Chapter 131: The thing Shen Li feared arrived as scheduled

Shen Zhaozhao exited the room and went downstairs, hearing the sound of an argument, her expression stiffened a bit.

Outsider...

Shen Li is my daughter...

The hand resting on the stair railing dug its fingertips into the solid wood, feeling no pain at all. These words were like a thorn stuck in her heart.

The voice downstairs continued to ring out: "If you keep protecting her like this, you will only harm her." Seeing her unmoved, Yu Lizhen had no other choice, "Fine! If you are like this, then let her never return to this home. We have nothing to do with her."

"Since she is so capable, she should never return to this home for the rest of her life."

"Even if she dies outside, don't come back!"

Grandmother Shen was deeply stimulated by her words, turned around abruptly, feeling that she was hopeless, looked at her, stepped forward without much thought, and slapped her, "Listen to yourself, is this what a mother should say?"

"Today you can say such things in front of me."

"I really can't imagine how many times Ruanruan's heart must have been broken by you, her mother, in that home." Grandmother Shen just felt it was absurd; a mother could actually say such things. She shook her head in disbelief, "She is your daughter, not someone you picked up."

"Do you understand!"

Yu Lizhen was stunned by this slap. Her eyes suddenly became flustered, the ruthlessness from just a moment ago faded, and a trace of regret welled up in her eyes, feeling annoyed for the angry words that had slipped out.

The toughness from before had shattered for the most part.

Regret wrapped around the wretchedness.

Her voice was even a bit weak.

Yet her attitude remained strong and decisive.

"I admit that what I just said was indeed a bit extreme, but A-Li is my only child. If I didn't care about her, I wouldn't have come to find you today."

"..."

She took a deep breath and finally compromised.

"As long as she is willing to come back and repeat a year, I will agree to any condition."

"You wouldn't want her to only have a high school diploma for the rest of her life, right Mom."

Yu Lizhen called out: "Zhaozhao."

Hearing the voice, she quickly came down from upstairs, "Mom..."

Yu Lizhen looked at her, "Did you find your sister?"

Shen Zhaozhao gripped the school ID in her palm tightly, hid it behind her back, and shook her head: "I... I didn't see Sister."

She had guessed it would be like this.

She had been too indulgent with her in the past.

Back in school, she didn't learn well...

Yu Lizhen didn't want to waste too much time here, "Mom, I'll tell you one last time. If you really care about A-Li, persuade her to come back and repeat a year. If you keep spoiling her like this, she will only become more and more emboldened. Before it was lying, now it's running away from home. Who knows what other outrageous things she will do."

"..."

Yu Lizhen had a lump in her chest and didn't want to continue, "Zhaozhao, come back with Mom."

Shen Zhaozhao responded obediently: "Okay Mom."

Yu Lizhen turned and left without looking back. Shen Zhaozhao pressed her lips together, a flash of imperceptible emotion in her eyes, then she returned to that sensible and obedient appearance. She turned back and said goodbye to Grandmother Shen sensibly: "Grandmother, Mom and I are going back first. I'll come see you next time."

Grandmother Shen had a dark face and didn't speak, only feeling a panic in her chest, full of disappointment in her.

Shen Li finished sending the last sentence to Xie Qin, goodnight.

She held her phone and slowly fell asleep.

Her sleep was very light, and she had a blank dream.

Later, somehow, she began to uncontrollably recall the time back at Haishi High School when rumors of her puppy love spread.

In the first semester of her freshman year, they hadn't started dividing into key classes yet. When the final grades were just released, Shen Li got a not-so-good ranking.

Second in the class, tenth in the whole grade, her total score was more than sixty points lower than the previous midterm exam.

The last class on Friday after the final exam was a parent-teacher meeting.

The homeroom teacher would make separate grade slips to give to the parents.

Her mother came to attend on behalf of Shen Zhaozhao.

After the parent-teacher meeting ended, other parents left one after another, but because of her, her mother was called to the office by the homeroom teacher.

Shen Li stood at the office door and heard it secretly.

"Shen Li's mother, Shen Li's grades have dropped quite seriously recently. I've looked at her papers; these points are all basic points, and it's really not right for her to lose them. Moreover... she has been a bit distracted in class recently, her attention is not focused. After you go back, you should still talk to her properly, don't let other things delay her grades."

Yu Lizhen: "What are the 'other things' Teacher Wang is talking about?"

The homeroom teacher directly confessed: "I also heard people talking after class that Shen Li has been dating a sports student from Class 3 recently."

"I've also noticed it for a while; the two of them are indeed quite close, interacting frequently, and that boy often finds her to chat after class."

"She is the class monitor of our class. If it hadn't delayed her studies, I would have turned a blind eye."

"Now that she has regressed by more than sixty points, affecting her grades, I think I should still tell you."

At that time, Shen Li stood at the office door, not daring to look at her mother's expression. She knew what kind of things she would have to endure next; there would be no shortage of scolding, or even... worse.

Shen Li carried her schoolbag and followed her mother back. Shen Zhaozhao was completely unaffected by this matter. At the school gate, she laughed happily and told her mother: "Mom, the homeroom teacher praised me today, I improved by three places compared to last time. Can you reward me with a skewer of candied haws?"

Yu Lizhen was always gentle toward Shen Zhaozhao and had never lost her temper. In front of her, there was none of the gloomy expression she had when looking at Shen Li after coming out of the office just now.

She smiled dotingly at Shen Zhaozhao: "Of course you can! Mom will buy you whatever you want. Is just one skewer of candied haws enough?"

Shen Zhaozhao nodded happily: "Candied haws are enough, Mom, I want two skewers, and one for Sister."

Mentioning her, Yu Lizhen's eyes turned cold, "She doesn't need one."

Shen Zhaozhao's grades were only in the middle of the class, more than two hundred points behind Shen Li.

Regardless of whether she improved or regressed.

She could always get praise and comfort from her mother.

Compared to herself, sometimes Shen Li even felt that Shen Zhaozhao was the mother's biological daughter.

Shen Zhaozhao insisted on having two skewers of candied haws in the end, and stuffed one into her hand, "Sister, this is for you." Then she went to hold her mother's hand.

Leaving her alone behind.

Shen Zhaozhao sat in the passenger seat, Shen Li sat in the back, she and her mother were chatting about what to eat for dinner, while Shen Li was silent, unable to interject a single word.

"Okay! Whatever you want to eat, Mom will make it for you."

Shen Zhaozhao turned back and asked her: "Sister, what do you want to eat."

Shen Li's voice was cold and clear: "Anything is fine."

Was it useful to say anything?

Mom would only make what Shen Zhaozhao liked to eat.

The whole family's tastes were also according to hers.

She had no right to choose.

After returning home, the thing Shen Li feared arrived as scheduled.

At the entryway, Yu Lizhen took off her high heels, "Zhaozhao, you go back to your room and do your homework for a while, Mom has something to say to Sister."

"Okay Mom."

At that time, Shen Li saw Shen Zhaozhao show a sympathetic expression toward her. At that time, Shen Zhaozhao should have been pitying her too.

She knew what was going to happen. ===== CHAPTER 132 =====