How to raise a father who is overly controlling of his daughter

Rena's eyes widened. "I... I'm not bad at memorizing!" She tried to argue, but in the end, she pursed her lips, gripped her Chinese textbook tightly, and went back to the depths of the corridor.

"You only need to remind me of one word, just one word!"

Rena stared at the wall, her nose tingling slightly. "Dad should be waiting for me outside right now."

Ahead, none of those good-for-nothing students knew anything. They saw Rena staying there, smiling, because they didn't want anyone to leave first; they all wanted to stay and keep them company.

Chapter Twenty-One: Brother

Yi Yue was not far from the school gate.

With the air conditioning on in the car, Yi Yue waited for them for more than twenty minutes. He wasn't in a hurry because he had heard Yi Xue Ling Nai say that sometimes teachers would go over time to teach or give exams, so he shouldn't worry.

……

Yixue checked the test paper, and after confirming that there were no errors, she handed it in.

The teacher gave a lecture in the previous class and then gave them a test in the last class.

They were only given one class period for the exam, which was far too short.

After handing in her exam paper, Yixue slung her backpack over her shoulder and hurried downstairs.

"Dad must be getting impatient waiting outside. The teacher is really going too far, making us take a test during the last period. Couldn't they have just given us the test tomorrow?"

As Yixue ran downstairs, she passed Rena's floor and saw Chen Mingzhen and the other students reciting their lessons in the corridor, but she didn't see Rena deep in the corridor.

"Should we wait for Rena?" Yixue paused, then suddenly remembered, "She didn't have to go overtime for the exam. She's probably in the car right now, sitting next to Dad enjoying the air conditioning."

The thought of Rena taking the passenger seat makes my teeth itch. That girl is really annoying.

With an itchy tooth, Yixue quickly ran towards the school gate.

Walk to the opposite side of the school gate, to where Yi Yue parked her car.

"Yixue, why are you alone? Where's Lingna?" Yiyue pulled down the window.

"Hasn't Rena come out yet?" Yixue was surprised; she thought Rena had already come out.

"They were probably kept behind by the teacher." Yixue recalled that she had just passed by and seen several classmates standing in the corridor as punishment. They all looked familiar and seemed to be Reina's classmates.

Rena was probably standing inside as punishment, and she didn't notice when she came down.

"I'll make a call and ask." Izuki took out her phone. Reina's phone wasn't turned off; it was usually on vibrate.

After a series of beeping sounds, the call was connected.

"Hey, Rena, where are you?"

As Reina listened to Izuki's concerned voice on the other end of the phone, she felt inexplicably sad, her nose tingled, and her heart ached.

"I was kept behind by the teacher to recite my lessons," Rena said dejectedly.

Izuki noticed something was wrong with Rena: "Should I come up?"

"No need." Rena gripped her textbook, looking at the pristine white wall, her eyes welling with tears. "I'll be right down."

She hung up the phone after saying that; she didn't want Yi Yue to see her like this.

This will definitely disappoint Dad.

Rena was afraid she wouldn't be able to hold back her tears.

"Hello?" Yi Yue was hung up on and said to Yi Xue next to him, "Wait for me in the car, I'm going upstairs." He immediately ran out, feeling a little uneasy.

Rena gripped her textbook tightly and walked towards the office door.

She had to memorize it before her father arrived!

"You must smile, don't cry, don't act like a child." Rena suppressed the bitterness in her heart.

Passing by Chen Mingzhen and his group, they said:

Why are you going to carry it?

"Why are you memorizing it? The teacher will let us go soon."

"Why bother memorizing it so diligently?"

They chattered amongst themselves, some whispering and making sarcastic remarks about Reina.

Rena just tried to memorize it twice. The first time she still wasn't familiar with it, and the second time she forgot the lyrics because she was nervous.

I failed twice and they mocked me.

"If you're not cut out for studying, why bother studying so hard?"

"Don't pretend, you're still staying with us."

"Thinks he's a good student?"

"Fool."

They lack ambition and enjoy criticizing students who are motivated. They think learning is useless; why bother studying so diligently, and who are they trying to impress?

They even think that you don't need a diploma to enter society, and that diplomas are useless.

Using examples of people online who didn't have diplomas but later became big bosses to criticize classmates, and expressing their own "profound opinions" online.

Rena got angry: "I'm not like you guys!" She clenched her fists. "I, I, I will definitely take it." After saying that, she bit her lower lip to suppress the uncomfortable thoughts that kept growing in her heart.

"I can't let Dad see me like this..." Rena thought to herself, tossing her ponytail, grinding her fangs, and striding into the office.

