Chapter 194, Part 2 (with comments)
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Ye Qingxi and Mu Shaowu worked together seamlessly, scoring a total of thirty points, instantly surpassing Tao Rui and his son Tao Tao to take the top spot.
After Ye Qingxi, He Lei was the fourth to compete.
Seeing that He Lei was young, the production team gave her only the simplest words on the cards. Unfortunately, He Lei and He Yao lacked chemistry, and He Lei was too focused on gesturing to give hints. In the end, their score was the same as Huo Zinan and Hu Kai's.
Huo Zinan silently cheered in his heart, "Yes!" This way, he wouldn't be last place anymore.
He Yao was speechless. Mu Shaowu scored 30 points, while he scored 8 points. The difference was too big!
This is certainly not his problem; he has already tried very hard to guess!
It's entirely because He Lei isn't smart enough. Didn't Ye Qingxi demonstrate for her?
If it's difficult to gesture, then focus on giving hints!
But she kept gesturing to herself.
How stupid!
He Yao was speechless inside, but he still had to maintain a warm smile on his face.
“It’s already very good that Leilei got eight points. Look at Huo Zinan, who is older than you, but he only got eight points.” He squatted down in front of He Lei, pretending to be a caring father.
Huo Zinan: ? ? ?
Huo Zinan: ...If you can't speak, you don't have to. Is it really necessary to say this?!
This intern dad is so annoying!
"Mu Shaowu is better," Huo Zinan thought. "Mu Shaowu is good-looking and smart. No matter how you look at it, he seems more like my temporary father than Hu Kai."
Unfortunately, he already has his own baby.
Thinking of this, Huo Zinan glanced at Ye Qingxi silently, but quickly looked away.
He hates Ye Qingxi!
How can someone be better looking than him!
He doesn't like it!
Soon, Yang Shu and Zhang Ning also completed the telepathic game.
Yang Shu scored 20 points, ranking second.
Zhang Ning scored 18 points, placing third.
"Then I'm fourth," Tao Tao counted on his fingers. "Ye Qingxi, you're first."
He said happily, "My dad and I weren't last, and our food wasn't the worst."
Tao Rui tapped him on the head, "This is only the first round of the competition, there are still two rounds to go."
Tao Tao rubbed his head and obediently said, "Okay~"
"The competition is over!" The host walked up to everyone and announced, "The winner of this competition is Mu Shaowu and Ye Qingxi, father and son, with six points. Yang Jin and Yang Shu, father and daughter, have five points. Zhang Ye and Zhang Ning, father and son, have four points. Tao Rui and Tao Tao, father and son, have three points. Hu Kai and Huo Zinan, and He Yao and He Lei, have two points each."
"Next, let's start the second round of the game - Dad and baby work together to get water."
Ye Qingxi: Huh?
The host turned to look at the staff, and soon six staff members brought over six water tanks.
After that, the group placed a milky white box next to the water tank.
Ye Qingxi: ? ? ?
What does this mean?
"Are you all confused?" the host laughed. "Now, I'll explain the rules of this round of the game to you."
"In this round of the game, the fathers need to take the small buckets from the water tank to the well not far away to fetch water. The children need to use the colored markers from the toolbox to copy the ancient poems from the ancient poem cards in the toolbox onto the water tank. The children and fathers work together, and in the end, whoever's water tank is filled with ancient poems without any typos and is full of water first wins this round."
"The first place still gets six points, the second place gets five points, the third place gets four points, and so on. Good luck, dads and babies!"
"Okay," Tao Tao replied enthusiastically.
Zhang Ning raised her hand, "Should we have all the dads and babies compete together, or one by one?"
"Of course, together!" the host said. "When I call 'ready,' all the dads will lift their buckets, and the babies will open their toolboxes."
Mu Shaowu nodded, "I see."
He looked down at Ye Qingxi and said, "Then when Dad goes to fetch water, you should obediently write the ancient poems."
"Okay," Ye Qingxi replied.
Mu Shaowu patted his head, "Good boy~"
The host then took the fathers to the well where they drew water and had a villager demonstrate how to draw water. Afterward, the host and the fathers returned to the water tank together.
"Ready—" the host shouted.
The fathers quickly took buckets out of the water tank.
Ye Qingxi and the others then opened the box that the host called a toolbox—although Ye Qingxi felt it didn't resemble a toolbox at all.
