The Chinese Elf's Family Rescue Adventure

A strange kid showed up at the variety show recording site, and none of the crew noticed the problem. They even let the kid record the show with the celebrity guests for a whole day! This could easily make it into the top 10 of the most outrageous news of the year. No novel would dare to write it like this! Never mind what kind of uproar it would cause on the Internet. The most urgent thing now was to find the kid's family. If any kid got lost for a whole day, their parents would go crazy.

At this moment, Jian Lin walked up to Sui Sui, who was hugging her arms and looking angry. Jian Lin was the chief director of the variety show. She was only twenty-eight years old, and "Peach Blossom Spring" was her first major project. She looked really friendly. Even stray cats liked to get close to her when she walked on the street. She thought she had great affinity and wouldn't have any problem communicating with a little kid.

Jian Lin squatted down halfway to be at the same eye level as Sui Sui and smiled broadly. "Little friend, your name is Sui Sui, right?"

Sui Sui gave her a glance and pursed her small lips tightly without saying a word.

"Sui Sui, where are your mom and dad?"

Sui Sui tilted her head, and the chubby cheeks jiggled.

Jian Lin's smile widened even more as she tried to show her kindness. "Little friend, do you live in this mountain?"

This time, Sui Sui finally gave a reaction. "Humph!" (╭(╯^╰)╮), and her little face puffed up like a puffer fish.

Well, Jian Lin had to give up.

Then the pretty young lady who had the candies came forward. Usually, kids would love to get close to a pretty sister, but Sui Sui was so determined and didn't move an inch.

Then a handsome young man came, but it was still no use...

In the blink of an eye, all the crew members were surrounding Sui Sui, taking turns to talk to the little kid.

Jian Lin retreated to the blind spot of the camera at the door, with a tense face, not knowing what she was thinking about.

Xia Kai, the executive agent of Wen Chi, stood beside her. Xia Kai had just quietly gone to check on Wen Chi and saw that he was okay, so he was relieved. Now he had time to look at his friend and thought that Jian Lin was worried about Sui Sui's appearance. He couldn't help but mutter, "Why did you show up now? Why not earlier or later? It's a good thing I called you last night, or else..."

"Uh!" Jian Lin suddenly covered her mouth, and her face turned red.

Xia Kai's voice changed in fright. "What's wrong? Are you not feeling well? Could it be that you didn't rest after traveling for so long..."

"So cute." Jian Lin squeezed out three words, and her eyes lit up.

Xia Kai was confused. "... Huh?"

Jian Lin changed from covering her mouth to cupping her face, and her eyes almost turned into hearts. "How could there be such a beautiful little cub? I really want to steal her home with a sack!"

"..."

"Is a pink sack okay?"

"... Kidnapping children is illegal, thank you." Xia Kai was extremely speechless with his friend.

"It's boring." Jian Lin paused, put away her exaggerated look, and raised her eyebrows. "To be honest, I kind of regret it. I should have listened to Qian Hui and just let the show continue filming. Look at the traffic this little one brought. She became famous overnight!" Qian Hui was the assistant director.

Xia Kai's eyes widened. "How could you be such a person!"

Jian Lin had a ready answer. "There's an investment of tens of millions, and dozens of employees. They all need to eat!"

Xia Kai got anxious. "No, we can't do this. We have to be decent!"

"Puff." Jian Lin laughed and became serious again. "Just kidding. I've already sent people to ask around in the nearby villages. I guess we'll get a reply soon."

Xia Kai was half-believing and half-doubting.

Soon, he heard Jian Lin asking her assistant about the online response. The assistant said, "It's on the sixth hot search. There are a lot of people paying attention, and a lot of people scolding us too."

Jian Lin didn't care. "It's okay! Increase the efforts!" Looking back at Xia Kai, she giggled twice. "Make reasonable use of it, understand?"

Xia Kai didn't say anything. He knew that Jian Lin was under a lot of pressure. To get Wen Chi on the guest list, she had promised the leaders. In the entertainment industry these days, companies would do anything for hype. Just like the assistant director Qian Hui. He had noticed something wrong with Sui Sui's identity last night, but for the sake of the show's popularity, he pretended to be stupid. If there hadn't been only one aerial camera with Wen Chi, he would have chased after Sui Sui to film her going out. On the contrary, Jian Lin stopped the show as soon as she rushed back in the morning and brought people to handle the situation. It seemed that his friend still retained the kindness from school days and hadn't been corrupted by the entertainment industry...

"Tell the publicity team to hire some online trolls to stir up the topic. It doesn't matter if we get scolded. Being infamous is also a kind of fame! Oh, seize the point that our show has no script and make this label deeply rooted in people's minds!" Jian Lin whispered the instructions, and the assistant kept nodding.

Xia Kai watched and thought: It's over. This person's heart has gone bad. There's no hope! He decided to stay away from this black-hearted friend and walked back to Wen Chi again.

Wen Chi didn't notice Xia Kai coming. He stood outside the crowd surrounding Sui Sui, staring blankly in the direction where Sui Sui was blocked.

"I thought you really hated kids." Xia Kai blurted out.

Wen Chi came back to his senses and touched the switched-off microphone switch. His expression was cold. "Why do you say that?"

Xia Kai: "In the past, when you saw kids, especially little girls, you couldn't wait to walk around them. This is the first time I've seen you be so nice to a kid."

Wen Chi pursed his lips. "You're overthinking it."

"Really?" Xia Kai didn't believe it.

Wen Chi: "I just want to send her away as soon as possible." After saying that, Wen Chi moved further into the corner, not caring at all that the main character of the live stream had changed to Sui Sui.

Xia Kai didn't ask any more questions. He glanced at the iPad. With just one glance, he gasped. "This... this! The number of viewers in your live stream has exceeded one million! Before, the highest was less than three hundred thousand!"

Wen Chi, the former top star, had fallen a long way. In the past, during brand event live streams, there were easily tens of millions of viewers. Now the highest was less than three hundred thousand, including the data contributed by haters. But now, the number had more than tripled and was still increasing!

Wen Chi glanced at the excited Xia Kai. "Do you think these people are here for me?"

A bucket of cold water doused Xia Kai's excitement. "... Oh." He seemed to understand Jian Lin a little bit - criticize Jian Lin, understand Jian Lin, become Jian Lin!

Just then, a large group of people came in from outside the yard. The first few were wearing very conspicuous police uniforms. After entering the yard, they politely asked, "Who's in charge here?"

The small thatched cottage instantly became so quiet that you could hear a pin drop. The barrage in the live stream started scrolling crazily. In the dead silence, someone trembled and shouted, "We're wronged! We're not kidnappers!"