SAG -Chapter 164 Susu Receives Praise

Lehua Kindergarten.

Mu Xi looked in surprise at one of the children raising her hand. Although the little girl still seemed somewhat timid, she had bravely lifted her small hand.

That child was Susu.

In Teacher Mu Xi’s impression, Susu was a rather introverted little girl. Aside from times when the teacher called on her, she basically never stood up on her own initiative to show herself. This was the first time.

Naturally, Teacher Mu Xi would not undermine Susu’s confidence at a time like this, so she smiled and said, “All right. Next, let’s have little Zhang Su tell us a story. Everyone, welcome her.”

As she spoke, she took the lead in clapping.

As for Susu changing her surname, Zhang Ran had already informed Teacher Mu Xi beforehand, so whenever Teacher Mu Xi called Susu now, she directly called her Zhang Su.

After being called on by Teacher Mu Xi, Susu was a little excited, but also a little nervous.

Teacher Mu Xi could see the little girl’s nervousness, so she personally walked over to her, took her small hand, and led her onto the stage.

With Teacher Mu Xi by her side, Susu immediately became much braver. Standing on the stage, she said softly, “I… I’m going to tell a Calabash Brothers story today.”

“I… I’m the Seventh Brother!”

“This is my magic calabash!”

As she spoke, Susu pointed at the magic calabash she had placed on her desk. This magic calabash was also one of the reasons Susu had been so popular today. Everyone liked it.

Over the winter vacation, playing with Taotao and the Alston brothers had made Susu much more cheerful. So, aside from being a bit nervous and stammering at the very beginning, Susu slowly entered the state of storytelling.

Especially because this story was one Susu had “created” herself, she became even more excited while telling it.

When she reached a particularly happy part, she even ran excitedly back to her seat, took out the creative notebook she had brought with her, and showed it to everyone.

To be honest, although this story was much more childish than Zhang Ran’s original version, it was very attractive to children.

In particular, because most of the content had been written by several children, the majority of it was about becoming a hero who turned the tide and personally defeated the big villain. This struck perfectly at the hearts of the children.

So Susu spent the entire afternoon telling stories. Even during outdoor activity time, a circle of children surrounded her.

This was Susu’s happiest day at kindergarten. On this day, she also gained many, many little friends, and the smile never left her face all day.

The other children also learned about the Eldest Brother, Fourth Brother, and Fifth Brother. So next, the children immediately began fighting over something.

They were not fighting over toys, but over the titles of Second Brother, Third Brother, and Sixth Brother!

This made the kindergarten lively for quite a while. A few children even nearly came to blows.

Teacher Mu Xi had not expected things to develop to this extent, but her mind worked quickly, and she immediately came up with an idea.

She would have the children write their own stories and imagine themselves as Second Brother or one of the others. In the end, Susu would judge them.

This could train the children’s writing ability, and Teacher Mu Xi believed the parents would be very supportive.

So when Zhang Ran arrived at the kindergarten to pick up Susu, he discovered that Susu was surrounded by groups of little children. This was a scene he had never seen before.

“Grandpa!”

Although Susu was surrounded by her little friends, she still spotted her grandfather at once. She jumped up excitedly and waved her little hand.

Seeing Susu so excited, Zhang Ran was also happy. He quickly walked over and took Susu’s small hand.

“Mr. Zhang, Susu performed especially well today!” Teacher Mu Xi immediately came over after seeing Zhang Ran and praised Susu, making Susu even more excited.

Afterward, Zhang Ran listened as Teacher Mu Xi described Susu’s performance that day. After listening, he also gave Susu a thumbs-up.

“Susu’s grandpa, can you give me a magic calabash too?” Just as Zhang Ran was feeling proud, a chubby little hand tugged at the hem of his clothes.

As soon as these words came out, the other children nearby all began speaking up as well, leaving Zhang Ran momentarily unsure what to do.

The children all knew that Susu’s magic calabash had been given to her by her grandfather. To them, this magic calabash was also extremely magical. They had drunk water from inside it, and Susu had even performed with it for them, making the little ones even more envious.

Fortunately, there were teachers and parents nearby, so Zhang Ran was quickly rescued.

In the end, Zhang Ran did not say he would give them magic calabashes, but he did offer something else instead.

“Teacher Mu Xi, in a couple of days, I’ll have the Calabash Brothers stories they write printed out. The stories for Second Brother, Third Brother, and the others will be left blank. When the time comes, every child can receive a copy,” Zhang Ran said.

He had already learned about Teacher Mu Xi’s arrangement from her, so he was simply going along with it.

“Thank you, Mr. Zhang,” Teacher Mu Xi said with a smile.

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After Zhang Ran picked up Zhang Xiaotao, Susu excitedly told Brother Taotao about everything that had happened that day.

“Grandpa, I also want to give my classmates a gift like that. Can I?” Zhang Xiaotao looked at Zhang Ran with eyes full of expectation.

How could Zhang Ran refuse? He waved his hand generously and said, “Of course you can. Grandpa will arrange it right away.”

As he spoke, Zhang Ran called Ning Qing and asked her to find someone to print out the things Zhang Xiaotao and the others had written.

Zhang Ran discovered that handing matters like this over to rich second-generation people like Ning Qing was truly convenient. They were also very efficient.

During dinner that evening, Zhang Ran proudly told Zhang Sicheng and Liu Lu about Susu’s achievements that day.

Seeing Zhang Ran like this, Zhang Sicheng and Liu Lu did not know whether to laugh or cry.

Even when Prince Haiman had visited, they had never seen Zhang Ran behave like this.

Yet now, merely because Susu had received praise at kindergarten, he was acting this way. They really did not know what to say.

It seemed that in Zhang Ran’s eyes, being good friends with Prince Haiman was not as important as Susu receiving a single compliment.

However, this also made them feel even closer to this version of Zhang Ran.

And that was not the end of it.

After dinner, Zhang Ran made a video call to Zhang Siyan and once again told her about Susu’s performance that day.

However, when he saw that Zhang Siyan was treating people to a meal, he only said a few more words before hanging up.

But Zhang Ran’s behavior was completely seen by Qian Li and the others. Zhou Min did not think much of it, but Qian Li had the same expression as Zhang Sicheng and Liu Lu.

After Zhang Ran hung up the video call, Zhou Min saw Qian Li’s expression and asked curiously, “Qian Li, why do you look like you’ve seen a ghost? Is it really that serious? Don’t tell me you’ve never seen Siyan’s father before either?”

She had just listened to Zhang Siyan briefly explain what had happened, so even though Zhang Ran looked very young, she had quickly accepted it.

“If you knew the situation, you’d probably be just like me,” Qian Li said.