After transmigrating, I became a stepmother.

Seeing the girl's confusion, Lin Hao said gently, "Because you're very clever! There are so many people here, and you were the first to discover the secret of these flowers. It shows that you must be a girl who pays close attention to life and is good at observing. Of course I should praise you!"

As she spoke, Lin Hao's smile widened. She took two silver ingots from Fu Cui's hand and handed them to the little girl, saying, "These are for you! They're a reward for the little girl who observed so carefully!"

Zhou Pan'er looked at the two silver ingots in her hand. They looked different from the silver ingots she usually saw. They were no longer shaped like small steamed buns, but were made into the shape of peanuts. The craftsman's skills were excellent. The peanuts were lifelike and made people like them!

But the little girl looked up at her mother, her big eyes silently asking, "Can I accept this?"

“Madam Gu, isn’t this a bit inappropriate? Pan’er didn’t do anything!” When Zhou Yangshi saw her daughter looking at her, how could she not see how much her daughter liked the two silver ingots?

“What’s wrong with it? I already said it’s a reward for the first person to find it. Pan’er found it, so she should take it. No one can say anything, not even if you’re her mother!” Lin Haoming was clearly making it seem like if you didn’t let your daughter accept it, you were disrespecting me.

Then he added, "Besides, it's just two silver ingots, not worth much money!"

Zhou Yangshi thought about it and agreed, then smiled and said to her daughter, "Hurry up and thank Madam Gu!"

Upon hearing her mother's words, Zhou Pan'er's round eyes filled with joy: "Thank you, Madam Gu. I will observe very carefully from now on."

Lin Hao was amused by the little girl's cleverness. She patted the little girl's head and said, "Okay, Pan'er will definitely observe carefully, listen and see more, and love life more in the future."

“Yes.” Zhou Pan’er nodded emphatically, looking at Lin Hao with a firm gaze.

Having appeased the little girl, Lin Hao continued to socialize with the guests. Little Zhou Pan'er looked at Lin Hao, who seemed to shine in the crowd, and then looked down at the two uniquely shaped silver ingots lying quietly in her hands. She secretly told herself that she would definitely do as Madam Gu said in the future.

No one present at that moment could have imagined it, not even the two people involved. Yet, because of this incident, Zhou Pan'er avoided a terrible disaster in her future life. And how grateful she was to Lin Hao for her advice that day.

"Just as Pan'er said, not all the flowers you see today are real. The flowers inside the pavilion are real, but these outside..."

Lin Hao pointed to the flowers blooming in the still slightly chilly breeze and continued, meeting the astonished gazes of the crowd, "These are all fake! I asked the students from our Pure Plant Academy to make them, and judging from everyone's reaction, it seems to be quite effective!"

"They're all fake? They don't look real!" A little girl stared wide-eyed in disbelief, walked closer to take a look, and sure enough, she found that the flowers in front of her were fake.

Once someone went to look, others naturally followed suit. In the blink of an eye, most people were close to the flowers beside them, eager to see what was inside. And then they were astonished by what they saw!

"Wow, this craftsmanship is amazing! It's so realistic it could easily be mistaken for the real thing!"

"That's right, if you didn't get closer and look carefully, you really wouldn't be able to tell!"

The crowd buzzed with discussion. Lin Hao, Yin Xue, and Madam Hua exchanged a glance, and the three of them smiled knowingly.