Thank you, quayA, for the ko-fi~
After Director Li voiced his concerns, Chen Yang smiled and said magnanimously, “Director Li, this is your show. You should handle it as you see fit.”
“Anyway, neither Xiao Putao nor I regret joining your program.”
“Xiao Putao really likes your show, too.”
Chen Yang’s words brought a smile to Director Li’s face.
Having worked on shows for so many years, Director Li had always maintained a moderate level of success without any major breakthroughs.
As a director, he knew how to create sensational moments, but he often chose not to pursue many of them.
On his shows, the guests had always been the top priority.
The footage they recorded today actually contained many highlights. If edited and released normally, it would definitely become popular.
Yet Director Li was still worried that clashing with local customs might negatively affect the guests.
“I’ll go ask the locals tomorrow. If we can keep it, I’d prefer to retain it.”
“Alright. Thank you for your hard work, Director Li.”
Director Li went around looking for the guests, but didn’t manage to meet Bo Han or Feng Qi.
He only managed to see the other three parents.
As it grew later, Director Li decided not to disturb anyone further.
He returned to his own accommodation and spent a long time searching on his computer.
When he grew tired of searching, he would switch to watching the trailer that had aired that evening.
The trailer was edited to 37 minutes.
After the opening advertisements, the guests made their appearances one by one.
Feng Yuan’s house wasn’t shown in its entirety. Only the main gate and some interior decorations were filmed.
These shots didn’t amount to much in total.
Yet, the resourceful netizens managed to uncover the villa district where it was located.
Feng Yuan’s villa alone was worth over a hundred million.
Director Li had personally visited this villa.
He knew that the Li family owned several villas in this small district, each valued at over a hundred million.
Feng Yuan started off by losing his homework.
The barrage of comments erupted with “hahaha” over his antics.
As Director Li watched the trailer, even though he had witnessed most of the content firsthand, the post-production editing made the visual effects even more entertaining.
After the 37-minute video ended, many comments at the end expressed a desire to rewatch it.
Aside from these repeat viewers, the discussion on online platforms was rapidly heating up.
Among the five groups of guests, without a doubt, Feng Qi’s group and Bo Han’s group had the highest popularity.
Bo Han, having debuted years ago, still surpassed Feng Qi in terms of fanbase and recognition for now.
But Feng Yuan was incredibly effective.
The comedic moments Feng Yuan created in the show overshadowed even the seasoned actor Bo Han.
Director Li’s phone calls and WeChat messages were nearly overwhelming.
Countless people were contacting him. Some want to invest, others seek advertising collaborations, and others are trying to get their people onto his show…
For the first time, Director Li felt like a celebrity himself, so sought after.
The guests, without their phones, were unaware of how popular they had become.
But Director Li was closely monitoring their popularity.
Among these guests and Feng Yuan’s account, the one with the fewest followers had still gained several hundred thousand.
Feng Yuan’s account saw the fastest growth.
Director Li felt immensely pleased as he looked at the online data.
While he was basking in this satisfaction, Feng Qi, who had been searching for the dragons until midnight, finally returned.
Feng Qi had found nothing.
His calls should have been heard by these dragons.
But not a single one responded.
Unable to find the dragons, Feng Qi couldn’t linger outside indefinitely.
He still had his son at home. No matter how late it was, he had to return to check on him.
“Yuan Yuan, are you asleep?”
Arriving at Bo Han’s doorstep, Feng Qi sensed something amiss the moment he stood before the door.
The aura inside the room felt strangely off.
“Bo Han!”
“Bo Han, open the door!”
“I’m here to pick up Yuan Yuan. Open the door for me.”
After calling out several times with no response, Feng Qi’s expression darkened. The next second, he forced the door open.
It took him a few seconds to break through.
And a few seconds later—
The door swung open, revealing Bo Han struggling to sit up on the bed.
His clothes were intact, but his face was flushed as if he had a fever.
His hands, propping him up on the bed, trembled uncontrollably.
“Bo Han.”
