Back to the 70s: My Childhood Sweetheart Spoils Me Rotten-Chapter 904 - 906: Unified Storyline

Gong Ruini felt like she had just closed her eyes, but then someone knocked on the door and asked her to get up.

Gong Ruini turned over, "What’s going on?"

She looked up at the outside, the sky was dark, why were they waking her up so early?

"We’re leaving." Cai Meina yawned. "Didn’t your brother notify you yesterday?"

Notify her about what? Gong Ruini didn’t understand, but she really didn’t think her big brother deliberately didn’t remind her. He just wanted Ni Zi to feel a bit uncomfortable.

But when Gong Ruiwen saw Gong Ruini looking unenergetic, he regretted it.

"Ni Zi, I’m sorry."

Gong Ruini yawned. Although she was still groggy, Cai Meina helped her wash up, "It’s okay, brother, you just forgot."

Perhaps their parents did notify them to leave early, but Gong Ruiwen didn’t expect it to be so early.

"Even Xiao Zhi is so tired." Gong Ruini saw Gong Ruzhi yawning incessantly, and the unruly strands of hair on his head really made one want to touch them gently.

Gong Ruzhi yawned, "Yesterday, Xiao Hui learned that I was leaving and didn’t want to part."

"Then he wanted to play with me."

Gong Ruzhi remembered something, "Mom, didn’t you say you and Dad were together? Why isn’t Uncle going back to see Grandpa?"

Going back to the Cai Family to take a look? Even though the Cai Family frequently inquired about Cai Ming’s situation, Gong Zhuang managed to cover it up, yet the situation at the Cai Family continued to deteriorate.

Previously, it was all state-owned enterprises; they couldn’t do much about Cai Guoqing and his wife other than sending them to work in the toughest places. But the couple didn’t care, as long as they had the salaries of the Cai Family elders, why would they worry about money?

However, now that the profits of such state-owned enterprises aren’t good or there are no orders, they are just barely managing to get by, hoping for a solution from above.

In such circumstances, knowing about Cai Ming’s situation, would Cai Guoqing and his wife not make a fuss? They would then push the old couple from the Cai Family to make trouble.

Gong Ruzhi had never met his uncle or grandfather and was amazed at their behavior.

He was truly stunned, "Mom, we shouldn’t go see Grandpa and them."

"They haven’t treated brother, sister, or Mom and Dad well. I won’t go see them." Gong Ruzhi couldn’t imagine that their family lived in such hardship before.

Since those people didn’t value his parents, Gong Ruzhi didn’t want to see them either.

"Exactly, don’t go see them." Gong Ruiwen recounted how they were bullied by the Cai Family when they went back initially.

This left Gong Ruzhi astounded, "Oh my, they are basically robbers."

"Yes, they’re more or less like robbers." Gong Ruiwen expressed slowly, feeling that the brainwashing of his younger brother was quite successful.

If Zhang Lan passed away, the Cai Family, as relatives, would have to show up. They would probably plead poverty and talk about their hardships.

Gong Ruiwen wasn’t worried about Gong Ruini, but he was concerned that young Gong Ruzhi might be fooled by the Cai Family.

Gong Ruzhi sighed. Was he that naive? "They haven’t reached out to us, nor have they contacted Uncle. I have no feelings for them."

Gong Ruzhi was just curious about why his parents and siblings rarely mentioned their grandfather’s house. He was purely curious, but after knowing these things, he didn’t want anything to do with them.

Gong Ruini was dizzy and just wanted to sleep, but she still tried to stay awake to see how Cai Meina was doing.

Gong Ruini still remembered how they talked about the Cai Family’s situation after returning, and Cai Meina was in a bad mood. This time, with their big brother smearing the Cai Family, how could Cai Meina, being the daughter of the Cai Family, feel good?

Cai Meina was feeling bad. No matter how unbearable it was, it was still her parents’ home, but she couldn’t bring herself to defend them.

Seeing the worried expression of her husband, "Alright, I know what to do. Also, this time I’m going back, I’ve brought two coats for them."

Of course, the style chosen was very old-fashioned, otherwise, Cai Meina was really worried that Cai Guoqing and his wife would take them away in the end.

"As for money, I don’t have any." With all sorts of grief, when she gave birth to Xiao Zhi, they wrote to inform them, but they just pretended not to know and didn’t give anything that grandparents should give to Xiao Zhi.

Fortunately, Cai Ming prepared everything.

Along the way, with the Gong family taking turns driving, it took three days for the car to finally drive into the small town.

"So this is the South." Gong Ruzhi leaned against the window and couldn’t stop looking outside, "No snow."

"And the trees actually still have leaves." Gong Ruzhi was so excited, he was bursting with energy.

Compared to the energetic Gong Ruzhi, Gong Ruini was drowsy all the way, truly exhausted. At that moment, all she could think of was how nice it would be if there were a highway.

At least they could start off in the morning and be home by evening, instead of leaving early every day and driving until past seven in the evening before resting.

Gong Tao listened to his son talking nonstop during the trip and found it quite lively; otherwise, he wouldn’t know how to keep driving.

But hearing his son’s pitiful remarks, Gong Tao was also shocked. How did his son become like a country bumpkin entering the city, knowing so little?

"I’ll bring you back here when there’s time." Poor Xiao Zhi, although they were twins, and even if their memories at that age weren’t much, they couldn’t deny they moved from the Northeast to Beijing, and later went out with Zhuge Zhi, which Xiao Zhi hadn’t experienced.

If not for this trip, Gong Ruini wouldn’t have realized that Xiao Zhi was such a pitiful child.

"I don’t want to come back." Gong Ruzhi shook his head, "I don’t like it here."

"Big brother and Grandpa and them are not good." Gong Ruzhi pouted.

Big brother isn’t good? Gong Ruini had never mentioned these things in front of her brother, so how did he know? Gong Ruini was really curious.

Could it be Zhao Guangran? Apart from him, she couldn’t think of anyone else with such a big mouth at home.

"Brother Xiao Ming said Grandma often helped Big Brother ask his family for money, even planning to let Uncle buy a house for Big Brother’s family."

Was it that brat Gong Jiaming who said it? Although that kid can be immature sometimes, why did they get along so well despite the age difference?

Gong Ruiwen turned his head to look at his father. The third uncle managed to avoid the issue, but would someone like Zhang Lan, who thought her time was near, let go of the last chance?

Gong Ruini could only say that Zhang Lan still had a fondness for this son till the end, not forgetting to seek benefits.

"I won’t give the money. Giving up the house is equivalent to giving a house to Gong Qiang." With Gong Qiang’s appetite, would a single house be enough?

It was probably just a test. If you agreed, who knew how many more demands there would be in the future, enough to drive you crazy.

"I’m just a poor person. If anyone asks about the car, tell them Uncle Zhao Gang lent it to us." Gong Tao didn’t forget to repeatedly instruct the children.

If they hadn’t been unable to buy train tickets, Gong Tao wouldn’t have wanted to drive back. It was really exhausting and prone to accidents.

More importantly, in the eyes of some people, they would definitely get jealous and try all ways to ask for money.

"Got it." The three replied in a drawn-out voice, giving Gong Tao their answer once again.