My Childhood Sweetheart Is a Little Crybaby!-Chapter 43: The Last Dignity and Defiance

"Really?" Lin Wan looked at him skeptically.

Xu Jinyan hurriedly nodded, not forgetting to give Jiang Yuan a meaningful glance: As long as you help me this one time, I won’t hold it against you for not waiting for me. 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦

Jiang Yuan blinked exaggeratedly: Are you serious?

Xu Jinyan: Yeah, I’m not mad anymore!

Although he was still quite pissed, for the sake of saving his own skin... well, he decided to be the bigger person.

Jiang Yuan: Deal!

Originally thinking she’d have to say a lot of nice things to get him to stop holding a grudge about not waiting, she didn’t expect it to be resolved so easily. Delighted, her eyes curved into a smile. She played along and nodded: "It’s true, Aunt Wan, Yanyan said he’d like to do homework with me later so we can discuss any problems we might not understand."

Lin Wan glanced at her own mischievous boy, not really believing that he would have such an epiphany. However, since he dared to say it, she decided to take it at face value for now.

To not discourage his enthusiasm, she even gave a few words of praise: "Well, the brat seems to be maturing. Alright, then you two go ahead and focus on your homework later."

She then turned to Jiang Yuan, saying: "You help Aunt Wan supervise him. If this boy dares to slack off on his homework, tell Aunt Wan, and I’ll sort him out."

"Got it, Aunt Wan!" Jiang Yuan obediently replied.

Lin Wan looked at Jiang Yuan, the more she looked, the more delighted she became. Girls are indeed better, so sensible and well-behaved.

Not like her own brat, either too cold to be likable or too mischievous to give peace of mind.

Luckily, she had Yuanyuan.

Lin Wan appeared content, as if having a daughter made everything sufficient.

"Alright, off you go!" Lin Wan patted Jiang Yuan on the head, but as for Xu Jinyan, forget it, she could smell the stench of the brat’s sweat from a mile away!

Xu Jinyan: ...

Don’t think he couldn’t see the disdain in her eyes!!!

After Lin Wan left, Jiang Yuan looked at Xu Jinyan and asked: "I just helped you, and you promised not to be angry, so are we reconciled now?"

"You just said you’d help me clean..." Xu Jinyan was a bit insistent, not wanting to let the girl off so easily after she did something so outrageous.

"Aunt Wan..." Jiang Yuan lifted her head, pretending to call out to Lin Wan.

Xu Jinyan hurriedly covered her mouth, saying: "Don’t shout, I won’t need your help with cleaning, okay!" If he brings his mom back, no matter who’s right or wrong, he’s sure to get a thrashing.

Xu Jinyan felt depressed and aggrieved.

Jiang Yuan pursed her lips and smiled slyly.

Xu Jiayan came down from upstairs, catching Xu Jinyan with his hand over Jiang Yuan’s mouth, the little girl with her back to him, Xu Jiayan couldn’t see her expression, and he thought Xu Jinyan was bullying her again, his brows slightly furrowing as he asked coldly, "What are you two doing?"

Upon hearing his voice, Xu Jinyan’s scalp tightened, and he hurriedly took his hand off Jiang Yuan’s mouth, standing straight up quickly and saying to him: "Bro, Yuan Yuan and I were just playing around. Anyway, we’re going to do our homework now." After saying that, he grabbed Jiang Yuan and ran upstairs.

If there’s anyone in this house who really dotes on the little girl, it’s not his mom, but his brother. His brother treats the girl way better than him.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t have done something like taking the little girl home first and leaving behind his own little brother.

In his brother’s eyes, he probably only ranks good enough to carry the girl’s bags.

He didn’t want his brother to misunderstand that he was bullying the girl.

In this house, he couldn’t afford to offend anyone.

Thinking of this, Young Master Xu’s mood sank to an all-time low.

He really wanted to run away from home, but his remaining dignity and stubbornness dissuaded him; he was afraid no one would come looking for him, and in the end, he’d have to return home in disgrace all by himself.

He couldn’t lose that much face!