Live Stream: Overly Pampered Education Creates Three Superstars in One Family

Facing Yang Yi's eyes, filled with a thirst for knowledge and an unwavering determination to achieve her goal, Chen Chu knew that if he couldn't give her a definite answer today, this woman would most likely follow him around the track ten times.

He sighed helplessly, reached up to rub his forehead, and his tense expression instantly collapsed, returning to his usual lazy state.

"It's true." Chen Chu looked at Yang Yi, his tone revealing a genuine weariness. "That's how I usually take care of the kids at home. It's not because I have any educational philosophy, it's just that I'm lazy. I'm too lazy to set any complicated rules for them, and I'm too lazy to play that kind of authoritative and profound father role. It's too tiring."

Upon hearing this unofficial, even somewhat dismissive, answer, Tavia Yeung was not disappointed at all; instead, she was so excited that she almost jumped up on the spot.

"That's great!" Yang Yi clapped her hands, let out a long sigh of relief, and her face broke into an extremely bright smile. "These days, those bloggers who create personas online crash and burn so quickly. I was really worried. It seems that the blogger I follow, Chen, is a true brand that can withstand the test of time; he definitely won't collapse!"

Chen Chu twitched the corner of his mouth, just about to exchange a few polite words to send the person away, when he noticed out of the corner of his eye that something was amiss with the surrounding commotion.

Yang Yi's excited "That's great!" was like a signal flare, instantly attracting the attention of other parents on the playground. Coupled with the extremely conspicuous long lenses and tripods of the photographers, the parents who were chatting in twos and threes all turned their attention to her.

"Hey? Isn't that Chen Chu from the internet?"

"It really seems to be him! He's that single dad who taught his underachieving son to score over 600 points!"

"Let's go, let's go ask!"

In less than half a minute, Chen Chu and Liu Yue were surrounded by a dense crowd.

"Mr. Chen! How do you usually help your child with his homework? My son always dawdles when he does his homework, and he won't listen to being scolded or punished. I'm so worried!"

"Teacher Chen, what are your thoughts on children playing on their phones? My child is glued to their tablet during holidays!"

"Brother Chen, how do you manage to get along with your teenage son like a buddy? My daughter won't tell me anything now..."

Countless voices filled with anxiety, anticipation, and urgency surged toward Chen Chu like a tide.

It wasn't until this moment, looking at the parents in front of him who were even taking out their phones to take notes, that Chen Chu truly felt a sense of "physical presence." He realized that he had really become famous this time, and that his fame had reached the real lives of ordinary people.

Surrounded by people, he was caught in a dilemma, holding Xia Yu, who was extremely sensitive to crowds, in his arms. For a moment, he could only awkwardly maintain a polite smile, and even a layer of fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.

Standing to the side, Liu Yue couldn't help but cover her mouth and chuckle as she watched Chen Chu's embarrassed appearance, but there was nothing she could do.

Fortunately, the kindergarten director, Qiu Tian, ​​noticed the commotion.

"Attention parents, attention!" Qiu Tian, ​​holding a megaphone, cut into the crowd just in time. "Our parent-child sports day is about to begin! Please move to the center of the lawn; we're about to start our first game!"

The principal's words successfully distracted the parents. Although they were still reluctant to leave, they could only disperse in twos and threes, leading their children toward the center of the field.

Chen Chu let out a long sigh of relief and gave Qiu Tian a grateful look. Qiu Tian smiled and winked at him, gesturing for him to quickly take the child to prepare.

The first game was the classic "three-legged race".

Parents and children stand side by side, with one of the adult's legs tied to the other's leg with a red strap, and together they run over obstacles to the finish line.

Chen Chu excitedly led Chen Xiayu to the starting line and took the red ribbon from the teacher. He squatted down and tried to tie his right leg to his daughter's left leg.

However, an embarrassing thing happened.

Chen Chu is over 1.8 meters tall with long legs and arms; while Chen Xiayu is just a tiny kindergarten child who barely reaches the top of her thigh. If their legs were forcibly tied together, as soon as Chen Chu took a step, Chen Xiayu would be suspended in mid-air, unable to land, let alone run forward in a "three-legged race".

After trying twice, Chen Chu gave up in frustration.

