At the dinner table.

Xu Li was eating his meal in a depressed mood, and he frowned as he looked at Xu Jiacheng who was eating happily beside him.

Before Xu Jiacheng could say anything, his wife Zhao Mingfang spoke first, "Xu Li, I'm warning you, if you keep looking so dead, I'll let your dad slap you!"

"Xu Jiacheng!"

Hearing his wife's voice, Xu Jiacheng shuddered.

Xu Jiacheng was holding half a crab in his hand. After looking at Zhao Mingfang, he quickly threw the half crab back into the bowl and looked at Xu Li.

"I tell you, Xu Li, you are grown up now, you are 16 years old, and I can't fight with you anymore!" Xu Jiacheng did not listen to Zhao Mingfang and attack Xu Li directly. Instead, he said some harsh words and gave a good warning to Xu Li who didn't know the seriousness of the matter.

"But don't think that your family is rich now. You can stay at home playing games and eating and waiting to die even if you don't go to school!"

"Your mother and I spend tens of thousands of dollars every year to send you to Jiahe No. 1 Middle School. It's not that your mother and I have too much money to burn! After all the efforts, there must be rewards!"

"If you still don't make any progress in the final exams at the end of this year, you'd better stop studying and drop out! Your mother and I will stop paying for your living expenses! Go to the factory back home and work with the workers, and earn money to support yourself!"

Seeing Xu Li's unconvincing look, Zhao Mingfang laughed angrily, "Xu Li, your father and I are not kidding you. If you can continue to live a lazy life like this, I will let you drop out of school and come back to work as a laborer!"

Xu Jiacheng's intimidation comes only when he doesn't say anything and just looks at Xu Li quietly, which makes Xu Li tremble. So when Xu Jiacheng just warned Xu Li out loud just now, Xu Li still had some doubts in his heart.

But when Zhao Mingfang spoke harshly to Xu Li with an inexplicable smile on her face, Xu Li was really scared.

From childhood to adulthood, whenever this kind of smile appeared on Zhao Mingfang's face, Xu Li would be in trouble, so he couldn't help but believe that his parents really wouldn't dare to do such a thing.

Xu Li had seen how the workers in the bathroom factory worked, and naturally had heard about the hard work involved.

In Xu Li's opinion, as Xu Jiacheng's only biological son, Xu Jiacheng should not be so cruel as to throw him into the factory as a coolie... right?

Xu Li didn't dare to gamble. What if, under the instigation of his mother, his father really dared to do such a thing? This was not against the law. He had already completed nine years of compulsory education. It was not against the law to send him to work in his own factory after the New Year.

So, Xu Li put away his unhappy look, picked up the bowl obediently, picked up the dishes and started eating with big mouthfuls.

Seeing Xu Li give in, Xu Jiacheng's tone also softened. "Your mother and I have hired a tutor for you. This is a prospective college student. This year, he scored 630 points in the Anhui Province college entrance examination! He is more than capable of teaching you!"

"Starting tomorrow, you will study hard at home. I will accompany you and teach you my study methods. You can learn as much as you can. Don't be lazy!"

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The next day.

Early in the morning, Xu Jiacheng and Zhao Mingfang woke up Xu Li, who was still sleeping soundly in a quilt with the air conditioner on.

"Xu Li! Get up quickly!" Zhao Mingfang walked into Xu Li's room, opened the curtains in the room, turned around to find the air conditioner remote control, turned off the air conditioner, and then pulled away Xu Li's quilt.

"Mom, please let me sleep a little longer. I read until after 10 o'clock last night." Xu Li tried to exchange this method for his mother's tolerance towards him.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Mingfang showed no mercy and left after saying just one word.

"Xu Li, don't make me repeat myself a second time. I won't see you dressed up and coming downstairs for breakfast in ten minutes. You should consider the consequences yourself."

Under the pressure of Zhao Mingfang, Xu Li no longer dared to lie on the bed and dawdle.

Xu Li sat up from the bed and sighed helplessly.

"Oh, it's my own fault, it's my own fault." After comforting himself, Xu Li didn't dare to delay any longer. He quickly put on his clothes, went to the bathroom to wash up, and then went downstairs with a thump.

Seeing that her son really didn't procrastinate like before, Zhao Mingfang nodded and pointed to the breakfast on the dining table.

"Hurry up and eat. After that, I'll take you to the factory. I'll introduce you to your tutor in the morning! At noon, we'll go home with your tutor, and your tutor will accompany you to study at home in the afternoon."

Since you can't resist, just enjoy it silently.

Xu Li was speechless and could only nod with a bitter face, then sat down silently and started eating breakfast.

Seeing her son like this, Zhao Mingfang knew very well that one cannot just let the horse run without letting it eat grass.

After showing the big stick, you should hold a carrot for him, right?

So, Zhao Mingfang thought about it and said to Xu Li, who was working on a basket of steamed dumplings, "As long as your grades can improve this summer and satisfy your dad and me, I will buy you that pS3 Super Slim you've been clamoring for!"

As soon as the keyword 'pS3 Super Slim' was mentioned, Xu Li's eyes suddenly lit up.

He raised his head quickly, swallowed the steamed dumpling in his mouth with great effort, and said quickly, "Really?! Mom, don't lie to me! When I was a child, you said you would save my New Year's money for me, but later you didn't give it to me. I still remember it!"

Zhao Mingfang glared at Xu Li, "What did we not give you?! Isn't the pocket money you spent later money? I mean what I said! As long as your grades improve, as long as your grades improve and your dad and I are satisfied, then we will buy it for you!"

"Okay! A gentleman's word is as good as gold! I will study hard even if I don't sleep at night!" Xu Li said excitedly.

Zhao Mingfang smiled coldly, "Are you still not sleeping? You are so eager to do this, you should wait until you can hold on for three days!"

Xu Li refused to admit defeat, "Three days?! For my PS3, I can hold on for a whole summer vacation!"

Zhao Mingfang knew her son's intermittent personality and was certain that Xu Li would not be able to stick with it. So Zhao Mingfang said to Xu Li, "Okay! As long as you really stick with it and study hard for the whole summer, even if your grades don't improve, I will buy you this game console!"

"But remember, I mean study hard, not hide in your room and secretly play with your phone or computer!"

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