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

41 You’ve Grown Some Skills

[By the way, Songsong, do you know how to livestream makeup? I feel sad when I don’t get to watch your live broadcast even for a day.]

“If the Festival Group allows it, we will.”

After all, this wasn’t her livestream, and Song Jing couldn’t start a livestream of her own without the Festival Group’s permission.

[I have a bold suggestion. I hope that the next task will be for the mothers to show off their skills.]

[Songsong can show off her makeup.]

[Don’t say that. Other than Lin Wan, everyone else has skills.]

[I really want to see how Lin Wan looks when she can’t even Photoshop it.]

[Songsong, was Lin Wan like this when she was in high school?]

“I’m sorry everyone, but we’ll have to eat first.” Song Jing saw the bullet comments getting curious about Lin Wan and quickly made an excuse to leave.

[Is Song Jing avoiding the topic of Lin Wan on purpose?]

[I don’t think so. Can’t you see that Anan and her dad have already prepared the bowls and chopsticks?]

[It’s normal for her to not want to talk about it. They were classmates. Maybe they don’t want to get into each other’s personal lives on a live broadcast.]

[Don’t ask such questions in the future. How do you want Songsong to answer?]

[Go and eat. Come back later.]

At the Anan’s family dinner table, Song Jing took a sip of the soup. “Anan, I’ll take you out to play after you finish eating.”

“I want to go to brother Li Zexuan’s house.” Anan only wanted to see her idol.

Song Jing had already planned to go to the Li family house, so she nodded without hesitation. An Yang knew that his wife and Lin Wan were classmates. The two of them had not seen each other for many years. It was not easy for them to meet again, so he thought it would be good for them to catch up.

“Anan, don’t ask Li Zexuan for an autograph. Don’t forget, you’re also a star.” She did not want her daughter to suck up to Lin Wan’s stepson.

“Mom, I haven’t gotten an autograph yet!” She held her mother’s hand sheepishly. “Just one, alright? And then I won’t ask again.”

“Jing, let her be. It’s just an autograph.” An Yang patted his daughter’s head. “Does our Anan want to be like Li Zexuan?” he asked his daughter. “Then, let’s work hard and follow his example, alright?”

“I will!” The girl’s eyes lit up in joy.

In the Li family’s kitchen, as expected, Li Zexin had overcooked the rice. The two brothers started to bicker.

“Li Zexin, look at what you’ve done!” shouted Li Zexuan, looking at the burnet rice. “The rice is burnt!”

“You’re the one who put in too little water. Besides, weren’t you keeping an eye on it? You don’t even know how it got burnt!”

“I don’t have X-Ray vision. How could I see the bottom of the pot lid?”

“You didn’t notice the burnt smell?”

“What about you? Why didn’t you notice it?”

“I thought that was just the firewood.”

The two brothers became more and more agitated.

“You put in too little water!”

“You’re the one who’s too angry!”

…

“Daddy! Daddy, they are fighting.” Li Zekai ran to the courtyard.

[Why is Li Zexin so violent? He actually pushed Xuanxuan.]

[They are brothers. How can they be so rough?]

[The livestream room has been reported. Will it be banned?]

Sure enough, before everyone could finish typing, the Li family’s live broadcast was forcibly shut down because of the fight. It was only ten minutes later that it was active again.

Li Zexuan and Li Zexin sat on the ground with their faces covered in dust.

[They’re here! They’re here! They were really fighting, or else they wouldn’t have shut down the broadcast.]

[Li Zexin actually hit his big brother. He is such a brat!]

[Why is Xuanxuan’s back facing the camera? Is his face injured?]

[Is Lin Wan adding insult to injury? I can’t hear what she’s saying.]

[She will definitely take the opportunity to provoke the two brothers further.]

[Where’s Li Yanchen? Ignoring everything like always?]

Ten minutes ago.

When Li Zekai had run to the courtyard to complain to his father, Li Yanchen had been fiddling with his egg custard. He looked at his youngest son as he came running.

