Out of heartache and pity, and also because seeing Zhou Yuchen reminded her of her past self, she felt a little gentler. She wanted to share some of the warmth that Gu Qingcheng had given her with Zhou Yuchen!
However, back then, she still knew how to study hard, but Zhou Yuchen had completely given up on her.
"I'm not a bad student!" Zhou Yuchen said in a low voice.
"Then don't be a coward in exams. If you have the ability to catch up to me, then admit that you're not a bad student. Otherwise, you'll be a bad student in my eyes!" Yun Liuli took the medicine from Guan Nina's hands and stuffed it into Zhou Yuchen's arms. "Go back to class!"
"But what if those hooligans are there too?" Guan Nina hurriedly said.
"Why are you afraid that they'll eat you?" Yun Liuli pulled Zhou Yuchen up by his wrist, then said to Guan Nina, "Let's go to class!"
Guan Nina jogged behind Yun Liuli, who was pulling Zhou Yuchen back to school in high spirits. She still felt uneasy.
When the three of them returned to the classroom, Xiao Yuan had returned to school today as well.
Xiao Yuan, who was chatting with his friends, turned around and saw Yun Liuli dragging Zhou Yuchen into the classroom. He frowned.
"Yun Liuli came to school too?"
"Yeah, she seems to be injured!"
"Are you silly? Yun Liuli applied for sick leave previously!"
The students in the classroom whispered among themselves.
Guan Nina sat next to Yun Liuli and flipped open her book, pretending not to see the gazes of the students or hear their voices.
Before class started, Guan Nina recalled the unfinished topic she had with Yun Liuli this morning. She asked, "Liuli, why do you want to earn money? You don't look like you lack money!"
Yun Liuli wasn't willing to reveal that she wanted to support Gu Qingcheng, so she said, "To repay my debt!"
She wasn't wrong. All these years, Gu Qingcheng had been supporting Yun Liuli. If she wanted to support Gu Qingcheng in the future, this could be considered as repaying her debt.
"Do you owe a lot of money?" Guan Nina asked again.
Yun Liuli thought about Gu Qingcheng's daily expenses and nodded. "A huge sum!"
Guan Nina sucked in a cold breath. "I can sponsor you 20,000 of my private stash! If you need more money, I'll give it to you after my parents give me my allowance!"
Yun Liuli felt a little touched. She smiled at Guan Nina and said, "A drop in the bucket. Forget it!"
Furthermore, Yun Liuli still had time to earn money.
Zhou Yuchen turned to look at Yun Liuli's side profile. Was she really short of money?
Zhou Yuchen flipped open the book. His hand that was holding the pen trembled slightly because of the pain.
He recalled what Yun Liuli had said just now and felt that it was Yun Liuli who had been helping him all along, and he was still throwing a tantrum. It was indeed wrong of him.
He suddenly tugged at Yun Liuli's sleeves and said in a low voice, "I'm really not a bad student!"
Yun Liuli turned her head and looked at Zhou Yuchen. His different-colored eyes were filled with sincerity.
"The exam is coming up. Prove it to me." Yun Liuli's tone was very calm.
Zhou Yuchen looked at Yun Liuli and nodded seriously. "Alright!"
That day, after school, Zhou Yuchen returned home. At the thought of Yun Liuli's lack of money, he suddenly walked into the kitchen and dug out a crumpled piece of paper from the trash can. He unfolded it, and there was a phone number written on it.
This was the number that Zhou Yuchen's biological father, who was also Xiao Yuan's biological father, had left for Zhou Yuchen.
No matter what, Zhou Yuchen was his son!
Therefore, after Xiao Yuan's father heard that Xiao Yuan and Zhou Yuchen were at loggerheads, he couldn't help but come to look for Zhou Yuchen. After seeing Zhou Yuchen's life, he left Zhou Yuchen a phone number. This was what he said to Zhou Yuchen:
"Xiao Yuan is very smart, but he shouldn't be smart when it comes to serious matters! The Xiao family will definitely be inherited by Xiao Yuan in the future. Before that, if you can cooperate with me to agitate Xiao Yuan and make him focus on serious matters, I can give you 10% of the company's shares. Think about it carefully! This is my number. Call me when you've made up your mind!"
Zhou Yuchen was smart, so he understood what Xiao Yuan's father, Xiao Qinghai, meant.
In the end, Zhou Yuchen crumpled the piece of paper into a ball and coolly threw it into the trash can in front of Xiao Qinghai without even looking at it.
However, Xiao Qinghai said, "10% of the Xiao Corporation's shares is much more than the inheritance your mother left you. Moreover, with me backing you up, Xiao Yuan won't be able to bully you. Think about it carefully!"
When Xiao Qinghai spoke to Zhou Yuchen, he didn't sound like a loving father at all. It was as if he was discussing business with an unimportant person.
Zhou Yuchen knew very well why Xiao Qinghai looked for him. Apart from the fact that he was Xiao Yuan's half-brother, it was also because Xiao Yuan looked down on Zhou Yuchen from the bottom of his heart.
Xiao Yuan was very competitive, so he definitely wouldn't be happy to have someone like Zhou Yuchen standing above him.
Zhou Yuchen held onto the phone number and stood in front of the window. The twilight made his handsome features appear a little gloomy.
Since this was Xiao Qinghai's decision, he hoped that Xiao Yuan would really have the fighting spirit to defeat him in the end, and that he, the trash that Xiao Yuan looked down on, wouldn't trample Xiao Yuan into the mud.
Zhou Yuchen crumpled the piece of paper into a ball again and dialed the number.
The moment the call connected, Zhou Yuchen said, "I'll agree to what you said. Get Xiao Yuan to stay away from the people around me, especially my former nanny and her child. Otherwise, we'll terminate our cooperation!"
Early the next morning, when Guan Nina was waiting for Zhou Yuchen at the school entrance, she saw Zhou Yuchen alighting from a luxurious car. What shocked Guan Nina even more was that Xiao Yuan was also alighting from the same luxurious car.
Compared to Zhou Yuchen's handsome face, which was covered in injuries, Xiao Yuan's face was extremely sullen!
Last night, Zhou Yuchen was brought back to the Xiao family!
Even though Grandma Xiao couldn't accept Zhou Yuchen's eyes with different colors, she recalled that her son said that he could use Zhou Yuchen to provoke Xiao Yuan into using his intelligence on serious matters. Not only did Grandma Xiao tolerate it, but she even treated Zhou Yuchen amicably under Xiao Yuan's shocked and astonished gaze.
At the dining table, Xiao Qinghai officially informed Xiao Yuan that from today onward, Zhou Yuchen would be a member of the Xiao family. Moreover, Xiao Qinghai would decide on the next successor of the Xiao family based on their academic results, as well as the marks given by their superiors who interned at the Xiao Corporation during the holidays!
Xiao Yuan, who was supposed to be the one and only successor, felt enraged. He nearly flipped the dining table. He pointed at Zhou Yuchen furiously and asked Xiao Qinghai, "What right does a piece of trash have to compete with him?"
However, Xiao Qinghai said, "If Yuchen is trash in your heart, then if you can't even compete with trash, it means that you're worse than trash. How can I hand the Xiao Corporation to someone who's worse than trash?"
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