When Lele saw that his dad, mom, and little sister were all encouraging him, he thought, That's right, Lele is a real man. I need to be braver. I'm not scared!
Lele took a deep breath and slowly pushed himself up from the ice with both hands. At last, he stood up.
Lele had gotten back up again.
"Daddy, big brother stood up!" Tuantuan said excitedly as she jumped to her feet.
"Lele, you're amazing!" Su Chen encouraged him.
"Lele, don't rush. Speed up little by little, one step at a time. You can do it!" Yan Bingxue said with a smile.
Su Chen and Yan Bingxue both watched Lele as he began trying again. Once, twice, three times—Lele fell, then got back up.
"Honey, Lele really does have a stubborn streak. He doesn't even cry out when he falls. He just gets back up and keeps skating forward!" Yan Bingxue remarked, both distressed and proud.
"Yeah, Lele must really like skating. That's why he can keep at it for so long!" Su Chen said encouragingly.
He really was a true little man! Su Chen praised inwardly.
"Lele, keep it up!" Su Chen cheered him on.
Tuantuan also began skating slowly. "Daddy, I want to learn from big brother too. I want to practice skating!"
The little girl bravely began trying to skate as well.
Su Chen and Yan Bingxue kept an eye on the two children from neither too close nor too far away. Seeing the unyielding determination in the two little ones, they were overjoyed.
After constant practice, Lele could basically move around freely and could even speed up.
Tuantuan's progress was slower, but as her older brother, Lele always carefully encouraged her from the side. Tuantuan could now move freely on the ice as well.
Her speed