Lazy Stepmother of the 70s Island

Chapter 104: Who Died

Ning Xue had thought that once they returned to the island and he was by her side, Su Guangzong would change for the better. However, she was taken aback by how he became even worse.

Every morning, he would wake up and go straight to the arcade. He would come back home for lunch on time, only to return to the arcade right after, and he wouldn't come back until late at night.

No matter how furious Ning Xue became or how earnestly Su Junyan tried to persuade him, he remained unaffected. His eyes were only focused on the games.

As for Ning Xue's plan to lock him in his room as soon as he came back, it had completely failed.

After all, Su Guangzong was a young man, and when he became violent, even Su Junyan wasn't his match, let alone Ning Xue.

Locking him up was possible, but he could break down the door or jump out of the second-floor window within minutes.

If Ning Xue followed Dawa's advice and firmly withheld meals and imposed strict discipline, there might be a glimmer of hope. However, she couldn't bring herself to do it. She always believed that by putting in enough effort, she could move Su Guangzong's heart and make him obedient.

But now Su Guangzong has completely lost interest in studying.

However, he was also clever enough to know that if Ning Xue pressed him too hard, she might actually cut off his food supply out of frustration.

So he negotiated with Ning Xue, promising that if she allowed him to play games, he would study.

Thus, he continued his routine of leaving early and coming back late every day. He played games when he wanted to play games, and when he returned at night, he pretended to read a couple of pages of a book just to get by.

Unfortunately, Ning Xue fell for this act.

She believed that since Su Guangzong had a good foundation, as long as he glanced through a few books, he would be able to enter a prestigious university the following year.

Little did she know that the textbooks were constantly changing and evolving, and talented individuals emerged one after another.

The news of Su Guangzong's return to Hailang Island spread throughout the military compound within a few days.

To the outside world, Ning Xue and Su Junyan maintained a unified explanation: Su Guangzong didn't like the current university and major he was enrolled in, so he decided to drop out and study for another year at home to enter a different university and pursue a different major that he liked.

Of course, very few people believed their story.

The news of Su Guangzong being expelled from school initially only circulated within the school, but later, it somehow reached the hands of a meddlesome person who sent it to the newspapers. A journalist even wrote a special report with the headline "Top University Student Addicted to Games, Expelled in Tragedy."

Although the newspaper was only circulated in the Shanghai market and didn't mention any names, it described the student as a freshman at Fudan University.

However, in recent years, there have been quite a number of students from Hailang Island who entered universities in Shanghai, so it didn't take much effort to connect the dots.

Initially, Ning Xue and Su Junyan managed to keep it a secret, but when the clippings of that newspaper report started being sent back by well-meaning individuals, spreading gossip, the news quickly spread throughout the military compound.

Ning Xue even avoided going out early in the morning to buy groceries, trying to avoid people's gazes.

As for Su Junyan, whenever his colleagues mentioned anything about their child, he no longer talked confidently as he used to. Instead, he would make excuses to go outside and smoke.