Chapter 81 Cooperative

When An Xiulan could postpone meeting with her tutor, Han Zixin wasn’t lucky enough to do the same. The old man had been storming on his head and if he by any chance refused to have a tutor, he was sure that he would be dragged back to the new humble villa that his grandfather had been talking about.

Under no circumstances, he was ready to go back to live with the old man. He had his own parents – the only parents he was ready to acknowledge, not the ones that gave birth to him only to throw him away.

“Hello, I’m Song Xueyun, I will be your tutor,” Song Xueyun monotonously said while Han Zixin was left gaping at her. “Your grandfather booked the table for tutoring you every day.”

With this said, she took a seat in front of him and began taking out notes and all the material that he needed.

“Do we have any problem, Student Han?” Song Xueyun asked, raising her brow at him coldly.

And at this moment, Han Zixin knew that this girl was going to use guilt and regret to make him agree to this stupid arrangement. If he wasn’t guilty, he would have cooperated with her the entire time she was tutoring him.

“How did it go?” Han Nanxian asked when he saw Han Zixin leaving for the dormitory.

Song Xueyun sighed. “He didn’t resist the idea like I had expected. But I don’t like his quietness either. He was nodding and listening all along. But Nanxian, he had sealed the doors of his head. I can vouch that he didn’t understand a single word or dare I say he didn’t want to understand a single word. He is protesting silently.”

“He is stubborn,” Han Nanxian muttered. “Until and unless he realises that he needs to work hard to score good marks, he is not going to genuinely cooperate with you.”

“Do you know he is not even worried about the monthly test,” Song Xueyun said as she looked at him? “I wish I could be as carefree as him.”

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“What’s that?” Gu Shangyan asked as he followed Lu Xuan to a dark alley. They were supposed to be pretending to study at his place but here they were.

Lu Xuan smirked as he pushed the door open and show Gu Shangyan the joy of life that he was missing.

“No way,” Gu Shangyan murmured as he pushed aside the boy and entered. “A cyber cafe? No way! It’s a gamer’s cafe!”

“Student Gu, whoever loses gets to buy the winner dinner, “Lu Xuan challenged and who was Gu Shangyan to refuse a good challenge?

Two hours later, Gu Shangyan and Lu Xuan were still playing the match against each other. And in the end, Gu Shangyan lost.

“I will defeat you next time for sure,” Gu Shangyan muttered. He couldn’t believe that he was defeated just like that.

“Loser gets to buy the winner dinner,” Lu Xuan singsonged as he put his hand behind his head and smirked at the genius Gu who had always been a topper.

Gu Shangyan showed him his empty pockets and shrugged.

“What a killjoy you are!” Lu Xuan muttered as he realised that he didn’t have money with him either. His cards were blocked by his bastard father for no reason. He didn’t want to return home and eat with his family as his father would be singing praises of Gu Shangyan and Peng Cheng throughout the dinner, making his tongue bitter and stomach acidic.

“I don’t want to go to my place,” Lu Xuan muttered.

“Neither do I,” Gu Shangyan replied. “Your father gives me creepy feelings. If I didn’t know better I would think he wants to adopt me or what!”

Lu Xuan laughed bitterly. “My father is officially in love with you. Ask your father to hide you somewhere or Lu Zhaolin will adopt you first thing first after he threw me out of his house.” Taking a pause he went on, “Are all fathers scumbags and impossible to please?”

Gu Shangyan paused for a moment and then looked at the dark sky. Then he shrugged, “Hell if I knew.”

Lu Xuan’s gaze fell on the boy and he understood that he said something he shouldn’t have. Thus, feigning as if all was well, he put his arm over his shoulder and said, “Student Gu, since we are broke, just invite me to your place for dinner. I can assure you that I will pay you back for dinner by washing the dishes and pot.”

Gu Shangyan rolled his eyes but silently agreed with the weird request.

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“Let them sleep,” An Qinyan said with a yawn as she saw An Xiulam taking pictures of sleepy kittens. Lately, her daughter had been taking pictures of everything she did or ate and posting them on Weibo. Although she didn’t say this, it gave her headaches.

Her daughter was officially an internet-addicted girl.

“Mom, look how beautiful Betty looks with this pose,” An Xiulan giggled as she looked at her photograph once again. “Wait, I’m going to post this.”

“I can understand why people are obsessed with these numbers,” An Xiulan said to herself as the number of posts went high once again.

From the corner of her eyes, An Qinyan looked at An Xiulan’s phone and found that her daughter had posted around hundred posts but there was only one follower and one following.

“Lanlan, who are you posting all these for?” An Qinyan couldn’t help but ask.

“For me, myself and I,” An Xiulan cheekily replied, making her mother chuckled.

An Qinyan raised her head to pat her daughter’s head like she usually did but today as her plan touched the head, An Xiulan winced.

“What’s wrong?” An Qinyan asked in worry.

“I bumped my head against the pillar,” An Xiulan softly replied.

“Oh my God, why didn’t you tell me?” An Qinyan said, anxiously. “Oh no, there is a bump on her head. Does it hurt, baby?”

“No mom, I searched on the internet and found that it was not a big injury and will heal on its own, ” An Xiulan replied with a sweet smile.

An Qinyan strictly said, “Does the internet know more than your mom?”

An Xiulan was halfway to nodding her head but when she saw the strict look on her mother’s face she shook her head.