Liang Tianyi was only five years old and simply wanted to ask his mother a question. However, his unintentional question exposed the way the mother and son had always gotten along.
When everyone heard his words, they sighed in their hearts. Sure enough, Liang Tianyi would suppress himself and force himself to complete things he didn't like. It was largely because of Shen Linyan's request, and not like Shen Linyan said that the child wanted to challenge himself.
Although many people can understand parents' strict education of their children, after all, if children are allowed to do whatever they want, most of them may be crazy. However, no matter how strict the discipline is, it must be carried out under the premise of ensuring the child's physical health.
As soon as Liang Tianyi said this, the audience in the live broadcast room exploded instantly.
[Xiao Yi's words are very clear, right? The reason why he has been forcing himself to work hard to do so many things is obviously because of Shen Linyan's request.]
[Shen Linyan really feels very good about herself. She is simply satisfying her own vanity instead of doing it for the good of the child. How disgusting.]
[I am most afraid of this kind of parents in my life, and they always say that they are doing it for your own good. ]
[Xiaoyi is so pitiful, and it can be seen that he is very dependent on his mother and does not know how to resist. ]
At the same time, the mothers at the scene also reacted and looked at Shen Linyan with inquiring and horrified eyes.
Xie Bing was even more blunt, "No wonder Miss Shen Linyan didn't think there was anything wrong with her, it turns out she's just used to it."
Shen Linyan was stared at in such a way that she felt confused for a moment. How could things turn out like this?
These looks reminded her of her childhood when she was also looked at in such strange ways by others.
An unemployed woman with a little girl lives a life of luxury, so people around her speculate that her mother is someone else's mistress and treat her child, who is only a few years old, with strange eyes.
Shen Linyan was stunned for a moment. She, who was always clear-headed and sharp-tongued, did not come back to her senses for a long time.
It was not until Liang Tianyi beside her noticed that something was wrong with her that Liang Tianyi looked at the stunned Shen Linyan and felt extremely worried. He reached out his hand to hug his mother's waist to comfort her and make himself feel more at ease.
However, when Liang Tianyi touched Shen Linyan like this, she was startled and took a step back. The child who originally wanted to hug her also leaned forward and fell to the ground.
Then, the sound of little Liang Tianyi crying was heard.
[Oh my god, what is Shen Linyan doing? ]
[Xiaoyi wanted to hug her, but why did she step back subconsciously? ]
[Generally speaking, the subconscious mind reflects a person's deepest feelings. Shen Linyan definitely doesn't love children as much as she appears to.]
[Shen Linyan is full of surprises today. I didn't expect her to be such a person. ]
No one expected that things would suddenly turn out like this. Ao Liangjun, who had been sobbing before, stopped crying when he heard his brother crying, and looked at what was happening in front of him in surprise.
Why is my brother starting to cry too?
The crying sound woke Shen Linyan up completely. Her scalp was tingling and she kept asking herself why she did this?
Looking at the child who had fallen to the ground and was still crying, Shen Linyan knew that she had to catch Liang Tianyi no matter what.
Shen Linyan's originally wooden face instantly turned into one of worry and panic. She squatted down, hugged the little boy on the ground, and kept murmuring, "Xiaoyi, don't cry, don't cry. What's wrong with you? Mommy didn't mean it. I'm sorry. Are you hurt anywhere? Mommy will give you a hug, okay?"
However, the answer was still the cry of a child. Liang Tianyi was really sad. He didn't understand why his always gentle mother would avoid her touch.
The others were also shocked when they saw how things were turning out. Even Xie Bing couldn't question Shen Linyan at this time, so he could only let her get away with it regretfully.
However, looking at the current situation, Xie Bing didn't think Shen Linyan would have an easy life in the future.
It's really miserable for little Liang Tianyi to have such a naive stepmother. If it were her, she would rather have an obviously vicious stepmother, at least she could confront her head-on. It's really not fun to confront a stepmother who claims to be doing good for her.
At the same time, she also looked at Shen Qingqing, feeling admiration in her heart.
Shen Qingqing always seems to be able to hit the nail on the head from time to time. She should be the first among all the mothers to see through Shen Linyan's true nature. If it weren't for her today, she would really have to suffer at the hands of this white lotus.
For a moment, the atmosphere in the entire recording venue was a little solemn. Only the crying of children could be heard, and everyone else stopped talking.
Director Xu Xiang frowned deeply as he watched this scene. What was wrong with Shen Linyan? Wasn't she known to be kind and able to get along with everyone, and to treat her stepson with all her heart? How could she do something even more unreliable than Shen Qingqing?
