The breakfast on the dining table was simple, consisting of porridge and milk.
A cup of coffee was also placed beside Shen Zhiyu's breakfast.
This had always been Shen Zhiyu's habit.
Whenever she worked, she needed a cup of coffee in the morning to wake her up.
Although she had already built up a tolerance to it and it didn't do much—she still felt just as sleepy—it was a psychological placebo; with it, she felt awake.
Hearing movement from the stairwell, Butler Wang and Mother Wu looked up. "Madam, young master. Good morning."
Shen Zhiyu nodded slightly, looking at the crew members and the cameras on their shoulders. "Good morning."
"Is filming starting already?"
The crew member in charge of her explained, "Teacher Shen, the live broadcast started the moment we stepped into the villa."
Which meant everyone had been waiting for her for a while.
"Sorry to keep you waiting." Holding Zhouzhou's hand, Shen Zhiyu pointed at the camera on the crew member's shoulder. "Zhouzhou, do you see that machine?"
Zhouzhou nodded. "I know."
Yesterday, his mother had introduced him to all the camera placements in the house, so he knew this could record his interactions with his mother for everyone to watch.
Just like how he saw his mother on TV.
"Then why don't you say hello to the audience, and to grandpa, grandma, uncles, aunts, brothers, and sisters? Would you like that?"
Zhouzhou nodded and softly said, "Okay."
Encouraged by his mother, Zhouzhou lifted his delicate little face, looked at the camera, and spoke in a crisp, clear voice: "Hello, grandpas, grandmas, uncles, aunts, brothers, and sisters. My full name is Lu Yanzhou, and my nickname is Zhouzhou. I am my mother's little boy."
His delicate facial features, matched with the adorable way he shyly hugged Shen Zhiyu's calf after introducing himself, utterly melted the hearts of not only the crew members present, but also the audience in the live broadcast room.
—Wuwu, I expected the baby my Yu-baobao gave birth to would definitely be good-looking, but actually seeing him still gave me a critical hit of cuteness.
—My Yu-baobao simply birthed a duplicate of herself. Wuwu, how did she manage to skip having a boyfriend and just get such a cute and handsome baby?
—To the person above: first of all, you need to have a face like Yu-baobao's. Secondly, you need to find a man who looks like President Lu, and finally, your child has to inherit all your best features; otherwise, don't even talk about it.
—To the person above, you are so right.
—To those people above, it's not like genetic mutations don't happen. There are also ordinary-looking parents who give birth to pretty children. But the chances are minuscule. Considering everything, let's just raise kids in the cloud. It's easy, saves money, and doesn't cause headaches. Hehe...
—I declare that from now on, I am Zhoubao's mom-fan. Whoever dares to hurt my Zhoubao, I'll fight them to the death.
—I am Zhoubao's older sister-fan.
—I am Zhoubao's older brother-fan.
—I am Zhoubao's uncle-fan.
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[Favorability +1]
[Favorability +2]
[Favorability +3]
[Favorability +...]
Listening to the constantly rising favorability, Shen Zhiyu inexplicably wanted to cry.
There were still many people who liked Zhouzhou.
Xiao Bai comforted her: [With the two of us working together this time, we will definitely be able to change the little villain's fate.]
"Mhm." She pushed down her emotions, took Zhouzhou's hand, walked over to the dining table, and asked the crew members, "Have you all eaten?"
The crew members were pleasantly surprised. "We ate on the way here."
After all, as corporate wage slaves, they had just grabbed some steamed buns to get through a day of work.
Shen Zhiyu looked at Mother Wu. "Mother Wu, please prepare some snacks and fruit for everyone."
Mother Wu acknowledged the instruction and headed to the kitchen regardless of the crew's polite refusals.
Shen Zhiyu sat down at the dining table with Zhouzhou.
Zhouzhou had his own child-sized chair and held his milk bottle, clinking it in the air toward Shen Zhiyu. "Mom, cheers."
Shen Zhiyu pushed the cup of coffee beside her away. "Uncle Wang, replace this with milk for me. Switch to milk from now on."
There was a little bun growing in her belly, so coffee was no longer suitable.
Besides, she was quite awake now and didn't need coffee anyway.
Uncle Wang took the coffee away and brought her a fresh cup of warm milk.
Seeing his mother's milk arrive, Zhouzhou insisted on clinking glasses with her again.
Indulging him, Shen Zhiyu picked up her cup and tapped it against the air toward him. "Cheers."
Seeing the little milk-bundle happily sucking on his bottle, the smile on Shen Zhiyu's face deepened considerably.
This interaction between mother and son was captured by the camera and transmitted back to the audience.
Compared to the anti-fans who were still jumping around, far more people genuinely liked them.
They were both good-looking, and so far, they had no major dealbreakers.
The other guests participating in this season were also woken up by the crew.
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The Liang Family
When the crew arrived with their cameras, the Liang family had not yet woken up.
Liang Weixia was woken up and sleepily came to open the door.
Seeing the crew with their cameras, with a loud *bang*, the door slammed shut right in front of the crew and the audience.
Immediately afterward, Liang Weixia's voice came from inside: "Wait a moment, let me tidy up."
Crew: "..."
Live broadcast audience: "..."
After a brief silence, the comment section exploded into activity.
Everyone was unanimously remarking that the famously refined Three-Gold Best Actor was actually so unkempt in private.
Indeed, even though Liang Weixia had closed the door very quickly, the audience still caught sight of his newly-woke-up hair sticking straight up in an awkward tuft, oversized boxer shorts, a t-shirt, and flip-flops.
To film this show, Liang Weixia had specially rented a large flat.
At this moment, he was extremely regretful. He had always cared deeply about his public image, only to fail right at the start of the show.
Was it too late for him to salvage his dignity?
Not wanting to keep the crew waiting too long, he changed his clothes, washed up, and came back out.
When he reopened the door, he had already resumed the dashing demeanor seen on screen.
After inviting the crew inside, he explained, "You came too early; my daughter isn't awake yet."
"Make yourselves at home. I'll go wake her up."
Liang Weixia first knocked on his daughter's bedroom door.
This action made the audience sigh with emotion: He is a good father.
Knocking before entering a room was something many parents failed to do.
Getting no response, Liang Weixia turned back to explain to the crew, "She was probably too excited last night and went to sleep late."
Besides, the crew had arrived much too early.
It wasn't even six o'clock yet; which family's child woke up this early?
Anyway, no child in their family had ever woken up this early.
In the exact same situation were Xu Anxin's family and Three-Gold Best Actor Li Yuechuan's family.
Xu Anxin's kid was five years old, and Li Yuechuan's family had two kids—a five-year-old son and a three-year-old daughter—both right at the age where they loved clinging to their beds.
Even with the crew's arrival, their sleep wasn't interrupted.
Some viewers tried to be sarcastic, calling the children delicate and so on, but they were all beaten back by fans and ordinary viewers who had kids of their own.
Among this batch of guests, only Best Actress Gu Shiyu's son was the oldest, at ten years old.
When the crew arrived at their home, they found two figures—one big and one small—running in the courtyard of the Xiang family.
Up close, they discovered the bigger one was Gu Shiyu's husband, Xiang Tianlin, and the smaller figure was Gu Shiyu's son, Xiang Xianqi.
Unlike the children of other celebrities, Xiang Xianqi looked more like his domineering CEO father, sporting a face that exuded a strong sense of security. Only his eyes inherited Gu Shiyu's seductive peach-blossom eyes.
Seeing them arrive, Xiang Tianlin frowned. "You're here so early?"
Despite saying that, he still led everyone inside. "Come on in and wait."