The couple never expected that Chen Yunqi would be such a competent older and younger brother.

Chen Lu had already lowered his wages to the absolute minimum, but the kid actually worked all the way through winter break and saved up almost a thousand yuan, just to take his older and younger sisters to the amusement park.

It was early that morning.

Chen Yunqi swaggered up to the two of them, head held high like a rooster, looking very proud.

"Dad, Mom, I made it into the top ten this time."

Chen Lu and Liang Zhirou, who were watching a movie together, exchanged a glance and said in unison, "I know."

I got 102 on my English test.

"I know," Liang Zhirou said with a gentle smile, pinching her son's cheek. "Yunqi is really amazing!"

Chen Lu glared at him, thinking to herself, "You're good at English, you could easily be in the top three, why are you so smug..."

If this brat were a little more ambitious, he could show off at parent-teacher conferences: "Look, the top three are all my kids. Who says goddaughters aren't daughters?"

Although his parents remained calm, Chen Yunqi couldn't contain his joy.

At least I can go out and play all day without doing homework today. My parents are still reasonable.

He started grinning foolishly, but then he was stunned when he realized that Chen Lu and Liang Zhirou were both fully dressed.

"Are you going out?"

"We have things to do," Chen Lu said seriously.

Chen Yunqi's smile gradually disappeared: "It's just taking my mom out for fun, you can fool me when I was a kid with that, but how old am I now..."

"I know you know I'm lying to you."

Chen Lu remained expressionless, straightened his collar, and said in a calm tone, "You should know that I know, as long as we father and son can maintain appearances, there's no need to expose me."

Just like I know that if you don't slack off, your grades can consistently be in the top five..."

This kid may be lazy, but he's always been leaving himself room for improvement, just so he and Liang Zhirou can win various rewards to motivate him. Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to jump from around 20th place to the top ten every time, and occasionally even into the top five.

They really thought he, as the father, couldn't tell.

madness.

Chen Yunqi looked embarrassed.

"You'll only learn more and more things in the future, and they'll become more and more diverse. I advise you to change this habit as soon as possible, or you'll regret it later."

Chen Lu sighed softly and said nothing more.

Kids are just like that during their rebellious phase; there's nothing you can do about it at that age.

He went through the same thing back then.

If everyone listened to their parents' advice, then you'd see nothing but students from Tsinghua and Peking Universities everywhere.

...

Half an hour later, the brother and sister arrived at the entrance of the amusement park.

"It seems like this is where Dad proposed," Chen Yunqi said softly, glancing back at the spot.

"You can study this in the future." Chen Muxue glanced at her phone and casually replied, then looked up again, "Sister Jiang Nan said she'll be late, probably because she got extra homework for not getting first place."

"Jiang Nan worked so hard this semester, how come she's not number one..."

"Because I didn't turn on the water." Chen Muxue yawned lazily.

Chen Yunqi turned his head to look at his sister in surprise.

With her hands in her pockets, a lollipop dangling from her mouth, and one cheek slightly puffed out, she looked relaxed, cute, and adorable...

How could someone say something so cold?!

"Didn't you say before that you wanted to reduce the burden on our sister?"

He was more understanding and never competed with his sisters for first place. His father simply didn't understand his good intentions.

Seeing her brother standing there in a daze, Chen Muxue started counting on her fingers again and explained softly, "I thought our sister would get first place, after all, I didn't get full marks in English and Chemistry this time, and I didn't finish the last big problem in Math, and Physics too..."

"Stop talking," Chen Yunqi quickly interrupted, turning his gaze back to the road.

If he hadn't known that he and his sister were twins, he would have seriously doubted whether he was their biological son.

Not long after, a taxi pulled up on the side of the road, and a long-haired girl got out and ran towards them.

As Jiang Nan approached, Chen Yunqi noticed that she had very dark circles under her eyes.

"You stayed up all night?" He tilted his head.

Jiang Nan looked away and casually said, "I went to bed a little late."

Actually, she'd been working non-stop for ages. Every day, Liu Yan would urge her to go to bed on time, and then she'd secretly look at sheet music in bed…

I came out just for this one time.

Chen Yunqi pondered for a moment, then gave her a slight smile.

"I've worked hard for a long time and I'm very rich now. You and your sister can play as much as you want today."

He knew how difficult it was for his sister to get out and play, which is why he worked for his mother for almost half a semester.

It's all so that I can make her and her sister have more fun.

The sun was shining brightly today, and the group, not yet too old to refuse an amusement park, had a great time wandering around. Chen Muxue, who wasn't particularly interested in anything, got off the bumper cars, her face flushed with excitement.

Despite Chen Yunqi's repeated declarations that he is now extremely wealthy, Jiang Nan still doesn't buy any merchandise or play the claw machine. Even though she clearly seems to want something, she will only look at it for a short while before leaving.

He ended up spending the money on a ticket and was extremely upset.

"Where to go next?"

Around noon, Chen Yunqi bought three bottles of Coke from the vending machine and handed them to the two men.

“I can’t open it…” Jiang Nan shook his hand, his brows furrowing slightly.

"I'll help you!"

Chen Muxue narrowed her eyes slightly, while Chen Yunqi simply took the cola and unscrewed it. He was very experienced at this task; when his father wasn't around, he would help his mother and sister unscrew their bottle caps.

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