Chapter 1352 - 1354
Gong Jiaxin saw Dai Limin return to the study defeated, feeling quite happy about it.
If it weren’t for her upbringing, and for the fear of overly agitating Dai Limin, she definitely would have shouted "Long live Zhao Guangran" three times.
Seeing them go inside, Zhao Guangran noticed Gong Jiaxin’s smug look, feeling rather helpless.
"I say, you should calm down too. Look at the commotion you’ve stirred up just after returning."
"Actually, Dai Limin wasn’t really at fault. If Jia Ming had more confidence, things wouldn’t have turned out this way."
Gong Jiaming was worried about Dai Limin clashing with Gong Jiaxin; how could Zhao Guangran not worry?
He even took the chance to go to the bathroom and overheard some things.
Zhao Guangran felt that Dai Limin was right; when out in the world, one must be prepared for the possibility of being crushed.
One shouldn’t shift the burden onto the person causing the pressure just because they feel stressed.
"Jia Ming was pretty good before." Gong Jiaxin was not satisfied with this point, "Jia Ming has always been confident."
Who didn’t say when they were young that Gong Jiaming was a brave child, extremely confident? How in Zhao Guangran’s eyes, their brother seemed like such a problem?
It must be because they think Dai Limin has the backing of the Dai Family, so they keep supporting Dai Family in various ways.
"He was good, but you know what? Back in May, Jia Ming almost messed up an investment. If we hadn’t realized it later, who knows where we’d be right now." Zhao Guangran hadn’t intended to mention it.
Since the incident had passed, there was really no need to bring it up, especially since the losses were minimal.
Ah, messing up an investment? Gong Ruini looked at Zhao Guangran dumbfounded, she really had never heard him mention this, questioning if it was nonsense.
Especially seeing Gong Jiaxin also surprised, it was clear she didn’t know about it either.
"How could it be?" Gong Jiaxin really couldn’t believe it, "He was doing everything with you."
Could it be that Zhao Guangran himself made a major mistake, and for pride deliberately shifted the blame onto their brother?
Thinking about their silly brother’s admiration for Zhao Guangran, not wanting his idol to be embarrassed, he might really make the stupid decision to admit wrongdoing.
"Yes, but you also need to know that following me all the time means Jia Ming can’t make any progress." Zhao Guangran knew not only Gong Jiaxin wouldn’t believe, but Gong Ruini also wouldn’t believe.
"I let him handle some deals for a few days, while I watched closely from the side." Zhao Guangran recounted the events.
"Of course, if you don’t believe me, you can ask Jia Ming himself." Zhao Guangran wasn’t afraid of them asking around.
If Zhao Guangran hadn’t said so, Gong Jiaxin might never have gone to ask Gong Jiaming; just joking, Zhao Guangran would joke and tease, but he would never do so in serious matters.
Gong Jiaxin’s face turned pale immediately, "During that time I was busy too. I remember calling Jia Ming, and his mood was off."
"I asked him, and he said it was because of heavy coursework." Gong Jiaxin regretted it a lot; she was so busy with her classes and trying to secure a spot to go to Europe that she was flying all over the place.
Never imagined during that time, their brother was going through such a life crisis.
Gong Jiaxin was filled with regret, "If I had known earlier."
"What could you have done if you knew?" Zhao Guangran asked back, "You thought to comfort Jia Ming."
"Why not?" Gong Jiaxin fell into a pit of guilt, countering Zhao Guangran’s blunt words equally bluntly.
"Of course you can, but do you really think Jia Ming needed your comfort at that time?" With a dismissive glance at Gong Jiaxin, who prided herself on being the sister who helped raise Gong Jiaming.
Yet she didn’t understand her brother, "After such a big mistake, he’d completely negate himself, how would you comfort him?"
"Comfort him saying it’s okay to make mistakes, or tell him you trust him?"
"I deliberately didn’t tell you at the time, because even if I had, you would have been unable to help."
Zhao Guangran could already envision that the moment Gong Jiaxin rushed over, "I suspect you siblings would have cried in each other’s arms for quite a while."
"Crying is a way to vent, isn’t it?" Gong Jiaxin protested, disagreeing with Zhao Guangran’s view that crying was a bad thing.
At least it’s better than keeping it bottled up inside, what if something goes wrong?
On this point, Gong Ruini agreed, believing such an event would really affect Gong Jiaming deeply.
Gong Ruini also felt guilty; coming to the United States, she noticed Gong Jiaming had become very quiet.
After asking him, he said nothing was wrong, he had just matured and couldn’t mess around like when he was younger, so Gong Ruini didn’t think much more.
If a man were still messing around as he did when he was young, he’d seem quite immature.
"This cost of growth is a bit heavy." Gong Ruini agreed that rapid growth comes with huge setbacks or big losses.
It seems Gong Jiaming hasn’t quite moved past it, and if that’s true, it’s quite concerning.
Gong Ruini didn’t think Zhao Guangran, who had worked hard to train him, would ignore it; he must have ways to help Jia Ming relax a little.
The problem is, why hasn’t Gong Jiaming moved on yet? Gong Ruini was intensely curious.
"Well, I took him bungee jumping, talked with him for a long time about the stupid things I did, meaning to show him everyone makes mistakes."
"To make him realize a lot of people are like this, I even shared some of Ni Zi’s silly things." Zhao Guangran hadn’t wanted to mention it, but later thought, once Gong Jiaming felt better, he might blurt out these silly things.
To prevent Gong Ruini from holding him accountable, it was better to honestly confess these things, hoping for leniency.
What, her silly things too? "Yeah, how could you." Although Gong Ruini couldn’t recall specifically what silly things she did; she wasn’t all that childish.
But to prevent adults from thinking she matured too early, she deliberately did some silly things as a child.
Gong Ruini couldn’t exactly say she did these things just to not be different from other kids, Zhao Guangran wouldn’t believe it.
He’d only think she’s too vain, "You, you."
"Did you talk about Xuran’s silly things?" Gong Ruini aggressively looked at Zhao Guangran, eagerly anticipating his answer.
Oh my goodness, Gong Ruini’s gaze was a bit intimidating; Zhao Guangran kept wiping his sweat.
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That, that."
"Tell the truth." Gong Ruini pressured step by step.
"I certainly didn’t." Even as Zhao Guangran wanted Jia Ming to be happy, forgetting those silly things, he also knew which silly things could be mentioned and which could not.
"No way, did my brother do silly things?" Zhao Guangran asked Gong Ruini in surprise.
Hmph, trying to get her to talk, to hold something over her, impossible; she is wise and wouldn’t make such a stupid mistake.
Gong Ruini didn’t take the bait, and Zhao Guangran wasn’t surprised; this old fox was far more cautious now, as long as he prevented her from focusing on this matter, it was enough.