The exam would take three days, in the evening, Fu Ying and Lin Lishan went to familiarize themselves with the examination hall.
The entire first floor of the high school building was an examination venue, and students from several classes were mixed and seated according to their grades. Fu Ying and Lin Lishan were not in the sa examination room.
Fu Ying was in class 9, situated towards the back near the window.
Ranked towards the bottom in academics, there weren’t many people behind her.
If she wanted to copy during the exam, she didn’t even know whom to copy from as the candidates in the room were pretty much all on the sa level.
During the weekend, Fu Ying sought out Wen Tian for so last-minute cramming.
Math and English were her two main difficulties. After Wen Tian explained a problem countless tis, Lin Lishan couldn’t help but mock: "Fu Ying, you’re really slow, aren’t you? Wen Tian has explained it very clearly."
Fu Ying smiled awkwardly: "I don’t understand math at all."
Lin Lishan: "This won’t do. Even if you choose arts, you still need to learn math and English."
Fu Ying exhaled, feeling defeated: "I’m trying my best."
Wen Tian adjusted his glasses and comforted her, "Don’t rush, take it slow."
Fu Ying nodded.
"Wen Tian, can you check this problem for ? Apart from my thod, are there any others?"
"There are two other ways."
"Which two?"
"I’ll show you."
Lin Lishan’s grades were much better than hers, usually getting enlightennt from Wen Tian with just a hint.
And her, feeling foolish enough to cry.
Several tis, she saw a helpless look on Wen Tian’s face.
But Wen Tian was very patient, continuing to explain to her after a resigned sigh.
When busy, ti flies quickly. The three of them stayed in the library until evening before heading ho.
When Fu Ying saw Xia Jinyun at the entrance of a cake shop, she couldn’t help but exclaim how hard she was pushing herself.
"Jinyun."
The cake shop had its grand opening today, conducting a buy-one-get-one-free promotion, with quite a queue at the entrance.
Xia Jinyun was very popular with children because she seed gentle and approachable, like a caring elder sister, making children always lean towards her.
Hearing soone calling her, Xia Jinyun turned around, surprised to see Fu Ying: "What are you doing here?"
"I was passing by."
"Wait for a bit, I’ll be off in half an hour."
"Sure." Fu Ying nodded, waiting by her side as she got busy.
She sat on the roadside bench waiting for the bus, pulling out the problems Wen Tian had gone over with her today.
She tried to solve all the problems Wen Tian had explained on her own, then compared her results with the answers Wen Tian had helped with. She finally made so progress, getting more than half of them right.
She went through the remaining incorrect problems several tis, recalling the formulas Wen Tian ntioned and rechecking his solutions until she got them right.
By the ti Fu Ying checked the last problem, Xia Jinyun had finished her shift.
"Studying so hard?"
Fu Ying sighed, drained by the math problems: "Yeah, I have an exam tomorrow."
Xia Jinyun handed her a piece of cake, smiling: "Then you’d better keep it up, you’re almost in the second year of high school."
Fu Ying sighed deeply: "Yeah."
Xia Jinyun sat beside her, feeling very hungry after a busy afternoon, tore open the cake packaging, and took a bite to fill her stomach.
"It’s getting dark, how will you get ho later?"
Fu Ying blinked, rembering her older brother would be coming ho today, shifting her gaze from the math problems to her: "Jinyun, are you free tonight?"
Xia Jinyun nodded slightly: "Yes, today my aunt is taking care of my mom."
"Then please take ho tonight." Fu Ying quickly stuffed her practice problems into her backpack, whispering mysteriously, "My big brother is coming ho tonight."
Xia Jinyun paused for a mont, then nodded slightly, her expression a bit unnatural.
Xia Jinyun originally planned to send Fu Ying ho and then go back herself, but before she could get Fu Ying ho, her electric scooter ran out of battery.
So, she had to stay overnight.
She never thought she would end up sitting at a dinner table with Fu Yi.
Fu Yi was sitting right next to her, how could she remain unflustered?
Xia Jinyun turned her head and tried to exchange seats with Fu Ying, but the girl just kept her head down, ignoring her.
Fu Mingchuan, who had just returned from a business trip, was in a good mood and introduced her to Fu Yi with a smile, "Ah Yi, this is the exceptionally diligent girl I told you about. It’s the first ti I’ve seen a young person work so hard to support her family."
Fu Mingchuan had a good impression of Xia Jinyun; the child could endure hardships. Because she needed money, and part-ti jobs paid daily and were quite high, she took on jobs everywhere, working harder than anyone else.
How many young people these days could endure hardships like her?
Not many.
Xia Jinyun felt embarrassed by the praise and lowered her head.
Fu Yi nodded and smiled at Xia Jinyun, "I know, you’re also Yingying’s friend, Xia Jinyun."
Xia Jinyun montarily lost focus, not expecting to hear her na from his mouth.
She didn’t know exactly how to feel, both happy and a bit sorrowful.
She nodded and replied softly, "Mhm."
"Ah Yan, that child." Fu Yan hadn’t co back, and Fu Mingchuan couldn’t help but ntion it, "I don’t know where he’s run off to, not giving anyone peace of mind."
Fu Yi: "He’s been in a bad mood recently."
Hearing this, Fu Ying looked pleadingly at her older brother.
Although she thought her younger brother wasn’t as gentle as her eldest brother, she and her younger brother were in the sa boat. Several tis the younger brother’s troubles had sohow involved her too, but the eldest brother stayed out of the fray, probably fearing he might expose the younger brother’s fights.
Fu Yi, seeing the pleading look from his younger sister, found it amusing.
Normally watching the two of them constantly bickering, he hadn’t expected them to show such solidarity in a crisis.
Fu Mingchuan suspiciously asked, "What’s wrong with Ah Yan?"
Fu Yi: "Nothing much, just so romantic setbacks."
Fu Mingchuan: "He’s careless, never takes relationships seriously."
"This ti, he was dumped."
Fu Mingchuan paused for a mont then snorted coldly: "Serves him right, a lesson for him."
Fu Ying kept her head down, worried her eldest brother might spill about their younger brother’s fights.
But the topic about their younger brother ended without the eldest brother ntioning any fights.
After finishing talking about her younger brother, Fu Mingchuan, sohow or another, started urging Fu Yi to marry: "Ah Yi, you’re not young anymore, you should find a girlfriend."
Upon hearing this, Xia Jinyun, who had been tense and silent, flinched and gripped her chopsticks tighter.
Fu Ying instinctively looked at Xia Jinyun.
Fu Mingchuan’s face turned serious: "You’re twenty-five already, do you still think you’re a young lad? If you don’t find soone now, are you planning to wait until you’re old to find a companion?"
"..." Fu Yi couldn’t help but smile, "Dad, what are you talking about?"
"Don’t you understand what I’m saying? When I was your age, you were already two years old."
Fu Yi nodded perfunctorily: "I understand, don’t rush this sort of thing, it can’t be rushed."
Fu Mingchuan frowned, pressing urgently: "How can I not rush? How old are you already?"
"Being older doesn’t make this sothing that can be rushed; a relationship isn’t sothing you pick out like a cabbage at the market."
"I don’t care, you must bring a girlfriend ho for the New Year."
Fu Yi laughed it off, helplessly nodding: "Understood."
Fu Ying kept watching Xia Jinyun, at the table she poked her finger at her, then clenched her fist to cheer her on.
She whispered softly, "Go for it, beco my sister-in-law."
Xia Jinyun couldn’t help but laugh.
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