Chapter 182: Chapter 182

Hua Miaozhu entered the room and immediately saw something that concerned her, "Oh, what are you doing?"

Zhan Jing stood up a bit too quickly, and since she’s a bit calcium-deficient, her legs often cramp. And now, at a critical moment, her old problem acted up again.

Fortunately, Zhao Gang was right beside her and quickly supported her, otherwise, it really would’ve been a problem.

Hua Miaozhu gave Zhan Jing an unhappy glare, then noticed her daughter’s big belly, which scared Hua Miaozhu quite a bit, "Oh, you’re already such an adult, you should be more considerate."

Then she said to Zhao Gang, "Don’t spoil Zhan Jing too much. If she doesn’t listen, just tell me."

Knowing her own condition yet being so stubborn, it’s unfortunate that she’s still a doctor.

Zhao Gang is often quite scared by Zhan Jing. He wants to teach his wife a thing or two, but his wife always retorts, "Am I the doctor or are you the doctor?"

With such words from Zhan Jing, what can Zhao Gang do? He can’t scold her; what if his wife gives him a pitiful look?

Luckily, his mother-in-law has arrived, so he can finally breathe a sigh of relief. From now on, his wife will be under her mother-in-law’s care, "Okay, Mom, don’t worry, I definitely won’t keep anything from Xiao Jing."

Her husband just easily sold her out like that, making Zhan Jing quite dissatisfied. How come in their mouths she’s just a reckless troublemaker?

No way, I must justify myself. Before Zhan Jing could speak up for herself, she saw her own mom pulling Zhao Gang aside to ask about Zhan Jing’s condition.

Cai Meina and Gong Tao put their luggage in Zhao Gang and his wife’s room and then left, not forgetting to take the spaced-out Gong Ruini with them.

Gong Tao didn’t understand; his daughter just went out to open a door, but now she seems possessed, mindlessly following Zhao Gang’s mother-in-law.

"Ni Zi, Ni Zi," Gong Tao kept calling Gong Ruini’s name softly.

Who is so annoying, calling her name nonstop, trying to summon spirits or something? Gong Ruini was about to snap but then noticed her dad looking at her nervously. What’s going on, why is dad so worried?

"Daughter, what’s going on with you?" Seeing Ni Zi’s eyes darting around, Gong Tao breathed a sigh of relief, finally, she was back to her senses.

Aah, why am I back in my room? Gong Ruini remembered that after she called someone for help with the luggage, she forgot what happened next.

Oh, she hasn’t told Hua Miaozhu about her intentions to learn from her. Gong Ruini recalled Zhan Jing mentioning her mom is a talented woman.

A talented woman means she must know a bit about music, chess, calligraphy, and painting.

Gong Ruini doesn’t expect to learn all of it, that would be too much pressure, but she can at least understand a bit.

Maybe in the future, she can have the chance to learn more deeply; besides, this little knowledge can potentially impress people.

The problem is Hua Miaozhu comes here to take care of Zhan Jing, help her with the baby, and might return after the confinement period.

Even if she stays here, she’ll mostly be looking after the child, where would she find time to guide Gong Ruini?

Thinking about this, Gong Ruini felt her hopes dashed. Sigh, trying to be an intellectual beauty is so difficult.

"Daughter, are you okay?" Seeing her starting to ponder again, Gong Tao really couldn’t understand why such a young child is constantly considering this and that.

If not for Gong Ruwen never thinking about such things, Gong Tao would think today’s kids are .

Looking at her father’s concerned face, Gong Ruini wanted to say it was fine, but missing such a good opportunity would make her deeply regret it.

It’s not that Gong Ruini is too shy to speak, but she’s worried Hua Miaozhu might think she’s too young and gently refuse to give any guidance.

Even if Gong Ruini can persist like an unyielding cockroach, constantly pestering Hua Miaozhu, the problem is the latter might find her obnoxious, shameless, and unwilling to guide her.

But if an adult brings it up, Gong Ruini thinks the likelihood of agreement would be high.

Yes, she could let Gong Tao handle it. He’s the parent and also Zhao Gang’s good friend. If the son-in-law steps in, generally the mother-in-law wouldn’t oppose.

"Dad, I heard Aunt Zhan say Grandma is a talented woman, she knows a lot, I want to learn from her." Gong Ruini tightly held Gong Tao’s clothes, very seriously discussing the matter with him.

Gong Ruini indicated she can’t be playful at this moment, she must show all her sincerity to make Gong Tao understand her intentions, so he’ll speak up on her behalf.

Seeing his daughter’s eagerness to learn really startled Gong Tao, "Ni Zi, you’re already learning quite a bit, how about waiting until you’re older?"

Generally, as a parent one would readily agree to a child’s ambition, but during this era, such things are not very emphasized, added with Gong Ruini’s young age, of course, he wouldn’t want to see her overwork herself to exhaustion. ᴛhis chapter is ᴜpdated by novelFɪre.net

Learning when she’s older, where would there be time? Even if Hua Miaozhu stays in the Northeast to help with the child, by the time she grows up, it might be time to resume college entrance exams, and everyone will be busy preparing for university, who would care about a young girl wanting to learn?

What, get Zhao Gang to take the same college with them? Sorry, Gong Ruini never thought about it, if possible, she hopes they could split up, sigh, it’s fussy.

"Dad, I’m learning very quickly now, I want to study hard, I’m not afraid of hardship."

Different ways of pestering Gong Tao, in the end, forcing him to reluctantly agree.

Of course, Gong Tao was merely agreeing to bring up the subject, whether or not she’ll consent, he can’t guarantee.

Gong Ruini kept nodding; she certainly knew getting help was quite good, "Dad, actually I just want Grandma to know I’m serious."

"Dad, as long as I learn more, when I return, they won’t call me a rustic girl from the Northeast."

A rustic girl from the Northeast, how unpleasant that sounds! Gong Tao discreetly furrowed his brows, "Don’t heed what your grandmother says anymore, all her talk is nonsense."

Rustic girl, don’t consider the relation between her and a rustic girl, if someone is dissatisfied with rustic girls, then don’t expect the rustic girl’s dad to send any goods back.

Anyway, their pension payments have been given for several years, what’s wrong with not sending goods?

Once more giving Zhang Lan a signal, Gong Ruini showed no sign of embarrassment whatsoever. After all, Zhang Lan had said it many times, how "you’ll always be a mud-legged person," it’s truly unknown why Zhang Lan harbors such discontent towards Gong Tao.

Even if back then Zhang Lan endured much difficulty to give birth to Gong Tao, he was so young at the time, just a clueless child, is it necessary to target Gong Tao this way?

"Dad, I want to learn too." Quietly reading on the side, Gong Ruwen suddenly spoke, expressing his intention to follow Gong Ruini’s footsteps.

These kids are so eager to improve themselves; fine, since the kids demand progress, what can’t a father afford? He oversees them every day. If Ni Zi seems overwhelmed, he’ll make her stop learning, surely Hua Miaozhu would understand too.