DTBS - Chapter 173

Chapter 173: Parenting Show 25: BOOM

"If the Island Master was the mastermind," Mu Kaitai said, placing her hands together on the table, "then maybe back then, because he didn't approve of CEO Tao and Ayin being together, he just, snap! Took drastic action?"

As she spoke, she made a gesture of cutting a throat.

Tao Qiuyun shook her head, "He doesn't seem like the type to do something like that. Although the Island Master didn't think I should be with Ayin back then, he didn't object to me interacting with Ayin, nor did he object to me being friends with her."

"First, Ayin died," Qin Qingshang sorted the sequence, "then Qiuqiu left the island. In the ten years since you left the island, the Island Master went into seclusion, the Great Shaman was replaced, the islanders' memories were altered, and the appearance of the bodies they saw yesterday suggests that something similar might have happened after Ayin. So, if that was the consequence of going against fate... let's assume this situation only appeared after Ayin's death. What does that make you think of?"

"There's another key point here," Ming Siwen picked up the topic and offered her opinion, "which is that CEO Tao is the Young Commander, destined to inherit Destiny Island. Logically, if she wanted to leave, shouldn't she be the one who should have been 'heavenly punished'?"

"This further proves that the so-called heavenly punishment is man-made," Tao Qiuyun continued, her eyes clear, "The Island Master is seriously ill, Ayin was murdered, and that person let me leave the island. Behind all these events, there seems to be only one person who is the biggest beneficiary..."

"The former Great Shaman," the six women said in unison.

Lü Fangting nodded, looking at everyone, "Perhaps we should go ask that white-bearded old man now. He looks kind, but he fits the image of a villain stabbing someone in the back."

"And his age fits too," Mu Kaitai agreed strongly.

【Good heavens, this storyline is like watching a drama】

【Let's record it next time, hahahahaha, I feel like with editing and special effects, it would be more immersive. The live broadcast is pushing the plot too fast】

【Dying of laughter, Director Dai's plan backfired, right? Not all live broadcasts can go as smoothly as Director Lu's】

【《Super High-Speed Heartbeat》 went smoothly?】

【It went smoothly! Didn't CEO Tao and Sister Qin officially announce their relationship not long after filming finished? (dog head)】

【Director Dai, why don't we just focus on making a kid show? This dual storyline feels a bit hard to control】

【So, variety shows still need a script, otherwise, the difference in people's thinking is really big, and it's hard to control the guests】

While the bullet comments were full of laughter, they didn't forget to offer their opinions. In the observation room, Dai Congxu felt they were guessing quite accurately. This season was actually his attempt at a transition. As long as Tao Qiuyun or Qin Qingshang appeared on his variety show, wouldn't he essentially have a public endorsement in front of capital and officials?

With the face of a big shot like Tao Qiuyun, at least the industry wouldn't restrict him to only filming kid shows like before... Although kid shows were good too, his dream was still to film narrative films.

Forget it, if their plot progresses quickly, so be it. As long as the story is told clearly, he doesn't need to desperately drag out the runtime, which affects both the audience and the guests.

"Director! It's bad!" A staff member rushed in, "No... no... Tao..."

"Don't rush, don't panic, I'm already zen now," Dai Congxu picked up his teacup and leaned back in his chair like an old cadre, "Speak slowly. We are a professional team after all, don't panic just because of a little action from the guests. Be calm."

"Tao... Tao Aiqin," the staff member swallowed, "She led her subordinates from the Cat Kingdom and found the 'BOOM bomb' we hid!"

"What!!!" The tea Dai Congxu had just drunk instantly sprayed out of his nose.

At this moment, the bullet comments in various live streams were shouting:

【Stop watching the adults solve the case, the babies have started defusing the bomb!】

【Nani? Eight eggs!】

【Here it comes, the bomb defusal segment that can't be avoided in a reasoning variety show… Wait, babies?】

【How did they find this thing?】

【Qin Miaomiao led her beloved consorts to conquer everywhere in the training facility, found an underground passage, then used weapons to chop down the guards - Big Leaf, and discovered the huge 'eight eggs'】

【Weapons?】

【The white radishes they got during the prison break earlier】

【6】

The System was also giving Tao Aiqin a '6': "You're truly amazing. How did you know there was a bomb underground?"

Tao Aiqin: "Sys, although I haven't participated in variety shows, I've watched them. Popular variety shows usually have a bomb defusal segment. Back in the day, I even enrolled in a bomb defusal course on my learning platform, thoroughly read the 'Bomb Defusal Manual', and mastered 108 methods for defusing BOOM bombs of various models. Ah, past achievements, not worth mentioning."

"That amazing? What platform was it?"

"It's called Steam. It's especially suitable for motivated people who want to learn skills. I used to learn Traditional Chinese Medicine and fortune-telling there too. If I wasn't afraid of getting arrested, I would have set up a stall under a bridge."

"...6, then can you defuse this bomb?"

"No," she answered very straightforwardly.

"...Didn't you thoroughly read the manual?!" System 030 had just posted that its Host could defuse BOOM bombs, attracting a bunch of envious Systems.

After all, bomb defusal skills in the System Mall require a lot of points to purchase. This one must be a System boss who installed the Quick Transmigration module!

"Thoroughly reading doesn't mean I can recite it. I can indeed read it, but I don't have the item in my hand."

The little cat was chatting nonsense with the System to relieve boredom while looking at Meng Huashi, "Mengmeng, this thing is very dangerous, let's leave first."

He Ruotang raised his hand like he was presenting a treasure, "I know, I know, this is called a BOOM bomb, one boom makes a mushroom cloud."

The System couldn't help but retort, "Good heavens, he's talking about a nuclear bomb."

