Chapter 1218: Competing for Favor is a Skill

Lin Lang picked up a small steamed bun, carefully blew on it to cool it down, and then held it to Xiao Zhi Mo's lips: "Here, little princess, have a small steamed bun first."

Xiao Zhimo opened her little mouth, took a bite of half a steamed bun, her cheeks puffed out like a little squirrel, and said indistinctly as she chewed, "Delicious! Father Emperor's food is the most delicious!"

Lin Lang and Gu Keqing exchanged a smile, their eyes filled with doting affection.

Gu Keqing picked up a spoon, scooped up a spoonful of millet porridge, blew on it to cool it down, and fed it to Xiao Zhimo, saying gently, "Eat slowly, don't choke."

While eating, Xiao Zhimo chattered away, sometimes saying she dreamed of a little dinosaur last night, sometimes saying she wanted to go to the garden to see the flowers, and sometimes pestering Lin Lang to tell her a story.

Lin Lang listened patiently, responding to her occasionally in a gentle and patient tone.

Gu Keqing added with a smile, occasionally wiping food crumbs from Xiao Zhimo's mouth.

Sunlight streamed in through the restaurant's floor-to-ceiling windows, bathing the three of them in a warm glow.

Looking at her gentle and doting husband beside her, and her lively and adorable daughter in front of her, Gu Keqing's heart was once again filled with happiness.

She picked up a soup spoon, ladled out a bowl of deer antler, ginseng, and black chicken soup, and handed it to Lin Lang, saying gently, "Honey, drink some nourishing soup to replenish your body. Don't let too many concubines drain your body."

"Don't talk nonsense in front of the children." Lin Lang gave Gu Keqing a reproachful look, but couldn't hide the smile on his lips.

Little Zhi Mo watched the two exchanging glances, tilted her head, and asked curiously, "Mommy, what does it mean to be completely drained?"

Gu Keqing was taken aback by the question, then chuckled and reached out to pinch Xiao Zhimo's cheek: "Mother is just talking nonsense. I'm just so hungry that my body is completely empty. I need to eat some nutritious food to replenish myself."

"Oh!" Xiao Zhimo nodded as if she understood, then picked up her little spoon, scooped up a spoonful of porridge, and held it to Lin Lang's lips: "Father, I'll feed you!"

Lin Lang smiled and opened his mouth, taking a bite of the porridge his daughter fed him. Warmth spread from the tip of his tongue to the bottom of his heart. He reached out and touched her head: "Thank you, my little princess."

Xiao Zhimo smiled proudly, her little face full of a sense of accomplishment.

Just as Gu Keqing was about to say something, a soft, sweet little girl's voice suddenly drifted in from the restaurant entrance: "Father Emperor—"

Lin Lang looked up at the sound and saw Marry Yang wearing a champagne-colored silk nightgown, her long hair loosely tied behind her head, revealing her slender and fair neck. She was walking in with a touch of lazy charm as she led Lin Zhirou, who had her hair tied in pigtails.

The morning light fell on her, making her mixed-race face even more beautiful and charming.

Lin Lang's face immediately lit up with a doting smile as he waved to them: "Rou'er, why are you up so early today too?"

Xiao Zhirou broke free from Marry Yang's hand and ran to Lin Lang's side in her pink slippers.

She threw herself into Lin Lang's arms, tilting her chubby little face up and giggling, "Father, I woke up hungry! My tummy is growling!"

Lin Lang smiled and picked up Xiao Zhirou onto his lap. He then picked up a steaming xiaolongbao (soup dumpling), blew on it to cool it down, and held it to her lips. "Here, baby, have a xiaolongbao to tide you over."

Xiao Zhirou immediately started eating in small bites, a satisfied expression on her face.

Marry Yang walked to the dining table, first giving Gu Keqing a slight nod, her eyes filled with a gentle smile: "Good morning, Sister Keqing."

"Good morning." Gu Keqing replied with a smile. Seeing that Marry Yang's curvaceous figure was in no way inferior to her own, she unconsciously sat up straight and puffed out her proud figure.

Marry Yang naturally saw through Gu Keqing's little scheme.

So, when she bent down to touch Xiao Zhimo's face, she deliberately bent over and showed off her impressive "career line" to Lin Lang, giving him a good look while winning his favor with her own strength.

Driven by male instinct, Lin Lang couldn't help but take a few more glances.

Gu Keqing gave Lin Lang a reproachful look.

Lin Lang quickly picked up his cup and took a sip of hot milk, then withdrew his somewhat agitated gaze.

"Mo'er is up so early too, you look so energetic." Marry Yang's tone was very gentle.

With a mouthful of porridge in her mouth, Xiao Zhimo immediately greeted him sweetly, "Good morning, Aunt Marry! Aunt Marry looks so beautiful today!"

Marry Yang beamed with delight at the compliment, and pinched Xiao Zhimo's soft cheek: "Mo'er has such a sweet tongue, she really knows how to talk."

Then, Marry Yang turned to look at her daughter, who was eating xiaolongbao (soup dumplings), and gently reminded her, "Rou'er, have you greeted your Aunt Gu yet?"

Little Zhirou's cheeks were bulging as she chewed and mumbled, "Hello, Aunt Gu~"

Gu Keqing put down the soup spoon in her hand. Although she knew that Marry Yang had just deliberately shown off her figure to win favor, she still smiled gently and reached out to rub Xiao Zhirou's head: "Good morning, Rou'er!"

This is the Lin residence, where the concubines began vying for favor early in the morning.

As the saying goes, wherever there are people, there is a world of intrigue and conflict, and disputes are inevitable.

With so many women, jealousy and rivalry are inevitable; that's why they say three women make a drama!

