Chapter 1027

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

Three years ago, Wang Xiaohua went to Niu Chunsheng's home to help Niu Linxin with tutoring homework; Niu Linxin's deskmate Wang Xiaoqian went to her house to freeload the lessons, and unexpectedly this caused these two girls, who originally had similar academic levels, to walk onto different paths.

Niu Linxin was playful and stubborn; when Wang Xiaohua tutored her, she simply couldn't focus on learning, her mind full of eating, drinking, and playing.

Wang Xiaoqian, on the other hand, cherished the opportunity to be tutored by Wang Xiaohua exceptionally, listened very seriously, and as a result, after that summer vacation, her academic performance underwent an earth-shaking change.

During the high school entrance exam, Niu Linxin didn't even reach the high school admission score line, while Wang Xiaoqian barely squeezed into County No. 1 High School's Special Elite Class with the rank of last place in the class.

Now they are already second-year high school students.

Niu Linxin has gone all the way down the road of an academic slacker; every exam is outrageously bad, she can even score single-digit marks in math.

Wang Xiaoqian, meanwhile, has counterattacked all the way on the road of a top student; now she can steadily stay in the top ten of the whole grade.

Hearing Niu Chunsheng's account, Wang Xiaohua felt not the slightest surprise at Niu Linxin's academic performance.

Back then, Niu Linxin didn't have a shred of desire to study; the most fatal thing was that she was also cunning and fearless — at that time Niu Chunsheng and Lin Xiaofang hadn't had a second child yet, she felt her life had her parents to backstop her, if she couldn't get into university she could just come back and inherit the family business, so she simply didn't take studying seriously at all.

Her current rebellion and resistance against her parents is very clearly because her own interests have been damaged; she knows better than anyone what her parents having a second child means.

This means she will not only lose favor, but also lose the majority of family benefits; she is no longer the sole heir.

It's just a pity her ability is only so-so; even her means of resistance can only be through self-harm to anger her parents — piercing ears, dyeing hair, even tattoos — she thinks this can retaliate against her parents, little knowing the more she acts like this, the more disappointed Niu Chunsheng and Lin Xiaofang become with her, and the more disappointed they become, the more they will value the second child born.

After all, the first child has been raised into a waste; the second child will definitely be raised well, at least avoiding all the pits stepped in before, at least no longer believing the brainwashing of those media that tout Western education methods, no longer believing in so-called happy education.

"Uncle Chunsheng, with Linxin's situation, I'm afraid I'm also powerless to help."

Wang Xiaohua learned that Niu Linxin had already turned herself into a complete mess, so naturally he didn't want to get involved in this matter; after all, he isn't the merciful Guanyin Bodhisattva, he has no obligation to save people from fire and water.

If Niu Linxin had the heart to turn over a new leaf, that would be another story, but the problem is she probably doesn't have a shred of remorse now; even if Wang Xiaohua went to teach her, she wouldn't listen, and might even end up hating Wang Xiaohua because of it.

"Xiaohua, I know you can't help much, just give me some suggestions, let me broaden my thinking; I really have no way to deal with Niu Linxin."

Niu Chunsheng sighed deeply.

In the past, in business, no matter how great the difficulty, he could face it head-on, but now facing his own daughter, he completely doesn't know what to do.

"If she just studied poorly, I could still accept it; the problem now is she refuses to learn what's good, and specializes in learning what's bad — dyeing hair, tattoos, fighting, the whole set; not long ago the school even called the parents, saying she and a few other non-studying girls went to bully a rural girl student!"

Lin Xiaofang spoke up at this moment:

"Back then when the school teacher called you over to handle this matter, you shouldn't have slapped her in front of the teacher; that slap will probably be resented by her for a lifetime!"

Niu Chunsheng said angrily:

"Wasn't I also angered to death by her? She bullies others and still thinks she's in the right; when trouble happens, isn't it us who have to wipe her ass for her!"

Niu Chunsheng also couldn't help complaining:

"Niu Linxin turning into this ghostly appearance is all your fault! If you hadn't always indulged her, if you had disciplined her more strictly when she was little, how would she have become like this now?"

Hearing this, Lin Xiaofang couldn't help getting angry:

"How is this my fault? You're out doing business all day, barely disciplining your daughter; isn't this your responsibility? You make it sound like staying home raising kids is so easy!"

Niu Chunsheng said angrily:

"How is it not easy? Look at Li Xiulan, a single person in the rural area raising three children, and still raised all three sons well! I'm not saying the kids' grades have to be amazing, but at least their conduct must be upright, so when they enter society they have the ability to be self-reliant!"

Lin Xiaofang, hearing Niu Chunsheng compare her to Li Xiulan, couldn't help getting angry:

"Li Xiulan, Li Xiulan — you only have Li Xiulan in your heart; so many years have passed and you still can't let her go, right! You go live with Li Xiulan then!"

The couple, as they spoke, were about to start quarreling.

The child Lin Xiaofang held in her arms, sensing their emotional change, burst into loud wailing.

Wang Xiaohua and Wang Erhai, seeing this scene, were both extremely surprised.

Both froze, for a moment not knowing what to say.

Niu Chunsheng continued on:

"Look at you, can't even hold a child properly; the kid cries even in your arms, what's wrong with you!"

Lin Xiaofang was also aggrieved; she directly shoved the child into Niu Chunsheng's arms:

"Then you hold him, you're so capable you coax him; from now on I won't coax the child anymore!"

Finishing these words, Lin Xiaofang angrily turned around and went back to the room.

With a "Bang", she shut the door.

Niu Chunsheng gritted his teeth in anger, especially hearing the child in his arms still wailing loudly.

"You stop crying, okay!"

Niu Chunsheng almost roared at his son.

He was extremely annoyed, to the point of having little patience even for his son.

What does his son understand? He's just at the babbling stage, only able to sense his parents' emotions.

Niu Chunsheng getting angry like this naturally resulted in the child crying even harder.

"Uncle Chunsheng, calm down! The kid doesn't understand anything!"

Wang Xiaohua hurriedly stood up to persuade him at this moment.

And also proactively said:

"Let me hold him for a bit."

Wang Xiaohua took Niu Chunsheng's son into his arms; the child wasn't afraid of strangers, and before long stopped crying.

"What's your name?"

Wang Xiaohua smiled and teased the child; the child babbled unintelligibly, but still responded.

Niu Chunsheng said:

"His name is Niu Zhigao; we hope he will have lofty aspirations and not become a good-for-nothing like his sister, so we gave him this name."

Wang Xiaohua said:

"Uncle Chunsheng, you and Lin Xin actually lack communication; you need to find a way to sit down with her, open your hearts, and have a good talk."

Wang Erhai also chimed in:

"Exactly. She's not young anymore; as long as you communicate properly and let her feel your love for her, she'll definitely slowly get better."

Niu Chunsheng gave a helpless bitter smile:

"It's not that we haven't communicated properly; do you know what condition she put forward after we communicated properly?"

"What condition?" Wang Erhai asked curiously.

Niu Chunsheng smiled even more bitterly and helplessly:

"She wants us to send our son away."