Chapter 51: I Want to Sleep Alone with Yan Wang!

When she heard her subconscious reaction, Song Xiaoyu’s face turned from white to red, and a deep sense of helplessness spread across her features.

It was not just Tang Tang, but even the other guests and crew members were visibly shocked.

How could it be that children of the same age lived so differently, with some in spacious rooms while others were relegated to a woodshed?

As all eyes turned to her, Song Xiaoyu felt a wave of embarrassment wash over her…

She stammered, unsure whom she was trying to explain to: “My family is poor. My parents only built two rooms. They sleep in one with my younger brother… My sister needs a quiet space to recover. I accidentally kicked her once when I had leg cramps at night… I was afraid of worsening her condition… So… so I moved here.”

“What illness does your sister have?” Tang Tang asked, her disbelief evident.

Song Xiaoyu lowered her head, her voice barely a whisper: “Leu… leukemia.”

The online comments were filled with incredulity and outrage:

[Leukemia isn’t the same as being made of glass. Will her sister shatter if touched?]

[I said before that Xiaoyu’s parents were biased, and you didn’t believe me. Now look at the children’s living conditions—it’s laughable! I understand the little brother needs to stay with the parents, but why does the older sister get a whole room to herself?]

[This doesn’t make sense… If they were worried about kicking her, they could have just added another small bed. Instead, they banished their second daughter to the woodshed?]

[It’s normal for children to have muscle cramps due to lack of calcium! At the end of the day, it’s because their nutrition is not keeping up. You look at Song Xiaoyu’s withered hands, is this what a child her age should have? If you didn’t know, you’d think you were looking at a child coal miner!]

Tang Tang pouted, clearly displeased with Xiaoyu’s parents. Yet, she politely approached Song Xiaoyu, taking her hand and comforting her: “It’s okay, Xiaoyu. You’ve kept this place so clean and pretty. I want to sleep here with you!”

Qin Youran, who had remained silent until now, suddenly glanced at Yan Yueqing: “Yueqing, are you really comfortable letting them sleep here?”

Her tone was dripping with sarcasm.

Lost in thought, Yan Yueqing was caught off guard and instinctively shook her head: “Of course not.”

The room looked far too dilapidated, with such high stacks of firewood. What if it collapsed?

Qin Youran waved her hand, feigning helplessness: “There are only two rooms. How about I, Lili, Tiantian, and Xiaoyu share one, while you four take the other? But since Tang Tang is a girl, it might be inconvenient for her to stay with boys.”

She deliberately assigned four people to each room, hoping to force Yan Yueqing to back down!

With no space left, and since they were the ones who suggested coming to Xiaoyu’s home, Yan Yueqing should just go elsewhere.

Did she think she could disrupt Qin Youran’s plan to gain popularity through Xiaoyu?

Dream on!

Yan Yueqing thought for a moment.

Standing behind her, Jun Yan, who had been a silent presence all along, suddenly spoke up: “Your group can sleep in the master bedroom, Sister Yueqing can take Tang Tang and Xiaoyu in the second bedroom. As for me and Yan Wan, the two boys…” He shot a cold glance at the crew, “We’ll stay in tents with the uncles and aunties… You’ll take care of us, right?”

Though phrased as a question, his tone left no room for refusal!

The pressure from someone of high status made the equipment-carrying crew members shudder.

Take care of them?

How could they not?

Before filming began, the production team had a small meeting.

The village chief said little but took out a high-definition photo of Jun Yan and meaningfully instructed, “A great Buddha has come to the group this time^[1]We have an important guest this time.. Everyone remember, you must fulfill all of Jun Yan’s demands

They weren’t clear about the investment details within the company.

But since the village chief could say such an unprincipled thing, how could the others not know the importance of this?

Let alone sharing a tent, even if they had to give up the tent for him to sleep alone and stand guard all night, they would have to comply as instructed!

Seeing the crew members nodding vigorously, Jun Yan smiled.

Hmm!

Money does make things easier.

Just investing a couple hundred million makes everyone obey.

Sister Yueqing will surely praise me!

Qin Youran objected: “Sleeping in tents? Doesn’t that go against the task requirements?”

Tang Tang blinked: “Isn’t today’s task for us to find our own place to rest? The brothers staying in tents they found… also counts as completing the task, doesn’t it?”

Her naive words left Qin Youran without a target for her anger.

Yan Yueqing had no objections, but her son’s illness… could he sleep in a tent?

Yan Wang seemed to sense his mother’s worry and slowly nodded.

If Jun Yan could do it, why couldn’t he?!

Yan Yueqing stepped forward, crouching in front of her son: “Baobei, Mom is still a little worried…”

Yan Wang reached out, gently touching his mother’s face, his voice firm: “I’ll have my medicine with me.”

This scene nearly melted the fans’ hearts! Only Jun Yan’s world of anger was achieved!

Hey, you can talk, but why touch her face?

He immediately walked over, deliberately inserting himself between the two, his expression serious: “Sister Yueqing, you can trust me with Yan Wang. I’ll definitely take good care of him.”

How could Yan Yueqing not see her son’s desire for independence: “Alright, these bottles of medicine are all in the bag. Later Mom will find two soft blankets to make the tent warm and cozy. Although summer has started, it can still get cold at night… If you feel unwell anywhere, call mom immediately… And also…”

She rambled on, giving him a string of reminders.

Sigh… Facing a son who wanted to prove himself, she couldn’t help but worry endlessly like an old mother.

For the first time, she felt so nagging.

But the online commenters loved this kind of parent-child interaction.

[Say what you will, but Yueqing is doing a pretty good job as a mom.]

[Is Wang Wang sick and needs to take medicine? What illness? Is it serious?]

[Seeing how worried Yan Yueqing is, and considering he can’t exercise vigorously and needs a wheelchair… it’s probably not a minor illness.]

[Serious or not, don’t you think his mother would know best? Stop worrying needlessly.]

[The way Yan Yueqing just nagged is exactly like my mom every time she sends me off to school!]

[Haha, my mom is the same way, she’d pack up half the house if she could, and after finally getting out the door, she’d probably want to pack herself along too!]

Song Xiaoyu, seeing everyone making arrangements for her sake, with two young boys having to sleep in tents, became extremely anxious: “No need, no need, I’ve been sleeping in my own room for several years now, I’m used to it! You don’t have to do this for me—”

“You’ve been sleeping here for several years?” Tang Tang was even more shocked!

Song Xiaoyu, realizing she had let something slip, remembered her parents’ instructions before they left and quickly shook her head.

She wanted to explain, wanted to tell everyone not to go to such lengths, but as the words reached her lips, they all turned into tears.

The sudden surge of grievance made her burst into tears with a loud wail!

Why…

Why were these strangers being so kind to her?

Why are Dad and Mom… not as good as them?