Chapter 73: Meow
With Mimi present, Jing Zhi controlled his expression, not wanting him to notice anything wrong.
He turned off the phone screen, handed Mimi over to Jiang Suifeng, got up, left the bathroom, and walked straight to the study.
Jing Mimi was soaking in the bathtub, playing with a little duck toy that could squirt water. Seeing Jing Zhi leave, he tilted his little head in confusion.
Seeing this, Jiang Suifeng explained, “Little Papa has some work to deal with. Big Papa will keep you company for the bath.”
Jing Mimi didn’t suspect anything. “Okay.”
While soaking in the bath, Jing Mimi pondered, planning to share the story of the golden kitten with his papas when they lay in bed together after the bath.
Jiang Suifeng collected his thoughts and started scrubbing the bubbles off Jing Mimi.
Washing a child felt very different from washing a kitten. Usually, Jiang Suifeng would enjoy it, but this time he was a bit distracted and washed the child like a cat. Jing Mimi’s hair was wet, dripping with water, plastered to his head. He blinked, looking just like a kitten with wet fur.
When it came to handling self-media platform matters, Jing Zhi was more capable and better connected than him. Leaving this matter to him—he was reassured.
However, the comment section under that video wasn’t just discussing the encounter with streamer Little Jing. There was more discussion triggered by Mimi subconsciously calling out “Papa” after being pounced on by that dog.
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Jing Zhi unplugged his phone, which was charging and hadn’t been checked yet, and found many unread messages and missed calls, almost all related to this matter.
There were friends, management from the signed company… and Qiuqiu’s parents.
While handling the messages, Jing Zhi scrolled through the comment section of that video.
[This little kid is so cute! Is he a foreigner? Hair color is so special.]
[Feel like the features are Chinese, just the hair color is special.]
[He called Little Jing “Papa,” right? Little Jing responded too.]
[Little Jing has never had any scandalous relationships. How is the cub so big already? Who is the cub’s mother? [Curious]]
[Note: There is another cub and a very handsome man next to them. They should be together!]
[The other cub’s looks are also very high.]
[Hiss, this man looks familiar. I’ve seen him in videos of people encountering Little Jing before.]
[Should be Little Jing’s good friend.]
[I have a bold guess—could it be a boyfriend?]
[This guess is a bit explosive, but if it’s a boyfriend, there wouldn’t be a cub, right?]
[Who says there wouldn’t be? Don’t some homosexuals have children through unspeakable methods? Can even choose twins.]
[Damn, if that’s really the case, it’s disgusting. Turning into an anti-fan.]
[There’s no solid proof yet; don’t spread rumors and stir up trouble here.]
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If it were just a simple video of encountering Little Jing, the popularity wouldn’t necessarily be this high.
Jing Zhi had met passersby fans outside before, and photos and videos were posted on public platforms. The traffic was good, but not to this extent.
Because of Mimi’s “Papa,” the topic was led to a highly controversial point. There were rational discussions and extreme arguments, pushing the popularity to a climax.
But even in this era where traffic is paramount, the bottom line should be upheld.
At least such young children shouldn’t be dragged into this.
This video spread very quickly online. It was no longer something that could be solved simply by contacting “Fa Cai Cute Pets” to delete it. Maybe he would even be labeled as guilty and trying to silence people, leaving indelible traces on the internet.
Putting “Fa Cai Cute Pets” aside, the family issue Mimi would face after entering school had always been a concern for Jing Zhi and Jiang Suifeng. After all, most families consisted of a father and a mother, but Mimi had two fathers. In an era where same-sex couples couldn’t legally marry, he might receive some strange looks, which could affect his growth to a certain extent.
Even without this video now, new videos might appear in the future.
Can’t escape.
Must respond actively.
Moreover, regarding his sexual orientation, because he didn’t get support from both families with Jiang Suifeng before, he kept it strictly hidden, daring not to reveal anything, afraid of adding frost to the snow for this relationship that couldn’t walk in the sunlight.
Now that both families finally accepted their relationship, and they had the confidence to face everything, there was no need to be as cautious as before.
He didn’t want to earn traffic by selling BL content, tainting feelings with the smell of money. He just wanted to occasionally show affection inadvertently and share the joy of love like ordinary couples, instead of being fearful all day like an underground affair, daring not to let anyone know.
Why not take this opportunity to openly confess his relationship with Jiang Suifeng and Mimi’s existence?
Jing Zhi immediately organized a series of evidence for adopting Mimi, while contacting “Fa Cai Cute Pets” to delete the original video, and temporarily preparing for a clarification live stream.
Qiuqiu’s parents accepted this quite well.
The two often traveled between home and abroad, exposed to diverse cultures, and didn’t wear colored glasses for homosexual lovers. Even their relatives had non-straight sexual orientations, and Wu Yuan’s students included homosexuals.
Taking a step back, the two knew about Jing Zhi and Jiang Suifeng’s relationship long ago, but never restricted Qiuqiu’s interaction with Mimi. On the contrary, they were warm and close to Mimi, showing they didn’t care about sexual orientation.
Compared to sexual orientation, upbringing is the most important.
They could accept children interacting with children from homosexual families, but couldn’t accept children interacting with children from families without upbringing.
Jing Zhi and Jiang Suifeng’s characters were impeccable, and Mimi was raised very well by them. Qiuqiu always had a great time with Mimi.
However, that video definitely had to be taken down. They didn’t reject children appearing on screen. If Qiuqiu was willing, they could take him to attend many occasions to exercise his abilities, but didn’t want it to be in this way, especially since the one posting the video was that “Fa Cai Cute Pets.”
