Chapter 55

When Ji Ruochu and her father first arrived at Jicun Village, the four daddy figures were fishing by the lake while the children went to the farmers' houses to pick vegetables together.

As soon as this segment appeared, barrage comments started flying across the screen:

【This task...looks a little familiar.】

【Familiar+1, isn't this the activity from the day Ruochu fell into the water?】

【The director really has a thick face, there was already an accident with this planned activity, yet he still dares to use it?】

【There are still changes though, see how they're not going into the fields this time? Shows the director is also afraid of death.】

It would have been fine if it just stopped there with a comment or two, but—

【Huh? Isn't that what's-her-name? What was her name again?】

【Got it, it's Tingting! Haven't seen her in two days, I almost couldn't recognize her.】

【Looks like the situation has improved, just look at these clothes, much better than before.】 【Weird, why isn't this kid wearing shoes?】

Shoes?

As soon as this word appeared, barrage comments with "Ruo" started popping up.

【If I remember correctly, wasn't it around this time that the accident happened that day?

Tingting wasn't wearing shoes then either, and the task was also for the kids to go find their dads.】

【No mistakes, it was here.】

【Wait...what is the meaning of this show? Running out of steam so trying to stir up attention again with old tricks?】

【There's also another possibility, that is...】

【Is Ruochu coming back?】

As soon as this guess appeared, the livestream exploded instantly and the online viewer count started skyrocketing.

As time slowly ticked by...

The children were chatting and laughing on their way to complete the task, while viewers who still haven't seen Ji Ruochu and her father were still extremely excited, the livestream lively beyond compare.

When the children finished the task and claimed their rewards, still with no sign of the Ji father-daughter pair, the viewers calmed down a little and felt they may have overthought it.

Until the children started looking for their fathers in groups, still unable to see the Ji family, the mood of the viewers instantly plummeted.

【What the heck, I really thought my source of happiness was coming back.】

【Tsk! Using such cheap tricks to gain attention, curse the director to have the Mediterranean grow wider! 】

...

But just when everyone was furious, the footsteps of the little ones suddenly stopped, seeming confused.

"What sound was that?"

At the same time, the viewers in the livestream also heard noisy sounds coming from the children's microphones. "Look, an airplane!"

Fan Jin was the first to react, pointing at the approaching plane and shouting loudly.

A few moments later, the plane roared past overhead.

It was then that the usually invisible village mayor Xu Chuan appeared, smilingly saying:

"Babies, you can now choose to follow the plane to the village entrance lawn to welcome your little companion, or you can continue to look for your dads—"

Before his words fell, the voices of the children in front of him had already disappeared.

Xu Chuan: ...

The barrage comments at this time:

【What's the situation? Companion? A new companion or an old one?】

【With a private jet making an appearance, I feel like it should be—】

【According to insider news, the Ji family left two days ago on a private jet.】

【Ahhhh! Is my darling Ruochu coming back?】

...

And at this moment, the fifth livestream room finally appeared. Although the camera was still switched off and the room still pitch black, viewers who arrived early already started frantically sending barrage comments.

Of course, there were also many wet blankets:

【Why so excited? For all we know it could be a new guest. I feel with Ji Mochen's temper, the chances of him continuing to participate are low.】

【Those upstairs, if you have nothing nice to say, don't say anything. Don't make me expose you on this joyous occasion.】

【It must be Ruochu! Earlier Xu Chuan said "little companion" not "new companion"!】

Whoosh—

Although the little ones ran as fast as they could, they still couldn't match the airplane. By the time they arrived at the village entrance, the plane had already started its descent on the open field in the distance.

The huge wind forces blew all the nearby dust into the air. The program staff also stopped Fan Jin and the others at the village entrance, not letting them go forward.

Only after the plane took off again did they see a nanny van with the "Daddy Dearest" logo slowly driving over.

As the van got closer and closer to the village entrance, the atmosphere on site became more and more excited. The few children could hardly wait to have x-ray vision.

The short stretch of road was driven so slowly by the nanny van it gave off Journey to the West vibes.

After half a minute, the van steadily stopped at the village entrance. The door quickly opened.

The children craned their necks, trying to get a clear look at who was inside, only to see a staff member get out from the passenger seat.

