What is he fighting every day against the version of himself that dreams of lying down? It's all for the sake of taking on the burden called family.
Now that I'm middle-aged, I'm surrounded by people who depend on me: a wife I need to take good care of, children who haven't grown up yet, and parents who are getting older...
He was no longer a child who could rely on his parents at will; he had to shoulder all these burdens alone.
Chen Lu only learned about Chen Guanglin's situation back then now.
Being the head of a household is not an easy job.
Liang Zhirou slowly closed her eyes, relaxed completely, and quietly leaned against him.
Since being with this man, this feeling of security has lingered in her heart countless times. She always feels that even if the sky falls, Chen Lu will definitely have a way.
"Did you deliberately go along with Mu Xue's little scheme and have Jiang Nan become the tutor?" After a while, she asked softly again, "Did it really work?"
"Yes." Chen Lu said with extreme confidence, "Silly boy, you don't understand, do you? This is definitely better than finding a top tutor."
Liang Zhirou pondered for a moment, then asked curiously, "If I were to tutor you, would you be able to get into Tsinghua or Peking University?"
She thought it was very likely.
Chen Lu is inherently very smart; he just likes to slack off. With my encouragement, he'll definitely become incredibly capable.
"Won't."
Chen Lu said with certainty, "If you tutor me, I definitely won't even be able to get into university."
"Why..."
Liang Zhirou was halfway through her sentence when she saw Chen Lu staring at her body with a wicked grin, and she immediately understood.
"You scoundrel! You deserve to starve to death..."
She clenched her fist at Chen Lu with a fierce look, tied her hair up with a hair tie, and stormed off to the kitchen.
"Hey, didn't you say you were going to starve me to death?" Chen Lu asked with a smile.
"I can't bear to part with it!"
Liang Zhirou's self-righteous voice came from the kitchen.
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