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Qiao Xi came out of the bathtub and let go of the red wine that made Geng Qiao afraid.

He went to the shower to wash again, and then took a towel to wipe his body.

Now the benefits of board size are very obvious, there is no hair loss on the ground, and it is very convenient to wipe the hair, just rub it with a towel twice and it will dry, it can't be easier.

Geng Qiao stood on the side in a daze, not knowing what he was thinking, and did not take off his clothes to take a shower.

When Qiao Xi wrapped a bath towel and was about to go out of the bathroom to get dressed, she walked up to him and kissed his lips. Seeing that his lips were dry and white, she worriedly said, "Are you really scared?" ? Sorry."

Geng Qiao smiled at him: "It's okay, I won't be scared next time."

Qiao Xi said, "You take a bath, I'll get you pajamas."

Seeing him go out, Geng Qiao took off his clothes and took a shower.

The wound on the arm is not long, and it still hurts after the scab scabs.But he really can't feel much pain now.

He finished washing in less than 10 minutes, and left the bathroom with only a towel wrapped around his lower body, wiping his hair with a towel as he walked.

Qiao Xi got the pajamas for him and put them at the end of the bed. He sat on the head of the bed and dozed off a little, but insisted on staying up.

Seeing Geng Qiao coming, he said, "Come here, I'll put some lip balm on you. Otherwise, your lips will be dry and chapped. City B is really too dry at this time of year."

Geng Qiao walked over obediently, sat down on the edge of the bed, and took out pajamas to put on again.

Qiao Xi carefully wiped his lips with lipstick, and then touched his lips with her fingers, and said, "You are on fire. How about I find some gunpowder for you to eat?"

Geng Qiao put his arms around him: "Don't be too busy, you'll be fine tomorrow. You can't take medicine carelessly."

What he said was also right, Qiao Xi complied with him and didn't look for medicine.

Qiao Xi always felt that Geng Qiao was in a trance. He was about to lie down and sleep when he saw the wound on Geng Qiao's arm. He sat up instantly and grabbed Geng Qiao's arm.

At this time, Geng Qiao was about to put on his pajamas, but he grabbed him and couldn't help explaining: "It's all right, it will be fine in a few days."

Qiao Xi refused to let go, "I see that the wound is not small, where did you hurt it?"

Thinking of something, he frowned again: "I sent you so many messages today, but you never replied to me."

Geng Qiao had no choice but to apologize: "At my mother's place, I accidentally scratched the corner of the cabinet. There is no bleeding, so it should be fine. I was busy there, so I didn't check my phone. Sorry, Xixi."

Qiao Xi cared about the injury on his arm, so he didn't take the fact that he didn't reply to her text to heart.

He quickly got out of bed to find the medicine box, and took Yunnan Baiyao from it, including powder and band-aid.

He asked Geng Qiao to take off his clothes again, and carefully applied the medicine bit by bit. He distinguished the wound and said, "It doesn't look like a scratch at all, but like a scratch."

Geng Qiao didn't speak, but fortunately, Qiao Xi didn't pursue her.

Qiao Xi used several band-aids to stick it on him, and said, "You are too careless. There is something wrong with you looking like this, is there something wrong?"

Geng Qiao took the remaining Band-Aid in his hand and put it back into the medicine box, put the medicine box away and put it back in the cabinet, and then said: "Xixi, go to sleep, I feel tired."

Qiao Xi couldn't press him anymore, so she had to prepare to sleep.

He lay down, and seeing Geng Qiao changed into his pajamas and also lay down, he leaned into his arms and slept next to him.

After the light was turned off, he raised his hand to touch Geng Qiao's forehead and said, "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid."

Geng Qiao laughed, held his hand, and said, "I'm not afraid anymore."

Qiao Xi also smiled: "Good night."

Qiao Xi was tired and sleepy this day, and fell asleep in a few seconds.

Geng Qiao couldn't fall asleep, and he didn't want to wake up the sleeping Qiao Xi, so he lay motionless in a daze.With the weak light in the room, he looked at Qiao Xi for a while, and the more he looked at it, the more he liked it.The dim light in the room hit Qiao Xi's face, casting light or dark shadows on his An Ran's eyebrows, just like a beautiful sketch.

Geng Qiao didn't dare to disturb him, so she just put her lips on his forehead and kissed him.

