The elevator door closed, and Gong Wangheng went up under the glare of Old Man Gong.
Gong Wangheng was not angry. He never had any extra feelings towards such a grandfather.
He understood that many of his thoughts were different from those of normal people, but he never felt that he had any connection with the Gong family.
He is only related to Gong Suicheng, who is his father, and Zhong Anjia as well. He is just their child. In his eyes, other relatives, whether good or bad, don't seem to make much difference.
He got out of the elevator, feeling calm, and slowly walked to the door of the box.
He knocked on the door, but there was no response. He pushed the door open and found it was pitch black inside.
Did he take the wrong path
When Gong Wangheng was about to leave to check the room number, loud music suddenly sounded from inside: "Roar! Ha!"
This really scared Gong Wangheng.
What's going on, is Dad crazy
The light gradually came on in the dark room, and he could see clearly that there were two large gift boxes inside, big enough to hold prank gifts.
Thinking that Gong Suicheng and Zhong Anjia must not jump out of here, Gong Suicheng and Zhong Anjia really jumped out of a big box accompanied by the music of "Who - sent you to - me -".
The lights were not fully on at this time, and there seemed to be someone else in the other big gift box. Gong Wangheng vaguely heard a voice saying, "Wrong, wrong, this is not the music," and then the music was cut the next second, replaced by a cheerful and lively instrumental music.
When all the lights in the room were turned on, the people in the big gift box jumped out. They were actually the grandparents of the Zhong family.
Gong Wangheng stood where he was, looking at the four adults with an expressionless face.
Perhaps he felt a little ashamed that among all the words and characters he had learned, not a single one could describe the strange feeling he felt at that moment.
He stood there for a long while before asking, "What are you doing?"
Gong Suicheng and Zhong Anjia were obviously forced to cooperate. Zhong Anjia explained awkwardly: "... Grandpa and grandma came to see you and wanted to give you a surprise in this way."
The result was that Gong Wangheng was neither surprised nor happy.
His reaction was so calm that it made the four adults present regret the ridiculous scene they had just staged.
Grandma Zhong came out of the box, pretending nothing had happened, and said, "Grandpa and grandma haven't seen you for a long time. This time I just missed you, so I came to see you."
Compared to the rejection and disgust of Grandpa Gong, Grandpa and grandma Zhong have loved Gong Wangheng since he was a child.
They never minded his congenital disability, even though Gong Wangheng's reactions often made them sad, but no matter what time, they were always gentle and kind to him.
In the past two years, Gong Wangheng's condition has improved a lot, and he has become a little closer to the Zhong family's grandparents. Knowing that he did not win the prize in the competition abroad, they were afraid that he would be sad, so they deliberately did this to comfort him.
Zhong Anjia tried to explain, no, Hengheng would not be sad over such a small matter, there was no need to do this.
Grandpa and Grandma Zhong were very willful. They just wouldn't listen and insisted on refutation, saying that Hengheng had always won every competition he participated in since he was a child, and this was his first failure, so he must be feeling disappointed, so they had to comfort him.
In the end, Zhong Anjia was convinced, and it seemed like this was the case, and she agreed to accompany her parents in doing this.
It was not until Gong Wangheng's reaction that he came to his senses. Mr. Zhong felt that he had never been so embarrassed in front of his child, and his dignity as a parent was lost.
He really admired the fact that Mother Zhong could still talk to Gong Wangheng without changing her expression: "Hengheng has grown so tall. Grandma hasn't seen you for a long time."
Gong Wangheng had nothing to be embarrassed about, so he held the hand that Zhong's mother extended to him and said politely, "Long time no see, grandma."
Mr. Zhong tried to get out of the box and nearly tripped. Zhong Anjia caught him in time and came to Gong Wangheng: "Hengheng, shake hands with Grandpa too."
Gong Wangheng also held Zhong's father's hand with his other hand: "Grandpa, it's been a long time since I last saw you."
"I heard that you participated in an international competition but didn't get a good ranking? Don't be sad. Our Hengheng is so smart. If there is a next chance, he will definitely get a good ranking!"
Gong Wangheng remained calm: "I'm not sad, they were all very simple questions. I performed very well this time, it's just that my teammates' level is not good enough."
"… "
The situation became a little awkward.
Father Zhong still held Gong Wangheng's hand and laughed dryly: "... Hahaha, I said, it's really our Hengheng, great, as long as he performs well..."
Zhong Anjia quickly came to the rescue: "Okay, okay, let's sit down and eat. Hengheng, spend some time with grandpa and grandma tonight."
"good."
Gong Wangheng agreed without hesitation. Although he was not very close to the Zhong family's grandparents, Gong Wangheng knew that they were all good people to him, and he had been trying hard to accept them over the years.
Both Zhong's father and mother are very kind people, two optimists together, a harmonious and happy family. Perhaps because of their good attitude, they look very young, sitting there just like Zhong Anjia's brother or sister.
The lights in the house were turned on, and Gong Wangheng could see clearly that not only had the room been decorated, but there was even a banner hanging that read "Don't be discouraged, failure is the mother of success."
Zhong Anjia and Gong Suicheng covered their faces, not knowing how to explain to their son.
