Chapter 285: Chapter 285

Gong Ruwen listened quietly and whispered, "Ni Zi, are you asleep yet?"

Gong Ruini couldn’t sleep at all; some things, even though she said they were fine, were actually not fine at all.

She felt a heaviness in her heart, "Bro, I’m not asleep." For origınal chapters go to novｅlfire.net

Her big brother must have been worried, thinking that she’d have trouble coping and wanted to offer some comfort.

If she really couldn’t cope, even if Gong Ruwen stood up to console her, how could that possibly bring back that lost treasure?

"Actually, come to think of it, it’s better not having that stuff; otherwise, it would’ve been a hassle." The more they discovered, the more difficult it would be to move when they relocated, creating a logistical headache.

Gong Ruini later realized how inconvenient the current transportation was. Trying to transport something was truly exhausting, and leaving these things in the Northeast wasn’t an option either.

Fortunately, there was still something left; otherwise, Gong Ruini would have felt really bad, as the box was brought home by her. Even if Zhao Gang and the others voiced no dissatisfaction or criticism, she couldn’t help but feel uneasy.

"And it’s not like we didn’t get anything; we still have the ingots and the Yuan Datou coins." At least her efforts earned everyone some hard-earned compensation.

"Bro, discovering a hot spring isn’t a bad thing either; we can make a fortune by growing vegetables." Gong Ruini was truly happy for their parents.

"This winter, we should be able to enjoy hot pot with fresh greens." Last winter, even though they planted plenty of greens, they couldn’t bring themselves to eat them.

It wasn’t that Gong Tao and the others disagreed, but since the greens could be sold at a good price, the children couldn’t bear to eat them and opted for dried vegetables instead.

Gong Ruini always looked at the lush greens and kept convincing herself that eating the greens in her mind was the same as eating the dried vegetables.

Her little sister was truly open-minded, but Gong Ruwen still couldn’t understand why the treasure got taken away.

"Do you think there might be another hidden treasure location?" Gong Ruwen was still hung up on this issue.

"Isn’t there no evidence that place was a treasure site?" said Gong Ruwen, explaining his reasoning.

Her big brother was more excited than she was, even though she was directly involved in the spoils, while her brother would only benefit indirectly. Sigh.

Gong Ruini actually wanted to say, "Bro, your excitement doesn’t help," "Bro, if it’s ours, it’s ours; if not, there’s no point thinking too much about it."

After soothing Gong Ruwen, Gong Ruini turned over to sleep. She hadn’t slept well for days just thinking about that treasure map.

Though she pondered where the location on the map might be, now that the matter had some resolution, all Gong Ruini wanted was a good night’s sleep.

"Bro, sleep well. Tomorrow is another beautiful day."

"Though we didn’t strike it rich, we missed out on so much these past few days because of the treasure map." Even Zhao Xuran couldn’t sit still and was so excited that everyone else’s excitement was imaginable.

No one was paying attention in class. Even Hua Miaozhu’s teaching quality was slipping, and though others might not have noticed, Gong Ruini certainly did.

Considering everything, they lost quite a lot, and thankfully, now everything was getting back on track, allowing Gong Ruini to breathe a sigh of relief.

Alright, since her sister figured it out, there was nothing left for him to puzzle over. Sleep, tomorrow is a new day again.

Hopefully, their yellowing chives would fetch a good price, allowing their family to have a prosperous new year.

The Gong Family Siblings thought the brothers next door were asleep, but it was just carefree Zhao Guangran who fell asleep; Zhao Xuran and Cai Ming were still awake, wanting to hear if the otherwise strong Gong Ruini would cry herself to sleep after everyone else drifted off, but instead, they heard Gong Ruini and Gong Ruwen’s conversation.

If during the day Ruini was visibly unsatisfied and unhappy about not getting the treasure, hearing her calm voice now showed she had come to terms with it.

Cai Ming had been busy all day and had to prepare lessons for the next day, feeling pretty exhausted. He yawned and turned over to sleep.

Zhao Xuran listened for a long time, wanting to know if after Gong Ruwen fell asleep, Gong Ruini would start crying. Today’s setback was big enough, and his father was definitely disappointed, let alone the little girl.

Ruini was disappointed, but she couldn’t be too heartbroken over an unexpected fortune that was never in her plans, so it wasn’t theirs, and there was no need to be too upset.

Only after she didn’t hear Gong Ruini crying for a long time did Zhao Xuran finally turn over to sleep.

Originally, he thought that if Ruini started crying, he’d come out to comfort her, but he didn’t expect the girl to comfort Gong Ruwen instead, which really surprised Zhao Xuran.

Even Zhao Xuran took a while to come to terms with it; he was disappointed about not finding the treasure, especially since his father mentioned they had been looking for a long time. Though some traces had been intentionally erased and there were animal marks complicating things, it was clear that something had definitely been placed there before.

The reason being the several Yuan Datou coins they found, as well as gold and silver ingots. But was that place really a treasure site? Zhao Xuran felt there were many doubts.

Based on his father’s description of the environment, it wasn’t a good place to store valuables. A place with hot springs would have high temperatures, unsuitable for storage, wouldn’t it?

And having a hot spring meant there was water, and if the spring burst suddenly, wouldn’t it flood everything? If the water was stronger, with a greater force, wouldn’t it wash the items away?

That would expose their hidden treasures, their efforts going in vain.

In total, there were too many questions, and Zhao Xuran really didn’t understand, having not been there personally, he didn’t know why it was this way.

While Ruini had her eyes closed, she was actually thinking, suspecting there were issues with Gong Tao and the others’ account, but she couldn’t pinpoint the problem.

Ruini had been thinking about this before, but no matter how hard she tried, she couldn’t figure it out, which really frustrated her.

"Forget it, if I can’t figure it out, I’ll just sleep." Ruini felt her mind was hurting and reluctantly let go.

Anyway, since their father and uncle went up, even if Zhao Gang discovered any clues, he wouldn’t hide it from Gong Tao.

As for keeping it from her, Ruini didn’t mind, as long as a family member got it, that was enough for her.

The kids were all asleep, and Gong Tao was discussing with Cai Meina in their room about their findings this time.