In the afternoon, Lin Cheng and Lin Momo prepared to leave for City A to record a new episode of the program.

Even as the two were leaving, Old Master Lin was still a little reluctant to part with his precious great-grandchild.

It wasn’t until Lin Momo said, “Dad and I will go to a new place this week, if we encounter anything fun and delicious, I’ll surely bring some back to great-grandpa,” that Old Master Lin nodded with satisfaction and said “okay,” several times in a row.

Patting Lin Momo’s head, Old Master Lin said with a smile, “Xiao Momo, go and have fun this week.”

“Okay,” Lin Momo responded loudly.

Butler Zhou and Assistant Zhou Ming, standing by the side, looked on worriedly at Lin Momo and Lin Cheng. With the ‘survival’ family background that the father and daughter had drawn this week, it would be good to be alive by the end of the episode. If they also wanted to ‘have fun’—that would be too luxurious.

“Let’s go,” Lin Cheng took Lin Momo and said ‘goodbye’ to Old Master Lin.

“Go, go.” Old Master Lin watched the two leave with a smile on his face.

It wasn’t until the father and daughter had gone that Old Master Lin finally couldn’t sit still anymore. He leaned on his cane and began to curse in a low voice, “What a bastard show, how could it create such a lousy ‘family background’!”

Hearing the old man’s low curse, Zhou Ming hesitated for a moment before speaking, “This was chosen by online voting from real backgrounds and the drawing of lots was legitimate…”

The program team really shouldn’t be blamed for this. After all, the real drawing of lots was what the old man requested from the beginning.

The only thing to blame was Lin Cheng’s unlucky hands…

Hearing this, Old Master Lin snorted coldly once again. “Huh, even if this is the case, doesn’t the program team know how to work around it? 37.5 yuan—what’s that gonna do? Why don’t they just give them nothing?!”

Old Master Lin walked around the living room twice, leaning on his cane, still muttering, “I have to think of something…”

“How about we just invest some money and solve the problem of that idle piece of land?” Butler Zhou suggested. This would at least allow Lin Cheng and Lin Momo to live in a normal house.

Hearing this, Zhou Ming did not agree with it and said, “I went to find out more about it. The financial situation of that land is very complicated, and it would not be easy to acquire it in a short time.”

“And the Eldest Young Master and family would only be living there temporarily, and they don’t even have serious rights of residence.” If that land was really sold, the two of them would probably have to live on the streets.

“How about we arrange for someone to go over and do something behind the scenes?” Drop some money, maybe leave some food, things like that, Zhou Ming thought.

However, this proposal still did not satisfy Old Master Lin.

“That’s all? How useful can that be? Can you just throw 12,000 yuan on the ground and let them pick it up?” Old Master Lin complained.

First, Lin Cheng was not stupid and would realize in an instant. Second, the audience was not stupid either. And finally, according to Old Master Lin’s understanding of his great-granddaughter, Lin Momo would probably hand it over directly to the police if she picked up the money.

“And what if they overturn? Haven’t you seen what the netizens have been saying in the past two days?” Old Master Lin glanced at all these people next to him—who had not been keeping up with current affairs at all—and snorted.

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The livestream of the last episode of [Living with Dad] caused quite a heated discussion on the Internet.

The hot topic had little to do with Lin Cheng and Lin Momo. The main object of debate was actually Bai Yulin and Duan Bei, these two popular dad and child teams.

After Bai Yulin became a violinist in the symphony orchestra, he was eventually banned from performing by the orchestra leader because of the gap in his skills and their professional standards. This incident triggered a war of words between Bai Yulin’s fans and anti-fans on the Internet.

Originally, this matter would have been over if Bai Yulin had frankly admitted the inadequacy of his skills in this instance—after all that was a professional orchestra—but Bai Yulin’s agency insisted on maintaining his background as having excellent professional-level skills .

Bai Yulin’s management company used a series of methods to let Bai Yulin become the endorser of a musical instrument brand and finally created an opportunity for Bai Yulin to join a performance.

Although the entire performance was praised by Bai Yulin’s fans, sharp-eyed netizens soon discovered that there was a very slight difference between Bai Yulin’s fingering when playing and the actual music. In other words, Bai Yulin’s performance was probably faked.

As soon as this incident came out, it immediately caused a huge controversy on the Internet.

Duan Bei was also criticized by parents for making mistakes in the homework he assigned to their children when he worked at a children’s educational institution.

Both the online and offline support of Duan Bei’s legions of fans not only failed to help their idol, but also caused Duan Bei and his academic qualifications to be questioned by netizens. At the same time, incidents of him previously accepting the help of fans in completing the show’s weekly tasks were also exposed one after another.

In addition to Bai Yulin and Duan Bei, the other two teams also overturned but to a much lesser degree.

In contrast, Lin Cheng’s group, which originally had the least amount of viewers, successfully completed their week’s mission. Not only that, their livestream also brought many unexpected surprises to the audience.

But because of this, Lin Cheng’s team was questioned by several other fans.

#Lin Cheng’s family paid money to the program team, right?#

#Why can Lin Cheng’s family get the best background?#

#Lin Cheng should have gotten a good script, that’s why he didn’t overturn#

#How good is Lin Cheng? It’s unreasonable for this team not to overturn #…

Actually, there were only a few comments like this. Their team only got caught up in the vicious scolding wars between several groups of celebrity fans and anti-fans. However, although these comments were comparatively inconspicuous, they were still very uncomfortable to hear.

It wasn’t until the previous week’s program recording was completed and Lin Cheng got the background of [Unemployed] for the next episode of the program that those doubts finally subsided.

… …

“Netizens are not fools. Those crooked little tricks will lead to overturning sooner or later,” Old Master Lin muttered with an ‘I know what I’m talking about’ look on his face.

Butler Zhou and the others couldn’t help laughing secretly when they saw Old Master Lin’s know-it-all look.

In the past, Old Master Lin didn’t care at all what the netizens said, and he even wished in his heart for Lin Cheng’s popularity to cool off permanently so he would come back to inherit the family business.

As a result, now, the old man has unconsciously begun to care about the netizens’ evaluation of Lin Cheng and Lin Momo.

In other words, what Old Master Lin actually cared about was ensuring that Lin Momo only saw that everyone liked her and protecting her from the hurtful impact of those mean words.

In the end, after discussing it for a long while, they still weren’t able to come up with any feasible method. They could only secretly arrange some bodyguards to ensure the safety of Lin Cheng and Lin Momo during the recording of the program.

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

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T/N: I had completely forgotten that greatgrandpa Lin arranged for undercover bodyguards to keep an eye on the two during this episode. Throughout this novel, I got super antsy whenever Lin Cheng would leave Lin Momo alone at home while he worked. This really relieved my mind ah! Never mind that Lin Momo is sensible enough not to burn down their house, but she is a pretty child in a world where people’s heart’s were unreliable. Great work, greatgrandpa Lin!

… … translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com