Back to the 70s: My Childhood Sweetheart Spoils Me Rotten-Chapter 821 - 823: Worries and Entrustment

Looking at the increasing number of dishes on the table, even Zhao Guangran, who was complaining about being hungry earlier, was stunned.

"There are so many dishes, we can’t finish them." Zhao Guangran touched his stomach, wondering if they prepared a lot just because he mentioned he was hungry, which made him feel a bit embarrassed.

"Yes, there are so many." Gong Ruini knew that her appetite wasn’t great, especially after feeling hungry earlier, she felt a bit uncomfortable and didn’t dare to eat much.

"It’s good to have more." Xu Zhengming was also startled, although he wanted to show off a bit and let Zhuge Zhi and the others know he still had his skills, he didn’t expect to prepare so many dishes.

Zhuge Zhi looked at the numerous dishes, knowing that his close friend must have put in a lot of effort, which made him feel quite content, "Having so much food left unfinished feels like such a waste."

"When you used to go out to eat, Zhuge, you always left a lot of food, otherwise, you wouldn’t be comfortable." Xu Zhengming, not caring whether there were younger people around, bluntly exposed Zhuge Zhi.

This Old Xu, really took every chance to sell him out, Zhuge Zhi gestured to Xu Zhengming to take it easy, "Wasn’t it more impressive back then to do it that way?"

"Moreover, if we hadn’t been wasteful back then, how could I have managed to get money from home to study medicine?" Zhuge Zhi didn’t argue that Xu Zhengming wronged him, instead he explained why he did so.

Ah, was it really so painful for Zhuge Zhi to study medicine? It can’t be, thought Gong Ruini, who hadn’t expected that Zhuge Zhi faced so much resistance in trying to get ahead.

"Let’s not think about it, why bring up things from the past, they no longer matter." Zhuge Zhi waved his hand, signaling not to bring up unhappy events from the past.

"What about you, you haven’t forgotten what you said before." From what Zhao Xuran and Wan Yihui overheard, Zhuge Zhi actually knew quite a lot, but he still wanted to hear his friend’s perspective.

Xu Zhengming didn’t know that Zhuge Zhi and the others already knew; even though he had thought about how to handle this, when it really came to it, he found it hard to open his mouth.

"Have a drink." Wan Dajun kindly handed a glass of wine to Xu Zhengming, "We haven’t met for so many years, you should drink."

"And since you’re the owner of the shop, shouldn’t you toast us more so we can bring more customers to support your business later?" Wan Dajun, that devious fellow, he even got the wine involved.

Zhuge Zhi had disdain for Wan Dajun in his heart, but outwardly he encouraged him.

Ah, letting dad drink wine, when Xu Ling saw that things weren’t looking great, she tried to snatch the drink from Xu Zhengming’s hand.

Just as Zhuge Zhi was about to say that no one should drink on his behalf, Xu Zhengming downed half a glass of white wine in one go.

This and that, Wan Dajun actually wanted Xu Zhengming to have a bit of courage, otherwise if things dragged on without being said, it would only delay matters, wouldn’t it?

However, he didn’t expect this fellow to have such courage; could it be that during all those years Xu Zhengming spent elsewhere, he developed quite an impressive tolerance for alcohol?

With a sense of resolve, Xu Zhengming drank the wine, and as it reached his stomach, he began to feel completely dizzy.

As Wan Dajun saw the gradually reddening face of Xu Zhengming, he also breathed a sigh of relief; facial expressions might deceive, but a flushed face doesn’t lie.

"Well, what I want to say is, Zhuge, and Dajun, you are my good friends."

"I know it was wrong of me not to notify you when I left, but the situation was urgent."

"Xiao Ling’s ex-husband was no good...." Just as Xu Zhengming was about to say more, he noticed the small faces around the dining table and withdrew his words, frightened.

"Then I took my daughter and grandson to seek refuge with my son, and to avoid causing you trouble, I didn’t inform you."

"I originally thought of settling down at my son’s place, living a few good years, and contacting you again when things got better here, but then something happened to my son."

Though constantly reminding himself not to cry, knowing some things had already happened and crying wouldn’t solve them, Xu Zhengming really couldn’t hold back.

Every mention of his son brought a twinge of pain to his heart; although Xu Zhengming spoke vaguely about many things, from Xu Ling’s aged appearance, it was clear something significant had happened.

"Old Xu." Zhuge Zhi and Wan Dajun could empathize with Xu Zhengming’s feelings, as they too had their own sorrowful pasts.

"I’m fine." Xu Zhengming knew it wasn’t time to cry, "Really, I thought of opening a shop, passing on my culinary skills to my daughter, and supporting the Xu family’s reputation."

"Don’t worry about that." Zhuge Zhi readily agreed to his friend’s request.

"And if anything were to happen to me, before the two kids grow up, I’d like you to help manage my assets."

Ah, to manage his assets? Gong Ruini had somewhat guessed Xu Zhengming’s intentions before but thought it was just to prevent certain relatives from snatching the house, and of course, those who rely on connections too.

She didn’t expect him to ask Zhuge Zhi to manage his assets, a heavy responsibility indeed, causing Gong Ruini to click her tongue.

"I..." Zhuge Zhi was reluctant to take on such a hot potato, not for his own sake, but to avoid straining the relationship between the two families.

"Rest assured, I’ll write a will, but the transfer of this house must wait until the two kids grow up. Otherwise, I’m really worried Xiao Ling’s ex-husband might show up." Xu Zhengming explained that he was guarding against Xu Ling’s ex-husband, formerly his son-in-law. 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

Ah, wasn’t the divorce already settled, how could he still show up? Gong Ruini wondered why Xu Zhengming ended up with such an unpleasant son-in-law.

"I understand." Zhuge Zhi immediately agreed, "Don’t worry."

"But why do you want to entrust it to Zhuge?" Wan Dajun was puzzled as to why Xu Zhengming didn’t tackle this head-on himself.

Though Zhuge Zhi is trustworthy, it absolutely isn’t as proper or official as handling it himself would be.

Xu Zhengming’s face turned pale, he hadn’t foreseen Wan Dajun, that meticulous fellow, would think of this.

"Uncle Zhuge, please have a look at my dad." Xu Ling had long wanted Zhuge Zhi to take a look but hadn’t found the opportunity since Xu Zhengming kept talking, making it hard for his daughter to interject.

Upon hearing Wan Dajun’s remark, Xu Ling, who had been waiting, couldn’t miss such a good opportunity.

"I’m fine." At such a critical moment, talking about these matters made Xu Zhengming annoyed, rolling his eyes frequently at his daughter, but Xu Ling simply ignored it.

"I’ll do it." Zhuge Zhi didn’t give Xu Zhengming the chance to evade and directly pulled his arm to check his pulse.

Seeing Xu Zhengming still struggling, Wan Dajun signaled the three male helpers at home to hold him down.

Powerless, Xu Zhengming had no choice but to give up resisting, otherwise he would be the one to suffer.