"start!"
The fathers immediately grabbed their buckets and ran forward.
Ye Qingxi calmly picked up the ancient poem cards from the box and began to read them.
There are six poems in total, all of which are very simple.
Ye Qingxi picked up a gold marker and began to write from memory.
He writes very quickly, but his handwriting is very beautiful.
Viewers in the live stream couldn't help but exclaim: "Xiao Xi's handwriting is so unusual for his age!"
Exactly! Not crawling like a dog at all!
Why isn't Xiaoxi looking at the cards? Has she already memorized them?
[It's just "Quiet Night Thoughts," which most children should already know by heart.]
【Our Xiaoxi is also the fastest writer among all the babies.】
Go, Xiaoxi!
On the other side, Mu Shaowu had also arrived at the well. He quickly drew water, poured it into his bucket, and walked back.
He Yao followed closely behind him, also filled his bucket with water, poured it into his own bucket, and then chased after him with the bucket in hand.
He couldn't beat Mu Shaowu before because He Lei was holding him back. Now that He Lei isn't by his side, he absolutely cannot lose to Mu Shaowu!
He Yao walked very fast, but Mu Shaowu turned back earlier and had longer legs. He Yao couldn't catch up with him until he reached the water vat.
Mu Shaowu poured water into the water vat, then looked down at Ye Qingxi and asked, "How's the writing going?"
Ye Qingxi looked up at him and said, "It's alright."
"And you?" he asked with concern. "Are you tired?"
Mu Shaowu shook his head, "This? You think it can tire your father out?"
When Ye Qingxi saw He Yao passing by, she immediately praised him, "Dad, you're so amazing! Dad, you're number one again!"
He Yao: ...This competition isn't over yet!
It's still uncertain who will win and who will be number one!
The viewers in the live stream immediately burst into laughter: [Here he comes, our Xiaoxi is praising his dad again!]
[Xiao Xi: I feel uncomfortable if I don't praise my dad for a day!]
[Hilarious! Xiaoxi really loves her dad so much!]
[Who's that happy smile again? Oh, it's our Mu Shaowu!]
Hahaha, me too! I'm smiling too!
Upon hearing his words, Mu Shaowu couldn't help but want to win first place in this round as well.
He reached out and pinched his precious son's cheek. "Then you continue writing your poems, Daddy's going to fetch water!"
"Mm." Ye Qingxi nodded.
Mu Shaowu carried the bucket and ran towards the well again.
Seeing that he had moved, He Yao quickly poured the water from the bucket into the vat and ran straight towards the well.
He Lei, who had just opened her mouth to speak to him, silently closed her mouth, looked away, and resumed writing the unfinished ancient poem.
Mu Shaowu ran very fast and soon arrived at the well again, where he drew water.
He Yao:......
He Yao simply couldn't understand how he could run so fast.
He could only fetch water after Mu Shaowu and then chase after Mu Shaowu with the bucket.
Ye Qingxi had already finished reciting "Quiet Night Thoughts" and "Ode to the Goose" from memory, and began reciting "Ascending the Stork Tower" from memory.
He was writing from memory when Mu Shaowu returned.
"Not bad at all." Mu Shaowu looked at the text he had finished writing. To be honest, the black and brown water tank paired with the gold lettering looked quite nice.
Ye Qingxi smiled and said, "I only have three more poems to finish."
"Then good luck!" Mu Shaowu said.
"Dad, you can do it too!"
"Okay, Dad will go refuel now!" Mu Shaowu said, picked up the bucket and ran towards the well again.
He Yao quickly walked to the water tank, poured the water in with a "whoosh," and ran away.
He ran very fast this time, just as Yang Jin and Tao Rui were talking and carrying buckets of water back. Before he knew it, He Yao bumped into Yang Jin.
Yang Jin loosened her grip, the bucket fell to the ground, and the water poured out instantly.
Yang Jin was stunned for a moment, then quickly lifted the bucket, but more than half of the water had already spilled out.
Yang Jin: ...
He Yao:......
He Yao was speechless. Didn't he watch where he was going?
Didn't you see yourself running over here?
This is a competition, bro!
Instead of making the most of every minute, you're leisurely strolling and chatting with others?!
If you want to be last, please don't drag me down!
