Chapter 354: Chapter 354
Gong Ruini wobbled her way to Cai Ming’s room, which during the day served as the place for everyone to eat and entertain guests, and at night was Cai Ming’s sleeping quarters.
As soon as she entered and saw the table full of dishes, Gong Ruini felt like her salivation was happening so fast, she couldn’t swallow fast enough to keep up with the drool.
Sigh, why is today’s meal so sumptuous, Gong Ruini really felt wronged, she hadn’t eaten anything delicious since coming back, and suffered all sorts of hardships on the train. Even though there was meat to eat, Gong Ruini and the others didn’t dare to be too showy.
Just had a good meal on New Year’s Eve, after that it was all about hiding and hoarding, worrying someone would notice something was off.
Finally back home, she was struck by a big illness and didn’t get to enjoy any good food, only able to drink porridge every day while looking at a table full of dishes, truly as pitiful as can be.
Looking at the slowly filling table of dishes, Gong Ruini expressed that she couldn’t wait any longer; she had to take the initiative to attack.
Yes, she had been lying down for a few days, and hadn’t eaten properly for days, even having medicine had to be fed by Mei Na, spoon by spoon, even if a person in a coma doesn’t need to move, the stomach will get hungry on time.
After waking up, all she drank was porridge, the days of eating meat heartily still hadn’t arrived, driving her mad.
Gong Ruini genuinely felt that this trip home was a big loss, not just a small one. Wanting to see some excitement turned out to require such a heavy price.
If she’d known it would be , she might as well have stayed home waiting to hear Gong Tao’s description when he got back.
"Ni Zi, you’re silly, quickly wash your hands and let’s start eating." Cai Meina brought the last dish of stir-fried chives and pork to the table, knowing that most chives had already been sold out before the Spring Festival, only sparing a bit of it for the New Year’s meals.
Wash hands to eat? What’s that got to do with her? Gong Ruini really wanted to say she wasn’t feeling well and would go eat in her room, otherwise if she continued staying here to eat, Gong Ruini declared she would truly be driven crazy.
"Hurry up, be quick." Cai Meina waved her hand signaling Gong Ruini to quickly wash her hands, "You can’t make us all wait for you."
Sigh, how vexing, is this still her real mom? Gong Ruini was really on the verge of tears, where would a daughter like her be spoken to ?
Gong Ruini reluctantly went to wash her hands, not noticing the smiley expressions from around her, otherwise she would’ve realized something was up.
"Mom, is this okay?" Gong Ruwen was really worried that his younger sister, hearing she could eat, might gorge herself recklessly. Seeing his sister’s eyes like a hungry wolf earlier really made him anxious.
"What choice do we have, if your sister doesn’t eat meat heartily, I’m worried she’ll break down," said Cai Meina, helplessly. It wasn’t easy for her girl to hold out this long, "and also the Spring Festival is almost over."
Thinking about it, Cai Meina felt wronged for her daughter, not having eaten well during the entire festival, instead suffering with them, "Your sister’s round face has lost quite a few circles."
Gong Ruini really disliked this bout of illness. Utter boredom with nothing to do, and endless eating trying to recover, made her feel all kinds of unbearable. Always worrying she might balloon up after recovering, that would really be a disaster.
Thankfully her face had slimmed down, Gong Ruini looked in the mirror every day, seeing that even her baby face seemed to have thinned a lot, she really did look noticeably slimmer.
"No wonder everyone says every fat person is a potential stunner when they slim down," Gong Ruini thought, even though she was a potential stunner herself, not many people would say that’s bad.
Gong Ruini washed her face for a long time in the bathroom. Although there was no meat to eat, at least the baby fat on her face had gone down a bit, improving her mood considerably.
When a person’s mood improves, naturally they dawdle around even more.
"Hopefully when I go out, you guys have already eaten most of the meat." Even though Gong Ruini had already gotten used to not eating meat for a long time, seeing the table full of dishes, who could hold back?
Gong Ruini wasn’t a nun; even a fake child couldn’t withstand such a big test.
"That childish Zhao Guangran will surely eat meat right in front of me, flaunting it." The thought of Zhao Guangran’s smug expression, eating in a way that makes you want to beat him, made Gong Ruini’s already smug little face fall.
Gong Ruini was muttering to herself, constantly feeling shortchanged, when Zhao Guangran’s booming voice rang at the door, "Ni Zi, are you done yet?"
You don’t need to ask to know that Ni Zi must be hiding in the room, thinking of waiting until they’ve almost finished eating to come out.
Zhao Guangran thought so too, it would be best if they’d eaten their fill before Gong Ruini showed up, then tell her she could start eating, such a silly sight, but unfortunately today they’d have to wait for her.
Push, push, push, all you know is to push, clearly this boy isn’t a good person, Gong Ruini fumed, wanting to say that this nagging person had nothing better to do, just wanting to watch her make a fool of herself.
"Today is your day to eat meat, how much longer are you going to dawdle? Don’t you know the meat will get cold and congealed." Zhao Guangran was thinking about making Gong Ruini sad again, but then remembered the real purpose, well, he couldn’t have Ni Zi thinking ill of him just for a bit of mischievous fun.
What, there’s actually meat for her today? Gong Ruini was so excited, she suddenly opened the door, "I can eat meat?"
Wait a second, didn’t Aunt Zhan say during the follow-up that she could let loose and eat meat, could this be Zhao Guangran up to one of his new tricks again?
Gong Ruini thought it wasn’t impossible, they rarely set traps for each other, right?
Hmph, these days trying to be a good guy is really an unusual level of difficulty. Zhao Guangran felt very hurt by Gong Ruini’s distrust, really wanting to pat himself on the back and leave.
But if he just left like that, Gong Ruini would definitely think he was deceiving her. Even if she’d find out later he didn’t lie to her, the credit would still be gone.
"It’s true, otherwise why would there be so much meat?" Zhao Guangran sincerely swore to Gong Ruini, "I swear on the money I’ve earned."
As soon as he said that, Gong Ruini knew for sure he wasn’t lying to her. If Zhao Guangran had sworn on something else, Gong Ruini might not believe it, but when it came to money, she had absolute confidence in him, after all, to get a money-grubber to say this was not a common occurrence.
"Thank you, Brother Guangran, you’re the best." Brother Guangran was indeed good, key moments always tipped her off about important things.
Hmph, even her own big brother had no idea to give her a tip, which left Gong Ruini slightly dissatisfied.
Gong Ruini’s sweet smile made Zhao Guangran grin from ear to ear. See, getting the first bit of credit could make Gong Ruini smile at him so sweetly, lifting his spirits considerably. Nᴇw ɴovel chaptᴇrs are published on novel⁂fire.net
As Gong Ruwen saw Gong Ruini’s figure coming over, he ran jubilantly too, grabbing Gong Ruini’s hand, "Ni Zi, you can eat meat now. Brother checked, though you still can’t eat spicy chicken, you can definitely have some meat."
"Today’s braised pork is made by Grandma." Thinking of Grandma’s braised pork, Gong Ruwen felt even hungrier.
Wow, it’s braised pork made by Hua Miaozhu? This absolutely thrilled Gong Ruini, knowing that the taste of Hua Miaozhu’s braised pork was unparalleled, pity that she rarely made it.
Even though Hua Miaozhu had shared her secrets of braised pork with Cai Meina, Gong Ruini always felt there was something missing in the taste.
Today, being able to enjoy such a delightful delicacy once more, Gong Ruini declared she would definitely not miss it.