CHAPTER 410: CHAPTER 410 ZHAN JING CRIED

Gong Ruini and her friends found that Zhao Xuran was increasingly strict with them, making it unbearable not only for Zhao Guangran, but also for Gong Ruini.

"Brother Xu Ran, can we take a break?" Sitting for long periods every day, Gong Ruini really felt it was hard on her backside, but Zhao Xuran hadn’t called for a stop yet, so she couldn’t bring herself to slack off.

Zhao Xuran glanced around, "Keep going."

"Don’t think I’m heartless. Just think about how you’re soon headed to Beijing, and we don’t even know what it’s like there."

"You don’t want to be looked down upon, do you?" Zhao Xuran knew he was pushing Zhao Guangran and the others hard.

But if he had a choice, he wouldn’t want to push them like this either; it’s too exhausting. Yet, he couldn’t afford not to.

Alright, in order not to be laughed at once they reach Beijing, Gong Ruini had to persevere.

When Zhao Guangran thought about what his older brother had mentioned to him before, and how Gong Ruini and the others were labeled as country folk when they returned home last time, he couldn’t even imagine how those city folks would be.

"Alright, I have to work hard. I want them to know who’s really the country bumpkin." Zhao Guangran claimed he has martial arts skills and good grades, making him both literate and able-bodied. Let’s see how those so-called city people dare to look down on them.

Cai Ming and the others were dead tired rushing home, originally thinking there’d be a bunch of people welcoming them, but surprisingly, no enthusiastic crowd showed up. It made them tense, worrying if something happened at home. Otherwise, why hadn’t Ni Zi and the others shown up?

Hua Miaozhu saw their tense expressions and laughed, "They’re all inside reviewing their lessons."

Reviewing lessons? No way, hadn’t they said they’d take a proper break for a few days? How come they’ve already started reviewing?

"They started the day before yesterday, don’t worry, Xu Ran has it under control." Hua Miaozhu felt a bit reluctant, after all, the kids were still young, bearing so much pressure from an early age. What if it took a toll on them? But Zhao Xuran insisted he had it under control, what could Hua Miaozhu say?

Other than handling logistics, what else could she do? "Alright, the hot water’s ready, go take a shower and then eat."

After the journey back, goodness knows what hardships they’ve faced. Better hurry to shower and eat.

"Mom, I want to eat your stir-fried chicken cubes." Zhan Jing, who usually gave off a strong woman vibe, surprised everyone including Zhao Gang with what happened next.

Zhan Jing hugged Hua Miaozhu and started crying. Though it wasn’t an earth-shattering cry, it still caught the attention of Gong Ruini and the others.

Upon hearing the main group has returned, Gong Ruini and the others came out to greet them, yet stumbled upon such an awkward moment, truly not knowing what to do.

Especially with Zhan Jing crying so tearfully while hugging Hua Miaozhu, "Did mom not do well in the exams?" Zhao Guangran was quite worried, if she didn’t do well, then what?

Zhao Guangran’s concern was for his mother crying like this, certainly feeling bad. Only God knows how long she’ll feel upset; whenever she’s in a bad mood, it’s when he suffers.

Not doing well in exams? No way, Zhan Jing couldn’t possibly have done poorly. Gong Ruini noticed Cai Meina wasn’t too disappointed, suggesting the results weren’t bad.

Among the five of them, Cai Meina’s foundation is the weakest. Zhan Jing is much better than Cai Meina, so there’s no reason for Zhan Jing to do poorly; they’re all adults, they should handle stress well.

Hua Miaozhu was petrified seeing her daughter cry like this, worried she didn’t do well. What then?

Her daughter cares a lot about face, and now she didn’t do well in exams, Hua Miaozhu continuously formulated words to comfort her; if this time wasn’t good, wait for next year.

"Mom, I’m actually happy. Really, I’m very happy." Zhan Jing, perhaps having cried enough, or considering that her crying might have scared the old lady, stopped her tears.

Very happy indeed, Hua Miaozhu didn’t react immediately, but Zhao Guangran did, standing beside him Gong Ruini could hear two long sighs, one probably from Zhao Guangran.

The other sigh wouldn’t be Zhao Xuran’s, right? This guy usually stays calm, unlikely to be panicked by such a minor issue.

Earlier, while Zhan Jing cried loudly, Zhao Xuran didn’t seem nervous. Could he have been pretending to be calm? Makes sense, if even he, the leader, panicked, who knows how Zhao Guangran and Ban Xia would react.

What, very happy? Then she must’ve done well in the exams. Hua Miaozhu truly felt her heart would burst, "You can’t do this anymore, your mom’s old, can’t take such scares."

Just this once already felt significantly exhausting to the old lady, if it happened a few more times, she genuinely worried her heart might give out.

Zhan Jing was a bit overexcited, didn’t think too much, just eager to leave here soon, feeling so thrilled.

Her crying was a brief release, unexpected that it startled Hua Miaozhu, fortunately her mom’s okay, otherwise Zhan Jing would have regretted it immensely.

"Mom, with these exams, we’ll definitely score high, really, it’s not hard."

Zhan Jing expressed again that this time the exam papers were astonishingly easy, "I almost fainted when I got the paper."

"It was simply too easy, I was overjoyed." The contrast was quite immense, "I feared with so many people taking the exam, they’d make it tough, but didn’t expect."

Cai Meina on the side also exclaimed how easy it was, "Faced all types of questions, knew how to solve them, Ni Zi was right, massive practice is indeed effective."

Although back then Cai Meina thought her daughter’s idea wasn’t great, they got really worked up, waking up and starting practice was all they did, grading papers together, analyzing why they solved it like that, really exhausting them.

"I’ve dreamt multiple times of doing exercises or taking exams, truly feeling sick at the sight of test papers." Cai Meina shivered recalling the past.

"I was just thinking what if I had to go through it again, if so I’d seriously faint from crying." Cai Meina was indeed the most anxious; if anyone were to fail, besides her, it’s hard to imagine who else would.

"Mom, I knew you’d pass for sure." Gong Ruini kissed Cai Meina, actually, Cai Meina might seem less impressive comparing with these talents, but once outside, there’s no doubt she’d shine brilliantly.