Extra 9
I am your brother, I am your brother...
"Bah, who wants you to be my brother?" Song Yu muttered as he sat on the stone bench under the tree with his head supported.
She glanced at the time. It was 6:30 in the morning and the person still hadn't arrived. She frowned impatiently. How could such a person be so unpunctual? Expecting the possibility of being late for school, she didn't plan to wait any longer. She stood up and walked away, grabbing her schoolbag.
"Ding-ling, ding-ling..." A crisp ringtone rang from behind. She turned around subconsciously, and a soft, slender arm grabbed her slender neck from behind. A teasing and pleasant voice echoed with the wind, "Hey, come on, I'm only two or three minutes late, and you won't wait for me?"
Song Yu turned his head and said coldly to the person who was close to his face, "You are almost ten minutes late, add fifty yuan." Then he ducked down, left the circle of arms and turned around to look at the girl with a high ponytail sitting on the bicycle. She was wearing a shiny black leather jacket and a white miniskirt. Her slender calves were perfectly wrapped in high leather boots, which made her look cool and sweet. However, the girl looked like a baby, and this outfit did not suit her very well.
"Fifty yuan? You really know how to do business." The girl didn't look angry at being blackmailed. She leaned against the bicycle rack and looked at Song Yu slowly. "You only charge 20 for helping me with my homework once, but you will charge an extra 50 for being late."
"I'll teach you a lesson." Song Yu pulled out a workbook from his bag. "Xue Li" was written in large letters on it. "Where's the money?"
"You really only care about money, not people." Xue Li took out a bright red hundred-yuan note from his schoolbag and handed it to Song Yu with a smile, "But I'm in a good mood today, so I won't bother with you."
Song Yu was in no mood to listen to her nonsense, so he picked up his schoolbag and turned to leave.
"Hey, hey, don't you want to hear why I'm in a good mood today?" Xue Li stuffed his homework into his schoolbag, got on his bike and caught up with Song Yu.
"I don't want to." Song Yu said without looking away.
Xue Li had already started talking to himself, "He said today that if I can get into the top 30 in my grade this exam, he'll grant me a wish. I plan to bring him a big bouquet of flowers and confess my feelings to him that day. What do you think?"
"He is your tutor, seven years older than you, Xue Li."
"So what?" Xue Li said nonchalantly, "He won't always be like this. I will grow up too."
Song Yu was speechless. Only three days had passed since she met Xue Li, but Xue Li told her almost everything about herself. She said that her family was rich but she had never felt the love of her parents. She said that she was madly in love with her tutor who was seven years older than her. She found out about her ideal type and tried every possible way to dress like that.
She asked someone to help her with her homework because she didn't want to disappoint her tutor. She had money but had no place to spend it. Song Yu didn't know why she came to her, but she didn't hesitate at all. Only a fool would not make money from the fool.
"Then can you make it into the top 30?" Song Yu didn't think that someone who had to have homework done by someone else could easily make it into the top 30. Only in fantasy novels do useless people defy the odds, but this is reality.
Xue Li snapped his fingers and said, "That's right, this is the key."
She rode to Song Yu's side and approached mysteriously, "Isn't it enough to have you?"
"no."
"Five thousand, you don't want to do it?" Xue Li saw the hesitation in Song Yu's eyes, "It's higher than the first-class scholarship you got for staying up late to review."
"No." Song Yu defended his bottom line in an instant, "I am a good citizen. Cheating is immoral. I can't help."
Xue Li had a look of despair on his face and wanted to say to Song Yu again, "I'm telling you..."
"Hey, which class are you from over there? Why aren't you even wearing a school uniform? Come here and I'll take note of your name." The voice of the teacher on duty came from the door. Xue Li was startled and ran away in an instant.
“…”
The teacher on duty was holding a notebook with names in his hand. His main goal was to escape, so he turned around and stared at the suspicious person in front of him.
"Teacher, I don't know her." Song Yu opened his mouth and swore sincerely, "Really."
She nodded vigorously. The teacher on duty was very skeptical about the authenticity, but finally let Song Yu go.
"Song Yu, wait for me to go into the classroom together."
She turned her head and saw that it was Jiang Hao.
"You've been in school for a few days. How is it? Are you able to adapt?" Jiang Hao walked towards her with his schoolbag on his back. He didn't have any cultivation novels in his hands, but based on Song Yu's observation over the past few days, he was reading extracurricular books in almost every self-study class. That's good, there was one less competitor for the scholarship.
"fine."
"Um...your brother comes to pick you up every night?"
"Any questions?"
"Huh? Song Yu, you have a brother?" Xue Li, wearing a changed school uniform and carrying a schoolbag full of changed clothes, walked over curiously and said.
Jiang Hao continued, "Yeah, her brother is quite handsome."
"You watch over her so closely and come to pick her up every night. That's right. If I had a sister like this, I would also come to pick her up every day to prevent any ignorant people from coming." Xue Li glanced at Jiang Hao meaningfully. He was still standing there with a smile on his face, and there was nothing unusual about him.
"Class is about to start. Do you two want to go?" Song Yu was in no mood to discuss these trivial matters with them. As he spoke, he quickly walked between the two of them.
