Zhou Sisi was a bit of embarrassed. “Studying these books at your age is sort of…” It’s regular.

“I didn’t learn it!” Lu Xi hurriedly defended himself. “I haven’t turned a web page!” His good-looking face flushed and it unfold to his ears.

“Don’t be nervous. I imply,” Zhou Sisi mentioned thoughtfully, “you’re in adolescence now, so it’s regular to be interested in this.”

Lu Xi frowned: “This guide actually doesn’t belong to me.” He threw the new journal into his schoolbag.

“Effectively.” Zhou Si’s pondering was very pure. She was practically two years older than him; she was half his sister and half his trainer at this stage, when she ran into this, she thought it was obligatory for her to prepared the ground. 

“Bodily improvement is speedy in adolescence, youngsters have an interest within the reverse gender, and can develop curiosity about their our bodies, and many others. These are pure progress processes. You may, um, we will settle for scientific intercourse…”

“My mom known as you to eat fruit.” Lu Yi felt that if he stayed right here any longer, he would suffocate to dying.

Loopy. When the academics and elders mentioned these phrases, he might pay attention usually; however when she mentioned these phrases, his face couldn’t bear it.

Along with embarrassment was extra embarrassment.

He would slightly have Ms. Xu Xuelin catches him studying the yellow guide, then Zhou Sisi finds it.

—Fuck, he didn’t even have time to take a look at it.

I shouldn’t have listened to Huang Zhou’s rant yesterday, and shouldn’t let Huang Zhou, an fool, stuff this silly factor into my faculty bag.

Even after splashing two handfuls of chilly faucet water, the warmth on Lu Xi’s face solely dissipated seventy-eight p.c.

In the lounge.

“The strawberries freshly arrived this morning, eat extra.” Xu Xuelin pushed the fruit plate in entrance of Zhou Sisi.

“Sisi likes to eat recent cherries, proper?”

Zhou Sisi politely accepted the provide: “Thanks, Auntie.”

Wiping her palms clear with moist tissue, she picked up a vivid purple cherry.

“You’re welcome. By the way in which, Sisi, No.1 and No.3, which highschool do you suppose is healthier?” Xu Xuelin requested.

Zhou Sisi swallowed the pulp. “The admission rating of those two center colleges are related.”

Huali No. 1 Center Faculty and No. 3 Center Faculty had been the primary batch of key excessive colleges listed within the province, they usually had been equally robust.

Xu Xuelin mentioned: “Lu Xi’s father mentioned that the primary highschool is ok, and he plans to ship Lu Xi to highschool there. As for me, I don’t understand how this faculty is. His father is within the working room all yr spherical, and he doesn’t know a lot about it. He most likely listened to his colleagues, or what the affected person mentioned.”

“It simply so occurs that you’re right here, so I considered asking.”

Zhou Sisi knew that uncle and aunt would select early faculty actions for Lu Xi. In her earlier life, the highschool that Lu Xi attended was Huali No.1 Center Faculty.

“No. 1 Center Faculty requires college students to reside on campus and attend lessons each week till Sunday midday. There’s a trip as soon as a month, and the month-to-month trip is Saturday at midday. The administration mannequin is comparatively strict.”

Xu Xuelin: “Can college students use cellphones at college?”

Zhou Sisi: “Like No. 3 Center Faculty, cellphones can’t be introduced into the classroom. They can be utilized within the dormitory throughout break time.”

“I believed it was strictly forbidden to deliver cell telephones to the varsity.” Xu Xuelin was a bit regretful. “So the work and relaxation time is identical because the third center faculty?”

“No.1 Center Faculty has much less spare time and lengthy examine time. Within the spring interval, you need to rise up at six within the morning, and night time self-study after the category ends at 10:10.” When Zhou Sisi’s class trainer held a category assembly, she talked concerning the scenario of the primary center faculty as a method to inspire the scholars to check actively.