He does want to be a hot topic, but not this kind of topic. For a variety show about taking care of children, he can show the mothers and children losing control of their emotions when encountering emergencies, but the audience must at least feel that the mothers love their children.
Xu Xiang naturally couldn't let the situation continue to get out of control, so he finally stepped forward to take charge of the situation.
He first paused the live broadcast of Shen Linyan and her son, and asked them to go to the lounge in the back to calm down first. At the same time, he prepared things for the other guests and allowed them to record normally.
They have been in the entertainment industry for a long time, and they have encountered more embarrassing situations before, but they quickly returned to normal. Moreover, participating in variety shows is also work, no matter what they think in their hearts, they still have to pretend to be harmonious.
Zhou Jiayan was very worried when he saw his friend being carried to the lounge in the back crying. He ran to Shen Qingqing with his short legs and whispered in her ear, "Is Xiaoyi okay? He cried so sadly, and his mother won't do anything to him, right?"
Although Zhou Jiayan is small, he has always been sensitive to human nature. He has always felt that Xiaoyi's mother is not as kind as she seems. Of course, he would not say such things to other people casually.
Shen Qingqing could understand Zhou Jiayan's worry about his friend. She patted Zhou Jiayan's head and said, "Don't worry, Xiaoyi will be fine. Shen Linyan will definitely make Xiaoyi fine."
These words were not just for comfort. Based on Shen Qingqing's understanding of Shen Linyan, she should be able to come to her senses quickly.
Look, she has already reacted just now, holding Liang Tianyi in her arms and acting like a loving mother.
As long as Shen Linyan still needs to rely on the Liang family, she can only be nice to Liang Tianyi.
Moreover, she has always been able to bend and stretch, like an indestructible cockroach. Maybe next time we meet, she will start to act like an open-minded mother.
After listening to Shen Qingqing's words, Zhou Jiayan nodded his head and felt relieved. Although Shen Qingqing always liked to bully him, after spending some time together, he felt that his stepmother was still reliable in other matters.
It was already past five o'clock, and without Shen Linyan, the "chef", the mothers began to prepare the meal. Shen Qingqing also brought Zhou Jiayan to join them, and of course, they still shared the task of washing and cutting vegetables with Xie Bing.
Although Cui Xia and Mo Man had not learned it specifically, their skills were pretty good, and they worked together and had a lot of fun.
The children also ran around, trying their best to help the adults with what they could.
In the lounge where there was no live camera, Shen Linyan and Liang Tianyi sat face to face.
Liang Tianyi was a very sensible child, so after Shen Linyan's comfort, he stopped crying.
Shen Linyan looked at the child sitting obediently opposite her, and the depression in her heart eased a little.
Perhaps because there was no one around to stare at her, Shen Linyan regained her senses. She quickly thought about what had just happened. Why did it turn out like this?
Then Shen Qingqing's name appeared in her mind. It was the rhythm of those few words she said that stimulated her!
She was filled with resentment. Why did Shen Qingqing always go against her? She had everything so easily, yet she still came to steal her things!
If she hadn't repeatedly stirred up trouble, Xie Bing and the others wouldn't have thought of themselves this way.
But does she think that doing this will defeat her? Netizens are all naive and brainless. As long as she leads the trend online, it is still unclear who will have the upper hand in today's incident.
Shen Linyan was still full of confidence at this time until her agent sent her a series of messages.
Shen Linyan's agent is a middle-aged man in his early thirties named Yu Bin. He is very good at manipulating public opinion and public relations. In addition, Shen Linyan is good at pretending, so the two of them cooperated very well in the first few years of her debut.
When Shen Linyan opened the message, she saw Yu Bin asking questions continuously.
Yu Bin: Are you brainless? It's not enough for you to discipline your own children, but you also went to discipline Xie Bing's children? And you even made them cry!
Yu Bin: Are you really crazy? Not only did you make Ao Liangjun cry, you even pushed your own stepson. Don’t you know that your current good image is based on your son?
Yu Bin: I'm really going crazy. Do you know what people say about you online? They say you're a green tea flower who deliberately used PUA to suppress your stepson. All the personalities you worked so hard to create have collapsed.
Yu Bin: It's really weird. I originally hired some internet trolls to clean up your name, but I don't know why these netizens kept chasing you and exposing your true identity.
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Looking at Yu Bin's message, Shen Linyan fell into a panic. After telling Liang Tianyi to have fun by himself first, she took out her cell phone and opened Weibo to read.
Then her face became worse and worse, because she found that she was also on the hot search list, but all the comments were scolding her.
