Chapter 1325 - 1327
Gong Ruwen was curled up on the couch reading a book. Hearing the door open, he looked up and saw Zhao Xuran carrying quite a few bags.
"You’re carrying so much, why don’t you let Ni Zi carry some?"
"They’re so grown up already, don’t they know the elevator is broken today?"
Don’t be misled by Gong Ruwen’s constant remarks about how Gong Ruini doesn’t know how to work, the smile in his eyes showed that he truly appreciated Zhao Xuran not letting Ni Zi carry things.
Zhao Xuran dodged Gong Ruwen’s attempt to help him. Though he was tired, as a man, he couldn’t complain about being tired or stressed.
The more important thing was, "Ni Zi’s mood isn’t great."
Zhao Xuran was honestly full of regret. He truly hadn’t expected that his casual remark would cause Ni Zi’s mood to be all sorts of upset.
Being upset is one thing, but if she’d at least gotten angry, it would be better. However, this girl stubbornly didn’t lose her temper, she just looked so distracted and lost.
If it wasn’t for his quick reaction, holding onto Gong Ruini’s hand tightly later on, Zhao Xuran was really worried whether she would return without any harm.
Not in a good mood? No way, actually Gong Ruwen’s mood wasn’t great either. Trying not to let his sister and them worry, he could only conceal his inner depression.
He hadn’t expected that his own sister’s mood wasn’t great too. "What’s wrong?"
Before going out, wasn’t her mood fine? After all, Gong Ruzhi had already gone off with Cai Ming to discuss how to handle the matter.
There’s no reason that after going out once and coming back, her mood would be all sorts of not good.
What’s going on here? No matter how much dissatisfaction Gong Ruwen harbored, seeing his sister just standing foolishly at the door gave him a fright.
"Ni Zi."
"Ni Zi." How can this be? Gong Ruwen called several times, but sadly Gong Ruini ignored him.
What happened here? She seemed as if she suffered a great grievance. "What’s wrong?"
Gong Ruwen’s tone became agitated too. If it wasn’t for Zhao Xuran, how could his sister end up like this?
Zhao Xuran pinched his nose, feeling really guilty but also helpless.
Despite experiencing countless things, how could it be that Ni Zi couldn’t adjust her mindset after hearing that news?
To prevent his brother-in-law from thinking he was bullying her, helpless Zhao Xuran felt obliged to repeat to Gong Ruini what he had said previously.
No way, this time Gong Ruwen exchanged a look full of astonishment and disbelief.
"You, you’re..." If he didn’t know Zhao Xuran’s temperament, Gong Ruwen would have accused him of wanting to ruin the sibling relationship among the three of them.
"Think about it yourself." There was nothing Zhao Xuran could do apart from empathizing with Gong Ruini or Gong Ruwen from their perspectives.
"Forget it, I’ll support Ni Zi to her room." Rather than just stand in the living room, what if Cai Ming and them came out, how would he explain?
Blame Zhao Xuran? Mind you, this brother-in-law is not so easily bullied.
If Ni Zi weren’t so lost and distracted, push Zhao Xuran out, and Gong Ruwen wouldn’t feel guilty at all.
Anyway, Zhao Xuran could vent his dissatisfaction but there would always be Gong Ruini shielding him.
But at this moment, it’s impossible. Alright, better take her back to her room.
Like this, the wife couldn’t deny him entry, right? Yes, that’s it, Gong Ruwen was happy.
What? Something is off with Ni Zi, Gong Ruwen ended up laughing.
Although Gong Ruwen’s smile was fleeting, the observant Zhao Xuran noticed it too.
Yep, something is definitely off, Zhao Xuran followed Gong Ruwen, slipping into Gong Ruini’s bedroom.
Unexpectedly, Chu Ling furiously wanted to leave, Zhao Xuran understood, it seemed problems had arisen with this couple too.
"Let’s sit down and talk." Gong Ruwen wouldn’t let Chu Ling go even though Zhao Xuran came in with dissatisfaction.
But despite dissatisfaction, other than bearing it, he had no choice.
"Yeah, let’s talk." Even though it seemed amusing now, joking wasn’t appropriate, "Otherwise, once Xiao Zhi’s issue is resolved, we’d still have conflict."
"I have no issues with Guang Ran." Chu Ling replied furiously.
After she finished venting, Zhao Xuran noticed since they entered, Chu Ling hadn’t even glanced at Gong Ruwen.
Even when Gong Ruwen thick-skinnedly got in front of Chu Ling, this girl turned high and mighty, directly turning away from him.
Gong Ruwen wanted to continue shamelessly but couldn’t stand Zhao Xuran nearby constantly watching like a hawk.
Even if Gong Ruini paid no attention to them, not noticing this scene, he didn’t dare take it lightly.
Should he inadvertently provoke the petty Zhao Xuran, making him hostile, what if he told Ni Zi?
Although Gong Ruini and them wouldn’t speak of this, "Ni Zi, enough, I know you’re upset."
Chu Ling was venting her anger at Gong Ruwen. Hearing him say Ni Zi was upset, her first reaction was he was deceiving her.
It wasn’t unnoticed that something was off about Gong Ruini, she even thought Ni Zi’s acting skills had improved greatly now.
She hadn’t expected to see Zhao Xuran genuinely worried, even after entering the bedroom, why hadn’t she returned to normal.
"What’s wrong with Ni Zi?" Chu Ling worried.
Gong Ruwen glared unhappily at Zhao Xuran, Chu Ling instantly noticed Gong Ruwen’s look and was also displeased looking at Zhao Xuran.
Why were they looking at him like that again? Zhao Xuran wanted to take Ni Zi out, wasn’t it agreed to help cheer up Ni Zi, why were they now discussing whose fault it is?
Zhao Xuran, full of frustration, had no choice but to confess the foolish thing he’d done before.
"No way." Chu Ling’s first reaction was disbelief. "Xiao Zhi is still so young."
If it were the Chu family, Chu Ling wouldn’t be so sure, but this isn’t the Chu family; Gong Ruini and the others truly wouldn’t plot against each other in their home.
Even if there were discussions about scheming, it was to unite against outsiders, not internally playing these petty tricks.
"Exactly, because of this, we wouldn’t notice." Gong Ruwen, though he wanted to use Gong Ruini’s off mood to coax his wife back.
But he had thought about a lot of things, including how Gong Ruzhi has been particularly prone to anger these days.
Though Gong Ruzhi would get angry, he wouldn’t constantly fuss over such a minor thing.
Compared to him, Gong Ruwen truly admitted his younger brother was even smoother.
Ask a smooth person, even for so-called dreams, is there a need to be so agitated?
Aah, even Gong Ruwen said so, no matter how much Chu Ling wanted to defend Gong Ruzhi, she could only stay silent.
"So, Ni Zi is like this, that’s her..." Chu Ling truly didn’t know what to say next.
Could it be said Gong Ruini really isn’t just ordinarily upset this time? Even if outsiders have expectations, no one had thought it would be obedient Gong Ruzhi doing this.
"I just ended up being tricked by Xiao Zhi like this." Gong Ruini had been listening to Gong Ruwen and the others, she just didn’t know what to do.
Despite always saying Xiao Zhi is a good kid, he wouldn’t be like Zhao Guangran, occasionally plotting against family.
She hadn’t expected to be slapped in the face by this little rascal Gong Ruzhi today, and even more importantly, she hadn’t realized at all.
If not for Zhao Xuran, Gong Ruini truly wouldn’t know what to do.