“Each morning, after breakfast, college students in No. 1 Center Faculty have to check within the playground for half an hour. The final class is within the afternoon, and the night class time is barely an hour and 5 minutes aside, the scholars have little time for sports activities actions, consuming and bathing is extra rushed.”

Xu Xuelin’s eyes lit up. “Sure, No. 1 center faculty can do it. It’s extra appropriate for Lu Xi.”

Lu Xi, who got here out of the toilet, didn’t care about something and mentioned, “I’m not going to No. 1 Center Faculty.”

“The place would you go should you don’t go to No. 1 Center Faculty?” When speaking to her son, Xu Xuelin would robotically change to the particular mode. “Don’t wish to go to highschool?”

Lu Xi stubbornly mentioned. “I wish to examine within the third center faculty.”

“Didn’t you check out your poor grades, is it your flip to select?” Xu Xuelin was stuffed with anger. “If I need you to attend No.1 center faculty, you need to learn!”

“No.” Lu Xie clenched his fist. “Why is the No.3 center faculty inferior to the No.1 center faculty?”

Xu Xuelin stood up together with her palms on her hips. “You’ve been within the No.3 center faculty for 3 years, you have got the nerve to ask? Are you planning to check in highschool for one more three years?”

“If I don’t wish to examine, I received’t have the ability to examine even when I’m going to No 1 center faculty!” After talking, Lu Xi returned to his room with a chilly face.

Earlier than leaving, he checked out Zhou Sisi’s eyes.

“…” Zhou Sisi was a bit of embarrassed.

In her final life, she didn’t have a lot interplay with their household, and there was no Aunt Xu asking her concerning the two colleges.

She didn’t anticipate that Lu Xi would resist going to No. 1 Center Faculty…

“You little punk!” Xu Xuelin rolled up her sleeves to pat the desk, however noticed Zhou Sisi sitting quietly together with her eyes lowered and promptly withdrew. “…I made Sisi snort.”

Zhou Sisi hesitated. “Auntie, the No.3 center faculty is fairly good. Lu Xi is used to the No.3 center faculty, and it might take time to get used to it when going to the No.1 center faculty.”

“It should take a while to get used to it.” Xu Xuelin mentioned, “No. 1 Center Faculty is stricter, it’s appropriate for him. Am I not doing this for his good? It’s higher this fashion or else he’ll solely annoy me all day.”

Zhou Sisi thoughtfully handed a glass of heat water as she mentioned. “Auntie, I’ll say another factor.”

“Yow will discover time to talk with Lu Xi calmly. Don’t… um, attempt to not get too excited. Possibly he’ll take heed to you and might respect the great intentions of you and uncle.”

Xu Xuelin gave herself a complement: “Why, I not often get offended.”

“…Effectively. Anyway, attempt to talk.”

The shares that Zhou Sisi purchased three months in the past had gained momentum.

In an English speech contest she received just a few hundreds value of prize cash, and invested in it.

The second semester of sophomore yr was nearing its finish.

Zhou Sisi was decided to maneuver out of Chen Chui’s home. As of late she would use her spare time to seek for an appropriate rental home on the Web after faculty.

She contacted two landlords.

However as quickly as they heard that she was a highschool scholar beneath the age of 18, they instantly rejected her, with none room for negotiation.

She didn’t hand over, whereas increase momentum and searching for a approach.

The scholars within the third grade of the junior highschool take the highschool entrance examination, and the scholars of different grades within the third highschool had three days off.

Saturday, the final day of highschool entrance examination. Within the morning, Zhou Sisi was searching native actual property info on her laptop.

Chen Cui knocked on the door twice, “Sisi…” hurried in.

Zhou Si Si had simply closed the webpage and was caught off guard when Chen Cui hugged her tightly.

“Sisi…” Chen Cui cried out.

The unaware Zhou Si Si struggled.”You, what’s unsuitable?”

“I… uh…” Chen Cui, who began to say a phrase, couldn’t assist crying.

