When the five female guests arrived at the guesthouse provided by the program, He Xi was still on the open-top pickup truck, spending time with the pig.

While the program team was busy arranging their promised free dinner, the guests gathered together to chat.

Si Ying invited the auntie who had lent them the car to stay for dinner.

At first, the auntie was shy and uncomfortable speaking and acting in front of the cameras. But soon she relaxed and chatted lively with Si Ying and Tang Wanning. Jiang Nanxi and Ruan Qiuci, the younger generation, helped out in the kitchen, and Leng Yuanzhi insisted on showing off her cooking skills on the first day.

Under the small pavilion in the courtyard, Tang Wanning curiously asked: “Auntie, you believed Nan Nan wasn’t a liar, right?”

“Weren’t you afraid that we would borrow the car and run away?”

“There are so many cameras following us!” The auntie said happily, “The most important thing is, this little girl told me she knows Xia Zhiyan.”

Xia Zhiyan’s hand, which was holding a teacup, paused.

Tang Wanning: “She said she knows her, so she knows her? I also know Marilyn Monroe.”

The auntie laughed heartily: “She gave me a photo. My daughter likes Xia Zhiyan, she traded this photo for the car! No regrets!”

Tang Wanning: “What photo!? Auntie, let me see.”

How could the auntie refuse Tang Wanning’s coquettish request?

She took out the photo from her pocket like a treasure. It was a Polaroid, the photo paper was a special type, so it had a faint pink tint and cute patterns. In the center of the photo was an older photo with a vintage feel. It seemed to be a younger Jiang Nanxi standing beside Xia Zhiyan.

At that time, she was shorter than she is now, and Xia Zhiyan hugged her and smiled gently.

Jiang Nanxi had cake on her face, the white cream making her look like a playful cat.

Xia Zhiyan wasn’t much better.

It was clear they had just had a lively cake fight.

After the auntie took out the photo, Tang Wanning and Si Ying passed it around, occasionally exclaiming.

“So cute! So Nan Nan was this cute when she was little!”

“Her face was so chubby before, she’s lost so much weight now.”

【So cute!!】

【Precious childhood photo of Nan Nan! OMG!! She was so soft and cute when she was little!!】

【Although she doesn’t follow the cool girl route now, the Nan Nan in the photo seems much gentler TT】

【You guys can even see emotions from a photo? Besides seeing Nuwa’s two masterpieces, I didn’t see anything.】

【So envious! I also want a sister like Xia Zhiyan!】

【I’m different, if I had a younger sister like Jiang Nanxi, wouldn’t I spoil her like Xia Zhiyan? She’s obedient and cute, I heard she’s always been a top student, she must be sensible and not cause trouble.】

【Although, being sensible and obedient isn’t necessarily a good thing…】

【Personal experience: I feel that only children raised in love can be unrestrained. Without enough security, they can only use obedience to gain love.】

【Ahhh, don’t be so serious while watching a variety show!! Are your thoughts too divergent!!!】

When Leng Yuanzhi came out and heard about this, she sighed: “Nan Nan really cares about you. My daughter wouldn’t carry my photos around.”

Si Ying joked: “Teacher Leng, that sounds a little sour. What are we having for dinner? Stir-fried cabbage with vinegar?”

Leng Yuanzhi: “Local specialty, stir-fried fish-ear root, is that okay?”

Si Ying had been forced to eat this stuff on a variety show before, and now hearing Leng Yuanzhi say this, the taste was still in her throat. She uncomfortably waved her hand, no longer being sarcastic.

Tang Wanning chuckled: “Okay, okay, Teacher Leng, that’s my lifelong favorite.”

Si Ying looked at Tang Wanning with the eyes of a traitor: “I didn’t expect you to be this kind of person.”

Tang Wanning said solemnly: “Actually, I can be even more ruthless.”

During their banter, the photo reached Xia Zhiyan’s hands. She touched the photo paper, the overly smooth surface indicating that it had been touched many times.

Others might not know, but Xia Zhiyan did.

This photo was taken on Jiang Nanxi’s fourteenth birthday.

It was a stormy day, she was filming elsewhere, and because she couldn’t leave, she had to ask Manager Song to tell Jiang Nanxi.

She couldn’t go home for her birthday that year.

Unexpectedly, after finishing filming and returning to the hotel, as soon as she opened the door, Jiang Nanxi was standing in the room holding a cake.

Xia Zhiyan didn’t know how she asked that question.

“How did you get here?” That’s what she probably said.

She remembered Jiang Nanxi’s answer clearly.

“We agreed to celebrate my birthday together.”

“We made a promise, Sister, you couldn’t come back, so I came to find you.”

Jiang Nanxi was soaked from the rain, the cake was protected by her coat and wasn’t wet, but it was crooked and had lost its beautiful shape.

Xia Zhiyan had never thought a child could be so stubborn.

But when she looked into Jiang Nanxi’s eyes, she suddenly understood.

In her childhood, hadn’t she also been eagerly waiting for her parents to keep their promises? She had always hated adults making casual promises and not keeping them, because there were always other more important things in the world. Like work, like the weather, like helping the old man next door who fell down to the hospital.

In short, adults had a thousand excuses to break their promises to children.

She had hated such people when she was a child, but now that she had grown up, she had unknowingly become one of them.

