Chapter 1292 - 1294
Gong Ruini stormed over to the place where they had been sitting before and saw Zhan Jing and the others quietly seated in their spots.
Seeing them, Gong Ruini couldn’t afford to stay angry; she curbed her furious steps and cautiously walked over.
As she walked, she kept a close eye on the expressions of Zhan Jing and especially Zhao Xuran.
Unfortunately, both Zhan Jing and Banxia wore inscrutable expressions. What was going on?
Had the situation been resolved? Gong Ruini’s heart was truly in turmoil.
"The girl is here, right?" Though Zhao Xuran was resting his eyes, he would occasionally peek in the direction Gong Ruini and the others were coming from.
Seeing Gong Ruini’s cautious demeanor, he understood immediately.
Without opening his eyes, he waved in Gong Ruini’s direction.
Oh my, was he calling her over? Noticing Zhao Xuran’s gesture, Gong Ruini became so frightened her face turned white.
How could Gong Ruini not be afraid? Could Banxia withstand Zhao Xuran’s deliberate questioning?
To go or not to go? Gong Ruini really wanted to choose the latter option.
She wasn’t concerned about what result Zhan Banxia and the others might have; she was just worried about herself.
In this moment, Gong Ruini truly regretted it. Had she known that being kind enough to deliver drinks to these two troublemakers would result in this, she would have never shown such kindness.
After all, their luggage had already been checked in, and they had cleared customs.
But what could she do now, even if she regretted it?
Without hearing those familiar footsteps, Zhao Xuran knew without opening his eyes that Gong Ruini had not come over.
"Do you want me to come over and invite you?" Zhao Xuran slightly raised his voice.
Ah ah ah, although he just raised his voice a little, he was definitely not calm.
"I’m coming, I’m coming." The worker couldn’t afford to think about this or that.
Gong Ruini ran over to Zhao Xuran with small strides, "I’m here."
Zhao Xuran didn’t open his eyes again; he just pulled Gong Ruini to sit beside him.
"If you hadn’t come over, I would have thought you had run away."
Run away? She wanted to run away, but where could she run to without facing consequences?
Wait a second, why was she nervous? She hadn’t jumped out saying anything when Banxia and the others were speaking, had she?
No, she definitely hadn’t said anything. Moreover, if it wasn’t for her odd behavior, would Zhao Xuran have noticed so quickly?
Exactly, she wasn’t wrong at all. In fact, she had been a big help, which made Gong Ruini stand a bit straighter.
"Are you nervous because you think what Banxia and the others said was right?" Zhao Xuran surprised Gong Ruini by leaning into her ear just after she’d built herself up.
Sigh, how should she answer this? Say no? "I just think Banxia and the others are really imaginative."
"Even though they just made a big apology for this, I didn’t expect them to turn around and discuss this."
"Really?" Zhao Xuran’s tone was so calm that you couldn’t detect any issue.
How could she continue if she knew Zhao Xuran’s stance? She could keep going along with his intent, but he had no expression.
"Yeah, you know I just made them bleed a lot, and I really can’t make them keep bleeding."
"Even though they’re quite good at making money."
"But no matter how good they are at making money, they can’t keep doing this."
Exactly, she’s a good sister. Though she occasionally likes to take advantage of them, it’s only because someone was foolish to a pretty serious degree.
"Are you complaining that the terms they agreed to aren’t enough?" Zhao Xuran absolutely didn’t believe, "Guang Ran has taken advantage of you countless times."
Ah ah ah, why bring that up, "That’s because Guang Ran is my brother." It’s normal for a sister to prank her brother.
Zhao Xuran didn’t like hearing that and frowned slightly, "Guang Ran is your brother-in-law, you’re not calling him your brother anymore."
Jeez, did this guy really have to argue with her over such a minor form of address right now? Gong Ruini was quite displeased.
"Don’t you know women are unreasonable?" Humph, she couldn’t back down on this. Gong Ruini had thought about skipping over this topic. There’s no need to argue with him.
But thinking it over later, why back down? If it reached his ears, he’d definitely say she had a guilty conscience, or why else wouldn’t she argue?
"Okay then." Not bad, recovered yet, Zhao Xuran thought Gong Ruini would back down out of guilt.
It seemed Ni Zi recovered faster than he expected.
"What do you mean by that? That’s insincere." Apart from being unreasonable, women also have unreasonable arguments.
Gong Ruini never wanted to use this tactic, after all, she’s an excellent graduate from Jing University, aspiring to be a great lawyer, of course she wants to verbally crush Zhao Xuran.
But the current situation no longer allowed her to showcase her verbal skills, so she could only use this tactic.
Zhao Xuran laughed, "You’re feeling guilty."
Ah ah ah, this guy, Gong Ruini hated how Zhao Xuran always seemed so shrewd, it really annoyed her, "I’m not."
Gong Ruini straightened her back, but then thought about how the guy next to her couldn’t even see it. She could only deflate and lean against the chair, "Why should I feel guilty? What did I do?"
"What do you even mean by doing this to me?" Gong Ruini was very unhappy, whether Zhao Xuran would peek at her or not, she had to express her grievance through her tone.
"I just know you’re feeling guilty."
"You heard what Banxia and the others said."
"Yeah, I heard, so what?" Anything worth admitting, Gong Ruini admitted without hesitation.
"Exactly, you heard it so I can’t do anything to you, after all, I should thank you too."
Zhao Xuran quickly opened his eyes and glanced at the silent twins beside him.
Zhan Banxia and the rest really wanted to cry, they truly regretted it. They knew their big brother wasn’t easy to deal with, so how could they discuss these things behind his back?
They should have addressed the issue with their big brother directly, not gossip behind his back, especially to let sister-in-law hear it.
If sister-in-law went to tell Uncle Gong, wouldn’t their big brother be in trouble, and Uncle Gong might not agree to sister-in-law marrying big brother.
By then, big brother would be heartbroken, "Sister-in-law, that was our fault."
"We shouldn’t have talked nonsense."
Since it was their fault, they should take responsibility, unless they wanted big brother to come out and apologize?
Banxia felt Zisu was right. If big brother could be a bit more useful, they wouldn’t have needed to speculate about all this.
But now wasn’t the time to shirk responsibility, just like big brother said, they weren’t directly involved, how could they know big brother’s thoughts and plans?
Ha, they were actually apologizing to her. Gong Ruini felt really embarrassed. If it wasn’t for her recklessness, with Banxia and the others’ intelligence, they would have solved this easily.
"It’s my fault." Gong Ruini admitted that the twins were actually dragged into this because of her, otherwise things wouldn’t have turned out like this.
Zhan Banxia and the rest didn’t dare accept it easily, so they exchanged apologies back and forth.
Zhao Xuran watched, visibly annoyed, "Hey, why are you still exchanging apologies back and forth?"
"If you all think you’re wrong, then think about how to resolve this."
"You must satisfy me."
"Alright," the twins agreed without hesitation, after all, big brother just forced them to agree to these terms.
Ah, no way, Gong Ruini was upset. She had to apologize to Banxia and the others, not Zhao Xuran.
"Is there a problem?" Zhao Xuran hadn’t heard a reply from Gong Ruini for a long time, so he opened his eyes and looked at Gong Ruini.
Of course, there was a problem, but under Zhao Xuran’s stare, how dare she boldly voice her objection.