Seeing that Jiang Qiuyu was about to soften her heart, Xu Suzhen picked up Xue Huanyu's things and put them at the door.

"Hurry up, it's hard to take a bus after dark."

Xue Wangjun wanted to drive them back to the village, but Xu Suzhen wouldn't let him. "She's going back to be a child of the Li family, why are you sending her there?!"

"Mom." Xue Wangjun looked at Xu Suzhen helplessly, "After all, I raised this child, and I have feelings for her. I will just give her a ride."

"That won't work either!" Xu Suzhen said firmly, "It's easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it's hard to go from luxury to frugality. Don't you want her to get used to a poor life now? She still thinks she's a big lady! Let's go. We can get home before six o'clock if we leave now."

When Xue Huanyu saw that Xue Wangjun was about to send her off but was stopped by Xu Suzhen, he immediately felt a grudge against Xu Suzhen in his heart.

Xue Huanyu was extremely reluctant to be forced to follow that dirty and ugly cousin back to his hometown.

But her cousin seemed unaware and kept talking to her.

"Cousin, you are so beautiful. When you grow up, will you be my wife?"

Xue Huanyu looked at him with disgust, "Are you sick?! Don't you know that relatives can't get married?"

"Cousin... why are you cursing..."

"Scolding you is the least of my responsibilities." Xue Huanyu glared at him. "I warn you, don't try to take advantage of me. I'm only going back temporarily. Sooner or later, I will have to go back to the city!"

"The Xue family won't support you anymore, so why are you going back to the city?" My cousin wiped his mouth with his dirty sleeve. "It's so expensive to live in the city. You should come live with me in the countryside. Our countryside is great in every way! It's cheap and fun."

"It's more fun in the city!" Xue Huanyu stamped her feet, "Cousin, don't talk to me anymore, or you'll keep saying I won't go back to the city with you!"

"Okay, okay. If you don't want to tell me, then don't tell me. You have a very short temper. You need to marry someone who can calm you down in the future."

Xue Huanyu was sulking. Getting married? She didn't want to! She just wanted to get a share of the Xue family's wealth so that she would never have to worry about food and clothing.

When Xue Huanyu and his cousin left, Xue Jiayu stood on the second-floor balcony and watched them leave.

Jiang Qiuyi knew that she couldn't bear it, so she touched her shoulder comfortingly, "Xiaobao, if you can't bear to leave your sister, we will go and bring her back."

"No, Mom." Xue Jiayu was indeed reluctant, but she also knew that if she took Xue Huanyu back right away, it would harm her.

"Mom, it's good to let my sister go back. If she doesn't suffer a little, she won't know what a good life she is living now."

Seeing that she had made up her mind, Jiang Qiuyi stopped trying to persuade her and only said, "If you have made up your mind, Mom and Dad will not force you. It's okay if you want to bring your sister back. Just tell us and we will drive there right away."

"Thanks, Mom and Dad, but no thanks."

"All right."

At dinner time, Xu Suzhen specially prepared a lot of dishes, including six dishes, one soup, and a very long crispy fish.

It looked like they were celebrating Xue Huanyu's move.

Xue Jiayu looked a little uncomfortable, "Grandma, why did you cook so many dishes today?"

"No." Xu Suzhen put a huge meat pie in her bowl, "Xiaobao, eat more. These are your favorite foods. You don't have to fight with others for them today. Just give them all to him in one go."

Xue Jiayu became even more unhappy and put down her chopsticks without saying a word.

[Grandma, what are you talking about? Xiaoyu has never fought with me for it. It’s not like our family can’t afford it.]

Xue Wangjun and Jiang Qiuyu heard their daughter's thoughts, glanced at Xu Suzhen, and coughed twice to remind her.

Even if they didn't remind her, Xu Suzhen wouldn't say anything more.

She quickly served Xue Jiayu some soup, "Okay, Xiaobao, grandma was wrong, drink a bowl of soup quickly and drink less milk tea."

Xue Jiayu wanted to refute, but when she saw that Xu Suzhen was so old and frail and still had to do the laundry and cooking for them, she couldn't say anything.

"Let's eat."

Xue Jiayu was eating the delicious meal, but he was thinking about what Xue Huanyu was eating.

[My sister just returned to the countryside. Is she used to the food there? ]

[My sister loves this scallion chicken. If she were here, she would definitely eat it all. ]

Jiang Qiuyu and Xue Wangjun saw that she was unhappy, and tried several times to speak up about bringing Xue Huanyu back, but were interrupted by Xu Suzhen.

"It's okay, Xiaobao. Grandma will make more of your favorite food tomorrow."

Xu Suzhen always believed that it was only a matter of time before Xue Jiayu and Xue Huanyu separated.

Children tend to forget themselves easily. After a few days, Xue Jiayu didn’t even remember Xue Huanyu.

But the truth was beyond her expectations. Xue Jiayu's concern and care for Xue Huanyu far exceeded that of an older sister for a younger sister.

The teacher called Jiang Qiuyu and asked her why Xue Huanyu didn't come to school. Jiang Qiuyu first looked at Xue Jiayu, and then verbally asked for leave for Xue Huanyu.

"How long will it take? The school can't let you take leave forever."

"At most half a month, thank you, teacher."

After the teacher hung up, Jiang Qiuyi asked Xue Jiayu, "Xiaobao, if it is confirmed that Huanyu will never come back, then mom will go to the school to process her withdrawal."

"No need——!" Xue Jiayu said quickly, "Please ask for leave first."

"good."

Jiang Qiuyu sighed inwardly, Xiaobao really couldn't bear to leave his sister.

Gu Yuan also asked Xue Jiayu where Xue Huanyu had gone.

"I'm not used to having one less person these days. We've always been the Four Musketeers, and now suddenly one is missing. It's so strange to have three Musketeers!"

"What's so strange about that?" Xue Jiayu used the physics competition as an excuse and didn't want to explain to Gu Yuan.

But Zhan Nanqi also noticed that she was absent-minded, especially when making the model, she glued things to the wrong place several times.

"You are mistaken."

Zhan Nanqi once again rescued the scrap cardboard from Xue Jiayu, "You go stay over there."

"No, Brother Nanqi, I can do it!" Xue Jiayu wanted to prove it again, but Zhan Nanqi wouldn't let her.

"There's no extra cardboard for you to stick around."

“I didn’t stick it.”

Xue Jiayu touched his nose, but he also knew that he had done more harm than good, so he played with the glue out of boredom.

"If you miss your sister, you can go and get her back."

Zhan Nanqi's words made Xue Jiayu stiffen, "I didn't miss her."

Zhan Nanqi said calmly, "You have been absent-minded since she asked for leave. You didn't answer the teacher's questions and didn't do your homework. You just broke four models. You were not like this before."

"That's because I'm in a bad mood today!" Xue Jiayu pouted, "I told you I'd just try again! Why don't you believe me?"

Xue Jiayu pretended to be angry, dropped the glue and left.

Zhan Nanqi picked up the glue, his tone calm but to the point.

"You can get mad at me, but you know very well that you miss your sister."

Xue Jiayu felt like something was stuck in her throat. She turned to look at Zhan Nanqi, but he was making the model as if nothing had happened, which made her feel anxious and at a loss.