Several people were fooling around on the beach.
Finally, Uncle Fisherman announced that Ye Nan had won first place in this segment.
Wu Yueyuan took Ye Nan's hand and said enviously, "Wow, Nannan, you're really amazing. How do you know all those seafood?"
"I, I'm not as amazing as you say."
"You're really amazing. Even though I listened to Uncle Fisherman's explanation, I couldn't remember anything later. You're really amazing." Wu Yueyuan turned to Uncle Fisherman, "Uncle, am I right?"
"What the little friend said is very true, Nannan is indeed very amazing." The fisherman also nodded with a smile, praising without hesitation, "Our own brat is already ten years old, and he doesn't even remember as many seafood varieties as you do."
"Yeah, what are those seafood, I just like to eat them, I can't remember them either," Cui Mantong also said, "Look at my boy, he usually looks smart, but now he's still lost to you. Nannan, you're really amazing."
"Really?" A glimmer of light appeared in little Ye Nan's eyes, then she thought of something and cautiously looked at her stepmother, Chen Huan.
Chen Huan, receiving everyone's gaze, finally noticed the little brat looking at her cautiously: Tsk, how can this person be so timid, not even daring to accept a little praise, no wonder she was bullied by those people at home.
"When people praise you, you accept it and say thank you. Do you need to be taught everything? Don't you have a brain?" Seeing Ye Nan lower her head, Chen Huan paused before saying, "However, you're still doing well. Keep it up in the future."
As her voice fell, Ye Nan suddenly looked up at Chen Huan.
Those fervent, undeniable eyes made Chen Huan unconsciously touch her nose: "What are you looking at me for? I already said, as long as you do well, people will naturally praise you and like you. It's just that you never believed it before."
After speaking, Chen Huan picked up Ye Nan's brimming bucket and walked towards the village road.
"Is she angry?" Ye Nan stood frozen, looking uneasily at the figure ahead, which looked slender but was as tall as a mountain to her.
At home, everyone except her father bullied her. Although her father loved her dearly, he was away six days out of seven. She didn't dare to tell her father. Every gift he gave her was taken by her grandmother's grandson. Her wet nurse disliked her simply because she was a girl.
Her grandmother said her existence only served to make her father give them money. They threatened her, saying that if she told her father about their mistreatment, she would have to bear the consequences.
She was afraid, so she didn't dare to say much, until one day, her father brought a woman back and gently told her she had a mother.
Her mother spoke very little, but she would protect Ye Nan behind her and could make the wicked, queen-like grandmother stomp her feet in anger.
But her mother also didn't like talking to her. She said Ye Nan was too timid and submissive, which she disliked very much. She said that to solve this problem, she would take Ye Nan to participate in a show.
So, she came.
"Silly child, how can a mother be angry with her child?" Zhou Jiaxin gently stroked Ye Nan's head. "If she were angry, she wouldn't be helping you carry the bucket. She loves you very much."
All of them could see that Chen Huan was the type of person with a sharp tongue but a soft heart.
"But, I'm timid."
"It's okay, don't rush. We can slowly build up your courage. I believe that as long as Nannan works hard, she will definitely become very brave."
"Yes, and it's okay if you're not brave," Wu Yueyuan said with a smile. "Girls also need to seek help appropriately; you don't have to be so strong."
"Right," Cui Yongsheng raised his hand, "boys can do it too."
And they could do many things. Since he could speak, his father had always told him that his mother was a girl and girls should be cherished. As a little man, he had to cherish his mother well.
"Alright, hurry up and go find your mom," Cui Mantong also gently pinched Ye Nan's cheek. "She'll be very happy."
Ye Nan looked at everyone's encouraging eyes, her palms clenched into fists: "Okay."
With that, she strode forward and ran towards Chen Huan, whose figure was almost disappearing.
[Suddenly feels a bit touching. When I first watched, I thought Chen Huan didn't like Ye Nan. Now looking again, damn, it's not like that at all. Chen Huan is more than good to Ye Nan.]
[I feel the same way, and I think everyone is so loving. Nannan lacks confidence, so they keep praising her and giving her the spotlight. Especially An An, he knows many answers but doesn't rush to answer.]
[Yeah, remember when Wen Yan'an single-handedly won the parent-child competition championship? I don't believe he doesn't know anything here. This is clearly letting Nannan win, my An An is too cute, ahhhhh, asking again, did Fang Miaomiao save the Milky Way in her past life?]
[Hmph, what if Wen Yan'an just doesn't know? He's a five or six-year-old child. If you praise him so highly, aren't you afraid he'll fall and break his neck?]
[What kind of trash is the one above? You can't spit out anything good from a dog's mouth. If you don't know how to speak, shut up and don't show off your ignorance everywhere.]
Back at the courtyard, the sky had gradually darkened.
The adults were preparing for a barbecue in the courtyard. The vegetables had been prepared by the staff long ago, and the seafood was the fruit of their labor that afternoon.
"Stars, I see stars," Wu Yueyuan pointed at the starry night sky and said, "So many stars, Mom, look quickly, it's so beautiful."
"Wow," Ye Nan also tilted her head back, her eyes wide open, staring intently at the stars in the sky, "It's really beautiful."
"Don't tilt your heads too far back, be careful not to fall." Chen Huan, who was washing vegetables, saw this scene, looked around, and found a few small chairs with backs. "Sit down and watch."
"Thank you, Aunt Huanhuan."
"Thank you, Mom."
Chen Huan was startled but quickly reacted: "Just be careful."
After Chen Huan went back to work, Wu Yueyuan hopped over to Ye Nan: "See? Aunt Huanhuan still cares about you, doesn't she?"
Ye Nan nodded gently and sat on the chair, looking up at the sky.
Dad said her mother had become the brightest star in the sky when she was little, but when she was at her grandmother's house, she had never seen stars.
So, she thought it was because she was disobedient and not good, and her mother didn't want to show herself.
But today, she saw them.
She saw the brightest, most dazzling star.
"Mom," Ye Nan's eyes reddened slightly.
I'm very well-behaved, and Mom, I'll tell you a secret, I'm starting to like Mom Chen Huan a little, but Mom, don't be angry, Nannan still likes you the most. You be well in the sky.