Terms such as Shen Linyan forced Ao Liangjun, Shen Linyan pushed away her stepson, Shen Linyan is a white lotus, Shen Linyan is vicious, etc. occupied the top of the hot searches. Countless netizens scolded her, and even her Weibo account was lost.
Many netizens also dug up photos of her stepson that she had posted in the past. What’s more coincidental is that among them were photos of her taking Liang Tianyi swimming.
Immediately, netizens were furious and started forwarding the post and cursing.
[Doesn't Shen Linyan feel guilty? She even dared to post the photo of forcing Liang Tianyi to go swimming on Weibo. ]
[I looked at Liang Tianyi's facial expressions. Although this was a photo that Shen Linyan had deliberately selected, I could still tell that Liang Tianyi was nervous.]
[Shen Linyan is such a bad person. We actually believed her lies before.]
[Is Mr. Liang Hongyu here? Check your second-married wife right away. Don’t be fooled by her superficiality.]
[Shen Linyan is the real vicious stepmother! And it is hard to guard against. She pretends to be doing good for the child but ends up using PUA on the child. ]
[Shen Linyan, get out of the entertainment industry, you are not worthy of being a mother! ]
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Looking at these comments from netizens, Shen Linyan felt like she was about to vomit blood.
At this moment she was really panicked, and she completely lost the confidence she had just had in manipulating public opinion.
At this time, there were people from the program team all around, and Shen Linyan still couldn't make a phone call directly, so she started typing to reply to her agent: Brother Bin, what should I do now? I didn't expect it to turn out like this, and I didn't do anything.
Yu Bin replied to the message very quickly, probably waiting for Shen Linyan's explanation.
Yu Bin: I really admire you. Can't you see where your problem lies? But now is not the time to dwell on this matter. The most important thing is to overcome the difficulties. Let's do this. Anyway, the recording of this episode of the variety show is about to end. You should avoid conflicts with them and be caught by others. Then we can do public relations slowly.
Shen Linyan felt unwilling to accept her agent's suggestion. Why should she avoid Shen Qingqing first? But she knew her agent's ability and was considered one of the best public relations people in the circle, so after pondering for a while, she replied with a "OK".
Because the program team said that there were no cameras in the conference room, Shen Linyan felt more confident when speaking. Of course, in order to avoid being heard by people outside, she still lowered her voice.
She whispered to Liang Tianyi, "Xiaoyi, can mom ask you for a favor?"
Liang Tianyi's eyes were still red at this time, like a frightened little rabbit. Facing Shen Linyan's request, he was very positive, "Mom, you say."
"Xiaoyi, Mommy feels a little uncomfortable and wants to end the recording early. But if Mommy asks to leave, other people will think that Mommy is too delicate. So Xiaoyi, can you pretend to feel uncomfortable and tell the director uncle that you want to go home?"
Liang Tianyi was a little surprised when he heard Shen Linyan's words. After all, he had the impression that adults always told him not to lie, but now his mother asked him to lie.
He was a little confused and hesitated, "But, Mom, don't you always say that we can't lie?"
When Shen Linyan saw Liang Tianyi's look, she felt annoyed again. How could he be so stupid that he couldn't even adapt? He deserved to be Zhou Jiayan's foil in the previous mission.
But now she needed help from Liang Tianyi, so she smiled and said, "Xiaoyi, it's just once in a while, just think of it as helping your mother, okay?"
Liang Tianyi looked at Shen Linyan's expression, how could he refuse? He could only nod and say, "Okay, Mom."
In the living room, the meal was ready, and the little kids lined up and carefully brought out the dishes from the kitchen. Because today's ingredients were very rich, with chicken, fish and many green vegetables, the entire round table was filled and it looked very sumptuous.
Then everyone came to the living room and prepared to have dinner. Although there was such a big conflict with Shen Linyan, he couldn't just ignore it. Moreover, even if he really had a grudge against Shen Linyan, he couldn't just ignore Liang Tianyi, the little kid.
So everyone discussed who should go to call Shen Linyan. Xie Bing would definitely not go, and Shen Qingqing naturally would not agree to go. Cui Xia was an amateur and her psychological quality was not as strong as that of the stars, so in the end, the choice fell on Mo Man.
However, before Mo Man had the chance to call Shen Linyan, they heard news from the program crew that Liang Tianyi suddenly had a stomachache, and Shen Linyan rushed him to the hospital. Since it was the last night of recording, she left early and looked forward to meeting them next time.
Everyone knew the reason. Liang Tianyi was fine before, so how could he suddenly have a stomachache? However, when Shen Linyan wanted to leave, no one would expose her words. They all nodded to show that they understood, or asked politely about the child's health.
Seeing that Shen Linyan had just left, Shen Qingqing felt that she was smart for once. If she were still here, she would definitely expose her from time to time.
