"Fourth Sister, will Big Brother really give us money?"
"Probably so. Big brother won't just stand by and watch us drop out of school."
"Fourth sister, I'm scared, I'm scared of meeting bad people who steal children."
"If you're scared, then go back."
On the dark highway, Wang Xia and Wang Zhen walked hand in hand, their destination Wang Peng's house in Xiaowangzhuang.
Wang Zhen tried hard to recall the time she lived under the same roof as Wang Peng.
In her memory, her older brother was a hardworking ox who ate grass and produced milk.
But now the old ox has turned against nature; it doesn't want to eat grass, it only wants to eat meat.
Wang Xia thought to herself.
“Wang Cheng and Wang Xia often bully the eldest brother, and his parents treat him even worse. It’s normal for the eldest brother to ignore them.”
“During summer vacation, my grandma gave us instant noodles. She wouldn’t give the seasoning packets to my older brother, but she gave him mine.”
“I’ve never argued with him or bullied him, so he should give me money.”
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Xiaowangzhuang, Wang Peng's home.
Wang Peng is working hard on the workbook that Li Mengjiao gave him; the English questions in it are very difficult.
Li Fang glanced at the alarm clock on the table; it was already 11 p.m.
"Go to sleep after you finish eating, you have to go to early morning self-study tomorrow." She handed Wang Peng a bowl of fried rice with eggs.
"Go to bed before midnight." Wang Peng said while eating, looking up words in an English-Chinese dictionary.
Li Fang shook her head, turned on the light in the main room, and went to the kitchen to boil water.
As soon as I reached the entrance of the main room, I saw two figures standing in the courtyard.
"Who is it?" Li Fang shouted hurriedly.
Startled by the shouts, Wang Peng immediately put down his pen and took two steps to his cousin's side.
"Big brother."
"Big brother, I am the fourth sister."
Wang Xia and Wang Zhen came to Da Gen and looked down at their feet.
"Why are you here? It's so late!" Li Fang said hurriedly. "Come inside and let's talk."
She thought Wang Peng only had conflicts with his parents and Wang Cheng, and not with his two younger sisters.
In the dead of night, two fourteen or fifteen-year-old girls walked more than ten miles to the county town, which surprised and saddened her.
Wang Peng walked into the main room expressionlessly, glanced at his third sister Wang Xia, and a hint of disgust flashed in his eyes.
Looking at the fourth sister, Wang Zhen, his disgust intensified.
In her past life, Wang Zhen hit someone while driving under the influence of alcohol. At that time, she had just joined a state-owned enterprise.
If this matter is exposed, she will not only lose her secure job at the state-owned enterprise, but also go to jail and pay compensation.
She knelt before Wang Peng, kowtowing and crying, begging her older brother to take the blame and cover for him.
"Brother, please save me, please save me!"
“I won’t let you go to jail for nothing. From now on, I will give you half of my monthly salary until I have enough for 100,000 yuan.”
"Big brother, please save me..."
In her past life, she cried her heart out, and Wang Peng, feeling sorry for her, believed her lies and took the blame for her, spending more than a year in prison.
As a result, he didn't receive a single penny while in prison, nor did he receive a single penny after his release.
After her release from prison, Wang Zhen got married and went abroad for her honeymoon with her husband.
After that, he avoided seeing her altogether, and didn't even invite her older brother to the child's one-month celebration.
Wang Peng went to her house to borrow money to buy hepatitis B medication, but was turned away.
She said, "You're so stupid! No matter how close you are, you can't help someone go to jail!"
These words struck Wang Peng like a hammer blow to the head.
"Xiaoxia, Xiaozhen, what's wrong with you two so late?" Li Fang asked.
Seeing that the three siblings were not speaking, she realized that continuing would be a waste of time, so she decided to start a conversation.
Wang Peng also emerged from the awful meeting and silently looked at the sisters sitting opposite him.
Wang Xia dared not speak, a hint of fear on her face.
Two days ago, she came to cause trouble with her parents and was slapped hard by Wang Peng. Even now, her right cheek is still throbbing.
Wang Zhen spoke up timidly.
“Principal Wang went crazy yesterday. If we don’t pay our tuition, he won’t let us into the school tomorrow.”
“Dad won’t lend us money, so we went to our uncle to borrow from him, but he wouldn’t give us a single penny.”
"Big brother, please pay our tuition. If we can't go to school, our lives are over."
At this point, Wang Zhen shed tears, looking pitiful and heartbreaking.
"Your tuition fees only add up to two hundred yuan. Does my uncle not even have two hundred yuan?" Li Fang's eyes widened.
Wang Zhen shook his head. "The money my mother was fined by the police station was borrowed from my uncle by my father."
"What happened? Why was my aunt fined by the police station?" Li Fang raised her voice.
She was unaware that Wang Song and Li Guifen had come to cause trouble, and that Li Guifen had been arrested and detained by the police station after they called the police.
Wang Xia and Wang Zhen quickly lowered their heads, not daring to look at Wang Peng's face.
"Sister Fang, this is what happened, you weren't home at the time..."
Wang Peng calmly recounted the incident in which Wang Song and Li Guifen caused trouble.
"Fine! Fine!" Li Fang gritted her teeth in anger after hearing this, and looked at Wang Xia and Wang Zhen with disgust in her eyes.
"Pengdi, you handle this matter. I'm not involved anymore." Li Fang got up and left the room to go to the kitchen to boil water for a bath.
The atmosphere in the main room was even more desolate.
Wang Peng glanced at his digital watch. "You guys go back. I don't have any money either. I'll start building the house tomorrow."
"Brother, building a house costs a lot of money, but our tuition is only two hundred. Please, could you spare a little?" Wang Zhen's tears flowed even more freely.
Wang Peng pointed to the door and said, "Let's go. I don't have any spare money for you, and I have no obligation to support you."
"Brother, I will never forget your kindness. When I get into university, I will definitely repay you."
"I'll lend you a hundred today, and I'll pay you back a thousand later. As long as I have the money, I'll pay you back ten times more."
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