Qiao Xi slept for a few hours, woke up to go to the bathroom and then to drink a glass of water.

My eyes were not open, and I was about to stretch my legs out of the quilt in a daze, and wanted to get out of bed.

This movement used to be very easy, but today he found himself being held by Geng Qiao, and it was not easy for him to move.

When the two of them sleep, they often sleep next to each other, but after sleeping for a long time, their bodies separate automatically in order to find the most comfortable position.

It's rare for Geng Qiao to wake up after sleeping like this.

Qiao Xi opened his eyes and met Geng Qiao's gaze. He was sleepy and asked vaguely, "Are you awake?"

Geng Qiao said "hmm" and asked, "Are you going to the bathroom?"

Qiao Xi: "Yeah."

Geng Qiao let him go, so he got out of bed, eyes only opened a crack, only half awake, and went to the bathroom in a daze. After using the bathroom, he washed his hands, and the cold water woke him up a little.

Back in the bedroom, he went to the water dispenser to get a glass of water to drink. Seeing that Geng Qiao didn't seem to be asleep, he asked in a low voice, "Do you want some water? I'll get you a glass."

Geng Qiao said, "Okay."

Qiao Xi then took a glass for Geng Qiao, finished her own, put down the glass, and brought his to the bedside for Geng Qiao.

He sat obliquely on the edge of the bed and watched Geng Qiao take the cup. He saw that Geng Qiao didn't feel the relief of waking up at all, but was as tired as before. Not only that, but he was also in a heavy heart.

Qiao Xi saw that he was about to take the glass after drinking the water, but Geng Qiao didn't give him the glass at this time, and said, "Go to sleep, I'll clear the glass myself."

Qiao Xi didn't move, she leaned close to him, stared into his eyes and said, "Is there something you're hiding from me?"

Geng Qiao was startled, shook his head and said, "What can be the matter. It's just a little insomnia."

Qiao Xi said: "No matter how well you pretend, you can't hide it from me. You will make me sad because you obviously don't regard me as your lover. If there are big things, don't tell me at all."

If Qiao Xi was sad, he definitely didn't talk about it, he really minded.

He is a person who is serious about feelings, because he is too serious, not only does not allow any jokes, but also often has great mood swings.

Geng Qiao has been with him for so long, of course he knows his character, and seeing that he really cares, he has to say: "It's really not a big deal, it's just that I'm a little blocked and can't figure it out."

Qiao Xi thought that he had gone to his mother's side, and this kind of incident might have something to do with his mother. Since it had something to do with his mother, it was more likely to have something to do with Lu Guangzheng.

Qiao Xi asked: "Did something happen to Uncle Lu again? He and Aunt Tan got divorced, which affected your mother?"

Geng Qiao was full of resentment towards Lu Guangzheng. Although his mother said that he was Lu Guangzheng's own son, let alone he didn't fully believe it, even if he really believed it, it was impossible for him to have Lu Guangzheng's father's perception for a while. So Lu Guang is still in his heart, that immoral old rascal.

Geng Qiao said: "It's actually none of my business what he and his wife are arguing with. It's fine for him to quarrel with his wife. My mother's influence is also limited. She is now content with the status quo, or she doesn't care about anything. Believe in Lu Guangzheng, she will be content with whatever Lu Guangzheng arranges for her, and she still feels in her heart that with my backing, she will have a good life no matter what, so she is completely confident."

Qiao Xi could hear the meaning in his words. Rather than being dissatisfied with Lu Guangzheng, she was more dissatisfied with his mother, so that she seldom talked about his mother, so she was full of resentment at this time.

Qiao Xi is a sensitive person. He often observes the people and things he cares about very well. He asked: "Geng Qiao, it's not Uncle Lu. Did you have a conflict with your mother?"

Geng Qiao frowned in pain and said, "Yes, I'm tired of thinking about her now, and I really want to sever the mother-child relationship with her."

"Sever the relationship between mother and child?!" Qiao Xi was shocked, he didn't expect the matter to be so serious.

"What exactly happened?" Qiao Xi was very concerned. Although Geng Qiao's mother, Ms. Geng, did have many flaws, Geng Qiao had always been filial. She actually said that she wanted to sever the relationship between mother and child, so it must be something very difficult.

