Li Wei walked into the Wei family home carrying a stack of books and yelled at Wei Xiao, who was sitting in the yard, "It's so heavy! I don't know what you need all these high school textbooks for."
Lin Qinghuan's eyes lit up when she heard the words "high school textbook".
Wei Xiao asked Li Wei to bring her high school textbooks. With the high school textbooks, she saw a glimmer of hope for her future.
Li Wei put the book on the ground, and Lin Qinghuan walked to his side, picked up a book with a big smile, and started flipping through it.
Li Wei saw Lin Qinghuan reading a chemistry book, and she seemed to understand the knowledge in the book quite well. However, he remembered that Lin Qinghuan was only a junior high school student. How could she possibly understand a high school textbook?
Li Wei joked, "Qinghuan, do you understand what I mean?"
Lin Qinghuan glanced at Li Wei, surprised that he underestimated her; she was a graduate of a prestigious university.
"I don't understand, can you teach me?"
Li Wei was stunned. He had forgotten everything he knew from high school and couldn't teach Lin Qinghuan.
Lin Qinghuan raised an eyebrow and asked, "What, you don't understand either, do you?"
"I thought you were very capable, but it turns out we're about the same."
Li Wei was rendered speechless by Lin Qinghuan's words.
Li Wei's lips moved as if he wanted to tell Lin Qinghuan that he had attended high school, but he had forgotten because so much time had passed.
Lin Qinghuan could tell what Li Wei was thinking just by looking at him.
"You're not trying to tell me that you've been out of school for so long that you've forgotten everything you learned in your textbooks."
Li Wei nodded.
Lin Qinghuan sighed, "Your teacher worked so hard to teach you knowledge, how could you forget it so quickly? How can you live up to your teacher's kindness in teaching you?"
Li Wei was on the verge of tears. All he asked Lin Qinghuan was a question, and she wouldn't let him go. Was it really necessary?
Lin Qinghuan looked at Li Wei's mournful face and chuckled.
"Li Wei, I was just kidding, don't take it seriously."
Li Wei looked at Lin Qinghuan with annoyance; he had taken it seriously.
Lin Qinghuan waved the book in her hand and thanked her with a smile: "Thank you for finding me high school textbooks."
Li Wei was taken aback for a moment, "So the boss found the book for you!"
Wei Xiao glared at Li Wei, annoyed, and said speechlessly, "You don't actually think I need to read these high school textbooks, do you?!"
Li Wei nodded honestly.
Wei Xiao looked at Li Wei as if he were an idiot. If Li Wei wanted to read books, he would read military books, not high school textbooks.
Lin Qinghuan picked up the textbooks from the ground and looked at Li Wei, "Thank you. I'll take the textbooks upstairs and put them away first, so I won't disturb you and Brother Wei Xiao's conversation."
Lin Qinghuan carried her textbooks upstairs, pushed open the door, and entered her room.
When Lin Piaoxue saw Lin Qinghuan carrying a large stack of books, a look of surprise and astonishment appeared on her face. Was Lin Qinghuan really going to take the college entrance examination?
Lin Piaoxue frowned slightly, a hint of displeasure flashing in her eyes. All these years, Lin Qinghuan had been hiding her true abilities, deceiving her and her family.
Lin Piaoxue glared fiercely at Lin Qinghuan. "You brat, you've been hiding your true intentions pretty well."
She wanted to see where she would get living expenses and tuition fees if her family wouldn't pay for her education.
Lin Piaoxue wondered if Lin Qinghuan would be furious if she didn't have the money to study even if she got into university.
Lin Piaoxue thought of Lin Qinghuan's frustrated expression and a gloating smile appeared on her face.
Lin Qinghuan picked up a book and leaned against the headboard to read until the sun set. Wei Xiao knocked on the door to call her for dinner, and she realized it was already dinnertime.
Lin Qinghuan put down her book and walked out of the room, smiling at Wei Xiao who was standing at the door: "Brother Wei Xiao!"
Wei Xiao said, "You've been reading all afternoon, can your eyes take it?"
Wei Xiao's voice carried a hint of heartache.
Lin Qinghuan: "I need to finish reading the book before I leave your house."
Wei Xiao said, "Qing Huan, you can take the book home to read."
Lin Qinghuan sighed. She wanted to take the book back with her, but her family would definitely not let her read it properly, and might even burn it.
Wei Xiao noticed that Lin Qinghuan's brows were slightly furrowed, as if she had something difficult to say.
"Qinghuan, are you worried that you won't have time to study after you go home?"
Lin Qinghuan sighed, "I'm worried that when I get home, my family will stop me from studying, and they might even throw all my textbooks into the fire and burn them, cutting off my desire to study."
The Lin family! They're always thinking about keeping her in their grasp, making her work like a slave for them. How could they possibly let her escape their control? Every step she takes in the Lin family is like walking on thin ice.
She had thought about leaving, but it was the early 1980s, and you needed a letter of introduction to go out, and a temporary residence permit for long-term stay. Her every move was still under the watchful eyes of the Lin family.
She was a stranger in this world, with no one she knew and no one to turn to. She could only swallow all her grievances and resentment alone.
Sometimes, people have to succumb to their circumstances.
Studying is her only way out, the only way to escape the Lin family and become her original self again.
All she can do now is endure.
Looking at the faint sorrow between Lin Qinghuan's brows, Wei Xiao felt a surge of bitterness and heartache.
"Qinghuan, you can stay at my house for a while longer, finish reading Gaoze's textbooks, and then go back to Baiyun Village."
Lin Qinghuan looked up at Wei Xiao. Ever since she met him, he had always thought of her and was the second person to show her kindness.
Her mother and grandmother also cared for her deeply, allowing her to feel a long-lost warmth in this lonely world.
"Brother Wei Xiao, you are so good to me. I wish you were my brother."
Wei Xiao paused for a moment, then came to his senses. "I don't want to be your older brother."
Lin Qinghuan glared at Wei Xiao defiantly, "What's wrong with being my brother? Am I that bad?"
Wei Xiao ruffled Lin Qinghuan's hair and laughed, "I don't care about having a younger sister, but I do need one..."
Wei Xiao paused here, looking at Lin Qinghuan with a mysterious air.
Lin Qinghuan's eyes lit up, and she looked at Wei Xiao, asking, "Brother Wei Xiao, what are you missing?"
Wei Xiao hesitated for a moment before saying, "I... I'm missing one..."
Lin Qinghuan grew impatient and urged, "Stop keeping me in suspense! What are you missing? Just tell me!"
Wei Xiao coughed and joked, "I'm missing a wife, do you want to be my wife?"
Lin Qinghuan was stunned.
Wife? Wei Xiao actually wants me to be his wife?
Holy crap! She must be hallucinating?
Looking at Lin Qinghuan's incredulous expression, Wei Xiao's deep eyes flashed with a hint of sadness, which vanished in an instant before returning to normal.
His words today were a test of Lin Qinghuan, but she only saw surprise on Lin Qinghuan's face, not shyness. In Lin Qinghuan's heart, there were no strange feelings for him at all.
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