According to the issuance order, the care of a minor originally falls under the responsibility of the guardian, but the Su Li’s original guardian unilaterally abandoned the guardianship rights, so Su Li is currently without a guardian. According to interstellar law, she will be assigned foster care by the government, but given Su Li’s particularity and various considerations, she can choose to care for herself.

However, whether assigned to a foster family or opting for self-care, school enrollment is mandatory.

Otherwise, the government will assign her to a school district. If unlucky, she might be sent to a chaotic district.

Su Li’s gaze rested on the cold words for a long time. After thinking, she suddenly laughed.

As the first convict to walk out alive from the Fifth Prison, although many people know she is innocent.

Even so, many families are unwilling to accept a criminal with a record in personal credit.

Even Grandma Zhang next door, after much deliberation, guiltily chose to refuse.

The so-called self-care is just a reluctant choice made by the government.

However, this coincidentally suits Su Li’s intentions. It also saves her extra effort.

What surprised Su Li was Su Chang’an’s unilateral application to give up guardianship rights.

According to timeline, Su Chang’an applied for it the second year after her imprisonment, considered as completely abandoning her.

No one has ever come out alive from the Fifth Prison’s Nutrition Cabin. His choice is not hard to understand.

What baffled Su Li is that, in Grandma Zhang’s words, Su Chang’an treated the daughter they depended on greatly.

The careless father, perhaps inadequate in many aspects, not a qualified good father, but his feelings towards his daughter are perceivable by others.

In the small room, Su Li casually scanned around, she could feel how good their father-daughter relationship used to be.

In the washroom, two handmade ceramic cups of different sizes are engraved with their names respectively.

In the cabinet, there are figures carved by the father for the daughter, and whimsical cards made by the daughter for the father.

One can imagine, in this little room, their lives seemed impoverished yet enriched spiritually.

The vase still holds withered flowers and grasses, the wall still has some unique decorations. Although now covered in dust, looking old and filthy.

Yet, their existence is proof of a girl’s love for life.

Tilting her head, Su Li seems to still hear the crisp laughter recorded by the broken house.

The silent father is keeping busy, while the little girl is mischievously smiling without worries.

Su Li orders the robot to shut off, for a while, the robot emits chaotic buzzing.

"Hey." Su Li sighed and walked in front of a robot as tall as herself, extending her palm to give it two heavy pats on the rear of its carbon alloy head.

The robot’s aging circuits start moving again.

"Command received."

Her family’s intelligent housekeeper is indeed too outdated.

Wisdom Technology Company has already released its tenth version of home robots, this one in front of her is still the first generation.

Considered a piece of scrap metal eligible to be dumped a decade ago.

"Well, let’s make do." Su Li murmured to herself.

She is currently troubled, with a frown.

Su Chang’an left her only a room full of junk, not worth even donating.

She has just accumulated a thousand credit points in her hand, enough not to starve herself. As for schooling...

If there were an adopting family, tuition would naturally be covered by them, and the government would provide corresponding subsidies.

But Su Li’s situation is special, the government seems to have overlooked this aspect.

Su Li is now truly *penniless.

Life, always so difficult, Su Li lowers her beautiful head in despair.

Despite reluctance, Su Li still has to muster up the spirit to inquire about the various academies on Shuimu Star.

Speaking of which, one can’t help but mention, Shuimu Star is a barren star, its teaching resources naturally incomparable to some energy stars and political stars.

Hmm, this is a euphemistic way of saying.

It should be said that the academies on Shuimu Star are quite lousy.

Su Li is now striving to pick a school from the trash pile that seems not so trashy.

When Grandma Zhang visits again, Su Li hands her two animal wood carvings.

Grandma Zhang regretfully questions repeatedly, "No figure carvings this time?"

Su Li: "Figure carvings are too mentally demanding, my spiritual power has not recovered yet."

Ignoring the sharp corner of the bamboo basket exposed under the counter, Su Li’s ability to lie with a straight face is already perfected.

Grandma Zhang draws her mouth corners down, barely smiling, secretly acknowledging it indeed.

Sorry for the escapement of a lucrative business. She soon restores her expression, placing the two small animal wood carvings into her handbag.

Although animal wood carvings don’t fetch a high price, there’s demand, they can earn a little.

More than her flower cakes could earn.

Thinking this way, Grandma Zhang feels a bit embarrassed facing Su Li, the little girl.

Hence she takes care of Su Li’s inquiry about the academies on Shuimu Star completely.

"Don’t worry, as soon as I return, I’ll let your uncle inquire for you."

Su Li also smiled, "Thanks a lot, Grandma."

"Don’t mention it, don’t mention it." Grandma Zhang looks awkward, the more polite and well-mannered the little girl, the more she feels ashamed.

Grandma Zhang bowed her head and uttered, "Then, I shall leave now." and hurriedly walked out of the shop door.

Once out of sight, Su Li’s slightly lifted lips dropped straightaway, eyes filled with cold indifference.

People, really are complex creatures.

*

On the other side, Grandma Zhang holding the two animal wood carvings returns to her familiar flower cake shop, sighing deeply.

For some reason, facing the amiable Su Family’s little girl, she always feels afraid.

Clearly, before the incident, the little girl was soft, cute, and simple. Now, having emerged from there, she doesn’t seem greatly changed, just steadier in character. Yet, she still feels a heart palpitation, a strange illusion.

Old age, hallucinations even.

Perhaps for this reason, she chose to refuse when assigning foster parents.

Genuinely feeling sorry and sympathetic for the little girl, not wanting extra trouble also is true.

The Xu Family, where the little young master died, had a daughter who excelled two years ago, accepted into an academy affiliated with one of the four major secondary stars of Central Star. Although the academy does not rank high in the interstellar realm, it far exceeds the academies on Shuimu Star.

The Xu Family was able to move there, hence, they might not know about Su Li waking up yet, otherwise, who knows what might ensue.