As Nian Nian was putting her small bag on her back, she saw Zhao Yiyang and Jiang Xu peeking in through the door.

Zhao Yiyang, following Jiang Xu, whispered, “Nian Nian, come quickly, let’s go play in the yard.”

Since Zhao Yiyang and Jiang Xu’s mothers were busy, the two of them sneaked out after their showers to play with friends.

Nian Nian followed them to the yard.

Zhou Ziai, who had finished bathing first among the twins, was playing alone in the yard. When she saw the three, she rushed over to join them.

Zhao Yiyang pulled out a bag containing four mangoes.

“Look, I bought these with the money I earned this afternoon,” Zhao Yiyang said proudly. “I worked as a car washer and earned ten yuan. I bought four mangoes with it, one for each of us.”

He gave three mangoes to the others, keeping one for Zhou Ziai, who was still in the shower.

“Eat up, they’re sweet.”

Nian Nian didn’t take a mango. She held her small bag, thinking that brother used all his money to buy fruit for his friends, while she didn’t buy anything with her own money.

She couldn’t bring herself to eat the mango.

“You eat it,” Nian Nian said, pushing the mango back to Zhao Yiyang. “I don’t like mangoes.”

Zhao Yiyang replied, “Then I’ll eat it. I’ll buy your favorite food next time.”

Hearing this, Nian Nian considered taking ten yuan from her fifty to buy treats for the boys and use the remaining forty to buy a bag for her mother.

Jiang Xu was already biting into a mango, and Zhou Ziai, not knowing how to peel it, asked, “Sister Nian Nian, can you help me?”

Nian Nian helped peel the mango and fed it to Zhou Ziai. The scene was harmonious, with the children enjoying their mangoes together.

The production team captures extra footage for the program after the live broadcast. They started following the children as they sneaked into the yard.

Gu Aifei, who had just finished bathing Zhou Ziyu, came looking for Zhou Ziai. When she saw Nian Nian feeding Zhou Ziai, she screamed, “Zi Ai!”

The children were startled.

Nian Nian noticed something was wrong when Zhou Ziai, who had been enjoying her mango, began to have swollen lips and red spots. Zhou Ziai grabbed Nian Nian’s hand and whispered, “Sister, I feel uncomfortable.”

The staff noticed immediately and called a doctor. For safety, the production crew has a doctor and ambulance on standby.

Gu Aifei rushed over and hugged Zhou Ziai. Zhou Ziai looked pale, and the other children were frightened.

An hour later, after Zhou Ziai fell asleep, everyone felt relieved. The doctor confirmed that Zhou Ziai was allergic to mangoes but was treated promptly.

Gu Aifei was distressed seeing her daughter’s condition.

Zhao Yiyang cried and apologized, “Aunt Gu, I’m sorry.”

The other children also apologized to Gu Aifei.

“It’s okay, Zi Ai is fine now.”

Gu Aifei, though relieved, touched Nian Nian’s head and said, “Nian Nian, Auntie won’t blame you this time.”

Gu Aifei was aware that Zhou Ziai was usually well-behaved and would refuse mangoes due to a mild allergy. However, this time, Zhou Ziai ate the mango Nian Nian offered her.

Gu Aifei doesn’t have a high opinion of Nian Nian, perhaps because she is Shen Mingyou’s daughter or because she knows Nian Nian will face challenges in the future. Nian Nian is expected to develop autism at age four, and she might already be showing tendencies.

During the entire day of recording the show, she consistently ignored the adults when they spoke to her and was always reluctant to play with the other children.

Gu Aifei didn’t want to see her daughter playing with someone like this.

For instance, in the mango incident, Zi Ai refused to eat mangoes, but Jiang Nian Nian, who has autistic tendencies, was stubborn. If Zi Ai didn’t want to eat, she would insist on feeding her mangoes.

But Gu Aifei wasn’t going to argue with a child.

She looked at Nian Nian and said, “From now on, you must remember that sister Zi Ai is allergic to mangoes. You must never give mangoes to her, okay?”

Nian Nian looked at Gu Aifei with a hurt and sad expression.

Just as Nian Nian was about to nod and agree to never feed mangoes to her sister again, her mother suddenly pulled her into her arms.

She heard her mother say to the aunt, “Wait a minute. Aunt Gu said you don’t blame Nian Nian, but I want to ask, if you wanted to blame Nian Nian, what would you blame her for?”

When Gu Aifei said she didn’t blame Nian Nian, Shen Mingyou immediately frowned.

Gu Aifei, hearing Shen Mingyou’s questioning tone, became a bit angry: “Nian Nian gave Zi Ai mangoes, causing Zi Ai to have an allergic reaction. As a mother, is it wrong for me to worry about my child?”

“It’s right to worry about your child, but the whole story must be clear.”

Shen Mingyou looked at Jiang Xu, who was standing beside her: “Xu Xu, can you tell Auntie what happened?”

Shen Mingyou already knew the mangoes were bought by Zhao Yiyang. Zhao Yiyang was crying with swollen eyes, and she didn’t know what to ask him.

Shen Mingyou asked: “Xu Xu, do you know who bought the mangoes?”

“It’s Brother Yiyang,” Jiang Xu replied.

Zhong Yao, who was standing next to Zhao Yiyang, glanced at Shen Mingyou, and Zhao Yiyang’s eyes, which had stopped crying, turned red again.

“Don’t be afraid, Yiyang. Auntie is just asking what happened. I know you used the money you earned to buy mangoes for your brothers and sisters. You are a good child. Auntie thinks you are great.”

Zhao Yiyang said: “But sister is allergic.”

“It’s not your fault.”

Seeing Aunt Shen’s determined eyes, Zhao Yiyang felt much better.

Shen Mingyou then asked Jiang Xu: “How did Zi Ai’s mango end up in Nian Nian’s hands?”

“Sister Zi Ai doesn’t know how to peel mangoes, so she asked Nian Nian to help. Nian Nian didn’t want to get her hands dirty, so after peeling the mango, she fed it to her.”

“Did Zi Ai say she was allergic to mangoes and couldn’t eat them?”

“No, sister Zi Ai was very happy eating it. She likes mangoes.”

Hearing this, Gu Aifei said anxiously: “Zi Ai is only three and a half years old. How could she understand allergies? She will eat whatever others give her.”

“That’s right. A three-and-a-half-year-old child is not very sensible. But are you, as an adult, not sensible either?” Shen Mingyou looked at her and said, “Why didn’t you inform the production team in advance about Zi Ai’s mango allergy? They could have taken precautions to prevent mangoes and other allergens.”

“First, you didn’t inform the production team, and second, you didn’t teach Zi Ai to refuse mangoes from strangers and clearly say she’s allergic.”

“Now something happened, and Aunt Gu wants to blame the children who bought mangoes for Zi Ai and helped peel them. I don’t think that’s fair.”

There seems to be an inherent magnetic field between people, whether attraction or repulsion, only the involved parties understand.

Shen Mingyou doesn’t like Gu Aifei.

Similarly, she feels that Gu Aifei doesn’t like her either.

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