"Oh..."

The children let out disappointed sighs.

The staff member who was unloading luggage from the car: No need to sigh so loudly...

Thud.

Suddenly, the backseat door was pulled open. The children craned their necks again. At the same time, the originally blacked out livestream switched on.

The camera angle was from outside the car, aimed right at the now open door. The quality was so clear that even the minute scratches on the car door could vaguely be seen. It was determined to give the person about to appear a 360 degree close-up.

What no one expected though, was the first thing to appear on screen wasn't a face, but...a cute little hand.

When grabbing onto the car door frame, small dimples were visible on the back of the hand, looking extremely adorable. Following that, a fair and tender little leg stretched out from the car interior, a little jiojio [leg] in light blue slippers swaying at the car door edge twice, before carefully lowering towards the ground.

Slowly, half of the child's small body also appeared.

Only when one of the little one's feet was firmly planted on the ground did half the child's face finally reveal itself.

Yet just this half a face was enough to make the entire livestream audience who had been waiting with bated breath explode again.

【Ahhh! It's our RuoRuo!】

【Wuwuwu, my darling RuoRuo chick, auntie can finally see you again! {Scream}{Crawl}{Twist}】

"It really is little sister RuoRuo!"

The few children were extremely delighted and immediately ran towards Ji Ruochu who had finally gotten out of the car.

"Little sister RuoRuo!"

Ji Ruochu had just steadied herself when she was surrounded by the enthusiastic little friends.

"Little sister RuoRuo, we missed you so much!"

"I missed you all too!" the little one sweetly replied.

And so, this day, the hot search was dominated once again by the Ji family and the Daddy Dearest program team.

#JiFamilyReturns#

#RuoRuoIsBack!#

#Since when did Ji Mochen become so easy to persuade?#

With one hot search term after another, the program team reached new highs in popularity.

Ten minutes later, Ji Mochen brought the fishing tools given by the program team and went to meet up with the few daddy figures.

The children brought their harvested ingredients and escorted their finally returned little sister RuoRuo as they headed together towards the village mayor's home. They had to help little sister RuoRuo claim her rewards!

These two days, although Ji Ruochu did not participate in the show's filming, the little ones had taken the initiative to also complete the tasks on behalf of their little sister. The rewards were kept safe by the village mayor.

Clearly, RuoRuo's return caused the preciousness levels of the few children towards her to rise yet another level. On just the short walk, not to mention danger, even if a frog hopped by, it would likely get kicked a few times.

The barrage comments in the livestream scrolled by at rocket speed.

【I'm really convinced this round, program team, you really have patience keeping silent despite being scolded into a dog, not even posting a notice.】

【Laughing to death, RuoRuo is being protected all round by the older brothers and sisters, it really looks like she's being escorted while walking.】

Very quickly, the children finished claiming Ji Ruochu's rewards, then headed together towards where their dads were fishing.

"Sister Tingting, you have new clothes!" Ji Ruochu said, looking at Tingting's clothes.

"Mm hm! My mom bought them!" There was a smile on Tingting's face.

"My dad and mom saw the show and had the village mayor help install a camera in our home. They watch the monitoring every day during meals from outside the village. After getting caught a few times, my grandma didn't dare anymore. The village secretary and village mayor also often come to our home. They bought me a lot of clothes and shoes. Now not only do I have new clothes to wear, even for meals, I can eat more than my little brother!"

The smile on Tingting's face was dazzling, but it made the viewers feel pained in their hearts. To be so happy just because basic needs of adequate food and clothing were met really showed how little it took to please these children.

As the children chatted while walking, they happened to pass by the Ji family's little cottage. Ji Ruochu suddenly let go of her older siblings' hands and said:

"I brought gifts for you guys!"

When the children heard this, their eyes lit up instantly. After Ji Ruochu dragged a small suitcase out from the room, their anticipation grew even more intense.

Ji Ruochu had prepared cute designer dolls for her two older sisters, and each doll had ten sets of changeable fairy dresses that looked amazing.

As for her two older brothers, there were two mechanical toys that could transform from race cars to superheroes.

The four little ones hugged their toys tightly, cherishing them.