Chapter 1397 - 1399

Drying his hair, Zhao Xuran walked into the bedroom and, unsurprisingly, saw Gong Ruini lying on the bed with her eyes wide open.

"Don’t overthink it. Actually, if you think about it, Xiao Zhi is pretty lucky."

"Luckier than all of us." If it hadn’t been for accidentally bumping into this matter this time, they really wouldn’t have discovered it.

Zhao Xuran did feel a bit guilty. He’d clearly looked after Gong Ruzhi for a while too, yet he’d never noticed anything.

Is Gong Ruzhi really that lucky? Gong Ruini wanted to say no one could be luckier than she was, but then she thought about it and realized that brat really did have good luck.

A bit of luck with computers, and he just happened to run into Dai Liren.

On the road of learning computers, someone was willing to take him along, to guide him in all sorts of ways—even if there was such a long distance between them, so what.

The lucky part was that this kid truly had talent in computers. According to Gong Ruini, even if Gong Ruzhi wanted to start a business later, he should at least go to college first.

She never expected that when Dai Liren wanted to start a business, he’d just take Gong Ruzhi along with him.

Were they really short of investment? Gong Ruini remembered Zhao Guangran mentioning that although there weren’t many investors, it wasn’t like there were none.

"But what if he just gets completely lost in computers." That way he’d only be a successful IT guy, and in this society where investment is king, are there few cases of investors kicking out the founders?

The company had just opened its doors, and yet his wife was already worrying that once the company made money, some investor would come in and kick Gong Ruzhi out. Zhao Xuran could only feel a row of black lines on his face.

"Uh, did you forget that Xiao Zhi and we also have shares, not to mention the Dai Family also has shares."

"Would we just sit there and watch Xiao Zhi get kicked out?"

"Would the Dai Family be willing to see that happen?"

Right, with them around, even if the company developed well and someone barged in demanding to invest, could they really not fight back?

"Worst comes to worst, we can just keep giving Xiao Zhi money to start another company." As long as he had the ability, how could he worry about not being able to make a comeback?

Zhao Xuran was actually already quite exhausted. Even though he’d slept a bit on the plane, rest on a plane could never compare to resting at home.

If it weren’t for that troublemaker Gong Ruzhi, he’d have already been cuddling his wife and enjoying a nice long nap.

But this simple wish not only hadn’t come true, he’d even ended up having a pretty unhappy spat with his wife.

Luckily, because of all sorts of worries, his wife didn’t stay mad at him.

Especially since a certain kid who knew he’d caused trouble was being uncharacteristically well-behaved, not bouncing off the walls. That allowed Zhao Xuran to breathe a sigh of relief.

He’d originally thought he could hold his wife in his arms and coax her in all sorts of ways, absolutely making sure to cheer her up, but now Zhao Xuran was really in a foul mood himself.

Who wouldn’t feel a little off when they saw their wife thinking about her little brother-in-law all the time?

"Don’t worry. Even if something really happens, you still have us."

"Did you forget what Zhao Guangran does? If he really sensed a problem, he would never just stand by and let things go in a bad direction."

"And if things really got to the point where they couldn’t be controlled, don’t you still have us?" Zhao Xuran was very clear about his own role.

Which was, only when Zhao Guangran couldn’t handle things would he step in.

All right, with Zhao Xuran and Zhao Guangran both there, how could they let Xiao Zhi take a loss.

"Did you forget about Zhao Guangran? He has no problem taking advantage of others, but others trying to take advantage of him—that’s just not happening." Zhao Xuran unceremoniously sold out his own younger brother.

Right, she’d really gone stupid, not even thinking of that. Gong Ruini honestly felt her brain was unusually slow.

Gong Ruini suddenly really started worrying about her future. She’d only just gotten pregnant, and she was already this forgetful. Wouldn’t it be even more terrifying after the baby was born?

On top of that, she was still a student. Gong Ruini didn’t expect her grades to be amazing, but at least she couldn’t be at the very bottom, right? Otherwise she’d lose face inside and out.

Why was his wife’s expression turning bad again? Zhao Xuran didn’t understand why her face still looked all kinds of troubled.

Was she still worrying about Xiao Zhi? But hadn’t he just finished laying out the solutions?

Zhao Xuran was constantly worried about his wife’s mood, so of course he tried every which way to coax Gong Ruini, hoping she’d tell him what was bothering her.

Looking at Zhao Xuran’s worried face, Gong Ruini really didn’t want to voice what she was thinking. She honestly felt too embarrassed.

A few days ago, Zhao Guangran had smugly said that women get stupid for three years when they’re pregnant. Gong Ruini still remembered how she’d firmly guaranteed at the time that would definitely not be her.

If enough time had passed, Gong Ruini would have just treated it as if nothing had happened. Ahem, but how long had it been since she’d argued back last time?

Was the problem more serious than she thought? Otherwise why did his wife look so tangled up? Zhao Xuran was really starting to worry.

In short, the more Gong Ruini didn’t want to speak, the more anxious Zhao Xuran became. He was thinking, could it be that she’d remembered what happened before?

"I’m really scared I’ll turn into an idiot." Unable to resist her husband’s gentle coaxing, Gong Ruini finally told the truth.

His wife was worried she’d turn into an idiot—this stunned Zhao Xuran. "What’s going on, why would you suddenly think that?"

For some reason, Zhao Xuran felt this must have been something his wife thought of after hearing what he’d said that afternoon, or maybe she wanted to win back some ground for Xiao Zhi.

"Uh, how could Ni Zi ever turn stupid." Of course Zhao Xuran had to console his wife from every angle.

Although he hadn’t asked the Doctor yet, nor told the family, since he hadn’t gotten any definite information, Zhao Xuran didn’t want to get everyone too worked up.

More importantly, he had to think carefully about how to break the news to his family—like how to tell his parents not to come to the United States, because they would absolutely refuse to agree.

Especially when they heard they had to pay someone; how would they feel about that.

They were going to see the Doctor tomorrow, and Gong Ruini let out an "oh." "Ah, I forgot to tell Mom and Dad."

She’d originally thought she’d share it with her family as soon as she got off the plane, but after getting so mad at Zhao Xuran, she’d completely forgotten.

And she suddenly couldn’t quite remember why she’d thrown a little tantrum at Zhao Xuran in the first place.

"What now?" Zhao Xuran watched his wife hugging her knees, her little face scrunching up again, utterly confused.

Ever since she got pregnant, it felt like his wife had been faced with one problem after another.

"I’m trying to remember what I was mad about before." Gong Ruini lifted her head to look at Zhao Xuran. "I just know it definitely had to be you who made me angry."

Huh, his own wife had actually forgotten why she’d been upset with him? Zhao Xuran was stunned.

Earlier he’d thought she’d probably cooled off somewhat, otherwise she wouldn’t have come back to the room with him. Turns out he’d been thinking too wishfully—she wasn’t over it, she’d just forgotten what she’d been mad about.

What was he supposed to do? Zhao Xuran really didn’t know how to answer. Should he tell the truth or not? It felt like one of those "waiting online for answers, really urgent" situations.

His wife might have a bad memory, but that didn’t mean she’d forget completely. Once she remembered, wouldn’t she realize he’d been bluffing her?

Zhao Xuran’s expression kept changing. Even though Gong Ruini still hadn’t recalled it, she knew it definitely had something to do with the man in front of her.

"Hmph." She wasn’t going to wait for his answer. For all she knew, he’d realized she couldn’t remember and was just trying to muddle through.

She wouldn’t ask Zhao Xuran; if she had to ask, she’d ask her brother. Only her brother wouldn’t lie to her.