CHAPTER 1165: CHAPTER 1166: THE SISTER OF THE LOVE-STRUCK BROTHER 8

Liang Yan wiped her sweat. The weather was getting hotter, and cooking in the kitchen was really tiring, constantly leaving her covered in sweat.

She didn’t want to cook, or at least wanted to make something simple, but Zhang Dong disagreed. His reason was that the children were still growing and couldn’t eat poorly.

What could Liang Yan do? She could only continue to busy herself in the kitchen. She truly regretted it now, thinking she should have hired an hourly worker back then, even if she had to pay the salary out of her own pocket.

At least she wouldn’t be so exhausted, having to buy groceries, cook meals, and then tidy up the house, really busy all day long.

Being tired was one thing, but what worried Liang Yan even more was that every day she looked in the mirror, she felt she had aged considerably.

Her face was so haggard, and her hands too. The touch was much rougher.

To remedy this, she spent a lot of money trying to fix it, and as a result, the money in her hand was simply not enough.

Liang Yan considered giving in but couldn’t withstand Zhang Dong’s disapproval.

She also thought about going on strike, not doing housework, not tidying the house.

Zhang Dong was straightforward. He directly brought his mother over and cleared out the master bedroom, living in the study himself.

Living in the same room with Granny Zhang, listening to her nagging every day, Liang Yan was truly at her breaking point.

In the end, she surrendered and admitted her mistakes, promising never to do this again.

Of course, just admitting mistakes wasn’t enough. To get Granny Zhang to leave, Liang Yan’s wallet took a real hit as she bought clothes, food, and necessities for Granny Zhang.

All in all, Granny Zhang left with plenty, and Zhang Yu still remembers when Zhang Dong was sending Granny Zhang back, she stood at the door and said, if Liang Yan made another mistake, she’d come back.

Thinking of that day when Liang Yan was clearly displeased but had to hold it in, Zhang Yu’s mood was through the roof.

Even though Granny Zhang had properly disciplined Liang Yan, Zhang Yu didn’t particularly like Granny Zhang either.

Granny Zhang was truly biased, favoring boys over girls. When she came, she brought many packages.

They were either for Zhang Dong or Zhang Hao, and even though according to Granny Zhang, even the deeply wrong Liang Yan received gifts.

Zhang Yu, the granddaughter, simply received nothing.

She even overheard Granny Zhang chatting with Zhang Dong in the study, hinting that Zhang Yu was so clever perhaps because she stole Zhang Hao’s nutrients while in the womb.

Zhang Yu rolled her eyes speechlessly, thinking Zhang Dong turned out this way because they spoiled him, didn’t they?

They claim Zhang Dong is intelligent and can succeed without studying hard, yet now they pull this.

Zhang Yu could only say that the same thing’s outcome is entirely decided by their mood.

Zhang Yu knew long ago that Granny Zhang and Liang Yan were cut from the same cloth, so she kept her distance, absolutely never hovering around her, just cocooned in her little corner studying.

As for housework, sorry, she’s a student busy with exercises, with loads of homework from her teachers.

Zhang Yu knew Granny Zhang also disliked her, yet begrudgingly respected her grades, given Zhang Hao was a useless fool Granny Zhang couldn’t afford to gamble on, even though she was angry, she had to endure.

Liang Yan carefully calculated the money in her room and walked out quite displeased.

Seeing Zhang Yu holding a water cup preparing to return to her room, she said, "Little Yu, just in time, I need your help with something."

Zhang Yu looked up at her without speaking.

Liang Yan looked at Zhang Yu staring at her like that, feeling even more irritated, cursing in her heart that Zhang Yu was really tactless.

"Your uncle and aunt’s kids have bad grades..." Liang Yan thought it wasn’t much trouble, agreed directly.

But now she worried Zhang Yu might not cooperate, even if upset, she had to speak pleasantly to Zhang Yu.

There’s such a thing? Zhang Yu remembered Liang Yan’s brother and sister knew she had good grades and had mentioned it to Liang Yan.

Adopting a sense of duty, Liang Yan understood their intentions and promptly promised.

She felt it was just tutoring elementary school courses, not challenging.

Little did she know those kids were aware of Zhang Yu’s status at home and bullied her considerably.

They really wore Zhang Yu out, and yet despite this, she couldn’t win favor; their grades improved meanwhile.

But their uncle still felt Zhang Yu wasn’t doing enough, not making their kids the top of the class.

Zhang Yu initially thought poorly of her relationship with Liang Yan, accompanied by her assertive personality, she wouldn’t agree.

She didn’t expect she’d still promise, and the original owner, to prevent her difficulty, took on this entire burden.

But now with Zhang Yu replaced by someone else, self-sacrifice was out of the question.

"I’m in ninth grade now, my grades have been slipping recently." Zhang Yu knew many people were taking tutoring sessions.

Even Zhang Hao attended tutoring classes, something Zhang Dong and Liang Yan had spent a considerable time finding out.

Liang Yan was very angry hearing Zhang Yu say her grades were slipping, preparing to scold Zhang Yu thoroughly.

"All my classmates are in tutoring sessions, yet not me." Zhang Yu looked very troubled, "Mom, I want to attend tutoring classes too."

A worthless person wanting tutoring? Liang Yan was very displeased, "You’re not earning money, don’t you know how difficult it is?"

"Spending recklessly." Liang Yan, who had been troubled recently, found a venting outlet in Zhang Yu.

Zhang Yu wasn’t accommodating Liang Yan’s outburst. "How am I spending recklessly, who’s exactly spending more?"

"If Zhang Hao can attend tutoring, why can’t I?" Zhang Yu raised her voice, "With my brother’s grades, tutoring only goes from single digits to ten or twenty marks more."

Liang Yan became anxious, wanting to claim her son was a scholar, but in reality, everyone knew Zhang Hao’s grades were poor.

Whenever asked about Zhang Hao’s grades, she’d laugh it off, stating his grades were average, yet she’d never dare disclose actual scores.

Now the hidden truth was casually revealed by Zhang Yu, leaving Liang Yan frantic.

"How can you slander your brother?" Liang Yan’s mind blanked, immediately accusing Zhang Yu of jealousy, upset with Zhang Hao’s prospects.

"I’m slandering my brother? Go inquire at school about his grades."

"Bottom of the class."

"Do you understand bottom of the class?"

"Do you think hiding and covering up will let you fool everyone?"

Zhang Yu coldly laughed a few times, "High school entrance exams are coming. If he manages to get into a technical school, that’ll be impressive enough."

"What if he can’t even get into a technical school?..." Without her supervision, he’d sleep during classes, play basketball after.

Homework, what was that? Zhang Hao never cared, and his grades were far below what they were in the past.

Was Liang Yan worried, anxious? Of course, she was, pondering if no school would accept him, what would Zhang Hao do?

They had some connections, but with Zhang Hao’s grades, how would they even approach someone?