Due to a sudden accident during the live broadcast of the third episode, the ending was somewhat anticlimactic, with the guests taking Sheng Xia and Feng Jingxu to the hospital, and then the livestream was shut down.

Although the production team later came back and explained on the official account that everything was safe, it was just that the two had caught a cold and had a slight fever, which would delay their return trip, allowing netizens to breathe a sigh of relief. However, there was still some regret.

Therefore, when this episode was broadcast, it became a hot topic as soon as it started.

Yan Jing didn’t really engage much with the internet, so she was a little surprised to see the Viewers comments.

Sheng Xia had been modest before, asking them to help contribute to the views. Yan Jing thought it was just a small variety show, but she didn’t expect it to be so popular.

And from at least sixty percent of these comments, which were about Sheng Xia, she could see how popular she was.

So, was it still to lighten the mood?

Just as Yan Jing was thinking this, before she could even smile, her expression suddenly froze.

As the guests appeared one by one in the program, she stared straight at the one with calm brows and eyes, a slightly shy smile, who was hugging a little boy. Her heart skipped a beat.

… Was this, Yue Yue?

Joel obviously recognized him too. He quickly glanced around, seemingly not noticing Sheng Xia and Feng Shaoyun, and whispered in her ear, “Jing, is that Yue Yue? He’s also on the show, did you know?”

Yan Jing’s eyes flickered as she shook her head.

When she first left, although she had a bad falling out with the Shi family, as part of the agreement she had made with Shi Yulin after giving up her paintings, Shi Yulin was supposed to regularly send her photos of Shi Yue and updates on his recent condition.

But this time, Shi Yulin hadn’t told her about Shi Yue appearing on the show.

“Why? Was it out of consideration for the Shi family, or was there something they wanted to hide?”

Yan Jing’s eyes sharpened for a moment, and she couldn’t help but sit up straight.

“Uh-oh, this is going to be a mess,” System thought to herself.

Seeing the serious expressions on the other side, the system couldn’t help but panic and say, “In the original work, the female lead’s relationship with Shi Yue deepens through this program, so Shi Yue has always been firm in choosing the female lead as his mother.”

“Even when Yan Jing returned to China, she didn’t disturb them. At most, she became a background tool for the male and female leads to increase their feelings because of jealousy. But now…”

The first two episodes were still manageable, but unfortunately, Yan Jing started watching from the third episode onwards.

Even though Sheng Lanqiu learned to disguise herself, the intimacy between her and her son was obviously not as before. Moreover, it was obvious to everyone how Shi Yulin treated Shi Yue; how could Yan Jing not see the problem?

In this situation, what if she suddenly showed up and tried to take Shi Yue away?

The system couldn’t help but worry and complain quietly, “The host is obviously causing trouble in secret. Don’t think I haven’t noticed.”

Facing the system’s complaint, Sheng Xia just smiled slightly, her tone sincere and innocent, “Just relax. The plot has already gone off the rails, hasn’t it? It won’t get much worse. Isn’t it more comfortable to think like this?”

The system: “…” No, it’s even more depressing now!

—With the plot in such chaos, who is really causing it? Doesn’t the host have any sense of guilt?

However, Sheng Xia didn’t feel guilty at all for being the main culprit. Instead, she encouraged herself in her heart, saying, “Our goal is to stabilize the plot and save the world. Other plot tasks are just a slight deviation. Don’t worry about it! Let’s go, let’s go!”

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“That’s not just a slight deviation, it’s clearly a huge one…” The system tried to argue but then deflated. “Forget it, anyway, you wouldn’t listen, would you?”

Clearly, the host only knew how to sweet-talk but continued to act poorly. How had it been deceived up to now?

At this point, it was useless to regret. The system could only think in self-abandonment. Actually, what the host said made sense. Since the plot was already in such chaos, it couldn’t get much worse. As long as the plot points were maintained, it didn’t matter if there were deviations.

Might as well just go with the flow. 🙂

Sheng Xia: ^_^

And just as the system suspected, when Yan Jing saw the guests playing games at the resort to win a suite reward, she vaguely sensed that something was wrong.

Why didn’t Shi Yue seem very happy when Sheng Lanqiu praised him?

What was he thinking? Why did he make that expression?

Clearly, from the photos Shi Yulin sent her and the information she had gathered before, it was obvious that Shi Yue had a good relationship with his stepmother and should be as close as mother and son. But now… it seemed a bit distant? Was it her illusion?

Because the viewers was rolling too fast, Yan Jing couldn’t see clearly, but she could still catch a few repeating phrases:

Things like “Sheng Lanqiu can really pretend… to repent,” “Having a stepmom means having a stepdad,” “Heart aches for Yue Yue,” “PUA rhetoric”… such uncomfortable words made her frowned.

What was going on? Was Shi Yue not doing well in the Shi family?

For a moment, she felt flustered and couldn’t help but take out her phone to search for related terms online.

Even though the matter had been suppressed by the Shi family before, with the airing of this episode, Sheng Lanqiu’s past actions were dug up by enthusiastic netizens and sent to the top of the hot search list.

As a result, Yan Jing…

She naturally stumbled upon summaries about the previous “Sheng Lanqiu suspected of PUAing his stepson.”

Seeing the whole internet searching for Shi Yue’s biological mother, calling for her to take him away, Yan Jing’s heart couldn’t help but sink further.

She never thought that when she left Shi Yue at the Shi family, it was to give him a better environment, away from her hardships. Yet, she gave up everything, and the result was… this?

Was this the so-called “perfect daughter-in-law” who was constantly compared to her, gentle and virtuous, more suitable for the Shi family, treating Shi Yue like her own child?

Was Shi Yulin so indulgent? Was he even worthy of being a father? He’s worse than a beast!!

As she suppressed her anger, gripping her phone tightly, the program also aired a segment of the dads appearing.

Unlike the audience going crazy over the sweetness, Yan Jing only noticed that when Shi Yulin appeared, he was only concerned with showing affection to Sheng Lanqiu, completely ignoring Shi Yue’s situation.

She already had a bad feeling, but she didn’t expect the subsequent developments to be even more outrageous than she thought.

Even though the program team had cut out a lot of Shi Yulin’s relevant clips out of consideration, the theme of this episode was “Dads are here,” and he couldn’t be absent for the entire episode, especially since he was paired with Shi Yue.

Therefore, when the father and son were doing tasks alone to find treasure, you could still see that Shi Yulin’s expression wasn’t good, and when faced with Shi Yue’s concern, he didn’t bother to hide his impatience.

The barrage instantly became accusatory, with people replaying those missing and more extreme clips that hadn’t appeared before, and the whole internet was in an uproar, claiming “Having a stepmom means having a stepdad,” “Shi Yulin doesn’t care about his son at all.”

Even though they both hadn’t taken care of their children alone, Yin Su would still be troubled but unconditionally tolerant of his daughter’s little temper, trying to win her recognition and forgiveness. He even felt guilty towards his wife.

Feng Yan treated his children equally and, in the face of the twins’ distrust, not only did he not get angry, but he also cleverly used his patience and apologies, enticing them to improve their relationship with their mother.

As for the other two dads, one was a perfect father, and the other was a complete “son’s slave,” doing whatever his dad said.

Shi Yulin stood out among all the dads.

Not only did he lag behind in tasks, requiring the kids to comfort him, but he also always gave orders to the kid.