen in the morning. Even assuming all the playmats were found, it would only be an average of fifteen per person.

Considering that some crawling mats are indeed hidden in very tricky places, it is impossible to find them all. Ten crawling mats is definitely an above-average result.

Li Chi was counting Leng Zhi's playmats when he quickly came up with a number: "My God, Leng Zhi's group has broken everyone's record! Twenty-eight! That's a terrifying number!"

“Now let’s tally up his final score—” Li Chi drawled, “twelve blue playmats, plus sixteen other colors, for a total of fifty-two points!”

Led by Li Chi, everyone applauded, expressing their sincere admiration for this amazing high score.

Apart from Lei Shen.

Lei Shen clapped his hands mechanically, the veins on his cheeks throbbing faintly—he was trying to maintain his last shred of dignity in front of the camera.

Li Chi's comment about "twelve blue crawling mats" was like a slap in the face.

Damn it, he and Xixi only hid fifteen blue playmats in total, how come Leng Zhi managed to steal twelve in one group!

It's important to understand that he and Leng Zhi designated each other as their color, meaning that the two of them became a bound control group.

In his plan, Leng Zhi would be outshone by him and become his stepping stone, thereby reinforcing his title as the king of mini-games in the eyes of the audience.

But he couldn't figure out where Leng Zhi had hidden it. He only found two yellow play mats all afternoon!

Two! How embarrassing!

But the production team wouldn't let him off the hook. Li Chi, all smiles, waved to him: "Brother Lei Shen, why are you standing so far away? Come over and check the scores."

Lei Shen felt dizzy and wished he could stuff the two yellow playmats in his hands into his mouth, or maybe he should find a crack in the ground to crawl into.