Lu Yuxuan stared at him with wide eyes. After a while, she gradually came back to her senses and murmured blankly, "Fourth brother... are you trying to comfort me?"
"...I'm scolding you." Lu Jiaming tapped his forehead with his finger. "You're so stupid every day. What are we supposed to do with you?"
Lu Yuxuan raised his hand and touched the place where he had hit her, lowered his head and said nothing.
"Fifth brother, don't think too much." Xiaobao looked at him with some distress, "Fourth brother is worried about you, that's why he is so angry."
"He was more anxious than anyone else on the way here. He even searched for the nearest clinic on his phone map. If anything had really happened to you, Fourth Brother would have definitely been tempted to fight that teacher."
Lu Yuxuan nodded: "I know."
"You know shit," Lu Jiaming muttered unhappily, and turned away from him.
"Actually, after being scolded so much these past few days, I've been having some self-doubt," Lu Yuxuan murmured. "Sometimes I wonder, we all have the same parents, so why are you all so smart and outstanding? Even my third brother, an art student, has top grades, but I'm the only one who can't learn?"
"I always remember what the teacher said. He said that poor students are poor students. They are useless and will never achieve anything in their life."
"So am I really that stupid? Fourth brother, tell me the truth, did I have a high fever when I was a kid and my brain got burned out, but none of you told me?"
Lu Jiaming looked helpless: "If it really burned out, you would be a complete fool now. How could you still be here thinking about life?"
Lu Yuxuan was extremely frustrated and wailed, "Ah...then I am really just stupid."
"Fifth brother, I don't think you are stupid. You may just not have much talent in studying."
Xiaobao blinked his eyes, his face full of innocent smile, "After all, I have never seen an idiot who can use the computer so well without any instruction. No matter whether it is a big problem or a small problem, you can solve it. Even if you really don't know how to do it, you can search online and understand it immediately. This shows that you have a very flexible brain, Brother Wu."
"Hey?" Lu Yuxuan perked up a little. "Xiaobao, now that you put it that way, it seems to be true..."
Lu Jiaming smiled and said half-jokingly and half-seriously, "Maybe your parents felt that there were too many academic geniuses in the family and that it was boring to have them all the same. So when they had you, they decided to change the direction and let you shine in another field."
"But don't you all think my grades are terrible?" Lu Yuxuan said cautiously, "I always lag behind in the class. My eldest and second brothers are always furious when they come back from parent-teacher conferences..."
"Then can you not be so horrible?" Lu Jiaming held his forehead. "At least get those basic questions right, and the composition shouldn't be too outrageous."
"I know, I know." Lu Yuxuan smiled a little embarrassedly, "I can do a lot of things right now."
Lu Jiaming hummed and gently touched his head: "This is already very good."
"Actually, my brother and the others decided to send you to a cram school not because they wanted you to suddenly become a successful person, nor did they mean to force you. Even if you only made the smallest progress, they would still be happy for you."
"But on the contrary, as you said, if they knew what the teacher did to you, how you were hurt and how much pressure you were under, they would definitely be sadder than you."
Lu Jiaming paused, turned to look at Lu Yuxuan, his face softened, and said seriously: "Yuxuan, I apologize to you."
"Ah?" Lu Yuxuan didn't react for a moment. "Apologize... what are you apologizing for?"
Lu Jiaming opened his arms and hugged him: "You have been wronged for so many days. I clearly noticed that you were in a bad mood, but I didn't think of asking you properly. Although you might not tell me if I asked, it was indeed my fault for ignoring you. I apologize."
Lu Yuxuan's eyes were wide open, and he was quite flattered. He stammered, "Ah, this... that, that, Fourth Brother, you don't have to apologize to me. This is not your fault."
"Okay, don't be so flustered," Lu Jiaming said, "I'm the older brother. I didn't know my younger brother was being bullied right under my nose. That was my negligence. I admit it."
When people feel wronged, they are most afraid of hearing the concern of their relatives and friends. Lu Yuxuan's eyes turned red at a speed visible to the naked eye, and his voice trembled a little.
"Fourth brother, please don't be like this. You are too gentle to me and I can't adapt to it..."
Lu Jiaming laughed and said, "Then quickly turn yourself back into the noisy, whizzing Old Five you used to be. Stop pretending to be so deep and giving in here. We can't stand this either."
"You're the troublemaker in the family, but you're also everyone's happy pill. We don't need you to be mature and sensible. Whether you're sad or wronged, just be yourself. It's okay even if you cry and scream. Although the eldest brother and others always scold you verbally, have we ever failed to solve your problems?"
Lu Yuxuan bit her lips, her nose felt sore, her eyes were already filled with tears, and her body was shaking like a sieve.
Seeing this, Xiaobao immediately took out a tissue from his pocket, pulled out two and stuffed them into Lu Yuxuan's hand. Lu Jiaming raised his eyebrows and smiled at him, then continued to speak to Lu Yuxuan.
"No matter how naughty or irritating you are at home, we never dare to hit your delicate skin. Every time we hit you, we hit your buttocks. The flesh is thick, and you act like nothing happened after that."
"After all this talk, it all boils down to one thing," Lu Jiaming perfunctorily wiped his tears. "When you're out and about, no matter what happens, you must prioritize protecting yourself. If you're bullied, don't just sit there and wait for death. You must fight back when you need to. Remember that?"
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