21 The Hero with the Stone-cold Face (2/2)

Xia Qingyi stood very close to him. Mo Han only had to lower his head to make out her curled eyelashes and that faint breathing of hers. Unknowingly, he took a step back and smiled gently. ”Sorry, can't tell.”

Dissatisfied, she harrumphed and glared at him in a huff. ”I've already passed the age for high school enrollment. Besides, it's too childish to go to school. I'm not going.”

Mo Han looked at this little girl who was talking about maturity in front of him and laughed. ”So what do you want to do then?”

”Go out to work,” she replied.

Mo Han looked her over. ”What do you know?”

”I don't know, but I can learn.” Even when she said she didn't know, she was feisty. She didn't want to be like the rest of those small children,sitting in a classroom memorizing academic material and answering questions. That would be way too burdensome.

”You still look like a student. You'll know nothing heading out into the working world. It's too early.” Mo Han's face was stone-cold.

”If you really want me to go to school, then you have to be prepared that I'm going to miss school everyday. I don't want to cause trouble for you,” Xia Qingyi said with some seriousness, looking at Mo Han's face without any sign of relenting.

”That's impossible. You're too young. Go to school.” Mo Han's tone was unrelenting, too.

Xia Qingyi stared at him, and her voice grew louder. ”I told you. I'm no longer a little child. I've already come of age. I have my own opinions, and I have the right to be responsible for my own actions too. You cannot stop me!”

”I can't stop you? Right now I'm your legal guardian. I'm your brother. I have the right to watch over everything you do alongside providing guidance to you.” Mo Han had no idea why he was suddenly saying all this. It was as though he was suddenly going with the flow and accepting this sister of his that had popped out of nowhere!