Chapter 287: Chapter 280: Love My Elder Sister the Most
She really did not put too much pressure on herself, so she did not feel too nervous either. When it was time for the exam, she directly went in and took it.
Just as the papers were distributed, she had not yet begun to write when she heard a loud bang that startled her. She looked up to see a boy fallen to the ground with his eyes tightly shut. His face was pale, and beads of sweat were dripping down his forehead.
“Too nervous,” Tang Yuxin sighed, then took up her pen again and continued writing. Soon after, a doctor came in. Seeing the situation, the boy had to be taken out.
That would be one of the pivotal three years of high school that could never be retaken.
Tang Yuxin went on answering her paper, busy with her own world, occasionally sipping from her herbal tea.
Should she ask if she could help?
Yes, that’s a possibility, but what’s the point?
Such anxiety was not conducive to handling stressful examinations. Even if he passed this hurdle, what about the next one? The tension would eventually weigh on a person’s mind.
And if he does not perform well, then there’s no need to mention the increasingly competitive and difficult world outside.
After the student was carried out, it scared all the parents outside.
Tang Zhinian gripped Ren Li’s arm so tightly that he almost broke it.
Ren Li couldn’t help but smile bitterly.
In Tang Zhinian’s heart, Tang Yuxin was incomparable, no matter whether it was her or Chengcheng. But who could blame them? They all loved the child. Chengcheng, at his tender age, was already calling her sister instead of dad or mom, which made her heart sour for a long time.
“Don’t worry, it’s okay,” Ren Li patted Tang Zhinian’s hand reassuringly, “Look how at ease she is with the exam, and the one who was taken out isn’t your daughter, so what are you worried about?”
She was the first one to stand up and hand in her paper, and the first one to walk out of the examination hall.
Outside, Tang Zhinian and Ren Li were waiting. They both kept their eyes peeled at the door, right until she came out. Tang Yuxin raised her face, looking at the grayish-blue sky in the distance.
The smile on her lips never faded away.
She found joy in the fact that she didn’t need to study extra hours. She could spend every day with her little brother.
After Tang Yuxin had finished her exams, Ren Li could not wait to return home. She had not seen her son for three days and didn’t know if her baby would still recognize her.
As soon as she got back, she saw little Chengcheng crawling around in his open-crotched trousers. He looked up, brightened up with a smile, then started crawling forward quickly.
Ren Li felt a tug at her heartstrings, so she squatted down, stretched out her hands to pick up her son.
However, little Chengcheng crawled past his mother, ignoring the hands she extended towards him and stopped when he reached Tang Yuxin’s side. He sat down and held his sister’s leg tightly.
“Sis... Sister...”
He called very clearly, mumbling “sister” as he dribbled saliva all over her leg.
Tang Yuxin crouched down, picked up her little brother, and pinched his chubby face. Knowing that his sister was there to play with him, little Chengcheng beamed, puckered up his little mouth, and slobbered all over his sister’s face.
Ren Li was heartbroken to see this, having raised her son through all the diapers, he turned out to be an ungrateful brat. Once he had his sister, he no longer needed his mother.
But she still couldn’t help but love him, such a well-behaved and cute little thing. If she left him for a while, she would miss him.
“Mommy...”
Chengcheng clapped his little hands and called out to Ren Li, reaching out his little hands for her to pick him up. Finally, he remembered her.