Lin Cheng led Lin Momo farther into the airport terminal.

He also introduced what each area did as before, as well as the procedures for boarding the plane later.

But at some point, mid sentence, Lin Chen realized that Lin Momo had stopped walking.

Lin Cheng looked over and saw that Lin Momo was standing motionless in front of an advertising screen. At this time, a video clip from the program [Living with Dad] was playing.

“Dad, we’re on TV!” Lin Momo exclaimed, pointing at the screen. Lin Cheng started walking again but Lin Momo kept turning her head and continued to stare at the large display screen.

Seeing Lin Momo eagerly watching the screen and looking reluctant to leave, Lin Cheng had no choice but to drag Lin Momo to the VIP lounge. He then took out his tablet, pulled up the latest episode of the program and handed it to Lin Momo so she could watch. 

Lin Momo hugged the tablet, sat down on the sofa, and began to watch quietly.

After a 30-second commercial, the theme song of [Living with Dad] started playing.

Because she was made to sing this several times by Zhou Qi and Wang Xi back when the program first began, Lin Momo was already very familiar with this theme song. As the music in the video played, Lin Momo also hummed along, her head bobbing in time with the beat.

Hearing Lin Momo humming, Lin Cheng finally remembered another thing that Chen Yu had mentioned to him before.

… …

With the broadcast of this week’s main episode, the truth behind the malicious editing by the program team of previous clips was revealed. Although the interactions between Lin Cheng and Lin Momo were indeed not as good as the other teams—who were all very loving and had several high traffic-content—the serious, survival attitude of the Lin father and daughter also made them popular in a different way.

Around this time, some attentive fans finally discovered that the show’s theme song didn’t feature the voices of Ling Cheng and Lin Momo. They even pieced together video clips of Lin Momo humming the theme song during the show.

Many fans posted comments on the official blog of the show asking: [Why are Ling Cheng and Lin Momo not in the opening song?]

The official explanation given by the program team was: ‘The team of Lin Cheng and Lin Momo was decided last. At that time, the theme song of [Living with Dad] had already been recorded, so Lin Cheng and Lin Momo were not included.’

But obviously, netizens did not buy the explanation given by the program team.

As netizens raised more and more questions and criticisms, the program team had no choice but to apologize on the official blog and state that they would have Lin Cheng and his daughter record their portion of the title song as soon as possible.

The make-up recording was scheduled for next Friday night, after the recording of this week’s show.

… … translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

Now that he remembered it, Lin Chen wanted to tell Lin Momo about this piece of news. But when he lowered his head, he saw Lin Momo holding the tablet, her eyes focused on watching with an overall look of ‘Do Not Disturb’, and Ling Cheng had to give up for the moment.

At this time, the video finished playing the theme song as well as the short recap, and began playing shots from Bai Yulin’s team.

In the screen, Bai Yulin could be seen combing his daughter’s hair.

The barrage was full of: 

[So loving ah!]

[Dad is so awesome!]

[How sweet…]

Lin Cheng glanced at Bai Yulin combing his daughter’s hair from the corner of his eye and compared it silently with his own team. 

Is this it? There’s nothing worth bragging about, Momo can do her own hair.

At this time, Lin Momo suddenly pointed to the screen and said to Lin Cheng, “Dad, this team. The Dad is a dance teacher!” 

Before Lin Cheng could respond, Lin Momo sighed to herself, “That must be a good job.”

Then the next team came on—actor Gao Yuankai and his child. The Dad worked as lobby manager in a hotel.

“Their families really have good luck in drawing lots…” Lin Momo muttered.

Hearing Lin Momo’s muttering, Lin Cheng had to pause. It has nothing to do with luck.

The [Family Background] of the other teams were all prepared in advance, and due to the provisions of their contracts, the program team would not arrange conditions that would be too bad for those teams. 

At that time, Lin Cheng and Lin Momo served as the contrast team, so no matter what, the lottery was rigged so that they must draw the worst choice.

Lin Cheng opened his mouth and was about to say something to console her when Lin Momo raised her head to look at him. She pointed to the tablet and said, “I hope our family will be as lucky next time!” 

Lin Momo’s eyes were full of joy and expectations.

Lin Cheng could only nod and say in an affirmative tone, “Definitely.”

Originally, Lin Cheng was worried that Lin Momo would see the gap between their [Family Background] and that of the other teams and suffer a psychological blow at the unfairness of it. It turned out that Lin Cheng’s worries were unnecessary—Lin Momo held the tablet and kept watching with obvious enjoyment. She didn’t seem to feel bad because of their team’s poor [Family Background].

Soon, even the third team’s scenes ended, and they came to Lin Cheng and Lin Momo’s team.

At the beginning of the show, there was a scene of father and daughter sitting together having breakfast.

Although the audience barrage was much less than that of other teams, there were still many comments on it.

[Momo woke up early in the morning and prepared breakfast for her father, fetched hot water, and bought steamed buns. She is so understanding! ]

[My daughter, give me a dozen, thank you.]

… …

Different from the doubts expressed by the viewers when the trailer and the first episode aired, the audience’s comments towards Lin Cheng and Lin Momo were much kinder this time, and some even defended Lin Momo: 

[Some comments before said that ‘this child is too sensible’  and was not lovable. I’m also a teenager. What’s wrong with being sensible and understanding?]

[That’s right, when did being understanding become a shortcoming?]

[I like children like Momo.]

Serve as Contrast Team in a ‘Dad with Baby’ Show translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

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