His words "I can't bear it" made Lu Ziyi hold back all the words in his heart. He stared at him rummaging through clothes and spoke slowly after a while.
"Brother, you don't have to protect me like this. I'm not Jiayang and the others."
"What's the difference?" Lu Zixiao said, "They are my brothers, and so are you."
"But we are twins, the same age." Lu Ziyi's voice was full of helplessness. "If I had crawled faster in my mother's belly, maybe I would be the eldest."
Lu Zixiao smiled and said, "Then wait until you can climb faster in your next life and then you can be my brother. I will listen to you then."
"You really are..." Lu Ziyi walked up to him and held his wrist as he was folding clothes. "Brother, I'm not kidding. I really want to work and study. Isn't it good to reduce the burden on my family?"
Lu Zixiao raised his head and looked at him. The smile on his lips disappeared at this moment, and his expression became serious again.
"The burden on my family has been reduced, but what about you? Do you want to give up the opportunity for a double degree? Do you want to give up your dream? Or do you want everyone's expectations of you to be dashed?"
"...No." Lu Ziyi paused, "I can balance work and study. Brother, can't you trust me for once?"
Lu Zixiao stared at the pair of beautiful and determined eyes behind his glasses, put down the clothes in his hands, lowered his eyes and sighed: "Ziyi, you make me feel useless."
"What?" Lu Ziyi was stunned.
"After my parents passed away, I was the only one earning money to support the family. It would be a lie to say I wasn't tired," Lu Zixiao said calmly. "I was able to persevere because I wanted you to live a good life."
"I don't want you to feel that life is different now that your parents are gone, and I don't want you to worry about unimportant things."
After saying that, Lu Zixiao looked at Lu Ziyi again with a gloomy expression, "And what I don't want the most is to see you delay what you really want to do in order to reduce the burden."
"Then why am I doing all this?"
Lu Ziyi didn't expect him to say this to him. His thoughts were still swirling for a moment, and he uttered blankly, "I won't delay..."
"What did Lin Ze's uncle tell you?" Lu Zixiao suddenly changed the subject. "How many places will be available for dual degree studies at Renmin University after next year's college entrance exam? Not to mention other high schools, how many people are competing with you at our school alone?"
"The preliminary exam is about to begin. Do you dare to say that you are fully prepared?"
"Lu Ziyi, are you willing to let all your efforts go to waste?"
Lu Ziyi thought for a while, and when he looked up again, his eyes became clearer, "I understand, brother. I will do my best."
Lu Zixiao hummed, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. "Do your best on the exam. The school takes this preliminary selection very seriously, and the start of school has been postponed for half a month."
"Okay, I understand."
Lu Ziyi responded and started to pack his clothes with him. Then he asked him casually, "Brother, what do you think about Jiayang wanting to perform on stage?"
"How can I watch?" Lu Zixiao said calmly, "If he really goes on stage, I will just sit down and watch with my own eyes."
Lu Ziyi was stunned for a few seconds, but soon realized the meaning of his words. He laughed silently for a long time, then suddenly threw down his clothes and rushed over to hug him.
The defenseless Lu Zixiao was almost knocked off balance by his collision and asked him in surprise, "What are you doing?"
"Nothing," Lu Ziyi said softly, "Brother, you are so nice."
"What? School starts delayed for half a month?!" Lu Yuxuan excitedly stood up from the bed, "Great! Yeah yeah yeah!"
"Yeah, your grandma's legs!" Lu Jiaming slapped him on the butt. "What does the delay in high school opening have to do with you, a junior high student?"
"Ah..." Lu Yuxuan suddenly felt like the sky was falling, and murmured with despair, "So I still have to face the entrance exam..."
"Does that mean you don't have to take the exam if school starts later?" Li Mingyang provoked him mercilessly, "You'll die anyway, sooner or later."
"Damn it!" Lu Yuxuan was furious. "How can you be so sure that I will fail the exam?"
Li Mingyang pointed at the table and said, "Just based on the 7756 and 9971 you wrote on the paper..."
Lu Yuxuan: “…………”
"Ah?" Lu Jiaming was shocked. "Lu Yuxuan, has your IQ degenerated to this level? Don't let us not know if you degenerate into an ape one day."
"That was an accident! An accident!" Lu Yuxuan yelled. "I still know how to recite the multiplication table. Xiaobao can vouch for me!"
The little guy who had been watching the show with a smile was suddenly called and nodded immediately: "That's right, Brother Wu can recite it."
"My brother is the best!"
Lu Yuxuan opened her arms to hug Xiaobao, but Li Mingyang got there first and took the little guy into his arms.
"Li Mingyang! You're fucking trying to steal Xiaobao from me again!" Lu Yuxuan was furious. "It's already been several nights, why haven't you gone back to sleep on your sofa bed?"
"I don't want to go," Li Mingyang said, "This bed is big enough, it's not crowded."
"Bullshit!" Lu Yuxuan glared at him, "You clearly just want to cuddle up with Xiaobao and sleep!"
Li Mingyang blinked innocently: "But Xiaobao is also willing to let me hug him. I sleep well, unlike you who always moves around."
"I...I didn't disturb Xiaobao's sleep even though I moved around." Lu Yuxuan looked at Xiaobao angrily, "Xiaobao, tell me, who would you prefer to hold you in his arms while you sleep?"
Both eyes were pitiful and aggrieved. Xiaobao looked left and right, and finally sat up, raised his two little hands, and waved his palms downwards, "Calm down, calm down."
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