Chapter Seventy-Two: Fight

  "Time's up," Fang Zixuan glanced at the clock, "You've wasted half an hour just now, I'll give you another half hour. Fang Zipeng, it's time for your nap, go back to your room immediately."

  "I was also delayed for half an hour, I'll stay here and read a book." Fang Zikeng's purpose of staying here is to see Fang Xinlan make a fool of herself, looking at her scratching her ears and cheeks, he knows she's a fool, this good show hasn't finished yet, how can he bear to leave first.

  "Your homework is done for today, no staying up late, go back to your room and sleep immediately." Her voice was still calm, but her attitude was very firm.

  Fang Zikun had developed a habit of not daring to disobey Fang Zixuan, and as soon as she coldly ordered him, he reluctantly left the study.

  "You continue." Fang Zixuan said calmly, glancing at Fang Xinlan who was lost in thought.

  "I'm so sleepy, I'm going to bed!" Fang Xinlan's patience was exhausted. As soon as she saw these dull and tasteless test questions, her eyelids felt like they had a thousand pounds of weight on them, and they kept falling down. Especially with Fang Zikai's departure, she saw a glimmer of hope.

  "If this were an exam, would you have handed in your paper?"

  "Yes." Fang Xinlan, who had been enduring for a long time, finally couldn't bear it anymore. Even if Fang Zixuan was now turning against her, she didn't want to pretend anymore.

  "Alright." She nodded and didn't seem annoyed, taking her exercise book back. "You can go to sleep now."

  Is that all? I thought she had some tricks up her sleeve. Fang Xinlan was taken aback, then smiled slightly in disdain. If it was going to be this easy, she would have just submitted a blank paper from the start. What could they do to her?

  "Yesterday was language, today is math." The next evening, Fang Xinlan was dragged into the study room again, "You took cold medicine yesterday, shouldn't you have recovered by now?"

  "Sister, you don't know that even if you take medicine for a cold, it takes seven days to recover?" Fang Xinlan's face was suppressed.

  "Oh, I don't know." Fang Zixuan simply nodded, "Then you go ahead and do this test paper first, there are still two hours left."

  Fang Xinlan gritted her teeth. Zhang Yun was making things difficult for her, wearing her down, and she had always been confident that she could get through it, but in front of Fang Zixuan, she lost her confidence, and she was about to lose control of her temper. Who could endure being slowly tortured like this?

  "I don't want to do it." As soon as she saw that densely packed mock exam paper, she had an urge to go crazy.

  "You're about to take the college entrance exam soon. You must do it." Fang Zixuan didn't give her any leeway.

  "The high school entrance exam is my business, don't bother sister with it." Fang Xinlan scowled, finally tearing off the mask of obedience and pitifulness she had worn all along.

  How pitiful. Can't even last two days, Fang Zikai lowered his head and laughed very happily, indeed the elder sister's skills are still quite impressive.

  "How can that be? You must get into First Middle School, it's Grandma and Dad's expectation. From yesterday's situation, you are still far from the admission score line of First Middle School. Only if you seize the last chance to study hard, do you have a possibility to get in." Fang Zixuan said uncompromisingly with a serious expression.

  "What if I don't get in? Even if I don't attend high school, I'm still Miss Fang of the Fang family. The Fang family must divide their property among me!" Fang Xinlan completely lost control.

  "What does your identity have to do with reading? Regardless of whether you are a Fang family member or not, everyone has the equal right to education. You read for yourself, not for others. Don't you even understand this basic principle?" Fang Zixuan asked solemnly.

  "I don't know what kind of tricks you're playing," Fang Xinlan thought the so-called "sister" in front of her was simply shameless. No matter how she spoke or acted, it was like a punch to the cotton, a breath stuck in her throat, unable to swallow or spit out, making her feel so uncomfortable that she was about to go crazy. "Don't think you can make me surrender with this, don't think you're some kind of noble lady from the Fang family just because your mother is a shameless woman who had an affair and became someone's mistress. If it weren't for that, my mom and I wouldn't have ended up like this today. I'm the real legitimate miss, what are you? What right do you have to point fingers at me here?"

  After all, he's just a 15 or 16 year old kid, even if he has some city manners, it's not enough to cover up his true nature, and it shows in just a few words.

  Fang Zikong heard her insult his mother and sister, how could he bear it, rushed up to fight with her, but was stopped by Fang Zixuan, "I don't want to point fingers at you, but this is what grandma and dad entrusted me with, since they asked for it, I must do my best, so, Fang Xinlan, please sit down and do the exercises."

  Fang Xinlan was about to collapse, this Fang Zixuan's face is so thick, she said it to this extent, yet still not getting angry, still with this expressionless look.

  Fang Zixuan always had her own bottom line, as long as it wasn't crossed, she would forever have an attitude of not being concerned. Fang Xinlan was scolding Zhang Yun, but she never truly considered Zhang Yun to be her birth mother, no matter how agitated Fang Xinlan became, she wouldn't be moved in the slightest.

  "I won't do it, what can you do to me?" Anyway, the facade had already been torn off, revealing her true nature, Fang Xinlan was now acting like a shameless scoundrel.