Reina had just gone in when Itsuki came upstairs and looked around the corridor, trying to find Reina.

"He's kind of handsome, really good-looking." Zhu Ke nudged the classmate next to her, then gestured with her lips and pointed at Yi Yue.

Izuki noticed the student who was being punished over there. He vaguely remembered him; he thought he was Reina's classmate.

He was so certain because one of the students looked very much like his parent. He had spoken briefly with that student's parent during a parent-teacher meeting.

“Um…” Yi Yue walked over, looking a little embarrassed.

"They're here, they're here." Zhu Ke and the others immediately put on a serious face.

"Excuse me, are you students from Class 1, Grade 7?"

“Yes,” Lin Yuxin, who was usually quiet, said with a smile, speaking before Zhu Ke could.

Zhu Ke glared at Lin Yuxin with some displeasure.

"Oh, that's great! Do you know where Rena went? I haven't seen her at all." Izuki looked around but couldn't find Rena, and asked them with a smile.

Yi Yue's smile melted their hearts.

"Are you Reina's brother?" Zhu Ke asked, putting on a well-behaved girl's act and revealing a serene smile.

"Uh." Itsuki scratched her cheek awkwardly. "Although many people say that, I am Rena's father."

"No way!" they couldn't help but exclaim, looking Yi Yue up and down, making her even more embarrassed.

"How can he be so young..."

Listening to their complaints, Itsuki felt extremely uncomfortable. She was even more at a loss for words when facing Reina and her classmates.

Chen Mingzhen looked Yi Yue up and down. No wonder Ling Nai said Chen Bailun was just average-looking; it turned out he had such a handsome father.

Zhu Ke looked at Yi Yue with suspicion. Yi Yue wasn't tall either, only about 1.68 meters, not much taller than them.

He's so young, you could easily believe he's a high school student.

If this is Rena's father, he should be over thirty years old now. How come he looks so young and doesn't look old at all?

He looks very pretty, especially his eyes, which are clear and soothing. If it weren't for his Adam's apple, you'd almost suspect he was a girl. If he wore girls' clothes and had long hair, he would be even more beautiful, perhaps even a stunning beauty.

She refused to believe that this was Reina's father!

"Brother Rena is such a joker." Thinking to herself, Zhu Ke couldn't help but say, "Brother Rena, can you tell me your QQ number?" She immediately covered her mouth after saying that, inadvertently revealing her true nature.

How stupid! Why ask him? Asking Reina would have been the same.

"Do kids these days just ask for QQ numbers?" Yi Yue was extremely embarrassed. What was this all about?

"Um, where exactly is Rena?" Itsuki asked again, changing the subject and repeating the question from before.

"Oh, she's inside." Zhu Ke immediately pointed to the office in front of her to ease the awkwardness.

Izuki said "thank you" and immediately ran awkwardly into the office. Facing the strange gaze from Rena, who was younger than him, he felt uncomfortable all over, and everything about him felt strange.

"Is she really Reina's father?" Lin Yuxin muttered to herself.

"No, definitely not!" Zhu Ke insisted, clearly annoyed. "I hope it's not even my brother." Why does that blond guy have such a great brother, and I don't?

"Not a brother or a father? Boyfriend?" Lin Yuxin's words were shocking. Zhu Ke glared at her fiercely, her words laced with sarcasm: "Are you stupid! If he's not even a father or a brother, then he definitely can't be a boyfriend!"

Chapter Twenty-Two: The Teacher

Izuki stood at the office door and saw the Chinese teacher sitting in a chair not far away, checking Reina's recitation.

Yi Yue didn't rush in. She gently knocked on the door and whispered, "Teacher."

The Chinese teacher glanced at Yi Yue, nodded, and gestured for him to come in.

Rena, who was reciting her lessons, felt a sudden panic when she heard Izuki's voice. She trembled and wanted to turn around to look at Izuki behind her, but she didn't dare to.

"Moored at night on the Qinhuai River near a tavern, a courtesan... a courtesan..."

Rena's mind went blank for a moment, and she didn't know how to memorize the next line.

"Oh no, I'm going to be left behind again, and Dad will have to stay behind to wait for me."

Rena felt that Itsuki must be very disappointed in her.

Yesterday I confidently declared that I would study hard, but the next day I was kept behind by the teacher to recite.

How would Yi Yue view herself?

Rena wasn't afraid of Itsuki scolding him; what she feared was Itsuki not saying a word of reproach and treating her gently as usual, as if nothing had happened.

Reina knew that, in truth, Itsuki was quite disappointed in herself.