Chapter 55: Chapter 55: Why Do You Judge My Standpoint, When You Don’t Judge Yours?

Dou Ying was in a daze. Was Li Yang actually criticizing Jiang Banxia for not performing well in the exam?

And from the way he spoke, the college entrance exam seemed easy?

If you don’t score 700 points, you wouldn’t have the confidence to say such things.

“Xiaxia, your dad reserved a place for lunch and asked me to take you out to eat.”

She shouted from behind.

Jiang Banxia immediately replied, “No, I’m treating Li Yang to lunch today.”

Dou Ying was helpless; she couldn’t force Jiang Banxia to do anything.

“Alright then, I’ll let your dad know. Do you need me to give you a ride?”

Jiang Banxia said, “No need, we’ll eat right at the school gate.”

“Alright.”

Soon, Dou Ying left without speaking to Li Yang.

Jiang Banxia boasted, “How about it? Was I cool just now?”

Li Yang laughed and said, “Cool!”

He didn’t point out Dou Ying’s little scheme.

Jiang Banxia had clearly said she would have lunch with him before leaving the office.

Her coming over to ask was just for show.

“How about we go to the internet café overnight tonight?”

“Sure.”

He’s just a student; it’s normal not to catch the implied meanings.

After a while, they called Wu Tianqi, and the three of them went to the school gate for a meal.

Jiang Banxia also wanted to thank Wu Tianqi for the milk tea and lending the phone.

But after lunch, Wu Tianqi wasn’t involved anymore. Jiang Banxia planned to go home to change her clothes because she was going to do some adult things with Li Yang later.

Meanwhile, Jiang Yaoting was holding Jiang Banxia’s exam papers.

After confirming the scores, he was inexplicably excited.

“Our family is finally going to have someone go to Qingbei, the school I dreamed of attending back in the day. Now Xiaxia has fulfilled it for me. But Xiaxia with that Li Yang…”

Dou Ying had told him about this at noon when Jiang Banxia didn’t come back.

He was internally resistant, but since Jiang Banxia was doing so well this time, he couldn’t say anything at the moment.

Dou Ying said, “It’s okay, I’ll be the bad guy. No need to worry about it for now. When Li Yang needs to repeat his studies, I can step in and talk to him.”

Jiang Yaoting questioned, “How will you talk to him?”

“Li Yang cursed out Liu Dayou in the office today, and Liu is almost certain to take charge of the elite repeat class next term. If Li Yang wants to repeat, offending Liu Dayou makes it nearly impossible. By then, when I make arrangements for his repeat studies, he won’t have a reason not to agree. If he doesn’t go to school, he’ll only drift further from Xiaxia.”

“Hmm? So from what you’re saying, you want to give him a chance?”

Jiang Yaoting had no intention of giving Li Yang any chance at all. His daughter deserved to show herself on a bigger stage.

Dou Ying smiled, “It’s not really a chance. It’s just that since Li Yang works hard and has helped out, it doesn’t hurt to leave him some hope. Once Xiaxia goes to college and meets many excellent people, she’ll soon forget about him. Unless he works hard for a year and manages to get into Qingbei — do you think that’s possible?”

This wasn’t exactly targeting him. After analyzing the current situation, they merely struck a balance, which neither upset Jiang Banxia nor quietly resolved the matter.

At that moment, the door opened, and they stopped talking.

Seeing Jiang Banxia return, Jiang Yaoting immediately grinned and said, “Xiaxia, since we didn’t have lunch together, let’s have dinner tonight. I took half a day off today, and I want to spend some quality time with you.”

Jiang Banxia said, “No, no, I came back to change clothes; Li Yang is waiting for me downstairs.”

Jiang Yaoting’s expression immediately changed.

But by then, Jiang Banxia had already entered her bedroom.

He gave Dou Ying a look, and Dou Ying had no choice but to go and knock on the door, saying, “Xiaxia, can we talk for a moment?”