Feng Qi strode forward, reaching Bo Han’s bedside in a few steps. “What’s wrong with you?”
Bo Han, shaking, pushed himself off the bed and stood up.
Feng Qi steadied him.
“I’m fine. Don’t worry about me. Check on my Rong Rong first.”
“I’ve already looked around. Your Rong Rong isn’t here.”
“I was just about to ask you. Where’s my Yuan Yuan?”
Bo Han: “…”
Bo Han focused his gaze on the desk. Neither Yuan Yuan nor Rong Rong was there now.
He hurried to the desk and noticed that the two children had taken the backpack, along with a large bag of fruits from the table.
“Where are these two kids?!”
Bo Han was equally bewildered. “I didn’t see them earlier.”
He had been too preoccupied earlier to keep an eye on the children.
Noticing the missing backpacks, homework, and food, Feng Qi already had a hunch.
“They left on their own.”
With that, Feng Qi turned to search for the children.
Bo Han followed him.
The two fathers searched together, talking as they walked.
Feng Qi told Bo Han about his unsuccessful search for the dragons.
“I’m familiar with the auras of Chi Rong and Qing Hao. But I haven’t detected their presence within hundreds of miles.”
“Bo Han, what do you think could be the reason?”
Bo Han: “They didn’t come here?”
Feng Qi: “Impossible.”
Feng Qi knew Chi Rong and Qing Hao well.
If they had set out to find Feng Yuan, they would not have changed their destination.
They would definitely come.
As he spoke, Feng Qi didn’t forget to sniff for his son’s scent.
Feng Yuan and Rong Rong were together.
If he could catch the scent of Feng Yuan, the little phoenix, Rong Rong would be found as well.
At first, Feng Qi could still talk to Bo Han while tracking his son’s scent.
But gradually, he fell silent.
He and Bo Han had been searching for an hour.
In that hour, neither of them had found any clues.
Bo Han was struggling to walk, enduring his discomfort as they combed the area meticulously for the two little ones.
“You can’t detect Yuan Yuan’s scent anymore?”
“No.”
Feng Qi’s heart sank. “It’s the same as when I searched for Chi Rong and Qing Hao.”
The scent he was trying to trace had completely vanished.
“Bo Han, we’re in trouble.”
In all his years of raising his son, this was the first time Feng Qi had encountered such a situation.
Seeing Feng Qi’s grim expression, Bo Han’s heart tightened as well.
At least Feng Yuan, the little phoenix, possessed spiritual power.
And Feng Yuan was a phoenix who knew how to fight.
If they were to encounter any real danger, Feng Yuan had a much higher chance of protecting himself than his Rong Rong.
His Rong Rong had no spiritual power and could do nothing except transform into a little fox.
He didn’t even know how to fight.
As Bo Han thought of his little fox, who could do nothing, missing on such a deep night…
For a moment, his hands and feet turned ice-cold.
“Bo Han, look here. Isn’t this Rong Rong’s fur?”
After failing to detect his son’s scent, Feng Qi decisively chose another method.
He began searching the path for traces of the two little ones.
On a small blade of grass, he spotted white fox fur.
Rong Rong was a fluffy little fox with a lot of fur.
He shed easily.
Bo Han took the white fur handed to him by Feng Qi and nodded. “It’s Rong Rong’s fur.”
Using this clue, the two fathers slowly made their way forward.
After an unknown amount of time, they entered the mountains.
Feng Qi spotted Feng Yuan’s small backpack.
This confirmed his suspicion.
“Yuan Yuan came out to discard his backpack.”
Holding Feng Yuan’s small backpack, Feng Qi looked ahead.
There was no path left.
This small mountain forest wasn’t deep; they had already reached the end.
Ahead, there was no path and no child.
As the two fathers stared at the dirty little dinosaur backpack, a sudden realization dawned on them.
They both thought of what could simultaneously mask the auras of divine beasts like phoenixes and dragons.
It was divine power.
Within the range of divine power, the auras of divine beasts…
Would be concealed.
“A god.”
Feng Qi and Bo Han uttered the word simultaneously.
