Although the words werenât pleasant, and he seemed like he didnât want to meddle any longer, Ruan Lei knew this was his compromise, and immediately beamed: "Thank you, Dad, thank you, Mom!" He then turned and bowed to Shu Jiao: "Thank you, Aunt!"
"Alright, look at you being so hopeless!" Ruan Jianjun saw his eyes turning red, full of disdain.
Du Qing patted his head: "Since youâve decided, you have to work hard and make something of it, understand?"
Ruan Lei, eyes red, hoarsely responded.
"The matter of your college preference is over, but you canât get away with fooling your mom and me. Your allowance for this month is gone. Anyway, you eat at school all day, so you wonât starve!" Ruan Jianjun.
"Dad!" Ruan Lei yelled, counting on slowly paying back the private money he borrowed from Yang Tao with his allowance!
"Donât shout, itâs annoying to hear!" Ruan Jianjun felt extremely disgusted, turned to Shu Jiao, exchanged pleasantries, and left with Du Qing.
Ruan Lei returned to the classroom disheartened. Seeing his expression, Ruan Jiaojiaoâs heart sank. She thought Ruan Jianjun still hadnât agreed and asked him softly: "Lei brother, did Aunt and Uncle still not agree?"
Beside him, Lu Zishu also looked worried.
"Sis, from now on, Iâll rely on you." Ruan Lei said sorrowfully: "Remember to bring more buns for your brother every morning, oh, and donât forget a box of milk every day too, your brother is growing, canât go hungry."
"..." Ruan Jiaojiao.
At this point, how could he still be thinking about those buns!
Seeing Ruan Jiaojiaoâs gloomy face, and Lu Zishuâs worried eyes, Ruan Lei finally laughed and said: "Hey, donât you guys trust me? Your brother is someone, how could I not understand something like this? Relax! Just wait to see your brotherâs dashing figure on TV in the future!"
Saying this, he reached for the notebook in front of her, turned to a clean page, and with a flourish, wrote his name, boasting shamelessly: "This is your brotherâs autograph, keep it safe, itâll be worth a lot in the future!"
"!!!" Ruan Jiaojiao threw the book in her hand at him: "Shameless!"
Beside him, Lu Zishu also covered his head with his clothes and gave him a beating.
Ruan Lei quickly pleaded for mercy, amid laughter and jokes, the college entrance exams came a month later.
Ruan Jiaojiao and their luck for this college entrance exam wasnât bad, besides Yang Xiaona and Yang Tao who were assigned to other schools, the other six all took it at their own school.
The college entrance exam was from July 7th to 9th, for three consecutive days.
This period happened to be during summer vacation, so all of Ruan Jiaojiaoâs brothers from out of town came back, and on the morning of the 7th, they all came to accompany her for the exam.
In this era, not many people actually accompanied for the exam, those living close might come, but most still came alone, so Ruan Jiaojiaoâs whole family, including the four members of the Lu family, gathered with five cars parked at the entrance, quite a sight!
The weather in July was already very hot, but the heat didnât dampen her brothersâ enthusiasm in the slightest.
Since Shu Jiao was also invigilating this time, she couldnât accompany for the exam, but Ruan Jiaojiao was still surrounded in the center by everyone like the stars surrounding the moon.
Her brothers imparted various experiences and comforted her emotions.
The Ruanlin family and Zhao Li held her hand, occasionally asking if she felt uncomfortable anywhere.