Besides, the kid had always worked hard at school. When Zhuang Tunan got married and Li Jia met Wu Jun, she could tell from their conversation that the boy wasn't an idiot.
That was why Li Jia thought she'd learned something from Wu Shanshan. She decided to follow her example and give her younger brother the same kind of guidance.
In truth, Li Jia had completely misunderstood Wu Shanshan. Wu Shanshan knew that although her younger brother didn't have an especially comfortable life at home, he was getting by.
On top of that, she had a rival in love like Zhuang Xiaoting to contend with. She worried that one wrong move in dealing with family matters might make Wang Yue resent her.
That was why Wu Shanshan deliberately acted as if she hadn't noticed Wu Jun's situation. She believed that as long as she kept making steady progress, her brother would eventually have a good life. There was no need to focus only on the present.
In any case, that beautiful misunderstanding changed Li Jia's attitude toward her younger brother, Li Wen, and truly helped him change for the better.
After all, in Li Wen's eyes, anything his parents or sister owned belonged to him, while anything he owned still belonged to him.
But Li Jia's parents kept emphasizing that the house belonged to Li Jia. And just then, Shanghai's old districts had begun distributing apartments: anyone with a local household registration could receive one. Li Wen had given up his claim to the apartment, so Uncle Li's family ended up getting an extra one instead.
The contrast made Li Wen's outlook shift. By then, he knew just how expensive apartments in Shanghai were, and how much money he'd given up by surrendering his claim to one.
To earn that