Back to the 70s: My Childhood Sweetheart Spoils Me Rotten-Chapter 689 - 691: Out of Money Again

Gong Ruini didn’t know what happened to Zhuge Mingshan after they left; she really didn’t know.

To her, some people simply don’t deserve pity, and pitying them only leads to bad luck for oneself.

"She, oh, she’s just a mad dog." Gong Ruini concluded about Zhuge Mingshan.

Cao Na kept nodding, "Yeah, I just thought she was a bit pitiful just now."

Pitiful? Zhao Guangran snorted a few times, "Someone like her has nothing to be pitied for; back then, she was so high and mighty, who knows how many people she bullied."

"It’s only natural that she’s getting bullied now."

Zhao Guangran despised all the pitiful acts Zhuge Mingshan was putting on right now, "Besides, she’s not that stupid. Nowadays, those people simply don’t have the time to bully her."

Even if they wanted to take revenge, they’re keen on securing spots for key family cultivation, otherwise everything will be in vain.

"Exactly, why should we pity her?" Cao Na recalled Zhuge Mingshan’s once-proud demeanor, "But did she find out my sister isn’t in Beijing?"

"I guess she must have found out, otherwise, why apologize now when she didn’t before?" The more Cao Na thought about it, the more she felt it was the only possibility.

Did Zhuge Mingshan really inquire about these things? Gong Ruini thought Zhuge Mingshan probably didn’t consider so much; she’s apologizing now likely to get ahead of things.

"In the future, no matter what she does, just ignore her; just stick to the idea that you can’t decide on this matter," Gong Ruini thought that Zhuge Mingshan was trying to use Cao Na to have the Cao Family let her go.

"By the way, do you think Zhuge Mingshan has a lot of enemies?" Gong Ruini remembered Cao Na mentioning that Zhuge Mingshan had a lot of enemies due to her high-profile past.

"Many, but they’re not influential; you know her, if she sees you have backing, she’ll definitely suck up to you." Cao Na had considered using others to take on Zhuge Mingshan.

But the success rate was not very high, or rather, not to be relied upon.

No influence, huh? Gong Ruini doubted those people would never act against Zhuge Mingshan, "That was before; but if they fall on hard times."

If all their fortunes decline? Cao Na looked around at the people and whispered, "Then they’re out of luck; who knows how many people would trample them."

"Even now, everyone’s just observing, nobody knows Grandpa Zhuge’s thoughts." Their family hasn’t moved, likely avoiding conflict with the Zhuge Family.

It turns out that not only Zhuge Mingshan was problematic, but the entire Zhuge Family was riding on Zhuge Zhi’s reputation, causing who knows how much trouble outside. This really excited Gong Ruini.

Previously, they had all sorts of ideas about buying the Zhuge Family’s house, but after pondering for a while, they just couldn’t figure out when they’d be able to buy that house. After all, a starved camel is still bigger than a horse; what if they still have substantial assets?

But now Gong Ruini wasn’t worried, with so many enemies around, would they let off the Zhuge Family who no longer had Zhuge Zhi’s protection?

However, Gong Ruini was slightly worried about whether they could even manage to buy the house with so many people vying for it. Sigh.

Zhao Guangran was initially quite happy, too, but once he thought about having so many competitors, he started feeling down.

Zhao Xuran noticed that Zhao Guangran and Gong Ruini were both in low spirits today. If it were only Zhao Guangran, he wouldn’t be surprised.

His brother really wasn’t interested in school, he preferred lazing at home. But Gong Ruini, although she also liked lazing at home, shouldn’t be expressing it so obviously.

"What’s wrong?"

"Something must have happened." Zhao Xuran casually poured Gong Ruini a cup of hot water, but as for Zhao Guangran, he had to help himself.

Zhao Guangran glanced at his big brother pouring water for Gong Ruini. In the past, he might have complained a bit, but today, he really didn’t feel like it.

"It’s a big deal." Gong Ruini took a sip of hot water and felt much better.

"A big deal?" Zhao Xuran and Gong Ruwen were surprised; could it be that someone bullied Ni Zi?

The way they looked at Zhao Guangran was now quite displeased. They were thinking, how could Zhao Guangran fail to take good care of Gong Ruini, as he had promised them before?

"Not a common big deal." Zhao Guangran was very dispirited, "We originally thought if we saved a few years’ money, we could have enough to buy a house."

"But now we realize that buying a house is really not easy." Zhao Guangran spent the whole day pondering about money issues.

The more he thought about it, the more he wanted to cry; he discovered that the money they needed wasn’t just a little bit. "Brother, how do you think we can make money?"

"And make a lot of money in a short time." Zhao Guangran looked up at Zhao Xuran. In his mind, his big brother was definitely invincible and would surely come up with a good solution.

Make a lot of money quickly? Zhao Xuran couldn’t understand how his brother suddenly came up with such a crazy idea.

"Why do you want to buy a house?" No, his brother always had this thought.

The key issue now is, "Why do you need to make a lot of money quickly?"

Knowing that asking his brother might not yield much, Zhao Xuran decided it was better to ask Gong Ruini. Looking towards Gong Ruini, he hoped she would provide an answer.

"We want to buy the house where Zhuge Mingshan lives now." Gong Ruini didn’t think this was some shocking news that needed to be kept secret.

No way, this bombshell really shocked Zhao Xuran and Gong Ruwen, "You, you’re planning to buy that house?"

"Do you know how expensive it is?" Zhao Xuran was truly stunned, though financially well-off, that house was not just ordinarily big.

"It’s more than twice the size of Grandpa Zhuge’s house." Despite its slightly dilapidated state due to lack of maintenance, the key issue remains.

"Do you think they’d be willing to sell the house to us?"

Even without communication, they surely treated Zhao Xuran and the others as archenemies. Knowing the foes wanted to buy the house, those people would make it incredibly difficult.

"They’d definitely set a very high price." Zhao Xuran could already imagine what astronomical price would be set.

Zhao Xuran admitted that the house was nice, but even the best house can’t withstand their lack of funds, "Choose another house."

"In such a big Beijing, it’s not like there aren’t other good houses to buy."

"Moreover, what are we going to do when we buy the house, and Grandpa Zhuge finds out?" Though Zhuge Zhi hadn’t said anything, Zhao Xuran felt that Zhuge Zhi surely knew about their previous actions against Zhuge Mingshan and others.

Zhuge Zhi didn’t say anything about the past, maybe he thought those people deserved some punishment.

However, buying the house now feels like relentlessly pushing them, depriving them of any room to breathe.

What if this news reaches Zhuge Zhi’s ears, what would he think?

Gong Ruini wanted to say that Zhuge Zhi probably wouldn’t mind, but she held back, wary that if he did, what then.