Moreover, Brother Lang has a large harem of wives and concubines.

Gu Keqing knew very well that Marry Yang Qi was eating breakfast so early so that she could sit in the chair closest to Lin Lang; she was very shrewd in her little scheme.

As expected, Marry Yang sat down right next to Lin Lang.

She even moved her chair closer to Lin Lang, peeling steamed eggs for him while leaning against him and saying charmingly, "Darling, who do you think will win in this year's second 'Go! Good Boys' competition?"

Lin Lang recalled that the champion, runner-up, and third runner-up of the first "Go! Good Boys" competition were Pu Bajia, Song Xiaobo, and Wu Jianfei, respectively.

Ma Tianyu won the Best Online Popularity Award.

The champion, runner-up, and third-place winners of the second competition were Jing Boran, Qiao Renliang, and Fu Xinbo.

After reading it aloud, Lin Lang said, "I think Jing Boran is the most promising. Besides the top ten in the country who will have the opportunity to sign with Wheatfield Music, there is a contestant named Wang Chuanjun who was eliminated. Can you help me contact him and sign him as well?"

Marry Yang thought for a moment, then said, "The contestant named Wang Chuanjun's singing is just so-so, and he has already been eliminated. Why make an exception for him?"

Lin Lang replied, "I'm planning to write a script for 'iPartment' and submit it to Sugarman Films for production. I hope Wang Chuanjun will play the role of Guan Gu Shenqi in the series and sign him to an acting contract."

"There is another movie script called 'Dying to Survive' in the future, and Wang Chuanjun is needed to play an important role."

“Honey, you have a good eye. I’ll do as you say,” Marry Yang said, feeding Lin Lang the peeled egg.

While eating breakfast, Gu Keqing said, "I see that Li Yifeng seems to be quite popular online."

After hearing this, Lin Lang suddenly remembered that Li Yifeng's acting career had completely collapsed after he was caught soliciting prostitutes multiple times. All his endorsements were terminated, his works were removed from major platforms, and his awards were revoked.

After reading it aloud, Lin Lang frowned slightly and said, "I've done some calculations, and I think Li Yifeng is unworthy of his position. Don't let him advance to the finals. After he's eliminated, issue a ban on him."

"Any songs sung by Li Yifeng or films and television works he has acted in will not be allowed to be uploaded to any of the major online video platforms under the Lin Group, including Baidu, NetEase, Tencent, Sina, Tudou, Youku, Ku6, and 6rooms."

Gu Keqing exclaimed in astonishment, "Isn't this tantamount to a complete internet ban? Which agency would be willing to sign an artist whose work is banned online?"

Upon hearing this, Marry Yang was equally astonished and said, "Yes, honey, I've never seen you issue a ban on the entertainment industry before. Is this contestant named Li Yifeng really that unreliable?"

While eating his egg, Lin Lang replied, "This is called avoiding risks in advance. Our Wheatfield Music co-organized talent show will never allow such unworthy artists to debut and be hyped up and packaged as idols."

“Okay! Honey, you always have your reasons for everything you do, so I’ll listen to you.” Marry Yang said as she gently fed Xiao Zhirou milk.

Little Zhimo pointed at the rice ball with her chubby little hand and said, "Mommy, I want to eat this."

"Okay." Gu Keqing hurriedly picked up a rice ball and lovingly fed it to Xiao Zhimo.

"So delicious!" Xiao Zhimo clapped her hands indistinctly as she ate.

"Father, I want to eat rice balls too." Little Zhirou sat on Lin Lang's lap, swinging her short legs, lively and playful.

Just as Lin Lang picked up a rice ball with pork floss flavor, Xiao Zhirou said in her childish voice, "Father, I want to eat glutinous rice with salted egg yolk flavor."

"Okay, it's up to Rou'er." Lin Lang quickly switched to glutinous rice balls with salted egg yolk flavor and fed them to Xiao Zhirou affectionately.

Seeing how much Lin Lang doted on her and his daughter, Marry Yang wore a happy smile, and even seemed to have a better appetite.

"By the way, honey, did you see the trending news on the headlines yesterday morning?" Gu Keqing suddenly asked.

Lin Lang replied, "I didn't see it. What's wrong?"

Gu Keqing couldn't help but laugh and said, "When archaeological experts excavated ancient tombs from the Tang Dynasty, they unearthed a large number of modern artifacts as burial objects, all of which were items you exported to the Tang Dynasty."

"In the video report, the archaeological experts were more and more confused as they dug, and the authorities urgently issued a denial, saying that the modern items found in the ancient tomb were left behind by tomb robbers. The officials were almost unable to explain it."

Lin Lang smiled after hearing this, but before he could reply, his cell phone, which was on the dining table, started vibrating.

When Gu Keqing saw that it was Wang Xinling calling from her phone screen, she couldn't help but laugh and tease, "Honey, you signed Taiwan's sweetheart queen Wang Xinling to Wheatfield Music, wasn't it just to take advantage of her proximity?"

Lin Lang said guiltily, "Don't talk nonsense in front of the children."

"Hmph, you dare to do it but don't want people to talk about it," Gu Keqing muttered under her breath.

Marry Yang chuckled and teased, "Honey, your rumored relationship with Wang Xinling is practically an open secret now, what's there to hide?"

Lin Lang's face turned cold, and he said with a dark expression, "Don't talk nonsense in front of the children and tarnish my glorious and noble image as a father."

"Haha... Okay, okay! We won't talk nonsense anymore, alright?" Marry Yang covered her mouth and chuckled mischievously.

Gu Keqing couldn't help but chuckle, thinking to herself: You womanizing bastard, it's only because the kids are still young and don't understand. When they grow up, won't you, this scumbag father, be exposed?!