"Li Xingguo, I've warned you many times before, but you didn't listen. Now, if you're a man, you should take responsibility for this outcome."

If you were borrowing money to save someone's life, I would lend it to you. But this money, I won't lend it to you. You can't afford it yourself, so don't try to shift the responsibility onto me. I have no obligation to do so.

Don't think that attending an international school makes you superior; your abilities don't match it. Your daughter is capable of getting into a top high school and a good university even in a regular school.

"It's not that she's not able to study; it's that you want to satisfy your own vanity," said Li Mancang, who hadn't spoken until now.

“No, Dad, international schools are really different. The teachers there are all foreign teachers, and they receive an international education,” Li Xingguo explained.

Li Mancang waved his hand and said, "If you think it's good, then go for it. I don't object. But don't expect me to give you money. You should pave the way for the future when you're doing well. You're not over fifty years old and still relying on your parents."

"I've even knelt down before you, and you still won't help me?" Dong Yun roared.

"If you could get tens of thousands just by kneeling down, who would bother walking?" Chunni mocked.

Li Xingguo helped Dong Yun up, his eyes fixed on Li Mancang. "I'm over fifty years old and have accomplished nothing. You all look down on me. From now on, just pretend you don't have a son like me."

"With you around, I'm fifty-eight; without you, I'm forty. You still think you're so important?" the third brother sneered.

“Before, with you as our son, besides being more tired, more worried, and more angry, what irreplaceable role did your father and I play? Li Xingguo himself said it, and he meant it.” Wu Zhiqi couldn’t be happier that this family would stay away from bothering her.

"Fine, then from now on you can pretend you don't have a son like me," Li Xingguo said fiercely, pulling his wife and children to leave.

"Dad, Dad, how can I go to school without money?" If Xiaoyuer doesn't leave, she won't be able to get any money here, and she really won't be able to go back to the international school.

“Have some ambition! Even if you don’t go to that school, you can still get into university and study abroad. Have some self-respect!” Li Xingguo said through gritted teeth.

"No, no, Dad, I don't want to go to a regular school. Grandpa and Grandma, I beg you, I promise I'll repay you when I grow up. Please let me go to an international school. You have money, please!" Xiaoyuer rubbed her hands together, pleading.

Seeing her child like this, Dong Yun's heart broke. She knelt down again, pleading, "Mom and Dad, I'll do anything for you from now on. Please, just give me a year's tuition."

Looking at the mother and daughter, Li Xingguo burst into tears and turned back to look at Li Mancang and Wu Zhiqi with a cold gaze.

Li Mancang and Wu Zhiqi looked at Li Xingguo calmly. This outcome was not their fault, but theirs.

"Mom and Dad, you should go back to your room first," the second son said, afraid that Li Mancang and Wu Zhiqi would be in a difficult position.

"No, no, Mom and Dad, you can't leave!" Dong Yun crawled forward a few steps on her knees, trying to grab Wu Zhiqi, but Chunni immediately blocked her way. This woman was crazy; she couldn't let her touch her parents.

Wu Zhiqi looked at Dong Yun with a mixture of pity and hatred. As a mother, she loved her daughter very much and raised her selfishly, but she was also pitiful. Li Xingguo always made her take the lead in family matters while he hid behind the scenes.

Li Mancang pulled Wu Zhiqi back into the house.