Li Yuxin had long since gotten used to Li Yu'an's antics.
She reached out to pat his head and glanced at the door where Lei Chong was standing. Seeing his dark expression, she felt a chill in her heart. She bent down and asked Li Yu'an softly, "What did he say to you?"
Li Yu'an, now a complete "sis-con," imdiately betrayed Lei Chong without hesitation. He repeated everything that Lei Chong had said earlier, word for word.
Upon hearing this, Li Yuxin's heart sank. She wasn't naive; in fact, because she had been neglected at ho in the past, she was very sensitive to malice, especially after Li Yu'an frequently reported her bullying to the adults. Now, the viciousness of Lei Chong's later actions—each one designed to harm Zhouzhou—wasn't just childish pranks but seed to have been made with lethal intent.
She quickly decided that once they were alone, she would tell Zhouzhou about it. But Zhouzhou, as usual, wasn't overly concerned. She simply waved it off and said, "It's okay, he can't hurt ."
The power of the talisman Zhouzhou had created was tied to the anger in Lei Chong's heart; the more vicious his plans, the harder the slap would land. If Lei Chong truly wanted to kill her, his own destructive force would have backfired long before he had the chance to act.
But, of course, as Chief had instructed, she had adjusted the talisman's intensity to ensure that Lei Chong wouldn't die from it. Zhouzhou had to be cautious, though, as she hadn't expected Lei Chong's malice to be so toxic. He certainly took after his villainous parents.
Zhouzhou couldn't help but think of the scholarship she had missed out on because of him, and her mood soured. The more she thought about it, the angrier she beca. She jumped to her feet, grabbed Lei Chong, and dragged him to a corner, giving him a good beating—focusing on places that would hurt but wouldn't cause any lasting harm.
A few minutes later, she returned, feeling refreshed.
Seeing her like this, Li Yuxin couldn't help but chuckle. Zhouzhou was truly the strongest; there was no need to worry about her.
anwhile, Lei Chong was lying in a corner, fuming with anger, almost seeing stars. His expression was twisted with rage as he glared at Zhouzhou, emitting an aura of death.
Ahhhhh, he swore he would kill her!
Just then, a loud "smack!" echoed, and a massive hand landed on his head, causing him imnse pain and montarily scattering all his malicious thoughts.
The large hand slowly retreated, and a voice sighed in disappointnt. "How could a child be so malicious? You definitely need a lesson."
The hand gave him one more smack.
Lei Chong, now dazed, looked at the ceiling, feeling weak and powerless. He pouted and almost started crying. He missed his mom and grandpa so much.
After being disciplined, Lei Chong clearly beca more subdued. He didn't dare to provoke Zhouzhou for the next few days.
anwhile, Zhouzhou was overjoyed because her daily allowance of one hundred yuan had been settled, and she smiled widely every day.
One day, thinking back to the mathematics Olympiad Qin Lie had ntioned, she rushed to find Qin Er. Qin Er had participated in many of these competitions and was very familiar with them. He explained the competition process to her.
"Basically, you just solve problems, and the higher your score, the further you can advance to the next round."
"First, we have an internal competition in our school, then city-wide, province-wide, and national level. If you manage to win a national award, the prize money is quite generous."
"How much?" Zhouzhou asked, her eyes sparkling.
Qin Er smiled and replied, "I won the national championship one year, and they gave a prize of one hundred thousand."
"Wow!" Zhouzhou's eyes lit up like golden ingots. That's a lot of money!
Qin Er continued, "This year's competition is even bigger. It coincides with the triennial World Olympiad. If you win the national award, you can go on to the world stage. If you get a good ranking there..."
He didn't even need to finish his sentence. The two of them already had wide grins on their faces, imagining the sound of coins clinking.
Zhouzhou giggled. "Hehehe."
Qin Er chuckled as well. "Hehehe."
At that mont, Qin Lie walked into the room. Seeing the two of them grinning like fools, he stopped in his tracks and cleared his throat.
Hearing the sound, Zhouzhou imdiately looked over. "Daddy!"
She rushed over and hugged his leg. "Daddy, I want to be the champion!"
Qin Lie raised an eyebrow, and after Qin Er explained, he understood the situation. He handed her the book he was holding. "Here, study hard and do well in the competition."
It was good that she was focusing on a competition like this. At least she wouldn't be getting into any dangerous situations.
"Mm-hmm!" Zhouzhou happily accepted the books, only to realize that they were past Olympiad competition papers and a mock test.
This was her first ti participating, so she didn't know the significance of the materials. However, Qin Er noticed the author of the papers imdiately and his eyes lit up. "These are from the highest authority in the Olympiad, the one who used to write the questions for many years! He only retired in the last couple of years."
Even though the author was retired, he had been a question-setter for many years, and his materials were highly regarded. Using this textbook, anyone would know how valuable it was.
Qin Er flipped open the pages, and to his surprise, it was handwritten. He couldn't help but gasp in amazent.
"Did you have him write this by hand?" Qin Er asked.
Qin Lie nodded nonchalantly, "Yes, what's wrong?"
Qin Er fell silent for a mont, envious of Caicai for having a dad like Qin Lie, who would go out of his way to ensure she had the best resources. He didn't have that luxury with his own father, who always seed to be criticizing him.
Qin Er felt a wave of sadness wash over him and couldn't stop himself from speaking his mind.
Zhouzhou, hearing this, hugged Qin Lie tightly and proudly said, "My daddy is the best in the world!"
Qin Er imdiately agreed, "That's right! If I could be your son, I'd be the happiest."
"Uncle, you should consider it! I'm Caicai's confidant, after all."
Qin Lie didn't respond and simply turned slightly away.
Qin Er looked behind him and t his father's amused face.
Qin Xu coldly snorted, "You don't want to be my son? Fine, then from now on, don't co asking for any pocket money or New Year's money. Go ask your little uncle for it instead."
The father and son exchanged jabs.
After a mont's pause, Qin Er said, "Okay, you just took a notebook from , five yuan, let's settle the bill, Uncle Qin."
He spread his hand out seriously.
Qin Xu swore that he wasn't intentionally trying to mock him. He was just happy to finally have an excuse to get back at him.
He couldn't say anything in return, feeling utterly frustrated.
That troubleso child, whoever wants him can have him!
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