On the contrary, if she leaves now, there will be too many opportunities for manipulation through the network. I don't know which dog-headed military advisor gave her this idea, but Shen Linyan, who is so arrogant, actually adopted it.
Zhou Jiayan was naturally following Liang Tianyi's news. When he heard that his friend had a stomachache and went to the hospital, he was a little worried. He tugged at Shen Qingqing's clothes and asked, "Didn't you say Xiaoyi would be fine? Why did he suddenly have a stomachache and go to the hospital?"
Looking at Zhou Jiayan's confused expression, Shen Qingqing thought about how to explain to a five-year-old child that his friend was most likely taking the blame for his stepmother, but in the end she only vaguely explained to Zhou Jiayan, "Sometimes when adults are not convenient to do something, they will use the excuse that the child needs it. You will understand when you grow up."
Zhou Jiayan was thoughtful after hearing his stepmother's words, and then he sighed and said, "It's just like you wanted to buy ice cream before, but you were embarrassed to buy it yourself, so you asked me if I wanted to buy it."
Shen Qingqing paused as she walked towards the dining table. How could this kid have such a good memory? He could still remember things that happened so long ago, and he even figured it out!
Shen Linyan's departure did not have much impact on the adults, but Liang Tianyi's departure was a big blow to the four children, especially the fat boy Ao Liangjun. This incident was caused by him, so he felt that Liang Tianyi's departure was caused by him.
He asked his mother anxiously, "Mom, did I do something wrong? If I hadn't cried, would Xiaoyi have stayed?"
Xie Bing looked at his son with a guilty face, feeling helpless and relieved. Kindness is always a good thing, and the fights between adults have nothing to do with children.
She touched Ao Liangjun's little head and said, "Junjun, it's not your fault. It has nothing to do with you."
Ao Liangjun listened to his mother and nodded.
Fortunately, children’s sadness always comes and goes quickly, and they became happy again after tasting the feast.
Just as they were finishing their meal happily, Xu Xiang appeared again. He smiled amiably and announced to everyone, "Dear guests, I am happy to announce that the recording of the first episode of the second season of "Almighty Mom" in Zhuangyuan Town has been completed. Tomorrow you can take public transportation to leave here and return to your homes. You will have five days of rest. After that, we will inform you of the recording format and location of the second episode."
After he made the announcement, he thought he would hear everyone cheering. After all, recording a variety show is quite hard work. How can it compare to the comfortable life at home?
The parents didn't seem to be too upset, but the children were visibly depressed.
They are actually going to separate tomorrow! This is a bolt from the blue for them who have just met and have become good friends!
The sentimental little fat boy Ao Liangjun felt that the chicken wings in his hand were no longer fragrant, and began to "whine". "Before I came here, I didn't want to come, thinking it would be boring, but I didn't expect everyone to be so cute and fun. Time passed so quickly, and we are about to part ways."
The fat boy's crying made all the children at the table fall into sadness. The two little girls also began to wipe their tears, and their sobbing was quieter than that of the fat boy.
As for Zhou Jiayan, he was usually calm and at this moment, a rare look of loss appeared on his face.
Seeing that the children were unhappy again, the audience in the live broadcast room felt distressed again.
[Wow, the feelings between children are so beautiful. 】
[Don’t cry, my little darlings. We’ll see each other again later. ]
[That's right, even if you don't want to participate, Xu Gou will kidnap you.]
[Xu Gou is really sick, why did he have to come here at this time to announce the end of the program recording? The children haven't even finished their meals! ]
[I suspect he did it on purpose, and he wanted to trick everyone before leaving.]
Just when everyone was silent, Zhou Jiayan spoke up. He now understood the routine of the program team very well. Moreover, this was just the end of the recording of one episode. He felt that he should stand up and comfort everyone, "This is just the end of the first episode. We will have a chance to meet again in the future. Don't be sad."
When the adults heard Zhou Jiayan speak, they came to their senses and began to comfort the little kids.
"Yes, there is still the next recording."
"And even if there's no next time, we can still have a private dinner together then. We all live in City A, which is very close."
"That's right, and now there are so many ways to get in touch, you can video chat with each other anytime."
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This flurry of consolation finally eased the depressed atmosphere among the children at the table. Then everyone saw that the children took out their watches and started scanning each other.
After all four children added the friend, their mood had basically recovered and they started to eat the chicken wings and chicken legs that they had not finished yet.
At the end, Ao Liangjun still acted like an older brother, picking up the Coke beside him and saying, "Cheers, everyone! See you next time!"
Seeing this, the other three children also picked up their Cokes and started talking.
