Chapter 501 The Childe in the Tang Family Lives Off A Girl 68
Gungun gives Zhao Shen a blank stare. As Zhao Shen thinks of something, he looks frightened.
âChilde Lang, are you being held hostage? Wink at me and Iâll save you right now!â
Gungun is speechless and wonders how come the kind of idiot like Zhao Shen is his friendâ¦
Gungun feels like he will have to think about his relationship with Zhao Shen in the future.
He asks, âAre you guys not hungry?â
Zhang Li, Zhao Shen, and Yuan Yiming nod and then shake their heads.
âThen shut up and eat.â
âOhâ¦â
They donât know the reason why Gungun becomes so miserable all of a sudden. As they watch a beautiful teenager nibble on a streamed roll and enjoy the hollowware vegetables, they feel somewhat sorry for him inexplicably. Zhang Li is overwhelmed by her sympathy, âDo you want a piece of pork ribs?â
âHe doesnât want.â Shirla gives Zhang Li a cold look.
Zhang Li is frightened by her warning look. As her hand shivers, the pork ribs fall onto the table.
No one speaks. Gungun knows that with Shirla around, he shouldnât try to eat from someone elseâs bowl. So he bows his head and enjoys his lunch by himself.
Thankfully, even if when it comes to the hollowware vegetables, the chef in the canteen of Caesar Academy is capable of making them delicious. It is just that they donât look enchanting. But the taste is acceptable to Gungun. Zhang Li, Zhao Shen, and Yuan Yiming watch Childe Lang finish a streamed roll, a bowl of hollowware vegetables, drink up the free soup, wipe his mouth, and take his leave.
âWhatâs wrong with himâ¦?â Yuan Yiming says as he nibbles on a chicken leg, âHe is acting so weirdly. He moves into the dormitory first, and nowâ¦â
Shirla knocks on the table, âGuys, listen to me. Mrs. Lang did warn me in advance. So if any of you daresâ¦â
She continues elaborating on the details.
Back in the classroom, Zhang Li, Zhao Shen, and Yuan Yiming all look at Gungun with a sympathetic look on their faces. Gungun ignores them directly. Then Zhang Li tells Zeng Xue about what has happened to Gungun. After school, Zeng Xue runs to find Gungun in the dormitory.
âHere you are! Is 2,000 yuan enough for you?â
The girl just dumps the cash on him.
âThatâs enoughâ¦â Gungun takes them over and doesnât act politely.
This girl should be 50% responsibility for how he is doing now.
âDonât worry! Iâll give you 2,000 yuan every month in the future,â Zeng Xue says generously and adds, âBut Iâm lending them to you. When you are rich in the future, you should pay them back to me.â
Gungun looks at her with an indifferent look on his face.
âOops. Iâm short of money too,â Zeng Xue explains, âMy beloved idol is participating in a reality show and weâre going to sponsor him with money to hit the charts!â
Gungun replies, ââ¦Then I should thank you so much for thinking of lending me the money at such a critical time.â
âYes! I am counting on you to be my backstage supporter.â Zeng Xue pats him, âAlright. Iâm leaving. You should be stingy about your spending too. I can only lend you 2,000 yuan a month at most!â
ââ¦Got it. Just get out of here!â
The next day, Gungun doesnât eat the stream roll and hollowware vegetables in a pathetic fashion anymore. Even so, his lunch is not as extravagant as before. Zhang Li, Zhao Shen, and Yuan Yiming look at him sneakily, only to find out Shirla slam the bowl down.
âHuh. Did Zeng Xue give you money?â
âHowever demanding you are, what has it to do with you if people give me money?â Gungun drinks a mouthful of Braised Pigeon Soup with pleasure.
Zhao Shen tries to talk to him and is discouraged with a cold stare.
âTraitor. Donât talk to me.â
Zhao Shen wimps out and retreats. Yuan Yiming also bows his head and doesnât say anything. While Zhang Li looks gleeful.
