readsfreenovel Chapter 116 The Unloved Woman (4)
Chapter 116 The Unloved Woman (4)
For Zhao Xinrui, stepping into a five-star hotel for the first time was like entering a palace.
Everything in the room was new, and I was so careful that I didn't dare to touch anything.
Su Dingding gave her a bath and changed her into new pajamas.
"Mom, does this cost a lot of money?" Zhao Xinrui asked guiltily.
"Mom has a secret to tell you, but you can't tell anyone," Su Dingding said mysteriously in a low voice, "Mom won the lottery!"
Zhao Xinrui still looked bewildered. She didn't quite understand, but being with her mother made her feel inexplicably safe.
After all, home is where mom is.
"You have to go to school tomorrow, have you finished your homework?" Su Dingding suddenly asked.
"Hmm." Zhao Xinrui started to feel guilty again.
"Let Mom see." Su Dingding was purely curious; she thought the child was quite smart, so why did she always fail her tests?
Zhao Xinrui took out her homework.
Su Dingding opened her workbook and was shocked, her eyes widening in disbelief at the bright red X's.
"How could there be so many mistakes in this?" Su Dingding started flipping through the pages and couldn't help but laugh.
"Mom, I'm sorry." Zhao Xinrui stood awkwardly to the side.
"As expected of my daughter, her thought process is truly extraordinary!"
"Lingtu, Riqi, Zudang, Jiushi, these words, even when trying to write the phrases based on pinyin, successfully avoided the correct answer. And then there's this 'painting the dragon with feet,' hahaha..." Su Dingding laughed hysterically, "Big and long, small and long, round and long..."
Putting down her Chinese textbook, she picked up math again, and even the simplest two-digit addition and subtraction problems were riddled with errors.
"Come on, Xinrui, read this problem to Mom." Su Dingding pointed to a problem and showed it to her.
The picture shows two hedgehogs. One hedgehog carried 28 apples and the other carried 32 apples. How many apples did they carry in total?
Zhao Xinrui stared nervously at the question, and after a long pause, she stammered as she read, "This larger durian says she..."
"Durian?" Su Dingding was stunned. Wasn't this supposed to be an apple shipment? Where did the durian come from?
When she saw Zhao Xinrui pointing at the hedgehog and saying it was a durian, she laughed again, "Oh, my daughter even knows about durian!"
“My younger brother wanted to eat this before, and Grandma bought it for him,” Zhao Xinrui answered softly.
Su Dingding grabbed Zhao Xinrui's hand. Without even asking, he knew she hadn't been given any to eat.
"Mom will buy you a big durian tomorrow too."
"That stuff stinks, and it costs a lot of money, I don't want to eat it."
Su Dingding patted Zhao Xinrui's head and pointed to the picture in the book, saying, "This isn't a durian, it's a hedgehog. It has many thorns on its back, and the apples are carried away by sticking them into the thorns on its back..."
Zhao Xinrui stared wide-eyed in curiosity, her face filled with disbelief.
Su Dingding felt it was necessary to show her, so he said, "If you're lucky, you can see hedgehogs in hotels like the ones we stay in. Do you want to look for some?"
"Really?" Zhao Xinrui didn't believe it. She jumped onto the carpet and started looking around.
Gangzi understood immediately, transformed into a little hedgehog with a few apples stuck on his back, and slowly walked out from the corner.
"Ah, it really is!"
Zhao Xinrui covered her mouth and squatted on the ground looking at Gangzi in disbelief.
"Mom, look! It really has an apple stuck in its back..."
"Xinrui, don't disturb the hedgehog carrying the apples, let's continue with the math problems." Su Dingding beckoned her over.
Zhao Xinrui, however, still stared at Gangzi curiously. "But where is it going to take the apples? Should I help it open the door, or should it dig its own burrow?"
Gangzi saw that Zhao Xinrui was about to press her face against his, so he could only back away.
"Mom, it's backing up!" Zhao Xinrui jumped up.
"Xinrui, you've disturbed Mr. Hedgehog while he was transporting the apples," Su Dingding called to her again.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Hedgehog, please take care." Zhao Xinrui bowed to Gangzi before returning to Su Dingding's side.
For some reason, she, who usually doesn't know how to write an equation after reading a question, actually thought of using addition today.
"What is twenty-eight plus thirty-two?" Su Dingding eagerly awaited her answer.
"I'll write out the vertical calculation." After writing out the calculation for a while, Zhao Xinrui raised her head and said confidently, "Fifty!"
"wrong!"
"So, fifty-one?"
Su Dingding was taken aback. How did this turn into a guessing game?
"It's too late today, go to sleep early. Think about it again tomorrow, and Mom will teach you after school tonight." Su Dingding wasn't in a hurry.
Every child has their own talent. If they really can't learn it, that's fine. There are 360 professions, and every profession can produce an expert!
Zhao Xinrui was surprised that her mother didn't scold her today, and she even felt a little guilty.
However, the bed was so comfortable that she felt guilty for a few seconds before falling asleep.
Su Dingding covered her with the blanket and stretched.
"Gangzi, you know, this person is really strange. Why does he always have to suffer when there's no suffering to be had?"
In Su Dingding's view, many people actually have better options, but they are just unwilling to change.
[Host, because they are not you, they have more people and things to consider. If you only think about yourself, you will be called selfish.] Gangzi crawled out from the corner.
"So you just compromise and give in?" Su Dingding still couldn't understand. "You move yourself, you please others, but life is only a few decades long, what's the point?"
"Everyone has different ideas, which are related to their birth and upbringing, their early education, and genetic factors," Gangzi replied earnestly.
Su Dingding didn't delve any deeper. Her confidence came from herself. If you stand at the very top, everyone can only worship you and wouldn't dare to get angry!
Those who dare to bark at you are given courage by you. Some people are not worthy of respect, including your own family.
The next morning, Su Dingding treated her daughter to a sumptuous breakfast at the hotel, which opened up a new world of knowledge for Zhao Xinrui.
It turns out that breakfast isn't just about plain porridge, eggs, and pickled vegetables; there are so many different flavor options.
Moreover, it was the first time in her life that she had taken a taxi to school; it was simply too extravagant.
"Mom will pick you up tonight," Su Dingding instructed.
Zhao Xinrui nodded seriously, waved goodbye to Su Dingding, and went to queue up.
Su Dingding sent a message to Zhao Jiadong, asking him to meet her at the entrance of the Civil Affairs Bureau.
Zhao Jiadong arrived, but he was clearly drunk. He staggered over to Su Dingding, staring at her with red eyes.
"Wang Qifang, you actually blocked me! Did you know that our son fell and hurt himself last night?"
"After we finish the divorce proceedings, Zhao Zirui will be yours, and Zhou Xinrui will be mine."
"I told you our son fell and hurt himself, and you didn't even ask?" Zhao Jiadong became angrier as he spoke. "The house is a complete mess now, there's nowhere to put your feet, and there's not even a bowl of porridge in the morning. Our son is late for school, and how am I supposed to go to work with this bruise on my face? My whole body is covered in bruises, and everyone upstairs and downstairs is laughing at us. What are you doing? Why can't we have a good life? Why get a divorce?"
Su Dingding was too lazy to waste words with him, and grabbed his neck. "Zhao Jiadong, if you don't go through with the divorce today, I'll castrate you, and I mean it!"