"Honestly, I wouldn't dare either."
It was clearly her older brother's study, but there wasn't a single piece of calligraphy in his own handwriting anywhere in sight.
Her brother was great in every way—except his handwriting was, frankly, a little too embarrassing to show anyone.
She might have egged Du Du on, but there was no way she'd dare tell her brother to his face that his calligraphy was ugly.
No one else knew, but Mo Xiaoxue did. After every practice session, her brother would personally destroy all the rice paper he'd written on.
Mo Xiaoxue's words earned a disdainful look from Du Du.
"Auntie, if you don't dare, why are you sending me?"
"Do I look that easy to fool?"
At that, Mo Xiaoxue kept a perfectly straight face and said, "Come on, let's go get some milk tea."
"Let's go! Let's go~" Du Du's eyes lit up. She sprang to her feet and tugged at her aunt's hand, ready to head out.
But her aunt didn't budge.
Du Du glanced back and saw a knowing smile on her aunt's face.
Realizing what had happened, Du Du said dejectedly, "Auntie, you tricked me."
Mo Xiaoxue smiled. She looked like a beauty who had stepped straight out of an ink painting.
"Who was it just now who said, 'Do I look that easy to fool?' Tsk, tsk, Du Du, help Auntie remember—who said that?"
Du Du returned to her seat and sat down with a little sigh. The path she'd walked most often in her life was her aunt's elaborate schemes.
"Little kids are the easiest to fool."
Hearing her aunt still muttering beside her, Du Du covered her face, unable to argue.
After a while, Du Du pouted and said indignantly, "Auntie, you can't outscheme Dad, so you pick