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Liang Xin timidly walked in and asked, "Brother, what's wrong?"

"What's wrong? You tell me what's wrong," Liang Fei demanded, "Tell me, why haven't you been paying attention in class lately?"

"I…" Liang Xin tried pitifully to say something, but she didn't know what she should say.

"Look at you, how old are you now? Are you still a child? With something as important as the middle school exams coming up, how can you afford to daydream?"

"It's not that… I… just…" Liang Xin looked at Liang Fei, who had lost his usual indulgence, and now she felt nothing but reverence for him.

"Xiaoxin, do you know? You are the hope of our entire family! Mom, Dad, and I have such high expectations for you, is this how you repay us?"

Thinking of his parents, Liang Fei sighed. He then thought that Liang Xin was indeed not a child anymore, and realized that blaming her outright might hurt her self-esteem or even backfire.