  "There's nothing I can do, I can only tell Grandma and Dad the truth." She still had a faint expression.

  Fang Zikong was furious, with a "what can you do to me" attitude at the time, how could Fang Zixuan be so easy-going? He was forcibly tied up and beaten mercilessly, but when it came to Fang Xinlan's side, he was treated leniently. Clearly, he was her own brother, it was so unfair!

  "Alright, you go tell them then, let's see if they believe you or me." Fang Xinlan smiled carelessly.

  "Alright." She nodded, seemingly unaffected. "However, before this, I must declare that in my heart, you and Fang Zikai are on the same level. Otherwise, someone might say I'm being biased, and some rules still need to be followed."

  "What does it mean?" Fang Xinlan felt a sense of foreboding, her face guarded as she looked at her. Fang Zipeng's face, which had been unhappy earlier, finally showed a hint of joy.

  "There are national laws and family rules. If you don't follow the rules, you should be punished." Fang Zixuan glanced at Fang Zipeng, who immediately handed over a small steel ruler with a flattering expression.

  "Fang Xinlan, you just spoke ill words and were disrespectful to your elder sister. As punishment, I'll hit your palm ten times." Fang Zixuan raised her steel ruler and said sternly.

  Fang Xinlan looked at her incredulously, "You just hit me! Try it again!"

  "Why are you afraid to hit me? She used to beat me mercilessly, no reason to play favorites here." Fang Zikai said with a sly smile.

  Fang Xinlan thought she understood Fang Zixuan's personality, but she was just a fool and would never dare to be rough with her, nor did she expect that she and Fang Zipeng would lock her in the study and beat her up.

  "Let me go! Let me go!" Fang Xinlan struggled desperately, "If you dare to move a single finger on me, I'll fight you all to the end."

  "I won't move your fingers, I will only hit your palm."

  Fang Zikong disregarded her screams and struggles, forcibly pulling Fang Xinlan's right hand over.

  "Slap, slap, slap..." The small ruler fell rhythmically onto her palm, and Fang Zixuan muttered while hitting, "This is just a minor punishment, I hope you can remember from now on not to speak recklessly, and be a person who knows what's right and wrong..."

  Fang Xinlan didn't expect them to be so serious, crying with a mix of tears and snot, their shouting voices almost bursting Fang Zikai's eardrums.

  "Don't shout so exaggeratedly, I've also been beaten by my older sister, it doesn't hurt that much, can you keep your voice down?" Fang Zikeng strongly resisted the urge to cover his ears.

  "I don't want to live anymore, you're bullying me and tormenting me like this... I'm going to let Dad and Grandma take charge for me..." After saying that, Fang Xinlan rolled around on the ground wailing, quite like her father Fang Zipeng in his younger days.

  Unfortunately, her relationships with others were too poor, and all the servants in the house disliked her to the extreme, where would anyone come to persuade her, it's really like calling out to heaven but getting no response, calling out to earth but getting no resonance.

  No matter how pitiful Fang Xinlan pretended to be, no matter how much she threw a tantrum, the people in this room were all made of iron and stone, unmoved. At this moment, she finally realized just how small and weak she was in this family, that she had always been overestimating herself, and that even her younger siblings Fang Zi Xuan, whom she looked down on, could crush her at will.

  But it was just a slap on the palm, Fang Xinlan sat on the ground with disheveled hair and tear-stained face, as if she had been ravaged.

  Looking at Fang Xinlan who was sobbing uncontrollably, Fang Zipeng clapped his hands in satisfaction, feeling that he had finally vented his anger tonight.

  Fang Xinlan sat on the ground and cried for a while, but no one paid attention to her. She then stared blankly for a while longer, still without anyone noticing her. Finally, she stood up, looking down at Fang Zixuan from a higher position, but even when her legs went numb from standing, there was still no reaction from the other girl, as if she didn't exist at all. Fang Zixuan continued to do her homework, oblivious to everything else.

  Is she going to use the cold shoulder on me after this? Fang Xinlan sneered, "Fang Zixuan, I'll make you pay for your recklessness tonight!"

  "Huh? Why are you still here?" Fang Zixuan looked up at her in surprise. "What price?"

  You asked for it! Fang Zipeng was struggling to hold back his laughter.

  Looking at her serious face, Fang Xinlan's face was about to twist in anger, she dared to confirm that this Fang Zixuan must be doing it on purpose!

  It seems Fang Xinlan was really upset by Fang Zixuan and actually moved back to Shen Qin's place the next day.

  "Sister, she's going to be the first to tattle. Fang Zikai said with a hum, "Do you believe it or not, this time she'll definitely tell Grandpa and Grandma that she was tortured by us until she couldn't take it anymore and had to return to the Shen family. She might even say that we beat her so badly that she can't get out of bed. That kind of hypocritical woman is best at putting on a show."

  "Believe it." Fang Zixuan seemed to be busy calculating a problem, writing words while lowering his head, and casually answering. He seriously doubted whether she had thought about her answer before speaking.