Lin Cheng didn’t know how Lin Momo guessed that ‘Xu Duo’ didn’t like cities and buses based on such a script. After all, these things were not mentioned at all.

But as her guardian, when Lin Cheng was on the set earlier, the materials he read was more comprehensive than the script given to Lin Momo, and it also included some background information that was not included in the script.

‘Xu Duo’ will never be able to find her parents and younger brother because they all died within half a year of leaving their hometown.

Due to illegal development near their area, the water source in Lishu Village was polluted, and ‘Xu Duo”s brother’s illness was actually caused by drinking contaminated water. ‘Xu Duo”s parents took her younger brother to a hospital in the city, but they failed to cure him. 

Looking at their dying son, in order to bear the high medical expenses, ‘Xu Duo’’s parents had no choice but to go work in an underground mine. It paid, but it was back-breaking work. Unfortunately, the mine collapsed and the husband and wife were among those buried inside. A week after the couple died, ‘Xu Duo”s younger brother also died in the intensive care unit of the hospital.

“Dad, do you think ‘Xu Duo”s sudden appearance in front of her parents will cause them trouble?” Lin Momo suddenly asked with some concern.

“No,” after a pause, Lin Cheng added, “Every parent loves their child and would only separate from them when there is no other way.” 

After listening to Lin Cheng’s words, Lin Momo nodded thoughtfully. “That’s right. ‘Xu Duo”s mom and dad left home to work and earn money. And then to treat her younger brother of his illness.” 

After saying that, Lin Momo suddenly smiled again, “This time, their family can be happy. They’ll live together well, right?”

Lin Cheng looked at Lin Momo, but this time, he did not answer Lin Momo’s question.

“It’s time for you to sleep,” he said instead, reaching out to rub Lin Momo’s head.

After saying that, Lin Cheng added, “You have to get up early to join the set. If you can’t get up, your pay will be deducted.”

After hearing Lin Cheng mention the word ‘pay’ and the ominous word ‘deducted’, Lin Momo was indeed obedient. She tidied up and got into the bed.

“Good night, dad.”

“Good night.”

… …

The next morning, thinking that they would start filming today, Lin Momo jumped out of bed before the alarm clock even rang and immediately started washing up as if injected with chicken blood.

Lin Momo specially found some clothes that were stain-resistant and convenient but before she could change into them, she was stopped by Lin Cheng.

“Wear this.” Lin Cheng found the most expensive and most beautiful set of clothes from the closet.

“Wearing this will make it dirty,” Lin Momo said with some trepidation. Lin Momo had a little secret that she didn’t tell Lin Cheng: this dress was actually her favorite among all the dresses her dad bought her. Lin Momo would be very distressed if it got dirty or torn if she wore it to work on the set.

“No, the crew will let you put on special clothes for filming.” After that, Lin Cheng also promised, “I will keep your clothes for you while you film.”

Listening to Lin Cheng’s promise, Lin Momo nodded and agreed reluctantly.

… … translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

At this time, the audience in the livestream channel watching the interaction between the father and daughter and had already guessed most of Lin Cheng’s thoughts:

[Momo’s outfit looks expensive at first glance.]

[Haha, I guess Daddy Lin did it on purpose because yesterday someone said that Momo looked like a little beggar.]

[Daddy Lin: Humph, you say my baby looks like a little beggar? Let me show you what a precious little princess she really is!]

[However, Momo looks so cute when she dresses up like this!]

[This show is trying to trick me into having a daughter again.]

… …

Now that they’ve officially joined the production, the father and daughter were finally able to enjoy the treatment of being picked up by a car sent by the filming crew.

The two rode in the crew’s official car and quickly arrived at the set.

In order to match the shooting time with that of Lin Cheng and Lin Momo’s program, the crew adjusted the original shooting plan: the next two days will be focused solely on filming ‘Xu Duo’’s part. Therefore, in addition to this one child actor and the crew required for the shoot, there were not many people on the set.

When Guo Fei and several staff members saw Lin Momo again, they were all stunned: compared to yesterday when Lin Momo looked like a wilted cabbage, Lin Momo today looked very energetic and undeniably very cute. 

“The director and Teacher Li want this child to play ‘Xu Duo’?” the makeup artist, who was not present yesterday, asked in surprise.

“Yes, that’s her. Don’t doubt that I have a good eye for these things. You’ll realize it after you put her makeup on,” Guo Fei said. “Lin Momo has great potential and is really suitable to play ‘Xu Duo’.”

“Alright, then I’ll do my best,” the makeup artist nodded.

Lin Momo was led to the dressing room by the makeup artist.

The makeup artist first asked Lin Momo to put on old and tattered clothes specially made by the costume team, and then started to do her makeup.

Then passed more than half an hour of fussing.

… …

When Lin Momo came out of the dressing room and her thin, dirty figure once again appeared in the livestream, the barrage area exploded with distressed comments: 

[Oh my God! She looks so pitiful! ]

[Although I know it’s just makeup, it’s too distressing to look at her like this.]

[No, I can’t watch this, it hurts too much.]

… …

When the staff on the set saw Lin Momo’s appearance, they had the same thoughts as the audience in the livestream channel.

Looking at Lin Momo, the director’s eyes lit up and he nodded with satisfaction.

“Not bad, not bad, let’s get ready and start filming.”

The director took out the script and originally planned to talk to Lin Momo about the drama, but was surprised to find that Lin Momo had already read the entire script and carefully memorized the plot. No matter what he said, Lin Momo could quickly get the hang of it.

“Good, good, good,” the director said the word ‘good’ several times in succession and then said, “Let’s start.

“All the outdoor scenes will be shot tomorrow. Today, we will shoot a few scenes on the set first.”

With the scene now ready, filming officially began.

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

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