Su Ziqi took a careful look at Su Rou. Her complexion looked okay. She should be fine, right? "Xiaorou, you... don't go to nightclubs again, okay?"
"Got it." Su Rou nodded. She didn't really want to go there in the first place. It was an accident. It was Su Meimei who forced her to go.
Su Ziqi nodded and fell silent for a moment.
Su Rou looked at him. "Anything else?"
"...No." Su Ziqi said somewhat awkwardly. "Then I'll leave."
"Okay." Su Rou waved to him.
Su Ziqi watched her walk into the classroom. Only then did he heave a sigh. Then he took out a cigarette, lit it leisurely, and walked away slowly.
"Why does Su Ziqi always leave so soon every time he comes?" Xiao Yun was a bit puzzled. It seemed that he didn't say much to Su Rou. She wondered what on earth he came for.
Su Rou shrugged. "I don't know... He just asked me some questions." Strange. When did Brother Ziqi start to care about her so much?
"Weird." Xiao Yun pouted. Although it was normal for an elder brother to care about his younger sister, there was no sign of family affection in Su Ziqi's eyes.
...
Since Su Meimei was reported to Su Yuze, she never bothered Su Rou again. She just stayed in the classroom on normal days and still flirted with the boys. She lived a life of being admired by everyone every day. As for Su Rou, she didn't like trouble in the first place. It was really great that Su Meimei was sensible enough not to bother her!
In the blink of an eye, the courses of Senior One were over. During the final exam, Su Rou firmly held the first place in the grade, leaving Jiang Ling, who was in the second place, more than fifty points behind. This was within Jiang Ling's expectation, but for other students, it was like she was cheating!
Previously, in Su Rou's exams, her scores were always very close to Jiang Ling's. She had been in the second and third places. Once, she even got the last place in the whole grade because she missed an exam!
No one expected that she was a dark horse and showed her strength during the final exam!
"Xiaorou, can I still see you during the summer vacation?" Jiang Ling was a bit reluctant. If it was summer vacation, it would be very difficult to see Su Rou again. Even though he knew where Su Rou lived, he didn't dare to go there! Su Yuze's reaction last time had scared him. He felt that Su Yuze didn't seem to welcome him very much.
Su Rou was packing her things. Hearing this, she turned back and glanced at Jiang Ling. "Maybe not. I'm going on a trip."
"Where to?" Jiang Ling asked eagerly. If that was the case, he could just go with her!
Su Rou thought for a while. "I don't know yet. Brother Ze is taking me." Su Yuze took care of everything about the trip, so it didn't matter much to her. She just needed to have fun happily.
"Ah... okay." So she was going with her elder brother. He'd better forget it. He was afraid that Su Yuze would misunderstand something again and have a bad opinion of him. "Well, see you at the beginning of the new semester."
"Okay, see you at the beginning of the new semester."
It was only noon when Su Rou got her report card. Su Yuze was already waiting for her in the car at the school gate. "Xiaorou'er? Over here!" Since there were many people coming to pick up their children today, Su Yuze was afraid that Su Rou wouldn't be able to see him, so he rolled down the car window and waved to Su Rou.
Su Rou spotted their family car at a glance. She happily skipped over. Over the past year, she had grown a lot taller, but she still looked very petite. Her long natural curly hair had reached her waist.
"Brother Ze, you're so early!" Su Rou jumped into the car and showed the report card to Su Yuze.
"I just arrived, estimating the time." Su Yuze took the report card and glanced at it. "Xiaorou'er is really amazing."
"Hehe..." Being praised, Su Rou giggled.
"Let's go to Grandpa's house." Su Yuze started the engine. "Grandpa said he wanted us to have a family dinner."
"Um... Isn't Brother Ziqi taking the college entrance examination this year? Should we buy some gifts for him?" Su Rou thought for a while. Anyway, Brother Ziqi was quite "concerned" about her. He was going to be a college student this year. They should give him a gift!
Su Yuze slightly raised his eyebrows and said indifferently, "No need."
"Why?" Su Rou was puzzled. They should at least celebrate Brother Ziqi's entry into college! Although... his grades were not very good, but the Su family had connections. It would surely be no problem to get Su Ziqi into a good university.
"Ziqi may not go to college, so there's no need to prepare a gift for him." Su Yuze didn't tell the real reason. He didn't like it when Su Rou always surrounded other men and always thought about things for other men, so he rejected Su Rou's suggestion.
Su Rou nodded in understanding. "I see. Then forget it."
"Okay."
Su Yuze drove directly to the Su family mansion. It was a servant who opened the door. As soon as he saw Su Yuze and Su Rou, he immediately welcomed them in.
"Is it Yuze and Xiaorou coming?" Su Rongqi walked out smiling. "It's almost a year since I last saw you. Xiaorou... You've grown taller!"
Su Rou smiled. "I'm not a midget anymore!" She was still in her growing stage, so of course she would still grow.
"Haha, yes, yes, yes! The final exam is over, right? Come on, let Grandpa have a look at your report card." Over the past year, Su Rou had grown taller and become much prettier. The mole under her right eye still looked so pitiful, making her still look like a twelve - or thirteen - year - old girl.
"I knew Grandpa was waiting to see my report card." Su Rou took out the report card from her small bag and handed it to Su Rongqi.
"Very good. You're still the first. You have to maintain this result." Su Rongqi was satisfied. His look at Su Rou also became quite approving. The Su family had always been somewhat patriarchal, with men taking over the family business. But now it seemed... Su Rou was so outstanding that maybe she could break this tradition of the Su family!
Not long after, Su Kaiming's family came. Su Meimei was wearing high - heeled sandals and was almost as tall as Liu Rulan. Su Rongqi frowned slightly. "Meimei, wear high heels less. Be careful not to fall."
Su Meimei was already eighteen. Her appearance hadn't changed much, but her makeup seemed to be getting thicker and thicker. Su Rou could even see the two different colors on her face and neck. Really... Didn't she know to apply some BB cream on her neck to cover it up?
Su Hongyu was wearing a suit and looked very decent. Seeing Su Rou, his eyes were full of admiration. "Xiaorou is getting more and more beautiful!"
"Thank you, Brother Hongyu." Su Rou replied politely with a smile.
Su Meimei was sitting on the sofa playing with her phone. Hearing Su Hongyu's words, she looked up and glanced at Su Rou, then disdainfully shifted her gaze.
Beautiful? She looked so plain and didn't even know how to put on makeup. How could she be called beautiful?