[ContrastTeamInADadW/BabyShow] Chapter 55.2 — Extra Red Envelope

The others went in to get milk tea, and Lin Momo sat on the bench next to the milk tea shop.

Near Lin Momo, a clerk from the milk tea shop was promoting their new product to passers-by.

This new milk tea was given away in a small cup for free. When someone passed by, the clerk would enthusiastically come forward and offer a cup to the person.

After distributing some of the small cups of milk tea on her tray, the milk tea clerk noticed that the child sitting next to her had been looking at her and the milk tea in her hand. She smiled at Lin Momo and handed her a small cup of milk tea.

“Kid, do you want to try it?” the milk tea clerk asked.

“May I?”

“Of course.” The clerk smiled again and said to Lin Momo, “Here, take it.”

“Oh, thank you, older sister.”

Lin Momo took the small cup from her hand, lifted it directly to her mouth and took a small taste.

The moment she drank the milk tea, Lin Momo’s eyes brightened.

The milk tea was sweet but not greasy, with a hint of salty firmness in it.

All in all, it was very delicious!, Lin Momo commented in her heart

On the side, seeing Lin Momo enjoying herself even with such a small cup of milk tea, the clerk couldn’t help but smile again. She took another small cup of milk tea from the tray and handed it to Lin Momo.

However, Lin Momo did not drink this cup but poured it into the empty water bottle slung around her waist.

… …

On this street, there were actually many shop clerks offering free drinks to taste. They offered fruit teas, milk teas, coffee… they had everything.

Lin Momo received many free drinks from these shop clerks.

After going around in a small circle, Lin Momo’s previously empty water bottle was now more than half full!

At this time, the field service girl and her two other colleagues finally walked out of the milk tea shop, each carrying two large carriers of milk tea, one on the left hand and another on the right.

When Lin Momo saw them, before the other party even called her, she already trotted over to follow.

“Older sister, let me hold some for you,” Lin Momo said proactively.

“No need,” the field service girl instinctively refused.

However, as soon as she finished speaking, several cups of milk tea with individually marked flavors and toppings almost fell from her grasp!

Lin Momo quickly caught the cups of milk tea with her quick reflexes.

Looking at the child carrying milk tea for her, the field service girl staffer felt really strange.

… …

On the set.

At this time, the two street scenes have been successfully filmed.

There was some chaos on the set—the crew were busy with preparations for the next scene, while the extras, now done with their work, went to one side one by one to collect their money.

The moment he took off his ‘bloody’ and tattered clothes, Lin Cheng’s tense nerves finally relaxed.

He also went to the sidelines and received his payment for doing two filming sessions from the on-site financial staff.

At this time, another staff member handed another red envelope to Lin Cheng and told him, “Thank you for your hard work.”

This was a rule of the film set. Anyone who played a dead person would be given an extra red envelope by the crew.

There wasn’t much money in it—it was just for good luck.

Red envelope in hand, Lin Cheng wore a very complicated expression on his face.

… … translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

The expression on Lin Cheng’s face was captured by the camera and duly shown in the livestream channel.

Looking at this scene, many joking comments popped up on the barrage:

[Dad Lin worked hard for this extra little red envelope.]

[Laughing and crying at the same time.]

[Too dedicated.]

[He’s moved.]

[No, I think Lin Cheng wanted to refuse at first, but he just didn’t have time.]

[Haha, I just want to know what Lin Cheng is feeling in his heart at this moment.]

[Lin Cheng: I dare not think about it.]

… …

Lin Cheng went to the infield and picked up Lin Momo.

Seeing Lin Cheng arrive, Lin Momo looked surprised.

“Dad, have you finished filming your scene?” Lin Momo asked.

“Yeah, the filming is finished.”

“Did it go well?” Lin Momo asked again.

“Not bad,” Lin Cheng said and showed Lin Momo their work phone which displayed the payment settled the filming crew’s finance.

For the two scenes, he earned a total of 120 yuan.

Lin Momo looked surprised when she saw the money.

“So much money!”

