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Chapter 70
After going through the haunted house, Shen Mingyou’s family was still in first place. No other families caught up with them, but it wasn’t clear whether they hadn’t caught up or went elsewhere first.
Once Shen Mingyou had recovered, her family got in the car and headed to the next destination without stopping.
The next challenge Shen Mingyou chose was a cooking competition. This challenge also had a requirement: it must be the father and child participating, with the father as the chef and the child helping out. The final dish had to be certified by the chef to pass the level and move on.
Jiang Chen had already shown his terrible cooking skills on the show last time, so the audience didn’t have high hopes for him and Nian Nian.
[Boss Jiang has finally hit a wall. Cooking is his weakness. Shen Mingyou’s family will probably waste a lot of time here.]
[Today’s chef is unlucky, having to taste Youzi’s brother-in-law’s cooking. So pitiful.]
[After the chef tasted Jiang Chen’s “dark cuisine” last time, I bet he never wants to eat it again. For his own stomach’s sake, he might just let him pass!]
Jiang Chen brought Nian Nian into the kitchen. The competition rules required children to help to some extent. Once in the kitchen, they had to do a certain amount of work, or they wouldn’t pass.
Shen Mingyou thought the program team’s goal was probably to have the children cause trouble.
She stood by the kitchen window, watching Jiang Chen and Nian Nian start working.
Surprisingly, the father and daughter worked smoothly. Jiang Chen assigned tasks like washing and peeling vegetables to Nian Nian, and she did quite well.
Shen Mingyou remembered that while she had been filming at the movie set, Jiang Chen would bring Nian Nian to deliver her meals. Nian Nian once mentioned that she helped her dad. It seems she really did.
Jiang Chen’s performance shocked everyone.
On camera, Jiang Chen rolled up his sleeves and began cooking skillfully. Soon, a dish that looked delicious was ready.
[Eh, why does it seem like Youzi’s brother-in-law has improved his cooking skills?]
[The way Nian Nian is helping her father doesn’t look like their first time cooking together. They work very well as a team, and Nian Nian isn’t getting in the way at all.]
[This dish, which looks so yummy, was actually made by Youzi’s brother-in-law? Incredible.]
After tasting the food, the chef nodded in satisfaction. The director had said that as long as the dishes cooked by the fathers were acceptable, the standards didn’t have to be too high. Although Jiang Chen’s dishes weren’t amazing, they were good enough to pass.
Jiang Chen’s cooking had indeed improved a lot. Though he had never been in the kitchen before, he believed that if he put his heart into something, he could do almost anything, and cooking was no exception.
Jiang Chen had actually found a chef to teach him, and with all the practice he’d had recently, he could cook a few simple home dishes.
This cooking competition gave him the perfect opportunity to show off.
The chef handed the pass card to Nian Nian and said, “Your dad’s cooking is good. Congratulations, you’ve passed.”
“Thank you!” Nian Nian took the card happily.
“You’re welcome.” The chef smiled, “Nian Nian did great today. Do you help your dad a lot at home?”
“Yeah.” Nian Nian nodded. “I often help my dad cook for my mom at home. You get used to it after doing it many times.”
The chef was surprised. “Oh, your dad cooks for your mom?”
Nian Nian nodded again. “Yeah, he does it a lot.”
[So that’s why Youzi’s husband’s cooking has improved! Turns out he’s been cooking for his wife at home.]
[Ahhh, Shen Mingyou has been filming lately, which means Youzi’s husband brought Nian Nian along to cook for her! President Jiang really spoils his wife!]
[Confirmed: Youzi’s brother-in-law is super clingy.]
…
After completing three levels, every family had to participate in a lucky wheel activity.
After coming out of the restaurant, Shen Mingyou’s family was ready for the wheel. The program crew had set up a big wheel at the door.
The lucky wheel had several options: “Go back one level”, “Go forward one level”, “Pause for five minutes”, “Pause for half an hour”, “Start from the beginning”, and “Go directly to the end”.
Among them, “Start from the Beginning” and “Go Directly to the End” occupied the smallest sections, barely a finger’s width, so the chances of landing on them were very low. The other options were much more likely.
The rules stated that only children could spin the wheel, so Nian Nian stood by it and stared at the dreaded “Start from the Beginning” option.
There were several choices, but she knew one thing for sure: she didn’t want to land on “Start from the Beginning.”
If they went back to the first level, they’d definitely be last.
Shen Mingyou and Jiang Chen were thinking the same thing. It had taken them almost three hours to complete three levels, and even with experience, starting over would take at least two more hours. By then, everyone else would probably be done.
“Nian Nian, spin it.”
“Okay.” Nian Nian grabbed the wheel and gave it a strong spin. It spun quickly, one circle, two circles… after many turns, it finally slowed down and stopped. The pointer landed on “Start from the Beginning.”
Shen Mingyou and Jiang Chen: “…”
Nian Nian thought she must have seen it wrong. She looked again, but the pointer was still on “Start from the Beginning.”
Nian Nian’s shoulders slumped. Even her round belly seemed to shrink. She hung her head and stared at her toes in silence.
