Chapter 635

Silently setting down the Great Guidelines of William, Leon turned his head to look at Anna standing behind him, his expression slightly awkward:

“Where’s little Elie? Otherwise, should I help her with her homework first?”

“Elie went to sleep a long time ago!”

Anna immediately saw through Leon’s plan to “dodge the important issues,” gave him an irritated glance, and then sat back down beside Melanie, who was looking at her in despair.

“Moreover, Elie finished her homework at school. She’s nothing like these two, dragging it out until now… Melanie! Look at what you’ve written! What do you mean by checking contract clauses when writing stories? Is that what the author meant?”

“This… the author might not have thought about it, but this is my personal interpretation…”

“You can have your own understanding, but you cannot write it in the school-issued homework book!”

Grabbing Melanie’s ear, she skillfully twisted it half a turn. The healthier, yet still slender girl flipped back the crumpled homework book, using her finger to underline a section of the original text, threateningly: “Either you copy his interpretation word for word, or I’ll spank your bottom as many times as there are words. You choose!”

“Then… can I just copy half of it? His interpretation is so long…”

“You copy half, I’ll spank half. Does that work?”

“Or… one-third?”

“Are you really negotiating with me? Hurry up and write! One missing word and I’ll make you regret it!”

“Wah…”

With the authority of an elder sister and physical coercion, Anna subdued Melanie, who knew the right answer but habitually wanted to slack off. Then Anna got up, walked around the desk, sat next to William in the guidance seat Leon respectfully vacated for her…

“William! The question asks why merchants aren’t happy. What is all this nonsense you wrote?”

“I’m revising, I’m revising.”

Glancing at his older brother who didn’t resist Anna’s tyranny but even seemed ready to cheer her on, William couldn’t help but sigh inwardly at the pitiful weakness of the otaku class. He then sensibly erased his carefully crafted bribery guide and began copying the meaningless correct answers crookedly.

“Merchants may gain money, but in the pursuit of wealth, they lose more. They mistakenly believe money will bring them happiness, but what truly makes them happy are the things they abandoned during their chase for wealth.

But then again, if he could use this money to build connections, buy a newspaper company targeting citizens of Monet City, and…”

“Hmm?”

“…”

And, words shouldn’t be said anymore.

Under the stern gaze of her older sister, William could only sigh faintly, helplessly erasing the part where he had freely expressed himself, and under the sad constraints of exam-oriented education, obediently wrote down the hypocritical answers compiled by adults.

As expected, suppressing mischievous kids is something only Anna can do.

Seeing how Anna forcefully subdued the two little devils and made them submit completely, Leon couldn’t help but let out a long breath of relief, then cleared his throat and said lightly to ease the atmosphere:

“In fact… we don’t need to be too rigid, lest we suppress their imagination…”

(╬￣皿￣)？!”Hmm… but on the other hand, their imagination is a bit excessive, occasional suppression is necessary… By the way.”

In the irritated gaze of Anna’s “Why don’t you try?”, Leon instantly surrendered at light speed and proactively changed the subject: “Anna, the bureau recently gave me a raise. My weekly salary has increased by 12 Golden Wheels, and the director also gave me an additional bonus, probably over three hundred Golden Wheels.”

“Wow!”

Hearing Leon’s words, Anna couldn’t help but turn around, her face full of surprise: “That’s great… What caused the raise this time?”

“…”

Because I flexed during the promotion evaluation, brought glory to the bureau, and helped the director retaliate against those cleaners who jumped ship from the Virgo Subdivision… Of course, that can’t be said.

“Because of proficiency in business!”

Without hesitation, Leon lied and grinned:

“Do I? Do I have it?”

Hearing Leon’s inquiry, Melanie, who had been eavesdropping all along, immediately threw away her pen and rushed over, burrowing her head into his chest like a drill after being caught by Leon.

“Big Brother! I want an investment!”

“？？？”

What? Even though Leon had anticipated several possible answers, Melanie’s opening still caught him off guard.

Looking at the excited little face peeking up at him from his arms, Leon couldn’t help but repeat in bewilderment: “You want an investment?”

“Yes!”

The head with two braids nodded vigorously, Melanie’s face full of excitement:

“Getting allowance every week is too slow. I found a new way to make money. As long as Big Brother gives me some investment capital to hire people, I can definitely… Hey! Ow!”

“You won’t get a single copper wheel before finishing your homework!”

Without any mistake, one after another, none of the content is within the scope!

After pulling Melanie out of Leon’s embrace, Anna scolded irritably: “Also! Shut down your ‘Homework Bank’ immediately! Brat! Now you dare to hire others to write homework for profit, I don’t even want to imagine what else you’ll do in the future!”

“Ahh! It’s a legitimate business!”

Even while being lifted up on tiptoe, Melanie still protested indignantly: “I solve the pain points of target users, helping students who love studying but lack money, and students who hate homework but have plenty of pocket money connect successfully, finding a perfect dynamic balance between pocket money and homework…”

“I’ll help your butt find balance with my slippers first!”

“Ah! Help! Big Brother, save me!”

“…”

Can’t help, farewell!

Looking at the house that hadn’t been peaceful for two minutes and was now chaotic again, Leon couldn’t help but rub his eyebrows, stopped William who was secretly erasing Melanie’s homework, and asked with a headache:

“William, do you want anything? Don’t mention asking me for money to bribe anyone.”

“No need, I just want Big Brother to listen to a few words from me.”

Shaking his head slightly, William calmly said:

“Big Brother, Sister Veronica fell in love with you at first sight, and she is the best woman you’ll ever meet in your life. The two of you are absolutely… heaven-sent soulmates.

If you marry her, in the future, you will surely have both a son and a daughter, succeed in your career, and have a happy family… Wait, what comes after? I forgot, let me check.”

“？？？”

Under Leon’s puzzled gaze, William flipped the homework book to the back, took out a densely written cheat sheet, and read aloud long passages praising Princess Veronica, occasionally skipping a couple of unfamiliar words.

Not… What’s going on here? After patiently waiting for William to finish reading, Leon couldn’t help but ask:

“What you just said is…”

“These are the words of Sister Veronica.”

Crumpling the cheat sheet and throwing it into the trash can, William continued to erase Melanie’s completed homework while calmly answering: “She’s been very busy lately. Although she came to see you twice, she didn’t wait long enough each time. So I asked her if I should relay her message.

She thought about it and said the topic she wants to discuss isn’t suitable for children, so relaying isn’t necessary. But if I can say a few good words for her, then she will let me read all the royal family’s books and even have someone take me to pilot a mech on weekends.”

“…”

(The chapter ends)