Seeing that her father, Zhou Yanchen, was genuinely angry, Zhou Shiwei quickly changed her expression. Her eyes were filled with grievance as she shifted her gaze to Zhou Shiyan, biting her lip and whispering:
"Shi Yan, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have spoken so quickly, and I shouldn't have used such inappropriate words to talk about you and your classmates. Please forgive me this once, okay?"
Zhou Shiyan replied expressionlessly, "This is a one-time exception!"
After a pause, he said to his father, Zhou Yanchen, "I will no longer go to and from school with Zhou Shiwei. Either I will walk to and from school by myself, or Dad, you can buy Zhou Shiwei another bicycle."
"But I can't ride a bike."
Zhou Shiwei's eyes welled up with tears as she turned her gaze to her father, Zhou Yanchen: "Dad, you saw and heard it too. I apologized to Shi Yan, but he clearly hasn't forgiven me. Otherwise, he wouldn't have said those things just now."
"You can learn to ride a bike if you don't know how."
Zhou Yanchen said in a deep voice, "I'll go to the county town in a couple of days and buy you a women's car at the department store."
"What will I do on my way to and from school this afternoon?"
Tears welled in Zhou Shiwei's eyes, and she was filled with resentment towards her younger brother, Zhou Shiyan. However, apart from her grievance, there was nothing else unusual in her expression. Her lips moved, and a wronged and helpless voice escaped from her lips:
"Besides... learning to ride a bicycle isn't something you can do in a short time. Does Dad expect me to rely on my own two legs to travel between school and home?"
Li Yao sat silently beside Zhou Yanchen, as if she hadn't heard what Zhou Shiwei was saying. In reality, she had overheard the entire conversation between her husband Zhou Yanchen and their two children, but she didn't want to face her daughter Zhou Shiwei's pretentious act, so she pretended to be lost in her own thoughts and didn't participate in the conversation between the three of them.
"Whether you like it or not, you'll have to ride your bike to take your sister to and from school for the next few days."
Zhou Yanchen said to his son Zhou Shiyan with a serious expression. Upon hearing this, Zhou Shiyan's reluctance was undisguised, but since his father Zhou Yanchen had already said so much, he naturally couldn't continue to go against his wishes. So, he said reluctantly, "Three days, forget it, four days is my limit. If she hasn't learned to ride a bicycle by then, I will absolutely not care how she gets to and from school!"
Upon hearing this, Zhou Yanchen did not respond. He said, "Weiwei is your sister. You should respect her. Don't call her by her name so disrespectfully or keep referring to her as 'she'."
Zhou Shiyan remained silent.
Zhou Yanchen glanced at his daughter Zhou Shiwei before responding to Zhou Shiyan's words: "Don't worry, even if I can't leave, I'll ask someone to buy a bicycle for your sister at the county department store. Your sister will be able to learn to ride it in less than two days."
The implication was that he meant what he said and wouldn't let Zhou Shiyan keep riding his bike to and from school with Zhou Shiwei.
After pursing his lips and remaining silent for a moment, Zhou Shiyan turned and walked towards the door: "I'm going to school."
Zhou Shiwei got up and was about to follow when Zhou Yanchen said, "Wait a minute, I have two more words to say to you."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Shiwei looked at her father, Zhou Yanchen, in confusion, and heard him say:
"If you want Shi Yan to respect you as her older sister, you must first act like one and stop causing trouble for her all the time, understand?"
"I...I understand!"
Despite saying this, Zhou Shiwei didn't take Zhou Yanchen's words seriously at all. She didn't think she was wrong and felt that she was always causing trouble for Zhou Shiyan.
In her view, as the older sister, it was no big deal for her to scold or even verbally abuse Zhou Shiyan, let alone hit him a few times.
After all, there's a saying: "The eldest brother is like a father, and the eldest sister is like a mother."
If parents are not around, then as the eldest brother or sister, it is reasonable for them to have the responsibility to teach their younger siblings.
She is Zhou Shiyan's older sister in this family, and she is the eldest child in the family. What can he do if he says a few words to her?
Hmph! Only Zhou Shiyan likes to make a mountain out of a molehill!
How annoying!
As Zhou Shiwei walked into the courtyard, she glanced towards Song Lan's house and saw Qin Boyan pushing his bicycle, just like Qin Yaxin, preparing to leave for school. Her eyes lit up, and she took the initiative to greet Qin Boyan: "Qin Boyan, are you also heading to school?"
Upon hearing this, Qin Boyan didn't even look at Zhou Shiwei. He simply hummed in response and pushed his bicycle toward the courtyard gate.
Qin Yaxin followed closely behind, urging Qin Boyan in a low voice, "Second brother, hurry up, let's go quickly, so we don't have to ride with them all the way."
"good."
Qin Boyan responded and straddled the car seat with his long legs.
Qin Yaxin moved quickly, almost instantly getting into the back seat.
"Could you ride a little faster?"
Seeing that Qin Boyan and Qin Yaxin had already ridden their bicycles dozens of meters away, Zhou Shiwei casually said something to Zhou Shiyan.
"This is my speed. If you think it's too slow, then ride it yourself!"
Zhou Shiyan simply gripped the brakes, then braced himself with both feet on the ground. Before Zhou Shiwei could react, he swiftly pulled his right leg back from the front bumper, gripped the handlebars, and stood firmly.
"I'll give you my spot, you can ride it."
He looked at Zhou Shiwei expressionlessly.
"Zhou Shiyan, what do you mean?"
Zhou Shiwei's face turned red with anger: "If I could ride a bicycle, would I be putting up with your temper? Don't think that just because Dad said a few words to me you're right and that you can disregard me as your older sister!"
"How could I dare? You're Zhou Shiwei, your mind is as sharp as a sieve. I haven't even done anything to you, and you're already badmouthing me to Mom and Dad..."
Before Zhou Shiyan could finish speaking, Zhou Shiwei interrupted him: "Enough! Zhou Shiyan, don't push your luck. I just asked you to ride faster. It's such a small thing. Do you have to take it so seriously?"
Besides, I wanted to get to school early to study; is that wrong?
Zhou Shiwei spoke with righteous indignation, as if she had no ulterior motives in urging Zhou Shiyan to hurry up.
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