Chapter 395: Chapter 395

Zhao Xuran knew Gong Ruini would be very angry. Not taking her to such an interesting event would certainly cause her to flip out, but he initially thought it was difficult to find a suitable opportunity.

Not only did they need to spread the word without being identified, but it also took several attempts to seize the chance.

Zhao Xuran didn’t regret not bringing Gong Ruini along, but seeing her now, he worried about how long she’d stay mad at him.

Gong Ruwen was quite pleased with the current situation, thinking that his sister should indeed deal with the Zhao Brothers this way.

"At critical moments, they don’t care about you at all," Gong Ruwen whispered to Gong Ruini.

Hmph, this guy still has the face to say that, Gong Ruini almost wanted to ask him if he still had any sense of shame.

"Brother, you participated in the activities too."

"Even my dear brother didn’t want to tell me, huh." Gong Ruini was furious, feeling like everyone thought she was easy to bully.

"Big brother, your skin is getting thicker, is it because you’ve been hanging around with Zhao Guangran for too long?" Gong Ruini regretted not pulling Gong Ruwen along.

Now look, even her own big brother is getting thicker-skinned, not as cute as before.

But on the bright side, luckily her big brother didn’t hang out with Zhao Xuran, otherwise, she’d really want to cry. That would have been a disaster for sure.

"Yes, I think so too, must be because I’ve been following Zhao Guangran for too long." Gong Ruwen admitted his skin was thick, but Zhao Guangran should take the blame for this.

Ever since Gong Ruini ignored the brothers, Zhao Guangran felt life had become increasingly unbearable, with unique pressures.

Even while quietly copying worksheets, he could feel the low-pressure aura beside him, really putting him under immense stress.

And just then, unexpectedly, Gong Ruwen dared to add fuel to the fire, "Hey, Brother Ruiwen, don’t think just because I’m not speaking up, you can slander me at will."

Slander you? Gong Ruwen rolled his eyes, "Do I need to slander you?"

"Did I say anything wrong?" Gong Ruwen truly felt he didn’t, "Aren’t you the thick-skinned one among us?"

"Yes, Second Brother is indeed the thickest-skinned," the two younger ones chimed in unison.

Zhan Banxia and Zhao Zisu were very upset that the three elder brothers went off to have fun without them, so when they heard Gong Ruwen criticizing Zhao Guangran, they quickly chimed in.

Even though all three went out, the two younger ones were savvy enough to know not to rile up the big brother and Brother Ruiwen, knowing well this would be the most disastrous. As for the second brother, a little sweet talk could soothe his anger.

"Is this your concern?" It was already troublesome enough, and now these two younger ones were joining in, what was up?

"Second Brother, did I offend you recently?" Ever since realizing his status was lower than the two little ones, Zhao Guangran knew how to maintain his standing and wasn’t too resentful because their presence made their mother very happy, especially delighting their grandmother.

As long as the parents and grandmother were happy, especially their own mom no longer pressuring him to study Chinese medicine, Zhao Guangran was more than content, so being occasionally bullied by the two little ones was something he could overlook.

"Definitely offended us." See, Second Brother still didn’t acknowledge his wrongdoing, making Zhan Banxia and the others even more upset, "You all had fun and didn’t think of bringing Sister Ni Zi and us."

"Right." Zhan Zisu nodded earnestly from behind.

This is on him again, Zhao Guangran really felt like kneeling, everyone targeting him, even the two kids, he wondered what he did to invite such ire.

"Brother, this is..." Zhao Guangran couldn’t face the three furious faces and could only shoot a pleading look to Zhao Xuran.

The latter directly avoided his brother’s gaze, knowing that if he intervened, these three would turn their critique on him.

Zhao Xuran truly wasn’t confident in dealing with all three at once, feeling incredibly pressured.

"Guangran, as a man, you need to take responsibility," Zhao Xuran coughed and then said something that drove Zhao Guangran to despair.

Aargh, big brother just won’t help, is he even human? Zhao Guangran really felt wronged, like being abandoned by the whole world.

Fine, if big brother won’t help him, isn’t there still the uncle?

Zhao Guangran turned to Cai Ming, hoping Cai Ming would step up and explain a bit.

Cai Ming initially avoided Zhao Guangran’s gaze, knowing dealing with Gong Ruini alone would be tricky, really hard to handle, as most of the time she was understanding but once unreasonable, it was quite exhausting, making you feel like losing it.

But leaving Zhao Guangran was too pitiful, unable to ignore his pleading little puppy eyes.

Cai Ming, being a teacher, couldn’t shirk responsibility, "Ni Zi, Banxia, Zisu, this was my suggestion, after all, you’re still kids, not strong."

"This matter required standing guard outside with unpredictable timing and circumstances, so we had to wait."

"And you couldn’t be discovered, or else it wouldn’t be good." Cai Ming shouldered all the blame himself. ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ꜰʀᴏᴍ novel-fire.net

Ultimately, it was Cai Ming’s idea, and he couldn’t let Zhao Xuran and the others bear the responsibility.

The explanation made sense, though she didn’t think of herself as weak, standing watch in the snow would be a considerable burden, "I see."

Zhao Guangran really didn’t expect Cai Ming to speak up for him; even his own brother didn’t pay him heed nor save him, so who else could he rely on? Unexpectedly, at this critical moment, Uncle Cai Ming stood up, truly a great person. "Uncle, you’re the best."

"Ni Zi, it’s all true, we went out several times, it was really cold outside, and I felt my mouth was numb." Zhao Guangran recalled his situation back then, definitely not wanting a second round.

No, he couldn’t do it again in the snow; one time was enough, especially after being blamed by Gong Ruini, really not knowing what was good about it.

Fine, with even Cai Ming speaking up for Zhao Guangran, what more was there to say; Gong Ruini could only let it go, "No second time, then."

"Okay, okay." Hmph, if there’s a next time, he wouldn’t be stupid enough to refuse participation, no, "If it’s still winter, I still won’t agree to your joining, you could get frostbite."

"Okay." Not bad, even though hard to bear, at least he remembered being a brother, which Gong Ruini felt was something to support, can’t let someone down.

One must know that Zhao Xuran’s bystander behavior earlier almost got Zhao Guangran angry, so giving him a bit of hope was necessary.