Chapter 1504: Own Brothers, Why Harm Me?

Zihan is not just talking for the sake of it this time; he is playing for real.

Seeing that things were going south, Zirui ran away immediately.

While running, he shouted, "Hey, a gentleman uses his words, not his fists."

"A gentleman? Are you worthy? To deal with a petty person like you, one must use their fists; I have to beat you until you learn your lesson..." Zihan pursued him relentlessly.

The two of them started chasing and fighting in the room, then Zirui ran to the living room, so Zihan chased him there too, and finally, they ended up in the courtyard...

It was impossible for Shi Youxuan not to know about such a big commotion. She didn't intervene at first, but later, seeing that the scene was becoming truly outrageous, she stepped forward to stop Zihan: "Stop, stop, what are you doing?"

"You don't know, it's so infuriating! It's making me so mad!"

Zihan had been chasing for a long time without catching up; he was panting, but his anger had not dissipated at all.

Before his mother came over, he only thought about venting his own anger, but once she arrived, he immediately felt like he had found his backbone!

His anger didn't just fail to dissipate; it grew even stronger.

Shi Youxuan asked, "Tell me the reason, what is going on?"

Zihan recounted everything from the beginning: how he went to find Teacher Luo before the high school entrance exam, and how Zirui played tricks to switch their classes after the exam.

Zihan was extremely indignant: "Teacher Luo had already agreed that as long as our scores were high enough, he would let us into his class. It was all settled, but then he went to find Teacher Tian and got us transferred to her class instead. Sob, sob, sob... I'm not going to study anymore, I'm not going to study anymore, I'm not going to high school anymore..."

Zihan wailed loudly, almost to the point of throwing a tantrum on the floor.

Although he was very angry, he had made the situation clear.

Shi Youxuan understood that Zihan could not be blamed for this.

But if she stood on Zihan's side now, it would not only fail to solve the problem but would also make Zihan even more furious.

She prepared to steady the situation; she couldn't just listen to Zihan's side of the story. Zirui was a steady child, and if he did this, there must be a reason for it.

"Stand up first. What does it look like to be throwing a tantrum in the courtyard? Go back and talk."

Although Zihan still felt very aggrieved, he was obedient; since his mother said so, he followed her back.

Shi Youxuan sat upright on the sofa, with the two children standing before her.

She felt that the matter was not that simple.

Zirui had always been a very logical child; he would not do anything on a whim.

He must have had his reasons for doing this, but as a mother, she couldn't just say Zirui had his reasons—if she did that, Zihan would feel that she was biased.

The reason had to come from Zirui's own mouth for Zihan to possibly be convinced!

"Zirui, you speak first. Why did you go to find Teacher Tian privately when you knew your younger brother had already found Teacher Luo? I believe you must have had your reasons for doing this, right?"

The steps had already been laid out; Zirui just needed to follow them down.

But if she didn't guide him, Zirui wouldn't speak.

Zirui's personality was more like his father's—aloof and cold. He felt that if the other party should be able to understand the issue, he wouldn't offer any explanation.

Whether you understand or not is your problem; anyway, I'm doing this for your own good—that's just how he was.

This kind of personality was actually very headache-inducing. There were many things that could be explained clearly in a single sentence, but he would simply refuse to say it, and as a result, the misunderstanding would only grow larger!

"There is no reason," Zirui said.

Shi Youxuan was speechless.

She had still "underestimated" Zirui's aloofness. She thought that by laying out the steps, Zirui would take them, but she hadn't expected that Zirui wouldn't even give his own mother the benefit of the doubt.

The simple sentence caused Zihan to explode once again.

"Mom, you heard that, didn't you? You heard it all! He said there's no reason. If there's no reason, what right do you have to decide which class I go to?"

Zihan jumped three feet high, stomping his feet and shouting: "Sheng Zirui, if you want to go to Teacher Tian's class, go yourself, don't drag me into it."

"I want to go to Teacher Luo's class. This is my own business; you can't control me. You go with me to find Teacher Tian right now and tell her that this was all a misunderstanding. You can only represent yourself, you can't represent me..."

Zihan rattled off a whole lot, and his central point was very clear: he wanted to be transferred back!

Zirui gave another simple answer: "Impossible."

"Why is it that when you do something wrong, you won't admit it, and you don't want to fix it?"

Zihan turned to shout at his mother: "Mom, you have to stand up for me. Look at him, look at his attitude!"

Zihan was noisy enough on his own, but Yueyue also joined in the chaos: "Attitude, hit him." Although the little girl was young, she could already distinguish right from wrong.

She also felt that her noisy younger brother was wronged, and her quiet Sange... was asking for a beating!

"Mom, look, even Yueyue, at such a young age, knows that Zirui is in the wrong."

Zihan was relentless: "You can't be biased. This matter is Zirui's fault. He must apologize to me, and then he has to go with me to find Teacher Tian to clear things up."

"What are you in such a rush for?"

Shi Youxuan glared at Zihan: "Go back to your room. I'll talk to Zirui. Arguing won't solve the problem. How do I usually teach you all?"

"Usually is usually, now is now," Zihan muttered unconvinced.

He felt that his mother was biased.

But he had this one good trait: although he was dissatisfied, he would not defy his mother's decision.

"You can't be biased..." he said, looking back every few steps.

"If you're going to be like this, then I won't care anymore. I'm not biased; you two solve it yourselves. Let's see if you can outsmart him," Shi Youxuan added a final jab.

Zihan's arrogant momentum was instantly deflated.

He returned to his room sullenly, but before leaving, he still worriedly urged: "Mom, you must get the reason out of him. Don't be biased. Dad is already biased toward Zirui; if you stand on his side too, I won't have a way to live..."

Before he could finish his sentence, his mother glared at him: "Are you done yet?"

"I'm done."

Zihan finally went back.

Yueyue trotted along on her short legs, following behind him: "Little brother, little brother, wait for baby!"

Zihan would never refuse his younger sister, so he took her and left.

It was just as well to leave a quiet space for Shi Youxuan and Sheng Zirui, mother and son, to talk conveniently.

"Alright, there is no one else here now; you need to give me a perfect reason why you would do this," Shi Youxuan said with a very serious attitude.

Before Zirui could speak, she added, "You are not someone who acts recklessly. I believe that you must have your own reasons for doing this, and your reasoning must be far-reaching. Zihan cannot see that far right now, but he will thank you in the future."

Her words struck a chord in his heart.

Zirui did not explain to Zihan, but he said to his mother, "Mom, this is what I think: Zihan's personality is too playful, and he is too popular with girls. It is not that Teacher Luo's loose management style in class is bad, it is just not suitable for Zihan."

"In middle school, he could still keep up before our lessons, but if he remains like this in high school, I am afraid he won't be able to get into Jiang University."