The Chinese Spirit's Family Rescue Adventure

A strange child barged into the variety show recording site, and not a single person on the program team noticed. They even let the child record the show with the star guests for a whole day!

— This was so bloody absurd. It definitely deserved a spot in the top 10 of the most outrageous news of the year. Even novels wouldn't dare to write it like this.

The top priority now was to help the child find her family. Any family whose child had been missing for a day would be frantic.

The director, Jian Lin, walked up to the angry Suisui. She was twenty-eight years old, and "Peach Blossom Spring" was her first major project.

Jian Lin had a friendly appearance. Even stray cats on the street liked to rub against her. She thought she had great affinity and should have no problem communicating with the little cub.

She crouched down halfway to be at eye level with Suisui and smiled. "Little friend, your name is Suisui, right?"

Suisui gave her a wary look and pursed her small mouth tightly, not saying a word.

"Suisui, where are your parents?"

Suisui turned her head to the side, and her chubby cheeks jiggled.

Jian Lin widened her smile and tried to show more kindness. "Little friend, do you live in the mountains?"

This time, Suisui finally gave a response: "Humph!"

╭(╯^╰)╮, her small face puffed up like a puffer fish.

Jian Lin was defeated. Then the pretty lady with candies came forward. Usually, kids would be attracted to pretty ladies, but Suisui was so tough and didn't bud for a moment.

Then a handsome young man came on stage...

In the blink of an eye, all the staff members gathered around Suisui and took turns trying to get close to the little cub. Jian Lin retreated to the blind spot by the door, her expression tense, not knowing what she was thinking.

Wen Chi's agent, Xia Kai, was standing next to her. He had just quietly checked on Wen Chi's condition and felt relieved. Now that he had some free time, he looked at his friend and thought that Jian Lin was worried about Suisui.

He couldn't help muttering, "I mean, why did you show up at this time? It's a good thing I called you last night, otherwise..."

"Ugh!" Jian Lin suddenly covered her mouth, her face turning red.

Xia Kai was startled. "What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell? Did you get tired from the long journey..."

"So cute." Jian Lin managed to squeeze out three words, her eyes shining.

Xia Kai: "... Huh?"

Jian Lin changed from covering her mouth to cupping her face, her eyes almost turning into heart shapes. "How can there be such a cute little cub? I really want to put her in a sack and take her home!"

"..."

"Is a pink sack okay?"

"... Kidnapping children is illegal, thank you." Xia Kai was extremely speechless at his friend.

"Boring." After a pause, Jian Lin restrained her exaggerated expression and raised an eyebrow. "To be honest, I kind of regret it. I should have listened to Qian Hui and just let the show go on. Look at the traffic this little one has brought. Overnight sensation!"

Qian Hui was the assistant director.

Xia Kai glared at her. "How could you be like this!"

Jian Lin argued back. "With tens of millions of investment and dozens of employees, they all need to make a living, mate!"

Xia Kai got anxious. "No, we can't do this. We have to be decent!"

"Pfft." Jian Lin laughed and got back to being serious. "Just kidding. I've sent people to ask around in the nearby villages. I guess we'll get a reply soon."

Xia Kai was skeptical.

Soon, he heard Jian Lin asking her assistant about the online reaction. The assistant said, "It's already at the sixth spot on the trending list. There are a lot of people paying attention, and a lot of people scolding us too."

Jian Lin didn't care at all. "It's okay. Step up the efforts!"

Looking back and seeing Xia Kai, Jian Lin chuckled twice. "Make good use of it, got it?"

Xia Kai didn't say anything. He knew that Jian Lin was under a lot of pressure. To get Wen Chi on the guest list, she had promised her superiors.

These days, in the entertainment industry, companies would do anything for hype. Just like the assistant director, Qian Hui. He had noticed something was wrong with Suisui's identity last night, but for the sake of the show's popularity, he pretended to be stupid. If there hadn't been only one aerial camera, he would have chased Suisui to film her going out.

On the contrary, Jian Lin stopped everything as soon as she rushed back in the morning and brought people to deal with it.

Xia Kai thought to himself: My friend still retained the kindness from her school days and hadn't been corrupted by the entertainment industry...

"Tell the publicity team to hire some online trolls to stir up the topic. It doesn't matter if we get scolded. Being infamous is also a kind of fame! Oh, and seize the point that our show has no script. Make sure the label sticks!"

Looking at Jian Lin whispering instructions and her assistant nodding vigorously, Xia Kai thought: She's gone bad. There's no hope!

He decided to stay away from his "black-hearted" friend and strolled back to Wen Chi.

Wen Chi didn't notice Xia Kai approaching. He was standing outside the crowd surrounding Suisui, staring blankly in the direction where Suisui was blocked.

"I thought you hated kids." Xia Kai blurted out.

Wen Chi came to his senses and touched the switched-off microphone. "Why do you say that?"

Xia Kai: "In the past, whenever you saw kids, especially little girls, you couldn't wait to walk around them. This is the first time I've seen you be so nice to a little cub."

Wen Chi pressed his lips together. "You're overthinking it."

Xia Kai didn't believe it. "Really?"

Wen Chi: "I just want to send her away as soon as possible."

After saying that, Wen Chi moved a little further into the corner, not caring at all that the focus of the live broadcast room had shifted from him to Suisui.

Xia Kai didn't ask any more questions. He glanced at the iPad and gasped. "This... this! The number of viewers in your live broadcast room has exceeded a million! Before, the highest was less than three hundred thousand!"

Wen Chi, the former top star, had fallen hard. In the past, during brand event live broadcasts, there were easily over ten million viewers. Now, the highest was less than three hundred thousand, including the data contributed by haters.

But now, this number had more than tripled and was still growing.

Wen Chi glanced at the excited Xia Kai. "Do you think these people are here for me?"

A bucket of cold water doused Xia Kai's excitement. "... Oh."

He kind of understood Jian Lin now — Criticize Jian Lin, understand Jian Lin, become Jian Lin!

At that moment, a large group of people walked in from outside the yard. The first few were wearing very conspicuous police uniforms. After entering the yard, they politely asked, "Who's in charge here?"

The small thatched cottage instantly fell silent, and the barrage in the live broadcast room was scrolling crazily.

In the silence, someone trembled and shouted, "We're innocent! We're not child kidnappers!"