Free Web NovelChapter 6: Chapter 6: Be Good, Let’s Not Live Anymore
The set roared with laughter.
The live comments were also flooded with "haha," creating a world where Zhong Siqi was the only one suffering.
Director Guo looked at Zhong Mingrui with satisfaction. ’What a wise little boy,’ he thought.
Seeing Director Guo’s look of satisfaction, the "wise" little boy grew even prouder. "You bad director-uncle! Don’t even think about making me go hungry this time!"
Zhong Mingrui contentedly hugged his brother’s wallet. The experience of starving with his brother last episode had left him with a deep-seated trauma.
Ever since then, he couldn’t live without money. Money bought food; no money meant going hungry.
Director Guo paused, then chuckled as a thought occurred to him.
"Little partner Zhong Mingrui~ are you sure the item you want to choose is the wallet?" he asked, deliberately emphasizing the word "wallet."
Zhong Mingrui nodded instinctively.
"But you can only bring three items, and there are definitely more than three things inside that wallet~"
Zhong Mingrui fell into deep thought.
Director Guo pressed his advantage. "I just asked, and you said you chose your wallet. So now, Uncle is going to have to take everything inside it out~"
Zhong Mingrui could only watch helplessly as his money disappeared, leaving him with just an empty wallet.
[Girls are really natural-born nurturers! Baby Yingying is so considerate!]
[Zhong Mingrui, you’re such a great little brother hahaha. But speaking of which, are all guys that obsessed with taking a dump?]
[Hahahaha Zhong Mingrui’s most-traveled winding road is the director’s trap hahahaha.]
[Zhong Siqi’s I-can’t-bear-to-look expression is killing me! And Zhong Mingrui is petrified haha.]
[HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.]
"Waaaaah, Brother! Waaaah, we’re going to starve again, waaaaah." Little Zhong Mingrui was learning about the treachery of adults, his small heart bearing a burden too great.
Zhong Siqi, looking like he’d lost the will to live, ruffled his brother’s hair. "Be a good boy. Let’s just not live anymore."
Gu Xulin also ruffled Gu Zhao’s hair, glancing at the three novels in her arms. "Maybe we shouldn’t bother living either."
Gu Zhao nodded. "In ’dat case, can you ask Sec’nd Bwother to get me ’dat golden slide-top coffin and pink ash box he pwomised me last time?"
Gu Xulin: ???
"He’s that generous? I asked him for something last time and he wouldn’t give it to me!" Gu Xulin’s composure shattered.
"He didn’t make any demands?"
"Nope! Sec’nd Bwother was super nice! He wanted to take me to da cwematorium wight away."
Gu Xulin: ??? ’Little fool.’
Director Guo: ??? ’Can we even air this?!!’
Everyone: ???
Netizens: ??!!!!!
Stunned by Gu Zhao’s comment, Director Guo, fearing the show would get a warning, quickly asked the little partners a simple question to move the topic along.
Ye Zuiyi’s expression soured. Seeing Gu Zhao surrounded by everyone, she couldn’t help but re-evaluate this "fake young miss" of a sister.
She had planned to use her specialized knowledge to get some screen time, but thanks to Gu Zhao, the director never even asked her why she chose her items!
Ye Zexi also frowned at Gu Zhao.
’Is Gu Zhao not even trying to win over her new family?’
’It seems life hasn’t been good for her since she left the Ye Family.’
’If only she would swallow her pride... and promise not to compete with Yibao for things in the future, it wouldn’t be impossible for him to take her back home.’
Gu Zhao was oblivious to Ye Zexi’s thoughts. If she had known, she would have been disgusted for a good while.
Now, they faced a new problem.
"What? We have to go on our own?? Even Director Zhou the Skinner isn’t as cruel as you! Wuyin Ridge is so far from here! At least give us a car!"
Gu Xulin was truly filled with regret. ’I must have been an idiot! Signing up for a variety show like this!’
The director rejected their request and drove off!
"I’ll be waiting for you at the finish line~"
The dust rose, and the dust settled.
The guests stared at each other as the crew members all piled onto their vehicles, leaving behind only the small, flying camera-bugs—the latest in modern technology—hovering over each person’s head.
They could broadcast a live feed in real time.
