The three girls, hand in hand, skipped and hopped happily out the door, then ran back to Lu Yan, who was sitting on the sofa looking at her phone. Chu Chu took her hand, "Sister Lu Yan, let's go play ball~~~"

"Me?" Lu Yan pointed to herself, looking surprised. She instinctively wanted to refuse, but Chu Chu nodded her little head seriously. "Yes, Sister Lu Yan, we're going to play basketball at the big basketball court in town! Sister Lu Yan, you're coming too~~~"

Sisi and Qi Huanhuan nodded in agreement, saying, "Sister Lu Yan is going too~~~"

Lin Muze and Si Jingxuan watched with envy. Lu Yan, the older sister, had been "chosen" by Chu Chu again, while they had been forgotten. She really was a fickle little rascal.

Lu Yan hesitated, "Can I not go?"

Chu Chu looked bewildered, poking her chubby, fair cheeks with two fingers, her little brows furrowed in a frown. After a while, she shook her head, her chubby cheeks jiggling, "No~ Sister Lu Yan, you can play with us~~~"

She likes Sister Lu Yan the most, so she has to play with her.

Lu Yan was charmed by Chu Chu's cute little expressions and smiled with her lips pursed.

Chu Chu cupped her chubby little hands in her hands and exclaimed in her sweet, childlike voice, "Wow~ Sister Lu Yan, your smile is so pretty~~~"

Lu Yan has an adorable baby face, and her most expressive feature is her big, bright, and clear eyes, which give her the look of a beautiful manga heroine, with a touch of subtle aloofness in her innocence.

After saying that, the little one collapsed onto the "stool," hugged Lu Yan tightly with both hands, and kicked hard with both legs to climb up, "Sister Lu Yan, come on, come on~~~"

Lu Yan was both amused and exasperated. She cupped Chu Chu's little bottom in her hands, touched Chu Chu's forehead with her own, and said with a smile, "Your forehead isn't hot anymore."

Chu Chu nodded, pouting her chubby double chin, and said confidently again, "Sister Lu Yan and Chu Chu are going to play~~~"

"Okay, okay, let's go play." Lu Yan put away her phone, picked up Chu Chu, and closed the kitchen and bedroom doors. Lu Yan's mother had gone out to feed the cows and hadn't returned yet, so Lu Yan left the front door unlocked.

Lu Yan and Lin Ranran looked after the child. Si Yiming was too sleepy to stay awake and went back to catch up on sleep. Yu Qingqing and Guan Zhizhi strolled around the village.

The basketball court is outdoors, but the sun hasn't yet risen high in the blue sky. The large banyan trees around the court block out the morning sun, casting dappled shadows that make it exceptionally cool.

Chu Chu led the two girls to run happily towards the basketball court. Lin Muze and Si Jingxuan went to the production team to borrow a basketball. Xiu Kaijie didn't want to go at first, but seeing the three little kids running around so immaturely, he decided to keep an eye on Lin Muze and Si Jingxuan to prevent them from getting lost.

Xiu Kaijie put his hands behind his back, stood tall and proud, and took a small step, adopting the posture of an "unemployed vagrant".

The photographer following them: "..."

Lin Ranran: "..."

"Mommy" Lan Qingyue: "..."

They're getting more and more arrogant.

Xiu Kaijie replied with a troubled expression, "I'm giving them directions, otherwise what if they get lost?"

Lin Muze and Si Jingxuan: "..."

You're the one who's lost!

We're not directionally challenged.

Lin Ranran, Lan Qingyue, and Lu Yan sat on the steps outside the venue, propping their cheeks up and chatting.

Lin Ranran stared at the short-legged, bouncy Chuchu, her eyes sparkling. "Teacher Lan, look at Chuchu! She's so cute! I want to ask, what's the sentence for stealing a child?"