After saying it, Bo Han seemed to recall something and said, “I know who took them.”
“Feng Qi, I’m sorry. This time, I might have dragged your Yuan Yuan into this.”
Feng Qi: “?”
Feng Qi: “What?”
Bo Han pursed his lips. What he had intended to keep hidden now felt impossible to conceal any longer.
“Aside from gods, there’s another being that can mask the auras of divine beasts. Demons.”
Demons are born from fallen gods.
Thus, the one capable of concealing all traces and taking the two little ones could also be a demon.
And as it happened, a demon had been lurking here tonight.
“Rong Rong’s other father is a demon. During the great war between gods and demons, I deceived him…”
“I used his death to secure my own survival.”
“I thought he was completely dead.”
Bo Han, a nine-tailed fox, was born in an era of survival of the fittest.
He lacked the moral sensibilities of modern people.
Using a demon’s death to ensure his own survival was a choice he wouldn’t have hesitated over.
He just never expected that the demon he had deceived could be resurrected.
He knew this demon was no ordinary one.
Back then, the demon who single-handedly quelled the great war between gods and demons was closely associated with the one he had tricked.
“He reappeared a few years ago and found me as soon as he returned.”
“I’ve been avoiding him ever since.”
To Feng Qi, Bo Han laid all his cards on the table: “Rong Rong is his child, but he doesn’t know.”
Demons, from the moment of their birth, symbolize ill omen.
Bo Han had never imagined he would bear a child for a demon.
But after conceiving Rong Rong, as he felt the little one’s heartbeat grow and its movements begin in his womb…
Even this nine-tailed fox, who had always prioritized only himself, gradually softened.
He knew that if he were to give birth to offspring, all his spiritual power would be passed down to them.
Such a self-sacrificing act for the sake of his child. In the past, he wouldn’t have believed himself capable of it.
But after Rong Rong was born, and he discovered that Rong Rong hadn’t inherited his spiritual power, the nine-tailed fox felt not even a hint of secret relief.
Instead, he was filled with overwhelming worry.
He tried countless methods to transfer his spiritual power to Rong Rong, but none succeeded.
The current variety show was his last resort after exhausting all other options.
After Bo Han finished recounting his encounter with Rong Rong’s father, he deduced, “When he came to my room, Rong Rong and Yuan Yuan had already gone silent.”
“I believe that by then, he must have already taken Rong Rong and Yuan Yuan away.”
Bo Han’s reasoning was sound and logical.
Feng Qi couldn’t help but believe it somewhat.
“Can you find him now? Let’s talk to him.”
“I’ll try.”
With that, Bo Han led Feng Qi back to the village to see if the man was still around.
Earlier, when Feng Qi broke down the door, the demon inside him had dressed him and then vanished.
The fathers were too busy to sleep.
The two little ones, unable to find their way home, were also awake.
They were fumbling through the forest.
Rong Rong was already frightened.
“Go home.”
Rong Rong patted Feng Yuan with his paw, wanting to go home together.
Feng Yuan was also panicking inside, but his chubby face remained composed.
“Chirp.”
Okay, we’ll go home soon.
Feng Yuan didn’t tell Rong Rong that he was already trying hard to find the way home.
To distract Rong Rong, he deliberately pointed at the moon overhead.
“Rong Rong, look, isn’t the moon beautiful?”
Rong Rong looked up.
The next moment, he immediately covered his little head with his paws.
Feng Yuan: “?”
Puzzled by this strange reaction, Feng Yuan looked up again.
This time, he saw a blood-red moon hanging in the sky.
The crimson moon, against the dim night sky, looked utterly eerie.
Feng Yuan’s chubby face froze in shock.
Well, that settled it.
He, too, covered his head with his small wings.
“Rong Rong.”
Feng Yuan used his short, chubby wings to cover his head completely.
As he hid his little head, he finally confessed the truth to Rong Rong.
“I… I can’t find the way.”
“Let’s find a hole to hide in. Dad will come looking for us.”
Feng Yuan was so scared he could barely move his little paws.
