7:20 pm.

The hosts and guest celebrities all changed their makeup backstage and gathered to the side of the stage after making the final preparations.

Standing in the crowd, unlike the calm demeanor exhibited by the other stars and their children, Lin Momo was clutching at the corner of her clothes, her small hands clenched tight, and she looked particularly nervous.

Until a warm hand was placed on her head.

Under the dim light in the waiting area, Lin Momo looked up at Lin Cheng.

“Relax.”

Lin Cheng squatted in front of Lin Momo regardless of the strange looks given by the people around them. 

He said to Lin Momo in a soothing tone, “When you get on the stage, stand in the same spot as you did in the rehearsal earlier. Even if you stand in the wrong position, it doesn’t matter. You can look at the director and staff in front of the stage and to the sides, and they will give you hints. If you really don’t remember what to do next, come to my side.”

Hearing this, Lin Momo shook her head and explained, “I remember all of that.”

“Well, I was just a little nervous before, but now I’m fine!” After saying that, Lin Momo also showed a big smile to Lin Cheng.

On the side, the conversation between the father and daughter attracted the attention of several other celebrity families. When they looked at the father and daughter, they all had doubts in their eyes.

It stood to reason that the children of celebrities rarely had stage fright when they go on shows and attend events because they were used to this kind of living environment since childhood.

Lin Momo’s behavior was noticeably different from that of the children of the other celebrity guests.

… …

At this moment, the voice of the chief director was heard from the sound system, “All departments, get ready to start.”

As the lights on the stage came on, the recording of the program officially began.

The three program hosts went to the front of the stage while the theme song of [Entertainment Forum] played.

Next came a series of opening remarks.

Lin Momo kept staring at the hosts on the stage until she heard the three of them say in unison, “Now, please welcome our special guests today!”

Lin Momo immediately became 100% spirited and pulled Lin Cheng towards the stage.

The five families came on stage one by one and stood in the positions they had rehearsed before.

This episode that they were recording was only a backup, and the recording time was also scheduled on a Friday after the official episode was already recorded. Therefore, not many people were in the audience during the recording. Only the director, staff of the program group, and a few people who got internal tickets sat before the stage.

Such a low-key environment calmed Lin Momo’s inner tension a lot.

… … translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

The host began to introduce the 5 guest stars and their representative works one by one.

When it was time to introduce the children of the stars, the host handed the microphone to the children and asked them to introduce themselves.

From left to right.

When the host came in front of Lin Momo, he said in a friendly tone, just like how they did it before, “I know you.”

Hearing the host’s ‘polite words’, Lin Momo did not get nervous. She looked at him and smiled, asking, “Is it because you watched the show [Living with Dad]? “

“Yes!” After a pause, the host said again, “We all like you very much.”

Hearing this, Lin Momo’s face heated up, and she smiled at him and said, “Thank you.”

“You’re welcome,” the host said, then he looked in the direction of the camera and said, “But there should be some viewers who don’t know you. Momo, say ‘hello’ to everyone and introduce yourself.”

“Okay.”

Lin Momo took the microphone, looked straight ahead at the camera, and said, “Hello everyone, I’m Lin Momo. I’m Lin Cheng’s daughter, and I’m 9 years old this year.”

As soon as Lin Momo said this, there was a burst of applause from the audience.

However, gradually, the program staff noticed something was wrong and began to discuss in a low voice.

“What did Lin Momo say just now? She’s 9 years old?”

“I heard her say ‘9 years old’ too.”

“That’s not right, how can she be 9 years old? Wasn’t Lin Cheng’s daughter 7 years old according to the data circulated to us?”

“Did she say it wrong?”

“That shouldn’t be the case. How could she say her age wrong?” Even the 4-year-old baby that went before Lin Momo didn’t say his age wrong.

“What’s going on?”

… …

Not only were the program staff on the scene confused, but at this time, Chen Yu and the other two assistants who were watching the monitor in the dressing room backstage were also terrified.

“Hey! Why did Momo say she was 9 years old!”, Wang Xi exclaimed. “Didn’t we emphasize that she was only 7 years old in the script we gave her before?”

“Maybe she was too nervous, and she suddenly blurted it out like this,” Zhou Qi said.

Hearing this, Wang Xi became even more anxious, “What should we do now?” 

If this part was broadcast, and netizens would know that Lin Cheng lied about Lin Momo’s age when he took her to [Live with Dad]. This might cause another round of fierce scolding online.

The most important thing was that they won’t be able to explain why Lin Momo was so small and skinny if she was actually 9 years old.

They couldn’t say that Lin Cheng abused the child and didn’t feed the her enough, right?

“What should we do? Why don’t we go find the production team…”

“It’s probably useless to find them now.”

“Then what should we do…”

Wang Xi and Zhou Qi both looked anxious.

Chen Yu, who was standing by, also had a serious expression on his face, but when he saw that Lin Cheng still looked calm on the screen, Chen Yu managed to calm himself down and said, “Don’t worry, this is not a live broadcast. It’s not that serious, just a slip of the tongue. I’ll go to the program team later after the recording is over, and do some technical editing. It shouldn’t be a big problem.”

“Fortunately it’s not a live broadcast…” Wang Xi muttered.

… …

On the other side, on the stage.

The host heard Lin Momo’s answer and was also a bit surprised. He naturally noticed the commotion her answer caused in the audience.

The host glanced at the prompt card in his hand and thought that Lin Momo said it wrongly. He smiled and turned a blind eye to it, “Haha, I know that Momo is like a little adult in [Living with Dad]. It seems that Momo really wants to be a little adult.”

The host came to the rescue and smoothed over this little situation.

Then the host interviewed two other celebrity children. Fortunately, the other two children were not very old and also had some minor problems when introducing themselves. 

This made Lin Momo’s ‘little mistake’ less obvious.

I Livestream Divination to the World translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

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T/N: The children in the show are not really ‘babies’ but I’m keeping it as ‘baby’ because that’s what the novel title uses. It’s basically a sweet nickname you call a child.

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Chapter 98.2 — Recording the Show
Chapter 98.3 — Recording the Show