Jiang Bin also looked over in the direction of the little girl's gaze.
Aside from Yao Yaoyao, who was still busily washing vegetables at a distance, the other four were clustered together.
Under the teasing of the others, Xiao Yufeng became angry and embarrassed, actually starting to chase the others around the small courtyard. In his running, he deliberately avoided the area where the little girl was.
If it weren't for the fact that, during their chase and playful pursuit, they would still cast worried glances in their direction from places the camera couldn't capture.
Jiang Bin might have truly believed that they were mindlessly playing.
Even Zhu Danni, who had the simplest thoughts, didn't dwell on the matter further after sensing something was wrong due to the others' banter.
Jiang Bin suddenly understood the little girl's thoughts.
This was a test, a test to see if others could accept her, who possessed natural super strength.
If they could accept it, then it would be an honest confession, and the little girl wouldn't have to be cautious or hide her strength in the future.
If they couldn't accept it, it was imaginable that others would be even less accepting. The little girl would then use a pre-planned excuse to brush it off, taking all the blame.
However, the development of events had clearly deviated slightly from the little girl's expectations.
She was worried that others might be afraid of her, might fear her.
What she hadn't expected was that the others wouldn't believe it was real, thinking it was just for the show's effect. Instead, out of concern that she might be criticized by netizens, they tried to change the subject.
Let alone the little girl who already had something on her mind, even Jiang Bin, as an observer, was somewhat moved.
The two of them watched for a long time.
Jiang Bin suddenly slapped his thigh heavily: "Damn it!"
The little girl tilted her head: "Brother Jiang, what's wrong?"
Jiang Bin sighed: "It would have been fine if you had done it this way, but I just asked you to leave the camera's view and told you to mute yourself!"
The little girl's apricot-like eyes blinked.
Jiang Bin gave a wry smile.
"Originally, you were always within the camera's view, all your actions were seen by everyone, and you didn't have access to your phone. If you said you were pretending to play, they would have believed it."
"But now, I've pulled you aside and talked to you for so long, which clearly shows that we're trying to hide something!"
"They all saw us disappear from the camera's view with their own eyes. At this point, if you say those things, they'll definitely think the production team was heavily criticized and then temporarily fabricated this clumsy excuse to whitewash the situation."
Jian Sheng: "..."
The little girl touched her forehead and looked at him speechlessly.
Jiang Bin chuckled awkwardly and coughed twice. "Look, they're willing to go this far to prevent you from getting hurt, so they can surely accept your extraordinary traits. Why don't you just proceed with the original plan?"
Jian Sheng: "..."
After Jiang Bin finished speaking, his expression suddenly became extremely serious.
"Shengsheng, although Brother Jiang believes you wouldn't do something attention-seeking to deceive us, and Brother Jiang has checked the wood and there are indeed no signs of adhesion."
"However, Brother Jiang still wants to ask again, do you really have that much strength?"
He was a little worried that if the little girl needed to prove herself later, she might falter on the spot.
Then it would be truly impossible to explain.
Jian Sheng didn't speak. Instead, she picked up an irregularly shaped stone about the size of a pigeon's egg from the side and handed it to Jiang Bin.
"Brother Jiang, please take a look."
Jiang Bin turned the stone over in his hands several times, finding nothing unusual about the stone the little girl had specifically handed him.
He looked at Jian Sheng, puzzled: "What's wrong with this stone?"
The little girl smiled sweetly and took the stone back from him.
"Brother Jiang, just to be clear, Shengsheng isn't doing magic tricks, okay~"
Under Jiang Bin's suspicious gaze, the little girl's somewhat plump little hands grasped the stone and squeezed it with force.
"Sasa—huala—"
A pile of stone powder and debris poured out from between the little girl's fingers.
Jiang Bin was stunned.
Opening his mouth wide in a daze, Jiang Bin grabbed the little girl's right hand, which was covered in dust, his face filled with disbelief.
He then picked up a pebble the size of a fingernail from the ground, holding it between his thumb and index finger.
"I didn't see it just now, but can you still crush the pebble with this posture?"
Jian Sheng didn't say a word. She took the pebble from his hand and, in front of him, applied force with her index and middle fingers.
Jiang Bin clearly saw how the pebble twisted, deformed, shattered, and was then completely crushed into powder in the little girl's hands.
Jiang Bin: "...ooo!"
If the little girl wanted to, the moment she took the stone from his hand, crushing his finger bones wouldn't have been much more difficult than crushing this stone.
Jiang Bin suddenly understood. Having super strength was clearly a cool, awesome, and even showy ability. Yet, the little girl had to be so cautious when displaying it.
With just this display, who wouldn't be wary?
After all, in today's harmonious society, who would want to have a walking human weapon by their side?
Jiang Bin's expression suddenly changed. He placed his hands on the little girl's shoulders and earnestly instructed:
"The plan remains the same, but you need to continue by showing only slightly more strength than a normal adult!"
"Absolutely do not display strength that is this inhuman, understand?"
As he spoke, Jiang Bin even took out his phone and searched for the strength of famous strongmen in the world, then showed it to the little girl.
"Shengsheng, look, these people are also born with great strength, but they are still within the realm of humans. Shengsheng, please pay attention, make sure not to exceed this limit, okay?"
Fearing that the little girl wouldn't grasp the distinction, Jiang Bin gave detailed examples:
"For example, you can show that you can smash a stone, but you can't directly crush a stone into powder!"
"You can also lift a car with strength, but you can't knead that car into a steel ball in front of others!"
"Does that make sense?"
Jiang Bin's tone was extremely stern.
Amidst this serious atmosphere, Jian Sheng couldn't hold back and once again displayed the same brilliant smile she had when looking at the group of five other guests.
"Brother Jiang, Shengsheng understands."
Jiang Bin also smiled.
The little girl was very smart. If the little girl wasn't smart, then no one in the world would be smart.
From the little girl's initiative in testing others' reactions to her, it was evident that she had a good grasp of things.
Jiang Bin suddenly felt a pang of sadness, wondering what the little girl had gone through.
To, at such a young age, already know how to fathom people's hearts.
Just like on the bus, no one knew how much suppressed calmness it took for the little girl to, while recounting Master Lou's story, perceive the fatal flaws in Master Lou's words from those seemingly beautiful anecdotes.