Chapter 25
Luo Zhengzheng wasn't indifferent to her younger brother's college entrance exam results; in fact, she knew from her previous life that he had done very well and had been admitted to his dream university, Tsinghua University.
The college entrance exam papers were the same as in her previous life. She was only reborn. Before her younger brother took the exam, she didn't disturb him. Nothing had changed, so her younger brother's grades naturally wouldn't change either.
Now that she knows the final result, why worry so much? Of course, it was more important to have fun with her son.
Luo Can told Wang Zehao about working odd jobs at his elder brother-in-law's company. Wang Zehao was somewhat reluctant when he heard that he was going to work at Luo Can's elder brother-in-law's company, but considering the money in his pocket and his university tuition, he agreed to Luo Can's suggestion.
The next day, Luo Can went to the company with Elder Brother-in-law and saw Wang Zehao waiting there early at the company entrance.
Wang Zehao looked at the man beside Luo Can and was slightly taken aback. This was Luo Can's elder brother-in-law?
Thinking of Luo Can's elder sister's appearance, he thought, "Only a man as aloof, noble, and exceptionally handsome as him can be worthy of her."
Gu Shi glanced at Wang Zehao and nodded to him: "Come in together."
Wang Zehao followed Luo Can nervously. Glancing at Luo Can's elder brother-in-law's back, he thought to himself that he must work hard and not hold Luo Can back.
Meanwhile, Luo Zhengzheng and her group took a plane back to the capital and then each went to their own home.
Luo Zhengzheng was unaware that her younger brother had come to the capital. After lunch, she slept with her son in her arms all afternoon before going out shopping. It was truly exhausting, as she was constantly walking around.
When Gu Shi returned home from work that evening, he saw Luo Zhengzheng sitting on the sofa playing with their son. A twinkle appeared in his eyes as he asked, "You're back?"
Luo Zhengzheng smiled and nodded. Then she looked at Luo Can behind him and asked, "When did you arrive?"
Luo Can walked over, sat down next to her, and hugged little Chengjia in her arms, saying to elder sister, "Came yesterday."
He asked his nephew, "You haven't seen Maternal Uncle for so many days, have you missed me?"
Chengjia sat in Maternal Uncle's lap: "I miss Maternal Uncle."
When Luo Can heard that his nephew missed him, he was delighted: "Missing maternal uncle? How do you miss me?"
Chengjia tilted his head: "Sleepy think."
Luo Can pinched his nose: "Thinking about me while you were sleeping?"
Chengjia clapped his hands happily: "Sleepy thinking."
Luo Can quickly said, "Okay, okay, it was sleepy think. You little rascal, you even think of me while you were sleeping."
Then he turned to Luo Zhengzheng and asked, "Elder Sister, have you forgotten anything?"
Luo Zhengzheng looked at him and said with a smile, "What could I possibly forget?"
When Luo Can saw that Elder Sister hadn't even remembered his college entrance exam, a major event in his life, he felt angry because she didn't care at all. He said unhappily, "Think again."
Luo Zhengzheng shook her head again.
Gu Shi glanced at Luo Can, curled his lips, and went upstairs to change his clothes.
Exasperated, Luo Can pointed at himself and said, "I'm a grown man sitting here. Shouldn't you have some preconceived notions about me when you see me?"
Luo Zhengzheng blinked, seeing his exasperated look, and chuckled, "Oh~, your college entrance exam results are out. How did you do?"
Seeing that she spoke casually and didn't seem to care much about his grades, Luo Can said with a hint of frustration, "I did well."
After saying that, he was very unwilling to accept and complained: "Elder Sister, I care about everything about you, but you don't care about anything about me. You don't even care about something as important as the college entrance exam."
Luo Zhengzheng naturally denied it, saying it wasn't true, and retorted, "How could that be? I bought you a lot of gifts this time I went out."
Luo Can looked at her, a smile involuntarily spreading across his face. His displeasure vanished, and he asked curiously, "Elder Sis, what did you buy for me?"
Luo Zhengzheng smiled and said, "They're all in your room, go see for yourself."
Luo Can jumped up and ran to his room in a few steps.
Luo Zhengzheng could still hear his cheers from the living room, and shook her head with a smile.
