It was not because the Qi house was especially large. Both floors together totaled less than two hundred square meters. The problem was that his body was genuinely weak. When he had not been working, he barely noticed it, but after moving around so much, he truly began to feel overwhelmed.
Qi Tian used her handkerchief to wipe Qi Jun’s sweat. “Second Brother, when Third Brother comes back, is he going to bully you again?”
Searching through the inherited memories of all the times Qi Jiang had looked down on him, Qi Jun smiled bitterly. “It’s all right. Second Brother will be moving into school very soon. It just means I won’t be able to see Tiantian as often.”
Qi Tian frowned. “Why do you have to live at school? Dormitories cost money. Mom and Dad definitely won’t give you money for one. Second Brother, just stay at home. Mom, Dad, and Eldest Brother may treat you badly, but you still have Tiantian to take care of you!!”
Qi Jun smiled and stroked Qi Tian’s head. Her fluffy little ears felt wonderful beneath his hand. In his previous life, a cat-eared girl would have been more than just cute—she would have been the ultimate moe fantasy! “But Second Brother’s university is in the capital too, just like your Third Brother’s school. Besides, I’m already grown up. Once you grow up, you have to learn to take care of yourself. It’ll reduce Mom and Dad’s burden too. Don’t worry. Second Brother will find a job and earn enough to support himself. Lots of places hire university students for hourly work, don’t they? Once I start earning money, I can buy Tiantian pretty clothes.”
Qi Tian was not a four- or five-year-old child. At twelve, she already understood plenty. She knew Second Brother did not have a good life at home. What she could not understand was why Mom and Dad disliked him so much. Second Brother was the prettiest person in their family and the gentlest. He never bullied her the way Eldest Brother and Third Brother did. What about him could possibly be hateful? A-Li also had an older brother with low mental power, yet A-Li’s family adored him. Tiantian truly could not understand it. “Then will Second Brother come home in the future?”
Qi Jun paused, then nodded. “Of course. Second Brother is only going to live at school…”
Before he could finish, a cold voice sounded directly behind him. “Live at school? With trash like you, do you really think you can support yourself in a dormitory? You think Mom and Dad’s money blows in on the wind?”
Qi Jun turned. The youth was a stranger to him personally, but he knew this was Qi Jiang. Yet he was no longer the original Qi Jun, so he felt no fear whatsoever. “Of course Mom and Dad’s money doesn’t blow in on the wind. Since you care about them so much, when school starts again, you can work too and earn your own dormitory fees and food expenses.” What a terrible excuse to use just to mock him. Was Qi Jun supposed to commute all the way to the capital every day once university started? Even an easygoing man could get angry. In truth, however, Qi Jun mainly wanted a clean, unquestionable reason to leave this family.
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