Xia Zhiyan felt a little ashamed.

She took Jiang Nanxi to take a bath, asked her to change clothes, and had the hotel make a new cake.

Several familiar staff members also came to celebrate her birthday. Manager Song wasn’t there, and she complained that they secretly played together without bringing her.

That day was the happiest time for Xia Zhiyan during that period.

And from that day on, Xia Zhiyan never missed any promise to Jiang Nanxi.

Because she knew that if she couldn’t fulfill it, this child, who was more persistent than anyone else, would do everything to keep her promise.

Why would anyone torment a child like that?

Adults should keep the promises they make.

Many Polaroids were taken that day, but according to Xia Zhiyan, only the one in the auntie’s hand was successful. The others were either overexposed or out of focus, dark and messy, looking like ghost photos.

Xia Zhiyan didn’t even have this precious photo.

Jiang Nanxi insisted on keeping it.

But now she gave it to the auntie.

“Xia Zhiyan?” Tang Wanning interrupted her memories, asking incomprehensibly, “What’s wrong? What are you spacing out for?”

She teased: “Is it because you’re too beautiful in the photo, you’re reluctant to give it away?”

Tang Wanning’s words were always rambling and nonsensical, but this time she had actually hit the nail on the head.

She was a little reluctant.

But how could she take back a photo that Jiang Nanxi had given away? Xia Zhiyan smiled and returned the photo to the auntie.

Before dinner, He Xi finally returned. The older sisters urged him to take a shower, they really couldn’t stand the smell on him.

He Xi politely said: “Sisters, if you’re hungry, eat first, no need to wait for me.”

Si Ying: “Of course.”

“Don’t worry, we’ll save some food for you.”

He Xi: “…”

【Sister Si Ying, don’t be so straightforward—】

【Steel straight woman hahahahaha】

【I’m laughing so hard!】

After He Xi left, Si Ying unceremoniously gestured for everyone to eat first.

Leng Yuanzhi, the senior, still had some concerns: “Should we wait for him?”

Si Ying: “Sister, the food will get cold.”

“Look at this fragrant glutinous rice chicken! If it gets cold! The rice will stick together!”

Leng Yuanzhi immediately picked up her chopsticks: “Eat!”

Xia Zhiyan didn’t have much of an appetite. She had strict dietary control, so she only ate a little before stopping. Jiang Nanxi was different from her, perhaps because of her youth, her metabolism was fast, and she didn’t gain weight no matter what she ate.

Jiang Nanxi noticed Xia Zhiyan kept looking at her, she swallowed the rice and shredded potatoes in her mouth, and asked: “Sister?”

Xia Zhiyan smiled: “It’s nothing, eat quickly.”

She picked vegetables for Jiang Nanxi.

【Damn! Doesn’t Nan Nan have OCD?!】

【I understand, family members aren’t included in the OCD range, right?】

【Sister Xia is so good at taking care of people TT】

Those who had just praised Xia Zhiyan for being caring were quickly slapped in the face.

The guesthouse only had four rooms, He Xi was a male, so he would sleep alone. Leng Yuanzhi and Si Ying shared a room, Tang Wanning wanted Ruan Qiuci and Jiang Nanxi to share a room, but everyone else felt that sisters should sleep together. Therefore, Jiang Nanxi and Xia Zhiyan shared a room.

It was a double bed room.

As soon as they entered the room, Xia Zhiyan leaned on Jiang Nanxi.

Jiang Nanxi was squatting on the floor opening her suitcase, Xia Zhiyan pressed down from behind.

“Nan Nan,” Xia Zhiyan called.

“Sister, wait a moment,” Jiang Nanxi’s ears were a little red, she pushed Xia Zhiyan back, “Get up first.”

Xia Zhiyan was relentless: “No.”

“I need to change the bedsheets and duvet cover.” Jiang Nanxi brought new ones.

Xia Zhiyan: “Then bring me along.”

“My waist hurts,” Xia Zhiyan used her killer move, “It’s uncomfortable without something to lean on.”

Jiang Nanxi was helpless.

Seeing her silence, Xia Zhiyan thought she had agreed. Then she saw Jiang Nanxi stand up, take a towel from her suitcase, and walk to a corner of the room.

Xia Zhiyan, like a koala, followed behind her, hugging her from behind.

Then, Xia Zhiyan saw Jiang Nanxi put the towel over the camera in the room.

Xia Zhiyan: “…”

“Why is there a camera in the room?”

Jiang Nanxi, who debuted from a talent show and had been deeply involved in variety shows, explained to the veteran actress who rarely appeared on reality shows: “Sister, there’s more than one.”

Xia Zhiyan: “…”

She abruptly let go of Jiang Nanxi.

Jiang Nanxi smiled: “Sister, your waist doesn’t hurt anymore?”

Xia Zhiyan leaned against the wall: “It’s nothing, I can stand here too.”

After a while, Xia Zhiyan asked: “Will what was just filmed be broadcast?”

Jiang Nanxi: “Yes.”

“Sister, the room is also live.”

Xia Zhiyan: …

—Bang!

The room door slammed shut, Xia Zhiyan turned and left.

“It’s too hot, I’ll go out for some air.”

Jiang Nanxi picked up the new bedsheets, her eyes full of smiles.

Her sister, has quite a strong idol baggage.