Ye Zuiyi’s expression returned to normal, and she put on her sweet, obedient smile again. "Brother! I know how to get there! We can work part-time first, then take the bus."
Ye Zexi was hesitant. If he, the second young master of the Ye Family, was seen doing manual labor, he’d be ridiculed to death by his social circle.
But seeing the excited look on his sister’s face, he couldn’t bring himself to refuse.
Besides, the thought that his sister had lived such a hard life before she was found made his heart ache, and he was even less able to deny her request.
"Alright, whatever you say. Our Yibao is so smart." His eyes were filled with affection for the little girl before him.
[I thought rich young ladies wouldn’t even know a thing like ’the bus’ existed.]
[LMAO this is hilarious. Sister: Let’s get a job, Brother! Brother: *Pupils quaking!* Haha, when in his life has the Second Young Master ever worked a day?]
Her idea approved, Ye Zuiyi immediately turned to Gu Zhao. "Sister, come with us! We’ll have a better chance of earning money if we look out for each other."
Ye Zuiyi extended the invitation to Gu Zhao.
"I’m awwergic to work! As soon as I touch it, my heart pounds, I can’t bweathe, and I feel like fainting." Gu Zhao refused perfunctorily.
’I’m a kid! I’m not going to work. Besides, who would be brave enough to hire me? You think the tea at the police station tastes that good?’
Ye Zuiyi wasn’t angry at the rejection. She was actually hoping Gu Zhao wouldn’t go. It would be best if she continued to act crazy, as it would only serve to highlight her own calm and resourcefulness.
"Okay," Ye Zuiyi said, lowering her head with a disappointed look on her face.
Tong Jianfeng pulled Tong Yunxin over to Ye Zexi’s side and said with a smile, "You don’t mind if we join you, do you?"
Ye Zexi nodded. "Welcome."
Ye Zuiyi also welcomed them in a sweet voice, "Hello, Uncle Tong~"
Tong Jianfeng beamed, reaching out to pat Ye Zuiyi’s hair. "Yibao is such a good girl, so much more sensible than this quiet little gourd of mine!"
As he spoke, he glanced at the silent, head-down Tong Yunxin, his tone half-joking. "If Xiao Xin were half as lively as you, Uncle would wake up laughing from my dreams."
Tong Yunxin clutched her teddy bear tighter, her head bowed in silence.
Gu Zhao, who was squatting off to the side, overheard their conversation and glanced at them before looking up at the sparrows on the power line.
"What are you looking at?" Zhong Mingrui ran over, copied her by squatting down, and looked up at the sparrows.
Drool unconsciously dripped from the corner of his mouth. "They’re so fat! They must be delicious."
Gu Zhao: "Dey’re yummy! But dey’re a bit expensive."
The chubby little sparrows on the wire stiffened, and then their chirping grew even more frantic.
"This little two-legged beast is so rude! He actually wants to eat us!"
"I know, right! How mean! I want to poop all over his face."
"Diet! I’m starting a diet tomorrow, chirp! I don’t wanna be eaten! I haven’t even eaten myself yet."
Zhong Mingrui licked his lips. "It wouldn’t be hard. They’re so small, preparing them should be easy."
"But if you eat dem, your bwother will be hawled off to jail! One bite, one awwest."
Zhong Mingrui’s jaw dropped in disbelief.
"Really! Then I definitely have to eat one!"
"How about a big slap instead!" Zhong Siqi arrived just in time to hear his brother’s sell-out speech. Furious, he gave his butt two sharp smacks.
The sparrows on the wire hopped up and down in excitement.
"Chirp chirp! Look, look! The two-legged beast cub is getting his butt spanked!"
"Chirp! But isn’t that a little too harsh? When our sparrow mommies discipline us, they just pat us with their little wings. It doesn’t hurt at all."
Zhong Siqi, oblivious to the sparrows’ commentary, finished disciplining his brother and looked at Gu Xulin. "Brother Lin, want to team up?"
"Sure," Gu Xulin said, looking at him with an eager-to-learn expression. "You’ve got a good technique for hitting your brother."
Zhong Siqi’s eyes lit up. ’A kindred spirit!’ He replied proudly, "It’s nothing, merely a matter of practice."
