Shocking! The school heartthrob who was adopted by a wealthy family is actually a heiress!

Chapter 165 Why are you stirring things up?
Lin Wanhua: "What about accommodation? Did you buy a house near the school?"

Lin Shi: "It was rented."

Lin Wanhua: "How much is the rent?"

Qin Qiong: "$4.5 per month."

Lin Wanhua exclaimed, "That's almost four million in rent a year! Why not just buy it?"

Qin Qiong: "Did Zhaozhao learn anything in this lesson?"

"Does this mean we should be wary of the opportunity cost trap, where the annualized cost of rent is lower than the return on the same amount of money invested in other areas?" Qin Zhao pondered for two seconds. "And there's also the possibility of being targeted by the IRS (International Revenue Service) for circumvention."

Qin Qiong: "Zhaozhao is really great."

Qin Zhao smiled faintly. She remembered that there were some unspoken rules and regulations within these circles, but she couldn't quite recall them.

Lin Wanhua hated their self-righteous and arrogant attitude the most.

Her daughter also wants to enter that circle.

She sighed: "The old lady's most beloved children were Xiaoshi and Rourou. Xiaoshi got an offer from such a good school, everyone would say she's excellent."

But America is so far away, and he's all alone. How can we, as elders, be at ease with him? The old lady was even more worried.

Rou Rou is about to start university. I was thinking of having her go with me, so the two siblings could look after each other.

The old lady was relieved.

Lin Shih: "I got those jobs through exams; it's not like you can just go whenever you want."

Just kidding, he's going to secretly drop out of school and have Xia Zhirou go with him.

Qin Qiong: "Yes, Zhirou can just apply according to the procedure."

Lin Wanhua: "Isn't it because you and A-Zheng have experience that you raised your daughter so well? You're both very capable, so you're helping your niece too."

The old lady adored Rou Rou when she was alive; she must have been so happy to see her learning from her younger self.

She's already gone this far; to refuse now would seem heartless.

Lin Zheng: "I'll give you the business card of your elementary school tutor later."

Xia Zhirou: "I'm so happy to be able to go to school with my brother!"

Lin Shi frowned: "What was your TOEFL score?"

Xia Zhirou hesitated, "I didn't prepare much beforehand. I wasn't feeling well during the last exam."

"How many?"

"Less than seventy."

"..."

Lin Shi: "You should consider a foundation program in Australia."

"..."

Lin Wanhua chuckled awkwardly, "Don't worry about the TOEFL score. Rou Rou just wasn't prepared. We'll take the test when the time comes to find out what score she needs."

She looked at Qin Zhao: "What was Zhao Zhao's TOEFL score?"

Qin Zhao, caught in the crossfire: "I didn't take the exam."

Lin Wanhua was genuinely surprised: "I didn't take the exam... It's really hard to make up for a weak foundation. Domestic universities are also good, and some schools are quite easy."

Xia Zhirou thought she had won and said in a coquettish voice, "Why didn't Zhao Zhao take the exam? Aren't the English classes at Yinghua taught entirely by foreign teachers?"

Qin Zhao glanced at her indifferently: "Because I'm taking the IELTS exam."

"..."

Lin Wanhua: "How much did Zhaozhaoya think about?"

She didn't believe Qin Zhao could do better in the exam than her family's Zhi Rou.

Qin Zhao: "6.5."

Lin Wanhua paused for a moment, then burst out laughing: "6.5?"

She seemed to have found a sense of superiority: "Don't joke with your aunt. Even if you chose A for all the multiple-choice questions, you wouldn't have scored this low."

"With such good genes from Ah Zheng and Ah Qiong, you should at least get a 60."

Lin Shi: "The maximum score for IELTS is 9, and the maximum score for TOEFL is 120. That's equivalent to 80-90 on the TOEFL."

"..."

Lin Wanhua finally fell silent.

