My College Teacher is My Children's Mom-Chapter 780: The New Protagonist of the Beast Region
"One look and you can tell, that’s my daughter alright. No one else would dare pull a stunt like this!"
"Second Treasure is going further and further down the path of trolling her old man... Hahaha..."
"Dad Lin is my main source of joy this year! Haha!"
"I can’t handle it! The dumbfounded expressions on First Treasure, Second Treasure, Third Treasure, and Fourth Treasure are just too funny..."
"Thanks, already made a sticker pack. PM me if you want it."
"I never thought a man like Dad Lin would have a relationship crisis..."
"Fourth Treasure: I’ve had to endure too much. I’m so tired!"
"Haha, in the end, Fourth Treasure carried the weight of it all. Poor kid!"
"Am I the only one who noticed First Treasure? He seems to have been sleeping the whole time..."
"Is this what they call a five-way blank stare?"
Heh, it was one thing for Second Treasure to make the meme video, but seeing it get remixed and re-edited by others was just painful to watch. The captions were all different. One version showed his head with the text "Five Times the Headache." Another was a parody of the Calabash Brothers cartoon, asking, "Grandpa is leading five kids to find the sixth. So, where is the sixth kid?"
Lin Feng woke up and habitually browsed Weibo to check the news and trending topics. He had to keep up with the latest trends, otherwise he’d have a generation gap with his kids. As expected, the very first trending topic was about him.
He clicked on it and burst out laughing. "Second Treasure is so creative!"
Zhang Yuxi took the phone for a look, and she laughed as well, though it was a humorless smile. "Your precious daughter certainly takes after her father..."
Lin Feng understood the subtext: *Your daughter really knows how to throw her own father under the bus.*
Lin Feng, however, was quite open-minded about it. "Ah, young people are just having fun. You wouldn’t know, but this is the kind of stuff they love. They find it hilarious."
Zhang Yuxi just shook her head. "As long as you’re happy."
Lin Feng scrolled through the comments and found them hilarious, even if he didn’t understand all the internet slang.
After Zhang Yuxi left for work, Lin Feng took Little Treasure to school. She had also seen the video and was incredibly amused.
"Dad, I have to save this video and play it for you when you’re old."
Lin Feng laughed. "When you get married, I’ll put a few months’ worth of your videos on a loop..."
Bring it on. An eye for an eye!
Back when Lin Feng was raising the four treasures, he had done his best, but his love was always divided among them. It was different with Little Treasure. By the time she was born, the other four were already in school. The family was extremely well-off, so he was able to give her all his love and attention. Sometimes their relationship was like that of a father and daughter, and other times, they were like friends.
Little Treasure waved. "Bye, Dad!"
Lin Feng waved back. "Bye!"
When he got home, Lin Feng discovered that the family group chat was already buzzing with the video Second Treasure had made. The younger generation was laughing about it privately, but his own generation wasn’t so courteous.
Lin Rui was howling with laughter. "Did Second Treasure really make this? How could she... hahaha! Do you have any dignity left?" If it hadn’t been a voice message, Lin Feng would have never known just how much joy his brother was feeling.
And the one who shared it in the first place was Yu Zheng.
Lin Jiajun simply said, "I saved it. I’ll watch it when I’m bored. It’s a perfect embarrassing record."
Lin Feng sent Second Treasure a message consisting of just three lines.
The video is great. Don’t do it again.
Everyone in the family group chat is laughing at me.
Sigh.
Second Treasure didn’t reply. Instead, she took a screenshot and posted it on her social media platform. Her followers were deeply moved; that final "Sigh" was so full of meaning.
Second Treasure had mastered the art of going viral back when she was developing educational platforms, and she now had over 300 million followers on Weibo. Three hundred million. What did that even mean? She was more famous than the most famous A-listers. A single casual post from her would instantly trend.
Second Treasure managed her platform well. She would occasionally livestream, but now it was only once or twice a year because she was simply too busy. Fortunately, she wasn’t working alone and had plenty of temporary staff to help out.
So, Lin Feng could understand Second Treasure’s actions... But still, my dear daughter, isn’t it a bit wrong to mess with your dad like this?
Did you think that was the end of it? You sorely underestimate the power of the internet and its viral traffic.
That very afternoon, Second Treasure posted an update: a photo from a fruit stand. It had his picture plastered on it with a caption: "How sweet are our fruits? Sweeter than his future sons- and daughters-in-law!" The photo they’d used was a particularly devious screenshot of him looking furious. What on earth was the vendor trying to imply?
Someone replied: "Maybe he’s angry that he’s losing all of us potential in-laws?"
"Or maybe they just think he looks handsome in that picture."
"Ah... that’s a take I didn’t see coming. My apologies."
"My future father-in-law has already become a part of my daily life, and I didn’t even know it! So, First Treasure and Fourth Treasure, why haven’t you found me yet?"
Lin Feng went from being the "Nation’s Dad," the "Nation’s Father-in-Law," and the "Nation’s Heartthrob" to becoming the newest star of the internet’s meme-verse overnight. Not only that, but he was also turned into a sticker pack by his legions of adoring fans. It was all thanks to Second Treasure that his status plummeted to rock bottom.
Could it get any worse than this?
Could it?
Yes!
His family group chat and the "Seven Calabash Brothers" group were all spamming stickers of his face!
Lin Feng felt mentally exhausted. But then again, he thought, why should a man pushing fifty care about this stuff? Even when they mercilessly sent him the meme videos, he could still click play with a calm expression. And then he would burst out laughing like a honking goose. This new generation of fans was just too talented, haha!
This was all just a small episode in his life. His older children were all busy with their own affairs, but with Little Treasure still at home, life was far from lonely.
He just wasn’t sure if Little Treasure was entering her rebellious phase. Her personality had become like a fiery chili, and her words were always sharp, lacking the gentle sweetness she used to have. Lin Feng recalled when the four treasures were her age. As he remembered it, other than the carefree and mischievous Fourth Treasure, they had all been very well-behaved.
"Little Treasure, want some fruit? Dad can cut some up for you."
"No thanks, Dad. I don’t want any. You have it." Little Treasure didn’t even look up from the online tutorial on her laptop. "If there’s nothing else, Dad, you can go do your own thing. Just remember to close the door on your way out."
Lin Feng quietly closed the door. He walked out onto the balcony and stared at the view outside, his heart filled with emotion. Sigh, I’m getting old, and the kids are all grown up with lives of their own...
He stood there for a full half-hour. Then, Lin Feng announced to his wife and daughter that he was going to move in with his parents for a while to spend some time with them. Little Treasure had school and Zhang Yuxi had work. They were grown-ups; they could definitely take care of themselves!
Once he had decided, he immediately took action. And so, a completely baffled mother and daughter watched as he packed a suitcase and walked out the door.
"Remember to turn off the main water valve if you go out, and check the doors and windows at night," he said. "Try to cook for yourselves instead of ordering takeout.
"I’ll be back as soon as I can. Call me if anything comes up."
Watching his retreating figure, the mother and daughter looked at each other and asked the same question in unison: "Did you make him angry?"
Then, just as simultaneously, they both replied, "No!"
Zhang Yuxi thought back over the last few days. Everything had been normal—work, come home, that was it. Her routine hadn’t changed at all.
Little Treasure also thought back. Her days had been perfectly normal, too—school, after-school activities, tutoring. There was nothing out of the ordinary in her routine.
"Mom, do you think you upset Dad and didn’t realize it?"
