As a devoted fan of Jiang Ning, I'm incredibly worried. From every perspective, Zhuang Yan is simply not good enough for Jiang Ning. Even if they've known each other for a long time, they're just not a good match. Jiang Ning's insistence on liking Zhuang Yan only proves she has no taste.

[Jiang Ning has been losing fans since she participated in this show.]

Back at the cabin, it was already five o'clock. Zhuang Yan started cleaning the kitchen and cooking, first washing the vegetables.

There were plenty of people to help out, and even An Xinrong came and took two potatoes to peel.

Zhuang Yan glanced at it and casually praised, "It's peeled quite cleanly, with no waste."

An Xinrong snorted, "Of course." She was so proud of herself just for peeling potatoes.

"I'm very good at peeling. I can peel an apple without breaking the skin."

Zhuang Yan praised him like a child, saying, "Wow, that's amazing! It seems he's not entirely useless after all."

An Xinrong pouted, looking smug.

"Then help me peel the lotus root and yam together. Remember to wear gloves when peeling the yam."

"Okay." An Xinrong reached into the basket and took a lotus root.

Fang Chen came over: "Xinrong, let me help you."

An Xinrong continued what she was doing without looking up: "Don't worry about me, go do other things."

Zhuang Yan suddenly found a way to get along with An Xinrong. For example, praising her would make her feel like a kindergarten child, and giving her a little red flower would brighten her whole day.

"This lotus root is peeled really well, and this yam is also very clean... I didn't expect you to be so capable, Miss. I thought you didn't know how to do housework."

"No problem, is there anything else you need me to do?"

"Then please help tidy up the tables outside, wash a few dishes, and peel the garlic..."

For a moment, An Xinrong reflected on herself. She hated Zhuang Yan, so why did she listen to him?

But the next second, she heard Zhuang Yan say, "You can definitely do this little thing well, right? You peeled the potatoes so well, you can definitely wash the dishes clean and tidy up the table." Zhuang Yan looked at her gently, with a hint of affection in his eyes, as if he were really treating a child of a few years old.

Giving children appropriate high praise and affirmation helps them maintain their confidence. Zhuang Yan's skill in taking care of children is probably due to his past life.

He and Xia Wan never had children, not because of health issues, but because Xia Wan didn't want to have any. However, with such a large family fortune, they couldn't leave without an heir, so they adopted one from an orphanage.

After the child was brought home, Xia Wan didn't take care of him. Zhuang Yan did all the tutoring and education. When the adopted son was first brought home, he didn't know anything and had little patience. Zhuang Yan was strict with him and spent most of his energy on him, patiently teaching him and watching over his studies, hoping that he would succeed in his studies.

The adopted son did not disappoint his education; he achieved excellent grades and was admitted to the best university.

Unexpectedly, the son he had raised with such care and effort would eventually want to kill him.

He will never marry Xia Wan in this lifetime. As for the ungrateful adopted son, let whoever wants to raise him raise him; he certainly won't.

An Xinrong felt a little awkward when Zhuang Yan praised her, but she couldn't help being happy: "Alright then."

An Xinrong is so easy to coax because of her upbringing. There are three children in the An family. An Xinrong is the second oldest, with an older sister and a younger brother. She was the neglected one in the family. From childhood to adulthood, she did not do well in school and was always a little behind in everything she learned.

Her parents had always neglected her. When they talked about her, they said she was just a pretty face, good for nothing, not as pretty as her older sister, not as sensible, and not as smart as her younger brother.

In high school and university, everyone around her got in through exams, but she got in by paying money. She knew that not many people in her circle of friends respected her, after all, even her parents looked down on her.

After that, she entered the entertainment industry and insisted on debuting. She did debut, but she was still labeled as a "good-for-nothing". She was still the same person who couldn't do anything right.

Nobody liked her, nobody praised her, nobody thought she was capable... The more she tried to do something well, the easier it was to mess it up. An Xinrong thought she had gotten used to it, but she would still feel smug because of a few words of praise from others.