Geng Qiao hesitated again and again, feeling that this matter was a great disgrace to him and his family, and he really couldn't say it.

Qiao Xi saw that he was sad and hesitant to speak, so she held back her desire to explore and said, "If you think you can't tell me, then forget it first. I hope you can be happier."

Geng Qiao really couldn't say it. Since Qiao Xi was so understanding, he really didn't want to talk. After putting the cup away, he put his arms around Qiao Xi and said, "Let's sleep."

Qiao Xi nodded, and after lying down, she put her hand on Geng Qiao's closed eyes and said, "If you can sleep for a while, sleep for a while."

As a public figure, endurance is one of the most important skills. Geng Qiao felt that this skill has been cultivated to the state of harmony between man and nature, but he was still defeated by his mother and Lu Guangzheng's shamelessness.

But he couldn't do anything about these two people. When his mother called him, he blocked all his mother's contact information. Lu Guangzheng immediately called him again, and he also blocked Lu Guangzheng. After that, Lu Guangzheng changed the landline to call him again, and he simply turned off the phone.

Now he was much quieter.

He could imagine how sad his mother was, but she looked weak, but she was actually very tough, tough to the point of being "cheesy".

Although Geng Qiao couldn't bear her sadness, he still made up his mind not to contact her again.

Geng Qiao lived a regular life every day. Cao Jie came to him specifically to persuade him to contact Lu Dong, but Geng Qiao refused: "If it is a business matter, you can convey it. If it is a private matter, there is nothing to talk about. So There is no need to contact."

Cao Jie was so stunned by him that he had nothing to say, so she also told Lu Guangzheng what he meant.

Now Lu Guangzheng is also in City B, and Geng Jiayan called him here.

He is Geng Jiayan's heaven, and if Geng Jiayan asks him to come, he has to come no matter how busy he is, otherwise Geng Jiayan's sky is gone, and he will not be able to live.

Geng Jiayan cried to him that Qin Jinwen came to beat her. She had been beaten by Qin Jinwen before. Lu Guangzheng was well aware of Tan Jinwen's violent tendencies and hot temper, so he felt very distressed for Geng Jiayan.

Then Geng Jiayan said: "She also called Geng Qiao yours...yours...you know, it's very ugly, I couldn't help it, and said that Geng Qiao is your son."

Lu Guangzheng's distressed expression towards Geng Jiayan froze for a moment, "Why would you say such a thing at such an urgent moment."

The critical moment is naturally the critical moment of divorce with Qin Jinwen.

Geng Jiayan burst into tears: "She really spoke too harshly. I can bear it, and I'm afraid our son won't be able to bear it. Think about how much Geng Qiao has suffered since childhood, and look at Lu Donglin, who has been sitting and reaping the rewards since he was a child. They are all you Son, why do you have to treat him so differently. Is Geng Qiao much worse than Lu Donglin? You don't feel bad for him at all?"

Although Lu Guangzheng was unhappy with Geng Jiayan's disobedient talking in front of Tan Jinwen, he was immediately moved by what Geng Jiayan said later.

Naturally, he felt sorry for Geng Qiao, more out of love and pride than in love.

When Lu Donglin was young, he used to love Lu Donglin so much. He would go to Lu Donglin, who was only a few years old, to see him in his room when he went to socialize until three or four in the morning. His own face was very excited, and he insisted on kissing him to wake him up, watching him wake up with his teeth and claws waking up and hammering him with his small fist, he would be satisfied before he could go back to his room to sleep, every time he was disgusted and scolded by Tan Jinwen, he would never don't care.

Later, Lu Donglin became more and more disfigured. He tried to change him many times, but finally found that he was unbearable, and his human nature was hard to change. It was more difficult than killing him to get a person who only had fun in his bones to cheer up and do things seriously.Every time in a meeting, Lu Donglin would get impatient after sitting for half an hour. His eyes would either turn to the chest of a beautiful female executive, or he would go to the bathroom to flirt with the female staff at the head office. Lu Guangzheng would get angry.He was so disappointed in him that he didn't even bother to care about him anymore, he just thought that maybe he would give birth to a child and educate him strictly since he was a child, and he might be somewhat motivated like Geng Qiao. Completely lost support, Lu Guangzheng really doesn't count on him for anything else.

