Chapter 1368 - 1370
Gong Ruini pondered for a long time but still couldn’t figure it out.
"Eat." Zhao Xuran saw that Gong Ruini was preoccupied while eating and disapprovingly placed a piece of braised pork into her bowl.
Whether it was due to being busy or something else these past few days, she’d lost a lot of weight, which made Zhao Xuran quite unhappy.
Girls look better with a little bit of weight, especially since they feel better to touch.
"Oh." Gong Ruini quietly ate her meal, making sure to eat all the meat Zhao Xuran had placed in her bowl.
No matter what Gong Ruini thought, the meat Zhao Xuran served her had to be eaten, otherwise, this boss wouldn’t let her off.
Something’s off. Watching Gong Ruini constantly putting food into her mouth, Zhao Xuran immediately sensed something was wrong.
Zhao Guangran nudged Zhao Xuran’s arm, "Brother, what’s up with Ni Zi?"
In the past, when they served food to Gong Ruini, she would definitely complain a couple of times if they served too much, but today she didn’t complain and ate it all.
Something’s wrong, "Have you quarreled with Ni Zi?" Right, it seemed like Ni Zi hadn’t interacted much with big brother these past few days.
Usually, they’d often cuddle together and show off their affection, which really annoyed Zhao Guangran.
Zhao Guangran didn’t want to fight back, nor could he just randomly find a girlfriend.
Gong Ruini would probably keep nagging, and big brother would be worried.
Originally, Zhao Guangran thought he’d die from watching them flaunt their love all the time, but now he’d rather watch them flaunt and be tormented than see big brother looking unhappy.
Why could Gong Ruini sit quietly by the side? His big brother wouldn’t do anything to Gong Ruini, but he definitely wouldn’t have a good time either.
Zhao Xuran was already troubled, pondering why Ni Zi was suddenly unhappy. Was her workload recently too much?
Zhao Guangran, unafraid, popped up with a question, so Zhao Xuran directly turned to Zhao Guangran, "You’ve been unusually busy recently."
"Ni Zi might be scared by the tasks assigned to you."
Oh no, could it be his fault? Zhao Guangran was really startled by this.
After thinking it over carefully, "I definitely didn’t assign too many tasks to Ni Zi."
"After all, toward the end, Jia Ming and I handled a lot together."
He pointed to Dai Limin, who was eating large mouthfuls, "I haven’t given Dai Limin much work recently either."
Dai Limin didn’t understand why the topic suddenly turned to him but still nodded honestly.
"There hasn’t been much work lately." After all, Dai Limin was mostly assisting in the background, "But he did use his brain quite a bit."
Although Dai Limin learned a lot from Zhao Guangran in recent days, it wasn’t to a very advanced level.
The tasks Zhao Guangran assigned to him were all introductory calculations, "Ni Zi was reviewing the calculations Limin did."
Zhao Guangran looked puzzled, "Brother, do you think that’s a lot of work?"
Hmph, without waiting for Zhao Xuran to respond, Zhao Guangran fiercely said, "I absolutely won’t take the blame for this."
How could this be considered taking the blame? Zhao Xuran, in all his majesty, "Ah, you’re overthinking it."
"How am I overthinking it? It’s you, brother, who thinks I’m easy to bully."
The more Zhao Guangran thought about it, the more agitated he became, "Every time, it was clearly you who upset Ni Zi, but I always ended up taking the blame."
"If I were to count, I don’t know how many times I’ve been duped by you, brother." He used to be such an honest person when he was little, but now that he’s older, he won’t be led astray by his big brother anymore.
What’s going on? Dai Limin, who was eating furiously, was stunned—he really didn’t understand why Zhao Guangran would suddenly go against his brother.
He knew very well that Zhao Guangran was never this brave, always afraid of getting reprimanded by Zhao Xuran accidentally.
How did he suddenly become so brave? There’s clearly something wrong with this, Dai Limin was quite excited.
Although he wanted to look up and see Zhao Guangran’s excited expression, Dai Limin knew he had to stay honest at this moment. Otherwise, if Zhao Guangran saw, would he let him stay for dinner?
Definitely not; he’d quickly be chased away. Zhao Guangran didn’t want to miss this rare opportunity of a genuine sibling rebellion against a brother’s dominance.
If he could, he’d love to learn well and apply it in his interactions with his second brother.
"How did I wrong you?" Compared to Zhao Guangran’s excitement, Dai Limin silently watched the excitement unfold. Zhao Xuran was as calm as ever.
Ah, how could this guy ask like that? Zhao Guangran felt like he was about to spit blood, "Big brother, you..."
Zhao Guangran was quite upset, struggling to summon the courage to voice his anger toward his big brother.
Although it was quite sudden, Zhao Guangran had considered the consequences of this approach. He didn’t expect to be so excited, but big brother responded like that.
"Big brother, ah ah ah, you’re really too much."
"How am I too much?" Zhao Xuran was puzzled, "You can state the facts."
Ah, stating the facts, how could Zhao Guangran not know that even if he really stated everything that happened back then, this brother would only shift the blame.
No, it’d turn into stating facts and reasoning, and then glamorously become all his fault.
Every time, big brother played along this way, and what followed would be his suffering day.
"Forget it, I’m not saying anything." Zhao Guangran sulkily nestled in and quietly ate his meal.
Hmph, wasn’t it said that he assigned too many tasks to Ni Zi? His big brother was too unwilling. Then assign all the tasks to his big brother and see how he complains.
"With you like this, I really don’t know what to do." Zhao Xuran looked helpless.
No way, did it just end like that? Dai Limin was stunned—he really didn’t understand how it turned out this way.
Clearly, things were so intense just now, and in the blink of an eye, before Zhao Xuran even took action, just two simple sentences subdued it.
It seems all older brothers are authoritarian enough; Dai Limin thought he’d comfort Zhao Guangran properly later.
After all, they were the same kind of people, all bullied by their older brothers. The terrible part was that the older brothers didn’t even think they were bullying anyone, which was the most hateful and annoying thing.
Gong Ruzhi saw how quickly Zhao Guangran capitulated and couldn’t help but laugh.
"That’s the Guangran brother I know." Gong Ruzhi wasn’t afraid of Zhao Guangran because this brother was really nice.
Ah, this kid. Zhao Guangran may get bullied by Zhao Xuran because the other is his brother, and as a younger sibling, of course, he had to yield to his brother.
But with Gong Ruzhi, he was totally unreserved, "Gong Ruzhi."
"Here." Zhao Guangran, with a long-faced expression, he’d seen it all before.
So he lazily replied.
"We’ll talk later." This kid’s lethargic demeanor was really uncomfortable for Zhao Guangran to see.
"Let’s talk after dinner." There was no need to drag it out, better to resolve this matter sooner.
Talk after dinner? Gong Ruzhi waved his hand at Zhao Guangran, signaling he didn’t have time.
"I have to meet a teacher this afternoon." Before Zhao Guangran could explode again, Gong Ruzhi explained why he couldn’t discuss matters with him.
Going to school, huh? Zhao Guangran ah’d in acknowledgment, "Talk well with your teacher."
"School is good." Of course, the requirements were quite strict, and Zhao Guangran had to consider everything for Gong Ruzhi—getting into a prestigious school isn’t easy.
"Thank you, Brother Guangran." Gong Ruzhi thanked him again. He really needed to thank Brother Guangran.
Otherwise, if Sister Ran and the others chose, Gong Ruzhi could already guess what kind of school they’d pick for him.
Seeing Gong Ruzhi’s earnest gratitude, Zhao Guangran felt a bit embarrassed, longing to tell the truth but decided against it for now.