Chapter 15 means nothing else

  It was my brother's crying that finally stopped the commotion, and grandma, with a look of disgust, handed him over to Xiaochan, "Hurry up, why do you only know how to cry?! Indeed, it's better when they grow up, children are really not lovable."

  The result was that Wu Zhen took over her brother without saying a word, remembering that when she still had a job, she could still say two sentences to her mother-in-law, now she just eats her son's food, naturally not daring to speak out of turn.

  Xiao Chan had also lost her appetite and got up to put away her bowl and chopsticks.

  Such days, such a suffocating life, she really didn't want to stay for another second.

  It was almost 10 o'clock at night when my father came back. Actually, before my younger brother was born, my father used to come home on time just like my mother, but nowadays he often says he has social engagements and comes home late.

  At night, Xiaocui heard her parents quarreling in the next room again.

  "Your salary was three thousand in the past, it's been so long now and it's impossible not to have a raise, how can you still give me just this much like before?" Wu Zhen intentionally lowered her voice, she was afraid that her mother-in-law would hear, but actually, her mother-in-law couldn't possibly hear, sleeping like a pig.

  "Believe it or not, you think being a teacher can earn how much money? You've done it yourself, what are you questioning me for?" Dad retorted.

  Then there was another faint noise, perhaps someone hit someone, or maybe something fell on the ground.

  Xiao Chan hugged the quilt and sat, her stomach didn't feel comfortable lying down or sitting, it was almost twelve o'clock, she forced herself to close her eyes, tossing and turning until she fell asleep vaguely.

  The next day when she was on the bus with Rong Ying, she couldn't help but complain that she wanted to board at school but her family wouldn't let her. Rong Ying didn't say much at the time and went to find the principal as soon as they arrived at school.

  That night, Xiaocui returned home and was informed by her father that she could go to boarding school. Xiaocui was stunned for a while, and Wu Zhen was even more shocked, then couldn't help but shout "If she goes to boarding school, who will do the housework?"

  Wu's father didn't do household chores and didn't understand the intricacies and hardships of it. Anyway, he met the principal of Jin Cheng High School today and chatted casually for a couple of sentences. The principal asked him randomly and found out that his home was quite far from the school, so he said "Oh, then Xiaocui will have to board soon, our school is going to start evening self-study."

  What can Wu Baba say? If he doesn't let Xiaocui go to boarding school, what will he say when the principal asks him later? Wu Zhen was not reconciled and scolded Wu Baba, but instead turned around and blamed Xiaocui.

  Xiaochan let her scold as she pleased, anyway she was determined to go out. The heavy burden of this family should not have been borne by her in the first place. In the future, she can take care of the elderly for the two elders, but now the responsibility of taking care of her brother is not on her shoulders.

  The next day she was particularly happy to tell Rong Ying about the good news, and Rong Ying just smiled. To make Xiao Yao have a better life, he used his connections again, what's wrong with that?

  He's well aware of Xiaochan's family situation, so he should understand. If you can't afford to raise them, then don't have kids! If you're capable, raise another child and stop burdening Xiaochan. What kind of parents are they, really ridiculous!

  There are only a few days left until the monthly exam, and after the exam is over, they will be assigned to classes. At that time, Xiaocui will be able to move into the dormitory. Perhaps knowing that good times are coming, she has been feeling refreshed and energized when walking these past few days.

  Xiaochan's grades were still the best in the class, and during this period, she took several tests, ranking first in every subject. The head teacher couldn't help but like her even more, and whenever Xiaochan showed a hint of confusion during class, the head teacher would impatiently repeat the explanation multiple times.

  But Chu Li was different, he scored as badly as ever in the exam, not only failing but also getting a particularly low score. Anyway, other classmates didn't like Chu Li and looked down on him.

  Xiaochan wouldn't look down on anyone because of this, and perhaps it was because Chuli had helped her a few times, so Xiaochan would occasionally advise him to study hard, but Chuli still didn't strive for improvement.

  At the end of each month's exam, without exception, Xiaochan is always the first in grade and can continue to stay in this class as a top student. Meanwhile, half of the classmates with poor scores are transferred out, making way for students from other classes who have achieved good grades.

  But Chu Li was not among the bottom half of the class, with 80 students in total, his grades actually squeezed into the top 30. That is to say he directly improved from last place by 50 places, this truly made everyone in the class shocked and disbelieving that it was true. Some people even suspected that he cheated, but suspicion is just suspicion, anyway there was no evidence, so Chu Li continued to stay like this, his position with Xiao Qing unchanged.

  The class teacher looked at Chu Li's grades on the report card, not knowing whether to be happy or angry. Last time Xiaocui was hospitalized, Chu Li promised him that he would make it into the top thirty in this month's exam in order to persuade Xiaocui's parents. At that time, he didn't quite believe it, but seeing his sincere appearance, he temporarily agreed. Later, in class, he paid special attention to Chu Li's movements and found that he was still as lazy as before, thinking that he had been deceived and almost vomited blood.

  What does this iron fact prove now? It proves that Chu Li actually has a bit of brains, and even if he doesn't listen in class, he can still get such good grades! This kid, how can his scores be so playful?

  Many new classmates came to the class, Xiaocui sat in front and left with two female classmates, one named Linke, the other named Su Miao, they chatted quite well. It wasn't until they entered the dormitory that they discovered they were also in the same dormitory as themselves, this is really fate.

  Rong Yu specially ran over to see her and saw that Chu Li was still in the same class as her, couldn't help but say "Why wasn't he assigned out? His grades aren't very good, are they?"

  "What's wrong with him? He's among the top 30 in class, how can he be eliminated?"

  Rong Ying felt a little unhappy in her heart, but she didn't show it in front of Xiao Chan. She just said, "No matter what, remember to keep your distance from him!"

  Xiao Chan stuck her tongue out at him.

  She originally thought that Chu Li was the kind of person who had poor grades in daily life, but occasionally performed exceptionally well on exams, yet she didn't expect him to be actually very intelligent.

  Because once after the evening self-study, after saying goodbye to Rong Ying, she went back to the classroom to solve that problem, thinking of breaking through and then going back to the dormitory. But unexpectedly, she thought for half a day without any clue, and at this time, Chu Li came over and said "Let me help you."

  Then he took the pen with his slender fingers and wrote out the solution process, which was still a very delicate solution. Xiaocui was stunned, she vaguely felt that this boy was not what everyone saw on the surface, did he understand everything but just didn't want to show it?

  In order to prove her conjecture, Xiaocui always intentionally or unintentionally gave difficult questions to Chuli, but he seemed to know that she was asking rhetorical questions and refused to say anything, which made Xiaocui extremely angry.

  Rong Ying went out to study again the next day. Before leaving, she came to find Xiao Chan. Lin Ke stretched her neck in class and looked at her with envy. Su Miao, on the other hand, glanced at her disdainfully and said sarcastically, "What are you looking at? It's someone else's anyway."

  Lin Ke turned back with embarrassment and defended himself, saying "I was just looking, didn't mean anything else."

  Su Miao coldly smiled and said, "Isn't it enough if you're clear about it in your own heart?"