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

53 I will wear whatever I am comfortable in

In the car which carried the adults, everyone was busy guessing what gifts their children would buy.

Xia Mo knew her son. He would most probably pick up a book on baking for her.

“Xiaoxiao, what do you think Tutu will buy?” Nannan leaned on the car seat.

“Knowing Tutu, you really think he would get me something?” said Xu Xiaoxiao sadly.

Nannan gasped. “I am so sorry. But it’s alright. I might not get anything too. It’s just a game anyway.”

“Mr. Li, can we exchange seats? I want to catch up with Lin Wan,” said Song Jing.

Li Yanchen looked at Lin Wan. Then he made room for Song Jing.

“Lin Wan, you’re still the same as before. You never were interested in dressing up. I remember the graduation ceremony. The girls wore their prettiest dresses. You were the only one who wore a school uniform.” Song Jing looked at the plainly dressed woman. She thought that the makeup hat she had put on Lin Wan was such a waste.

Lin Wan placed her hands behind her head and leaned on the car seat. “So? I don’t think I am not allowed to wear this. I will wear whatever I am comfortable in.”

Song Jing’s memory resurfaced. At that graduation ceremony, the girls had surrounded her asking whether she was trying to attract attention by dressing differently from everybody. They had pretty aggressively asked her what she was trying to prove. Lin Wan had lowered her head and remained silent that time. In the end, she ran out, tears streaming down her face.

But at this moment, her reply was powerful and firm. She looked like a woman in control of herself.

Song Jing chuckled. “You are a natural beauty. I bet you would even look glamorous wrapped in a bedsheet.”

Song Jing looked at herself, self-consciously. She was wearing a short, rose-red dress and stood out from the crowd.

Lin Wan felt that she was similar to the original owner of the body from Song Jing’s words. The original owner must have been like this too, wearing whatever she felt comfortable in, living life the way she wanted.

‘Could there really be such a coincidence in this world?’ She had transmigrated into a and shared the same name, looks, and body as Lin Wan in the . The two of them had similar interests. Lin Wan even suspected that the original Lin Wan was in her place in another world.

In the past, when she was dog-tired, she had fantasized that there was another Lin Wan somewhere in another world doing things she never dared to do.

“Lin Wan, what’s wrong?” Song Jing asked her, seeing that she had fallen silent. She wondered if she had said something wrong.

“Nothing. Just wondering why we live our whole life trying to please others rather than pleasing ourselves.”

“You must be determined to be yourself, Lin Wan. Your attitude towards life is what we want. I used to think that those people didn’t like you back then because you did something they didn’t have the courage to do.” There was a hidden meaning in Song Jing’s words, but Lin Wan did not understand it.

“Oh.” Lin Wan didn’t know what song Jing was trying to say, but from her words, it wasn’t hard to tell that the host had been a loner, disliked by everyone.

The car stopped at the parking lot of Xing Lan Supermarket.

Everyone got out of the car and split into two groups. Li Zexin continued to pester Xiao Yi, but Xiao Yi was quiet.

Wheatley and Anan held hands as the staff led the children to the shops.

The adults were free to do whatever they wanted. Everyone was told to gather at the parking lot in two hours.

Nannan looked at Song Jing and Lin Wan, who were walking in front of her, and felt a little jealous. Lin Wan always stuck close to Song Jing.

Xu Xiaoxiao took the initiative to hold Nannan’s hand. “Let’s go together.”

[Li Yanchen and Anyang have been automatically paired up.]

[I thought no one would be willing to go shopping with Lin Wan, but Song Jing is taking the initiative to stick to her.]

[They’re classmates. It’s normal to have a good relationship.]

[Today, each of them will only get 100 yuan. What will they buy?]

[There are only two days left for this episode. Everyone must be buying dry food, right?]

[Compressed biscuits and ham sausages. The Li family will definitely stock up on dry food.]

[Lin Wan entered an accessory store.]

[Don’t tell me she is going to buy an accessory for herself. The expenses are very precious.]

Everyone had a reserve in their Alipay accounts, but the program team had said that they couldn’t use it. Everyone held the 100 yuan bills and carefully thought about where to use them.

Lin Wan’s first thought was to buy herself a pair of slippers. Fortunately, the normal slippers in the accessory shop only cost around 20 yuan.

Xing Lan Supermarket had already arranged for a few shops to be cleared by the staff, so the fans could stay outside the roadblock.

Lin Wan had a bad rep among the netizens. The staff were worried that they might attack her.

Li Yanchen had probably assumed the same because he followed Lin Wan closely.

In block A, the children ran into the first toy store they found.

Tutu saw the new Ultraman model. He was unable to move from there. He carefully picked up the toy and touched it over and over again, but when he saw the 298-yuan price tag, he put it back sadly. Next to the Ultraman toy, there were many playing cards. He recognized these cards. They were very rare. They cose 40 yuan. Tutu gritted his teeth and picked up a pack of playing cards.

“Jiejie, do you also want to buy this?” asked Tutu.

Li Zekai shook his head. Although he also liked Ultraman cards, he wasn’t willing to spend 40 yuan on a pack of cards when it could very well fetch him 40 bars of sour candy.

Anan stopped next to a crystal violin music box. The violin was very exquisitely matched with a mahogany music box base. After winding up the spring, the crystal violin spun around the base. However, it was priced at 158 yuan. The girl pursed her lips. In the end, Tutu was the only one who spent 4 yuan in that toy store.

The second stop was an accessory shop. There were hairpins, scarves, blind boxes, and dolls.

Wheatley stopped in front of the hair accessories. The girl looked at the dazzling array of hair bands and hairpins. There were many designs of hairpins: butterflies, flowers, crystals, etc. She didn’t know what to choose.

“Anan, which one do you think is better?”

[Girls really like accessories. Is Wheatley going to buy Nannan a hairpin?]

[I think so. Wheatley has short hair and does not need hairbands or hairpins. She must be buying it for Nannan.]

[Wheatley is so warm. She’s the only one who thinks of her family.]

[Tutu saw an Ultraman toy on sale for only 88 yuan. He went to the first store to return the cards and ask for a refund. The cards were already unwrapped. It’s so funny.]

[Tutu must be regretting it now. He really doesn’t think about buying gifts for his family.]

[Looks like Xu Xiaoxiao will be the first to be embarrassed today.]

[She will have Lin Wan to accompany her in the humiliation anyway. What’s there to be afraid of?]

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Although the salesperson knew that they were from the show, she needed to follow the rules of the shop. She leaned down and informed Tutu that the cards couldn’t be returned after being unwrapped. The boy pouted in annoyance but didn’t make a fuss. After all, his father wasn’t here. In the end, he took the cards and left the toy store.

Li Zexuan stopped at the scarf section. The summer ones were over 100 yuan. The winter ones were on discount, but they still cost 88 yuan. He only had enough money to buy a scarf. Buying a winter scarf in summer was a bit strange. Li Zexuan struggled in his mind.