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Sobbing uncontrollably, shaking and trembling, Xu Xuehui dialed Xu Wanting’s phone number.
“Sister!” Xu Xuehui couldn’t hold back.
Hearing her crying, Xu Wanting didn’t speak, just responded with a “Hmm!”
Her voice also carried a hint of tears!
“What have we done? How could we do those things? Why did we do them in the first place?” Xu Xuehui cried, “Sister, did you read it? When did you see it?”
“A few days ago!” Xu Wanting spoke up.
“I didn’t expect it to be like this, sister! I wasn’t aware of this issue! I knew he was dirty, different from us, but I didn’t realize! I didn’t know what being an orphan meant?” Xu Xuehui cried, “Sob, sob, sob, I didn’t know, I wasn’t aware, I just heard, I didn’t understand any of this!”
“I didn’t either!” Xu Wanting chimed in.
“But what have we done?” Xu Xuehui cried out loudly.
Xu Wanting fell silent, sniffing hard, tears streaming down her face.
“He wanted to visit my company many times!”
“He actually has the right to!”
“He’s my brother, and in the future, he will also be a part of that company!”
“I didn’t let him in!”
Xu Wanting spoke in a hoarse voice, “But the security guard didn’t like him, knocked him down to the ground. He sat there for a long, long time before leaving!”
“He never went to my company again, just dared to look from afar, secretly watching!”
“Sob!”
Xu Xuehui couldn’t help but cry.
“Why didn’t I let him in at that time? He’s clearly our blood brother, he has the right to go in and see! He used to love it there so much, but there hasn’t been a single time since then, never again!” Xu Wanting’s voice was very low, extremely suppressed.
Xu Xuehui couldn’t suppress her crying either. “That night, it was pouring rain, and my girl friends and I were celebrating my birthday in the living room. Actually, I knew he was outside and didn’t dare to come home!”
“Xuehui, I know about your old car!”
“I also know that he always wanted to touch it!” Xu Xuehui cried, “But he didn’t dare, he never dared, only dared to hide on the second floor and sneak a look! He thought it was the most beautiful car in the world, the car driven by his most beautiful second sister…”
“He used to sneak into my school, into the university, into the library! Finally, he ran into my classroom and secretly attended class! I didn’t understand why he did all this before? I never understood! Why didn’t I understand?”
“But, I can’t understand orphans! I can’t understand what we mean to him. He once so eagerly wanted to grasp a bit of that feeling, but he couldn’t grasp anything!”
“I had my students chase him out!”
“His proudest second sister, his most admired second sister, just watched as he was knocked down by those students and kicked out of the school!”
“Sister, I’m the devil!”
Xu Wanting fell silent, only the sound of sniffles and tears, her breathing heavy.
“Sister? Why? Why did we become like this?” Xu Xuehui continued to speak.
“Mom and Dad still don’t understand!” Xu Wanting took a deep breath and said, “They might know, but they haven’t understand, or perhaps they don’t want to understand!”
Xu Xuehui remained silent.
“What’s most frightening is being unwilling to face it!” Xu Wanting spoke again.
Xu Xuehui couldn’t help but cry again, feeling that such a situation was really unbearable for her.
Perhaps, at home, they were unwilling to face it.
They had pretended to be oblivious before.
Perhaps that was why Xu Mo had lost all hope.
If there was even a glimmer of hope left in his heart, he probably wouldn’t have said those words, and he probably wouldn’t have left home!
Now, he is the top scorer in the college entrance examination.
Even without them, he can still become outstanding compared to everyone else.
“Sob, sob, sis, what should we do?” Xu Xuehui asked tearfully.
Xu Wanting shook her head. “I, I don’t know either! Let’s wait a few days, let him calm down before we see him! I… I don’t want him to continue wandering outside, alone and helpless. I want to tell him that even if others don’t like him, he still has a sister, still has a big sister!”
