Father Xia glanced at him indifferently and snorted, "With your personality, you're bound to suffer a great loss when you enter society. What's the use of having a good brain? In reality, it's nothing!"

Xia Nan looked annoyed and didn't even want to look at him anymore. She turned her head and looked at Xia's mother and said, "Mom, why did you let him in? Have you forgotten how ruthless he was when he abandoned us? What else is there to say to him!"

"Mom knows, and I don't mean to speak on his side," Mother Xia grabbed his arm, a hint of pleading in her expression, "but he has no ill intentions this time, and he really is thinking about you. Listen to me, let's sit down and talk it over, okay?"

Hearing her say this, even if Xia Nan was unwilling a thousand times in his heart, he had no way to refuse.

He could speak coldly to Xia's father, but he could not hurt Xia's mother who had worked so hard to raise him.

He had no choice but to suppress his inner disgust and sat on the sofa with Xia's mother.

"What's going on?" Xia Nan said expressionlessly, "Hurry up and tell me."

Father Xia didn't say any more nonsense and asked directly, "Did you apply to Renmin University?"

"……yes"

"Are you sure your score can reach the admission score?" Xia's father asked again.

Xia Nan paused and didn't speak for a moment.

"Nannan can definitely do it," Xia's mother quickly replied, "His grades for the past three years have all been above the passing line, and he's never made a mistake, let alone the college entrance exam."

Father Xia hummed, "In that case, getting into Lanxi Shengli College shouldn't be a problem. Its admission scores over the years have been similar to those of Renmin University in China."

Xia Nan suddenly felt a buzzing in his head, and even his breathing slowed down. He exclaimed, "Wait!"

"What is St. Lea College? What kind of place is that? Why should I go there? I'm not going!"

"Nannan, don't get excited, it's like this..."

Mother Xia held his hand and explained earnestly, "Your father said this college is ranked among the top three universities in the world, even better than Renmin University. And with your grades, you can go directly to graduate school there. How great! It will save you a lot of trouble."

"Fuck it! I don't need it!" Xia Nan growled. "Who says I have to go abroad to become better? I can still get a postgraduate degree and a doctorate if I stay in China. I can still have a bright future!"

"I'm giving you a shortcut," Father Xia said solemnly, "Can you understand what's good for you, kid?"

"I told you, I don't need it!" Xia Nan looked at him resolutely. "I have my own plans. Where I want to go to college, who I want to be with, none of that has anything to do with you!"

"When you abandoned us, you had no right to interfere in my affairs! That was true then, and it's true now!"