"Xiao Chen, you can do it. You've really grown up. If you have the ability, you should never return to the Xiao family."
Xiao Qian, who was locked outside the door, threw the fruit in her hand heavily to the ground. She felt unsatisfied and stepped on the fruit a few more times.
Then she left angrily, but as soon as she turned around, she saw Xiao Yan in the corner.
Xiao Yan was lost in thought. She hid in the corner, looking hesitant.
"Sister, why are you here too?" Xiao Qian was slightly taken aback: "Are you here to see Xiao Chen too?"
"Yes." Xiao Yan nodded hesitantly.
She did come to find Xiao Chen, but she couldn't muster up the courage.
"Don't look for him. He's become arrogant after making a little money and doesn't even care about his family anymore."
Xiao Qian said angrily, "Xiao Chen is an ungrateful villain."
"He's ungrateful?" Xiao Yan smiled bitterly. She raised her head and said with some melancholy, "Did we... ever treat him as family before?"
"Sister, what do you mean by that? We brought him here from the countryside, fed him, clothed him, and sent him to school. How can we be so ungrateful to him?"
Xiao Qian was a little angry: "Our family has never had peace since he came."
Xiao Yan was lost in thought. She slowly raised her head and looked at Xiao Qian.
"My parents gave birth to him, but sent him to the countryside. I only see him a few times a year."
"Taking him home is like doing him a great favor."
"He's in our house, and apart from a few meals, have we fulfilled our responsibilities as his older sister?"
"Sister..." Xiao Qian was stunned, and she tried hard to recall.
It seems not. After Xiao Chen came to her house, she was disgusted with him in various ways.
He also called him a disaster star. Before, Xiao Chen had always been careful to please him, but all he got in response was endless disgust.
Disaster star, country bumpkin, bumpkin, these are the words she often used to curse Xiao Chen in front of him.
"The shoes he wore were from a street stall in the countryside and had been repaired many times."
"He does odd jobs during his spare time at school just to earn some living expenses."
"Xiao Qian, if it were you, would you still have any hope for this family?" Xiao Yan looked a little painful.
"Then...then he can't break things at home and deny it, and also steal things." Xiao Qian stammered.
"Xiao Ming did all these things." Xiao Yan was silent for a moment: "Xiao Ming broke the vase and deliberately put the blame on Xiao Chen."
"On the day your bracelet was lost, Xiao Ming was the only one who entered your room."
"This... How is this possible?" Xiao Qian was dumbfounded. "Sister, don't say anything without evidence. I don't believe that Xiao Ming did all this."
"I have evidence. I asked someone to restore the surveillance video." Xiao Yan's words made Xiao Qian shut up.
"Why would you do this? He's a good kid."
After a long while, Xiao Qian murmured, "He must be afraid that Xiao Chen's arrival will take away his love. Yes, that's right. It must be like this."
"But he's not short of money, so why would he steal my bracelet? This... there must be another reason."
“Look, without any evidence, we just rely on Xiao Ming’s words to conclude that these things are what Xiao Chen relies on.”
Xiao Yan smiled bitterly: "And when we have evidence proving that it was Xiao Ming who did it, you desperately try to find a way to exonerate him."
"Xiao Qian, we have always been prejudiced against Xiao Chen."
Xiao Yan's eyes were slightly red. "He tried so hard to please us just to fit into the family that should have belonged to him."
"Even if we knew he was innocent, we wouldn't immediately clear his name. Instead, we would think about how to save Xiao Ming's face."
"Sister..." Xiao Qian was speechless.
Self-blame? Maybe a little bit.
She couldn't empathize with the grievances Xiao Chen had suffered.
But she knew that if anyone wronged her or framed her, she would fight to the death with that person immediately.
Prejudice, naked prejudice.
"Also..." Xiao Yan took a deep breath: "Xiao Ming's grades are not as good as they appear."
"How is this possible?" Xiao Qian was incredulous. "He got straight A's in school."
"I've investigated and found that he cheats on every exam or pays a large sum of money to have someone take the exam for him."
Xiao Yan said, "He stole your bracelet and sold it just to spend money to maintain his image of a good student."
Xiao Qian was silent. For a moment, she couldn't accept her well-behaved, sensible, and excellent brother in both character and study.
He turned out to be a hypocrite who was full of schemes and disguised himself everywhere.
"No, no, Xiao Ming wouldn't be like that." Xiao Qian gritted her teeth: "If he really is that kind of person, I... won't let him go."
"If you don't believe me, let's investigate again." Xiao Yan raised her head with a determined look.
"Okay, the first mock exam results will be out soon. This time... let's see how he does." Xiao Qian nodded and decided to start with the results.
Although she may act like a spoiled brat, it doesn't mean she can't tell right from wrong.
If these things come true, she will not let Xiao Ming go.
In the evening, Grandma Wu came back with her vegetable basket full of things.
From a distance she shouted, "Xiaochen, come and help."
"Grandma, you bought so many things?" Xiao Chen hurried out upon hearing that.
Seeing the mountain of things in Grandma Wu’s vegetable basket, he hurried over to take them.
Grandma Wu was also exhausted and sat in the yard to catch her breath.
"Grandma Wu, drink some water quickly." Song Ziyan quickly poured a glass of water and handed it over.
"Oh, okay, thank you Zi Yan, that's so nice." Grandma Wu took the water with a smile and drank a few sips.
Xiao Chen smiled bitterly. Did the old lady move the vegetable market back?
A pile of things, wild vegetables, ribs, various greens, and a bag of fresh shrimps.
"Hey, the food is cheaper in the afternoon, I bought too much without realizing it."
Grandma Wu stood up and showed off her achievements: "It's okay, we'll eat slowly."
"This is enough for a week's worth of food." Xiao Chen smiled bitterly.
"It's okay, Zi Yan will come to our house for dinner next week, and we'll treat you as much as you want." Grandma Wu said with a smile.
"Okay, okay." Song Ziyan was delighted.
Xiao Chen let his grandmother rest while he ran to prepare the wild vegetables and greens.
The yellow leaves were picked off, and Song Ziyan used a kitchen knife to chop them into pieces.
Then he ran happily to feed the chicks.
The chicks in the chicken coop are already as big as a stick. Song Ziyan, who has lived in a wealthy family since childhood, loves to feed the chickens and ducks the most.
"Xiaochen, how is Ziyan?" Grandma Wu took the opportunity to sit next to Xiaochen during the break.
"Very good, what's wrong?" Xiao Chen looked at Song Ziyan with some confusion.
He saw her happily feeding the chickens, and he didn't understand why her grandmother asked this.
"That's great. Seize the opportunity. You're about to graduate and become an adult." Grandma Wu said with a smile, "It's time to think about finding a good wife."
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