Before Nan Nan could reply, her younger brother suddenly seemed to have thought of something and said in surprise.

"Do you think one of us might not be our parents' biological child?"

"Otherwise, how come there's such a big difference between us, children born to the same parents?"

"Hey, do you think neither of us is biologically related, or are you me?"

Nan Nan didn't answer his question, whether because she found it boring or didn't want to think about it carefully.

She only asked the other person one question: "Are you still going to eat? If not, I'm clearing the table."

Seeing that she didn't respond, the younger brother's playful smile suddenly disappeared, and he stared at Nan Nan with a cold, expressionless face.

After a long while, he suddenly let out a sinister laugh.

"Xu Pannan, don't be so smug! So what if you get good grades? Mom and Dad still love me the most! Everything they have in the future will be mine. No matter how hard you try, it's useless!"

"Don't think they'll like you just because you pretend to be a good girl. You're dreaming!"

"No matter how good your grades are, no matter how sensible you are, you can only be a maidservant to me!"

As he spoke, a hint of malice flashed in his eyes, and he suddenly reached out and swept the bowls and chopsticks off the table.

Clang.

The dishes made a crisp shattering sound.

Seeing the broken dishes, the younger brother's smile widened even more.

"Maid, hurry up and clean this up, otherwise when Mom and Dad come home tonight, I'll tell them you threw a tantrum and broke it. Even if they don't believe me, they'll still blame you, and you'll get a really bad scolding."

Nan Nan pursed her lips and remained silent, but her hands, hanging at her sides, slowly clenched, betraying her emotions.

After teasing Nan Nan, the younger brother, seeing her angry but unable to express it, finally left satisfied.

Nan Nan was left staring at the mess on the ground. She stood silently for a while before squatting down and slowly picking up the broken pieces.

As she tidied everything up, Lin Xi could sense the turbulent emotions beneath her calm exterior.

There was anger, sadness, and an urgent urge to escape from here.

But she calmed herself down and whispered words of comfort.

"Just hang in there a little longer. Once I get into university, everything will be alright. Just six months left, just six months left..."

Once she gets into university, her life will be completely different.

A wonderful life awaits her.

She quickly composed herself and sped up the cleanup of the mess.

The less time she spends on this kind of thing, the more time she has left to study.

She then spent the entire afternoon studying diligently in her room.

Meanwhile, her younger brother in the next room seemed to be deliberately trying to antagonize her, turning the game volume up to the maximum and shouting insults almost constantly.

Even though Nan Nan was as calm as still water, she was still affected.

In the end, she simply packed a few books and went to a friend's house in the village to study.

The villagers all liked Nannan very much. When Nannan came to their child's home to learn from them, her family welcomed her warmly and would never have turned her away.

At her friend's house, Nan Nan was finally able to study in peace.

She studied until about six o'clock.

In winter, the sun sets early, and by six o'clock it was already getting dark outside.

Knowing she still had to go home to cook, Nan Nan quickly said goodbye to her friends and rushed home.

When she got home, she found that her parents had not yet returned, and she breathed a small sigh of relief.

But the thought that it was just her and her younger brother at home, and that her brother might be up to his weird and strange antics again, made her feel exhausted.

She could only console herself again, thinking that she could just hold on for another six months.

Once she goes to university, she'll come back less often and won't see her brother much anymore.

As she walked towards her room, she was lost in thought.

But what she saw in the room made her feel as if she had fallen into an ice cellar, and her blood almost froze.

Her study notebook, which she had placed on the table, had been torn into pieces, and her test papers had been burned to ashes, with only faint traces remaining.

Even her diary was dug up!

It also contained her plans for the future, such as reducing the number of times she would come back after starting university, studying hard and earning money during university, and striving to buy her own house in the city in the future, living alone, away from her younger brother and parents, and starting a brand new life, etc.

She reads these almost every day, and they are what sustain her belief in continuing her studies.

Now, her goals and plans have been discovered, and her diary has been thrown on the ground and stomped on several times.

Seeing this, Nan Nan felt as if a string in her mind had snapped.

She didn't even need to guess; she could tell who had destroyed these things.

These are all her carefully preserved review materials. Every sheet of paper and every test paper has her notes and insights!

These are not just review materials, but also the fruits of her hard work over many years in preparation for the college entrance examination!

And her diary was even more of a source of hope and motivation for her to keep going!

She could calmly endure her younger brother's sarcastic remarks and his deliberate smashing of dishes to cause her trouble, and she could even treat it as his willful and ignorant behavior.

But at this moment, she could no longer tolerate it!

She was so angry that she was trembling all over, her eyes were red, and she turned around to confront her younger brother.

But to her surprise, just as she turned to leave the bedroom, the bedroom door suddenly slammed shut.

Suddenly, someone covered her head with a cloth bag from behind, plunging her into complete darkness.

The cold, vicious voice of his younger brother came from behind him.

He tightened the rope of the bag and said to Nan Nan through gritted teeth.

"I made you study, I made you go to university! And you still want to escape from us, you still want to live a good life on your own, Xu Pannan, are you an animal!"

"Your parents raised you to adulthood and worked so hard to send you to school. Instead of thinking about repaying them, you actually want to run away!"

"Who will give me money after you run away? Do you really think your parents are supporting your education and sending you to university for your own good? Ha! They're just planning for my future!"

"You actually dare to have such thoughts? I think you don't want to live anymore!"

"Since you don't want to live anymore and want to run away, then I'll make sure you can never leave and will be stuck at home for the rest of your life!"

As she spoke, Nan Nan clearly felt the rope around her neck tightening.

Even though she struggled with all her might, she couldn't resist the force.

Finally, her struggles weakened, her vision blurred, and she lost consciousness, collapsing to the ground.