"Why? It's because his mind isn't on studying!"
Aunt nodded, "That's right, girls are easily distracted, always thinking about dressing up."
Uncle continued, "Look at Jiacheng, although he loves to play, he doesn't mess around when it matters. He has both talent and luck; that's what boys are like. Our Lao Liang Family's ancestors must be proud!"
Everyone cheered.
What they didn't know was that my brother only scored a little over 300 points on the college entrance exam, not even enough to get into a junior college.
During the meal, someone curiously asked my brother, " Jiacheng, I heard you got into Tsinghua University. Can you share your study methods with us?"
My brother, with a flushed face from drinking, began to boast with a slurred tongue, "My study method is very simple: just look at more questions and practice more!"
Someone asked, "Was it hard for you?"
"Of course it was hard! Every night before I went to sleep, I thought about how hard my parents worked to support my education. I had to live up to their expectations! Just thinking about that made me grit my teeth and keep going."
As he spoke, my brother even squeezed out a few tears, and our parents wiped their eyes in sympathy.
Someone pulled out paper and pen, diligently taking notes on my brother's words.
" Jiacheng, I'm your cousin. My child is the same age as you and has always been average in studies. You must teach him!"
My brother nodded, "No problem, I've got this!"
In my past life, I exposed my brother's lies right there at the dinner table, and my parents were embarrassed and kicked me out of the Graduation Banquet.
This time, I chose to remain silent and watched my brother perform with great interest.
My cousin raised his hand and said, "That's not right. Our teacher said that copying answers is very inefficient and we shouldn't do it too much."
My brother scoffed, "What does your teacher know? Mine graduated from Tsinghua, you know?"
My cousin insisted, "I believe learning is not for money, but rather..."
My brother interrupted, "Enough! Stop talking nonsense! A boy like you insists on choosing liberal arts; I think you must have been born with the wrong gender!"
My cousin was taken aback. "What do you mean by that?"
My brother sneered, "I heard that all of you in the Liberal Arts Class are girls, and everyone calls you Sissy?"
My cousin's face turned bright red. "You're talking nonsense!"
My brother replied proudly, "I am talking nonsense. So what?"
Just as my cousin was about to charge at him, our parents grabbed him and covered his mouth. They whispered, "Don't make a scene. Your cousin is going to be someone important in the future. If you offend him, what will happen to our family?"
My cousin's eyes widened in confusion.
Our parents then spoke softly to my brother, " Jiacheng, this child doesn't understand; please don't hold it against him."
My brother waved his hand dismissively. "I won't stoop to his level."
Mom and Dad shot another glare at my cousin. "Study hard and learn more from your cousin!"
In my past life, my cousin had a dispute with my brother at the Graduation Banquet.
My cousin's parents forced him to drink three cups of alcohol to defend his older brother and made him apologize publicly. My cousin, unable to take it anymore, smashed his cup and ran out the door shouting. A few days later, he got drunk and fell into the river, drowning. I overheard my parents chatting, saying that my cousin brought this upon himself; opposing him was just asking for trouble.
At the banquet, relatives suggested, "Jiacheng, take out your Admission Notice for everyone to see; we want to share in your good fortune!" In my past life, I thought the same way. When I eagerly took out my Admission Notice, my brother deliberately tore it up and threw it in the trash right in front of everyone. He pretended to be concerned and said, "Oh no, I didn't mean to do that. I'll print you another copy." My mother slapped me and said, "You really don't understand anything. It's already good enough that your brother can print it for you; don't cause trouble for everyone!"
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