The white rose I picked up cried and said she liked me.

Seeing that Xu Xi was unhappy, Xu Nian specially asked Qi Yu to cover her night shift and made dumplings for the little one at home.

Xu Xi only ate a few before losing her appetite, which disappointed Xu Nian.

After cleaning up the dishes, Xu Xi returned to her room early.

The light in her room was still on until midnight.

There was a gentle knock on the door.

"Xu Xi, may I come in?"

There was no response for a long time.

Xu Nian gently pushed open the door and saw Xu Xi lying on the desk, sobbing softly.

Around her were all sorts of practice questions.

"It's so late, have a glass of milk and go to sleep."

He placed a cup of warmed milk next to Xu Xi.

Xu Xi gently shook her head.

"Tell me, what happened?"

Xu Nian moved a stool over and sat down next to Xu Xi.

"Brother...I'm sorry..."

"Sorry for what?"

Xu Xi wiped away the tears on her face, timidly took out the test paper she had crumpled up from her schoolbag, and placed it in front of Xu Nian.

"Seventy or eighty points, not bad, they all passed."

"A perfect score is 150...90 is the passing grade..."

Xu Xi spoke softly, lowering her head as she spoke.

Xu Nian rubbed her eyes and carefully looked at the contents of the test paper.

Unfortunately, he couldn't understand anything.

The math exam paper was like an English exam paper, full of strange symbols.

The English exam paper was like a book written in a foreign language; I could only understand the two Chinese characters for "English" from beginning to end.

The Chinese language test was even more absurd; he recognized every single character, but couldn't understand them when they were put together.

"That's really impressive, you deserve a reward. I'll take you out to eat when I'm free in a couple of days."

Upon hearing this, Xu Xi paused, stopped sobbing, and looked at her brother in disbelief.

"Brother...brother, aren't you angry?"

Why should I be angry?

Xu Nian pinched her red cheeks and said with a wry smile.

"If my brother had taken the exam, I wouldn't have gotten even 7 or 8 points, let alone 7 or 80."

"Besides, you skipped a grade and went to the second year of high school, which is one year less than other students. Getting this result is already quite good."

Xu Xi suddenly threw herself into Xu Nian's arms, tears streaming down her face.

Xu Nian gently stroked her back, softly comforting her.

Xu Xi didn't stop sobbing until she had been crying for almost ten minutes.

"Why didn't you cry this much when we first met?"

Xu Nian flicked the little guy's nose and teased him.

Xu Xi blushed.

Indeed, when I first met my brother, I rarely cried.

As she spent more time with her brother, she cried more and more often.

She cries a little every three days and a lot every five days.

"Brother, I'm hungry."

"I knew you weren't full, I'll steam some dumplings for you."

Perhaps it's because now that she's finished crying, someone will come and comfort her.

......

The next day, National Day, Xu Nian went out early to deliver meals.

Delivery drivers work year-round, every single day.

As long as someone needs to eat, someone will have to deliver food.

"Good morning, Brother Xu."

Qi Yu greeted him with a yawn.

I covered Xu Nian's night shift yesterday, and after only a few hours of sleep, I have to come and deliver the morning shift.

He was so sleepy he kept rubbing his eyes.

Xu Nian also yawned. She had been coaxing Xu Xi until one or two in the morning last night and hadn't slept for more than a few hours either.

"morning."

After having a quick breakfast at a breakfast shop, the two began their workday.

Unlike before, Xu Nian kept an eye out for guys who were tutors along the way.

One bad test score really demoralized the little guy.

It would be better to find a tutor to help her improve her grades.

By the end of the day, he had written down several pages of phone numbers in his notebook.

After finishing work in the evening, Xu Nian sat on her electric scooter, preparing to call each of the tutors to inquire about the most suitable one to tutor Xu Xi.

"Hey, what treasure did you get, Brother Xu? A list of rich women's contacts?"

Qi Yu patted him on the shoulder and joked.

"You look like a rich woman to me."

Xu Nian rolled her eyes.

"I wish I were."

Qi Yu chuckled.

"I need to find a private tutor. Do you know any good ones?"

Private tutor? For whom?

"My sister."

"What grade was it again?"

"Grade 11"

Qi Yu pondered for a moment, then scratched his head.

"How about I go instead?"

"you?"

Xu Nian glanced at Qi Yu suspiciously.

In his opinion, Qi Yu exuded an unreliable aura.

"Damn, who do you think you are?"

Qi Yu proudly patted his sleeves.

"I used to be in the top ten of my grade at No. 2 High School."

"You know, I didn't go to university because I didn't have the money, not because I couldn't get in."

Xu Nian looked at Qi Yu with some skepticism.

It can only be said that Qi Yu is now completely indistinguishable from manual laborers like them.

He had dark skin, and when he smiled, only his teeth were white. His hair was messy, and his clothes and pants were covered in dust.

You can't tell at all that he's a cultured person.

How much do you charge per lesson?

"Hey, with our relationship, talking about money would just hurt our feelings."

Qi Yu waved his hand.

"Brother Xu, you've helped me a lot this month, so I'm just returning the favor. Otherwise, I'd feel bad about constantly troubling you."

Xu Nian nodded, thinking that it would be good to take Qi Yu to give it a try.

At least Qi Yu is someone I know well, so I don't need to worry about anything happening.

If it doesn't work out, we can always try another tutor.

"Let's go."

"Okay, Brother Xu, but this doesn't seem to be the way to your house."

"I'll take you to get a haircut, I'm afraid you'll scare my sister."

......

"Brother, welcome home."

Hearing the door open, Xu Xi, as usual, gave Xu Nian a hug at the door.

"Little Xu Xi, do you still remember me?"

Qi Yu grinned and bent down to look at Xu Xi, who was a head shorter than him.

"Brother Qi Yu!"

Xu Xi waved to him and greeted him.

She muttered to herself, "Why has Brother Qi Yu gotten so dark after not seeing him for a while?"

"Xiaoxi, your brother Qiyu is graduating from high school this year. He asked him to tutor you on the first year of high school material. You have to study hard."

Xu Xi nodded in surprise.

She hadn't expected that her brother would actually care so much about her studies.

Xu Nian gave Qi Yu a brief overview of the little guy's situation. When he learned that Xu Xi had skipped the first year of high school and gone straight to the second year, Qi Yu was astonished and his mouth dropped open.

"That's amazing, Xu Xi. You didn't even finish high school, yet you still managed to get 70 or 80 points on your second year monthly exams. That's more than many people."

"But...but I failed every single one..."

Xu Xi lowered her head and said shyly.

Qi Yu shook his head.

"Because in the first month of the second year of high school, not much new content is taught; most of it is about consolidating the knowledge from the first year of high school."

"So in the first month's exam, many of the knowledge points were from the first year of high school, and only a very small part were from the second year of high school."

"You scored nearly half the marks, which means you not only mastered all the knowledge points taught in the first month, but also answered a lot of first-year high school material correctly."

"Isn't that amazing?"