Rebirth: The Comeback of the Girl-Chapter 916 - 915: Thank You for Your Hard Work
Mrs. Cao hesitated to ask Zhen Yu too much about her father, merely offering a couple of sincere words of condolences before hurriedly parting ways with her.
Thus, on the way to the temporary residence, her mind was filled with worries!
Thoughts about the scalper number as well as curiosity about Zhen Yu’s family environment.
As a result, she opened the door upstairs only to be hit by the smell of smoke! Angrily, she rushed to the bedroom, heartbreakingly reprimanding, "Are you insane?! Don’t you understand your situation?? Still smoking!!!"
Cao Yong stood silently with his back to her, the cigarette in his hand burned down to the end, but he remained staring blankly out the window.
"Say something! Why are you standing there without a word?!" Cao Yong’s wife spoke while hurriedly grabbing the men’s down jacket hanging on the back of the chair and draped it over Cao Yong’s shoulders at the window.
"Don’t you know there’s no heating in the room? What if you catch a cold standing by the window wearing so little?!"
After draping the coat, she deftly snatched the cigarette stub from Cao Yong’s fingers and immediately extinguished it on the windowsill. 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚
After extinguishing it, she stared at the pile of ash beside her and paused before softly calling, "...Old Cao."
Cao Yong still didn’t respond as if his wife hadn’t just called him.
"Are you worried about money?"
"...Don’t worry! When I came here,"
"I know!" Cao Yong suddenly interrupted, "You sold the house, right."
"..." Cao Yong’s wife was stunned, saying nothing.
Clearly, she wasn’t surprised he guessed it.
After all, living under the same roof, Cao Yong’s keen eyes made some things hard to hide from him!
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"Phew... you guessed it! It’s okay, houses in Laha are cheap; we’ll rent one for now!"
"Mmm." Cao Yong first responded quietly, then suddenly turned towards her! His gaze sharply locked onto his wife!
"Zhen Yu, what have you been busy with these two days?"
"Uh!" Cao Yong’s wife was initially a bit flustered before she said, "We’re lining up for your registration!"
Cao Yong pondered quietly before asking, "Is it difficult to get an appointment at the hospital here?"
"Ah... not that hard! Just a lot of people, slow progress! Like buying sleeper tickets during the Spring Festival rush!" Cao Yong’s wife got better at lying with each word, "I’ll try queuing early tomorrow morning! If it doesn’t work, I’ll stay up all night, queue overnight!"
Cao Yong silently shifted his gaze back out the window.
"...Thank you for your hard work!"
"What hard work?!" Cao Yong’s wife didn’t take credit, and instead! She switched the topic to Zhen Yu.
"It’s all thanks to your student! We got this free place because of her... oh, Old Cao! I heard her say today that her father passed away over a month ago. Did you know that?"
Cao Yong suddenly turned his feet and faced her again! Eyes tightly fixed on his own wife asking, "Zhen Yu said that?! I didn’t know! How was her mood when she said it? Why did she suddenly bring up her father, hiss..."
As he asked, Cao Yong took a deep breath, as if understanding something.
But that moment of clarity flashed by, and he couldn’t immediately grasp it!
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Seeing Cao Yong react this way made his wife even more curious!
"What happened between her and her father..."
"Not a great relationship," Cao Yong said frankly.
Actually, he wasn’t too sure about the details since Zhen Yu’s current life was quite good, so Cao Yong only heard bits from other students.
Cao Yong’s wife was taken aback, then curiosly asked, "What do you mean by not great?"
Maybe he felt tired standing, Cao Yong took a few steps back to the bed, sat down, and said, "I just heard that her parents divorced when she was in the first year of junior high school.
"First year? That’s when you started teaching her, right?"
"Hmm! I thought this child was quite mature then! They say children in difficult situations mature early, but she,"
Not waiting for Cao Yong to finish speaking, his wife interjected, "But her family isn’t poor at all! She dressed quite well."
"That child... hah! She’s a talent!" Cao Yong’s eyes and eyebrows revealed a hint of a smile, even his gaze towards his wife became softer, "If Jingjing can be half as strong as her in the future, I’ll be satisfied!"
"What are you saying?!" No mother likes hearing her child belittled, and Cao Yong’s wife was no exception! So she immediately defended her daughter, "Though Jingjing’s grades aren’t as good as Zhen Yu’s now,"
"Hear me out first!" Cao Yong held his wife’s hand and interrupted, "When I say ’strong’, I don’t mean just academically! Actually, Zhen Yu’s greatest strength is in..."
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"Was it all her ideas to earn money?!"
After a long pause in Cao Yong’s words, his wife was still incredulous! The money at Zhen Yu’s house, including the fifty thousand recently transferred to her, was all earned by Zhen Yu herself!
"How did her brain grow like that...?"
"Huh! People are different!" Cao Yong said somewhat proudly, "Smart! Capable! Great character! I’ve taught for so many years; she’s the best student I’ve had! Without exception!"
"Yeah! I didn’t believe you before, but after these past two days, I found her personality really similar to yours!"
As Cao Yong’s wife spoke, she suddenly sincerely added, "If she resembled you a bit more, I’d suspect she’s your child with another woman outside!"
"Gee!" Cao Yong laughed suddenly! "Do you think I’m that kind of person?!"
"Of course, you’re not that kind of person!"
Cao Yong’s wife responded, while recalling the conversation she had with Zhen Yu today.
In an instant, a thought suddenly started to stir!
"...Old Cao! Do you want to take Zhen Yu as your goddaughter?! Such a good child, who wouldn’t love her! If Jingjing has such an excellent elder sister in the future, she’ll surely do well too! Do you think I’m right?!"
Cao Yong was evidently surprised his wife would say such a thing! He was completely stunned!
After several seconds, he slowly released his wife’s hand, lowered his head, and softly replied, "...Let’s talk about it later!"