When Geng Qiao was young, Lu Guangzheng didn't know that he was his son, because at that time, he and Geng Jiayan didn't get together much, and Geng Jiayan had a husband, and Geng Qiao didn't look like Lu Guangzheng at all, but Geng Jiayan. The little bastard born with Bai, with a face similar to Geng Jiayan, but a little more delicate than her.

Geng Jiayan gave birth to such a beautiful child for her dead husband, Lu Guangzheng was a little angry at the beginning, when Geng Jiayan brought Geng Qiao to find him, he didn't like Geng Qiao at all.

At that time, Geng Qiao was still in elementary school, so he asked Geng Jiayan to send Geng Qiao to boarding school.

Geng Jiayan said: "Where is there a boarding school for elementary school?" He hesitated, as if it was not impossible to send it.

He said, "Anyway, he doesn't like swimming. Send him to the provincial swimming team. That's fine."

Geng Jiayan knows someone whose child is in the provincial team. The provincial team is not only at school from Monday to Friday, but always at school. Only winter and summer vacations have a little time to go home. How can she not see her son for such a long time? Willing: "It's too hard, no way."

He had no choice but to think again: "It's okay to go to a dance school. I not only learn dance, but also teach culture classes well."

Geng Jiayan said: "I always go home on weekends, right?"

Lu Guangzheng said, "I can go home on weekends."

Geng Jiayan agreed: "Alright then."

So Geng Qiao went to boarding school from the third and fourth grades of elementary school, and only went home on weekends.

Geng Qiao knew that Lu Guangzheng had ruined his family. At that time, he also suspected that Lu Guangzheng had tried to kill his father, so he hated him very much. Now that he sent him to a boarding school, the hatred only deepened.

Later, Geng Qiao got into a fight at school because a classmate knew his mother was a mistress and taunted him in front of him, so he got into a fight. Worse, both ended up in the hospital.

Geng Jiayan couldn't handle this matter, but Lu Guangzheng took care of it himself, and spent money to settle the student's home and the school.

Geng Qiao lost a lot of blood and needed a blood transfusion. Lu Guangzheng saw that his blood type was written on the form, but Lu Guangzheng remembered that Geng Jiayan had type O blood, and her ex-husband had type A blood. They were going to have a son with type B blood. It was too difficult, and Lu Guangzheng himself happened to have type B blood.

He was very excited at the time, but he acted very calm. He immediately got the oral mucosa from Geng Qiao and sent it along with his own for the most advanced genetic identification at that time.

When he saw that the result was greater than 99.99%, he was overjoyed, as if he had suddenly picked up a son for nothing.

In addition, when Lu Donglin reached adolescence, he was already very disobedient to him, and he was disappointed with Lu Donglin, but he liked Geng Qiao even more.

But at that time, Qin Jinwen was divorcing him, so he told Geng Jiayan the truth in embarrassment, but told Geng Jiayan to shut up.

Geng Jiayan had been beaten up by Qin Jinwen before and was admitted to the hospital. Because of the miscarriage, she could no longer have children. Afterwards, she was always worried that she would fall out of favor with Lu Guangzheng, so she became very cautious. Now, her son suddenly became Lu Guangzheng's. She It was as if she had the backing of the sky, she was no longer afraid, and she didn't encourage Lu Guangzheng to divorce as hard as she did at the beginning. She even said generously to Qin Jinwen later: "You are his wife, and I will be his wife if I am a concubine." Well, I didn't want to monopolize Guangzheng." Tan Jinwen was so disgusted that he almost spat at her.But she doesn't care about these, and feels that having a son is everything.

Lu Guangzheng had been keeping the secret that Geng Qiao was his own son, and Geng Jiayan didn't say anything, as if he was carrying some treasure, he must protect this last trump card.

So Geng Jiayan couldn't quite understand why Geng Qiao was so resistant after learning the truth, so resistant that he blocked her completely, and didn't want to have any contact at all.

Geng Jiayan was sad and at a loss, and asked Lu Guangzheng to persuade Geng Qiao to come back. Lu Guangzheng felt that it was impossible for his son to run away, and it was important to solve the most urgent matter, so he said to Geng Jiayan: "He can't go anywhere, let him go first." Think about it carefully."

After that, Geng Jiayan stopped for a while.

