CHAPTER 421: CHAPTER 421 QUARREL

Zhao Guangran lies on the ox cart, yawning continuously. Although the weather is nice today, with a warm sun shining, there is a breeze, and it feels a bit cool on the body.

Gong Ruini keeps glancing toward the ticket booth at the station. She really doesn’t understand why Zhan Jing insists on going to buy the train tickets. It’s really strange.

Originally, it was something that just one person could handle, so why must she follow along? There’s no need for them to all go together to buy the tickets.

Everyone waits and waits, and finally, three people come out. Oddly, Zhao Gang doesn’t look too good. What’s going on?

"What happened?" Cai Meina also notices the anomaly and quietly asks Gong Tao.

"Zhan Jing wants to go to Beijing too." Gong Tao truly doesn’t understand why Zhan Jing insists on going, knowing that this trip would be full of toil and fatigue. Why does Zhan Jing, as a woman, insist on tagging along?

What? Zhan Jing wants to go too? Cai Meina’s eyes widen in surprise—she really never heard her mention this before.

Zhan Jing wants to go to Beijing? Gong Ruini is also taken aback, then suddenly remembers when Wan Qiweng took out a note with a name written on it, Zhan Jing’s expression seemed off.

But Gong Ruini doesn’t think much of it either. She knows Zhan Jing has always lived in the South, and Wan Qiweng’s so-called elders all live in the North; they shouldn’t have any interaction.

Is she planning to visit those so-called traditional medicine elders? Gong Ruini thinks if they truly have issues, it might be this kind of connection, but even for colleagues, there’s no need to rush to visit like this.

Even if visiting was necessary, they could wait until they’ve gone to Beijing and then pay a visit, which would be easier, without making a special trip.

"Brother, our mom is going to Beijing?" Zhao Guangran listens to Gong Tao’s whispered remarks with all kinds of astonishment. His older brother really never mentioned it before.

Zhao Xuran is also extremely surprised by this "Imperial City" news. "I haven’t heard mom talk about it either." Is it something their own mother suddenly thought of?

Ah, could it be possible even the older brother doesn’t know? Zhao Guangran initially finds it hard to believe. Although his brother is not very old, anything family-related, the parents usually tell him, sometimes even considering his opinion. So how is it possible this major decision of mom going to Beijing wasn’t mentioned?

Zhao Xuran is also shocked, yet the previously anxious Hua Miaozhu lets out a long sigh, "Just let your mom go if she wants."

Hua Miaozhu had once wondered about the possibility when Zhao Gang mentioned attending college in Beijing. But she had a little bit of luck in her heart, given Beijing is so big, would they really meet someone?

Unexpectedly, before they even go to Beijing, Zhao Gang receives an address from the other party—not entirely certain it was them—but through a little bit of information from Wan Qiweng, Hua Miaozhu is sure it’s definitely him.

If Hua Miaozhu can confirm it, then Zhan Jing surely can too. Since their daughter has decided on going to Beijing, she, being the mother, must support it.

Hua Miaozhu saying this illuminates everything for everyone—even Mrs. Lian at the station understood.

Now Zhao Guangran can no longer bother Zhao Xuran; he obviously wants to ask the informed Hua Miaozhu.

"Grandma Grandma, do you know why my mom wants to go to Beijing?"

"Grandma Grandma, look, even mom is going to Beijing. Can’t she take us along?" Previously, adults disagreed with the children going, saying they would be busy in Beijing with no time for them.

Now, since even mom is going, Zhao Guangran thinks they could take a child along. Parents gone, the eldest brother must stay behind as the eldest son. As for Ban Xia and Zisu, they are still young; is it feasible to drag them through such toil?

Children have weak bodies, and you can’t let them get sick over something trivial—they are treasures in the palms of grandparents and parents and mustn’t come to harm.

Considering and reconsidering, Zhao Guangran still feels he is the most suitable choice. After all, he is a boy, strong and healthy, and when they arrive in Beijing, if they need a hand, he would be the best option.

What does Hua Miaozhu know about whether the children will be taken along? Even if they are taken, Zhao Guangran wouldn’t be considered.

Seeing Zhao Guangran’s hopeful expression, Hua Miaozhu can’t bear to disappoint him, "I wouldn’t know."

"Not you; I’ll take Ban Xia and Zisu to Beijing." Zhan Jing walks over to the ox cart, half angrily, half announcing.

Ah, can it be, taking Ban Xia and Zisu? Gong Ruini keeps looking at the two younger brothers. Even though they are not babies and their health is not weak, still, within half a month, traveling back and forth to Beijing should not be underestimated.

Even if Ban Xia and Zisu keep healthy, and Zhan Jing herself is a doctor, if any discomfort arises, a doctor might not instantly make them better.

"Did I agree?" Zhao Gang comes rushing over furiously, pulling away Zhan Jing.

"You suddenly say you want to go to Beijing, fine. You mention you’ve got things to deal with." Zhao Gang’s angry look makes Zhao Guangran, who wanted to complain about Zhan Jing’s favoritism, quiet down.

Oh my, Zhao Gang’s anger is indeed terrifying. Gong Ruini has known Zhao Gang for years and always said he was a smiling tiger. But seeing the angry side of a smiling tiger really isn’t the same thing.

No way, but ample time was left to discuss things; how did it turn out without coming to an agreement?

Zhan Jing pushes Zhao Gang aside, "He’s my son, I make the decisions."

"He’s my son too." Zhan Jing’s attitude aggravates Zhao Gang further. "You think you alone can bring along a son?"

"Their surname is Zhan." Zhan Jing is determined to bring Ban Xia and Zisu to Beijing.

"So what about their surname being Zhan? What’s this supposed to mean? Zhan Jing, explain this; simply because the sons bear the surname Zhan, an old man Zhao with his last name can’t discipline them?"

"If so, I shouldn’t have been the good guy and agreed to let Ban Xia and Zisu have the surname Zhan."

"When I get back, I’ll change their surname immediately." Zhao Gang is utterly furious; never imagined his wife thought this way, about good kids being named Zhan so he, as father, couldn’t intervene. Does that make sense?

"How dare you?" Upon hearing about changing their surname, Zhan Jing would never comply and confronts Zhao Gang about it.

Oh my, Gong Ruini is stunned. How could buying tickets to Beijing lead to such events? No mistake, it must relate to what Wan Qiweng wrote earlier.

Gong Ruini regrets deeply; had she known, she definitely would have kept her mouth shut, preventing this whole ordeal.

According to earlier plans, now the whole family should happily return home, then cheerfully help Dad pack, finally sending them off to Beijing by train, but now things have turned like this. Sigh.

"It’s nothing." Zhao Xuran squeezes Gong Ruini’s hand, signaling reassurance before going down to mediate.

Even Hua Miaozhu and Gong Tao, coupled with Cai Meina, stepping in didn’t help—this couple truly freaks out over nothing, unwilling to concede.