Chapter 116: The Premiere of The Masked Singer [Seeking Initial Subscriptions]
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Praised by her husband for her beautiful legs and figure, Qin Haiyu’s heart blossomed with joy!
After marriage and childbirth, a woman’s greatest fear is that her figure deteriorates, her looks fade, and her husband grows distant and no longer as affectionate as before.
Fortunately, she hadn’t encountered such a situation—thanks to her diligent care and persistent exercise to regain her shape.
She happily said, “Honey, in the next episode, I’ll sing one of your original songs! That way, I can mislead everyone into thinking I’m a singer-songwriter! Then no one will suspect that ‘Red Rose’ is actually me!”
Yu Zhile smiled, “In that case, I’ll have to teach you how to sing and dance properly these days!”
Qin Haiyu suddenly pouted, “No naughty lessons, okay?”
Yu Zhile withdrew his hand from his wife’s beautiful legs and gripped the steering wheel seriously, “Come on, am I that kind of guy?”
Qin Haiyu smiled sweetly, “If Mom’s around, maybe you’re not! But if she’s not, then you definitely are!”
“Ahem...” Yu Zhile admitted, “As expected from my wife, you see right through me!”
Qin Haiyu coyly fluttered her eyes, “Honey, if you really can’t hold back, you can sneak around quietly after Mom falls asleep tonight!”
Yu Zhile placed his hand back on his wife’s smooth, fair leg and said, “Honey, I’m driving! Don’t tempt me, or I might crash!”
“Shameless!” Qin Haiyu playfully slapped her husband’s hand and smiled with mock annoyance. Yu Zhile caught a glimpse of his wife’s sweet, charming smile and felt happy and content.
They hadn’t expected to both win in the first episode! Especially him—he took first place and became the masked singing king of that episode!
If they could both advance to the second round in the next two episodes, qualifying three times in a row, they would smoothly enter the semifinals!
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Half an hour later.
Back home, Yu Zhile and Qin Haiyu couldn’t wait to see their daughter.
They hadn’t seen her for six hours since nine in the morning, and missed her dearly.
As soon as the door opened, Yu Zhile saw his mother sitting in the living room with their adorable little bundle of joy.
Hearing the door open, the baby happily called out, “Daddy, Daddy!”
Yu Zhile was used to this imperfect nickname. Qin Haiyu, following behind, pouted unhappily, “Stinky baby, you only call Daddy, don’t you call Mommy?”
“Mom! Mommy!”
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The baby took quick little steps and ran over, clearly pronouncing “Mommy” perfectly.
“Oh! Such a good baby!”
Qin Haiyu crouched down, hugging her daughter and showering her with kisses. Then she asked, “Did you cry again today? Your eyelashes are still wet!”
Yu’s mother said, “She cried once right after waking from her nap, kept calling for Daddy and Mommy.”
Yu Zhile gently stroked the baby’s little head. Suddenly, she looked up at him and reached out a small hand to his face, babbling, “Head, head~~”
Qin Haiyu chuckled, “Baby’s probably saying your hair is messy!”
Yu Zhile caught the baby’s tiny hand, kissed the back of it, and smiled, “Daddy knows his hair is messy. I’ll wash it soon!”
Yu’s mother suddenly asked, “How did your recordings go? What place did you get?”
Yu Zhile quickly exchanged a knowing glance with his mother.
That question was a giveaway!
She corrected herself, “Oh, not you two, I meant did Haiyu’s recording go smoothly? Did she get a good ranking?”
Qin Haiyu complained, “Mom, it wasn’t smooth at all! I was very likely to get first place this time, but suddenly another singer performed a really beautiful original song and snatched the top spot!”
Yu’s mother asked, “So you got second place?”
Qin Haiyu nodded, “Yes, second place for this episode.”
Yu’s mother understood and glanced at her son, “Who took first place then?”
Qin Haiyu replied, “The singer was called Patrick Star on the show, but I don’t know who he really is—can’t tell from looks or voice!”
Yu Zhile secretly pointed at himself from behind his wife, telling his mother that this Patrick Star was actually him.
Yu’s mother then grumbled, “Patrick Star? What kind of ridiculous name is that? And he still got first place? Does this show even have any credibility?”
“...”
Yu Zhile was utterly helpless.
Mom, please stop!
If you keep trashing me like this, even if your daughter-in-law is a little slow after pregnancy, she’ll still figure out that this Patrick Star you’re roasting is actually your son!
Qin Haiyu didn’t think much of it; to her, her mother-in-law was just comforting her by teasing the other guy!
How sweet!
Mother-in-law is so kind!
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Two days later.
The finals of “I Am a Singer” aired, and at the end of the show, the upcoming program “Masked Singing King,” which would follow “I Am a Singer,” was promoted.
Riding the wave of “I Am a Singer”’s finale popularity, this fresh new show immediately trended online, drawing countless viewers’ eager anticipation.
“I was worried there’d be no variety shows after ‘I Am a Singer’ ended, but I didn’t expect Oriental Satellite TV to come up with such a creative program! It feels way more interesting than ‘I Am a Singer’!”
“Masked Singing King? That’s a clever concept! But if the singers get recognized, it kind of ruins the suspense!”
“Can’t wait! If my favorite singers join, I could recognize them even if they turned to ashes!”
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A week passed swiftly!
“Masked Singing King” premiered!
The recording for the second episode was scheduled for the following day.
“Honey! ‘Masked Singing King’ is airing! Are you done washing up?”
Yu Zhile, holding their daughter and sitting with his mother watching TV, heard Qin Haiyu reply from the bathroom, “Almost done!”
She wrapped her wet hair with a towel and stepped out. Yu Zhile handed their daughter to his mother, then waited for his wife to sit down and thoughtfully helped dry her hair with the towel.
At that moment, “Masked Singing King” was showing the singers entering the backstage area. Seeing his son in the Patrick Star costume, Yu’s mother couldn’t help but tease, “Is this ‘Patrick Star’ crazy? Wearing that mascot suit in this scorching heat, isn’t he suffocating?”
Yu Zhile: “...”
Mom, you’re openly bullying your son!
Qin Haiyu giggled, “Mom, he’s the one who snatched my singing king trophy this episode!”
Yu’s mother continued to grumble, “How can you sing dressed like that? I bet there’s some shady stuff going on—maybe the singing’s fake and the results are pre-decided?”
Yu Zhile was speechless...
Mom, you went too far!
How can you roast your own son like this!