After finishing their meal, Qin Qiong and Lin Zheng went upstairs to change their clothes. Qin Qiong said, "Let's go for a walk later."

Qin Zhao nodded.

She had already changed into her pajamas, so she waited downstairs.

Lin Wanhua gave Lin Shi a hat, and she and Xia Zhirou kept praising him, saying that it suited him perfectly and looked really good.

They really coaxed him so much that his tail was practically flying into the sky.

Qin Zhao should have been happy to see Lin Shi make a fool of himself, but thinking about how Xia Zhirou and Lin Wanhua had said behind his back that he was a stupid dog who would bite wherever he was told, she was inexplicably a little unhappy.

Lin Shi, wearing a baseball cap, nodded his chin at Qin Zhao and struck a pose: "Am I handsome?"

"So-so," Qin Zhao commented indifferently.

Xia Zhirou: "Qin Zhao, what do you mean? My brother is clearly the most handsome, how could you call him average!"

Lin Wanhua: "That's right, you child, your brother is so good to you, he even gives you the ribs."

Lin Shi was also unhappy: "Speak properly."

"It's pretty average."

"..."

Before Lin Shi got angry, she casually added, "It's not as nice as the hat you bought."

Lin Shi was speechless, and snorted: "Don't you even know who picked it? It's a classic design."

He twirled the hat in his fingers and casually tossed it onto the coffee table.

Xia Zhirou: "My brother is good-looking, so he looks good in anything. That doesn't mean he's just average."

"I didn't say he's not good-looking, why are you stirring things up?" Qin Zhao glanced at them expressionlessly and said coldly, "At least I won't say one thing to your face and another behind your back."

Xia Zhirou was startled by her gaze, but Lin Wanhua laughed it off, saying, "Rou Rou just idolizes her brother too much and can't stand hearing anyone say anything bad about him."

other people.

They can't stand what others say, so they talk about it behind their backs.

Lin Shi glanced at Qin Zhao and said nonchalantly, "Xia Zhirou didn't mean that."

Qin Zhao was seething with anger; Lin Shi was a complete idiot!

She said, "If you like hearing nice things to my face, then listen to them! You can't hear them talking about you behind my back anyway!"

After she finished speaking, she glanced at Lin Wanhua and Xia Zhirou twice, then hurried upstairs.

Lin Shi uttered a sound of surprise, a hint of confusion flashing across his face.

Lin Wanhua: "Why is Zhao Zhao throwing a tantrum again? Rou Rou said that she didn't respect you, her brother, much before, but was closer to an outsider instead."

Xia Zhirou: "It's all my fault. I'm closer to my brother, and my younger brother Zhao Zhao didn't like me from the beginning."

Lin Wanhua: "Does Zhaozhao often get angry with you?"

"No, not really." Lin Shi sighed. "That's just her personality; she's not a bad person."

Lin Wanhua glanced at Xia Zhirou. Didn't they say before that their relationship was terrible?

Xia Zhirou didn't understand why the two people who were about to clash had stopped arguing, especially Lin Shi, who didn't get angry even after being rebuked.

Lin Wanhua sighed, looking distressed for her junior: "You're just too kind."

“Your grandmother said before she passed away that this child was too innocent when he was young, and that he would probably suffer later in life.”

"What loss would I suffer?" Lin Shi said dismissively.

"I'm asking you, is Zhaozhao very clingy to Aqiong, and is she especially well-behaved in front of her?"

Lin Shi casually hummed in agreement: "She likes my mom the most."

Lin Wanhua asked disapprovingly, "And what about you? Since A-Qiong is taking care of her, does that mean she cares less about you?"

"Isn't my mom her mom? I've had my mom all to myself for so many years, it's no big deal if she clings to me a little longer." Lin Shi thought to herself, it would be best if her dad's attention was also on her and that he ignored her.

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Finally! Tomorrow's story should cover Lin Wanhua revealing a layer of what happened back then, and then her story ends. Her next appearance will mark the end of her role...

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