On the first night in Ankang Ancient Town,

　　Lin Mingqi didn’t bring any spare clothes, so after taking a shower he had to wear the bathrobe provided by the homestay. The rough texture of the fabric made him feel very uncomfortable. Although he was uncomfortable, he didn’t dare to say it. As long as he said it, Gu Qianjing would definitely ask him, “Do you think you are the Princess and the Pea?”

　　During this meeting, Lin Mingqi felt that Gu Qianjing was like a firecracker that could be ignited at any time.

　　Then Lin Mingqi had never slept on such a hard palm mattress. All night long, either Gu Qianjing kicked him or Xiao Shu hit him on his head. In the end, he had to sleep in a corner all night.

　　When Lin Mingqi got up the next day, his waist was about to break. He walked around the room like a pregnant woman, holding his waist to stretch his muscles.

　　After washing her face, Gu Qianjing sat in front of the dressing table and started to put on makeup.

　　Lin Mingqi walked over holding his waist and saw Gu Qianjing patting several layers of water on her face. He walked over again holding his waist and saw Gu Qianjing applying a layer of lotion on her face.

　　Foundation, loose powder, eyeliner, mascara… Lin Mingqi counted them, and when Gu Qianjing picked up the 10th thing and put it on her face, he couldn’t help but say something.

　　”Hey, I’m curious about one thing. Have you ever been bitten by a mosquito?”

　　”?”

　　Lin Mingqi pointed at his face and said, “You’ve put so much stuff on it, it can’t bite you even if you want to, right?”

　　After saying this, he also found a particularly vivid metaphor, “It’s like wanting to eat cake, but when you take a bite, oh my god, the cream is too thick!”

　　Gu Qianjing didn’t stop what she was doing. She looked at Lin Ming with her nose up, with a few words written in her eyes: Get out if you don’t want to stay here!

　　To be honest, before yesterday, Gu Qianjing was really a little afraid of Lin Mingqi. She was afraid because she was afraid that he would know about the original owner’s past.

　　Now that he knew everything, Gu Qianjing had nothing to be afraid of. She simply gave up and started to confront Lin Mingqi, showing no mercy at all as if she was teaching her own grandson a lesson. She had only one thought in her mind: at worst, they could just break up!

　　Lin Mingqi was also strange. Before coming to Ankang, he was confused and irritable and couldn’t find an outlet to vent his emotions. After coming to Ankang, he was given a few cold looks by Gu Qianjing, and he became more at ease, as if he was born to be confronted.

　　There were several knocks on the door. Lin Mingqi held his waist and walked over to open the door.

　　The middle-aged and fat Huang Wei was standing outside the door. With Lin Mingqi’s height, as soon as he opened the door, his sight met his iconic boiled egg head.

　　Huang Wei had a flattering smile on his face. “Boss Lin, I heard from my assistant yesterday that you were here. It was too late so I didn’t come to disturb you. I’m sorry, sorry.”

　　Lin Mingqi held his waist and blocked the door, “It’s okay, I just stopped by to see… to see Xiaoshu.”

　　”So…” Huang Wei chose his words carefully, “How many days do you plan to stay?”

　　Lin Mingqi thought for a moment and said, “You guys will finish the recording in a few days. I’ll wait until the show is finished and pick up my wife and Xiaoshu to go together.”

　　”Ah…Is that so?” Huang Wei rubbed his hands and replied cautiously.

　　”It’s like this, Mr. Lin. After all, we are recording a program. It’s definitely no problem for you to stay here. You can stay as long as you want. But our program has regulations, and we can’t spend our own money. You see…” Are you feeling a little passive staying here?

　　Gu Qianjing put on a pumpkin-colored matte lipstick on her lips and replied,

　　”Lin Mingqi, please go back quickly and don’t embarrass the director. The production team has its own rules.”

　　Xiao Shu had his eyes fixed on the picture book and was listening to the adults talking with his little ears perked up.

