"Why?" asked Lip rhetorically.

"You're going to graduate from high school in a year and a half, do you know what that means to you?" Fiona asked.

"I don't know! Is there any difference between graduating from this junk high school where I got? You don't know how high the dropout rate is! Aren't you one of the dropouts?" said Lipp in a resounding voice.

"I was in a different situation than you! I dropped out of school because Monica ran away from home, Frank was drunk all day, you were only thirteen years old, Ian was only twelve, Debbie was seven years old, Carl was six years old, Liam was only two months, I didn't drop out of school, who was going to take care of you?" Fiona said emotionally.

"You still have more than a year to graduate from high school, and with your academic performance, you will definitely be able to apply for a good university, and when you graduate from college, your life will change fundamentally!"

"To tell you the truth, our family is just waiting for you to get ahead and follow you!"

"You have such a bright future, and now you are saying that you are going to drop out of school?

"But now that Mandy is pregnant with my child, I don't want to be like Frank and have no one to raise my child! I'm now grown up and should take my responsibility! I choose to drop out of school because I'm serious and responsible!" Lip said.

Fiona saw that she couldn't make sense with Lip, so she turned to Mandy and said to her, "Mandy, I know you're a good girl!

Mandy squeezed out an embarrassed smile and whispered, "I listen to Lip about this!"

Fiona had no choice but to turn to Lip and plead with him, "I'm begging you, okay? You should at least get your high school diploma! Do you know how much trouble I've had in the process of finding a job over the years because I don't have a high school diploma?"

"It's still like this, because I don't even have a high school diploma, so I can't even find a full-time job!

"Since you know the importance of your high school diploma, why don't you go back to school, finish the remaining credits, and get your high school diploma?" said Liptu.

"I'm ......" Fiona was speechless when asked, and after a while, she made up her mind, "Okay! As long as you promise me that I won't drop out of school now and finish high school, I'll go back to school, finish my remaining credits, and get my high school diploma!"

"Deal!" Lip said.

In order to prevent Fiona from regretting it afterwards, Lip took her back to school that day to consult about continuing her studies.

When Fiona dropped out, she was only in the tenth grade, and if she wanted to get her high school diploma, she still needed to take another thirty-eight credits, which was not an easy task for her.

Moreover, after so many years of abandoning her studies, it is really difficult for Fiona to pick it up again now.

At the suggestion of her school teacher, Fiona decided to take a GED, also known as the "General Educational Development Certificate", which is considered a high school equivalency certificate, although not as hard as a high school diploma, but it is also a kind of academic certificate, which can play a certain role in job hunting.

What's more, the difficulty of passing the GED is not very high, which is more suitable for Fiona's current situation.

Lip didn't continue to harass her.

The reason why at this time, a little strategy, let Fiona start studying again, is also to find something for her to do, so that she can get out of her love with Jimmy as soon as possible.

Although Lip can now earn money to support the family, the pillar of the family is still Fiona.

In a few months, Lip will be on his way to college, and although the University of Chicago is close to the Gallagher House, he can always come back if there is something going on at home.

But the reason why he did so much until then was that Lip wanted to not be bothered too much by the trivial things at home when he was in college.

When he went to college, Lip left the Gallagher House in the real sense of the word, and he also got out of the slum and started a new life.

Although his family still has an important place in his life, Lip still wants to think about himself as much as he can.

When his money-making plan goes smoothly, he realizes financial freedom, and he no longer has to worry about money, and the lives of his siblings can be supported by him.

But Lip didn't want to waste too much energy on trivial, bullshit family chores.

Fiona is a good sharer, and it just so happens that she is willing to worry about it.

Lip and her have a clear division of labor, and each has its own place.

Before Jimmy was forced to leave, he had bought the house next door to Gallagher's House for all the money, and Lip knew about this and kept it a secret from Fiona, and it was Jimmy who planned to surprise her.

Now, the surprises are gone.

However, Lip, who won the bet, was given the right to use the house for the next few years.

The house originally belonged to an old widower, who lived alone, and died in the bathroom for a long time, and his body stinked before he was found.

This is the reason why the house has not changed hands for a long time and has not been rented out.

Naturally, the house price was pushed to the lowest, allowing Jimmy to pick up a bargain.

There has been no one to live in for more than half a year, and the house has naturally been ruined, and if you want to completely renovate it, you need a lot more money than the house price.

Lip definitely can't come up with such a large sum of money now, and he has no plans to completely renovate this house, this is just a way back for his Gallagher family, in case the current Gallagher family is taken away, the brothers and sisters will not be homeless.

Lipu's spare time during this period was mainly used to renovate the house, replace the electrical circuits, repair the floors and walls, and buy some lime and a few barrels of varnish, and paint the inside of the house, which took more than a month to repair the house like that, and it was able to live in it.

During this time, something happened to Karen's family!

After breaking up with Lip, Karen became even more extreme, and in order to further anger her old stubborn Puritan dad, she even resorted to filming sex @ sex videos and spreading them on her own!

What's worse is that the person she chose to shoot a sex @ sex video turned out to be Frank!

This bottomless behavior really completely broke Eddie's psychological defense, making him have nothing to love and choose to commit suicide!

Lip originally had an impression of this plot, but he wasn't sure when it would happen, he originally had plans to intervene, although Eddie was hateful, but it was also a life, and if it could be saved, Lip should save it.

But because after breaking up with Karen, in order to avoid falling into the field, Lip never went to Jackson's house again, nor did he pay attention to Karen's situation, and he was busy repairing the house recently, so he left this matter behind.

By the time he learned of the situation, tragedy had already occurred.