Chapter 203

His hair had grown quite long, messy like a bird's nest.

There was nothing else in his eyes, only the book in his hands.

"What is going on with you?" Gu Lao now sensed that something was not quite right; he had seen Gu Cheng being unruly and mischievous, and even acting like a good-for-nothing rascal, but he had never seen Gu Cheng looking like a serious bookworm as he did now.

Could the person in front of him not be his grandson?

Gu Cheng scratched his hair, looked at Gu Lao before him, and shed tears of grievance, "Grandfather, it's too hard! It's really too hard! I can't learn it!"

He had thought that as long as he wanted to learn, as long as he wanted to read, and forced himself to read, he would surely be able to understand and learn it; after all, he had his grandfather's blood in his bones.

Wasn't he somewhat intelligent when he was a child?

Why was there not even a shred of intelligence left now?

His eyes were dizzy from reading, and his head ached.

And yet, he simply could not learn it.

Seeing this, Gu Lao was stunned at first, then spoke speechlessly as he walked over, "You've locked yourself in your room for the past two days, not eating or drinking, just to read these books? No one is teaching you these books; if you could learn them on your own, you would be a child prodigy! If you want to learn, I will have a teacher come over tomorrow to start teaching you from the very basics."

"If I start from the very basics, then when will I be able to catch up to Shu Xia?" Gu Cheng felt deeply discouraged.

Gu Lao was even more speechless, "Didn't your uncle tell you? Stop daydreaming; you aren't good enough for Shu Xia."

"You all look down on people too much!" Gu Cheng roared in anger.

He was good enough; he was absolutely good enough!

The more they discouraged him, the harder he would work!

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Laozhai.

Shu Xia finished dinner with Qiao Nainai.

The old woman and the young woman watched a variety show together.

"Mu Ting will be able to return tonight; I've had Butler Qin set a time for the two of you," Qiao Nainai said.

These two worrying children.

She had to find every possible way to give them a push.

Otherwise, these two children were so slow that by the time she could no longer hold on, they might still not have come together.

Going for a pre-pregnancy checkup would certainly bring the two of them a step closer.

If Mu Ting didn't want to go, he would certainly have refused, but since he had agreed, he definitely had some thoughts about Shu Xia; she understood her own grandson.

Around four or five o'clock, that little Gu had even called her; he also had his eye on Xia Xia and even said his grandson liked Xia Xia immensely.

Hearing that Xia Xia had grown up under Zhong Jiejie, he was likely still in shock and hadn't recovered, cursing his own son for being a good-for-nothing and not knowing to have children earlier, otherwise there would be no place for her Mu Ting!

Even if his son had had a grandson earlier, his grandson wouldn't be as handsome and capable as her grandson!

"Alright, Grandma, Mu Ting has already told me, and I will ask for leave tomorrow," Shu Xia nodded in agreement.

It just so happened that she hadn't had a physical exam in a long time, so she would take this opportunity to have a good checkup.

"Mu Ting looks cold, but he is much better than the male lead on this show; look at the male lead with his sweet talk—dating the female lead today, and cooking and sending warmth to the third female lead tomorrow. Mu Ting wouldn't do that; the person he has set his heart on is the only one for his whole life!" Qiao Nainai began to praise him in every way.

If she didn't praise him, her granddaughter-in-law would be snatched away by someone else!

Shu Xia agreed wholeheartedly, "Not to mention the male lead, even the second and third male leads can't compare to him."

Qiao Muting had said he had nothing to do with Shen Anran; she had been suspicious at first because Shen Anran's eyes were always on Qiao Muting, but a few days ago she realized he truly didn't care.

The words had just fallen.

Suddenly, a man's steady voice came from behind, "In your heart, am I that good?"

He had arrived at just the right time.

He had happened to hear her evaluation of him.

Shu Xia's smile stiffened, and she turned her head to look in astonishment at the suddenly appeared Qiao Muting.

When did he get back?