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

My aunt slammed her chopsticks on the table in anger.

"You're a student now, what do you want to do if you don't study hard?"

She glared at Su Xiao, her eyes wide, "How old are you to be thinking about entering the workforce? What if you get scammed? Do you think jobs are easy to find these days?"

Su Xiao coughed, swallowed the rib in her mouth, and sat up straight.

He knew that getting past his aunt would be difficult, so he had already prepared a draft in his mind.

"Auntie, listen to me. You know my grades, I'm at the bottom of the whole school, and I can't understand anything in class. Even if I study for another two years, it won't change anything, I won't get into university anyway. I might as well go out and find a job sooner, and that way I can ease the burden on the family."

He paused, trying to make his tone sound sincere and mature, "As for the difficulty in finding a job... I looked, the restaurant downstairs is hiring delivery drivers."

"Why would you go deliver takeout?"

My aunt was so angry that her face turned red, and she slammed her hand on the table again.

"With your looks, you might as well just go sell yourself!"

The air was quiet for a second.

Su Wan Ning's chopsticks stopped in mid-air, and the potato slices she was holding fell back into the plate.

Su Xiao blinked, then blinked again.

"Auntie," he cleared his throat, "I'm your nephew."

My aunt was stunned for a moment, then suddenly covered her forehead, slapping her forehead with a crisp sound.

"Oh dear, I almost forgot, you made me so angry! You child, what nonsense are you talking about, you've led me astray too."

She waved her hand, laughed first, then sighed, "Fine, fine, I won't scold you anymore. Anyway, remember this: dropping out of school is not an option, I don't agree to it."

She gave a few more instructions about studying hard, then stood up, walked to the five-drawer chest in the corner of the living room, and opened the bottom drawer.

She pulled a brown paper envelope from the deepest part of the drawer, walked back, placed it on the table, and pushed it towards Su Xiao.

"Take this."

Su Wan Ning glanced down at the thickness of the envelope and was startled.

It wasn't just a few thin sheets, but a thick stack, the envelope unsealed, revealing the red banknotes inside.

She quickly stood up and waved her hands in front of her: "No, Auntie, I can't take your money."

Su Xiao also stood up.

"Auntie, you're humiliating me."

He looked at his aunt with a serious expression, as if he were giving a speech under the national flag.

"How could we take your money? Your family isn't well-off, and your cousin is still young; there are many expenses. If you do this..."

As he spoke, he subtly took the envelope, unzipped his backpack, and put it inside.

Su Wan Ning watched his actions from the side, her eyes wide with surprise.

"Auntie, this won't happen again."

The aunt was also stunned, watching Su Xiao calmly zip up her backpack and then pick up her chopsticks to take a piece of rib.

She looked at him for several seconds, then smiled.

It wasn't the loud laughter from before; it was a very soft laugh, tinged with a touch of melancholy.

"You silly child."

She shook her head, her gaze lingering on Su Xiao's face for a long while. "That day, you said you would take care of Wan Ning, that you would look after her in the future. To be honest, your aunt didn't believe you at the time. How old are you? You're still a child yourself, how can you take care of your younger sister?"

Su Xiao put down her chopsticks and didn't say anything.

"But now your aunt believes it." Her voice trembled slightly, and her eyes glistened. "You've grown up."

Su Wanning sat beside her, listening quietly.

Her gaze shifted from her aunt's face to Su Xiao's face.

Looking at his profile under the light, his eyelashes fluttered, and he looked down at the half-eaten bowl of rice left in his own bowl.

Su Xiao scratched the back of her head and said with a grin, "Auntie, it's a good thing that I've grown up, why are you crying?"

My aunt pressed the back of her hand to the corner of her eye, sniffed, and smiled.

"Yes, it's a good thing. Don't cry."

She turned to look at Su Wanning and gently patted the back of her hand.

"Wan Ning, you need to help your brother with his studies, okay? He's not unintelligent, he just doesn't work hard enough. You both need to get into university, don't let your mother down."

Su Wan Ning pursed her lips, said nothing, and simply nodded very lightly.

After a while, her lips moved slightly, the sound was soft but clear.

"it is good."

……

When Su Xiao got home that evening, the first thing she did was take the envelope out of her schoolbag.

He sat cross-legged on the sofa and poured the money from the envelope onto the coffee table.

The red banknotes rustled and scattered, stacked together and bound with rubber bands.

He counted it once, and then counted it again.

Ten thousand yuan!

My aunt gave me a full 10,000 yuan!

In 2005, this was not a small sum.

My mistress is in Silverwing!

Su Wanning changed into slippers and walked in through the entryway. She glanced at the banknotes spread out on the coffee table and Su Xiao's miserly smile, but said nothing.

She walked straight to her room door, pushed it open, and then stopped.

She turned around, walked to her schoolbag in the living room, and took out several textbooks and two workbooks.

She walked back, put the textbook on the coffee table, and pushed it in front of Su Xiao.

math.

English.

There are also two brand new workbooks.

Su Xiao looked at the textbooks spread out in front of her, and the smile on her face slowly froze.

"What are you doing?"

Tutoring.

Su Wan Ning sat down opposite him, opened her English textbook, and turned to the first chapter. "Starting today, one hour every night, plus half an hour before bed to memorize English vocabulary."

Su Xiao shrank further into the sofa.

"No, Wan Ning, I..."

"My aunt said I have to get into university." Su Wan Ning looked up at him, her tone calm and even. "I agreed."

"It's your business if you agree..."

"You don't have to study if you don't want to." Su Wan Ning closed her English textbook, stood up, and said, "Tomorrow I'll talk to my aunt and tell her that you've taken the money, but you don't plan to study anymore."

Su Xiao opened her mouth.

He looked at Su Wan Ning's cold face, then at the empty envelope on the coffee table that had once contained ten thousand yuan.

This girl just learned how to tattle at her aunt's house today, and now she's even resorting to threats.

He took a deep breath and sat up straight.

"You're good at English, you should learn English."

Su Wanning sat down again and opened her textbook.

From English to math, Su Wanning knew his grades were bad, but she didn't expect them to be this bad.

It's not that there's nothing there, but rather that it's a complete ruin.

It was especially bad when it came to math.

Su Xiao basically doesn't understand any formulas or theorems.

But Su Wan Ning only frowned slightly and did not complain.

If you can't understand the lessons in your senior year of high school, then start learning from your first year of high school!

She pointed to the table of contents and began to explain the first point of knowledge for the day.

The voice remained the same, neither too loud nor too soft, neither too hot nor too cold.

Su Xiao looked at her profile, at her loose hair, and at her focused expression as she drew the key points. Suddenly, she felt that the scene was a little unreal.

He looked down at the textbook in front of him.

math.

Chapter One.

gather.

Su Xiao made up her mind to study hard, starting today!