At lunch, Xue Li put his arm around her shoulders and clamored to take her to the best cafeteria in the school and she would treat him.
"The food in the cafeteria is so bad it's only fit for pigs. I don't know how you can eat it."
Song Yu gave her a knowing look, "Cheap."
"Alright, alright. When people see you, they think you're some rich girl, but all you keep saying is 'cheap, cheap'. You've chased away all the romantic opportunities you've had." Xue Li was puzzled. "Other people try to hide their poverty, hoping others won't know. But you don't hide it at all. It's amazing. You're so open about your poverty."
Song Yu looked down at the question in his hand and said calmly, "Even if you invite me to dinner, I won't agree."
"Of course I didn't invite you to dinner because of that. Do you miss me like that?"
Song Yu looked up at her, his meaning was very clear, what else?
"You and your brother are not related by blood, are you?" Xue Li leaned forward and said with a smile, "He is the same age as you but has a different surname. Does that mean he can still be considered your brother?"
Song Yu frowned, "How do you know?"
Unless she said it herself, it would be impossible for anyone else to know about this. How could Xue Li know all this?
"Don't worry about it, I just know it." She straddled her legs and sat beside Song Yu, holding her face with a look of longing. "Although I don't know how you two got together, but I'm actually a little envious of your state of being poorly clothed and hungry."
"......" What crazy talk! How could she be so naked and hungry?
Xue Li turned around and looked at her and asked, "Have you ever thought that one day he doesn't want to support you anymore, but only wants to support himself? What will you do then?"
"It's much easier to support one person than two. Besides, you're still studying, but he, a peer, can only work to earn money to support your studies. Wouldn't he feel unhappy about this?"
She came close to Song Yu and coaxed him, "What's wrong with you making more money? What if he finds another woman...it's hard to say, Song Yu. After all, you are not his."
The chair suddenly fell back, and a few words seemed to be squeezed out from between teeth, "Stop talking."
Xue Li looked up and smiled knowingly, "Think about it carefully, everything I said makes sense." After that, he opened his schoolbag and took out a meal card from it, "Here, I said I'd treat you, so go ahead and use the card."
Song Yu didn't answer, and Xue Li didn't get angry and took the card back. "Then I'll leave first. If you think about it, contact me. Don't blame me for being blunt. I'm doing this for your own good."
After school seems to be the most lively time of the whole school. Song Yu walked out of the school gate with her schoolbag on her back, and subconsciously began to look for that familiar figure. In fact, she had told Xu Qiao many times that she didn't need him to pick her up, but the road home was not safe recently, and Xu Qiao was worried and came almost every day after get off work.
However, this time, the first thing she saw was not the familiar figure, but the woman standing next to the familiar figure. She was a very mature and charming woman with charming curly hair, her lips painted with plump and delicate lipstick, and even her nails were painted a light pink. She held a cigarette between her beautiful fingertips, and her breath made people feel that she was fragrant.
They were completely different types. Song Yu looked down at her unchanging plain blue school uniform, raised her hand and touched her student-like short hair. If she had known it then, she should not have cut it. She deliberately put down one side of the backpack that was originally carried on both shoulders and hung it on one shoulder.
"Xiao Yu, here." Xu Qiao waved to her.
She walked over with a blank expression on her face. Before she could say anything, she heard the woman say to her with a smile, "Xu Qiao, is this your sister? She looks about the same age as you and is so beautiful."
"Xiao Yu, this is Sister Xiao Shan, from where I work." Xu Qiao introduced her, "She just came with me today."
"Hello." Song Yu said, "My name is Song Yu."
Xu Qiao glanced at her, and sure enough, Li Shan had a strange expression on her face. "Why do you have the surname Song and the surname Xu? Do you have different surnames from your parents?"
Neither of them answered. Li Shan sensed something was amiss in the atmosphere, so she quickly brushed the matter off. "This is perfectly normal. Xiaoyu heard from Xu Qiao that you've only been here a few days. How are you adjusting?"
Song Yu was very unhappy when he heard Li Shan's tone of voice as if she was an elder. He lowered his eyelids and ignored her.
The scene was a little awkward for a moment.
"Song Yu, you are still here." A familiar and cheerful voice came from behind.
Xue Li walked forward and knew what the situation was at a glance, so she secretly bumped into Song Yu, meaning, see, this is what I told you.
Song Yu was already very annoyed, and now this further provoked her irritability. She lowered her brows and said to Xue Li without any concealment, "What does it have to do with you?"
Despite the aggressive tone, Xue Li's face showed no abnormality. He smiled and said, "Isn't it enough for me to care about you? Well, since you don't want to see me, I'll leave first. Bye."
Xu Qiao realized that Song Yu was in an abnormal mood. He couldn't ask in front of outsiders, "Then let's go first."
Song Yu turned around and was about to follow Xu Qiao. She thought Li Shan would only join them at the school gate, but she didn't expect that Li Shan would actually walk in front of her with Xu Qiao, and it seemed that they were going to go the same way.
