Ever since she was born, Yan Xiao had never cried.

Even when the system informed her that she was a cannon fodder and would not live past the age of eighteen, she still did not shed a single tear.

But now, she had cried from the difficulty of a primary school entrance exam question.

When she cried, it was like the floodgates had been opened; it was uncontrollable.

Chen ZiLu, who had never heard her niece cry before, froze when she heard the crying coming from upstairs. Then, she quickly rushed upstairs once she realised it was her niece crying.

Yan Xiao was weeping sorrowfully.

When Chen ZiLu saw her niece in such a state, she felt like her heart had been pierced.

“Xiao Xiao?” She carried her niece off the chair and asked in a soft voice, “Xiao Xiao, look at Auntie, what’s wrong?”

Yan Xiao herself didn’t expect that she would start crying the moment she opened her mouth and that she would even cry nonstop. The more she cried, the more upset she felt. So when she heard her aunt’s voice, she immediately buried her head in her aunt’s shoulder.

“It’s okay, it’s okay,” Chen ZiLu didn’t know what happened, so she comforted her niece while asking Qiu Li, “What happened just now?”

When she came in, she only saw her niece crying and Qiu Li standing by the side with a bewildered look on his face, but it didn’t seem like they had a conflict.

Qiu Li was even more confused than Chen ZiLu. He looked at Yan Xiao, who was on the verge of fainting from crying so hard, then bit his lip and shook his head.

Chen ZiLu: “……”

She gently patted her niece’s back, “Xiao Xiao, don’t cry, don’t cry …… Tell Auntie what’s wrong, okay?”

When her aunt asked her this question, Yan Xiao cried even harder.

After all, it was the first time her niece cried, and Chen ZiLu was not as experienced as her sister with children, so she was at a loss for what to do. She could only turn to ask Qiu Li, who was still confused, “Just now, what were you two doing?”

Qiu Li himself was also thinking about what had gone wrong, and when he heard her question, he raised his finger and pointed to the exam papers on his desk, “Doing practice questions.”

Chen ZiLu: “?”

Qiu Li thought for a moment, then once again firmly stressed, “Just doing practice questions.”

After the two of them went upstairs, they only talked about the practice questions, and Yan Xiao had cried during the process of doing them.

He pursed his lips tight again –– could it be that she didn’t like the questions on this exam paper?

Following Qiu Li’s gesture, Chen ZiLu looked over with a puzzled expression …… Primary school entrance exam questions?

What is the meaning of this?

Aren’t they both in kindergarten?

“Maybe she doesn’t like this exam paper.” Qiu Li said after serious consideration.

Chen ZiLu: “Xiao Xiao did it?”

Qiu Li nodded: “Mmm, I don’t know how to solve question nine, so she said she’d teach me.”

Chen ZiLu: “……”

Seeing Qiu Li looking guilty and worried, Chen ZiLu gently patted him on the head, “It’s alright, she’ll be fine after a while.”

After saying that, she continued to comfort her niece, “Xiao Xiao, tell Auntie what made you unhappy, okay?”

Yan Xiao cried so hard that her ears could no longer hear the sounds of the outside world. It was only after a long time, when she was finally tired from crying, that she hiccupped as she opened her eyes, which had swelled into the shape of a peach.

Chen ZiLu wiped the tears off her niece’s face and continued to inquire, “Tell your Auntie what’s wrong. Auntie is invincible, don’t you remember?”

It was fine when she didn’t say this, but once she said this, Yan Xiao pouted and almost started crying again.

“Fine, fine, fine, don’t do the questions anymore ……” Chen ZiLu hugged her and stood up, getting far away from the desk.

–– After she finished listening to Qiu Li’s recount of the incident, she had her own guesses on what had happened. After spending so much time with her niece, she naturally knew that children’s self-esteem can often be even stronger than that of adults. Moreover, children are more sensitive.

At the mention of the questions, that strong wave of panic and shame arose again, and she hiccupped and sobbed as she said, “It’s too, too difficult wuuuu ……”

If it wasn’t for her niece crying so hard, Chen ZiLu almost couldn’t hold back her laughter.

“Too difficult, huh?” She resisted her urge to laugh, “The questions are too difficult because you are still a little kid. It’s normal that you can’t do it. When you grow up, you will be able to do it, so there’s no need to cry over this. Moreover, Auntie can also teach you ……”

Yan Xiao twisted her body over and nestled against her aunt’s shoulder, pursing her lips and sadly swallowing her tears back.

