Chapter 1490 - 1492

"Why aren’t you ordering?" Zhao Xuran took the menu from Gong Ruzhi’s respectful hands, browsing it while questioning Gong Ruzhi, who had been clamoring to order many dishes on the way here.

Ordering food? He curled his lips. Of course he wanted to, but he held back in the end, "Spent a lot of money from brother-in-law today."

"Thank you, brother-in-law, for buying me a new computer." Gong Ruzhi was really pleased with the laptop Zhao Xuran had given him.

Now he could do work on it and take it directly to the company to handle, saving the need for so many floppy disks.

"Then you need to study hard."

"And don’t stay up late." Because Gong Ruini often woke up hungry at night, Zhao Xuran frequently got up to make something for her.

Many times he’d discovered light still on in Gong Ruzhi’s room. At first, he thought the kid was studying, but later realized he was actually playing on the computer.

Zhao Xuran hadn’t privately discussed this issue with Gong Ruzhi before. This kid always had the expression of knowing it and promising not to repeat it afterward.

Ah, ah, ah, how could he say this in front of his sister? Gong Ruzhi was flustered, really not daring to look at Gong Ruini at this moment.

Knowing this would lead to trouble for him, he could fully imagine the things about to happen next.

After solving a big problem in the restroom, Gong Ruini just returned to the private room and immediately heard Zhao Xuran’s words, "Staying up late?"

Her eyes immediately turned to Gong Ruzhi. Hadn’t this kid promised not to stay up late? How could he still be making mistakes?

Gong Ruzhi kept shrinking his body backward, staring at the floor. At this moment, he really didn’t dare to look at Zhao Xuran.

"And you." Gong Ruini was also dissatisfied in every possible way, "You knew Xiao Zhi was staying up late, why didn’t you tell me?"

How could Gong Ruini not be angry? She had promised her parents that she would definitely supervise Gong Ruzhi well and wouldn’t let him stay up late.

Gong Ruini knew her body couldn’t handle staying up late, as she slept a lot, so she naturally passed this task to Zhao Xuran.

She hadn’t expected that although he agreed to help well, he still supported Gong Ruzhi in various ways, which irritated Gong Ruini.

She knew their relationship was good; otherwise, he wouldn’t help so much, but Gong Ruzhi was still a child. What he needed now was enough sleep time.

"Haven’t you always wanted to grow taller? But by staying up late like this, can you really grow taller?"

"Don’t regret it later if you don’t hit six feet nine." Gong Ruini thought with Gong Tao and Cai Meina’s genes, Gong Ruzhi’s height might not get too high.

But everything has exceptions. In fact, Gong Ruini felt that Gong Ruzhi’s current height of less than six feet was actually pretty good.

"Yeah." Gong Ruzhi jumped up, "Of course, I’ll grow to six feet nine."

Looking at the excited Gong Ruzhi at this moment, Gong Ruini recalled something, "You’ve never cared about this before."

Back in their country, she never heard Gong Ruzhi talk much about his height. Unexpectedly, now in the United States for such a short time, he suddenly had too many opinions about his height.

It’s a problem, and quite a big one at that, "The girl you like isn’t six feet seven, is she?"

Otherwise, how could he feel he needs to be taller for her to lean in closely? They say Europeans and Americans are tall, but there are Americans who aren’t.

Yeah, how did his sister manage to bring it down to this topic? Gong Ruzhi kept waving his hand, "I just feel if I’m taller, I have more presence."

In this way, when walking outside, no one would say he’s a sickly kid.

Humph, if it weren’t for wanting to avoid conflict, he’d have no qualms about swinging fists at them.

Presence? For someone who studies, what’s he need that for? Gong Ruini really couldn’t understand.

"Were you bullied?" Zhao Xuran hadn’t gone to high school in the United States, but he often contacted Gong Ruzhi’s teachers.

He knew a thing or two about certain things in American high schools, and he’d been genuinely nervous for a long time back then.

He felt awkward asking Gong Ruzhi, knowing he wouldn’t get much out of him, so he paid special attention to whether he had injuries or how his mood was.

For months, he didn’t see anything, plus knowing this kid was quite popular at school, he hadn’t paid much attention.

But this guy abruptly discussing it now made Zhao Xuran tense up again.

Bullying? The first word that popped into Gong Ruini’s mind was bullying. Yes, although school bullying wouldn’t be taken seriously until many years later, it didn’t mean it wasn’t happening now.

"Who bullied you?" We wouldn’t actively bully others, but at least we can’t let others bully us, otherwise there’s no need to be courteous.

Even if the school’s reputation was good, so what? Her younger brother’s grades were good; even changing schools wouldn’t matter.

Gong Ruini really thought a lot, but the point was she absolutely couldn’t let her younger brother be bullied.

Bullied him? Gong Ruzhi was scared by the sudden surge of attention and concern from Gong Ruini and Zhao Xuran but also felt warm inside; this was his family.

"No one bullies me, they know I’m not easy to provoke." Gong Ruzhi flexed his biceps.

Understood, Gong Ruini understood; it seemed that Gong Ruzhi had indeed been bullied before, but he managed to gain the upper hand himself.

"You didn’t actively bully others, right?" Gong Ruini just wanted to confirm this.

Gong Ruzhi shook his head, "I remember the words Uncle taught us when he taught martial arts."

"That’s good." Her family’s children would never tell lies; Gong Ruini had certified this.

If Gong Ruzhi had proactively bullied others, how come there wasn’t any notification from his teacher inviting parents to a meeting?

Since there wasn’t a notification, it indicated there was no bullying.

Aren’t they just letting him off easily? Gong Ruzhi had intended to clarify more, but unexpectedly his sister didn’t probe further; was it just passing like this?

"If I find out you are lying, don’t expect me to be so forgiving." Gong Ruzhi once more reassured that he absolutely wouldn’t deceive his sister, though he might lie to anyone else, never his sister; the consequences were unimaginable otherwise.

"Then why did you have to mention presence?" Zhao Xuran wouldn’t easily allow Gong Ruzhi to divert the topic; he continued circling back to their earlier discussion.

After talking for so long, the topic hadn’t been successfully shifted; Gong Ruzhi was somewhat disappointed but not greatly.

"Those people kept calling me a yellow-haired monkey this and that, of course, it made me angry." Initially hearing them speak like this, Gong Ruzhi was truly upset.

Whether it was because of experiencing more things, hearing it often, or simply not wanting his sister to worry, Gong Ruzhi really calmly relayed these words.

Yellow-haired monkey, Gong Ruini indeed felt like cursing, but she held back, what good would it do to get mad? How would labeling those people as ill-mannered help?

"I’ve thought it through, I’m going to use my grades and my computer skills to crush them."

"What does it matter if they are white; even if their athletic skills are excellent, they’re still muscle-bound, simple-minded folks," Gong Ruzhi had no qualms dissing others.

"Even if they can get into prestigious schools, it’s not through their grades but their athletic prowess."

"How many among them can actually become athletes?"

"Even if they can become athletes, can they make their way in the world out there?"

"Is it not possible?"

"So I really have no need to envy them; while they make fun of me now, I’ll make them regret it so much they’ll want to hide."