Just then, her phone rang. She looked and saw it was mom calling. When she answered, Yuan Mei's voice came through the phone: "Luo Can called me last night, saying son-in-law gave him a car, and he even took the keys. He said he'd give them back to his elder brother-in-law if you didn't agree. How can he be so thick skinned? He already took the keys and still give them back to Son-in-law! What is Son-in-law supposed to think? He just took the car, a car worth over a million, without any hesitation! It infuriates me! If it weren't for his good performance on the college entrance exam, I would have gone over there to teach him a lesson. It's outrageous! If he hadn't told me you were in Hong Kong, I would have called you already."
Her main concern was what others might think. The Gu Family had a few brothers; if they knew her son-in-law bought a car for his younger brother-in-law, what would they think of Zhengzheng? Marrying into a wealthy family and then supporting her own brothers—did that sound nice?
Luo Zhengzheng was unaware that Gu Shi had given Luo Can a car. After a moment of recollection, she realized that something similar had happened in her past life, when she hadn't allowed Luo Can to accept the car.
As for this life, she said, "I didn't know about this. Since it was given to him by his elder brother-in-law, he might as well accept it. I've already gone home."
Being overly polite was actually a sign of estrangement.
As the mother and daughter were talking, Gu Shi changed his clothes and came downstairs. He saw her making a phone call and sitting on the sofa to rest.
Luo Zhengzheng tried to persuade Mom a few more times, but seeing that Mom still insisted on not letting Luo Can accept the car, she handed her phone to Gu Shi: "My mom. You gave Luo Can the car, but she won't allow it."
Gu Shi answered the phone and called out, "Mom!"
Luo Zhengzheng looked over and heard Gu Shi say, "Luo Can did well on his college entrance exam, so as his elder brother-in-law, I naturally want to reward him. Don't worry, this car isn't expensive. It won't encourage him to be wasteful."
Gu Shi talked to his mother-in-law for a few minutes, dispelling her concerns and accepting the car with peace of mind.
He then inquired about his mother-in-law and father-in-law's health, whether the crops had received enough rain, and even asked about the chickens, ducks, and geese his mother-in-law raised. Only then did he hand the phone to Luo Zhengzheng.
Luo Zhengzheng glanced at him, thinking to herself, "Isn't it a bit strange that a CEO is worrying about chickens, ducks, and geese?"
Picking up the phone and holding it to her ear, Yuan Mei's voice rang out: "Since Gu Shi gave him a gift, he should accept it. After all, it's Gu Shi's kind intention. If he doesn't accept it, Gu Shi will overthink it."
Luo Zhengzheng smiled: "It's good that you can figure it out."
Yuan Mei added, "Let him learn more from his elder brother-in-law. Even if he only learns a fraction of it, I won't have to worry about him all day long."
It was clear that Gu Shi has won over his mother-in-law and she spoke highly of him whenever she talked about him.
Luo Zhengzheng smiled and said, "He's not bad either. I'll tell him."
After hanging up the phone, she looked at Gu Shi and said in a good mood, "Have you seen the shirt, cufflinks, and glasses I bought for you?"
Gu Shi was also in a good mood. His wife was back and he no longer had to stay home alone. She even bought him gifts. His eyes were full of joy: "You have good taste. They all suit me well."
Luo Zhengzheng smiled and said, "Of course, they were all purchased based on your preferences and your style."
Gu Shi was in a better mood and picked up his son: "Where's Luo Can? Go to Mom and Dad’s side for dinner."
Luo Zhengzheng called out to Luo Can, who came out of the room and happily hugged elder sister's arm: "Elder Sister, how did you know I liked those sneakers?"
Luo Zhengzheng, of course, wouldn't say that he often wore them in her past life, and said, "Don't you young men all like these kinds of sneakers? I just randomly bought them."
Luo Can didn't care whether she bought them randomly or not. He just got the shoes he wanted.
Luo Zhengzheng pointed to a pile of bags on the ground and said to Luo Can, "Carry these. These are for Jiajia's grandparents."
Carrying the bags, Luo Can walked beside Gu Shi and said to him, "Elder Brother-in-law, my elder sister went shopping and even bought a gift for mother-in-law. Don't you think my elder sister is filial?"
Gu Shi went along with him, satisfying his little wish: "Filial."
