Ye Zhenghua agreed to let Ye Linchen take the college entrance examination, but Ye Linchen did not seem particularly happy; on the contrary, he seemed somewhat absent-minded.
She followed behind Ye Zhenghua, head down, without saying a word.
Ye Zhenghua slowed his pace and walked side by side with his daughter.
He turned his head to look at his daughter.
Ye Linchen kept her head down, her bangs obscuring her eyes and making it impossible to see her expression.
"What's wrong? You're eligible to take the college entrance exam, why aren't you happy?"
Ye Linchen looked up and smiled: "I was thinking about the questions I got wrong just now."
Upon hearing this, Ye Zhenghua smiled with satisfaction.
"I'm so happy that you're taking your studies so seriously," Ye Zhenghua said. "Good luck on the college entrance exam! I believe you'll get great results!"
Thinking of this, Ye Zhenghua felt a surge of pride.
He could almost see his daughter passing the college entrance exam with flying colors and walking into the university campus.
If you can get into Tsinghua or Peking University, that would truly bring honor to your ancestors!
The steel mill offers rewards to employees' children who are admitted to university.
The reward is 600 yuan for ordinary universities, 1000 yuan for key universities, and I don't know how much Tsinghua and Peking University students receive.
No one in the factory has ever passed the exam!
Ye Linchen might be the first.
Ye Linchen is, after all, his daughter. If his daughter is successful, it will definitely make him more proud than if his niece is successful.
Maybe I can benefit from my daughter's fame and get a promotion.
Ye Zhenghua felt increasingly pleased with himself, and he couldn't stop smiling.
Each lost in their own thoughts, they fell silent and walked home.
It was lunchtime by then, and you could hear laughter and chatter coming from inside the house from the doorway; it was a lively place.
Ye Zhenghua took out his key and opened the door, and a fragrant aroma of food wafted out.
It was Meng Xueyun who was cooking.
Ye Linchen changed her shoes and followed him into the living room.
The twin brothers were lounging on the sofa.
Ye Linbei held the Walkman, while Ye Linnan swayed his head to the rhythm, looking completely absorbed.
Meng Zihan sat to the side, flipping through a notebook and muttering to herself.
Ye Linchen recognized at a glance that the Walkman was lent to her by Feng Linlin, and the notebook in Meng Zihan's hand also belonged to Feng Linlin!
Anger surged within him, and Ye Linchen strode to the sofa, snatched the Walkman from Meng Zihan's hand, and then grabbed the notebook from her.
"You went through my bag?" Ye Linchen questioned.
She had clearly packed all these things into her backpack and placed them on the chair, but now they were in their hands.
They must have gone through her bag while she was out!
Ye Linchen pressed the stop button on his Walkman, took out the cassette tape, and tossed it to the twins.
The twins, who had been cheerful, became somewhat unhappy when Ye Linchen suddenly turned hostile.
Ye Linbei curled his lip: "What's so great about a broken Walkman!"
Ye Linchen glared at them angrily: "Did you take my things with my permission?"
She turned to Meng Zihan, her eyes icy: "Taking something without asking is stealing!"
Meng Zihan blushed at Ye Linchen's words. He lowered his head and whispered in defense, "I was just looking at your notebook. We're family, shouldn't we help each other?"
Ye Zhenghua was surprised to see such a scene upon his return and quickly tried to comfort him.
"Xiao Chen, don't be angry. It's just a small thing. You're the older sister, so you should be more understanding."
Ye Linbei chimed in, "Exactly, it won't break if we use it once, what's the big deal?" He muttered under his breath, "Stingy!"
Ye Linnan added insult to injury: "You country bumpkin, you have no taste!"
Ye Linchen's anger flared even more: "You think you're in the right to take other people's things without permission?"
Hearing the commotion in the living room, Meng Xueyun ran out of the kitchen.
She said to Ye Linchen, "I took the Walkman and the notebook. I was just about to tell you that you don't need these things, so give them to Xiaohan. She's going to take the college entrance exam soon."
Ye Linchen's eyes widened: "Why?"
Meng Xueyun retorted confidently, "Why should I? You're not taking the college entrance exam, so what use are these things to you? Xiaohan is taking the college entrance exam, that's why she needs them!"
Meng Xueyun actually bought Meng Zihan a Walkman to help him learn English.
But the twins also like to use it.
The Walkman was used too frequently and couldn't handle the strain, so it broke down.
When I put the tape in, it keeps jamming and getting all tangled up.
They tried to fix it several times but failed, and it even damaged Meng Zihan's English cassette tape.
Meng Zihan's science subjects are terrible; she's only good at Chinese and English. It would be a real loss if her English grades were dragged down because of this.
Meng Zihan asked me several times to buy another one, but portable music players are not cheap now; they usually cost several hundred yuan.
Meng Zihan wanted the kind of Ai Hua brand; she looked at it and it cost over a thousand.
She's been hesitating about which one to buy for a while now.
Today, Meng Zihan went through Ye Linchen's bag and found a Walkman that worked properly and had good sound quality, as well as a lot of notebooks.
She immediately took out her Walkman and said to Meng Xueyun, "Auntie, I think my sister's Walkman is pretty good. Why don't I use this one? We won't need to buy a new one, and we can save some money."
Meng Xueyun's face darkened as soon as she saw the Walkman.
That brat said she had no money, but she actually had enough to buy a Walkman.
He secretly spent all the money on himself, enjoying it all, without contributing anything to support his family.
That's incredibly selfish!
Moreover, given her grades, having a Walkman would be a waste.
Meng Xueyun immediately nodded: "Okay, you can take it."
Meng Zihan looked at the notebooks in the bag again: "These notebooks belong to Feng Linlin. She has good grades and her notes are clear. I want to take a look too."
Meng Zihan was very happy when she heard that Ye Linchen's grades were not good.
Wouldn't that make my grades seem less bad?
The Ye family will do their best to pay for his tutoring.
It's all because my own daughter is a hopeless case.
But seeing the notebook made her panic.
Feng Linlin's grades are among the best in the class. If Ye Linchen follows her notes and gets tutoring from Feng Linlin, he might be able to surpass her.
The thought that Ye Linchen's grades were better than hers filled her with uncontrollable hatred.
No, I can't let Ye Linchen have a chance to surpass me!
Therefore, even if she takes this notebook and doesn't use it, she can't give it to Ye Linchen.
Feng Linlin might even break up with Ye Linchen because he lost his notebook.
Meng Xueyun, unaware of Meng Zihan's ulterior motives, readily agreed: "Take whatever you want, no need to ask her."
Since Feng Linlin lent it to Ye Linchen, it belongs to her. Isn't it normal for her to give it to her younger brother and sister-in-law?
I didn't expect Ye Linchen to get so angry when he came back and saw it.
Ye Linchen had been waiting for Meng Xueyun to say this, and immediately replied, "I need to take the college entrance examination, and I need these things!"
Meng Xueyun's eyebrows shot up, and she turned to stare at Ye Zhenghua: "What happened? Didn't you tell her?"
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