The Useless Stepmom Brings Her Kids to Reality TV Shows to Photograph Them

156 ‘Goji Berries Again?!’ Li Yanchen Felt His Heart Sink

Lin Wan and Xia Mo returned to the room together. When Li Yanchen saw Xia Mo with Lin Wan, his face became even more perplexed.

He had just discussed with his younger son that they would go to bed obediently after making the clay moon. Seeing as his father was tired, the child agreed to their arrangement. But Lin Wan had brought Xia Mo with her here.

“I hope it’s okay if I look around your room and talk with Lin Wan for a little while?” Li Yanchen didn’t look very good, so Xia Mo softly asked.

“Of course. Go ahead.”

[Mr. Li said it’s fine, but his expression isn’t.]

[Ms. Xia, we would like to express that Li Yanchen was in a hurry to be done with the clay moon just now. He just wanted to quickly get the children to bed so that he could reunite with Lin Wan.]

“Daddy, don’t get distracted! Hurry up.” Li Zekai, who didn’t know what was going on, pushed at his father’s arms.

“Just do it slowly,” he said while his face darkened.

“Okay!”

On the balcony of the Lanshan Sungazing Homestay, Li Zexuan held his guitar as the silver moonlight streamed down. Soon, several people gathered behind the boy. Everyone recognized him, but no one disturbed him.

After he finished playing the guitar, a person among them finally stepped forward.

“Xuanxuan, I can finally see you in person!”

The boy sat cross-legged on the ground. He turned around and saw a group of strangers behind him.

“Everyone! Don’t crowd. You’ll scare Xuanxuan,” said one of them.

“Alright. Xuanxuan, we are all your fans. Can we take a photo with you? We promise we won’t post it anywhere.”

Li Zexuan put down his guitar and stood in the middle of the crowd. After taking a few group photos, everyone willingly made way for him. Li Zexuan went downstairs and returned to the suite.

When he reached the living room, he saw his father kneading clay with his youngest brother.

He was stunned. “Mr. Li, why are you playing with Jiejie?”

After the staff had helped them check into the homestay, he was unwilling to disturb his father and Lin Wan, so he had taken his guitar and gone up to the balcony to give them some privacy.

“Brother! You all were gone. I was so bored, so I asked daddy to play with me.” Li Zekai rubbed the clay between his hands.

“I’ll take you to the balcony to see the moon. The moon is very bright today, and you can even see the Polaris.” Li Zexuan was deliberately trying to lure his brother away so Lin Wan and Li Yanchen could have some time to themselves.

“Alright, I’ll be done in a minute.” Li Zekai was prepared to follow his brother after pasting the two tiny eyes on the clay moon.

The clay moon was finally ready. Seeing Li Zexuan usher Li Zekai out of the living room, Li Yanchen heaved a sigh of relief.

In the bedroom, Xia Mo and Lin Wan were sitting on the sofa, laughing occasionally.

He wanted to know what they were talking about but didn’t want to disturb them. In the end, he decided to go to Xiao Yi’s suite.

Xiao Tianlin had just finished tidying up the room and was currently working on his new magic trick. When he saw Li Yanchen, he walked to him with a smile.

“Brother Li, are you here for Xinxin? He’s playing games in Xiao Yi’s room and probably won’t be going back to his room today. He said that the big room is too crowded.” Xiao Tianlin thought that Li Yanchen was here to get Li Zexin.

“That’s alright. I am not looking for him. Xia Mo and L:in Wan are having a chart in our suite. I just came out to take a look.”

“Ah… Lin Wan did say she wanted to discuss tomorrow afternoon’s live stream with Xia Mo. She wants to give everyone a surprise. It will probably take a while for them to finish talking.” Xiao Tianlin opened a pack of goji berries and poured them into a glass. “Take a seat. I have just washed the glasses.”

‘Goji berries again?!’ Li Yanchen felt his heart sink.

“Can I get a glass of water?” he asked.

“Sure,” said Xiao Tianlin.

Li Yanchen sipped some water. “What time do you all usually retire for bed?”

“Sometimes when we have to get up early, we sleep around 9. Other times, we stay late until 12 am,” said Xiao Tianlin.

“That late? Staying up late is bad for your health. I usually fall asleep around 10,” said Li Yanchen.

The truth was that he had never fallen asleep at least before midnight ever since he and Lin Wan had gotten intimate.

“Us too! We stay up late occasionally but most of the time we go to bed around 9 or 10. We are getting old, after all.” Xiao Tianlin touched his hair. ‘I am worried about baldness. Staying up late can cause hair loss.”

Li Yanchen reached out instinctively for his head, thinking to himself that his hair volume should be alright for now.

“Brother Li, you shouldn’t have that problem,” said Xiao Tianlin, noticing the change in Li Yanchen’s face.

“I usually sleep at the same time, and I haven’t lost much hair,” said Li Yanchen, helplessly.

…

After chatting with Xiao Tianlin for a while, Li Yanchen started to doubt his life.

He found an excuse and headed back to his suite. He went into the bathroom. He looked at his hair in the mirror. It was still quite thick in volume. He imitated Xiao Tianlin and ran his fingers through his hair. When he retracted his hand, he saw some hair on his palm.

Xiao Tianlin had told him that this meant he was starting to lose hair. Li Yanchen sucked in a breath. ‘The effects are already starting? It’s only been a month!’

He walked out of the bathroom in a daze. In the bedroom, the two women were still talking happily.

Li Yanchen stood by the bedroom door. He cleared his throat. “Wanwan, I am a little sleepy.”

Lin Wan was surprised.

“Sorry for keeping you. We finished discussing it for tomorrow. Goodnight. Rest well,” said Xia Mo.

Lin Wan looked at the time. It was just eight at night. “Xinxin and the other children aren’t back yet?”

“Xinxin will be staying with Xiao Yi. Xuanxuan took Jiejie up to the balcony to see the moon. I will send him a message. He will come back.” Li Yanchen pretended to yawn.

[Sisters, come out! Li Yanchen and Lin Wan are in the same frame. Xia Mo went home, and the little ones are not around.]

[Although I can’t hear what he’s saying, the distance between the two of them is getting shorter.]

“You go ahead and take a shower. I already washed up. I will wait for you here till you are done.”

Lin Wan’s face turned red. Before she could even reply, she had fallen into Li Yanchen’s arms.

...

[Are they hugging? Her shoulders are tightly pressed against his, but I can’t see anything above her neck.]

[I can’t see anything…]

[Don’t you all understand? Do you really need to guess aloud?]

[My god! This is really a live broadcast.]

[It is no wonder their voices were turned off.]

[Move the camera back. Even if we just see their mouths, it’s fine!]

[Mr. Li and Ms. Lin are doing a live broadcast!]

In less than five minutes, the number of online viewers in the live broadcast room had reached one million.

Ji Hanzhi’s nails dug into her palms. She switched to another account and sent a comment to the bullet screen:

[This kind of live broadcast is still allowed? This is inappropriate!]

[I only saw a shoulder. What’s so inappropriate about that?]

...

[Exactly. What else did you see?]

[Some online fans are underage.]

[It’s just a shoulder! So, what if they kiss in front of the camera? They’re legally married.]

Ji Hanzhi did not give up.

[No sense of morality. This immoral behavior hurt my eyes.]

…

After a while, Ji Hanzhi realized that her account had been reported and blocked. She stomped her foot in anger.

Li Yanchen completely ignored the livestream as he pushed the bedroom door close with his elbow.