When Geng Qiao practiced his body in the morning, Yongcheng took a picture and posted it on Weibo for him. Qiao Xi quickly liked it when he saw it during the lunch break, and left a sentence among Geng Qiao's "husband" and "wife" fan groups: " Wife, you are so handsome~", Geng Qiao found that although Qiao Xi had been playing Weibo for a long time, he didn't know much about Weibo, and didn't know that he secretly followed him. When he saw Qiao Xi's reply, he had a conflict with his mother Seventy percent of the depression was gone, and he was in a happy mood, so when he was practicing boxing in the afternoon, he asked Yongcheng to take a short video of his most coherent and beautiful movements and post it on Weibo. Liuli called like them crazily, turning into "Husband, why are you so handsome [love you] [love you] [love you]" In the morning she was still a wife, but in the afternoon she became a husband, Geng Qiao was very satisfied.

Qiao Xi found that Geng Qiao was very good at adjusting his mentality. Before, he was so uncomfortable that he couldn't sleep all night. After two days, it rained and the sky cleared again. At night, he happily cooked, ate and read books with him, but such good days didn't last long. Geng Qiao She is about to join the reality show team of the military camp, and Qiao Xi is going to K city for a business trip.

This time the barracks reality show, there are ten people in a class, there are six male stars, four soldiers, the soldiers are also the signature characters in the army, Xiao Lin checks the selection, they are all so good and handsome that the girls scream, If you look at the combination of temperament and appearance, the six male stars couldn't compare with them at first.Not to mention that Geng Qiao looked creamy in comparison, even one of the fresh meat who had always played the role of a tough guy was inferior.

Yongcheng and Cao Jie sent Geng Qiao to the barracks, and they couldn't stay any longer. When Geng Qiao went in, he even confiscated his mobile phone. Only when he got rewards for doing tasks can he exchange for the time to use the mobile phone.

This real reward, everyone didn't take it seriously at first, but later everyone wanted to give up their lives for this reward.

The gimmick given by this barracks reality show is "reality", so the filming period lasts for [-] days. During these [-] days, the six male stars are not allowed to come out and have to be filmed in it all the time.

A few days ago, it was general events, such as standing in a military posture, walking in unison, running, making quilts, shooting, practicing military gymnastics, etc. Later, there were sudden training at night, various competitions with other classes, and so on.

At first, Geng Qiao felt that he was completely competent, but the first time he woke up at three o'clock in the middle of the night to practice, he felt that he couldn't bear it.

Their class was divided into two groups. They set off at the same time and walked more than 20 kilometers with a load to find the target on the map. The winning group could get group points rewards and individual point rewards, as well as half an hour of mobile phone time.

A few days ago, the time they exchanged for using mobile phones every day was only 10 minutes at most, and sometimes it was only two or three minutes. When they made a call with an important person, the signal was cut off without saying a word, because the time was up, and the technical violence was too much. People want to cry.

Geng Qiao and his team continued to encourage each other, and finally completed this stupid task first - because the target was hidden in the roots of a newly planted tree, and they vomited blood when they found it.

That night, he sat in the phone room specially provided for them with his mobile phone in his hand, and made a video call to Qiao Xi.

Ever since Qiao Xi shaved his cut hair, he has been reluctant to make video calls with him for a long time. After being coaxed countless times by him to say that the cut is very good-looking, Qiao Xi agreed to the video.

Geng Qiao had tanned several shades, but he was very energetic. Even on the phone, he would sit up straight, giggling at Qiao Xi, showing his white teeth.

Qiao Xi specially washed it white, and sat on the sofa wearing her own silk white nightgown. There were many patterns darkly embroidered with silver thread on that white nightgown. Through the camera, the patterns shone with a low-key luster in the light, making Qiao Xi It also looks a bit more expensive.

He was still on a business trip recently, staying in a hotel, and the floor-to-ceiling windows of the hotel were in the background.

Geng Qiao hurriedly told him that he could make more phone calls today, Qiao Xi smiled and said, "That's great."

Geng Qiao told him that this reward was not easy to come by, saying: "When I walked halfway with the weight, I wanted to throw away all the equipment on my back and just wanted to crawl. I was exhausted."

Qiao Xi said, "When you come back, I'll give you a massage."

Geng Qiao smiled sternly, "Okay, I'm going to have a full body massage."

Qiao Xi raised an eyebrow at him, "Keep an inch."