“Even if this big sister used to be blind and heartless, used to do all sorts of evil deeds, she can still shield him from even the slightest storm! He can still find a bit of support and comfort in this home! Not everyone hates him!”
“Sobs!” Xu Xuehui cried.
“A few more days! Let’s wait a few more days!” Xu Wanting seemed unable to hold back either, suppressing her crying, unwilling to say more!
…
Xu Mo and Tang Lei celebrated with others.
They booked a KTV room, invited several classmates, and sang loudly to celebrate inside.
Three years of high school, three years of suppression, finally liberated today, and even achieved the title of Xiahai City’s top scorer in the college entrance examination. Teachers came over, everyone enjoyed food and drinks.
Apart from Xu Mo, Tang Lei, Gu Huanxi, Li Banzhuang, and others all performed very well in the exam, all getting into prestigious universities. Among them, Gu Huanxi even scored 601 points, an outstanding result.
With these scores, there’s no doubt Gu Huanxi can apply to Tsinghua University or Peking University.
As for Tang Lei and Li Banzhuang, they’re in the same boat. All four of them meet the application requirements for these top-tier universities.
Besides them, a few other classmates also did exceptionally well.
This time, No. 27 high School is the biggest winner among all high schools in Xiahai City.
So, the celebration was lively. Leaders and teachers from several schools came over, and the atmosphere was joyous.
Xu Mo drank a lot and was quite intoxicated. They all partied until late into the night before heading home.
When they got back home, they weren’t sleepy yet, so they ordered some takeout and drank together, celebrating.
It had been a long time since they had been this happy.
With the heavy burden lifted from their hearts, they felt like they could play and relax as much as they wanted.
Finally, after eating and drinking their fill, they were too drunk to make it to their rooms and ended up sleeping on the couch.
Even though there were gender differences, at this moment, Gu Huanxi and Li Banzhuang didn’t mind at all.
Being orphaned and relying on each other for support, the four of them had long considered each other as family.
After playing all night, the next day, Gu Huanxi and Li Banzhuang got up to go to the vegetable market to buy groceries. By the time Xu Mo and Tang Lei woke up, the two of them had already prepared a large table full of dishes.
“The shared bikes need to be launched first! The first batch, one thousand bikes. Three days later, Phoenix Bikes will send over the second batch!”
“At that time, we’ll deploy all five thousand bikes together! We need to see how many people will use them and how much deposit we can collect.”
“Xu Mo, I still have some concerns,” Li Banzhuang spoke up.
“Yes, I’m worried too! Our bikes cost over three hundred each!” Gu Huanxi chimed in.
“No need to worry. The greater the risk, the greater the reward! I reckon the shared biking industry will only grow larger in the future. We need to seize this opportunity!” Xu Mo smiled.
“Xu Mo, what if we receive a lot of deposits? What do we do then? The money isn’t necessarily safe in our hands either!” Tang Lei said, his usual cautious self.
“If we have money, hundreds of thousands, or even millions, we can earn interest by putting it in the bank! Putting ten million in the bank would earn us over thirty thousand in interest a year! Plus, we can also explore other investments!”
“Other investments?” Tang Lei frowned. “What if we end up losing? Then we won’t be able to pay back the deposits!”
Xu Mo chuckled. “No need to worry about that! We won’t lose. It’s just a matter of earning more or less. In short, we need to quickly expand and promote the shared biking industry. Once we have scale, we’ll make money!”
The three exchanged glances.
“Shall we give it a try? Start with a thousand bikes?”
“Yes! Let’s give it a shot, start with a thousand bikes! Tonight, we’ll go distribute the bikes! We’ve already scoped out the locations, we’ll place twenty bikes at each spot!”
“Great!”
The plan had long been set, but they had been busy before and hadn’t had the chance to promote it. Now that the college entrance exam results were out, there was no need to hesitate.
Xu Mo decided to seize the opportunity quickly, make a decisive move, swiftly capture the entire market in Xiahai City, and then expand nationwide!
Xu Mo was well aware of how powerful the Xu family truly was!