I’ve Gone Viral Because of a Money-Saving Variety Show

Zheng He’s main reason for volunteering at the kindergarten was to sweet-talk the kids, to leave a good impression and then get them to brag to their parents about him.
But becoming a human trafficker…wasn’t this the complete opposite of what he had planned?
Which kid would have a good impression of a human trafficker and brag about it?
Then again, it might still be possible, human cubs should be quite easy to fool!
This was the only way Zheng He could console himself now.
His calculations had really gone awry.
It was all because he was too excited yesterday, and carelessly forgot to ask what kind of activity the kindergarten was organizing.
But since he was already here, he couldn’t let this trip go to waste!
Suddenly, Zheng He asked, “Is there food provided?”
Director Zhang smiled faintly, “If you haven’t eaten, you can stay here for lunch. It’s too late for breakfast now.”
Volunteers were here to help for free, providing them a meal wasn’t too much of a hassle.
Zheng He finally showed a smile on his face, “Great, that’s good.”
[Why is Zheng He at the kindergarten too? And as a human trafficker?]
[Sigh, this guy imitates Chen Xixi’s money-saving strategies every day, can’t he come up with his own ideas?]
[So how did he even get on the show? Does he have connections?]
[Absolutely not, President Zhou even said yesterday that this show has no behind-the-scenes manipulation!]
[What President Zhou meant was that the competition results are absolutely fair, no pre-determined winners, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t any insiders on the show!]
Meanwhile, Chen Xixi’s fan group was also in an uproar.
After someone saw Zheng He volunteering at the kindergarten today, they idly complained, “Why is Zheng He copying Xixi’s money-saving methods again? Can’t he think of any other strategies on his own? Always imitating our Xixi, like a clinging plaster, so annoying!”
Then someone else curiously continued the conversation, “How did Zheng He find out about the volunteer activity at Hai City Kindergarten?”
“I suddenly remember, yesterday someone in the group was asking if Hai City Kindergarten had any volunteer activities… maybe I’m overthinking it.”
Only one account had asked, and the timing was such a coincidence, it was hard not to raise everyone’s suspicions.
Everyone hurried to check the account from yesterday, it was a girl’s account and a new one, nothing could be inferred from it.
Impossible to tell if it was Zheng He.
Among the volunteers found in the kindergarten disguised as human traffickers, there were indeed some girls.
“Maybe we’re overthinking it, Zheng He wouldn’t be smart enough to sneak into our fan group to steal money-saving methods, right?”
“No, no, no! He does have some smarts, just a bit of bad luck, we should be careful.”
Some observant fans immediately sent a private message to Chen Xixi, explaining the whole situation to her.
In the apartment.
Just after placing a bunch of orders on the Pinduoduo shopping platform, Chen Xixi received a private message from a fan.
After understanding the ins and outs, Chen Xixi started to quickly analyze the situation in her mind.
If it’s not Zheng He, then there wouldn’t be much to say.
If it really is Zheng He, then it would mean letting Zheng He exploit her fan resources to compete against her for free, treating her and her fans like fools.
If she lets him win again, she and her fans will have nowhere to cry.
Because losing would be too humiliating.
After working hard to beat Zheng He for over twenty days, it would be humiliating to ultimately be outsmarted and surpassed by someone who’s mocked online for their intelligence!
She absolutely couldn’t let this happen!
Chen Xixi thought about it, and a sly sparkle quickly passed through her eyes.
She lowered her head, her slender and fair fingertips rapidly typing on the phone screen.
After replying, she stood up to tidy up, ready to visit the skincare counter for beauty treatments, which was also an opportunity to freshen up.
As she approached the apartment building’s doorway, something caught her attention and she paused for two seconds, then took a photo with her phone of the property notice board next to her.
[What is Chen Xixi up to? She’s been on her phone all morning, I have no idea what she’s doing, and now she’s taking photos at the apartment entrance. What exactly is she photographing, can we get a shot to see?]
[I think I just vaguely saw her phone screen, it seemed like some shopping app, she seemed to be buying something.]
[Buying what? She’s not lacking anything right now, right? Besides, she should be more concerned about securing first place, not shopping!]
[I’m so anxious! Why is she going for beauty treatments again? These last few days are crucial, how can she be so calm and go for beauty, if she gets overtaken now, there’s no chance for a comeback!]
[I’m anxious too, but I trust Chen Xixi more, she must have her reasons for doing this! After all this time, I’ve grown a lot of confidence in her abilities.]
[That’s not necessarily true! Now there are only five days left in the show. Time is running out, one should not waste a single minute. Otherwise, it’s easy to let others win! I feel like Chen Xixi, being in first place for over twenty days, is looking down on the other guests, becoming a bit complacent.]
[Yeah! Zheng He is really trying hard, although he’s unfortunate and not very smart, he didn’t give up after setbacks. His spirit of relentless effort to win is worth learning from!]
[Forget it, I’m not interested in watching her beauty treatment, there’s nothing interesting about that, let’s see what Zheng He is doing instead, to see if he can successfully scrounge up a meal today!]
A portion of the online audience, finding it boring, switched to Zheng He’s live stream.
The popularity of Zheng He’s live room instantly soared, seemingly on the verge of overtaking Chen Xixi.
At this moment, Director Zhang was guiding Zheng He and eight ‘human traffickers’ in an empty classroom.
Director Zhang took out a black bag and dumped all its contents on the table, “These are the props for child snatching, pick a few.”
There was a pile of various kinds of candies, as well as snacks and toys.
Zheng He hadn’t eaten breakfast yet and had spent one yuan on two lollipops on his way there.
He had to make sure to lure back a bit more.
Zheng He followed the other ‘human traffickers’ to the table, and while no one was paying attention, he stuffed two bags of small cookies and bread into his pockets, then grabbed several bags of other snacks and lollipops to hold in his hands.
Then Director Zhang assigned everyone their respective classes to abduct children from.
Zheng He was assigned to Class 2.
The youngest class, huh, they haven’t even grown all their teeth, probably can’t even talk properly, they must be easy to deceive!
Zheng He felt like he could lure away the entire class of little ones!
Thinking so, he loaded his pockets with more snacks and candies.
Otherwise, if he kept some for himself to eat, he might not have enough to trap the kids.
Director Zhang glanced at Zheng He but didn’t say much, and then said, “Later, you will stand outside the kindergarten entrance waiting, our teachers will guide the classes out in order, and when the kindergarten gate opens, you will come over and entice children from the class you’ve been assigned to.”