âToy boy. Is Childe Lang now being kept by a woman?â Shirla criticizes him, âArenât you embarrassing?â
Gungun laughs, âNone of you is even qualified to be kept.â
As he speaks, he gives Zhao Shen and Yuan Yiming another cold glance, making them feel aggrieved. They are suppressed by Shirla before they can help Childe Lang out in his trying times. Shirla also warns that if they dare to give Lang Xuanyuan money, Tang Duo will talk with their parents.
What Shirla has said scares Yuan Yiming and Zhao Shen.
When Shirla and Zhang Li leave, Zhao Shen and Yuan Yiming approach Gungun hurriedly.
âWe are not traitors.â Zhao Shen slips a card into Gungunâs hand in a hurry, âLook! We topped it up yesterday. Itâs for you.â
âYes, yes, yes. 5,000 yuan. Enjoy whatever you want!â Yuan Yiming is smug, âAlthough your mother says we shouldnât give you money. But she doesnât say we canât give you a meal card, right?â
Gungun stretches out his hand and they clasp their hands tightly together.
âLoyal brothers!â
âYes!â
Then that night when Zhao Shen and Yuan Yiming are home, they are informed that from today onwards, there will only be 2,000 yuan per month for them to live on.
Zhao Shen and Yuan Yiming are both miserable.
âItâs fine. You guys at least have 1,000 yuan more than me.â Gungun knows what has happened to them and comforts them.
Zhao Shen asks weakly, âThen as for the meal card with 5,000 yuan yesterdayâ¦â
âYou gave it to me.â Gungun looks wary, âDo you want it back?â
Zhao Shen feels so tired⦠Yuan Yiming looks up after knocking on the table with his head a few times, âWe are not asking it back. We should spend it together!â
In the end, Gungun agrees to spend it all together and suggests that they put the money together so that there will be much more money. It is not until Yuan Yiming and Zhao Shen hand over the money to him that they realizeâ¦
âNo! He only has 1,000 yuan, and we have 2,000 yuan each!â Zhao Shen feels they have been tricked.
Seeing that Gungun is about to run out of the classroom, they chase after him hurriedly.
Bai Susu knows that Tang Duo has capped Gungunâs allowance and says helplessly, âHeâll tell Wuyou what you have done to him later. Wuyou will definitely give money to him.â
âHow come he is qualified to tell Wuyou about what I have done to him?â Tang Duo is still angry and she canât bear to hear others mention her naughty son right now.
âIf he does likeâ¦â
âMom!â Tang Duo interrupts Bai Susu, âWhat are you talking about? I wonât stop him if he likes someone when he is in a normal condition. But he has lost all his memories now. What should he do when he gets his memories back later? Is he going to find Wuyou or stay together with the girl? Itâs irresponsible and unfair to both Wuyou and that girl.â
Bai Susu nods, âDonât worry about it. Didnât I hear that he was pursuing the girl unilaterally? The girl hadnât said yes to him yet!â
âAlthough the girl hasnât agreed yet, her family members are coming up to reconcile with us as their relatives,â Tang Duo says with a disgusted face, âI canât agree to let them stay together based on how her father has behaved.â
Theyâre all parents. Look at what Fang Diandianâs family members have done! At first, they didnât even agree to let Diandian marry over, fearing that they wouldnât be able to support their daughter if she was wronged.
âExactly. So, itâs not easy for that girl.â Bai Susu pats her hands, âThink of how bad it must be for anyone to have such a father. Even so, she canât do anything about it.â
Tang Duo doesnât say anything and calms herself down for a while before she says, âI admit Iâm a little angry with that girl. But Iâm telling the truth and Iâm doing it for her own good. If she agrees to stay together with Gungun, wonât she be the most pitiful one when Gungun remembers Wuyou?â
âI know what you mean.â Bai Susu thinks for a while, âWhy donât you let Gungun invite that girl over to our house for dinner so that we can meet her?â
Tang Duo refuses immediately, âNo! Originally, there arenât any issues. It will seem like something has gone wrong if we meet her in person.â
âMom, donât worry about Gungun. Even if I donât give him any money, he wonât be starved to death.â
Admittedly, Tang Duo knows her son well. Gungun just changes his meal from extravagant food into abundant fish and meat and thatâs all. Yuan Yiming and Zhao Shen, who are addicted to mobile games, are in a more miserable situation. Moreover, they are RMB players. Their situation is different now. They, who donât throw money into the games anymore, consequently get lower rankings in the games within a few days.
