It was Gu Suisui's first time flying on an airplane, and she found everything fresh and interesting.
The private plane took about four hours to fly from the Capital to City H. Plus, Ke Jingyang had stayed up late last night, so he was particularly sleepy today. As soon as he got to his seat, he put on his eye mask and continued to catch up on sleep. He fell into a deep sleep shortly after the plane took off. By the time he woke up again, it was almost noon, and the plane was about to land at the airport in City H in half an hour.
He stretched, then turned to look at the seat next to him. He saw that the little Gu Suisui, who was with him, was still asleep. She seemed to have completely forgotten the unpleasantness of having her snacks confiscated earlier. Her small body was curled up in the seat, her eyes tightly closed, and her little mouth slightly open, clearly sleeping soundly.
Tsk. Still just a kid after all.
Her ability to bounce back is a little too good.
Ke Jingyang narrowed his peach blossom eyes and reached out to pinch her slightly chubby little face. It was soft and squishy, like jelly. Not satisfied with pinching it once, he poked her two little dimples.
He had to admit, it felt pretty good. Poking it was quite fun.
Just as he was messing around, the little one stirred slightly in her sleep. Her slightly upturned eyelashes fluttered, like a butterfly about to spread its wings. Judging by her appearance, it seemed like she was about to wake her up.
Ke Jingyang quickly retracted his mischievous hand. He couldn't let this delicate little one discover that he was bullying her while she was asleep. If the little girl cried again, her mother wasn't around to comfort her this time. Who would come to comfort her?
Anyway, he wouldn't comfort children, nor did he want to comfort children… Being called "Ke Papa" by a three-and-a-half-year-old was already terrifying enough. If he also had to be responsible for comforting children, he was afraid that he would probably go straight to the hospital after finishing these three months of reality show filming.
After a while, Gu Suisui groggily opened her eyes. She rubbed her eyes and asked softly, "Ke Papa, are we almost there?"
Ke Jingyang, who had just done something bad, guiltily shifted his gaze and said vaguely, "Mm."
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City H Airport was more than 30 kilometers away from their final destination, Sishui Ancient City. They had to drive to get there.
As the intern dad, Ke Jingyang was naturally arranged to sit in the same car with his little partner, Gu Suisui.
The production team kept the news of Ke Jingyang participating in Traveling with Babies very secret. Even the other four celebrity guests on the same reality show only found out after seeing him in person today. They never expected that the last "intern dad" would be him.
Although Fruit TV had launched several popular variety shows in recent years, Traveling with Babies was, after all, a brand new show. It also had a different setting from other outdoor reality shows on the market: celebrity parents + adorable children. There were no other similar-themed programs to use as a reference, so no one could predict whether this variety show would be loved by the audience.
Precisely because of this, many popular celebrities generally wouldn't risk participating in such a brand new variety show.
After all, if this variety show became popular, that would be great, and their careers could reach new heights. But if it flopped without a trace, not only would they waste their time, but they would also give their rivals in the industry a chance to laugh at them for no reason.
Even Zhang Huijin, the actress who had retired for five years, only agreed after considering it again and again, out of respect for the senior executives of Fruit TV and her old company, Tianhao Entertainment.
"Jingyang, why are you also participating in Traveling with Babies?" The one who spoke was veteran actor Qu Mingshan, who was thirty-six years old this year. He was also the oldest of the five celebrity guests this time.
Ke Jingyang: "The concert just ended last month, so I'm participating in a variety show to relax." Although he was a bit short-tempered, it didn't mean he was brainless. In front of outsiders, he always gave Manager Lu a lot of face.
Qu Mingshan was slightly surprised after hearing his reason, then laughed heartily and said, "Then you've really come to the right show. The place the production team chose this time is pretty good. My son has wanted to come to Sishui Ancient City for a long time, but I've been busy filming and haven't had time to bring him here. This time, I can take advantage of the opportunity to film the show and fulfill his wish."
Ke Jingyang and Qu Mingshan had met in a film crew last year.
Ke Jingyang's main profession was singing, but he would occasionally go to film some dramas. The brilliance of Lu Yuanzhi as a top-notch agent was that he wouldn't let the artists under his command, like some popular young idols or popular young actresses, rely on their large fan base and think that they could take on the main role in a drama. They insisted on being the male lead or female lead, but their acting skills were not up to par, resulting in all of them becoming money-grabbing bad films with a terrible reputation.