Aunt doesn’t understand.

In this world, no one will understand her sorrow at all.

“Let’s go,” Chen ZiLu reached her hand out to Qiu Li, “Let’s go downstairs first, and I’ll teach you the questions you don’t know later ……”

Looking at the hand that reached out in front of him, Qiu Li was stunned.

This was the second person, apart from Yan Xiao, to reach out to him.

He hesitated for a while before he took the exam paper, and placed his hand into Chen ZiLu’s hand.

Chen ZiLu had noticed the hesitation and surprise on Qiu Li’s face just now. Regarding Qiu Li’s move out of the Qiu house, she had heard the rumours of how the children had to suffer as a result of the adults’ sins.

When she came downstairs, Chen ZiLu put her niece on the sofa, then took the exam paper from Qiu Li to read the questions.

Qiu Li stood by the side and waited for a while, and could not resist looking at Yan Xiao, who was still hiccupping.

However, after meeting Qiu Li’s eyes, Yan Xiao turned her head away.

Qiu Li: “……”

Yan Xiao tried holding her breath to suppress the hiccups, but even after trying for a long time, she was unsuccessful.

It was so humiliating.

She shouldn’t have come today.

Chen ZiLu looked through the questions for a while, then explained to Qiu Li how to solve such questions.

Qiu Li could only retract his gaze and pay attention to the explanation.

As he was listening, Qiu Li saw that Yan Xiao, who had her back facing them, had covered her ears, and he furrowed his eyebrows.

She probably really hates doing practice questions, right?

When she said that just now, she was probably just saying it for fun, but he took it seriously, and that’s what made her so upset?

Seeing that she was still huffing and puffing, Qiu Li felt a little guilty. It was his fault this time, and he will remember it.

Chen ZiLu graduated from a prestigious school. Although she was not familiar with this kind of genius-class entrance exam questions, she still possessed the necessary basic knowledge, and so she had finished explaining the whole exam paper to Qiu Li in just a short while.

By the time she finished explaining the exam questions, it was already twelve o’clock. Since the aunty who was looking after Qiu Li had yet to return, Chen ZiLu took the initiative to bring the two children out for lunch.

Qiu Li was a little excited, but he maintained a calm façade, and only nodded his head in a reserved manner.

The time taken for one exam paper was enough for Yan Xiao to adjust her mood. By the time they left the Qiu’s house, she was already emotionally stable.

“I’m sorry.”

Before getting into the car, Qiu Li apologised softly.

Yan Xiao had just been wondering how she could get along with Qiu Li after she had lost so much face when she heard this apology. She was a little puzzled, “Why do you have to say sorry?”

Qiu Li had a grim look, “I shouldn’t have made you cry.”

Yan Xiao: “……”

– 007––!!!

System: [Yes.]

– Is there something wrong with the little villain?

System: [No abnormalities detected.]

Yan Xiao: ?

She tilted her head and stared at Qiu Li for a while.

Could it be that the little villain, who had yet to blacken, still had a good moral character and felt bad about ‘bullying’ a girl younger than himself into crying?

Yan Xiao frowned and looked at Qiu Li with a complicated expression.

Just when she was lamenting that she had cried and experienced shame and anger for so long in vain –

[Ding, 44 points now].

Yan Xiao: “………………”

Apologizing while hating her, she knew it, this little villain was very scheming. She had been too naive!

“It’s fine,” she waved her hand, and wasn’t as happy about gaining points as she used to be. Instead, she furrowed her eyebrows, and said with a haughty expression, “I don’t care anyway.”

Looking at Yan Xiao, who was being carried onto the car, the corners of Qiu Li’s mouth slightly lifted.

When she said she doesn’t care, she meant that she didn’t take it to heart and wasn’t angry with him, right?

[Ding, 46 points now.]

[Ding, 47 points now.]

[Ding, 48 points now.]

[Ding, 50 points now.]

The four consecutive notifications made Yan Xiao’s eyes widen in disbelief, and she jerked her head to gaze at Qiu Li, who was standing beside the car with his head slightly lowered and his lips pursed, making it difficult to see his expression. You scheming villain, aren’t you going too far?

Was, was it too late for her to start crying?

 

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