"Alright, this game is too unfriendly to people with different body types." Chen Chu untied the straps, rubbed his daughter's head, and said, "Daughter, Daddy's too tall, we can't play this game. How about Daddy watches you from the side?"

Chen Chu retreated to the grass at the edge of the field and sat down cross-legged.

Watching the other families on the playground happily binding their legs and getting ready, Chen Chu frowned slightly, a hint of worry rising in his heart.

Because of past psychological trauma, Xia Yu is extremely withdrawn. She never initiates conversations with other children at kindergarten, always hiding in a corner like a ghost. Now that her father can't play with her, won't she be left standing there all alone, looking out of place?

Chen Chu was somewhat annoyed; he should have forced Liu Yue to come along with him.

However, just as Chen Chu was about to get up and shamelessly ask the teacher to change the game, what happened on the lawn made him stop in his tracks.

A little girl with pigtails and a round face ran up to Chen Xiayu, holding a red ribbon in her hand.

Chen Chu's heart leaped into his throat. He stared intently at his daughter, afraid that she would panic at the approach of a stranger and turn away as usual.

But to his surprise, Chen Xiayu did not run away.

She stared intently at the smiling girl with pigtails in front of her, then glanced at the red ribbon. Her usually expressionless face remained largely unchanged, but her hand slowly rose.

She took the bandage and then nodded very slightly to the little girl.

Two little ones, about the same height, squatted awkwardly on the grass, helping each other tie their short legs together.

Chen Chu sat on the edge of the lawn, watching this scene, completely stunned. He felt as if his heart had been struck heavily by something soft, and an indescribable mix of joy and sorrow instantly welled up inside him.

His daughter, the girl who shut herself off in her own world and built high walls around herself from everyone... actually has friends?

"Did you arrange this on your own?"

Chen Chu turned his head and looked at Qiu Tian, ​​who had somehow walked up to him. His voice trembled without him even realizing it. He assumed that the headmistress had arranged for the little girl to keep Xia Yu company, just to comfort her.

Qiu Tian followed Chen Chu's gaze and looked at the two small figures supporting each other on the starting line. She shook her head very gently.

"It wasn't me, Mr. Chen," Qiu Tian said with a smile, looking at Chen Chu. "It was a friend Xia Yu made herself."

"Although you've been busy lately, Nannan's condition has been improving little by little every day. Last week during art class, that little girl couldn't find her red origami, and Nannan offered her hers. Since that day, the two of them have often sat together to draw. This is all thanks to Nannan's own courageous step."

Hearing this, Chen Chu let out a long sigh. He turned back to look at the small figure in the blue princess dress on the playground. Sunlight shone on his daughter, and the gloom that had always shrouded her seemed to have finally been torn open with a hopeful crack on this autumn morning.

Chen Chu felt an unprecedented sense of peace and happiness.

"beep!"

With the teacher's whistle, the playground instantly erupted in cheers. The children's cheerful laughter, the parents' cheers, and the good-natured chuckles of children falling down mingled together, turning the entire kindergarten into a sea of ​​joy.

Because the games were divided into groups, many parents who hadn't had a chance to play yet, or parents like Chen Chu who could only watch from the sidelines for various reasons, were now idle.

Then, they spotted Chen Chu sitting alone on the edge of the lawn, a loving father's smile on his face.

The next second, the parents who had just dispersed, like sharks that had smelled blood, locked onto their target again and swarmed around them.

"Teacher Chen, I didn't get a chance to finish asking! My rascal..."

"Mr. Chen, I really envy your relationship with Ziran. How do you usually persuade him?"

This time, Principal Qiu was directing the game in the center of the field and was completely unable to attend to Chen Chu's needs, leaving him utterly without any help. He could only sigh helplessly and grit his teeth to deal with the parents' various questions.

In the midst of this lively consultation atmosphere, an extremely sharp, even somewhat jarring voice abruptly cut into the crowd.

"Mr. Chen, everyone says you're a great parent, you really have to teach me a thing or two! I'm so angry at this useless brat of mine!"

Following the sound, a woman dressed smartly with big, wavy hair squeezed through the crowd from the periphery.

Her name is Zhou Liying.

Following behind her, or rather, being roughly dragged out by her, was a little girl who looked only five or six years old and had bangs.