Upon hearing his words, Luo Can felt that his goal had been achieved and he quickly caught up with elder sister and followed behind her.
Gu Shi: "..."
He felt a pang of helplessness. Younger Brother-in-law was too naive and talked too much. Should he remind Wife to keep a close eye on him to prevent him from being deceived?
When the group arrived at the patriarch's villa, Gu Ming and Wang Yaning's family of three, Gu Xian and Liu Hanyue couple, and Gu Ling and Yu Shuang's family of three were all present.
Although Ye Li video called her grandson every night, she missed him terribly because she couldn't hold him in her arms since it was all through a computer. She took her grandson from her son's arms, kissed him, and then put him on the sofa to play with his older siblings.
Luo Zhengzheng gave her parents-in-law the things she had bought for them. Her mother-in-law received some clothes and jewelry, while Chengjia’s grandfather received some fine tea.
When buying gifts for their father-in-law, the daughters-in-law would usually choose tea, since he liked to drink tea. If sent other things, he might not like it and then not giving would probably be better.
Gu Xian sat silently on the sofa. When he saw Gu Shi, he couldn't help but mutter, "These women, they bought so much stuff, why don't they just take the whole store home?"
The key point was that even though it was bought, that woman Liu Hanyue didn't buy him a single hair.
Gu Shi looked up at him and said, "Men earn money for their wives and children. Otherwise, what are we working so hard for?"
Gu Xian looked somewhat dissatisfied and said, "It's fine to earn money for your wife, but that woman bought so many things for herself and didn't buy me anything. Do these women even care about their husbands? Did fourth younger sister-in-law not buy you anything either?"
Gu Shi leaned back calmly on the sofa, looking relaxed: "Of course not. Zhengzheng not only bought me a shirt and cufflinks, but also a pair of glasses."
Gu Xian said indignantly, "When they go shopping together, fourth younger sister-in-law always buys you things, but Liu Hanyue deliberately doesn't buy me anything."
Luo Can suddenly chimed in from the side: "Then you should think about how you've offended second elder sister-in-law in the past."
Gu Xian: "......"
Seeing that he didn't speak, Luo Can continued, "If you treat second sister-in-law well, she will definitely treat you well in return. If you don't treat her well, of course she won't remember you. Anyway, you deserve it and suffer the consequences of your own actions."
The young masters of wealthy families were full of tricks and schemes. He wasn't just saying this to Gu Xian; he was clearly also saying it to Gu Shi.
Gu Shi patted him on the shoulder, reminding him to talk less, lest he get beaten up.
Gu Xian looked at him: "Have you ever been beaten up?"
Luo Can glanced at him: "You want to hit me? You might not be able to beat me."
He's 1.85 meters tall, strong and muscular, while Gu Xian was considerably shorter and thinner, looking like a weakling. He couldn't possibly beat him. Besides, he was not stupid. With elder his brother-in-law sitting right there, who would dare hit him?
Gu Xian looked at Gu Ming: "I have a helper."
Luo Can looked at Gu Boyuan: "I will tattle. Uncle Gu will definitely side with me."
Did he really think he was stupid and would dare to say whatever he wanted to anyone? None of the school teachers have ever called him stupid, so he was fearless.
Every time he came to elder brother-in-law's house, Uncle and Aunt liked him very much. When they came over for dinner in the evening, there would always be two of his favorite dishes on the table.
Since he was a guest, even if his uncle was unhappy, he would side with him if there was a fight with Gu Xian.
Gu Xian raised an eyebrow. Kid, you've got some nerve, provoking me in my own home.
Gu Shi rubbed his temples and stood up: "Luo Can, dinner's ready."
Luo Can followed obediently behind him, looking incredibly well-behaved.
Gu Xian thought to himself that he had misjudged him before. This was actually a slippery little rascal, with calculating abacus sounding very loud.
Liu Hanyue appeared behind him at some point and said sarcastically, "Not bad, being petty with a child and even threatening him."
Gu Xian was displeased: "Is that a child? He speaks with veiled barbs, deliberately poking at people's sore spots."
Liu Hanyue sneered, "What he said isn't wrong. My ears find it quite pleasing."
Gu Xian felt guilty and dared not say anything.