Youyou didn’t want to continue her education after she graduated. Coupled with the fact that her adoptive parents were elderly, she opted to return to Huacheng to work.
She majored in media during her undergraduate and postgraduate studies. Capital University’s School of Media was ranked best in the country. Youyou landed a position on Huacheng TV Station’s satellite TV channel with ease.
She became a member of the team as a variety show scenarist-director. Recently, satellite TV was preparing for a certain S++ level program with a high level of confidentiality. She was so busy every day that she couldn’t take more than two days off in a month.
Youyou’s work came to an end on that day. She couldn’t wait to get to her brother’s house and play with her little nephew, whom she hadn’t seen in a long time.
Little Lychee was fond of his aunt. When he saw Youyou approaching, he turned around her feet like a puppy.
Youyou picked him up and kissed him all over, till she kissed the little lychee into a little tomato, and then she let go.
Little Lychee’s cheek was painted with lipstick. The palm of his hand turned red when he stretched out and touched it.
Li Cheng hadn’t seen his sister in quite some time. He swiftly dragged her over and carefully examined her up and down to take her measure. “Society University,” as the adage goes, was indeed the best school. Youyou had been at the TV station for little over half a year and had entirely lost the childishness of the ivory tower. She changed out of her hoodie and jeans into a body-hugging dress and high heels. She’d grown in confidence and maturity.
Youyou held her tiny nephew in her arms, looked across the sofa at the two individuals sitting across from her, and got right to the point. “Brother, sister-in-law, I came today to discuss some proper business with you.”
Li Cheng: “Hey! What do you mean, you heartless little girl? Isn’t it proper business to pay a visit to your elder brother?”
“…That too.” Youyou cleared her throat and hurriedly took out a hefty business plan file from her bag, which she pushed to her brother. “It’s like this. The variety program I’m currently working on is about to go live. “Where are the cubs?” is a parent-child variety show. It’s the very first…”
“Where are the cubs?” was primarily conceived as a slow variety show. Each season had a different set of guests. Two episodes of the program were all about family. It documented the dribs and drabs of a little family’s day-to-day lives. It wasn’t like other variety shows where contestants had to do “tasks” or “compete for talent.”
To be honest, Li Cheng had gotten numerous invites to variety shows since his retirement. As per current trend, in addition to inviting stars, variety shows liked to invite athletes ─ athletes had excellent physical strength and were especially compatible with activities that were energetic and needed jumping around. They were not arrogant in the least. Not only did they brighten up the mood, but their appearance fee was far lower than that of stars.
Every month, Li Cheng’s teammates who retired at the same time ran around for guest appearances and business performances. They were supposed to be capable of making a lot of money.
However, the present Li Cheng was not short on money. He only wanted to be a high school coach and take that stinking bunch of boys and girls to fight for a few gold medals.
As a result, Li Cheng had turned down every offer for a variety show.
But this time, the offer was different: it was an invitation for their three-person family to participate in a parent-child variety show! Li Cheng was completely confident in his younger sister. Youyou would never put this strategy in front of him if there was something shady about this show.
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He tilted his head to gaze at the alpha next to him ─ after living together for so long, Li Cheng was well acquainted with Xiao Yiheng’s demeanor. He was low-key, steady, and completely absorbed in his paintings. Xiao Yiheng was a painter, and a painter expressed himself through his work. Too much exposure was the biggest no-no for him. He would be mocked for “stir-frying a personality” if he did not exercise caution and crossed the line.
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Li Cheng was far more surprised than his younger sister. He was at a loss for words as he gazed at Xiao Yiheng: “You…”
Xiao Yiheng took his hand in his and added, “I’d like to cherish this memory for our three-person family. We’ll watch the program again when Zhizhi is older. It’ll be very interesting.”
Little Lychee turned his head in confusion when he heard his name. He had no idea what his fathers and aunt were talking about. What is a variety show? What is a program? Can I eat it?
