Chapter 22.2

He sent a greeting message to his family every day, and set an alarm clock specifically for it. The parents’ replies were very fast. Xiao Bi sent a simple but caring text message, usually letting her son drink more water and wear more clothes, while Chu Jiadong hilariously sent a small essay every time.

Chu Xiaoyi couldn’t bear to sting his father’s heart by not reading it. He found that his father talked a lot online, but it was difficult to open a conversation when the two of them met face to face, so he could only read the long paragraphs every day.

Chu Jiadong also liked to send some strange articles to Chu Xiaoyi, such as Lin Qingxuan’s* “The quality of life is never determined by money”, Wang Meng’s*  “Some people know a lot, but they have no brains”, Nietzsche’s  “We fight so hard, it is nothing more than wanting to complete ourselves” and so on.

T/N: Lin Qingxuan is a renowned Chinese essayist, Wang Meng is a famous Chinese short track speedskater, while Friedrich Nietzsche a famous German philosopher

“…”

Chu Xiaoyi looked at the title of the articles and panicked.

Dad, what are you trying to hint at me?

Chu Jiadong finally sent an article titled “The song he wrote, every Chinese is singing”, and Chu Xiaoyi felt that it was finally relevant to his specialty so maybe he could study it well. But when he clicked on it, he found that it was written by the national composer- Nie Er*.

T/N: Nie Er is the famous composer of China’s national anthem

Yes, this master composed the music of our national anthem…and indeed everyone sings it.

Chu Xiaoyi felt that his father was quite ambitious, he actually dared to send the article about Nie Er to him.

Did he think that his son could write a national anthem? Who gave him the courage!?

The parents’ replies were very fast, but the little bun was often silent and it often took two or three days before she gave Chu Xiaoyi a reply. Because she had an iPad, she didn’t stare at their messages all the time, only replying briefly after a long time.

Her reply was short either.

[Fine]

???

Chu Xiaoxiao, why are you so arrogant right now? Who gave you the courage to reply to your brother like this?

Chu Xiaoxiao was also very calm in the face of her brother’s questioning. She continued the frequency of replying only after two days.

[I am busy.]

“…”

Chu Xiaoyi looked at the mobile phone in his hand with a complicated mood.

“Have you been disconnected from the Internet and went to the mountains in the past two days?”

You’re so busy now that you forget you have a brother, right?

Under the contrast between his parents and sister’s attitudes, Chu Xiaoyi finally felt what it means to “Those who cannot get it will always be in turmoil, while those who are favored have no fear”*.

T/N: “得不到的永远在骚动，被偏爱的都有恃无恐”  means “Those who can not get it will always strive for it, but those who are loved by others will not be afraid of losing it”.

As a single dog* since birth who had no achievements in love, he has not yet even come into contact with the taste of sweet love. As a result, he didn’t expect that he would have to first-handedly experience a wave of cold and hot in advance from the hands of his younger sister.

T/N: Doesn’t have a girlfriend/boyfriend.

He didn’t suffer such cold treatment from girls in school back then. As such, he looked at the mirror today and suspected that he was ugly. Otherwise, why was he so disliked?

On the other hand, “Our Family Generations” has begun to enter the post-editing stage, and at the same time was preparing some program announcements.

Director Li had been blown up by stress recently, and frantically complained to Chu Xiaoyi, “Your sister’s kindergarten actually wants me to send emails to the parents who want to appear on camera one by one to confirm. I feel crazy now, I have never experienced such great pressure over censorship…”

What the broadcasting authorities failed to do, this International Kindergarten actually succeeded in doing.

Director Li originally proposed that all the other children be mosaiced, but the kindergarten did not agree, saying that maybe someone might be willing to appear on camera.

When the school sought the opinions of parents and children well, they concluded the mosaic should not be painted casually, which could easily make other children feel unpleasant- so the stickers should be childlike.

Director Li patiently waited for the school’s reply, and the children who could not appear on the camera were pasted with cartoon animals and sent to the kindergarten for review again.

He thought that this time everything was foolproof, but who expected that they still had some opinions?

The school believed that cartoon animal stickers should take into account the child’s ethnicity, race, nationality, and religion. They even needed to check whether the animal stickers currently used had potential sensitive issues.

“…”

Why did you still open a kindergarten? Why don’t you join the National Radio and Television Administration*?

T/N: 广电总局立马 is China’s governmental council responsible for supervising and reviewing the content and quality of TV, radio programs, and online audiovisual programs.

Although Director Li was full of complaints and was reluctant in compromising, he still carefully checked it once again and finally passed the school’s supervision.

“Our Family Generations” had other celebrity families in the guest list, and the shooting volume of Chu Xiaoyi’s episodes this time can basically last for two or three issues.

Of course, Chu Xiaoyi’s participation in the variety show set off a wave of shock on the Internet. Many haters couldn’t wait to ridicule him on the spot.

This is a ruthless person who has promised to never be on a variety show again, ah!

Who was Chu Xiaoyi? He’s most known for recklessly arguing others on the spot, having an irrational temper, low emotional intelligence, and inability to speak well, and the severity of his “straight steel man”* characteristic is directly proportional to his appearance.

*T/N: 直钢男人 refers to men do not have pity for the fairer sex.

Chu Xiaoyi belongs to the type of artists in which “People who like him will feel that he is good no matter what, while those who don’t like him want him to die eagerly”. The polarization between those who like and dislike him was extremely serious.

To borrow the words of a passerby, “If Chu Xiaoyi does not take up interviews or sing, he is really a handsome and good actor, and he has great potential in the new generation.”

Lots of passers-by were willing to secretly watch Chu Xiaoyi’s program, but they dare not express their opinions on the Internet at will. Otherwise, they would be bombarded by snarky remarks and brainwashing from haters who spread rumors about him.

Of course, Chu Xiaoyi himself also contributed a lot to those so ill-willed rumors about him, and left a lot of “silly anecdotes” in his early years when he was still careless.

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