Su Huaiming frowned, not understanding what Sun Siyuan meant.
Sun Siyuan grew anxious. He winked at him again and gestured toward the sofa with his mouth.
Su Huaiming fell silent for three seconds, then looked at him worriedly. "Is something wrong with your facial nerves? Should you go to the hospital?"
Sun Siyuan: "..."
He snorted angrily and got up to leave. Even his retreating figure seemed to spell out, "I'm angry."
Su Huaiming was completely baffled, but he didn't take issue with Sun Siyuan. He lowered his head and continued eating.
After the meal, the production team took everyone to a new filming location.
This time, the adults had to put on mascot costumes and help the children hand out flyers. They had to give every flyer away to complete the task and receive the corresponding reward.
Su Huaiming picked a costume at random and came out of the room after putting it on.
His timing was just right. The other three also emerged in their costumes, and they ran into one another at the door, creating an iconic scene.
[The mascot costumes are cute, but everyone's aura is so strong. It's like a gathering of big shots!]
[The production team did this on purpose, didn't they? These are the four biggest names in the cartoon animal world.]
[I absolutely love Cocky Bear. His belly looks so soft and bouncy. I want to run into it orz]
Sun Siyuan's costume happened to be the cutest of the bunch, with sparkling eyes, rosy cheeks, and a shy expression.
Sun Siyuan felt that it hurt his image and was in a terrible mood. Unwilling to stay a minute longer, he headed for the elevator first.
The elevator doors soon opened, and Sun Siyuan stepped in sideways. Unexpectedly, his belly was too big, and he got stuck in the doorway.
Sun Siyuan: "..."
He held back his temper, took a deep breath, and squeezed inward with all his might, but the costume didn't budge.
Only then did he realize he'd done something stupid. It was the costume's belly that was stuck, not his.
Seeing this, Yu Ruicheng said coldly, "I'll help you."
He lifted his foot, intending to kick Sun Siyuan inside, but he hadn't realized that the costume had a long body and especially short legs, the exact opposite of his own.
Yu Ruicheng's knee caught on the edge of the costume. He suddenly lost his balance and fell backward, landing on his butt.
His leg happened to stretch out beside Sun Siyuan's feet, and in a sliding tackle, he shoved Sun Siyuan inside with his foot.
!!!
Pain shot through Sun Siyuan's calf. The weight of the costume was all in its upper half, and it sent him falling backward.
The soft costume cushioned his fall, so it didn't hurt much, but it was embarrassing enough.
Humiliated and furious, Sun Siyuan immediately tried to get up, only to find that his arms were too short to support his body. His legs were also wedged inside the costume, leaving them to flail up and down without touching the floor. He looked just like a... turtle that couldn't turn itself over.
The two cute mascots had fallen over, and for a moment, the scene was complete chaos.
The production staff hurried over to help, and only with great difficulty did they get Sun Siyuan and Yu Ruicheng back on their feet.
The mascots were so cute, yet inside them were two cool guys who were both aloof and cocky. The subtle contrast delighted the viewers in the livestream.
After seeing what had happened to Sun Siyuan and Yu Ruicheng, Ji Mingzhe managed to enter the elevator with help from the staff.
The staff were just about to help Su Huaiming when he held out a hand, indicating that he wanted to do it himself.
The production staff and the viewers in the livestream were all stunned.
Su Huaiming's costume was even fatter than Sun Siyuan's, with an even rounder belly. Sun Siyuan hadn't been able to get in, so how could Su Huaiming?!!
Under everyone's puzzled gazes, Su Huaiming took a few steps back and ran forward quickly in a bizarre posture.
The soft costume swayed from side to side with his movements, its round, bouncy belly rippling like waves. By the time Su Huaiming reached the doorway, his little belly was swaying left and right at such a speed that he could just fit through the elevator doors.
The people present and the viewers in the livestream stared in astonishment.
[Ahhh, the mascot looks so soft! I want to bury myself in it (*￣︶￣)]
[Good grief, I need a slow-motion replay. How on earth did Su Huaiming get in?!]
[Mystery solved. So Cocky Bear knows Chinese kung fu!]
[Su Huaiming ran in that posture inside the costume too. Just thinking about it is adorable.]
[Hahahaha, the four mascots have packed the elevator full. Poor cameraman, squeezed in the middle.]
[I dream of being surrounded by fluff. Let me take his place!]
[I want that sweet burden too, +1]
Chapter 15: 015
Getting out of the elevator was just as troublesome as getting in. If they hadn't been more than ten floors up and unable to take the stairs down, Sun Siyuan and the others would never have chosen to put themselves through such an awkward ordeal.
After finally reaching the filming location, they looked at the thick stack of flyers on the table and fell silent.
Sun Siyuan never concealed his true feelings. The corners of his mouth twitched twice. "Are you sure we can hand all these out in one day?"
"These flyers will be divided evenly into three portions, one for each group." The director flattered Sun Siyuan. "With your help, we'll definitely be able to hand them all out."
Sun Siyuan: "..."
