CHAPTER 1172: CHAPTER 1173: THE SISTER OF THE LOVE-STRUCK BROTHER 15

Liang Yan was handling ingredients at home while constantly calling Zhang Hao, but unsurprisingly, she couldn’t reach him.

With no other options, Liang Yan could only contact the class teacher to get a few numbers of students who were close with Zhang Hao.

After making several calls, she finally got in touch with Zhang Hao.

What was Zhang Hao doing now? Celebrating freedom with friends. These past few months had been quite tough for him.

Zhang Yu didn’t care about his studies, and he never heard any nagging from his parents about his performance at school.

Initially, he thought things were going to be easier, but then Zhang Dong talked to him about many things, such as future work and finding a girlfriend.

Although he knew Zhang Dong was trying to motivate him to study hard with those grand promises.

He wasn’t foolish; he knew his parents meant well, so he had to grit his teeth and agree.

Entering the tutoring class, he had moments of regret because it was truly difficult and challenging, and he really wanted to back out.

But for the sake of his pride, he persisted. It was hard, really hard.

Playing basketball had become a luxury, not to mention going to the internet cafe; that was truly a dream.

"We need to have a good time this summer." The best way to relax, of course, was to play and unwind.

Since Zhang Hao had said so, his followers naturally had no objections.

"Yeah, let’s go out and play." After all, when they went out, Zhang Hao always footed the bill.

Just as the group was discussing where to go, Liang Yan called, and it was impossible for Zhang Hao to feel happy.

Looking at his little brothers, their parents hadn’t called, but his own parents did.

What does this tell people? That he, as their son, just couldn’t get away from his parents?

Zhang Hao, feeling ashamed in front of his brothers, maintained an unfriendly attitude even towards Liang Yan and snapped at her.

Liang Yan was in a bad mood and had accumulated quite a bit of anger while searching for Zhang Hao.

She hadn’t complained about why Zhang Hao wasn’t answering his phone, yet she hadn’t expected him to lash out and say she was in the wrong.

How could Liang Yan tolerate that? She, of course, immediately snapped back at Zhang Hao.

Zhang Hao could tell that Liang Yan was in a bad mood, and typically, they shouldn’t be arguing at this point.

But with so many little brothers and a little girlfriend watching him, as their leader and man, could he apologize?

Of course not, so the two of them ended up arguing on the phone.

Under these circumstances, Zhang Dong and his daughter entered the house with things in hand, only to hear Liang Yan arguing with someone.

What’s going on? Did Zhang Hao come back and start fighting with Liang Yan? Glancing at the shoes at the entrance, none of them were his.

He wasn’t home, and yet Liang Yan was angry, indicating that it must’ve been a phone call.

Zhang Yu knew Zhang Hao hadn’t come back and breathed a sigh of relief.

Otherwise, if they argued at home, wouldn’t he need to step in and mediate? Zhang Yu was truly averse to it, knowing that no matter how he intervened, or whose side he took, it wouldn’t end well for him.

Breathing a sigh of relief, Zhang Yu was about to close the door when he noticed the neighbor across the hall was standing in the corridor, listening dumbly.

Zhang Yu was dumbfounded. Uh-oh, what to do? Liang Yan’s yelling like a madwoman had inadvertently been exposed.

What Zhang Yu wanted to keep secret was carelessly leaked out; he didn’t dare imagine how someone would regret it once they realized.

Zhang Dong also noticed someone at the doorway and wasn’t sure how long they’d been listening, so he briefly and simply explained the situation.

The neighbor nodded continuously, indicating understanding, "Yes, yes, it’s worrisome not to reach someone after exams are over."

"By the way, how did the exams go?" As the topic had been brought up, the neighbor naturally asked with concern.

"Little Yu said she did well. As for Xiao Hao, we’ll just have to wait for him to come back."

"But we still have to wait for the results to see how things really are." Zhang Dong was very humble.

Not just to prepare for the possibility of a poor result and save face.

But because the topic inevitably involved Xiao Hao, Zhang Dong was being very modest.

The neighbor showed more understanding, "Yes, yes, my son, every time after exams, if you ask him how he did, he always looks like it was no problem."

"Then when the results come out, it’s really surprising." The neighbor shook his head repeatedly, turning to open the door and head home.

As Zhang Dong was closing the door, he asked softly, "Why do I feel like he was subtly criticizing me?"

"Zhang Hao is always like this after exams." Zhang Dong really wasn’t familiar with the neighbor next door.

"Do you know how his son’s performance is?"

This question? Zhang Yu certainly didn’t know, "I don’t have much interaction with the neighbors."

Liang Yan was worried that Zhang Yu was too young and easily got information out of people, so she didn’t let Zhang Yu interact with them much.

Zhang Dong thought for a moment, "Forget it, no need to think about it. Whatever they say, it doesn’t matter to me."

"I’ll help you move the stuff in." Hearing Liang Yan’s loud voice, it was clear she was still angry, and Zhang Dong didn’t want to walk into that.

"Okay." No matter what, he was still her father, and even if she didn’t get treated as well as Zhang Hao, it was still better than dealing with Liang Yan.

The father and daughter quickly organized the books on the shelf, looking at the neatly arranged books, "How long do you plan to work on these?"

Zhang Dong was a bit curious whether Zhang Yu would finish them in one summer.

"I don’t know either." Actually, it could be done in one summer, but as a good daughter, Zhang Yu didn’t want to scare him.

"Also, I need to start self-studying the sophomore curriculum." Zhang Yu hoped to finish learning the sophomore syllabus over the summer.

That way, when she got to First High, she could keep up with the pace and then aim to excel among the top students at First High.

"Okay, by the way, you’ll start buying groceries every day." Zhang Dong pulled out his phone from his pocket, "I’ll transfer the money to you."

"When you buy groceries, just scan the QR code then."

Transferring money to her for scan payment? Zhang Yu knew this was convenient, "Some people don’t have QR codes."

Zhang Dong thought for a moment, "Then I’ll just transfer the money directly to you."

Zhang Dong considered how much Liang Yan spent on groceries before, which was five thousand a month, but now Zhang Yu would be eating lunch at home.

He pondered for a bit, "I’ll give you six thousand to start. If it’s not enough, let me know."

"Are the steaks you buy online still your responsibility?" Zhang Yu knew that since Zhang Dong stopped giving money, Liang Yan had been manipulating the household finances, over-reporting expenses.

She hadn’t realized that the guy’s spending was so ruthless, that the food actually cost five thousand a month.

But at least this summer she could tearfully make a margin of two thousand, so Zhang Yu certainly wouldn’t object.

"That doesn’t count." Zhang Dong knew eating steak was good for health, so they always kept steak at home.

"And I need to buy study materials, will you give money for that?" Zhang Yu continued to ask.

"Not included, not included, this money is just for groceries. If it’s not enough, ask for more." Zhang Dong kept assuring.

"Okay." In a great mood, she felt ecstatic.

Initially, she thought she’d be doing unpaid work, not expecting to make any money, but now she had earning prospects.