CHAPTER 469: CHAPTER 469: SUBMISSION

Since Zhao Guangran knew those people had come before, he would often check to see if any adults from the large team had appeared at the door.

But no matter how often Zhao Guangran went out to keep watch, those who were supposed to show up simply didn’t appear.

This really frustrated Zhao Guangran, "Didn’t they all agree before? Why haven’t they delivered the goods now?"

Glancing at the many empty baskets piled up in the house, and thinking of the goods sent out, Zhao Guangran felt very disheartened. If he’d known business would be this slow, he wouldn’t have made baskets so diligently.

Making baskets really damages your hands. Looking at the scars on his hands, Zhao Guangran really wanted to cry.

"Alright, stop thinking about it so much, focus on your studies. Didn’t you say you wanted to work hard and become the top of your grade?" Zhao Xuran also realized afterwards that he had forgotten to ask their parents to buy some textbooks when they went to Beijing, otherwise he could have taught Gong Ruini and Zhao Guangran now.

Of course, the priority was to teach Zhao Guangran. This kid wanted to strive for being top of the grade, so he couldn’t slack off.

Unfortunately, Zhao Xuran forgot for a moment, so he could only try to give Zhao Guangran more lessons.

"But isn’t it the Spring Festival?" Zhao Guangran felt wronged. It was clearly the Spring Festival holiday, why couldn’t he enjoy a few days of proper fun?

Last year’s Spring Festival had a ten-day holiday, so why was this year so daring? If it weren’t for the report card, Zhao Guangran would have thought he had failed miserably; otherwise, why would his brother treat him like this?

"It is the Spring Festival, but when you go to Beijing, you’ll be skipping a grade, and you bragged that you would be the top of the grade." Zhao Xuran expressed that he was tired too, "You take lessons, and I also need to prepare for courses, don’t you think I’m exhausted too?"

"I don’t expect you to understand my difficulties, but you can’t let me down either, right?" Zhao Xuran was actually tired too, helping his younger brother while also trying to improve his own level.

Actually, these days Zhao Xuran had been thinking about a question. Since Gong Ruini was ready to skip a grade, should he also skip a grade? But if he were to skip a grade, he would have to work hard.

Seeing the stern expression on his brother’s face, Zhao Guangran fell silent. He just needed to follow along with whatever his brother taught, but his brother had it tougher, having to learn even more, "Brother, I’ll study, I’ll study."

Actually, Zhao Guangran regretted being fooled by Gong Ruini back then. If she didn’t want to skip grades in the end, would it not have to be so hard?

Zhao Guangran, being a naïve kid, knew he couldn’t tell Gong Ruini about this, otherwise, there would be consequences. That girl would definitely scold him, hoping instead that his brother would say something.

"You promised Ni Zi back then, right? Aren’t you worried that if you said you wouldn’t skip grades, neither would Ni Zi, and then she could suppress you hard?" Zhao Xuran stated that Gong Ruini could indeed do such a thing, it was very likely.

Ah, yeah, why did he become so stupid and didn’t think of this? Don’t be fooled by how generous Gong Ruini seems sometimes; after all, she’s still a girl with the privilege to be willful.

"I’d better skip grades." Arguing with Gong Ruini would be useless, she would definitely find all sorts of ways to be contrary. To have a peaceful life, it’s better to work hard now; he couldn’t believe those city people could work as hard as he could.

Determined, Zhao Guangran took out the textbook and earnestly followed along with Zhao Guangran’s studies. Seeing his brother immerse himself once again in the sea of knowledge made Zhao Xuran breathe a sigh of relief, not forgetting to wink at Gong Ruini, as a form of thanking her for her help.

Zhao Xuran knew that when his younger brother was truly stubborn, no one could persuade him. Luckily, with Gong Ruini leading, as long as she was brought up, Zhao Guangran would definitely study hard. See, it worked again this time.

Gong Ruini was deeply unhappy with Zhao Xuran’s shameless behavior, having never seen someone so brazen, but she had no choice. Was she really going to argue with Zhao Xuran?

Gong Ruini didn’t dare to do so; she noticed that recently, Zhao Xuran was very interested in the content she read and her study progress, occasionally dropping remarks that this wouldn’t be difficult for her, Ni Zi.

Though Zhao Guangran spoke no more about it after that, Gong Ruini still felt uneasy, and despite being unwilling, she could only endure it.

Forget it, let’s just pull this stubborn mule, Zhao Guangran, back. Gong Ruini had been reflecting for days, never recalling anything about Zhao Guangran before. As for Zhan Banxia and Zhan Zisu eventually both taking the surname Zhan, Gong Ruini found it strange.

Gong Ruini remembered clearly that only Zhan Banxia had the surname Zhan, and Zisu had the surname Zhao, puzzling her greatly, but also making her deeply wary.

The course of events was different from last year, perhaps due to her butterfly effect.

Gong Ruini pondered for a long time, unable to understand the intricacies, but it made her more reverent. If not absolutely necessary, she didn’t want to bring about significant changes.

Gong Ruini worried that her time travel, being such an insignificant person, might bring too many changes to society, making it hard for her former average self to adapt.

Gong Ruini could only hope Zhao Guangran, Zhao Xuran, and Banxia would maintain good relationships and that they would all study hard, no longer idling without skills. In Beijing, Gong Ruini intended to keep a close eye on Zhao Guangran to prevent him from getting too close to bad students.

Don’t be swayed by everyone telling Zhao Guangran that in the eyes of those in Beijing, he was just a country bumpkin.

This wasn’t wrong, but there was a crucial point—if Zhao Guangran went into business and had a lot of money, his popularity at school wouldn’t be bad. Many people would definitely flock around him.

While it would be easy to communicate with people in Beijing like this, Gong Ruini was a bit worried that Zhao Guangran flaunting his wealth would attract unwanted attention. If they didn’t have money, yet had to spend, they could deceive a little from their parents. But if their parents were workers, what money could they have? And considering this generation had siblings, they might not be able to secure too many benefits.

Gong Ruini kept staring at Zhao Guangran continuously, which made the latter feel tingling all over. Zhao Guangran wanted to ask why Gong Ruini kept staring at him, was it because she thought he was handsome, otherwise why keep staring?

But Zhao Guangran didn’t dare to voice such thoughts. His brother was a heavy-handed person who would definitely scold him if he heard. For safety, he just kept quiet.