After all, a parrot cannot repay her for saving its life.

Although An'an was scolding someone, every single word was free of profanity. Not only was her fierce little look far from repulsive, but it instead made her seem fiercely adorable and utterly cute.

The other children understood the gist of what An'an said and couldn't help chiming in all at once: "Ah! How convoluted! Forgive my underdeveloped brain for not understanding a bit of this!"

"I don't understand either," Tian Wenhan whispered to Qu Bowen, "Qu Bowen, did you understand?"

Qu Bowen rolled his eyes: "What An'an said was just plain and simple words, how can you guys not understand!"

Gao Feifei was the first to jump out, shouting excitedly: "Ah! I get it! I get it! I've seen this in short videos on my phone. To make themselves look kind-hearted, some people secretly beat someone half to death first, and then pretend to just happen to walk by and save that person, playing the role of their savior. The rescued person is moved to tears, and while looking at the very perpetrator, they treat them as their savior.

"They say, *Oh woman, you are so kind! You saved me, and I will definitely repay you. With no other way to repay this saving grace, I can only offer my body in marriage.* And then the two of them hug and kiss."

An'an listened with rapt attention. *Wow, what kind of short video is so interesting? Let me take a look.*

An'an asked with genuine curiosity: "Why doesn't Xia Kexuan go find a good-looking older brother to beat up, and then go save him? A parrot can't repay her saving grace, nor can it marry her and have babies with her."

Fan Lina nearby couldn't help but burst into laughter.

The train of thought in An'an's little head was truly fascinating.

Xia Kexuan's face instantly turned as red as a tomato!

Of course she wanted to! But she was only four years old!

No matter which man she saved, there was no way he would marry a four-year-old her as his wife, right!

Saving an older brother was possible in theory, but the problem was that young children changed a lot, and once they grew up, who knew where anyone would even be.

Furthermore, she certainly wanted to save someone; the person she wanted to save was Sui Yu, but wasn't Sui Yu saved by An'an instead?

At this thought, she felt nothing but regret! How hateful! Shen Nian'an!

Gao Feifei was choked up for a second by An'an's question, but then continued letting her imagination run wild: "T-then that means Xia Kexuan deliberately hurt the parrot and then pretended to save it! Parrots can't talk, so when she says she's the savior, of course we'd believe her!"

"Oh, so that's how it is. Gao Feifei, you know so much!"

"Wow, I've really learned something new today."

An'an nodded her little head like a little adult, imitated the way Shen Zhihan and Grandpa Shen patted Gao Feifei on the head, and praised: "Mhm, the material can be molded!"

Learning that came straight from Grandpa Wild Boar.

The children had very jumping trains of thought, and someone immediately asked what "the material can be molded" meant.

Instead of letting the children lead her astray, An'an looked straight at Xia Kexuan: "You hurt Little Green and made Little Green lose contact with its owner. I'm going to take Little Green away and return it to its owner. You must apologize to Little Green."

Xia Kexuan's eyes turned red again. She squeezed her eyes tightly, and large teardrops rolled down.

"An'an, why do you have to target me like this? Aren't you satisfied with so many kids liking you? Do you really have to use me as your foil? Using my wickedness to set off your kindness?"

Teacher Fangfang felt a pang of heartache so intense she couldn't stand it: "Kexuan, Teacher knows you are the kindest. An'an, aren't you going to apologize to Kexuan right now!"

Fan Lina frowned: "Teacher Fangfang, this matter needs to be investigated first. How can you convict An'an before you've even figured things out?"

Teacher Fangfang cast a disdainful look at Fan Lina: "Don't think I don't know what you're up to. You just see that An'an doesn't have a mother, and that An'an's father is handsome. You think that by being good to An'an and buying her off, you can marry An'an's father in the future and become her stepmother—keep dreaming!"

"Stepmother? An'an, you didn't have a mother to begin with? Don't let your dad marry a stepmother! Have you seen *Snow White*? Snow White's stepmother gave her a poisoned apple and poisoned her to death. If it weren't for a prince in the end, she would never have woken up in her entire life. So, you know, a birth mother is always best, and stepmothers are super, super bad."

"Yeah, exactly!" The other children all chimed in.

"I have a friend whose mom is just like that! After the stepmother gave birth to a little sister, she beat and scolded her all the time!"

In their minds, a stepmother was a terrifying existence indeed.

Fan Lina never expected Teacher Fangfang to say such things about her.

"Teacher Fangfang, I have a boyfriend; you can't go around spreading rumors like this. Although An'an only transferred here recently, we can all see her character. She never frames other children for no reason. Let's investigate this matter clearly first."

Fan Lina gently patted An'an's head: "An'an, you wouldn't lie, right?"

"Of course, whoever lies is a little puppy." As soon as An'an finished speaking, Little Black, hidden inside the pocket of her overalls, let out a cooperative *woof*.

"Little Green was picked up three months ago, right?"

"Wow, An'an, you're amazing! You even know about that!"

Qu Bowen had a very strong sense of time, and after calculating in his mind, it was indeed three months ago.

Both Fan Lina and Teacher Fangfang looked somewhat startled.

In order to protect Xia Kexuan, Teacher Fangfang curled her lips in scorn: "What's so strange about that? Everyone knows about it; you just have to ask around."

The real question was, why would An'an bother to ask about this out of nowhere?

Ignoring Teacher Fangfang's sneers and jeers, An'an looked at Xia Kexuan: "Xia Kexuan, are you going to apologize or not? As long as you actively admit your mistake and apologize, you're a good child."

Xia Kexuan pinched her own waist hard, hard enough to squeeze actual tears out, making her cry even more miserably. This time, she just wept silently while shaking her head desperately: "I didn't do it. An'an is framing me, I didn't."

An'an reached out and opened the cage. Furious, Little Green flew out and pecked Xia Kexuan right on the face.

"Ow, it hurts, it hurts so much!"

Little Green continued to peck.

Teacher Fangfang went frantic with anger and started waving her arms wildly. Just as Little Green was about to be swatted, An'an called out to it: "Little Green, come here."

Little Green obediently flew onto An'an's shoulder, spread its wings, and let loose a torrent of abuse directed right at Xia Kexuan.

Everyone could only hear the noisy, chattering bird cries, but somehow it sounded like very foul language.

The other parrots in the cage also joined in, sounding very much like they were cursing people as well.

The children looked at each other, completely at a loss as to who they should believe.

An'an dug around in her pants pocket and pulled out her telephone watch.

She dialed Shen Zhihan's number.

Meanwhile, in the conference room, Shen Zhihan was in the middle of a meeting when his phone rang: *My darling daughter is calling, Daddy, please pick up the phone!*

The ringtone was unbearably cute.

The others subconsciously looked at the phones of the married executives present, not immediately thinking of Shen Zhihan.

It wasn't until Shen Zhihan calmly raised a hand to signal everyone to continue: "Excuse me, my daughter is calling. I'll take this."