After being reborn as an ugly cannon fodder, my appearance stats are off the charts!

Appearance: 37 points (the human limit for appearance is 100 points)

The piano had long since stopped playing, and Su Yun, sitting on the piano bench, turned her head to look at it with dissatisfaction.

Zhang Lanhua was still wearing her apron, and she was shielding a six-year-old child behind her. The child was crying, not loudly, but not inaudibly.

Su Haitian stopped working and came out of the study.

Chung Hsiu-li also had to suspend her skincare routine.

This is not the first time this has happened.

The couple glared at Su Zhuo, who was sitting nearby with his legs crossed, fiddling with an expensive lighter, his face showing complete indifference.

The child was still crying, tears and snot haphazardly crisscrossing his still ugly face, though no longer strikingly ugly but rather rather ordinary. Coupled with his dull complexion and his inconspicuous, rustic-looking gray crew-neck long-sleeved shirt, he looked like a country bumpkin, making it impossible for them to feel any pity for him.

Su Haitian said calmly, "Xiao Zhang, take him back to his room. Don't let him run around outside again."

"You, always causing trouble! You're such a grown man!" Zhong Xiuli walked over to Su Zhuo, seemingly scolding him but actually affectionately patting his shoulder lightly. "Alright, it's nothing serious. Yunyun, you continue practicing the piano."

Zhang Lanhua, who was about to leave with Yan An, stopped in her tracks upon hearing this. She hesitated, but couldn't hold back any longer, and finally mustered her courage to say, "Sir, Madam, there's something I can't help but say… Please, please control the eldest son! He's always hitting Xiao An—hitting his head, pulling his hair, stealing his things, and then crushing them… Xiao An is so young, and he's made him cry so many times… And when his little brother cries, he just laughs… This can't go on…"

Zhang Lanhua had previously made a fool of herself by calling the male and female owners "boss" and "boss lady." Later, she learned from other nannies and cleaners to call them "Mr." and "Mrs." However, she was only responsible for taking care of Yan An and rarely interacted with Su Haitian and his wife, so she rarely used the terms "Mr." and "Mrs." at this moment, her tone was also very awkward.

Su Haitian and his wife didn't feel sorry for the child, but Zhang Lanhua had taken Yan'an under her care for many years and knew how well-behaved, sensible, and considerate the child was. Their feelings for each other naturally deepened over time, and they couldn't bear to see the child being bullied.

The past two years have been fine, but this year, Su Zhuo seems to be going through a rebellious phase of adolescence or has been upset about something outside. Every day when he comes home, he throws things around at the drop of a hat. It's one thing for him to smash things in his own room, but now he's even hitting such a young child. He's worse than an animal. Of course, Zhang Lanhua only thought this to herself; she didn't dare to directly criticize Su Zhuo. Even so, her words still carried a hint of dissatisfaction.

The scene froze.

Zhong Xiuli spoke in a questioning tone, looking down at him condescendingly: "Xiao Zhang, what did we hire you for? It's all stipulated in the contract. Your job is simply to take care of this child, not to educate our other children. That's not your responsibility."

Zhang Lanhua was speechless and stood awkwardly in place.

At this moment, Yan'an burst into tears again, crying and hugging Zhang Lanhua's leg, calling her "Auntie".

For some reason, Zhong Xiuli was also unable to speak.

She looked at Yan An with a complex expression, a mixture of disgust, criticism, dissatisfaction, irritation, resistance... a whole host of emotions.

She quickly looked away and frowned at Zhang Lanhua.

Suddenly, everyone present either clearly realized or vaguely sensed that in this family, compared to Zhong Xiuli, Su Haitian, Su Yun, and Su Zhuo, who wore obviously expensive clothes and had superior looks, the ugly and rustic Yan An and the equally unattractive and stout Zhang Lanhua seemed more like a pair of blood relatives.

In this six-year-old child's world, Zhang Lanhua is the only person he can call family. So he affectionately calls Zhang Lanhua "Auntie" and looks at Su Haitian, Zhong Xiuli and others with a sense of unfamiliarity and even fear.

"Why don't you just let him call you Mom?!" Zhong Xiuli blurted out suddenly, unable to tell whether she was satisfied or not. Her face was contorted with emotion. She pressed her temples and went back to her room in annoyance.

Su Zhuo was still watching the show from the sidelines.

Su Yun's eyes lit up as she looked at Su Haitian, "Dad, Mom's right! Let him recognize the nanny as his mom! Anyway, I definitely don't want a little brother like this..."

As Su Haitian's expression turned stern, Su Yun's voice grew softer and softer. Then, she turned her head away unhappily, looked at the piano, and slammed her ten fingers heavily on the keys.

Su Yun is now ten years old. Ever since she found out for sure that the ugly guy was her younger brother, she feels very dissatisfied whenever she thinks about him.

Su Haitian frowned and waved his hand at Zhang Lanhua, "Alright, take him back to his room..."

……

As soon as she returned to her room, Zhang Lanhua breathed a sigh of relief.

Yan An looked up at her with teary eyes and whispered, "Auntie, I'm scared..."

Zhang Lanhua stroked Yan'an's little head, unsure of what to do. She could only comfort him, "Auntie will take you everywhere from now on... When you see your older brother and sister, just quickly hide here with Auntie. Don't be afraid, okay, be good..."

"Mom," Yan An suddenly said.

Zhang Lanhua felt as if she had been struck by lightning.

She was first shocked, then terrified, and soon, an overwhelming feeling of heartache welled up inside her.

Zhang Lanhua was at a loss. She looked around and made sure there was no one else in the room before she knelt down and hugged Yan An tightly.

She did not speak.

Yan An remained silent.

After a while, Zhang Lanhua finally let go of Yan'an's hand. She looked at Yan'an and said, "Baby, I'm your auntie, Aunt Zhang, not your mother... You can't call me that... You have to be good and listen to your auntie, okay?"

Yan An lowered his head and fiddled with his fingers.

"Baby?" Zhang Lanhua bent down to look at him.

"Auntie," Yan An whispered, but her tone was exactly the same as when she called out "Mom" earlier.

Zhang Lanhua was deeply moved and couldn't help but shed tears.

Seeing her cry, Yan An quickly reached out to wipe her tears.

Yan An silently apologized to Zhang Lanhua.

According to the information in the cannon fodder plot, Yan An knew that he would be bullied by Su Zhuo and Su Yun when he was a child in this family.

Some teenagers are still innocent, while others are vicious, even inhuman when they get vicious. He doesn't want to suffer from being bullied, but he obviously can't leave this family for the time being. His biological parents won't take care of him, so he can only find a protector for himself.

He chose Zhang Lanhua.

She is also the only person he can choose at the moment.

……

Su Zhuo did want to bully him, but Yan An was very alert. He always ran away quickly and was good at pretending to be in pain and scared, so he didn't actually suffer much.

The reason why Su Haitian and his wife found out about these incidents was simply because they hoped that Su Zhuo would stop because they found his crying annoying, or even just make him restrain himself a little...

And, he wanted to use this incident to gain more of Zhang Lanhua's affection.

But that "Mom" wasn't an act.