Lin Cheng did not comment on Lin Momo’s assessment of how ‘much’ money he made. He took out the red envelope from his pocket and handed it to Lin Momo.

“What is this?” Lin Momo asked as she took the red envelope from Lin Cheng.

“Extra reward,” Lin Cheng said simply.

Lin Momo’s eyes lit up when she heard the word ‘reward’. She opened the red envelope: there was indeed money in it. She counted the bits and pieces—it totaled 16 yuan and 8 jiao¹.

Lin Momo looked up at Lin Cheng and asked, “Is this an extra reward because dad performed very well during filming?”

Facing Lin Momo’s admiring gaze, Lin Cheng felt mixed emotions in his heart.

Lin Cheng’s mouth twitched slightly, and he sighed in secret, not telling Lin Momo that this was the extra reward he got for lying there dead for a while.

… …

At this moment, Lin Cheng found that Lin Momo stopped moving.

Lin Cheng lowered his gaze and realized that Lin Momo was looking at him with her lips pursed in distress, her eyes full of tears.

Seeing this, Lin Cheng’s heart skipped a beat, and he hurriedly knelt down in front of Lin Momo and asked, “What’s wrong?”

“We won’t shoot anymore,” Lin Momo said.

Hearing this, Lin Cheng was a little puzzled and asked, “Why?”

Lin Momo pointed to Lin Cheng’s arm and said, “You are injured.”

Following where Lin Momo’s fingers were pointing, Lin Cheng noticed two ‘blood stains’ on his arms and shoulders.

This should have been left by the crew when they were doing Lin Cheng’s makeup. At first glance, the color does look a bit like real blood.

“We’re not going to shoot anymore.” Lin Momo held Lin Cheng’s hand and emphasized, very firmly, “We’ll never shoot again.”

Seeing his daughter’s obvious concern for him, Lin Cheng felt warm in his heart, but he couldn’t help but smile and explained to Lin Momo, “I’m not injured.”

“Huh? You’re not?”

“No, really not.” Lin Cheng rolled up his sleeves and let Lin Momo look at the ‘bloodstains’ on his arms. “See, these are just painted on, and they’re all fake.”

“Fake?” Lin Momo took Lin Cheng’s arm and touched the ‘bloody’ parts carefully with her fingers, finally confirming that the scary-looking ‘bloodstain’ was indeed fake.

“So it’s just fake…” Lin Momo breathed a huge sigh of relief.

However, the next second, Lin Momo looked at Lin Cheng seriously again and asked in a still worried voice, “Are you really not injured?”

“Really not injured.”

The two shootings just now were not difficult. Although there were some collisions with other extras when everyone ‘ran away for their lives’ during the first shooting, it wasn’t to the point that they would be injured.

“Let’s go, I’ll take you to eat lunch,” Lin Cheng said to Lin Momo.

Because the extras were only recruited temporarily for these two scenes, the crew did not prepare lunch for them, and Lin Cheng needed to take Lin Momo to eat somewhere else.

Lin Momo nodded and responded, “Okay.”

Remembering something, Lin Momo called Lin Cheng again.

“By the way, Dad, this is for you.” Lin Momo handed the bottle hanging by her waist to Lin Cheng and explained, “When I followed the older sister earlier to the snack street, there were free drinks for tasting there. I got this from there.”

Lin Cheng stared at the transparent bottle in his hand, thinking of the possible ingredients of the odd-colored drink inside. Lin Momo raised her hand to touch the bottle and tested the temperature. She said, “This one is still a little cool. Dad, drink it quickly.”

Facing Lin Momo’s expectant expression, Lin Cheng opened the bottle cap.

When the complicated smells coming from inside the bottle reached his nose, Lin Cheng frowned, but he still had the courage to drink the liquid inside.

“How is it? Do you want to drink more?” Lin Momo asked.

Lin Cheng: “…”

He’s not sure. The only thing he was sure of was: he would not want to drink any coffee, milk tea, fruit tea, or fruit juices in the foreseeable future.

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

T/N: My nephew used to do this when he was little—he’d mix milk and juice in his little cup and make us drink it, saying it’s delicious…