The next second, Jiang Banxia opened a crack in the door and asked, “Talk about what? Talk about you deliberately calling me for lunch? Aunt Dou, I’ve finished the college entrance exam now, and I don’t want any more restrictions from home. I am capable of making judgments myself. I know who’s good, who’s bad, who I can hang out with, and who I can trust.”

Jiang Banxia’s words left Dou Ying feeling half-defeated.

Previously, in the office, she used to call her mom, and now…

She hurriedly said, “I didn’t mean it that way…”

Jiang Banxia impatiently replied, “Really? I’ve already told you that I was treating Li Yang to lunch. When staying at Ning’s place, he always brought me meals, and I had mentioned this to you. So why did you suddenly call me back? What’s the point?”

Jiang Yaoting explained, “I was the one who asked your aunt to call you. It had nothing to do with her.”

Jiang Banxia countered, “So are you saying Aunt Dou is your appendage? She has no judgment of her own? Do I have to act like an obedient child just to make you happy? Fine, I won’t go out with Li Yang tonight, but I will contact my biological mom to arrange for me to study abroad. I’m planning to study overseas later.”

Jiang Banxia had the thought of studying abroad for over half a month already.

Ever since she found out about her having a younger brother, she started having this thought.

Although her real mom wasn’t great to her either, at least she truly belonged to her.

Jiang Yaoting frowned, unwilling to have his daughter study abroad.

She was close to getting into Qingbei, and leaving the country felt unnecessarily troublesome.

If she hadn’t scored well and was unwilling to repeat the year… perhaps studying abroad might move him a bit.

But just a bit, he’d certainly try to keep his daughter in the country.

Reflecting on Dou Ying’s earlier words, he felt he couldn’t hold back any longer.

It was time to lay everything out on the table.

He earnestly asked, “Xiaxia, why Li Yang? Do you really think you and Li Yang have a future together?”

Jiang Banxia replied, “Simple. When Liu Dayou falsely accused me, which side did you, as parents, stand on? Liu Dayou said we were dating, and you believed it, took my phone, eventually stopped me from going to school, and chased Li Yang away. Do you know how sorry I felt for my friend? Do you know how unfair I felt? I feel it’s my authoritarian parents who caused all this trouble for him.”

Dou Ying explained, “In the end, Liu was never really bad to you, was he?”

“Hmph… Was he really good to me? He put his daughter next to me for over two years, which drove me crazy. Just because I drank a milk tea, she reported me. Is that good for me? You parents have your stance, that’s none of my business, but if you don’t consider my position, why should I consider yours?”

“When did we not consider you? For your sake, we only dared to turn on the air conditioner after you went to sleep, drove you to and from school every day, bought you whatever you liked. Can’t we be a bit careless sometimes?”

For the first time, Jiang Yaoting felt his daughter’s rebellious spirit.

Jiang Banxia said, “What if I was the worst in the class? Would you still be cautious for me? When you had another child, you even kept it a secret from me?”

Jiang Yaoting and Dou Ying fell silent.

Jiang Banxia continued, “Do you know what Li Yang did first thing when he saw I was upset? He called Liu Dayou and scolded him! Do I need you to be overly cautious? What I need is for someone to stand by my side without hesitation when I’m wronged. Your stance doesn’t differentiate between right or wrong, so why should my stance be subjected to right or wrong? Because Liu Dayou is an adult, a teacher, a homeroom teacher, his wrongs are also right, and one can find reasons to forgive him. Just because I’m a student, your daughter, I’m wrong even if I did nothing, and my explanations are just excuses.”

After finishing her words, Jiang Banxia closed the door, and a few minutes later, she came out dressed.

She had changed into a skirt, the shortest one in her wardrobe, a knee-length skirt.

Her top was swapped for a T-shirt, tucked into the skirt, showing off her figure.

Jiang Yaoting couldn’t help asking, “Xiaxia, where are you going later?”

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