　　Hearing this, he threw down the picture book, climbed down from the big bed in a hurry, casually pulled on his slippers, ran to Gu Qianjing, hugged his mother’s thighs, raised his big watery eyes, and released his pitiful killer move.

　　Please, mom, don’t chase dad away. Xiaoshu wants dad!

　　Gu Qianjing couldn’t bear to see the pitiful look of the little boy, even though she knew he was pretending. He had clearly vowed yesterday that he would let his father stay for one night, but today he was not on the same page with his mother.

　　Stop…

　　Ever since Lin Mingqi came, Xiao Shu has been siding with his mother on the surface, but in fact he is secretly partial to his father. What a little rascal!

　　Gu Qianjing avoided Xiaoshu’s sight, raised her neck, and looked at Lin Mingqi proudly, “You know we only have 100 yuan a day for living expenses, right?”

　　Lin Mingqi immediately assured, “I eat very little, and I can eat even less in the future, and I can even practice fasting.”

　　Gu Qianjing, “I…” You’re relying on me, right?

　　Then, Gu Qianjing, who appeared to be disgusted, was defeated under Xiao Shu’s scorching gaze. She flicked her sleeves and thought, “Forget it, I’ll give this man a bite to eat. Let his business partners and subordinates see how he feeds on women. Humph!”

　　Huang Wei touched his almost extinct hair and added another rule, “Mr. Lin, to be fair, there will be a camera team following you. Is that okay?” It just so happened that the camera team that had been filming Deng Li was now free.

　　”OK.”

　　Lin Mingqi seemed to be in a really good mood. He agreed generously and walked back to the room, holding his waist.

　　Huang Wei actually always wanted to ask Mr. Lin what was wrong with his waist, but he was afraid of saying something he shouldn’t, so he bit his tongue and didn’t say it.

　　Gu Qianjing and Lu Yi used to spend their money together, but now that there is an extra mouth to feed at home, she can no longer take advantage of Lu Yi.

　　She counted the money and found that she had spent 120 yuan on hotpot yesterday, and had 80 yuan left, which was exactly 40 yuan for the family.

　　When she gave the money to Lu Yi, she refused, “There are three people in your family. How can 40 yuan be enough for breakfast and lunch? Let’s share it.”

　　”It’s really okay.” Gu Qianjing pushed the money back. “It’s no use giving me an extra share. I can think of a way myself.”

　　40 yuan, how to allocate?

　　Gu Qianjing thought about it. For breakfast, the two adults each had a fried dough stick and a bowl of soy milk, which cost 8 yuan in total. Xiaoshu needed to supplement his nutrition, so in addition to the fried dough stick and soy milk, he would also have a boiled egg. Xiaoshu’s breakfast cost 6 yuan, so 14 yuan was gone for breakfast.

　　With 26 yuan left, I can only buy groceries and cook for myself at noon, which can barely get me through the day.

　　This kind of bitterness of budgeting is exactly the same as the situation when Gu Qianjing was a social animal and was short of money at the end of the month before she transmigrated into the book.

　　I never expected it, I never expected that even after dressing up as a rich lady, I live worse than a office worker.

　　The Lin family of three went downstairs. Little kids Lin Mingqi and Lin Shufeng followed Gu Qianjing with sad faces, and obediently listened to the “lecture” from the mistress, the only one who earned money in the family.

　　Gu Qianjing walked in front in a domineering manner, even though her foot was injured and she couldn’t wear high heels, so her momentum was a little weaker.

　　”Listen carefully, you two. When we get to the breakfast stand, adults can only have soy milk and fried dough sticks, and Lin Shufeng can order an extra boiled egg. You can’t order anything else. Do you understand? If you order too much, we won’t have the money to pay.”

　　Li Yunhua and Xiu Ziheng were sitting in the restaurant next to the garden to have breakfast. She had known last night that Lin Mingqi was coming. Li Yunhua guessed that Lin Mingqi’s rush over must be related to He Chun’s recording.

