Brother! This is the adoption certificate. I don't want your sister-in-law!

Su Xiao and Su Wanning are both senior high school students at Jingcheng No.1 High School.

Jingcheng No.1 Middle School, officially known as Jingcheng No.1 Middle School, is a top-ranked key high school in the entire Jingcheng city.

There are only two types of people who can get into this school.

They either have exceptionally good grades, or their families are willing to spend a lot of money on them.

Su Wanning belongs to the former category.

On the day the middle school entrance exam results came out, she ranked third in the entire school.

The admissions office of Jingcheng No.1 High School called my home directly, saying that tuition would be waived and they would even provide scholarships.

Su Xiao belongs to the latter category.

He benefited from the times, buying a degree in the chaotic year of 2005.

His middle school entrance exam results came out, and he ranked third from the bottom in the entire school.

His parents scraped together 100,000 yuan to get him into Jingcheng No. 1 Middle School.

One hundred thousand.

In 2005, the price of housing in Jingcheng was just over 2,000 yuan per square meter, and 100,000 yuan was enough to buy half a small two-bedroom apartment.

It's enough to feed their family for more than three years.

His father's salary card has a deposit of 1,000 yuan every month, and his mother earns 600 yuan a month as a cashier at a supermarket.

The 100,000 yuan was all the savings they had accumulated, penny by penny, which is why they had no money in their bank accounts.

Su Xiao was filled with regret every time she thought about it.

When I was young and impetuous, I thought the school walls were blocking my future...

Su Wan Ning was cold towards him, and Su Xiao finally knew why.

It wasn't because her brother publicly called her a tagalong.

That was just the last straw.

The real reason was that she watched helplessly as he squandered all of his parents' savings, and acted as if it were perfectly normal.

fifty thousand.

My parents' savings of more than five years.

As a result, he was allowed to coast along at school, not even bothering to give the textbooks a second glance.

The two walked into the school gate side by side.

The main gate of Jingcheng No. 1 Middle School is an old-fashioned wrought iron gate, with a banner hanging above the gate that reads "Warmly welcome new students".

The banner was probably hung up at the beginning of the school year, and it has been exposed to the wind and sun for several months. The red color has faded to light pink, and the edges are curled up.

The ground in front of the school gate is paved with gray-white cement bricks. Some of them are loose and make a clattering sound when you step on them.

Su Xiao immediately felt countless gazes upon her.

It's not an illusion.

There really were people watching him.

To be precise, they were watching him and Su Wanning.

Su Wanning walked in front, and he walked beside her.

Students were coming and going at the school gate. Some were pushing bicycles, some were eating breakfast as they walked, and some were chatting and laughing together.

But when they saw Su Wanning and Su Xiao walking side by side, their voices noticeably quieted down.

A few girls whispered among themselves, secretly pointing in Su Wan Ning's direction and then at Su Xiao.

Su Xiao raised an eyebrow, subconsciously taking half a step closer to Su Wan Ning, then tilted her head slightly and asked in a low voice, "What are they looking at?"

Su Wanning didn't stop walking, her tone calm.

"It's up to you."

"Look at me?" Su Xiao looked down at her school uniform.

"Am I that handsome today?"

The school uniform was washed very clean by Su Wan Ning and even had a faint fragrance, but she herself looked sloppy in it.

He glanced at Su Wanning again.

She walked in the morning light, her school uniform neat and tidy, without a single wrinkle.

Her ponytail swayed gently with her steps, a few stray hairs were blown onto her cheeks by the wind, and she reached out and tucked them behind her ears.

Her profile is soft and clean, with a delicate nose, a pointed chin, and skin that is almost translucent white.

A group of boys rode past her on their bikes, slowing down noticeably. The guy on the back of the bike craned his neck to look at her and almost fell off.

Su Xiao suddenly remembered.

correct!

My younger sister is known for being very pretty at school.

Su Wan Ning became famous in her first year of high school, not only as a top student in her class, but also as someone who was recognized for her good looks.

Back then, when people wrote her love letters, she would always reply "I don't date early" and then neatly return the letters.

Looking back now, there was probably another reason why she didn't have a relationship early on.

Having a troublesome older brother at home, I really don't have the extra energy to date.

Su Xiao took a deep breath, straightened her chest, stretched her shoulders back, raised her chin slightly, and walked with a brisk pace.

His expression and posture made it seem as if he had just won first prize in the National Mathematics Competition.

I am honored to be a part of it!

These four words perfectly encapsulate his state of mind at that moment.

The students around him were talking amongst themselves, their voices neither too loud nor too soft, just loud enough for Su Xiao to hear.

"Isn't that Su Wan Ning from Class 1? Who's that person next to her?"

"He's from Class 12, I think his surname is also Su. He's the one who often skips class."

"Why is Su Wan Ning walking with him? Could they be dating?"

"Don't talk nonsense. How could Su Wan Ning possibly be interested in him? It's probably Su Xiao who shamelessly came up to him, right?"

Su Xiao pursed her lips.

Who is he? He's Su Wan Ning's own brother!

These people know nothing and are just making wild guesses.

He turned his head and deliberately raised his voice to a level that was neither too high nor too low, just enough for Su Wan Ning next to him to hear.

"Su Wanning is still my sister, you guys are so jealous."

The air around me went silent for a second.

Su Wan Ning stopped abruptly, as if she had been struck by a pressure point, and her ears turned red at a visible speed.

She turned around and glared at Su Xiao, her eyes filled with panic, embarrassment, and an urge to smash him with her schoolbag.

"Keep your voice down!" she gritted her teeth, her voice low but fierce. "Don't talk nonsense!"

Su Xiao stood there with a grin, watching her get flustered, not afraid at all.

"What do you mean by talking nonsense?"

He spread his hands, his tone as matter-of-fact as if stating a truth: "You have always been my sister."

Su Wan Ning was stunned.

She looked at Su Xiao in front of her and was momentarily dazed.

Sunlight shone from behind him, gilding the shoulder line of his school uniform with a layer of gold.

He stood there, hands in his pockets, grinning nonchalantly, without a trace of seriousness.

But when he said that, he was so confident and open, as if it were the most natural thing in the world.

Su Wanning couldn't tell the difference.

The person who yelled at her in public on the way home from school, saying "Don't follow me" and "Don't say I'm your brother," was him.

The person who now smiles broadly and openly tells others, "She's my sister," is also him.

Only a few days have passed?

How did he change so quickly?

She didn't even have time to react.

Are you really my brother?