Hearing his confession, Rong Rong’s dark, bright eyes welled up with tears.
The two little ones stood frozen for a moment before tremblingly searching for a place to hide.
They found a small stone crevice.
The two huddled inside, clinging to each other, not daring to move a muscle.
As they held each other, it was unclear who started crying first.
But soon, a small puddle formed beneath them.
“Chirp chirp.”
Rong Rong, I’m sorry.
The chubby ball with his wings over his head chirped an apology.
“Chirp.”
I shouldn’t have brought you into the mountains.
“Chirp, chirp.”
I shouldn’t have come out to throw away the backpack either.
The little chubby ball was filled with regret.
If he had known that tossing his backpack would lead to getting lost, he would never have come out today, no matter what.
He missed his dad terribly.
Even if it meant getting spanked, he just wanted to see his dad again.
Rong Rong let out a soft squeak, saying it was okay.
The little fox would never blame the chubby little chick.
The two of them huddled close together in the deserted night, waiting for their father.
They waited for what felt like an eternity.
The two little ones, who had fallen asleep, were awakened by a noise. Rubbing their sleepy eyes, they poked their little heads out to look around.
What they saw left them stunned.
The dark forest they remembered before closing their eyes was now brightly lit.
“Chirp.”
Rong Rong, have we been asleep for so long?
Feng Yuan felt like he hadn’t slept long at all.
He had only dozed off for a short while, so how could the sky already be bright?
In the brightly lit forest, red was everywhere.
There were many large, red double happiness characters.
Feng Yuan recognized them immediately. They were symbols used for weddings.
The once lonely forest was not only turning red but also becoming lively.
Many little spirits emerged one after another like bamboo shoots after rain.
They were beating gongs and drums, dressed in red clothes.
“Rong Rong, who is getting married?”
Feng Yuan wanted to see who was getting married.
If there were people or other beings in the forest…
They could ask for directions.
Determined to find his way home, Feng Yuan mustered his courage and stepped out.
Afraid that his chirping might be hard to understand, he deliberately transformed back into his toddler form.
Rong Rong did the same.
Hand in hand, the two little ones—one brave and fearless, the other timid and hesitant—went to find the little spirits.
“Hello.”
As soon as Feng Yuan greeted them, the little spirits’ eyes lit up, and they began flying around them.
“What beautiful little attendants!”
“Tie them up, tie them up! Let’s offer them to the Divine Lord!”
“Dress them in red clothes. That will make it more festive!”
The little spirits’ voices were shrill and didn’t sound very friendly.
They happily surrounded Feng Yuan and Rong Rong, chattering and discussing excitedly.
“This year’s Divine Festival is finally looking proper!”
“We have a divine dragon as our lord’s concubine—no, no, a consort! This one is a male dragon!”
“And two little attendants, so beautiful! The Divine Lord will surely like them.”
“Divine Festival, Divine Festival! Our lord loves festivals the most!”
As the little spirits chattered away, they began to tie up Feng Yuan.
Feng Yuan had already prepared to fight.
But when he heard them mention a dragon, he immediately stood straight.
He suspected that the dragon the little spirits were talking about was the dragon uncle he was looking for!
Feng Yuan obediently let them tie him and Rong Rong up.
He comfortingly leaned close to Rong Rong and whispered to him.
“Don’t be afraid. We’re going to find my dragon uncles.”
“Okay.”
Both little ones were very well-behaved, not crying or making a fuss even when tied up.
Meanwhile.
The method Bo Han had devised to force the demon to reveal itself was making Feng Qi extremely uncomfortable.
The two of them stood by the window.
Their figures were reflected on the glass, their faces drawing closer and closer.
From the outside, it looked as if they were being intimate.
But only those inside the room could see that it was all an illusion.
Bo Han, with his ample acting experience, lowered his voice and looked at Feng Qi, who was tense all over.
“Why are you so nervous?”
“Don’t worry. I won’t actually kiss you.”
Bo Han had acted in many productions but had hardly ever kissed anyone on screen.
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