"I'm going to miss you all."
"You must miss this princess."
"cheers!"
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Finally, Zhou Jiayan suddenly remembered something and raised another cup with his other hand, "Oh, and Xiaoyi, since Xiaoyi is not here, I will toast to him."
Several children nodded as well. Finally, there was a crisp thud as the five cups hit each other.
Watching this scene, countless viewers were moved.
【Cheers! Let’s look forward to the next issue! 】
[I like all five kids in this season, and I hope Xiaoyi is okay.]
[I also hope that Shen Linyan will stop getting into so much trouble and just focus on recording the show. ]
This clink of glasses announced the official end of the dinner, and the parents planned to take their children back to their rooms to pack their luggage and leave early the next morning.
However, just as the mothers were walking out of the living room holding their children's hands, Ying Shishuang said to Mo Man, "Mom, I want to take my prince and knight home, can I?"
Mo Man was startled and asked, "What are princes and knights?"
The little girl pointed at Zhou Jiayan who was not far away and said shyly, "It's Brother Yanyan. He has played the role of my little prince so many times. I can't abandon him."
After saying that, the little girl shyly covered her face with her hands, leaving only a pair of big eyes staring at Zhou Jiayan without blinking.
Can't you believe that this kid is so popular even though he's only five years old?
Shen Qingqing lowered her head involuntarily and looked at Zhou Jiayan.
Zhou Jiayan's face remained expressionless, but his little ears turned red involuntarily and his body stiffened for a moment.
So Shen Qingqing reached out and touched Zhou Jiayan's red and hot ears, "Oh, why are you shy? Sister Shuangshuang likes you."
When Zhou Jiayan heard his stepmother's teasing, he felt aggrieved again. Not only did his stepmother not help him out, but she even joined in the teasing.
Mo Man felt a little amused when she saw her daughter like this, but her daughter had good taste. Zhou Jiayan was cute and smart. It would be nice if she could really take him home.
So she took Ying Shishuang's hand and walked to Zhou Jiayan, smiling and said, "Yanyan, are you willing to go home with your aunt? From now on, you will be our family's little adopted husband!"
Zhou Jiayan was a little shocked, because in his opinion, what Ying Shishuang said were just childish words, and adults would not take them seriously, but why would this auntie come and ask this?
He shook his head decisively, "No, I'm only five years old, I don't want to be someone's child husband."
Then he ran behind Shen Qingqing in a few steps and held Shen Qingqing's clothes tightly. There are too many weird aunts these days. Although the stepmother is a little unreliable, she will at least take him home.
Seeing Zhou Jiayan so nervous, Shen Qingqing patted him on the back to comfort him.
Of course, she would never agree to let Zhou Jiayan become a child-raising husband, but rejecting the little princess still requires certain skills. She thought for a while and said, "Wow, I didn't expect our little princess likes Yanyan so much. Then auntie will send him to your family. But he is in the period of growth, he eats a lot and spends a lot of money. If he goes, you may not be able to buy so many beautiful dresses. Shuangshuang, are you willing too?"
Ying Shishuang tilted her head in confusion, and looked at Zhou Jiayan who quietly poked his head out from behind Shen Qingqing. In the end, she nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll use half of my skirt in exchange for Yanyan."
Shen Qingqing just found it funny when she heard this. This little idiot was only worth half a skirt in Ying Shishuang's heart.
However, when Mo Man heard what she heard, she was a little surprised. It seemed that her daughter really liked Yanyan and was willing to give up half of her skirt in exchange for Yanyan.
However, Zhou Jiayan did not feel happy after listening to this conversation. Ying Shishuang actually wanted to exchange him for half of her skirt!
He stamped his feet anxiously and said, "I don't eat much. I don't want to be a child husband. I will definitely earn back the money I spend when I grow up!" At the same time, the strength of his hands holding Shen Qingqing's clothes became stronger and stronger.
Seeing Zhou Jiayan's shy look, the adults around him also laughed.
Seeing the child's excitement, Shen Qingqing hugged the child again and said, "Okay, okay, I know you can do it. Besides, if you really follow Shuangshuang home, Uncle Ying will kick you out."
Everyone remembered the look of Ying Kan, the daughter-slave. Not to mention that Ying Shishuang is only 4 years old now, even if she was 24 years old, he probably wouldn't like Ying Shishuang's boyfriend, and they all laughed.
After hearing his stepmother's words, Zhou Jiayan calmed down, but he did not let go of the hand that was holding Shen Qingqing's clothes.
Shen Qingqing felt the child holding onto the corner of her clothes tightly, and she felt amused. It turned out that this little fool trusted her so much!