My Beloved Super Fierce Wife
Chapter 727 Is it good to have a threshold for a pretty boy?

Chapter 727: 727 Is it good to have a threshold for a pretty boy?

That day when they got back home, neither Lin Tang nor Gu Yingzhou blamed Lin Zhicheng. However, as soon as the family of four left, Lin Zhicheng still got a harsh scolding for not properly assessing the dangers and almost getting his two cousins into a perilous situation.

After the beating, he became extremely wary of the mountains, almost changing color at the mention of them.

Gu Mulin was only interested in the mountains, and upon hearing Lin Zhicheng suggest changing the location, he looked down dejectedly.

"Alright," he said without much enthusiasm.

Lin Tang knew that Zhicheng had been beaten because of the two brats at home and hearing Alin still trying to coax her eldest nephew to take him into the mountains, she said, without great patience, "Still want to go into the mountains, huh?"

"How could you kids be so bold, do you know that the last time your Zhicheng brother took you guys into the mountains to play, he was beaten by your second uncle..."

"You can’t just be thoughtless because you’re pampered at home, you know?"

Ajing was steady by nature, and Lin Tang wasn’t too worried about him.

But this boy was a covert little brother-controller; whatever his little brother said, he would support if he could. The two little ones could really be troublesome when they got mischievous.

Gu Mujing took the words to heart and said, "Mom, my brother and I know."

"Yeah, we know," Gu Mulin also obediently responded.

The two boys were taken out to play by their elder brother and sister, while Lin Tang and Gu Yingzhou sat down in the courtyard and chatted idly with Zhou Mei after putting away the things they brought.

"Second sister-in-law, I just vaguely heard you scolding Zhiming. What’s wrong with him, he doesn’t want to go to school anymore?"

Zhou Mei sighed helplessly, "Indeed."

As she spoke, she spread out a math exam paper on the table. The bright red "2" in the score column was more eloquent than a thousand words.

"..." Lin Tang didn’t understand, "Falling behind again?"

She tried to laugh it off, "Even a blind cat might find a dead rat by luck, but to get such a low score purely by messing around, that’s just unimaginable."

Zhou Mei felt she found someone to confide in and said with suppressed sorrow, "Right? Even I, who am not well-educated, could score 20 points just by guessing blindly on so many questions, so how did he only get 2 points?"

"If I didn’t know the kid really didn’t know how, I’d think he did it on purpose!"

Lin Tang: "..." It seemed Zhiming really had no talent for studying.

"... he wouldn’t do it on purpose."

He just didn’t know, and all his random guesses were wrong.

Zhou Mei wore a face full of worry, "If he doesn’t study hard, what’s he going to do in the future?"

The family now lacked nothing, but if her son wasn’t diligent, what would he do in the future?

Lin Zhiming was in the restroom, not having gone out with the other kids. Hearing his mother’s words, he said, "What about the future? I’ve got arms and legs; it’s not like I will starve to death. Mom, you should worry less, thinking too much ages you faster..."

Zhou Mei: "..." Listen to me, you’re really going to worry me to death!

Lin Tang felt suffocated for the second sister-in-law upon hearing this.

Adolescents really speak as if they had thorns in their mouths, pricking others without realizing it.

"Zhiming, come sit with me for a while."

The Lin Family children adored and loved their little aunt Lin Tang, being very close to her.

Lin Zhiming immediately retracted his thorns and seated himself on a small stool opposite Lin Tang.

"Just say it, little aunt, I’m listening."

He placed his hands on his knees, sat up straight, and looked tense all over.

"Don’t be nervous, let’s just chat casually," Lin Tang soothed him with a smile.

However, it didn’t help.

Lin Zhiming remained tense.

"What shall we chat about?"

Lin Tang gave Zhiming a reproachful look, then turned to Gu Yingzhou with a tone of complaint, "See, he’s not even grown up and already he’s growing distant from me. It must be that I don’t come home often enough."

"..." Gu Yingzhou’s lips twitched involuntarily, "... not too infrequently."

At most, once a month was quite frequent indeed.

"If it’s not infrequent, then why has Zhiming suddenly run out of things to say to me?" Lin Tang feigned puzzlement.

Lin Zhiming’s face reddened and he said, "It’s not that I have nothing to say, it’s just..."

He scratched his head awkwardly, "I’m embarrassed to face you, little aunt, because of my poor exam results."

Though he didn’t think there was anything shameful about bad grades, he didn’t want to lose face in front of his most admired and beloved little aunt.

Zhou Mei interjected, "You know you’re embarrassed, I thought with all your swagger you wouldn’t realize it. It’s good that you know."

Being in the phase where he was very concerned about face, Lin Zhiming could normally let it slide when teased, but being reprimanded in front of his favorite little aunt by his own mother made his expression turn unsightly.

Upon hearing the second sister-in-law’s words, Lin Tang frowned.

How can you teach a child like this?!

"Second sister-in-law, Zhiming is growing up; give him some face, don’t scold him in front of others. I understand your eagerness for him to succeed, but children have their own self-respect, and speaking like that really isn’t right," Lin Tang said.

Her words held back Lin Zhiming’s imminent retort.

What kind of face does a child need, what self-respect? Zhou Mei was somewhat skeptical.

Yet, facing the dissatisfied gaze of her little sister-in-law, she did not retort.

...Alright, alright. From now on, she wouldn’t scold this bratty kid in public anymore.

Lin Tang looked at Lin Zhiming. Her tone wasn’t of someone who had seen it all lecturing, nor giving ’for your own good’ advice, but rather placing the young man on an equal footing with her.

"What are you thinking? I’ve heard you don’t want to continue school after junior high; what are your plans?"

Lin Zhiming was still a kid in his teens; what life plans could he have?

He only knew that he disliked studying and didn’t want to study; he just wanted to leave that constraining place.

Lin Zhiming thought for a moment, confused, not knowing how to answer.

Zhou Mei got angry again and lamented, "You’ll just drop out without any plans? If you don’t study, what will you do in the future?"

She and her husband had wanted to study and had no chance, but now their son had the opportunity but chose not to take it.

Isn’t that playing around?!

Facing his mother who loved to embarrass him, Lin Zhiming’s rebelliousness flared up, and he immediately said, "I’ll earn work points to support myself."

Zhou Mei clutched her chest for comfort, "Your father and I don’t even earn work points anymore, and you, a little brat, want to earn work points. You’re going to bring shame to our entire family."

Lin Zhiming retorted, "If you think it’s shameful for me to earn work points, I’ll just do something else."

"What could you possibly do with your fuzz not even fully grown?" Zhou Mei glared angrily.

"My hair will grow in eventually!" Lin Zhiming insisted defiantly, "Besides, my brother is so capable; once he makes it big, I can go serve him tea, give massages, that should earn me a meal, right?"

He was referring to Lin Zhicheng.

Zhou Mei: "..." How very ambitious of you indeed!

Zhou Mei’s lips trembled with anger, unable to utter a single word.

As it turned out, this was only the beginning of her anger; the worst was yet to come.

Upon hearing Lin Zhiming’s next words, Zhou Mei was so upset she nearly fainted.

"If all else fails, I can always be a kept man relying on a woman’s support; I certainly won’t starve to death," Lin Zhiming said indignantly.

"..." Lin Tang remained silent, what a grand ambition indeed.

But really, shouldn’t one consider their own capabilities first?

After all, there’s a threshold for becoming a kept man...