"..." She clenched the strap of the bag in her hand, uncontrollable emotions colliding back and forth in her brain. She lowered her head, took a few quick steps with an expressionless face, walked past the two people, and strode in front of them.
She walked quickly, not wanting to keep listening to the two people talking behind her. Even though they were just discussing work, Song Yu found it annoying.
By the time Xu Qiao realized it, Song Yu had already walked far away from them.
Li Shan also noticed it and jokingly said as she looked at Song Yu's back, "Why is she walking so fast? Is there a ghost chasing her?"
Xu Qiao said, "Sister Xiaoshan, let's leave it at that for today. I have to catch up with her. There are often drunk people on this road, and I'm worried."
Li Shan was stunned. "It's okay. I can go after her with you."
"No need." Xu Qiao glanced at her high heels. "Your shoes are not very convenient. I can go by myself. Goodbye, Sister Xiaoshan."
After Xu Qiao ran away, Li Shan said with a sense of loss, "You are worried about her, so can you also worry about me? Am I not a woman?"
"Xiao Yu, walk slower." Xu Qiao ran for a while and finally saw Song Yu. When he heard his voice, Song Yu finally stopped.
He ran to Song Yu, bent over and supported his legs to catch his breath, looked up at her and said with a smile, "Why are you walking so fast? Wait for me."
"How long will it take you guys to get home while chatting? I can't wait, so I'm leaving first." Song Yu said uncomfortably. She glanced at Xu Qiao's back and asked, "Where's that sister? Why can't I see her?"
"You were walking so fast I was worried something might happen to you, so I told her and came after you first."
Song Yu scratched her hair with a wandering look in her eyes, and suddenly felt that what she had just done was inappropriate. She was too childish and willful. She wondered if Xu Qiao would find her annoying.
"I'm sorry for delaying your conversation with that sister." She said honestly.
Xu Qiao said, "How could that be? It's okay. I've explained everything to her. Sister Xiaoshan is a very nice person."
At the school gate, Song Yu felt disgusted by the knowing smile on Xue Li's face.
But the things she said during the day just hit the nail on the head. She calculated that she had a total of 681 yuan left, including her salary from work and the money she earned from helping others write homework. Not only was it not enough to cover Xu Qiao's tuition, it was barely enough to support herself.
5,000 yuan, 5,681 yuan, they actually only spent 9 months like this. They will graduate after the college entrance examination next year. She has learned that they can apply for student loans for university tuition and living expenses. They have a lot of extracurricular time in university and can do many part-time jobs. If their scores are high enough, tutoring is also a very good choice.
The monthly rent, utilities and other expenses are 1,300, but living on campus for only one semester costs 800, which also includes utilities, so the cost of living is reduced a lot.
She didn't know how much salary Xu Qiao had advanced from her boss to pay for her tuition, but she thought 5,000 yuan should be enough. There would be scholarships for every major exam. If she could get the highest amount every time, her living expenses for one semester would be 4,000 yuan. It was October now, and the holiday would be in January next year. In addition, she helped people write homework, so this money should be enough to support them.
Xu Qiao must also want to study. She secretly turned her head to take a look. Every time she encountered something she didn't know how to do while doing her homework, Xu Qiao would come over to teach her. It was obvious that his grades were much better than hers.
Xu Qiao's face was clearly exhausted. Suddenly, she noticed a long, deep bloodstain on the side of her face. Her heart tightened as she asked, "What happened to your face?"
He obviously knew it himself and touched his face with his hand, "It's okay, I accidentally got cut while working."
"It's okay, it's almost healed." Seeing the sad expression on Song Yu's face, Xu Qiao was stunned and said, "Really, if you don't believe me, touch it." After that, he took Song Yu's hand and put it on his face. He originally just wanted her to touch it, but he didn't expect Song Yu to hold his face with both hands very seriously, and then touch it inch by inch.
She was feeling around to see if there were any other wounds on her face. Realizing this, Xu Qiao gave her a helpless smile, then closed his eyes and leaned over to her so she could move more easily. He coaxed her softly, "Okay, there really are no other wounds, Xiaoyu."
"Don't call me that."
Xu Qiao opened his eyes and saw Song Yu's eyes were wet. "I'm not your sister."
"But..." Before she could finish her words, Song Yu took her hand away first and turned her face away. "Otherwise, I'll go to live on campus. You're already very tired, and you have to pick me up every day."
"I'm not tired." Xu Qiao subconsciously defended himself, "I'm really not tired at all."
"I go home to do my homework every night because I can't sleep with the lights on, and I have to get up so early to go to work the next day," said Song Yu.
Song Yu was a light sleeper. He had tried to move softly every morning, but he would inevitably wake her up. Their current living conditions were too poor, so it was understandable that she wanted to live on campus. There were classmates and teachers there, and a good schedule. Besides, as a girl, it was not convenient for her to live with a man like him.
Xu Qiao was silent for a moment, "Can I still live on campus now?"
"I'll ask the teacher tomorrow."
"good."
When she returned home that night, Xue Li kept holding her phone. She knew that Song Yu was probably a little upset today, but she didn't expect the news to come so quickly.
"Transfer 5,000 yuan to me first, and you will bear the risks yourself."
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