Chapter 125: There Are Always Troublemakers Plotting Against Me

[It truly is a case of "rivals meeting, eyes blazing with jealousy."]
[Pouring one out for Tian Boyu.]
[I love her, but she loves him—what kind of melodramatic love triangle is this?]

At this moment, Yu Xin noticed the various bags of all sizes in Qin Jingchen’s hands and asked curiously, "What is all this stuff?"

"Sister Yu Xin, this is the delicious food I bought! There’s even candied hawthorn. I brought it back specifically to share with you all. Would you like to try some?"

Niannian, hearing this, walked over excitedly and fished out her unique green chili candied hawthorn from the pile of bags.

"This... maybe I’ll pass, sweetie?" Yu Xin smiled and shook her head, declining. Niannian then offered the treat to Daxi, who was standing nearby.

"Sister Daxi, don't you want to try it either?"

Daxi looked conflicted. After a few moments of struggle, she shook her head and politely declined. "Niannian, I really don't think this is meant to be eaten. Maybe we should just skip it."

Niannian pouted, her hand holding the candied snack drooping as her expression clearly dimmed.

At that moment, Tian Boyu and Qin Jingchen spoke in unison:
"Let me try it."
"Give it to me."

Both spoke at the same time. Yu Xin and Su Wanning looked toward them, their gazes darting suspiciously between the two men.

"Do you really want to eat that?" Su Wanning asked Qin Jingchen first.

"How could we trouble Mr. Qin with something like this? It doesn't suit your status. Let me handle it." Tian Boyu, for reasons unknown, had his lips set in a firm line. No sooner had he finished speaking than he reached for the snack in Niannian’s hand, but Qin Jingchen beat him to it, snatching it directly from his daughter.

"Naturally, I should be the one to eat my daughter’s candied snack."

Qin Jingchen said this with a blank expression, then brought the snack to his lips. Under Su Wanning’s uncomfortable and awkward gaze, he opened his mouth and took a gentle bite of the green chili tip.

As Qin Jingchen chewed, Su Wanning felt as if the bizarre concoction were in her own mouth. Her entire face crinkled in discomfort as she asked with concern, "How is it? Do you need some water?"

Niannian, walking beside him, was also full of excitement, tilting her little face up to ask, "Daddy, is it yummy?"

A few seconds later, Qin Jingchen finally swallowed the contents of his mouth. His long-standing habit of maintaining composure and high standards meant that even while consuming such a bizarre item, he retained an elegant and pleasing demeanor. Qin Jingchen pulled his lips into a faint upward curve, lowered his head to pat his daughter’s hair, and said softly, "Let's not buy this kind of thing again in the future."

"..."

Su Wanning’s mouth twitched. She had expected him to offer some comforting words to his daughter, but she hadn’t anticipated such a heart-stabbing comment.

Niannian, upon hearing this, was truly disappointed. Refusing to believe it, she snatched the snack back from his hand and took a bite from the side herself.

Immediately, Niannian’s little face scrunched up. With the food still in her mouth, she didn't know whether to spit it out or swallow it, and stomped her feet in distress.

Sui Sui, who was nearby, seemed prepared; he held out an empty plastic bag for his sister to spit the contents into.

"Ptooey, ptooey, ptooey! It’s really so gross! What does this taste like? Mommy, it tastes like a fly!"

Su Wanning found the situation amusing. While feeding her daughter some water, she asked, "How would you know? Have you eaten a fly before?"

Niannian drank several gulps of water before answering earnestly, "No, but I’ve eaten fly-flavored candied hawthorn—this one right here!"

Sui Sui frowned from the side and pressed her, "If you’ve never eaten a fly, how do you know that’s what a fly tastes like?"

"I just know that this snack of yours tastes like a fly, and that’s how I know what a fly tastes like!"

...

The two children ended up in an endless argument over this "chicken or the egg" style paradox. Seeing the close-knit siblings on the verge of a real spat, Su Wanning quickly intervened.

"Alright, alright, stop arguing. This is a question like which came first, the chicken or the egg—there’s no answer. Neither of you is wrong."

Niannian, hearing this, lowered her head in disappointment.

"I’m sorry, Mommy."

"Why are you apologizing?"

Niannian lifted her little face. "You told me earlier not to buy this, but I didn't listen to you."

Su Wanning stifled a laugh. At this moment, Yu Xin couldn't help but speak up for Qin Jingchen: "Niannian, you should apologize to your daddy, too. He’s the one who actually ate it."

To everyone’s surprise, Niannian glanced at Qin Jingchen. Just moments ago, she had been acting like she loved him dearly, but now she leaned toward Su Wanning, clearly drawing a line between them.

"But Daddy didn't stop me when he was paying! That means he wanted to buy this snack too!"

Saying this, as if to prove her point, she pointed her little hand at Tian Boyu.

"That's right! It must be that Daddy wanted to eat it; he was even arguing with Brother Xiao Yu just now!"

Su Wanning finally couldn't hold it in and burst into laughter, watching the scene unfold like a spectator while looking at Qin Jingchen.

However, Qin Jingchen ignored his daughter entirely, looking instead at Su Wanning with a tone of apparent helplessness: "This unreasonable personality of hers is exactly like yours."

"..."

What was going on? Why had the battlefield suddenly shifted to her?

Su Wanning stifled the urge to argue with Qin Jingchen, unaware that while she was feeling indignant, the viewers in the live stream comments were already busy "shipping" the two.

[Look at that doting tone from our CEO Qin.]
[Educated people really do speak differently.]
[I have reason to suspect Mr. Qin made Su Wanning angry, which is why he’s being so attentive today.]

At this moment, Yu Xin nudged Su Wanning’s arm with her elbow, lowering her voice to tease her: "Tell me, what’s going on? Why is Mr. Qin being so nice to you? Did he make you mad?"

Su Wanning’s eyes widened. "Wasn't he just scolding me?"

"..." Yu Xin rolled her eyes, looking at her as if she were an idiot. "Is your brain stuffed with pig hair?"

Su Wanning was unbothered. "He said I was unreasonable, right in front of the cameras—that’s clearly sabotaging me. Plus, he said I taught our daughter bad habits. Now the netizens are definitely going to bash me again!"

Su Wanning had her reasons and felt perfectly justified; she didn't think she was doing anything wrong at all.

Yu Xin looked at her with an expression that said there was no hope for her. "Whatever you say. As long as you're happy."

Su Wanning turned to look at Qin Jingchen, who was striding ahead, and silently resolved that she had to find a way to get rid of this man. Otherwise, not only would her public image be ruined, but the life she had worked so hard to maintain for so long would likely crumble to dust!

Back at the production site, the director had been waiting for a long time, and Yin Shanshan and the others had no idea how long they had already been back.