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

195 I Want to Leave Home

Li Yanchen’s face darkened.

Who had he offended? Although he was more than happy that his sons now had a good relationship with Lin Wan, he was disliking this increasing distance between them and him.

“Do I really not have a gift?” Li Yanchen asked.

“If you want, we’ll buy it for you tonight,” Li Zexin answered.

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“What do you mean you will buy it if I want it? You could have also bought Lin Wan gifts only if she wanted it!” Li Yanchen gritted his teeth.

Li Zexuan stood in front of his father. “Really? In the past, whenever we wanted to give you a gift, you didn’t care. I gave you a present on Father’s Day, but you didn’t even look at it! And now you want a gift?”

Li Yanchen was speechless. “God! Can adults run away from home like children? Because right about now, I feel like running away from home.” Li Yanchen’s little temper was rising.

Lin Wan did not know if the man was serious or just pretending, but she found it funny.

“We’ll buy them for you tonight.” She laughed.

“You guys are still laughing. I can’t live here anymore.”

The moment those words left his mouth, Li Yanchen felt as though he had heard them somewhere before. It was only after Lin Wan coaxed and pestered him that he finally came down.

At the Dongjiang restaurant in country H, Lin Wan ordered Li Yanchen’s favorite dishes.

He finally smiled. “How do you know that I order this often?”

“I asked Assistant Qin to ask Secretary Han. Secretary Han said that you come to this restaurant every time you go on a business trip. He also told me what you liked to eat the most,” said Lin Wan.

“Wanwan, you’re the best.” Li Yanchen raised his voice on purpose.

The three children rolled their eyes at him.

In Yun City, Huo Meijun saw the news of Ji Hanzhi’s arrest. She gave Lin Wan a call. Tutu jumped up when he realized that his grandmother was calling Lin Wan. He took the phone from her hands.

“Auntie Lin? This is Tutu. Is Jiejie with you? Can I talk to him?”

“Tutu! Jiejie here. I am just having dinner in country H. Why did you want to talk to me?”

“Jiejie, when will you come to play with me? I’m so bored.”

Huo Meijun had wanted to make her stand clear regarding Ji Hanzhi’s matter. She would definitely support Lin Wan and Li Yanchen. However, she didn’t expect her grandson to take her phone away before she could even say a few words.

In the end, the two children talked for a long time. Finally, Tutu hung up. He turned to Huo Meijun. “Grandma, Jiejie said he will be back in two days. Can we go to his house when he comes back?”

“Sure,” said Huo Meijun.

On the other end, Li Zekai returned the phone to Lin Wan. “Tutu said he wants to visit our house when we get back. Auntie Lin, will you make a cake for us?”

“Of course,” said Lin Wan.

Li Yanchen tried his best to shorten the stay in country H. He tried to wrap up the transfer procedures within five days. He hired a helicopter to have his brother transferred to a hospital in Yun City directly.

When they returned to Yun City, everyone was busy with their own thing. Lin Wan was focused on her dessert-making live stream in the day and her “Night Talk” live broadcast at night.

The children got busy trying to complete their pending summer homework before school.

With his brother now in Yun City, Li Yanchen’s business trips were reduced.

Soon, it was August 31st, the day of school registration. Lin Wan wished she could be split into three. All three children wanted her to attend the back-to-school day with them, but none invited Li Yanchen.

In the end, Lin Wan went to three venues one after the other.

The house next to Yunxi Junior High was cleaned at the start of school and the Li family moved into it.

Li Zexuan and Li Zekai were filled with jealousy and hatred. The two brothers almost dropped out of school. They wanted to transfer to a campus where they could attend the school from home during the day. In the end, Lin Wan assured them that she would do the same for Li Zekai in his third year of junior high. She told Li Zexuan that she would do the same for him in the third year of his high school studies.

Li Zexuan still felt that it was unfair because if Li Zexin made it to the high school he was in, then he would get to stay with Lin Wan for three whole years.

The new district and Yun Xi High School were only separated by a road. The decorations were not as luxurious as those at Royal Water Bay, but it was obviously much better than the residence in Lin Wan’s original world.

Lin Wan and Li Yanchen’s room was on the second floor. Li Zexin had to stay in the dormitory, so he had to return to school after dinner. He had listened to Lin Wan speak English for about half an hour.

Lin Wan had also moved her live stream equipment to the new house, the address to which only Xia Mo and Yang Ruoxi knew. Her life had returned to its former peace.

There was still a lot of news every day in the Circle of Madams group chat. They knew Lin Wan had gone to live near Yun Xi Junior High School to help the children study. They asked her if she would be back on the weekend.

Assistant Qin and Secretary Han read the news about their boss’ move to a smaller house near the school to help his child with studies.

The variety show, “We Are Also Very Ordinary”, released their poster on all major websites on 5th September.

In addition to the previous four guests, there was also a group of mysterious flying guests. Their faces were mosaicked, and their names were replaced with xxx.

The sharp-eyed netizens still compared one of the anonymous figures with Luo Xi’s features and came to the conclusion that one of the guests was indeed Luo Xi.

At the Mumu Time Café in Yun City’s old street, Luo Xi had watched the first two episodes several times.

This variety show had always been on the top of the list. Before Lin Wan attended the class reunion, he had never watched it because he couldn’t muster up the courage to see Lin wan in it. However, he had been invited by the Festival Group for the new episode. He had considered it for three days and finally signed the contract.

As an intern father, he had prepared to adopt the little guest, Jian Jia. Luo Xi wasn’t even in his thirties yet. But he had been visiting the orphanage for a while. He always visited Jian Jia there. The head of the orphanage told him that the child had started addressing him as “Dad” because he felt comfortable with Luo Xi. The rumor of him attending the show with his nephew wasn’t entirely false.

When Jian Jia had turned three, Luo Xi had made up his mind to adopt the child. He had also decided to never get married.

Although Jian Jia had been in the orphanage since he was young, he had shown an unusual talent in painting. When he was three years old, he had already competed with the children in the kindergarten class and had obtained first place in Liancheng.

“Luo Xi, are you still watching the replay?” Dou Fei, who had been running around with Luo Xi, made a cup of coffee for his boss.

“Yes.”

“Even though you and Lin Wan are just classmates, the public knows that you used to like her. I’m quite worried for you to join the show.” Dou Fei knew everything about his boss.

“I will be fine,” said Luo Xi, sipping his coffee. “As long as she is happy.”

“Jian Jia wants to go on the show. The Director of the orphanage also wants to see if I am capable of being a father to him. Don’t worry. I am not Ji Hanzhi. I am not scheming. I just want to cherish this opportunity.” Luo Xi had no other intentions.

“I understand. Jian Jia is still in the orphanage. Variety shows with a father accompanying his child throughout the entire process are indeed rare. It’s good to be able to spend a few days with him. Alright, I support you.”

“Well, the environment has affected the coffee shop’s business for the past two years. I can also promote Mumu Time with this live broadcast. As you know, there are fewer and fewer self-made baristas nowadays. It’d be a good thing if I could teach in the live broadcast room.” Luo Xi had his own plans.

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“Okay, six days it is. Don’t worry about the store. I will take care of it.”