Chapter 357: Chapter 357

Zhao Guangran’s words left everyone, including Zhao Gang, dumbfounded.

Don’t be fooled by Zhao Gang’s agreement to have his two sons carry the surname Zhan; in his mind, they’re still his sons, so he never found it odd when Gong Tao and others called Zhao Banxia. Read complete versıon only at novel[f]ire.net

Zhan Jing realized there was an issue, but she didn’t constantly watch people talk.

Cai Meina remembered, but every time she saw Zhan Jing and Hua Miaozhu not react, she could only play dumb; after all, the people involved weren’t worried, so why should she, as an outsider, be anxious?

Zhao Xuran and the others hadn’t spoken up; Zhao Banxia, no wait, it should be Zhan Banxia, was confused, "Why is my surname Zhan?"

"Right, isn’t Dad’s surname Zhao?" Zhan Zisu was also puzzled as to why her second brother would say this.

"Dad’s surname is Zhao, Mom’s surname is Zhan, so you follow Mom’s surname." Zhao Xuran was pretty surprised, deeply pondering this mistake.

If they had always called Zhan Banxia and Zhan Zisu by their surnames, the two younger brothers might not have had such questions.

But discovering this issue now is good, otherwise, when Banxia and Zisu grow up and realize the problem, it would really be a mess.

Of course, Zhan Banxia knew Mom’s surname was Zhan, but why did their brothers carry Dad’s surname while they carried Mom’s?

"That’s because you’re as smart as Mom, able to memorize amazing medical books, so you follow Mom’s surname." Zhao Xuran came up with the best reason.

Actually, Zhao Xuran wasn’t wrong; although Dad initially suggested the two younger brothers carry the surname Zhan, he didn’t consider whether they truly had an interest or talent for medicine, just thought they could inherit their grandfather’s surname.

Unexpectedly, these two brothers really had an interest in medicine and would be the ones to carry on their grandfather’s legacy.

"Oh, I get it now." Zhan Banxia indicated understanding, "Then in the future, you should call me Zhan Banxia."

Zhan Zisu saw his elder brother had no objections, so he was even more agreeable, "Call me Zhan Zisu from now on too."

"Okay." Zhao Xuran agreed that such a mistake needed to be swiftly corrected, shouldn’t be made again.

"Brother Guangran, you shouldn’t call it wrong either." Zhan Banxia advised Zhao Guangran, indicating he mustn’t make a mistake.

Humph, Brother Guangran must have thought of this long ago but stubbornly didn’t remind them, waiting until now to speak, surely just to laugh at them.

Why focus on him not calling the wrong name? Zhao Guangran was truly feeling wronged.

"We’ll need to often call Zhan Banxia and Zhan Zisu in the future." Gong Ruini wasn’t helping Zhao Guangran but was worried Zhan Banxia and Zhan Zisu would target her next.

This wasn’t Gong Ruini being overly worried but these two little guys encountering something fun always thinking of her, always wanting to share with her.

"Hmm, hmm, you need to call us Zhan Banxia and Zhan Zisu." Zhan Banxia said seriously.

"Brother, won’t our names become harder to write in the future?" Zhan Zisu, already slowly learning to read and write, suddenly realized their surname would be harder to write.

"Even if it’s hard to write, you must write it. You get used to it." Zhan Banxia felt his brother’s question wasn’t really a problem.

"Second brother has so much homework to do every day, lots of words are hard to write, but he’s gotten used to it."

"Yes, yes." Zhan Zisu also thought so; he’d seen Zhao Guangran’s daily homework, really a lot.

This was too much; clearly the Zhan surname was hard to write, having nothing to do with him, but why did his brother bring it up? Zhao Guangran felt truly hurt.

Truthfully, Zhan Jing was quite anxious, contemplating many questions, like whether her two younger sons would make a fuss.

These two kids were used to following the older siblings, but when they realized they were different from Zhao Xuran, would they make a fuss?

Hua Miaozhu was also variously anxious, worried the two grandsons would be confused, but didn’t expect the issue they worried about turned out to be no problem at all for the two kids.

For these two kids, their concern turned out to be the difficulty of writing the Zhan character, little things really, "Once you get used to writing, it’ll be okay."

"Yes, once you get used to it, it’ll be fine."

Alright, it’s all about habit; Zhan Zisu stated they’d certainly get used to it, "We’ll definitely get used to it, second brother got used to having so much homework."

"He’s also used to his grades not being as good as Sister Ni’s."

Zhao Guangran had to admit no longer being upset since today he was called out many times by the two brothers, oh, his pride.

Zhao Guangran really regretted it. Big brother once mentioned educating the two younger brothers properly; otherwise, they’d wouldn’t respect him when they grew up.

But back then, Zhao Guangran was busy, busy earning money. After all, gathering herbs was important, he was also busy cultivating black fungus, which was a lucrative business.

Even though many villagers were cultivating black fungus now, they were selling to the supply and sales cooperative, which didn’t conflict with his family’s business. Definitely worth cultivating more.

Especially since Zhan Banxia and the others weren’t very old back then, Zhao Guangran always felt the younger brothers wouldn’t remember childhood stuff once they grew up, always thinking once they were older, he as brother could play games with them to divert their attention from Gong Ruini.

Zhao Guangran always thought his strategy was fine; he’d surely make Gong Ruini cry without finding walls to lean against, his plan of stealing the spotlight would have been great.

But Zhao Guangran really didn’t plan out well, couldn’t attract the attention of the two brothers, spending all day educating them.

"In the future you’ll have to work hard." Zhao Xuran, seeing his brother’s attempt to take shortcuts, could only watch as an observer.

Some things, you wouldn’t know the outcome unless you experienced them yourself; suffering a loss isn’t much, it’s just a lesson learned at home.

Only after experiencing setbacks will you know better how to handle things.

"I am really working hard." Zhao Guangran looked at his brothers leaning beside Gong Ruini, feeling helpless in many ways.

But what could he do? Compared to grades, he absolutely couldn’t surpass Gong Ruini.

He even thought about winning the favor of the two brothers, buying them treats.

The problem was the tasty snacks, Banxia and the others ate them too, but that’s about it; afterward, everything continued as it was.

"Not easy to win over." Zhao Guangran muttered, "Brother, you didn’t even treat them particularly well, but why do Banxia and Zisu still find you favorable?"

If he couldn’t compare with Gong Ruini, Zhao Guangran decided to ask Zhao Xuran why Banxia and Zisu respect him.

Why do Banxia and Zisu find him favorable? Isn’t this an easy thing to figure out? Why does his brother insist on asking him, truly not considering or observing carefully?

If he could carefully watch, Zhao Xuran was sure his brother would definitely discover the underlying reasons.

"You must discover it yourself; you can’t always have others give you the answer." Zhao Xuran said this and walked over to his brothers to see what they were discussing with Gong Ruini.