He finally had a chance to compete fairly with Mu Shaowu, but now it's been interrupted by someone as insignificant as Yang Jin.
He Yao was utterly exhausted.
"I'm sorry, Teacher Yang," He Yao said perfunctorily.
What could Yang Jin say? She could only say, "It's nothing. You're in a hurry to fetch water, right? Go ahead."
He Yao nodded and carried the bucket forward.
Looking at the half-full bucket of water left, Yang Jin thought for a moment and decided to go and fill it with another half-full bucket.
"You go first," he said to Tao Rui.
Tao Rui didn't delay, picked up his bucket and walked forward first, while Yang Jin picked up her bucket and turned back.
After He Yao finished fetching the water, he walked a short distance forward and saw Yang Jin turn back. He thought to himself, "So fast? That shouldn't be the case. Could it be that he didn't go back to get more water and came back directly to refill his water tank?"
What were you doing all this time?!
If he hadn't dawdled and gone home earlier, I wouldn't have wasted time bumping into him.
It's impossible for him to be so far behind Mu Shaowu now!
He Yao remembered Mu Shaowu and quickly chased after him!
Live stream viewers: ? ? ?
No, he just left like that?!
[You've all seen Yang Jin, aren't you going to help her?!]
What's wrong with him? Doesn't he remember knocking over Yang Jin's bucket of water?
This is outrageous!
[It feels like he's always keeping an eye on Mu Shaowu, always trying to surpass him.]
[Yes, yes, the reason he bumped into Yang Jin was because he was chasing after Mu Shaowu.]
[Even because he was pursuing Mu Shaowu, he would rush to pour water every time he got back, so he didn't even notice when Lei Lei tried to talk to him twice.]
"That's right. Every time Mu Shaowu goes back, he talks to Ye Qingxi for a while, completely ignoring Lei Lei and only focusing on pouring water. As soon as Mu Shaowu leaves, he always rushes off in a hurry!"
So why is he staring at Mu Shaowu like that?
【What else could it be? He lost the house battle to Mu Shaowu yesterday, and he's still not satisfied, so he's determined to win this time!】
[Especially the house-grabbing battle and this water-fetching incident, both were races of speed.]
[I can't stand it, he's so competitive!]
[It's fine to be competitive, it's just a competition. But you bumped into Yang Jin, causing her water to spill. Shouldn't you compensate her for that?]
[Exactly! He really just apologized and that was it!]
[And why is Leilei always being ignored? This is a parent-child reality show!]
The viewers in the live stream were buzzing with discussion.
He Yao, however, was only focused on walking back quickly, wanting to beat Mu Shaowu.
As for why Yang Jin wasn't compensated?
Of course, it's because He Yao doesn't feel he needs to compensate Yang Jin at all.
Their collision was originally a problem involving two people.
If Yang Jin hadn't talked to Tao Rui and had been more careful about where she was going, how could they have bumped into each other?!
Besides, it wasn't just Yang Jin who suffered losses after the collision; his time was also wasted. Otherwise, how could he have fallen so far behind Mu Shaowu!
He compensated Yang Jin, but who compensated him?
He Yao felt a stomachache whenever he thought about possibly losing to Mu Shaowu in this round.
He was unwilling to accept it!
He doesn't believe it!
He Yao quickened his pace again.
It was at this moment that Ye Qingxi discovered a problem: there was a hole in their water tank.
Ye Qingxi leaned closer to the hole, resting her chin on her hand in confusion.
Did the production team accidentally receive a problematic water tank?
Just as Ye Qingxi was about to ask the host a question, she suddenly remembered something the host had said at the start of this round of the game.
He said, "If you encounter any questions during the game, you can find the answers in the baby's little toolbox, which is the box where you put your markers."
A toolbox? Why is it called a toolbox? What tools are inside?
Thinking of this, Ye Qingxi lowered her head and began rummaging through the toolbox.
He quickly found the answer.
There is a very special marker in this toolbox.
Other markers are cylindrical, but this one is truncated cone-shaped, more like a stopper made into a marker.
Ye Qingxi picked it up and slowly inserted it into the hole.
Sure enough, the hole was blocked, sealed tightly.
Ye Qingxi couldn't help but laugh. It turned out that this round of the game had this hidden secret.
I wonder if the other babies will be able to notice.
Hopefully they'll find out soon, otherwise their father will have wasted his time trying to draw water.
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