The situation is especially miserable for Zhao Shen, who had a petite girl follow behind him every day and call him Brother repeatedly before. Zhao Shen also ever bought her some fashionable dress or mounts and sent her some petty flowers or something.
Originally, they planned to get married. However, he goes bankrupt all of a suddenâ¦
âLook at how poor your eyesight is.â Yuan Yiming despises him, âYou just didnât buy her the fashionable dress. And she turned around and played up to someone else.â
Zhao Shen slumps his head, âUgh⦠at least her sound is melodious! I can jerk off every night upon hearing her voice.â
âGive me the money and Iâll howl all night for you!â Yuan Yiming pinches his throat as he imitates the way women talk. He even calls âOhâ twice.
Zhao Shen finds his voice disgusting and almost throws up.
âPlaying mobile games is money-consuming. Itâs good if you stop playing mobile games.â Gungun throws his cell phone on the table, âDonât you see I havenât played the Glory of the King for a long time?â
âThatâs because you donât have money to buy skins and heroes. You consequently donât want to play mobile games.â Zhao Shen pouts his mouth, âI thought Iâd be a simple, young, and rich kid all my life, living a carefree life forever. I didnât expect that life would lay its hands on the kind of little darlings like meâ¦â
âGet out!â Zhang Li sitting in front of him canât put up with him any longer. She turns her head and throws the book at him.
âOuch!â
Wuyou notices that Gungun has started to do more video chats with her lately. He will send her a video chat request almost every two days. Of course, Gungun doesnât tell her about how his allowance has been deducted. Instead, he continues to make random excuses.
âI asked Zeng Xue out for dinner today and she refused, saying she wanted to watch her beloved idol do a live broadcast.â
âAnd she even said that Iâm not as good looking as that celebrity. In your opinion, Wuyou, which one of us is better looking?â
Because of Gungunâs words, Wuyou, who never pays any attention to celebrities, even goes online and searches for information about Xiguang. Itâs true that Xiguang is a handsome and sunny boy. But frankly, he is not as good as Gungun.
Not to mention that all the photos of Xiguang online have been edited. Nobody knows how good-looking Xiguang is in real life.
âI think youâre better looking,â When they do another video chat, Wuyou specifically emphasizes, âMuch better looking than Xiguang.â
Gungun is happy in secret, âExactly! Then why did she say she would prefer a celebrity rather than agree to stay together with me? What do you think? Wuyou.â
ââ¦Take your time!â Wuyou reassures him, âSince she didnât reject you because of other boys in her life, it means thereâs still hope for you. After all, a celebrity is a celebrity and an idol is an idol. Her appreciation for them is different from the fondness between the lovers.â
Gungun adds, âBut sheâs going to apply for getting enrolled in the Film Academy and sheâs going to be engaged in the entertainment industry. If so, she may actually get to know the celebrity one day.â As he speaks, he peeks at Wuyou and pretends to be sad.
âWhen that time comes, she may find out that her idol is just an ordinary person, who is different from what she thought.â Wuyou canât bear to see Gungun feel so bad. All of a sudden, she has an opinion of Zeng Xue.
The boy whom she has grown up with and she has protected ever since her childhood is so good. How is she qualified to dislike him?
âWhy donât you stay away from her too? Stop chasing after her all the time. Isnât there a saying that absence makes the hearts grow fonder? Maybe sheâll notice your merits at that timeâ¦â The more Wuyou talks, the more assured she is.
Gungun looks thoughtful. A few days later, as he is doing a video chat with Wuyou, he says all of a sudden, âWuyou, I think your suggestion works. So I have made up my mind!â
âWhat have you decided?â Wuyou is nervous. It is unknown why she is somewhat afraid of what Gungun will say next.
In the end, she hears an announcement from the beautiful teenager in the video chat.
âAs the saying goes, absence makes the hearts grow fonder! I have made up my mind that I will go to college in Mi Country next year!â