Guan Mingyu was taken aback, her gaze darting as she nodded, "Yes."
"Senior year of high school?"
Upon hearing this, Guan Mingyu bowed her head and replied meekly, "Mm, there’s only one month left until the college entrance exams."
Being twenty years old and in senior year, Li Qiao was also quite surprised when she found out about Guan Mingyu.
At that moment, Li Qiao tapped the steering wheel and looked at Guan Mingyu’s slightly uncomfortable expression, her eyes dimming, "Your birthday is in November, and you’re not yet twenty years old, the legal age for marriage. Moreover, you’re currently a high school student.
So, be honest, when you and your brother went to find Li Shaoquan, you didn’t really intend to marry him, did you?"
After money, that seemed even more likely.
This analysis by Li Qiao caused Guan Mingyu to suddenly breathe rapidly, lifting her head. She opened her mouth but found herself at a loss for words.
"If you’re willing to tell the truth, then we can continue this conversation. If not, you can get out of the car now."
Li Qiao’s patience was running thin; she had sought out Guan Mingyu simply to prevent Li Shaoquan from getting into further trouble.
But if she wasn’t willing to be candid, then the only solution was to figure out a way to drive this brother and sister out of South Sea to prevent future problems.
Guan Mingyu remained silent for a long time, seemingly caught in a difficult dilemma.
Li Qiao’s fingertips tapped the steering wheel repeatedly, and just when her patience was about to run out, Guan Mingyu bit her lip and said with difficulty, "Miss Li, I know what my brother did was wrong, but he didn’t have any bad intentions.
I admit, my brother saw Li Shaoquan’s residence and got some ideas he shouldn’t have.
But everything he did was for me. He knew I had been in an online relationship with Li Shaoquan for a few months, and he thought Li Shaoquan genuinely liked me.
So... my brother considered entrusting me to Li Shaoquan, and beyond that, we never thought of getting anything from Li Shaoquan, truly."
Her explanation was sincere and heartfelt. At least, to Li Qiao, it seemed that Guan Mingyu was not lying.
She gazed at the other party unwaveringly, "Why did he want to entrust you to Li Shaoquan?"
Guan Mingyu blinked, her fingers slowly curling up, "Because he thought that if I were with Li Shaoquan, perhaps... there would be money for treatment."
"What illness do you have?" Li Qiao raised her eyebrows slightly, remembering the photo she had once seen. Was there more to the story?
Guan Mingyu pursed her lips, her gaze flickering, but ultimately shook her head with a sense of inferiority, "I don’t know what the illness is. Two years ago, when I was in senior year, one day, I suddenly started having a persistent high fever, and then my body began to change.
Eventually, I had to drop out of school. At that time, my brother and I went to all the hospitals in the county, but the doctors couldn’t find the cause.
Because of this illness, my brother brought me to South Sea to get checked at bigger hospitals, where the doctors guessed that there was a problem with my chromosomes.
But we didn’t have enough money to continue with the checkups and treatment, so we just kept delaying."
A chromosomal problem?
Li Qiao caught the key point in her words, suddenly becoming somewhat interested, "Which hospital did you go to for the checkup?"
"South Sea Medical University Affiliated Hospital."
Li Qiao’s eyes narrowed with understanding. If it really was a chromosomal issue, she might be able to check the medical records.
In the car, Guan Mingyu nervously looked at Li Qiao, "Miss Li, everything I’ve said is true. Otherwise, I wouldn’t still be in senior year at twenty years old.
The current South Sea No. 2 Middle School was where my brother begged his contractor to let me attend as a guest student.
You can ask his contractor about this; they can all vouch for me."