The little girl was pretty, but she looked like a frightened little quail. Her shoulders were tightly hunched, her head was hanging down, her chin was almost touching her collarbone, and her little hands were nervously twisting the hem of her clothes, as if she wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

As soon as Zhou Liying stopped, completely disregarding the many strangers around, she pointed directly at her daughter and began an extremely unsettling accusation: "Look at her, so lifeless! Taking her out to an event is like taking her life, she's so unsociable! It's the same at home, she can't learn anything I teach her, she makes no progress at all, her reactions are as slow as a block of wood! I must have had the worst luck in eight lifetimes to have given birth to such a troublesome child!"

She turned to look at Chen Chu, her eyes filled with a self-righteous thirst for knowledge: "Mr. Chen, tell me, what should I do with this stubborn child who won't listen to reason or any teaching? How can I discipline her to become as smart and obedient as your son?"

Chen Chu's originally amiable expression turned cold instantly after hearing these harsh remarks.

He glanced at the little girl with her head down, barely daring to breathe, then looked at the children running and laughing freely in the sunlight on the playground in the distance. This stark contrast filled Chen Chu with intense discomfort and anger.

What is this? Is it the anxiety of wanting one's son to succeed? Or is it using "humility" as a guise to recklessly vent one's emotional garbage as an adult?

"This parent," Chen Chu took a deep breath, suppressing his anger and trying to make his tone sound objective and calm, "every child has a different personality and pace of development. Some are outgoing, some are introverted. I don't think it's necessary to label her as 'unable to learn' or 'disobedient.' Just let her develop naturally and focus on discovering her strengths."

This was already considered an extremely restrained and considerate response from Chen Chu.

However, Zhou Liying clearly wouldn't listen to such gentle advice. Or rather, the reason she brought her child over today wasn't to find a solution, but simply to show her frustration and disappointment as a mother.

"Free development? Wouldn't she be ruined then?!" Zhou Liying exaggeratedly raised her voice, grabbed the timid little girl and pulled her in front of her, giving her shoulder a shove with utter disdain. "Look up! What kind of timid look is that! Look at Uncle Chen Chu's son, he went from last place to over 600 points! And look at you, you can't even learn pinyin properly!"

Zhou Liying's finger almost poked the little girl's forehead as she relentlessly belittled her: "Can't you learn from others? Stop being such a silent bum! How could I have given birth to such a stupid thing like you? You have no ambition at all, I'm ashamed to even look at you!"

The little girl stumbled from the push, her eyes instantly welling up with tears. Large tears swirled in her eyes, but she bit her lip tightly, not daring to cry out loud.

The parents watching looked away awkwardly, and a suffocating sense of oppression filled the air.

As Chen Chu looked at the scene before him, the image of Xu Ziang being verbally abused at Xu Danian's house flashed through his mind. His inherent protectiveness and aversion to toxic education finally overwhelmed him.

He stood up, staring at Zhou Liying with icy eyes, his previously calm tone turning sharp.

"Madam, I suggest you stop this pointless comparison and belittling," Chen Chu stated bluntly, her eyes sharp. "This is a crucial time for your child to build self-esteem and a sense of security. What she needs is your affirmation and encouragement, not to be humiliated like this in public by her closest mother!"

Chen Chu pointed to the little girl who was on the verge of a breakdown, and said in a more serious tone, "You always complain that she doesn't make progress and is disobedient, but have you ever thought about trying to praise her just once? Encouraging children more is much more effective than this kind of 'frustration education'."

I thought that this blunt criticism would make the mother behave a little better.

To everyone's surprise, when Zhou Liying heard the word "encouragement," she reacted as if she had heard an extremely absurd joke. She rolled her eyes dismissively, waved her hand, and retorted with utter righteous indignation:

"Encourage her? Mr. Chen, don't be fooled by her!"

Zhou Liying glanced at her own daughter with a contemptuous look, her voice sharp and cutting, shattering the little girl's last shred of dignity: "What is there for her to encourage? She has nothing, she's useless at everything, her brain is as stupid as a pig's, she can't learn anything! What am I supposed to encourage her for? To continue being a good-for-nothing? For someone as incompetent as her, she needs to be severely scolded so she'll learn her lesson!"