[Oh no, poor Nian Nian! She actually landed on “Start from the Beginning.” How did it land on such a tiny space?]
[Hahaha, Nian Nian’s luck seems to be bad. The game has to start from the beginning. It seems that Nian Nian’s family really has no chance of getting first place.]
[Nianjiu and Du Nian[1]are affectionate nicknames used by fans or viewers to refer to Nian Nian’s parents. are both unhappy. Now among the four families, Nian Nian’s family is ranked first, but after the spin, they became the last. Nian Nian must be blaming herself.]
…
There was no way around it; the rules were the rules. They had to drive back to the starting point.
This time, Shen Mingyou drove while Jiang Chen took care of Nian Nian in the back seat.
Seeing Nian Nian was unhappy, Jiang Chen comforted her, “Nian Nian, it’s okay. The result is important, but the process is just as important. No one knows what the final result will be until the end. Until then, we just need to do our best and have a clear conscience.”
Nian Nian, who had been looking down, finally looked up and asked, “Why does Nian Nian always have bad luck?”
Jiang Chen was surprised. After thinking for a while, he realized this was what bothered Nian Nian and made her unhappy.
Jiang Chen asked, “Who said Nian Nian has bad luck?”
“No one said it. Nian Nian feels it herself.” Nian Nian explained her bad luck experiences: “In the first episode, I drew the slowest green train. On the show, I was chased by a dog and a big white goose. In kindergarten, whenever we played the lottery game, I always drew a bad one. And today’s lucky wheel…”
Nian Nian sighed, “Nian Nian is just unlucky.”
“…” Jiang Chen smiled and said, “Nian Nian, what you draw is just a matter of probability and has nothing to do with luck. As for being chased by a dog and a goose, think about it—did Brother Jiang Xu also get chased by those animals? Is he also unlucky?”
Just then, Jiang Xu called.
When the call connected, Jiang Xu’s excited voice came through: “Nian Nian, I just spun the lucky wheel and got the next level. My mom is afraid of ghosts, so we don’t have to go into the haunted house. Haha, I’m so happy. What did you get?”
Nian Nian glanced at her father and said, “I’m going to start from the beginning.”
“Ah?” Jiang Xu was surprised: “Nian Nian, why are you so unlucky!”
Jiang Xu continued, “It seems I’ll be in first place this time. But don’t worry, when I win the grand prize, I’ll share it with you!”
After hanging up, Nian Nian felt even more down: “Brother Jiang Xu is very lucky. Only Nian Nian is unlucky.”
“That’s not true,” Jiang Chen said, patting her head. “Let’s play rock-paper-scissors. If you win, it means you’re not unlucky, okay?”
Nian Nian thought she was bad at rock-paper-scissors, but when she saw her father’s fist, she decided to play.
“Rock, Paper, Scissors!” They both showed their hands.
Jiang Chen showed scissors, and Nian Nian showed cloth.
Jiang Chen: “……?”
“It’s okay, let’s play another round,” Jiang Chen said with a smile, thinking that kids always make the same moves.
In the second round, Jiang Chen used fists, and Nian Nian used scissors instead of paper.
Jiang Chen: “……?”
In the third round, Jiang Chen guessed Nian Nian would use fists since she had used paper and scissors before.
So Jiang Chen used scissors, but Nian Nian used paper.
Jiang Chen, who won three games in a row: “……?”
Was it his problem or Nian Nian’s?
Deciding not to overthink it, Jiang Chen played a few more rounds randomly, but Nian Nian eventually stopped wanting to play.
Nian Nian pouted, “Nian Nian is really an unlucky child!”
Jiang Chen: “…”
Shen Mingyou, who was driving, had been watching the father-daughter interaction. Seeing Nian Nian’s sadness, she said, “Nian Nian is definitely not an unlucky child. Do you know what the luckiest thing in my life is?”
Nian Nian asked, “What is it?”
“It’s having Nian Nian as my child,” Shen Mingyou said, stopping at a traffic light and looking back at Nian Nian. “So, as my child, do you feel lucky?”
Nian Nian nodded quickly. She loved her mother dearly and felt lucky to have her.
Mom said that because of Nian Nian, she became the luckiest mom. Nian Nian felt important and her eyes sparkled as she said, “Then, Nian Nian is also the luckiest baby in the world, right?”
Shen Mingyou: “Of course!”
Jiang Chen: “Of course!”
The couple answered together.
Hearing her parents’ reassuring words, Nian Nian’s mood brightened. She smiled, sat up straight in her car seat, and pointed ahead: “Mom, hurry up, we have to take first place!”
[Sure enough, our sister Youzi’s comforting words worked. Mr. Jiang tried to cheer her up with games, but it didn’t work. In the end, sister Youzi’s single sentence turned Nian Nian’s mood around!]
[Hahaha, isn’t Nian Nian the luckiest baby in the world? Her father is Jiang Chen, and her mother is Shen Mingyou. They are rich and loving. If Nian Nian is not lucky, then who is?]
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