Mimi shared the matter of “Fa Cai Cute Pets” and “Shovel Officer Qizi” with Qiuqiu, and Qiuqiu shared it with them after returning.
He knew Mom and Dad were very capable.
Things children couldn’t solve should be asked of adults.
Just like when the puppy Qiuqiu accidentally pushed the toy ball into a narrow gap and couldn’t get it out, wagging his tail and whining coquettishly to ask Mom and Dad for help.
He also said to them: “Mom, Dad, that dog doesn’t seem very happy.”
Referring to the black and yellow garden dog led by Li Cai they met today.
At that time, Mimi was pounced on by the dog, and Qiuqiu only worried about him, daring not to say anything related to dogs in front of him. Now in front of Mom and Dad, he finally recalled the details observed at that time.
It was happy to come out for a walk, but also constrained. When scolded by Li Cai, it subconsciously showed a reaction of fear, not looking like a happy puppy.
A truly happy puppy, even if scolded for making a mistake, would be “Sorry woof woof woof, dare to do it next time woof woof woof,” instead of such obvious fear and shrinking.
Very wrong.
So, Wang Shao and Wu Yuan contacted Jing Zhi and Jiang Suifeng, planning to handle this matter with them.
Wang Shao said: “How about freezing that person’s account directly first, save him from continuing to cause trouble. I have a friend who knows the executives of that platform, just a word. You clarify again that Mimi is a trafficked and adopted child. This is easy to clarify; the welfare institute and the police station have ironclad evidence archived.”
Jing Zhi: “…”
As expected of President Wang, truly simple and crude as always.
But Jing Zhi refused.
Causing trouble is good; causing trouble leads to a faster death.
And the other party wasn’t really brainless. Most likely, he wouldn’t infringe on their portrait rights again, but might direct the spearhead at him.
As long as it didn’t continue to affect the children.
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Li Cai kept observing the account data at night. Because of excitement, his heart rate remained high.
He had never had a video with such good traffic. Even some big bloggers with stable traffic might not have such data.
His account also gained a lot of new fans because of that video, and the data of historical videos improved a lot overall.
Compared to his diligent operation for so long, the traffic brought by this video was like evil cultivation, making him indulge in the illusion of reaping without sowing.
So, when receiving Little Jing’s private message to delete the video, Li Cai fell from the clouds to the bottom of the valley instantly.
He didn’t want to delete the video, but knew he had no choice but to delete it.
He immediately called Wang Qi.
Wang Qi entered the self-media industry earlier than him and had wider connections than him. When encountering things, he subconsciously wanted to discuss with him.
Wang Qi also kept an eye on the heat of Li Cai’s video. Receiving his call and listening to his narration, he said to him: “Must delete, after all, faces are shown. The other party suing you for infringing portrait rights will get you into a lawsuit. But after deleting, you can continue to eat the traffic of that video. I heard from friends in the industry that Little Jing should be a gay. The other man in the video is mostly his boyfriend. That child might be born by him finding a woman for surrogacy. Netizens hate surrogacy deeply. You can create a persona of being threatened to delete the video, step on him, continue to eat his traffic. I can record a video with you to insinuate him.”
Wang Qi also wanted to leech off this traffic. Li Cai had no emotions about this.
Over the years, the two made a lot of money together, clean and unclean, already partners in crime.
Having someone to brainstorm together to maximize leeching off this hard-won traffic was much better than facing it alone.
Li Cai agreed readily, taking the dog at home and taking a taxi to Wang Qi’s house.
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Jing Zhi was preparing for the live stream when he saw that the video in the “Wang Cai Cute Pets” account had been deleted. Other related reposted videos were also deleted one after another due to platform intervention, almost unsearchable.
But replaced by a new video full of insinuations.
In the video, Li Cai and Wang Qi, one holding a dog and one holding a cat, echoed each other, using cats and dogs to insinuate the evil of surrogacy, saying some catteries and kennels used the wombs of cats and dogs for surrogacy of pedigree cats and dogs to make money, acting like messengers of justice, guiding the spearhead to the deleted video.
Jing Zhi only found it a bit funny.
If the other party really criticized surrogacy and upheld justice, he would support it too. But the other party obviously wanted to leech off his traffic, eating ugly. Moreover, they were not cat and dog lovers at all. Where did they get the face to use cats and dogs as metaphors to splash dirty water on him?
The comment section of the new video flooded with a large group of melon-eating masses who didn’t know the truth.
[Why was that video deleted? Was the blogger threatened?]
[Why hasn’t Little Jing made a move yet? Guilty? @Little Jing XJ]
[666 originally thought it might be a misunderstanding, now it seems it’s really like that. Turned into an anti-fan.]
[Blogger be careful, the other party is such a big shot, maybe your account will be gone soon.]
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Looking at these comments, Jing Zhi wasn’t very angry. After all, everyone was maliciously guided, and what they scolded was illegal and undisciplined behavior. He hadn’t done those things. As long as the evidence was thrown out, rumors would be self-defeating.
Anyway, the video had been deleted, and public opinion pointed at him, not affecting Mimi and Qiuqiu. Jing Zhi wasn’t that anxious anymore, continuing to prepare for the upcoming clarification live stream.
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Bedroom, Jing Mimi lay on the bed obediently waiting for Little Papa to finish work and come back to tell him the story of the golden kitten.
But tonight Little Papa’s work seemed extra busy. Big Papa also sat on the big bed in the bedroom dealing with something on his phone. Jing Mimi just finished a warm bath, his body soft, and soon yawned.
Just as he leaned on the pillow, resisting drowsiness and heavy eyelids, the Cat God’s voice suddenly sounded in his head.
“Mimi, there’s a new mission.”
“It’s the wish of a Siamese cat.”
