Serve as Contrast Team in a ‘Dad with Baby’ Show

“I still feel that something is missing,” Xu Jia whispered, staring at Lin Momo.

“What’s wrong?” Chen Yu asked.

“If I have to say it—it’s probably that the temperament is not right,” Xu Jia replies.

Which of the children nowadays was not the baby of the family? Even when facing outsiders, they would be innocent, lively and full of confidence, but Lin Momo was different.

Although she tried her best to hide it, people could still feel her tension and restraint.

“You don’t have to be so nervous, take it easy,” Xu Jia tells Lin Momo.

Lin Momo nodded.

After thinking about it, Xu Jia asked again, “What do you know how to do?”

“Clean the house, wash clothes, cook, knit sweaters, and pick up…” Lin Momo’s voice became smaller and smaller, until she finally stopped talking.

“What is it that you pick up?” Xu Jia asked.

Lin Momo bit her lower lip, shook her head and remained silent.

Xu Jia frowned slightly. What Lin Momo said may be useful in real life, but it is meaningless for what they need right now as those won’t provide bright points for a reality show.

“Other than what you just said, what else do you have?” Xu Jia asked again.

Lin Momo thought for a while and whispered, “No more…” 

For the first time, Lin Momo felt a little embarrassed because she didn’t know much.

Xu Jia frowned even deeper.

“What else? I’m talking about talent. Think about it again, what can you do?”

During the recording process of reality shows, the talent component was also a very important part. There may be a segment to let the child perform. If Lin Momo has no talent, won’t it be too unreasonable?

Lin Momo shook her head.

“Can you play musical instruments?”

Lin Momo shook her head.

“What about singing and dancing? Even if you can’t sing, you can dance, right?” Xu Jia took a step back and asked.

Lin Momo nodded, then shook her head again.

“Yes or no?”

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“The school song was taught in school,” Lin Momo whispered.

Xu Jia looked at Chen Yu helplessly.

Chen Yu coughed lightly and explained, “The situation in this child’s family is quite special…”

Hearing this, Xu Jia could only sigh. She looked at Lin Momo again and said in a gentle tone, “When you go to participate in the recording of the program, don’t sing your school song, okay?”

Lin Momo replied, “Okay.”

Xu Jia thought for a while, and then said, “It’s too late to learn a talent in such a short time, so let’s just practice singing.”

Xu Jia asked Chen Yu to bring over the scores of a few simple English songs, as well as ask the program team for the theme song of [Living with Dad].

The task of teaching Lin Momo to sing was handed over to Wang Xi and Zhou Qi who both came in to work.

Wang Xi read the score and asked Lin Momo, “Can you recognize the score?”

 Lin Momo shook his head.

 “What about the simplified notation?”

 “No.”

Wang Xi and the two had no choice but to take the lyrics and teach Lin Momo line by line.

 “I’ll sing one, and you can sing along, okay?”

“Okay.”

“Let’s start. There is a happy family of three living on Happy Planet…” Wang Xi sang the first line of the theme song.

Lin Momo immediately sang along.

Originally, Wang Xi was already mentally prepared, telling himself, ‘Even if Lin Momo doesn’t sing well, he cannot scold the child, he should instead encourage her’, but what was surprising was that Lin Momo didn’t get out of tune at all, and she sang the words clearly.

“Let’s continue.” Wang Xi tried to teach Lin Momo the next few lines and somehow Lin Momo sang every line accurately.

Suppressing the surprise in his heart, Wang Xi sang the whole song with Lin Momo.

After successfully singing the first time, Wang Xi was planning to take Lin Momo through the song again to deepen her memory, but Lin Momo said, “I can do it myself.” 

“You? You mean you can sing this song by yourself?” Wang Xi asked, a little incredulous.

Lin Momo nodded.

Seeing this, Wang Xi handed the lyrics list to Lin Momo doubtfully, “Okay, then you do it yourself.”

“Okay.” Lin Momo took the lyrics list, and after reading it over once, she stopped reading and began to sing a cappella .

The brisk melody, lively lyrics, and the girl’s unique, crisp voice made this song seem to be infused with soul—very pleasant to listen to.

 Hearing that Lin Momo sang the whole song verbatim and in tune, Wang Xi and Zhou Qi looked at each other. They both saw surprise in each other’s eyes.

“This kid is a genius,” Wang Xi said with emotion, closing his half-open mouth.

Zhou Qi nodded in agreement. Lin Momo has an amazing talent in music.

“Earlier, I was worried that she would be rejected by other children because she didn’t have much talent. Isn’t that great talent!”

The two of them quickly realized that when the program team records the theme song for the show, as long as Lin Momo keeps this same state, she would likely stand out in the entire song. They became excited and led Lin Momo to sing it several times, and even recorded a video.

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That afternoon, when Chen Yu returned to the practice room, Wang Xi and Zhou Qi told him the good news, but after hearing their report, Chen Yu’s face took on a gloomy expression.

“What’s wrong with Brother Chen Yu?”

“I coordinated with the people on the program team, and they said that the production of the theme song is almost finished, and there is no need for our team to make additional recordings,” Chen Yu said in a grave voice.

Hearing Chen Yu’s words, the two people on the side also showed dissatisfaction.

“Why? Why can’t our team record the song? It can just be added later. It was originally several parts that were edited together. How troublesome would it be to add Brother Cheng’s part to what the others recorded?”

“That’s right, in the five teams of stars, Brother Cheng is the only professional singer.” According to the convention of similar programs, the main part of the theme song should be sung by professional singers.

Chen Yu remained silent with a dark face.