Back to the 70s: My Childhood Sweetheart Spoils Me Rotten-Chapter 691 - 693: Gong Zheng Arrives 2

Gong Ruini didn’t expect to see Gong Zheng at home, it really surprised her.

You know, ever since seeing him last summer, she hasn’t seen him again, and neither have Gong Jiaming and the others seen Gong Zheng more than a few times. People say after he got into college, he started to feel all high and mighty.

Gong Ruini really doesn’t understand how such a big shot ends up at her house, "Hello, Uncle."

Gong Ruwen was also stunned for a moment, "Hello, Uncle."

"Hello, how are your grades?" Even though Gong Zheng was fed up with being here, he thought he’d just mention his affairs, hoping Gong Tao would sponsor him a little.

But he just couldn’t find the opportunity to speak. It wasn’t that he hadn’t tried before, but a few times he had just started, Gong Tao—whether intentionally or not—diverted the conversation, which annoyed Gong Zheng.

Yet what can he do even if he’s angry? Whenever he begins, the idiot doesn’t want to play along, though he’s likely doing it on purpose.

Hmph, since he’s doing it on purpose, if he keeps acting dumb, I’ll just straightforwardly ask him and see what he says.

"Dad, what is he here for?" Taking advantage of Gong Zheng being lost in thought, Gong Ruini signaled Gong Ruwen to keep him company, while she pulled Gong Tao aside.

If it were Gong Zhuang, it might be because of a business trip. Last year, even though Gong Zhuang’s tasks weren’t completed promptly, he still finished them and reportedly got praised by the leader.

Although he didn’t get a promotion, he got more opportunities to run to Beijing, and through these connections, he shipped back review workbooks and some Beijing specialties.

Especially because he often runs to Beijing, there’s more reason to distribute those workbooks. After all, such good books are not generally easy to come by, and if he didn’t often visit Beijing, how would he find these good things?

As for Big Uncle and Little Uncle, Gong Ruini really considers them familiar strangers—wait, no—they are just strangers, not even slightly familiar.

Except when something happened on their side and they needed money, they’d pop up to talk about family or whatever.

Thinking about it makes Gong Ruini feel utterly disgusted, "Hmph, he must be here for something this time."

Overall, they are people who won’t show up unless there’s profit involved. Expecting them purely to check on Second Brother is less realistic than expecting Grandpa to make it rain money.

Seeing his daughter with an expression of disdain, Gong Tao gently patted her head, not surprisingly receiving two eye rolls, "Don’t act like this in his presence."

Come on, is she such an immature person? Isn’t she also a person with brains, "I know what to do, will I slip up?"

"Yes, you are the best." The daughter was unhappy, so Gong Tao kept comforting her, "I predict he has no money."

No money? Ah, Gong Ruini was very surprised, "Doesn’t he have subsidies?"

"Isn’t it barely enough for one person?"

"Does he have no savings at all?" Although Zhang Lan is biased towards Gong Qiang, she wouldn’t leave him penniless, and previously he held a small leadership role, surely he has money?

"He’s here to play poor." Gong Ruini really didn’t think Gong Zheng could be so shameless; it seems the whole Gong Family has this tendency to play poor.

Whether he’s playing poor or not, Gong Tao doesn’t care, "Anyway, we have no money."

Gong Tao was not wrong to say that if not for them thinking of a money-making idea after arriving in Beijing, would their lives be so good? It would otherwise be a mess.

Let alone feeding the youngest son fat and healthy, "Ignore him anyway, we have no money, lending him money is the same as giving it away."

Gong Zheng is slightly better than Gong Qiang, but he’s not that blunt; however, it amounts to the same thing.

Gong Zheng knew Gong Tao had promising children; during New Year’s, he frequently heard Gong Zhuang’s family singing praises. Gong Zheng initially thought it was Gong Zhuang’s foolish flattering, trying to brown-nose.

But through this exchange, he was stunned, honestly admitting many things a college student like him didn’t know, "I heard you’re planning to apply to Jing University."

Don’t be fooled by Gong Zheng’s smiling expectant words; inside, he’s already cursing. In his view, this family is truly shameless, as if Jing University is owned by them, saying they’ll apply and be accepted.

Heard? Gong Ruwen isn’t stupid; even though Gong Zheng has a kindly expression, Gong Ruwen senses a chill, "It’s just talk. Whether I can get into Jing University, we’ll see in the future."

In his heart, Gong Ruwen is thinking whether Gong Zheng imagines that if he scores poorly in the future, he can gloat and mock?

To prevent giving Gong Zheng any opportunity to laugh, Gong Ruwen states he must work hard, yet he should remain humble.

"Hmm, you can’t be proud. Back then, no one expected the college entrance exams to be reinstated." Early on, Gong Zheng noted down Gong Tao’s success in passing Jing University as mere luck.

"Back then, many people had stopped attending classes long ago, if only they had been prepared."

Hearing this, Gong Ruwen was displeased; so, because you didn’t get into a good university, that means those who did were just lucky?

Gong Ruwen used to think there was no need to upset elders, but now he’s changed his mind. Sometimes backing down means letting people push you around endlessly, "Uncle, are you suggesting my dad knew the exams would be reinstated long ago?"

"But wasn’t the reinstatement announced in the newspaper before anyone knew about it? Isn’t it supposed to be known nationwide?"

"Uncle, we were in the Northeastern Rural area, gathering study materials was tough. Uncle, wasn’t collecting high school materials easier in the South back then?"

Exactly, that’s how it was. After chatting with Gong Tao, Gong Ruini came over to see how Gong Zheng would bully Gong Ruwen, only to find he didn’t manage at all, and instead ended up unable to retaliate.

"That’s how my brother should be." Gong Ruini resented Gong Zheng for his relentless disdain regarding Gong Tao passing Jing University, how infuriating it is!

Previously, she thought it was unnecessary to bicker with such a failure, but now she sees Gong Zheng as utterly arrogant.

"Uncle, you weren’t prepared the first time, but the second time you should have been well-prepared, took leave to study at home, right?" Gong Ruini didn’t care how humiliated Gong Zheng looked.

"I wonder which good university Uncle got into, hearing Grandma say how good your scores were, how bad my dad’s were." Gong Ruini struck another blow to Gong Zheng.

Yeah, boasting no matter how good, what’s the point—still a fool.

Gong Zheng was already furious with Gong Ruwen, and didn’t expect before he even recovered, Gong Ruini popped up, and with even more venom in her words, it made Gong Zheng want to faint.

Gong Zheng really never imagined there could be such a venomous-speaking girl in the world, humph, they all say Gong Tao’s kids are sensible, is this being sensible?

Such a fierce girl, it’ll be hard for her to marry in the future; she’s bound to become an old maid.