Mind reading saves the whole family; I'm firmly in the role of a charlatan.

Chapter 300 Too Good for Me?!
Du Yihan's sarcastic tone instantly drew Du Anrao's attention back, reminding her of someone's previous deceptions and tricks.

"Third Brother, shouldn't you explain to me what's going on with this Dr. Du?"

Du Yihan hadn't expected to get herself into trouble in just two sentences, and her expression stiffened slightly.

After a long pause, he awkwardly touched his nose and said, "It's just that it wasn't decided before, so I was embarrassed to tell anyone."

"Really?" This time, Du Anrao wasn't so easily fooled. "But I feel like everyone in your lab knows, even the people who are about to go in know, except for my sister."

Du Anrao got more and more excited as he spoke, wiped away non-existent tears, and sobbed, "As expected, Third Brother never treated me as a real family member. He kept such an important thing from me."

Du Yihan felt as if she had been struck by lightning; the hairs on her body stood on end.

"No, no, no, An'an, please don't think like that. I really didn't mean to lie to you."

"If it wasn't intentional, then it was deliberate. I knew it, waaaaah..."

"It wasn't intentional! I just..." I just didn't want to be the subject of gossip during the Chinese New Year holiday, and to be laughed at by my gloating family members. But this was a reason I couldn't just say out loud.

Du Anrao waited for a while but didn't get an explanation from Du Yihan. He turned his face away and cried even louder: "What do you mean? I knew you never took my words seriously, Third Brother."

Du Yihan's head was about to explode from listening, especially when she thought that after Du Anrao finished crying to her, he might go back and complain to his family.

Given the current level of favoritism shown towards his sister by the family, Du Yihan had no doubt that after Du Anrao filed his complaint at noon, she would be assassinated that very night through a fundraising effort!

"Ancestors, my dear ancestors, I really didn't mean that. What will it take for you to believe me?"

Du Anrao's crying stopped abruptly: "Unless..."

"Unless what? As long as I can do it, you can name any conditions you want!"

"Really? Then I won't be polite. As long as you send me back the extra money I sent you before, I'll forgive you."

As soon as Du Anrao finished speaking, Du Yihan took a big step back in fright: "This is not right, are you trying to kill me? Besides, you're already rolling in money, why are you still concerned about a few tens of millions..."

Du Anrao ignored his moral blackmail and quickly interrupted the spellcasting: "I knew it, I knew I was worthless in your heart. Forget it, I'll just go home. Since Third Brother doesn't love me, I guess I'm not welcome here either. I'll go back to my parents, brothers and sisters and ask them to take me somewhere else."

"..." Isn't this a blatant threat? This is ridiculous!
Du Yihan gritted her teeth, saying helplessly and with a pang of heartache, "I'll give it back to you, I'll call it back to you in a bit."

"What do you mean 'later'? Delay will only lead to complications. We must act now, immediately."

"..." Having you is truly my blessing!

Du Yihan was seething with anger, but she still had no choice but to submit to her sister's tyranny and return the 80 million that she hadn't even had a chance to enjoy.

Du Anrao finally smiled when he saw the payment confirmation.

"You little brat, you think you can get away with this? Let's see if you dare to lie to me again!"

"..." I'm scared, I'll never do it again.

Xi Jingyue coldly observed the amusing scene of brotherly affection and sisterly harmony, in which the sister unilaterally swindled her brother out of a huge sum of money. To avoid being caught in the crossfire later, he reluctantly suppressed his laughter and changed the subject: "It's getting late. Are you hungry? Want to go get something to eat together?"

“Mr. Xi is a busy man, so we’d better not bother you any longer.” Upon hearing this, Du Anrao looked at his third brother in surprise: “Oh, third brother, aren’t you hungry? Then I’ll go eat with Mr. Xi first, and I’ll pack some for you when I get back.”

"...No, I'm hungry too."

"Then let's go together." Du Anrao said, taking one person in each arm and dragging them towards the food street next to the school.

Du Yihan, being dragged along: "..."

Xi Jingyue glanced at the person who dared not speak out in anger, and sighed inwardly, "Everything has its counter."

Although Du Yihan disliked Xi Jingyue, she didn't dare to let her younger sister go hungry, so she took the two of them to a Sichuan hot pot restaurant recommended by a classmate in the same major.

Smoke curls from the chimney, and the aroma fills the air. A small bowl of soup warms you up completely.

Du Anrao sighed with satisfaction and brought up the main topic again: "So, Third Brother, what exactly is going on with your PhD? Aren't you just a junior in college? Even if you were to skip a grade, shouldn't you be a graduate student? How did you suddenly become a PhD?"

Du Yihan sensed only doubt and no anger in Du Anrao's words, and breathed a sigh of relief, finally regaining her former high spirits as a top student.

"Hey, what's so strange about that? I told you long ago, your third brother is a genius. I taught myself university courses back in high school, and then taught myself graduate courses for the first two years of university. Moreover, the competitions I participated in before were all in the higher academic level groups, and I won more awards than those graduate students."

As Du Yihan spoke, she arrogantly raised her chin, looking smug like she was saying, "Look how awesome your brother is."

“I mentioned this to my advisor, and he also felt that someone as talented as me didn’t need to waste time on these conventional degree upgrades. So he took the documents and applied to the school leaders to let me skip the master’s degree and go directly to B University for a doctorate.”

After listening to Du Yihan's explanation, Du Anrao's expression became complicated.

"...Third Brother, why are you acting so arrogant for no reason?" If you weren't so capable, and just obediently followed the rules as a graduate student, you might not have ended up as a cannon fodder tool.

Du Yihan: "..." Is it my fault for being too smart and outstanding?
No wonder Ji Yin was so jealous of his third brother; he truly had both talent and powerful connections. Genius isn't scary; what's scary is a genius who works even harder than you, and even scarier is when this hardworking genius is also blessed with benefactors. With all those buffs stacked up, wouldn't you attract all sorts of demons and monsters?

After sighing, Du Anrao seemed to remember something and frowned, saying, "That's not right. Third Brother, you said you finished all the university courses in high school. If you're so amazing, why did you choose S University instead of B University? Could it be because you're homesick?"

"certainly not."

"why?"

"...I had a minor accident during the last exam and missed one of them."

"You mean you got into S University with a zero in one subject?"

"Ah."

Du Anrao: "..."

Xi Jingyue: "..."

I don't know if my third brother's classmates wanted to kill him, but I do know that his teachers and homeroom teacher definitely wanted to!

Du Yihan: =.=