Seeing that the two had almost calmed down, Zhou Siyu spoke with a face full of sisterly affection, carefully saying, "Uncle, when sister comes back later, please don’t scold her. Sister is already feeling terrible after being scolded by the teacher."
Tears circled in her eyes as she sniffled, "I didn’t plan to tell you, but I’m afraid sister will pick up bad habits from other people."
"Ah..." Shen Jianhua sighed helplessly, "You are a sensible and good child." If Mianmian were as sensible and had such good academic performance as Siyu, he wouldn’t be in such a dilemma.
Fortunately, of the two girls he was raising, one was presentable.
Lately, he had been pondering whether or not to have Zhou Siyu change her surname. If she were to change it, it had to be done sooner rather than later, because once she got into university, the Zhou family certainly wouldn’t be willing to let such an outstanding girl go to him.
But if Zhou Siyu changed her surname, Mianmian would definitely feel uncomfortable, and then she might truly begin to hate them. Read full story at 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭•𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦•𝘯𝘦𝘵
This was like gaining one daughter and losing another.
If only he had had Zhou Siyu change her surname when she first came over, when Mianmian was young and wouldn’t have thought much about it.
Alas! In the end, he felt that Zhou Siyu was already old enough to understand who her biological parents were, so he thought it wouldn’t make much sense to change her surname.
When Shen Mianmian returned home, Zhou Lanfang had already cooked the meal, and Shen Jianhua was carrying the mixed grain pancakes toward the hall. She wasn’t surprised at all; in her previous life, Shen Jianhua had also come back early.
"Why have you just come back now?"
In order to prevent the two sisters from feeling estranged, Shen Jianhua didn’t plan to let Shen Mianmian know that Zhou Siyu had snitched on her.
"I was discussing a question with a classmate." As for going out to eat noodles, that was definitely not something Shen Mianmian could let Shen Jianhua know about, so she casually found an excuse to fend him off.
She had even learned to lie, a flash of disappointment crossed the depths of Shen Jianhua’s eyes, "Put your schoolbag in the room, wash your hands, and come eat."
"Okay." Shen Mianmian acutely sensed something off about Shen Jianhua’s expression, but since he didn’t ask further, she didn’t say more either.
Every time Shen Jianhua came back from work, Zhou Lanfang would tattle, and she guessed it was the same this time, but she didn’t know how the two of them would fabricate things about her this time or how much Shen Jianhua would believe.
Zhou Lanfang put the chopsticks in Shen Jianhua’s hand, urging him to eat quickly. It had become a habit not to wait for Shen Mianmian to start eating, so she didn’t wait for Shen Mianmian’s response.
"Mianmian hasn’t come yet."
Shen Jianhua put down his chopsticks, insisting on waiting for Shen Mianmian.
As the household’s labor force hadn’t started eating, Zhou Lanfang and Zhou Siyu also felt it wasn’t right to begin, which made her somewhat unhappy, "The food’s getting cold."
As she finished speaking, Shen Mianmian walked in. Zhou Lanfang snorted coldly, scornfully saying, "Doing the least work, with the worst grades, yet you eat the most. The entire family is waiting on you."
"Sister, your chopsticks."
Zhou Siyu handed a pair of chopsticks to Shen Mianmian.
Shen Mianmian was already used to her demeanor in front of Shen Jianhua and didn’t bother with her, taking the chopsticks and beginning to eat.
Having already had noodles in town, she wasn’t very hungry now; she just wanted to eat a bit and go to bed early. There was a test tomorrow, and she needed to get up early.
"Mianmian, wait a moment, dad has a few words he wants to say to you."
Seeing Shen Mianmian put down her bowl and chopsticks, Shen Jianhua still couldn’t refrain from calling out to her.
"Dad, what is it?" Seeing his serious expression, she knew it wasn’t likely to be anything good.
"Mianmian, how confident are you in doing well on your end-of-term exam?" Shen Jianhua asked.