Chapter 276

After having lunch, while the children were taking a nap, the adults sat under the pergola to chat. The show's setting, besides having the celebrities go to the pumpkin house to experience daily farm life, also includes a chat-like interview segment. This allows fans to learn about their favorite celebrities' recent circumstances through the show. It's also convenient for celebrities who have new works to promote. After Jane returned to the room, she held her nondescript doll and squeezed next to Daisy. The program crew's house wasn't spacious, so although Jane's luggage was placed with Jordan and Bryan's, the bed arrangements were separated, with boys in one room and girls in another, in large communal fashion. Daisy glanced at the doll in Jane's hand and made a disgusted noise, "So ugly!" Far away in the Shi Family villa, Mina, who was watching Jane's livestream on her tablet, instantly became furious. Rolling up her sleeves, she stood on the sofa, "Hey, that little brat named Daisy not only stole my Jane but dares to say the doll I gave her is ugly! I am going to duel with her, no one stop me!" Harold, who was practicing Olympiad math on his iPad next to her, casually looked up at her, "Hmm, go ahead. Nobody's stopping you." Mina: "…" Reluctantly, she slumped back onto the sofa. "You really are my dear brother!" --- Jane carefully examined the doll in her hand, then proudly declared: "I used to have a rag bunny, which I gave to Little Monkey. Then, Sister Mina sewed this doll for me by hand. I think this doll is very pretty!" "You should go see an optometrist!" shot back Daisy, unfazed. Jane didn’t mind, she took off her shoes and crawled to a spot next to Daisy with her doll, obediently lying down for a nap. "One sheep, two sheep, three sheep…fifteen sheep, oh no, I’ve just counted you, Jane, don’t come to disturb!" Without opening her eyes, Jane counted sheep in a soft voice to coax herself to sleep. At this time, Ariana had also finished washing up. Looking at Daisy who was still awake, she asked timidly: "Can I sleep with you, Daisy?" Daisy frowned slightly, nodding her head a little, "You can sleep next to her!" "Okay!" Ariana quickly took off her shoes and lay down next to Jane. Jane opened her sparkling big eyes, blinking at Ariana, "Ariana, why are you so happy that Daisy let you sleep here?" Ariana avoided Jane’s gaze, was silent for a while, and then whispered, "Because since I got hysteria, no children have played with me. They are all afraid of me and verbally abuse me..." As Ariana spoke, her eyes filled with tears. Jane quickly extended her tender arms and held Ariana, " Ariana, it's okay, Jane will play with you from now on!" My daughter is so warm, I love her! So when Ariana first came, she said that her family name was Smith, and also said that Alice was her sister. Was she having a fit of her hysteria? This hysteria of hers is really too strange! What's so strange about this? In this big world, there are all kinds of people with all kinds of strange diseases, especially psychological ones. But honestly, I think Ariana is really pitiful, getting such a disease out of nowhere, she would definitely be ostracized by other children. I agree with the post above, I was bullied when I was a kid, and really, that feeling, it's a lifelong shadow. ... The conversation online was steered towards school bullying. In the squash cabin, Daisy slightly sighed after hearing Ariana's words, "She's indeed pitiable." Jane wrapped one small arm around Ariana. Ariana fell asleep after a while. Jane originally planned to think about how she could deal with these "ghosts" that suddenly appeared in her world with her eyes closed. However, she didn’t know why, but her eyelids were getting heavier and heavier. In the end, she unknowingly slipped into a nightmare. Even though her eyes were closed, she saw Ariana, who was sleeping next to her, sitting up. With a menacing glance towards her, her eyes filled with resentment. She wanted to scream, but she couldn’t make a sound, she wanted to move, but she was paralyzed. The feeling was indescribable. "Jane, it's all because of you! It's you who made my brothers abandon me! It's you who caused me to be locked up in a mental hospital! It's you who had me tortured to death in the mental hospital! I want to kill you!" As Ariana spoke, she picked up the pillow and pressed it hard against Jane's face. "Uhm—" Jane struggled hard and screamed, but she couldn’t move at all, not even a sound came out. She only felt increasingly suffocated, unable to breathe any fresh air. Only darkness lay ahead, accompanied by the incessant voice saying, "You can go die now!" She couldn't tell whether it was Alice or Ariana speaking. "Ariana, what are you doing!" Suddenly, a stern voice broke through. In no time, Jane managed to break free from the nightmarish state only to realize that her head was actually covered by a pillow. She threw the pillow aside, revealing Ariana's frantic face. Ariana's eyes were filled with tears as she blurted out, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Jane, I didn't mean to... I..." Jordan rushed over, hugging Jane tightly, "Jane, are you okay?" But Jane's eyes were focused solely on Ariana, who was held by Yorick. The nightmare she had just had was not merely a dream. It was possibly real. Alice was dead, so the energy emanating from Ariana could very well be Alice! Jane wrapped her small arms around Jordan's neck, "Brother Jordan, I'm fine." Jordan sighed with relief, then cast a cold glance at Yorick, "Yorick, making money is important, but knowing that your sister is sick, and still bringing her to film the show, isn't that a bit excessive?" Yorick also started giving incessant apologies, "Ariana used to suddenly change and say some strange things, but she's never hurt anyone...Mr. Wallace, Jane, I'm sorry. It was all our fault." "Brother Jordan, Jane is not obedient, Ariana." Jane spoke in a childish, sticky voice. Subconsciously, he glanced at the camera in the room. The camera had indeed been destroyed. Probably because the camera was damaged, the director's team and his brothers knew something had happened in their room in time. Jane's small face nestled against Brother Jordan's, "Brother Jordan, Jane doesn't want to be on the show anymore, I want to go home." "Alright, we're going home!" Jordan didn't hesitate, carrying Jane, he asked Bryan to pick up their luggage and leave. But he left Caspian behind, who continued filming and helped the production team contact an artist of similar status as him to fill in for him. Finally freed from the eye of the production team's camera, Jane couldn't help but ask Jordan, "Brother Jordan, Alice is dead, right?"