She quickly convinced Tang Long, and with her guidance, he finished the test paper.

"Second Aunt, let's go to that room to talk, the child is doing his homework..." The cousin-in-law wanted Qin Xiaoyu to come out.

"Mom! Stop messing around, my second aunt is teaching me." Tang Long interrupted her rudely, and his cousin-in-law actually obeyed and left.

Qin Xiaoyu discovered that Tang Long was quite intelligent. His poor grades stemmed from two issues: he hadn't been diligent, and the teaching quality was likely mediocre. Having tutored frequently to supplement her living expenses during her school years, she was quite adept at teaching. After a systematic review, Tang Long seemed to have grasped the concepts, making rapid progress. He improved with each test, showing noticeable improvement.

After going over the two test papers, Qin Xiaoyu couldn't hold back any longer; she still had to go to Master Wang's place and couldn't delay any longer.

Seeing her walk out, her cousin-in-law hurriedly greeted her with a smile. Just now, she had also figured out what was going on. This Qin Xiaoyu was no ordinary person; she had her son completely under her thumb.

"Her second aunt can speak English, that's amazing! Your brother and I can't do anything."

"I've studied this before, thankfully I haven't forgotten it. I'll come back late tonight, I'll come again tomorrow during the day." Qin Xiaoyu said as she walked out, bumping into her cousin who was coming back from his night shift. His face immediately darkened.

"Look at you, can't you watch where you're going? You bumped into your sister-in-law! Second Aunt, slow down! Oh dear, I forgot the steamed buns. If you're in a hurry, hurry up and go. I'll bring them over later." The cousin's wife's words calmed down the cousin's anger. The cousin was baffled by her sudden change of attitude.

"Sister-in-law, I'm going to the hair salon. Please take good care of the child." Qin Xiaoyu was still shaken by what happened yesterday.

"Don't worry, I'll keep an eye on things for you." Only after her cousin-in-law assured her did Qin Xiaoyu feel at ease enough to leave.

There were many people and customers during the National Day holiday, and Qin Xiaoyu didn't get home until late at night after finishing her work. When she arrived home, she saw the lights were still on, and Hanhan was sitting by the window waiting for her. Her heart warmed; with Hanhan, she had a home. She had always envied people who had homes, but she never imagined that her home was given to her by Hanhan.

The next day she got up early. She had decided the night before to tutor Tang Long. Tutoring one subject wouldn't be enough, but luckily she was a top student and the current textbooks weren't difficult, so she could teach them effortlessly.

When her cousin's wife saw her coming, she greeted her with a smile. Her cousin probably already knew what was going on, but he was still embarrassed and made an excuse to leave, giving up the space.

"Come on, have an orange. Your second aunt is exhausted." After talking for more than an hour, Qin Xiaoyu gave Tang Long some tasks and then prepared to go out. Seeing this, her cousin-in-law quickly pulled her to sit down in the kitchen and peeled an orange for her herself.

"Not tired at all, this child is very smart." Qin Xiaoyu took a bite of the orange, it was really sweet, she should buy some for Hanhan too.

“Yesterday Longlong told me that you explained things better than his teacher. You don’t know, last semester I even begged his teacher to give me extra lessons. He taught me for a month, and I even gave him a pair of pillowcases as a gift, but he didn’t raise the price at all and even lowered it,” my cousin-in-law said, pouting.

"Cough!" Qin Xiaoyu choked on an orange seed, almost choking. Her cousin-in-law was startled and quickly patted her back. Qin Xiaoyu had considered starting an after-school tutoring program, but her cousin-in-law had effectively killed that idea. A month's worth of lessons for a pair of pillowcases? What use would dozens of pillowcases be? Haircuts were much more profitable. She'd secretly calculated that Master Wang was earning tens of yuan a day—that was a worker's monthly wage!

"I have to go now. I'll make time to tutor Longlong whenever I can. I can tutor him in Chinese, math, chemistry, and physics as well, not just English." Qin Xiaoyu wiped her hands and stood up.

"Can it all replenish? Oh my, Second Aunt, you really are... hehe!" My cousin's wife was so happy she couldn't stop smiling.

After the National Day holiday, it's usually a slow season, and most of the regular customers have already finished getting their hair done, so Master Wang gave Qin Xiaoyu three days off. Hearing that she wouldn't be going to the hair salon for three days, her cousin-in-law had an idea. She directly wrote a leave slip for Tang Long and sent it to his school.

Qin Xiaoyu had planned to rest for three days, but those three days turned into a non-stop tutoring session. Fortunately, her cousin-in-law was kind-hearted and took good care of her family. She even washed the children's clothes and didn't have to cook. They would just call them over to eat together.

On Qin Xiaoyu's first day back at work, there wasn't much to do. She went home early and greeted her cousin-in-law as she entered the yard while she was preparing vegetables.

"I'm making vegetable buns for dinner, come over and eat with us." Her cousin-in-law greeted her like a family member, her eyes beaming with smiles.

"Longlong has gone to school, right?"

"We have an exam today, I wonder how we'll do." My cousin-in-law was still a little worried. Qin Xiaoyu and Tang Long seemed to be doing well, but ultimately, the results would speak for themselves.

As they were talking, the door slammed shut, and Tang Long walked in with a sullen face. Qin Xiaoyu's heart skipped a beat. Had he failed the exam? No way!

"Son, how did the exam go?" his cousin-in-law asked hurriedly.

"What can you do? You always come in last place, and you still have the nerve to ask?" The old lady happened to come out from the main house. She had been holding back her anger because she had seen her cousin-in-law and Qin Xiaoyu visiting each other frequently these days, so she immediately chimed in.

Hearing this, Tang Long's face darkened even more. He slammed the door and went inside, and his sister-in-law hurriedly followed him in.

Qin Xiaoyu had no choice but to go back and cook, feeling dejected. It seemed that all her efforts over the past few days had been in vain.

"Second Aunt! Second Aunt!" The cousin's loud voice could be heard from two miles away. She rushed in and startled the mother and her two children inside.

"What's wrong?" Qin Xiaoyu asked nervously.

"Look!" Her cousin-in-law shoved a report card into Qin Xiaoyu's arms.

"Great! Why aren't you happy?" Qin Xiaoyu looked at the grades; the lowest was 85, but the rest were all above 90, which was more than twice as good as before.

"Longlong is angry because the teacher called him to the office and insisted that he admit to cheating, saying that he wouldn't have gotten such a high score if he hadn't cheated! Humph, I'm going to go and have his teacher settle this with me!" my cousin-in-law said angrily.

"Oh, okay, let's just explain it away. Don't cause any trouble, or Longlong won't be able to stay in class anymore. Let's let the grades speak for themselves. We'll know whether he cheated or not later," Qin Xiaoyu said with a smile.

"Second Aunt, let me tell you, I was quite angry when you didn't give Longlong the successor spot, but now that I think about it, what's so great about working in a factory? It would be so much more prestigious if he got into university! How can I ever thank you enough?" The cousin's eyes reddened as she spoke, and she held Qin Xiaoyu's hand tightly.

"Longlong is Hanhan's cousin. They've looked after each other since they grew up, and they're practically brothers. Don't say such formal things in the future." Qin Xiaoyu saw the water was boiling and hurriedly prepared to cook the noodles.

"What are you doing? Didn't I say we were going to my house for steamed buns? Come on, come on!" My cousin-in-law took the pot off the table without saying a word and coaxed the mother and her two children to the south room.