　　She asked people about it, and He Chun insisted to the end that Gu Qianjing had indeed abused Xiao Shu. This incident gave Li Yunhua new hope, and she bet that Gu Qianjing would really fail this time.

　　Thinking of this, Li Yunhua instantly felt that she was fine again. She restrained her emotions, a gentle smile appeared on the corners of her lips, and she waved towards Lin Mingqi.

　　Lin Mingqi didn’t notice her at all, all his attention was on Gu Qianjing’s lecture, “Well, what are fried dough sticks?”

　　”Have you never eaten fried dough sticks?” Gu Qianjing glanced at him with disdain, “The life of rich people is really boring!”

　　”Just speak your mind, don’t make personal attacks all the time.”

　　”Did I attack you? I attacked the rich.”

　　”Then am I not rich…” Lin Mingqi suddenly remembered that he now had to rely on Gu Qianjing even for a bowl of soy milk. How could he be considered a rich man? She was not talking about him. He must have misunderstood.

　　The netizens in the live broadcast room were all stunned at first, and then the comment section exploded.

　　[Is this handsome man Mr. Lin? Why is he here? ]

　　[It is indeed Lin Mingqi. The official Weibo of “Different Moms” posted a message saying that he came last night and will participate in the subsequent recordings in Ankang Town.]

　　[No wonder Qianqian’s live broadcast room was closed very early yesterday, it turned out that the big boss came! Oh my god, it hits, it hits, the real-life version of the overbearing president and the stupid beauty. ]

　　[One of the highlights of this show is that the mothers earn money to support their families. Could it be that Mr. Lin is here to bring money into the group? That would be too unfair to the other families.]

　　[Don’t worry, it’s not like that. Mr. Lin still has to live off Sister Qian. ]

　　[Hahahahaha, I never thought that I would be able to live like the richest man and eat his free food in my lifetime. I am looking forward to it.]

　　[Am I the only one who noticed that Li Yunhua wanted to say hello just now, but Mr. Lin’s eyes were all on Sister Qian and he didn’t see her at all. Hahahahaha, so awkward! ]

　　[I saw it too. To be honest, Li Yunhua was smiling very gently at that time. I didn’t expect that Mr. Lin would just look at Sister Qian with a confused face and ask, “What are fried dough sticks?” Hahahahaha, I am dying of laughter! ]

　　On the dew-soaked stone roadside, steam was rising from the breakfast stalls.

　　Ankang Ancient Town is very small, and the people eating breakfast at the breakfast stalls are all neighbors. When they saw Gu Qianjing’s family coming, they just greeted them warmly and turned their heads to continue the conversation.

　　”Hey, do you know? The second son of the Yang family at the East Gate and the eldest daughter of the Du family at Sifang Street are in love!”

　　”Oh, really? Didn’t the eldest daughter of the Du family get divorced?”

　　”Young people nowadays don’t care about these things!”

　　People who live here live a happy life. They are content to drink a bowl of soy milk and chat about gossip. Even if they know they are big stars who came to the city to record a show, they are not surprised. There will not be the kind of scene where they ask for autographs or take photos, or are treated like the center of attention.

　　Gu Qianjing liked this feeling very much. She didn’t have that embarrassing feeling of being admired all the time. She felt very relaxed and warm.

　　The tables and chairs at the snack stand were short square tables and small stools. This size was just right for Xiao Shu and barely acceptable to Gu Qianjing, but it was too difficult for the tall and long-legged Lin Mingqi. He unbuttoned his slim-fitting haute couture suit and then sat down reluctantly, with his long legs bent in front of him with nowhere to put.

　　Fried dough sticks and soy milk are ready, and the food comes as soon as people sit down.

　　Lin Mingqi looked at the unfamiliar food and didn’t know how to eat it.