My Top-Tier Star Grandpa Is Seventeen and a Half

The night her grandpa froze to death on the street, Luoluo cried as she made a wish to Santa Claus: I hope I can see Grandpa again. The next moment, Santa's sleigh came gliding through the snow, carrying the red-eyed little girl through time to fifty years earlier Back then, her grandpa, Hesili, was only seventeen and a half. With a mess of yellow hair on his head, he emerged from a fight backstage at a talent show, a bruise on his lip and a defiant look on his face. "If they don't want me here, I'll find somewhere else. This lousy talent show? I'm out." The tears in Luoluo's eyes dried up at once. No wonder Grandpa's later years had been so miserable. He'd been so unreliable when he was young. Reforming Grandpa couldn't wait. Filming for Child Star Alliance 3 was about to begin. The other three celebrity families had been confirmed, but they still couldn't find a suitable ordinary family to serve as a contrast. After Hesili got into a fight and refused to follow instructions, his unscrupulous agency dropped him. To squeeze the last bit of value out of him, his manager packed him and Luoluo off to Child Star Alliance, leaving the grandfather and granddaughter to fend for themselves. Everyone knew ordinary families were there to make the celebrity families look good. Nobody took the pair seriously, and Hesili himself had already given up. But when the show went live, the grandfather-granddaughter duo became an overnight sensation in the most unexpected way because Luoluo was wracking her brains and doing everything she could to help Grandpa seize his chance and make a good impression. During the preview segment, the production team asked the children to name one of their guardians' good qualities. After thinking hard for a long time, Luoluo said, "My grandpa loves doing housework. He learns how to clean windows on Douyin." Hesili, who had been prepared to fade into the background, went bright red. He was mortified in front of the entire country. The online viewers laughed until they were rolling on the floor. That night, #LearningToCleanWindowsOnDouyin, #PlasticGrandpaAndGranddaughter, and #MeAndMyDisasterOfAGrandpa all shot to the top of the trending charts. During the house-allocation segment, the guest who did the most to liven up the village would get to stay in a small villa. Luoluo pushed her visibly reluctant grandpa onto a makeshift stage at the entrance to the village, grabbed the microphone, and shouted with all her might: "Life is a stage, so bring your dreams! Uncles, aunties, grandpas, and grandmas, look at my grandpa! Come on, follow him and draw a dragon with your left hand!" Every man and woman, young and old, in the village turned to look at Hesili onstage. Hesili, who had already planned to slack off, was forced to draw a dragon in a panic, utterly despairing. During the segment where children and guardians kept each other in check, they could earn a little red flower for going to bed early and getting up early. Eleven o'clock at night. Hesili, who had guaranteed during the day that "whoever stays up late is a dog," gave up and pleaded in a meek voice, "Just one last game. I'll definitely go to sleep when it's over. Please! Do you know how many times my teammates have cursed my mom because you made me waste half a minute?" Luoluo looked confused. "What does 'cursed your mom' mean?" "..." Hesili fell silent for a moment, then gave in. "Woof, woof, woof, woof, woof! I'm a dog, okay? I'm a dog!" After Child Star Alliance 3 aired, its ratings shattered records. The grandfather-granddaughter duo became a genuine dark horse and quickly shot to fame, winning over countless viewers. Everyone loved watching the absurd, mortifying daily life of seventeen-year-old Grandpa Hesili, who wanted to slack off but kept getting forced to perform. And little Luoluo was just too adorable! The only ones whose guts turned green with regret were the agency, after it received his contract termination notice: Who could've imagined someone would make their debut on a parenting variety show and become an unmatched top-tier star in the entertainment industry? This is ridiculous! Theme: Be yourself, love yourself, and become a better version of yourself.