Song Mama, as if afraid of being at a disadvantage, quickly pulled her son inside.
Liu Yifeng didn't want to argue with her here. After entering the elevator, he ignored her.
Soon, the elevator reached the 12th floor. Liu Yifeng handed the breakfast wraps to the hotel staff and entered the restaurant.
The restaurant offered quite a variety, with a buffet style where you could take whatever you wanted.
However, there were also freshly made wontons and noodle soups that required ordering from the kitchen staff.
"Tongtong, what do you want to eat?" Liu Yifeng handed Tongtong a set of cutlery.
Tongtong looked at the assortment of delicious food and asked for a glass of pure milk. For his main meal, he chose little pig-shaped steamed buns and eggs, a very healthy choice.
Xia Qianqian also ate lightly, opting for white porridge with side dishes, along with an egg and half a sweet potato.
Seeing that they ate little and plainly, Liu Yifeng lost some of his appetite.
He picked up some fried noodles, then a fried dough stick, two large meat buns, and finally a cup of soy milk!
Watching Liu Yifeng eat the equivalent of two people's portions by himself, Xia Qianqian was a bit surprised, "Can you finish all this?"
"Don't underestimate a man's stomach!" Liu Yifeng said and started eating.
In the restaurant, more and more people arrived for breakfast. Most of them were people going to record the show, including guests, contestants, and their families.
However, they were strangers to each other, so there wasn't much to say.
But two contestants were particularly conspicuous: one was Tongtong, who was less than four years old, and the other was Song Yicheng.
It was normal for Tongtong, being the youngest contestant in this competition, to be conspicuous. But why was Song Yicheng so conspicuous?
It was naturally because, at his age, he still needed his mother to feed him.
"Come, son, open your mouth and eat your noodles!" Song Mama picked up a pair of chopsticks, scooped some noodles, and brought them to her son's mouth.
Song Yicheng opened his mouth and ate. He was still holding a book for older students and reading it intently.
During the meal, he only needed to open his mouth; he didn't even spare his mother an extra glance.
Everyone who saw this scene was stunned.
Song Yicheng was nine years old. He wasn't very old, but he wasn't very young either.
Most children learned to use chopsticks to eat by the age of three, and certainly no later than five.
Yet, this child, who was almost as tall as his mother, still needed to be fed. This was incredibly indulgent.
"What are you looking at? Haven't you seen people feed their children before?" Song Mama, seeing many people staring and not eating, put down her bowl unhappily.
A parent of another contestant couldn't help but say, "Your son is already so old, why do you still feed him? He should eat by himself!"
His well-intentioned suggestion was not met with gratitude from Song Mama, but rather a retort, "What business is it of yours that I feed my son?
Don't you know how precious time is? How can we waste it on eating?
Look at your children, they only know how to eat. Unlike my son, who studies while eating. No wonder at such a young age, he can already solve college entrance exam papers." As she said this, she looked extremely proud.
However, no one showed any envious expressions. Instead, they secretly shook their heads, "Raising a child like this, even if he's a genius, in life he's an idiot. He's not even as good as that three-year-old child!"
Seeing that they had fallen silent, Song Mama assumed they were too ashamed to speak, and became even more boastful, "In this competition, my son will definitely win the championship. You guys can just compete for second and third place. Don't even hope for the championship!"
But no one paid her any attention. Raising a son like this, perhaps there was something seriously wrong with her mind.
"Yifeng, do you think that woman is not mentally sound?" Xia Qianqian couldn't help but ask in a low voice.
"I don't know, but feeding a child at this age is indeed not a good habit!" Liu Yifeng said.
"I think he's probably ruined by studying too much. Who eats while reading a book? I wonder who his invited guest is. Having such a peculiar mother, I'm quite curious about what kind of video they'll film."
Up until now, Liu Yifeng hadn't seen Song Yicheng's invited guest appear, nor had he seen Yun Duo'er. Therefore, he suspected that Yun Duo'er was very likely Song Yicheng's invited guest.
She was truly brainless. To not want such an outstanding son and instead be an invited guest for this kind of contestant, how out of her mind could she be!
After finishing breakfast, it was exactly eight o'clock.
At this time, the large buses arranged by the program team were already parked at the hotel entrance. There were two in total.
The guests and contestants who had finished their meals boarded the buses one by one.
Song Mama was still there, tirelessly feeding her son bite by bite.
The bus Liu Yifeng boarded also had foreign contestants, who looked to be around fifteen or sixteen years old.
They saw Tongtong, such a young contestant, and began to question the authenticity of this competition in foreign languages.
Since it was a "Brain, the Most Powerful Mind" program, it implied that the participants were all highly intelligent contestants.
And this child, who was probably not even four years old and might still be wearing diapers, was participating in such a competition. Wasn't that a joke?
No matter how smart a child is, without the diligent effort of their background, how smart can they really be?
They even said they wanted to eliminate the child in the first round so he could go home and drink milk early!
Liu Yifeng couldn't understand what they were saying, but from their gazes, which occasionally lingered on Tongtong, it wasn't hard to guess that their conversation was about Tongtong.
Xia Qianqian understood foreign languages. Seeing them questioning Tongtong's abilities and saying many unpleasant things, she couldn't stay seated any longer.
She loudly said in a foreign language, "A person's strength should not be measured by their age.
You haven't even witnessed this little friend's capabilities, yet you dismiss him behind his back. With such character, do you deserve the title of genius contestant?"
As soon as she spoke, the foreign contestants immediately fell silent.
Seeing them quiet down, Liu Yifeng couldn't help but give her a thumbs-up, "Not bad, you can even speak foreign languages, and so fluently.
But what did you say to them that made them so well-behaved?"
Xia Qianqian, not wanting to upset him or Tongtong by telling them these people were slandering Tongtong's abilities, casually made up an excuse, "It's nothing. They were just saying that since Tongtong is so young, they were wondering if they should go easy on him during the competition.
I told them that competing with genuine strength is the greatest respect to one's opponent."
"You're right, no matter what we compete in, we should give our all. That way, whether we win or lose, it's a form of respect to each other," Liu Yifeng immediately nodded.
Tongtong, however, said, "Auntie Xia, you don't need to fool Daddy. My Daddy and I have very strong hearts. Such slander can't break us."
Xia Qianqian's mouth dropped open in surprise, "Tongtong, you understood foreign languages?"
"Mhm!" Tongtong nodded.
Recalling that Tongtong's participation in such a program meant he was no ordinary child, understanding foreign languages didn't seem so strange. Xia Qianqian closed her mouth in surprise and asked curiously, "Hearing them say this about you, are you really not angry?"
Liu Yifeng, on the other hand, was confused, "What did they say? Didn't you just say these people wanted to go easy?"
Before Xia Qianqian could reply, Tongtong's voice rang out, "Daddy, they weren't going to go easy. They wanted to eliminate me in the first round and told me to go home and drink milk early!"
As soon as Liu Yifeng heard this, he became furious, "That's too much! Tongtong, when you compete, show them who's going home early to drink milk, and who's going home early to cry!"