The two were talking nonsense, and the time passed quickly. Seeing that he was so handsome that he seemed to be shining, Qiao Xi felt excited and sighed: "Hey, you still have more than ten days to come back."

What Geng Qiao thought in his heart was "I'll make sure you're satisfied when I get back", so she didn't dare to say it out of her mouth for fear of being scolded, so she just said, "I'll miss you so much when I go back." She pretended to be good.

I hung up the phone with Qiao Xi, and hurriedly contacted the agent again. There was nothing to do at work, and the signal was cut off before I finished speaking. I knew that the signal was blocked, so I didn't need to scold my mother, so I hung up the phone and went back to the dormitory.

Geng Qiao was still recording programs in the military camp, and the results of the subsequent acceptance were all kinds of competitions. In short, most of the time he was abused, and sometimes it was especially relieved to turn defeat into victory.

Geng Qiao is a person with program sensitivity. He knows that there will be laughs and tears in this program, which is wonderful and inspirational, and there should be a hit in the end.In addition, this is the show that Qiao Xi won for him. He worked very hard throughout the show, much harder than other male stars, and he should have the most highlights in the end.

Qiao Xi went on a business trip and returned to her home in S City, and took the time to go to Jiang's house the next afternoon.

He went to pick up Yaoyao from school first, and waited for a while at the parent waiting area of ​​Yaoyao's kindergarten, and Yaoyao was dismissed from school.

Seeing that it was him who came to pick her up, Yao Yao's eyes lit up, she threw herself into his arms, and called him happily: "Brother!"

Qiao Xi said, "Let's go, my brother will take you home."

Yaoyao thought for a while, and told him to wait a while, "Brother, I'm going to get something, you wait for me first." He ran back to the classroom again.

Qiao Xi had no choice but to continue to wait for him.

Many children and their parents in the room are looking at him because he is good-looking.

This is an aristocratic kindergarten, and the fees are expensive every semester, and the children in it are all from rich or noble families.

However, Qiao Xi thinks that Yaoyao Primary School is better to go to the best public primary school. The children he contacts come from a wider range of levels and can let him get in touch with more things. These are very important for the formation of his worldview.

Yaoyao came with something in a while, and handed it to Qiao Xi: "Brother, here it is for you."

Qiao Xi looked at it, it was a painting, the people in the painting, although the painting is very abstract, but you can see who they are, it is him in the middle, and when it is long hair, he is holding Yaoyao, Next to him were Ms. Luo and Professor Jiang, then Jiang Xingzhi and Wang Xian, and even the two nannies who took care of him at home.

Qiao Xi encouraged him with a smile: "The painting is not bad. Why am I in the middle?"

Yaoyao smiled so that her eyes crooked: "Because I love you the most, brother."

Qiao Xi was overjoyed and took him home by car.

Sitting in the car, Yaoyao leaned into his ear and whispered: "My classmates all said you are so handsome! Ask who you are. I said it was my brother. He used to have long hair, but now he has cut his hair short. They all said Say so handsome!"

Qiao Xi was very satisfied.

From Yaoyao's memory, Qiao Xi has long hair, so in Yaoyao's perception, he should have long hair.After he was shaved to a full size, the relatives of Qiao's family, although they didn't say anything, were probably very happy in their hearts, thinking that he had finally returned to normal; and his mother and Professor Jiang might also feel relieved; Even Geng Qiao said: "You look good with short hair, really good-looking, and it's much more convenient. You won't be told to stop doing things on the bed because your hair is being pressed." Geng Qiao said so, Joe In addition to being angry, Xi also wanted to cut her hair short, and it would be much better; only Yaoyao refused to accept it, and at first saw that he had short hair, looked at him disappointedly, and kept asking him: "Brother, where did your hair go? Hearing that he cut it off, he was very disappointed: "Why did you cut it off? I don't have long hair anymore." I was unhappy for many days.

It seems that Yaoyao's praise made Yaoyao's self-esteem very satisfied, so he also accepted his short hair.

Qiao Xi's hair is a little longer now. Although it is not enough to be combed into a side part, it can also be trimmed off the sides of the ears to make a hairstyle. He is wearing a silk white shirt and trousers again. He is professional and handsome. The young students in Yaoyao are so fascinated. Human nature likes beautiful people, which can be best reflected from these children.