Xiao Lizhi was still a child, like a soft and sticky fat dumpling at the moment, but time flies. One year, two years, three years… Time forever urges people to move forward. He’d find his niche, start school, wear a red scarf, and make a lot of new friends… He’d look as handsome as Dad Xiao, his personality would be as joyful as Dad Li, and he would have as many boyfriends and girlfriends as Aunt Youyou…
Xiao Lizhi would no longer be a child in the blink of an eye.
He would grow into a teenager, then a young man, then an adult, and he would meet someone along the way, just as Li Cheng met Xiao Yiheng.
All of this will happen in a flash.
Xiao Yiheng wanted to document their three-person family’s daily life before Xiao Lizhi grew up, and the invitation to this variety program was just what he needed.
Besides, who says that low-key people don’t like to show affection?
He couldn’t wait to show the world how adorable his Little Lychee was.
… …
The “Where are the cubs?” program crew revealed their first guests on the official website. All social media platforms exploded when Li Cheng’s three-person family photo appeared on the poster.
“Damn, did I misread? The first guest is actually Xiao Yiheng, the painter? He rarely participates even in media interviews. How did he end up recording this type of variety show?”
“Ah, ah, ah! It’s actually Li Cheng!!! There hasn’t been any news regarding Captain Li since he retired. I didn’t expect to see him on TV again!”
“What! Li Cheng and Xiao Yiheng are a couple? What! They’re married? What! Their child is three years old???! I feel like the dimension wall has been breached…”
“Upstairs, you don’t usually pay attention to entertainment news, do you? Li Cheng announced his retirement at the Olympics. Xiao Yiheng proposed to him after the award ceremony! Come, come, come! Click here to enjoy the romantic proposal that has been shown on over 100 news programs around the world!”
“Is it just me who is taking notice of the tiny darling? Little Lychee is an unrivaled sweet pea! His features are a perfect blend of his parents’ best qualities. Handsome like A, and valiant like O!”
After the official announcement of the program, the marketing accounts responded instantly. The editors labored tirelessly to compile the gossip and organize it into a 10000-word article. They used photographs and exquisite poetic language to recount Li Cheng and Xiao Yiheng’s romantic journey over the previous ten years… After it was published, it received 100,000+ pageviews and went viral on the circle of friends.
Li Cheng couldn’t resist his curiosity and opened the gossip article while squatting in the toilet.
─ Whoa! Aren’t the editors of these marketing accounts all reincarnations of police dogs? How on earth can they dig up such trivial things!
The comprehensive contents of the 10,000-word-long article even uncovered a discussion about the two of them in the school forum when Li Cheng was in high school.
Li Cheng was the “school tyrant” and “Huacheng’s First Big Brother” at the time, while Xiao Yiheng was the “study god” and “cold and aloof Adonis.” Nobody expected these two polar opposites to fall into the river of love and become sweethearts.
Li Cheng read the lengthy article with delight, following the timeline and recalling his experiences along the way one by one..
At the age of seventeen, they faced separation as soon as they got together. Li Cheng headed north for training, but Xiao Yiheng flew thousands of kilometers in the bitter cold. They hugged, kissed, and shared a simple “birthday cake” across the training center’s fence.
At the age of eighteen, Li Cheng won his first world championship and eagerly wanted to share his delight with Xiao Yiheng, but he did not expect Xiao Yiheng to be trapped by his parents. He climbed a tree with tremendous zeal, wanting to play out “hero saves the beauty.”
At the age of twenty, he was a student at Capital University and shared a rented apartment off campus with Xiao Yiheng. That year, they also recorded a variety program. Hmm… This marketing account is quite attentive; even a ten-year-old show has been unearthed.
At the age of twenty-seven, Li Cheng retired, and Xiao Yiheng proposed in public. He put on the ring in front of hundreds of millions of spectators worldwide.
At the age of twenty-eight, their Little Lychee was born. He was soft and small, and the most precious gift he had received in this life. His stupid sister actually solicited for the child’s name on Weibo, only to make a secret public.
