Chapter 218: Chapter 214: Mom, Your Smile Is a Little Creepy

The Xiao Family knew that Zhong Xiaonan and her two children had stopped at the team and kept circling that area.

Seeing the blue-brick big-tiled house being built day by day, everyone’s mood was quite elevated and bright.

Except for one person.

Xiao Chenxing.

She poked at the grains of rice in her bowl, looking mournful, “Do I really have to go to school? I’ve been learning at home pretty well.”

Xiao Chenye: “…What can you do at home?”

As her brother, Xiao Chenye was merciless in his teasing of Xiao Chenxing.

“You’re bad at everything, and you never leave any food uneaten. At home, mom and dad worry about you, it’d be better to go back to school so they have one less person to take care of.”

Xiao Chenxing burst out angrily, “Xiao Chenye, don’t be too much!”

“This is being too much?” Xiao Chenye rolled his eyes, “I…”

“Enough!”

Seeing the siblings about to start a fight, Mrs. Xiao had to step in, “Alright, alright, that’s enough, you’re grown-ups, stop arguing.

Do you really think you’re still kids? And you, Xiao Chenye, can’t even hush your mouth while eating?

If you’re bored, why don’t you tidy up the private garden at the door? I plan to grow some other small vegetables.

Stop stirring up trouble for your sister all day.”

Xiao Chenxing smirked at Xiao Chenye, raising her brows, “See? Mom told you off.”

“Just because mom scolded me doesn’t change the facts.”

“Alright, shut up!” Mrs. Xiao glared at Xiao Chenye, then turned to Xiao Chenxing and asked, “Star, are you unhappy at school?”

Although her daughter’s grades were borderline.

In the past, when it came to going to school, she would go happily without a hitch.

Now, just mentioning school, she was completely resistant.

If there wasn’t something going on, Mrs. Xiao wouldn’t believe it.

Schooling is good, but if she’s being bullied there, she’d better come home.

Upon hearing Mrs. Xiao ask this, Xiao Chenxing poked at her rice, biting her lip hesitantly, “Mom, it’s not…”

“Then what’s the matter?” Mrs. Xiao said gently, “If you don’t want to go, you have to give mom a reason. If it’s a legitimate reason, then we can avoid going.”

“Really?”

“Really.”

Mrs. Xiao smiled an mmp smile, thinking, Little brat, if you can’t give me a valid reason, I’ll certainly strip your skin.

As a student, the primary task isn’t learning?

If you’re not studying, what do you want to do?

Start a rebellion?

Xiao Chenxing hesitated for a while and finally spoke her true thoughts, “I just feel like there’s nothing left to learn in school now.”

“Hmm?”

Faced with Mrs. Xiao’s confused expression, Xiao Chenxing nodded with certainty, “Yes, no one is focused on learning anymore, some are dating, others are just messing around.

Anyway, even if you have good grades now, there’s no college to go to, so everyone just…”

Mrs. Xiao understood, it’s natural for young kids to get distracted.

Learning is hard work and since there’s no future path, focusing on it seems meaningless.

Mrs. Xiao felt that Xiao Chenxing wasn’t just complaining without reason, her daughter genuinely encountered a problem.

Or rather, she was confused.

Her expression softened, her tone even gentler, “Then, what are you thinking?”

Xiao Chenxing looked up fearfully at Mrs. Xiao, “Mom, can you not talk to me like this? It kind of scares me.”

Mrs. Xiao: “?”

She was taken aback, “I neither scolded nor hit you, what are you afraid of?”

Xiao Chenye chimed in beside her, “Mom, your gentle smile makes it feel like a dull knife cutting meat.”

He quickly shoveled a mouthful of rice, mumbling, “It’s a bit creepy, it makes your back feel cold.”

Mrs. Xiao: “…”

She rarely tried to be gentle, yet one after another, they were saying this nonsense.

Beside them, Mr. Xiao spurted out his rice while eating.

“Haha,” he gave Xiao Chenye a thumbs up, “Son, you’re spot on, I was just wondering what’s up with your mom, but when you put it that way, I immediately understood.

It’s indeed a chill down the spine.”

She raised her hand for a slap.

Really, the mountain pig can’t eat delicate bran.

“One, two, move to the side, you’re not helping, just dragging things down.”

Mrs. Xiao scolded them roundly, then turned to Xiao Chenxing and rolled her eyes, “Come on, tell me what you really think, little ancestor.”

Oh~

Xiao Chenxing’s eyes lit up, she was thrilled.

This was the right feel!

“It’s not much, everyone was just muddling through life, it’s okay to learn something, but it’s also fine to not.

But ever since Hongguo appeared, I feel like if I keep muddling, I might soon be surpassed.”

She was shamefaced, she never thought, after studying for over ten years.

There would be a day she’d feel such an urgency.

Moreover, it’s coming from someone who’s only been studying for less than half a year.

“Oh, now you feel urgency, what were you doing earlier?”

Xiao Chenxing replied honestly, “Earlier I was just thinking about playing. Besides, our school is such a mess now. Students act like non-students, and teachers act like non-teachers.

You don’t even know, the teacher in our class really endured a bellyful of grievances. Song Daquan and those hooligans were making a ruckus in class, not studying themselves and disturbing others.

The teacher just scolded them a bit, and they actually gave the teacher attitude. The next day, their parents shamelessly came to confront the teacher.

Making the teacher look crestfallen, apologizing repeatedly.”

Just thinking about it, Xiao Chenxing felt a bitterness in her heart, when will these days come to an end!

“Oh~ anyway, my time at school is getting more pointless.

I see Hongguo now, she’s learning quite well at home. I was thinking, why don’t I study with Hongguo?

Anyway, once our blue-brick big-tiled house is built, we’ll move in together.

Studying together, supervising each other, making progress together, that sounds good.”

Mrs. Xiao raised a hand, “Hey, hey, hey, don’t tell me this, Hongguo is genuinely studying, not the same as you just loafing around.

If you want to partner with her, you should properly discuss it with her, I won’t bother with your business.”

Xiao Chenxing pouted, “Mom, what you’re saying makes it feel like you don’t believe in me at all.”

“Whether others believe or not doesn’t matter, studying is all up to you, as long as you study well, you can do whatever you like.”

Mrs. Xiao added, “But don’t worry, mom still supports you.”

“Mm.”

Xiao Chenxing looked hopeful, “Does this mean I can stop going to school?”

“Alright,” Mrs. Xiao pondered for a moment, “In a few days, I’ll find some time to visit your school, talk to your teacher, keep your student status.

When it’s exam time, we’ll take the exam, get your diploma when it’s time, does that work?”

“Works!”

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