Mu Xinxian heard a familiar word and furrowed her little brows, "Daddy was bombed by this, it's a bad thing, we need to tell everyone to run quickly."

She was referring to a character Kong Fangshu had played.

Gu Jingyou hid behind her, peeked out, and pointed at the screen above, "Mommy said things that light up have electricity, you have to cut off the electricity before you can touch them."

She said this because she saw the little cat touch the thing, so she quickly reminded her.

"Then let's cut off the electricity? Will it be okay?" He Ruotang looked at Tao Aiqin, wanting to discuss with her, "Master Cat, what do you think?"

The little cat had a serious expression and rejected his suggestion, "We have to tell Mommy."

The System rarely had a chance to retort to her, "You actually chickened out?"

Tao Aiqin ignored it. She wasn't a real child; she knew what was important and what wasn't. She could be a bit mischievous in other areas, and her two mothers could tolerate it, but she wouldn't dare mess around with safety. Although it was a fake prop, she was sure that if she really dared to touch it, Qin Qingshang would dare to press her onto her lap and give her a good spanking to teach her a lesson.

She had already been spanked once for being too bold. If she touched something dangerous again this time, she would probably get a worse beating.

The cat didn't want to perform a "spanking" in front of the whole country's audience, and her female lead mom's hand was really heavy, she could definitely make herself cry. To save face, she decisively chose to report to the parents and let the adults handle this matter.

So the little cat waved her hand, summoning the elusive Rabbit Mask to lead the way to meet up with the mothers' team.

The six female guests heading towards the white-bearded old man's house were stopped on the way by the cat gang...

"Stop!" The little cat was wearing a string of ginger as a crown this time, and raised the white radish in her hand to rob them, "Hand over all the snacks to King Cat!"

The other children clearly didn't expect her to dare to rob adults and hid behind her for a moment, not daring to speak.

Clearly, except for Meng Huashi who was shy, the other babies didn't dare to interact with their mothers like this.

"You've gone too far!" Seeing Lü Fangting and the others snickering, Qin Qingshang decisively stepped forward and picked up the little cat, "Tao Qiuyun really spoiled you rotten, now you even dare to rob us!"

"Wuwuwu~"

"Stop pretending to cry," Tao Qiuyun stepped forward and rescued her from Qin Qingshang's hands, "Tell me, why aren't you being the Cat Kingdom's king, but instead acting like a mountain bandit? This is illegal, the police sister will take you away and lock you up."

"Like you were tied up by Mommy yesterday?" The little cat wiped away non-existent tears.

Tao Qiuyun: "..."

How did this little girl always hit people where it hurt!

Qin Qingshang was amused and stepped forward, "Yes, and you'll get spanked, it's very pitiful. You're not allowed to do this kind of thing in the future, understand? Qinqin, before you came, did you rob anyone else? We'll return the things you robbed later, that's how you're a good child, understand?"

"Qinqin understands," the little cat said obediently, gesturing with her hand, "But, Mommy, Qinqin wants to tell you, I just found a big guy, Rabbit Mask said it's a BOOM bomb."

"What?" x6

After listening to the children's animated explanation, the six women felt that the babies were too lucky, and the director was probably dumbfounded.

"There's an explosive in the training facility's tunnel?" Although surprised, Qin Qingshang immediately reacted and looked at Tao Qiuyun, who was holding their daughter, "Could it be that the villain finally decided to destroy the island, and everyone goes hand in hand to King Yama's palace?"

Because their daughter was present, she tried her best to beautify the scene.

But the little cat was almost amused by her words and finally held back with excellent endurance.

"Then we have no choice but to either defuse the bomb or escape," Tao Qiuyun looked at the house not far ahead, "But if the white-bearded old man is the Great Shaman and can control the men in black, it should be very difficult for us to find a boat to leave the island."

"So we have to first investigate the truth of the matter, understand the beginning and end, before we can get into his inner world and stop the explosion."

Everyone discussed briefly and agreed that the breakthrough was still with Ayin. They decided to seize the time and split into two groups:

Tao Qiuyun, Qin Qingshang, and Gu Yunfei took the children to find the white-bearded old man;

Ming Siwen, Mu Kaitai, and Lü Fangting took the children to find Zhou Linwan for information.

After all, Painter Zhou had so many scenes, she must be a character with some identity...

"Do you know Ayin?" Zhou Linwan was washing clothes. Seeing Ming Siwen come over with a serious expression to question her, she simply put down the stick, stood up, and wiped her hands with her apron, looking a bit curious, "Where did you hear about Ayin?"

"Ayin is CEO Tao's fiancée," Mu Kaitai helped explain.

Zhou Linwan asked a few more standard questions, fulfilling Director Dai's request for her to stall for time, before sighing, "I came to the island because of Ayin. She is my sister, named Qin Qingyin, and she looks exactly like the Miss Qin who came to the island. To be honest, at first, I thought my sister had come back to life."

Originally, the production team had arranged a plot for the guests to slowly discover her difference towards Qin Qingshang, but who knew that Ming Siwen would immediately give her the title of "wife", catching her and the production team off guard.

Plus, they deduced things too quickly. The script they had memorized hadn't even been used yet, and they jumped straight to the final battle... It's truly outrageous!

"Your surname is Zhou, why is your sister's surname Qin?" Ming Siwen found it hard to hold back her laughter. If Qin Qingshang were here, it would be quite a sight, what a pity.

"She took her mother's surname," Zhou Linwan didn't break character, it seemed she had some acting talent.

The trio: "..."

Director, don't you think the name you chose is too deliberate? It's a good thing there's no stand-in abusive romance between Tao Qiuyun and Qin Qingshang, otherwise, after the show is filmed, CEO Tao definitely wouldn't have a good time!

CEO Tao: Thanks, I probably won't have a good time anyway.

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