Scorching tears stored streaming down and soaked into her daughter’s hair.

Zhou Sisi frowned uncomfortably.

“Final night time…I…had…a dream…” Chen Cui sobbed and mentioned, “Dream…I…”

She dreamed that she was possessed taking part in mahjong and misplaced some huge cash. Dreamed that she invested all her financial savings to boss Li, who was launched to her by a pal, and Li boss ran away with cash and whereabouts had been unknown, the funding was a rip-off. She dreamed that she had a automobile accident on the way in which to her pal’s home and died on the spot.

Dreaming of her solely daughter carrying big debt and dealing desperately to pay again the cash, and even…..

Chen Chui trembled throughout whereas closing her eyes, she set free a coronary heart wrenching cry.

Within the dream, Chen Cui’s listening to, imaginative and prescient and contact had been no totally different from these in actuality, and all of the scenes had been very sensible. It was so sensible that it terrified her.

After waking up, she instantly rushed over to search out her daughter.

Fortuitously, luckily ……

Zhou Sisi barely understood the content material of her dream from Chen Cui’s intermittent description.

…….. a visionary dream for the longer term.

Zhou Sisi was speechless.

Her entire individual was empty impulsively, and even the air was stuffed with confusion.

Chen Cui cried for a very long time, and eventually let go of her embrace, and checked out her daughter’s face with tears in her eyes, “Simply wait…I’ll retreat…that Boss Li…”

“Sooner or later… I’ll by no means… gamble once more.” In reality, Chen Cui not often gambled and mahjong after Zhou Sisi satisfied her to let go and confirmed her the video of the results of playing.

Zhou Sisi didn’t know what to say.

She tried onerous to see the small scratches on the ground tiles, however couldn’t see it clearly as a result of there was a layer of teary mist in entrance of her eyes.

“Mother is sorry, I haven’t spent a lot time with you in recent times.” Chen Cui’s guilt piled up.

Zhou Sisi pursed her lips. There was nothing unsuitable together with her, she had fulfilled her primary duties as a mom.

“I can’t assist however dad.”

“I… I’m sorry about Chuang Su…” Chen Cui burst into tears once more. “I misplaced… Add up… I’ve misplaced practically 20,000 yuan in just a few years…”

“You misplaced greater than 20,000, and the home that dad purchased earlier than he died.” Zhou Sisi mentioned nearly coldly.

She felt that she might now not management the resentment that she had suppressed for a very long time, and couldn’t management the malice that got here up from the underside of her coronary heart.

“What…misplaced the home?” Chen Cui, who was crying, choked after listening to this.  “I didn’t…”

Zhou Sisi pressed her fingernails in opposition to her palms, her nostril was sore. “What about the home that Dad purchased?!”

“You suppose …… I misplaced it?” Chen Cui’s weeping face was crammed with unbelievable damage, and each palms hung down.

“Then what else?” Zhou Sisi nonetheless didn’t take a look at her and continued, “Or else why would you promote the home?” Why else would now we have to hire another person’s home to reside in now.

Chen Cui wiped her eyes, “The explanation for promoting the home is…to see a physician in your grandma…”

“Your grandmother’s coronary heart and cerebral blood vessels haven’t been excellent. Chuang Su… After she left, her well being deteriorated and she or he needed to go to the hospital each three days.”

“You had been younger and simply misplaced your father… I dare not inform you an excessive amount of of this stuff. Your grandmother has been within the hospital since then.”

“I would like cash for medication, hospitalization, and surgical procedure. Our household has no financial savings… I’ve no selection however to promote the home urgently. After greater than a yr, your grandma can’t stand it…”

Zhou Sisi’s eyes misplaced focus.

The feelings that had been flooding in her physique shriveled like a heavy rain, slamming on the brakes.

The laptop computer display screen on the desk had lengthy since fallen asleep.

In a daze, Zhou Sisi stepped out of the room with a stuffy chest and a confused head.