Lin Wan heard the commotion from the kitchen and thought the two brothers had smashed some bowls on the ground. She hadn’t wanted to get involved but smashing plates and bowls was serious business. She didn’t care about Li Yanchen’s reaction. She had rushed to the kitchen.

When she got there, Li Zexuan and Li Zekai were throwing firewood at each other.

Lin Wan pulled Li Zexin’s ears as she came out of the kitchen. She had wanted to twist both their ears in each hand and drag them out, but she was too short.

“Li Yanchen, are you going to do anything about this? Are you waiting for them to burn down the house before you do something?” Lin Wan remembered that Li Yanchen was so indifferent and absent in the that he didn’t even care whether his sons achieved good grades and grew up to be good people. Today, she saw in person that Li Yanchen was so neglectful that he didn’t even stop them when they fought among themselves.

“Every brat at least has a parent that tries to put them right. You are a parent, in case you have forgotten!” said Lin Wan. No one dared talk back to her at that moment.

Lin Wan turned to the two brothers. “And you guys! Fighting in the live broadcast! You sure have grown some skills. Aren’t you ashamed of yourselves? Li Zexuan, you are supposed to be a celebrity! An idol! Don’t you have a reputation to keep?”

Other than Li Zekai, everyone was scolded.

Li Zexin’s ears were being pulled, but somehow, he didn’t feel angry. No one had scolded him like this before. He instead felt grateful towards Lin Wan.

...

“The two of you, go face the wall and reflect on your mistakes!” said Li Yanchen. “Lin Wan… do you want to try the egg custard I made?” he asked cautiously. This was the first time he had seen Lin Wan so angry and passionate.

‘Was father trying to beg Lin Wan not to be angry with his eyes?’ Li Zexuan, as an actor, noticed and observed many changes in facial expression. He understood the meaning of Li Yanchen’s sheepish smile.

Lin Wan let go of her stepson’s ear. The livestream turned on again and the two brothers saw on the ground, facing the wall, their faces covered in dust.

[Lin Wan, Li Yanchen, and Li Zekai are having dinner.]

[Do they not care at all?]

[Have they already been taught a lesson?]

[I don’t think Lin Wan would care at all. I bet she even told Li Yanchen to not do anything.]

[Isn’t anyone going to comfort the two little ones? Although it’s wrong to fight, they were trying to make lunch for the family, after all.]

“I’m hungry.” Li Zexin couldn’t hold it in anymore.

[Getting no food is the punishment? Oh my God! My two children fight all the time, but there’s no need to punish them like this.]

[My two girls fight like crazy, too!]

...

[Yeah. Isn’t it normal for siblings to fight?]

The fans didn’t know that after the two brothers had pushed each other, they had thrown firewood at each other, too. The livestream has shut down at that time. If they had thrown that firewood, they would have been severely injured. Li Zexin had lifted a burning firewood from the clay stove. If he had thrown it at Li Zexuan, he could have gotten seriously hurt.

[The children are still growing. They ate porridge the moment they got up in the morning. They must be starving by now.]

[Lin Wan is abusing her power to get back at him.]

Under the table, Lin Wan gave Li Yanchen a kick before signaling with her eyes for him to call them over.

“Get a bowl and come here.” Li Yanchen’s voice was cold.

Li Zexin got up immediately and took a bowl and chopsticks to the table.

Li Zexuan was still sulking. He sat there without moving. He thought that even if he starved to death, he wouldn’t go there. He hadn’t done anything wrong! It was Li Zexin who had started the fight. ‘Why am I being punished?’

The boy’s head was buried between his knees. Lin Wan kicked Li Yanchen under the table again.

“Dad, it seems that you do have the talent of a chef. Pumpkin with egg custard! That’s amazing! It’s my first time eating the food you cooked. It’s also Jiejie’s first time, if I am not mistaken.” Li Zexin deliberately raised his voice so that Li Zexuan could hear him. He couldn’t stand his brother’s smug look when they quarreled, and he had to apologize every time. Today, he definitely won’t be the first to apologize.