novelraw Chapter 607 - 608: Letter
Chapter 607 - 608: Letter
"Uncle, are you okay?" Gong Ruini knew Cai Ming wasn’t in a good mood, otherwise he wouldn’t have kept tossing and turning.
Although Cai Ming never talked about his expectations about going home, he must have had all sorts of expectations, thinking about how he would interact with his parents when he returned.
But reality just slapped Cai Ming in the face harshly.
Cai Ming wanted to say he was fine, but he really didn’t have the face to say, "I’m fine, don’t worry."
"Uncle, if you’re unhappy, just cry." Gong Ruwen said gently.
No way, weren’t you asleep? Gong Ruini was quite startled by Gong Ruwen’s suddenly emerging voice.
Gong Ruini had deliberately held back, wanting to find an opportunity to comfort Cai Ming, but didn’t expect Gong Ruwen was also not sleeping.
But honestly, big brother is so naive, to even suggest something like that; Cai Ming is a man and an elder, how would he be willing to cry, this would be a blot on his record.
Lying on the bed, Cai Ming’s mouth truly twitched, yes, crying would improve his mood quite a bit, but how could a grown man cry in front of two kids.
"I’m not crying, why would I cry, I’m not the one crying." After seeing Cai Guoqing in such a sorry state, the parents still kept saying he was good, unwilling to criticize this son they’ve always had high hopes for, truly indulging him thoroughly.
"Yes, in the future it’ll be grandpa and grandma crying." Gong Ruini had minimal interaction with the Cai Family, and just glanced at Cai Guoqing’s son.
Even with two sons, so what? Gong Ruini could guarantee these two brats were absolutely spoiled rotten by Cai Zhiheng and the others.
"By the way, how’s Zhang Lan doing?" Only then did Cai Ming remember he hadn’t asked about Zhang Lan’s situation.
"Not bad, there’s already a babysitter at the hospital taking care of her." Gong Ruini then remembered something very important, "Oh, Uncle, let’s go."
Gong Ruini felt like they were completely incompatible with their hometown, never had a good trip back.
Moreover, although Gong’s meaning was that Gong Tao shouldn’t pay the cost of hiring people this time, seeing Gong Zheng and Gong Qiang’s expressions, they were clearly displeased. Since they were unhappy, Gong Ruini thought, anyway, it’s not a big sum, so she paid for it.
Also, it saved Gong Qiang from constantly grumbling in the future. After all, Gong Tao will definitely not be an ordinary person; to prevent Gong Zheng from having the chance to smear their father’s name, Gong Ruini felt what’s an extra five or ten yuan a month, it really wasn’t a big deal.
"We’re leaving, we can leave now?" Of course Cai Ming wanted to leave, but with Zhang Lan still in the hospital, can Ni Zi and the others just leave like that?
Can they leave? Gong Ruini expressed that they really didn’t need to act according to Gong Qiang’s mood, "We shouldn’t care about what they think."
"Besides, isn’t my dad going out to earn money, otherwise how would he support me and my brother, and our soon-to-be-born little brother?"
"Especially since grandma needs money too." Thinking about it heartaches Gong Ruini, "My dad has already paid for many years of retirement expenses."
If she had known Zhang Lan would be like this, Gong Ruini truly regretted how naive her father was back then, "Do you think if we brought up how dad had already paid so much in retirement expenses, we wouldn’t need to pay this money?"
Gong Ruwen snorted coldly from the side, "You, don’t dream about it, what they swallowed they won’t spit out, they might even think it isn’t enough."
"I guess that money is already gone." These days, Gong Ruwen and the others went to the hospital daily but never saw Gong Xiaoyu and her siblings, "If she still had money, I doubt they wouldn’t come."
That makes a lot of sense, Gong Ruini completely agreed, but what she wanted to complain about was, "Brother, you’re too naive, why did you say such blunt words."
Utterly bewildered, why sometimes he couldn’t understand what his little sister said, always felt there was no way to have a smooth conversation with Gong Ruini.
Cai Ming also didn’t get it, but after a bit of context understanding, "Ni Zi, are you trying to say your brother is kind of foolish?"
Gong Ruini wanted to make up an elaborate explanation, but after thinking they’d definitely misquote her, she gave up on the idea.
Gong Ruini’s lack of further explanation became a kind of silent agreement, which really annoyed Gong Ruwen, "Your brother is sincere, just an honest person."
"Why did you say that?" Gong Ruwen expressed his words were not inappropriate.
"Honest people are easy targets for bullying." She had already heard about Cai Guoqing before, now meeting him, she finally understood why the Cai couple liked him so much, he truly looked the part.
Although she didn’t see how he could make the Cai Zhiheng couple grin from ear to ear, judging by the fact that Cai Zhiheng was furious but didn’t use force against him, nor properly educate him, his position must’ve been secured not only because he was Cai’s eldest son, probably for other reasons too.
"Yes, my brother has always been quite good at sweet-talking people, and he used to be even more handsome; quite a few girls pursued him, too bad." Cai Ming recalled a girl Cai Guoqing used to be fond of and close to, she really was quite pretty and from a good family.
But she unfortunately passed away early due to some incident, "If he married her, I think it might not have turned out this way."
That person was definitely more understanding than his current sister-in-law, and would even advise his brother sometimes.
Ah, no way, such a rotten person like Cai Guoqing actually had people vying for him, Gong Ruini was truly shocked, she could only say it’s not unheard of for people to chase after good looks.
"Uncle, you will find a pretty and sensible aunt in the future." Gong Ruini comfortingly said.
This mischievous kid, as if he’d consider that much, "Originally I planned to visit Zhang Lan tomorrow, but since we’re in a hurry to leave, I should first meet someone."
This was the highlight of this trip back, previously there was no opportunity, and worrying that she might not come out, since she’s married, one would ultimately consider for the other party.
But since they’re about to leave, Cai Ming wanted to see and give some blessings.
To meet someone, even if Cai Ming didn’t say, Gong Ruini knew who he was going to see, at this moment she remembered something, immediately jumped off the bed, and rummaged through her little backpack.
Cai Ming was startled by Gong Ruini’s actions, then just stupidly watched her, what’s going on.
Gong Ruwen remembered something, it should be about the letter.
"It’s a letter from Aunt Gao." Gong Ruini didn’t know why Gao Yanan thought of giving her a letter, maybe she knew Cai Ming would definitely look for her, sigh, she just didn’t know what was written in the letter.
Gong Ruini was anxious, if Gao Yanan wrote about her hardships or unfortunate events or encounters with unsavory people and was forced to make certain choices, that would really be quite dramatic.
Cai Ming’s rationale told him it could be completely read in the morning, even if he were eager to read it now, so what, some things had already happened, no matter how unwilling, there was no way to change them.
But without reading it, there’s no way to rest; thus, following Gong Ruini, Cai Ming also got out of bed to check the letter.