Faced with so many flyers, they decided to split up.
Fu Xiaoxiao wasn't wearing a mascot costume, only a pair of fluffy little bear ears. He eagerly picked up the flyers, full of energy, and bounced as he walked.
"We have to hand out all the flyers," Fu Xiaoxiao said in his childish voice. "I want to earn money to buy ice cream!"
Su Huaiming hadn't expected ice cream to be such a temptation for Fu Xiaoxiao. Several days had passed, yet he still remembered it.
He was the one who had promised Fu Xiaoxiao, so naturally he wouldn't go back on his word. "All right. As long as we hand out all the flyers, you can have all the pay."
Fu Xiaoxiao's eyes sparkled when he heard that, and he couldn't wait to hand out all the flyers.
One minute later:
Fu Xiaoxiao looked at Su Huaiming in confusion and asked, "Why isn't anyone coming to take one?"
"Handing out flyers means putting them in people's hands, not waiting for them to come and take one," Su Huaiming explained.
Only then did Fu Xiaoxiao nod and walk toward a passing stranger.
He wasn't shy around strangers at all. He stopped in front of a middle-aged man, looked up at him, and stretched his arm out as far as he could, trying to place a flyer in his hand.
The middle-aged man looked at Fu Xiaoxiao's fair, soft little face and nearly melted from the cuteness. He immediately reached out and took the flyer.
Delighted by his successful start, Fu Xiaoxiao trotted over to another passerby and asked in his childish voice, "Would you like one?"
Seeing such a small child working hard to hand out flyers, hardly any of the passersby had the heart to refuse. They all reached out and took one.
The father and son worked together seamlessly, standing on opposite sides and reaching almost every passerby on the street.
But after half an hour, they had handed out less than a tenth of the flyers. Fu Xiaoxiao's fighting spirit had worn away, and he began to pout and throw a tantrum. "How can we possibly hand all these out?!"
"I won't have any ice cream, and I won't be able to buy any for Youyou and Xuanxuan. They'll be really sad and won't play with me anymore. Then I won't have any friends, and I'll be the most pitiful child in the world, boo-hoo-hoo..."
Su Huaiming: "..."
As Fu Xiaoxiao's words grew more and more outrageous, Su Huaiming couldn't help interrupting. "It's not that bad, and we can hand out all the flyers."
"Really?" Fu Xiaoxiao's spell had been interrupted, but he was still in a terrible mood. His lips were sticking out far enough to hang a bottle of sesame oil from them.
"Of course it's true." Su Huaiming's voice was somewhat muffled through the thick mascot costume.
Fu Xiaoxiao huffed through his nose and glared at Su Huaiming. With no regard for his elders, he said, "If you can't do it, you're a puppy!"
As an adult, Su Huaiming simply liked to stoop to a child's level. "Then the reverse goes too. If I do it, you're a puppy."
"I'm not a puppy!" Fu Xiaoxiao stamped his feet in anger.
"You are a puppy," Su Huaiming said mildly.
"You are! You're a puppy!"
"Bounces back."
"You... Huh?"
Those two short words stopped everything Fu Xiaoxiao had to say. He stared blankly at Su Huaiming, his little mouth still hanging foolishly open, unable to recover.
"You can't do dat!" Fu Xiaoxiao's voice took on a tearful tone. "Let's do it again!!"
"All right," Su Huaiming said cooperatively. "You're a puppy."
Fu Xiaoxiao planted his hands on his hips and said proudly, "Bounces back!"
"Bounce-back doesn't count."
???!!!
Fu Xiaoxiao hadn't expected that move, but he still didn't want to admit he was no match for Su Huaiming. "You, you didn't say that before!"
Looking at the silly child, Su Huaiming sighed and softened his tone. "How about this? Let's make a bet. Whoever loses has to bark like a dog."
Fu Xiaoxiao still hadn't learned his lesson and immediately fell for it. He said with a proud expression, "I won't lose!"
"That's not necessarily true."
Under Fu Xiaoxiao's puzzled gaze, Su Huaiming leaned against a utility pole with his arms folded across his chest, looking utterly nonchalant.
Fu Xiaoxiao stood to one side and stopped handing out flyers.
The viewers in the livestream began discussing what they saw.
[Has Su Huaiming decided to lie flat and give up?]
[Isn't this a bit much? He's so lazy, he'll be a bad influence on the child.]
[Refusing to complete the production team's task—isn't he just acting like a diva on a variety show?!]
[I'm dying. Guys, let's all listen to Su Huaiming bark later!]
Just then, a pretty young woman appeared in the livestream. Her eyes lit up as she walked over, stood beside Su Huaiming, and took a selfie with the mascot. Before leaving, she went up to Fu Xiaoxiao of her own accord and took a flyer.
It wasn't just her. Three or four young men also came over, took selfies with the mascot, and picked up flyers on their way.
The viewers in the livestream were dumbfounded.
[Are these people all Su Huaiming's fans? Is that why they came over to take pictures with him and take flyers?]