Lu Yuanzhi knew how much Ke Jingyang was capable of in terms of acting, but if he only sang, there wouldn't be much development. So sometimes, he would let him guest star in a supporting role in a certain film crew, a role that didn't have many scenes and was more in line with his own temperament and personality. Such a role didn't require much acting skill, and in the end, the ratings and box office of those few dramas and movies he participated in were actually quite good.
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Sishui Ancient City was a national 5A-level tourist attraction with a history of more than 2,000 years of city building.
Thanks to the star power of Zhang the Best Actress and Ke Jingyang, the show managed to attract a good number of advertising sponsors. Even the car they were riding in was sponsored by a major brand.
Ke Jingyang had been sitting in the car for so long from the Capital to Sishui Ancient City and was already impatient. He just wanted to go back to his room and be quiet for a while.
But what he didn't expect was that the rooms in this reality show couldn't be checked into directly. They had to play a game to choose—
There were a total of five different rooms to choose from this time. The staff briefly introduced the basic situation of each residence, then held up five pictures to let the guests present see the differences clearly.
Room No. 1 was a large mansion with its own courtyard, Room No. 2 was a riverside room where they could see the beautiful river view when they open the window, Room No. 3 was a stilt house with ancient town characteristics, Room No. 4 was the most ordinary bungalow in this Jiangnan town, as for the last one…
Ke Jingyang looked at the 'slightly' shabby thatched cottage in the last picture and vowed that he would definitely win the game. He didn't want to live in this kind of place!
However, Ke Jingyang wasn't the only one who thought so. All the celebrity parents present had the same idea as him. They were all used to living comfortable lives, and no one wanted to live in this seemingly dilapidated thatched cottage.
The small game set up by the production team was called "Three-Legged Race."
"Before the game starts, we will tie your feet together with rope. Start from the starting point, turn back at the marked point at the end, and the first person to return to the starting point will have the right to choose the room first. The last one to arrive can only live in the room that everyone else has left behind."
The track prepared by the production team for them was about 50 meters long. Seeing that the five groups of guests were ready, they blew a whistle and started the race.
Ke Jingyang usually exercised a lot in the gym. Running was easy for him. He wouldn't necessarily lose to anyone present even in a 3,000-meter long-distance run. But unfortunately, this time... he had a little burden tied to his leg.
Looking at the soft, tiny ball of a person whose height wasn't even as long as his legs, Ke Jingyang's forward movement was greatly restricted. It was as if he was dragging a tens of kilograms of iron weight.
"Little Gu Suisui, can you take slightly bigger steps?" Even snails don't crawl as slowly as the two of us, okay?!
Gu Suisui also moved cautiously: "I'm, I'm tied up by the rope, I can't move qaq."
The two of them obviously didn't have any tacit understanding. Their movements weren't synchronized, and they often stepped on the wrong foot, stumbling and moving forward at a snail's pace.
Ke Jingyang originally wanted to just let this little one hang on his leg, and he would just run forward with her, but the production team quickly pointed out the ineffectiveness of this method. In the end, this temporary father-daughter pair could only watch helplessly as the other four groups of guests returned to the starting point one after another.
"Now the results of the game are out. The group with the shortest time only took less than a minute, 58 seconds. Congratulations to our Qu Mingshan and his son."
The first place in the "Three-Legged Race" game was the veteran actor Qu Mingshan and his son. Unsurprisingly, they chose Room No. 1, a large mansion with its own courtyard, which had the best conditions in all aspects.
The second place was the pianist Ye Yao and his son. They wanted to live in a stilt house with ancient town characteristics, so they chose Room No. 3.
The third place was the actress Zhang Huijin and her daughter. They chose Room No. 2, which had a river view.
Director Chang Yi, who won fourth place, looked at the only two rooms left, shrugged, and said to Ke Jingyang with an apologetic face, "Brother Jingyang, I'm really sorry, I choose… Room No. 4."
—The thatched cottage was too dilapidated, and it would definitely be uncomfortable to live in. No one wanted to pick it.
Gu Suisui, who was standing on the side, hadn't figured out the situation she was about to face. She blinked her eyes and pointed her little finger at the picture in the staff member's hand, saying, "Ke Papa, the remaining one is ours. We're living in Room No. 5, eh!"
Ke Jingyang, who lost the game and was forced to live in a thatched cottage: "..." Thank you, I already know that. You don't need to tell me again.