At the age of thirty, their family moved back to Huacheng. Li Cheng became a constantly worrying swimming coach, who bravely engaged in a battle of wits with the bear children every day; Xiao Yiheng had two solo exhibitions. Each of his paintings was sought for by collectors, and he had established himself as a well-known young painter both at home and abroad…
It turned out that they had unwittingly already experienced so many things and had worked together to create such a wonderful life.
Li Cheng recalled these bits and pieces while laughing foolishly at the phone screen.
Xiao Yiheng knocked on the washroom door at this time.
“ChengCheng, you’ve been sitting in the toilet for a long time. Do you have a bad stomach?”
“Oh! No, no, I’m not using the toilet, I’m reading gossip,” Li Cheng quickly explained.
He forwarded the 10000-word-long article written by the marketing account to Xiao Yiheng’s cell phone while holding his pants in one hand.
Xiao Yiheng frowned: “What exactly is this? – “They have walked together for 13 years from the boisterous podium to the peaceful gallery; this is the true manifestation of love.” Why are these phrases so sour; did the author dip in vinegar before writing them?”
“Read it, read it, this article is about the two of us!” Li Cheng exclaimed hurriedly.
It was ludicrous to Xiao Yiheng. “Nobody knows what occurred between us better than you and me. Why do you want to read what the marketing account has written?”
“It feels different.” Li Cheng clicked on the article. “I think they are very talented. They have the ability to make seemingly insignificant things, such as our love, sound enthralling. It’s intriguing. Even the reader’s comments at the end are entertaining. For example, this—”
Li Cheng read aloud pretentiously: “─’I also watched the couple’s variety shows ten years ago. I was still in junior high school at the time and had not yet differentiated. I was both jealous and admiring when I witnessed Li Cheng and Xiao Yiheng kiss, hug, and be lovey-dovey on TV. At the time, I vowed that in the future, I would find a boyfriend who had only me in his eyes. I would definitely have a sweet love!!!… I never imagined ten years later Li Cheng and Xiao Yiheng would bring their child to the show and I would still be a single dog.'”
Xiao Yiheng: “…”
Li Cheng: “Hahaha, it’s so funny! This person must be exaggerating, right? How can someone go ten years without finding a boyfriend?”
“…” Xiao Yiheng cleared his throat nervously, “ChengCheng, please let me remind you that when the production team arrives to film the program tomorrow, you must control yourself in front of the camera and must not utter nonsense.”
Li Cheng: “?”
“I’m scared you’ll drown in the wrath of singles.”
Li Cheng really knows how to rub it in. Xiao Yiheng got that right lmao
HAHAHA “haw can someone go ten years without finding a boyfriend?” HAHHAAHHAHA I’M DYING!
😭😂
HAHAHAHAAHA!! I LOVE LC VERY MUCH. HAAHAAHA!!
Finally Xiao Yiheng could have a three person family not that Xiao family’s three person family that feels like a group of strangers living together
you made me cry there! XYH really suffered before meeting his chengcheng! Now he is truly happy!
you made me cry there! XYH really suffered before meeting his chengcheng! Now he is truly happy!
why did it go twice?
😂😂😂
Hahahaha heng heng truly worthy to be in the rocket class, he knows that he should stop his Cheng Cheng from stomping on our poor single dog hearts💔
Thank you for the chapter. I can’t believe I’m almost finished with the extras 😢
” How can someone go ten years without finding a boyfriend?” ?!!!!
I didn’t even had a boyfriend for 25 years of my life 🤣
Time is a scary thing… Aging so fast
Thanks for the chapter
that ‘walking down the memory lane’ got me sad for a minute, reflecting on my own life… ah, somehow I wonder how long will I live before I see deaths door 🤧… author really got me there
Points to self: Someone who hasn’t had a boyfriend in over 10 years… (sobs loudly) 😭😂🖤
Thanks for the chapter <3
“how can someone go ten years without finding a boyfriend?”
ha ha ha sorry chengcheng this 18year old no boyfriend since birth is ashamed. (≖‿≖)