Mother Zhong solemnly introduced the banner: "Xiao Xiao! This is written by your grandfather himself. Has his handwriting improved?"
Gong Wangheng took a look and said honestly: "Grandpa's handwriting has always been very good. Thank you grandpa and grandma for caring about me."
His thanks lacked some humanity, and his tone was cold, like an intelligent reply.
But it was pretty good for Grandpa and Grandma Zhong. At least they paid attention to them and were very polite.
"Okay, call the waiter over so we can order." Mother Zhong always smiled at him. "What do you want to eat, Hengheng? Grandpa is treating us tonight. Just order whatever you want."
Gong Suicheng only looked at his cell phone at this time. They were busy doing this and that inside just now and didn't put their cell phone in their pockets, so they didn't notice that Gong Wangheng had called them.
Now, in addition to Gong Wangheng's missed call, he also saw the report from the hotel manager: Gong's father also came here and just went out.
Gong Suicheng felt something was wrong and asked Gong Wangheng, "Hengheng, did you come here smoothly by yourself?"
Mr. Zhong: "Hengheng is such a reliable kid. How could anything go wrong for him to come to the hotel alone?"
But Gong Wangheng understood what his father meant and said lightly: "It went smoothly. I arrived at the hotel and the front desk told me to wait for me here, so I came up."
Zhong Anjia noticed something strange. What was the problem
Asked: "What's wrong?"
Gong Suicheng didn't want to ruin the atmosphere of the night, so he changed the subject: "It's okay, I think Hengheng has already guessed that we tricked him here."
"I guessed it." Gong Wangheng said, "You rarely take me to dinner parties with friends, so I wondered if there was something else going on."
Zhong Anjia laughed: "No way, I said it so naturally, how can you still doubt it?"
Gong Wangheng also smiled for once: "What you said is not natural at all."
The atmosphere is good.
After sitting for a while, Gong Suicheng said, "I'm going to go out and answer a phone call. A friend just called me."
Zhong Anjia did not doubt him. Mr. and Mrs. Zhong's attention were all on Gong Wangheng.
Gong Suicheng walked a few steps away and called the hotel manager, asking him to check the time to find out when Old Man Gong went out and when Gong Wangheng came in.
The hotel manager hesitated: "… When Mr. Gong came today, we told you that your family of three was here, and Mr. Gong said he was leaving, but he happened to run into the young master on the first floor."
"What happened?"
"I wasn't there, so I really don't know, but according to the front desk, it seems like something unpleasant happened."
"You ask the front desk to tell me." Gong Suicheng said, "Forget it, you ask the people in the monitoring room to send me the surveillance video of the first floor just now."
"Yes Yes Yes."
"Go now. I want it in three minutes."
But three minutes later, the surveillance video was not received, and the person on the other end called Gong Suicheng to explain: "Mr. Gong's assistant came earlier and asked us to clear all the surveillance on the first floor tonight."
"… "
Okay, something must have happened.
I chose to stay at my own hotel tonight just for convenience, but I didn't expect that by such a coincidence, I would meet Mr. Gong here.
Mr. Gong has a serious and old-fashioned personality, a bad temper, and is feudal at heart. He believes that children should obey their parents.
He was not only harsh on Gong Wangheng, but also on the younger generation in the family. The rules were numerous and annoying. The younger generation was afraid of him, and his relationship with his children was always tense.
Although he didn't particularly like any of the younger generations, the whole family knew that he didn't like Gong Wangheng. Every time they met, they would embarrass the children, and the older they got, the more difficult they became, so Gong Suicheng rarely took Gong Wangheng home.
It would be better if Gong Wangheng was the type to tell on others, so that they would know what happened. But Gong Wangheng was not that kind of kid, and he might not tell them even if asked.
Gong Suicheng had no choice but to go back to the box and pretend nothing had happened.
There were still two elders present, and they couldn't ruin the atmosphere of the night. It was not until after dinner, when the two elders had gone home, that Gong Suicheng asked Gong Wangheng what had happened tonight.
After taking a shower, Gong Wangheng went to the game room to play games. Gong Suicheng knocked on the door and came in: "Hengheng, are you free now? Can you talk to daddy?"
Gong Wangheng glanced at him, then returned his gaze to the screen, controlling the small tractor in the game to harvest vegetables on the vast map: "I met Grandpa tonight, and we had a little unpleasantness, but it's nothing, you don't have to worry."
"… "
Gong Suicheng hadn't even asked a single question, but people had guessed what he would ask.
Gong Suicheng walked over to him and sat down: "How did you know I was going to tell you this?"
"You went out for a while when we started eating. I guess you went to ask the hotel manager about the situation. After you came back, you looked at me affectionately several times, so I guessed it."
“…” Was there? He didn’t.
"But grandpa would definitely not leave any evidence. No one saw the specific situation at the time, and you didn't ask anything. You don't have to imagine too much. I haven't suffered any injustice. It's okay."
Even one can guess with his imagination that Gong Suicheng suspects that in their family, the ones with the least privacy are the parents.
Gong Suicheng said: "Since you have guessed it, then tell me, what did grandpa do to you when we met tonight?"
Gong Wangheng had no intention of telling Gong Suicheng.
If Gong Suicheng knew about this, he would probably quarrel with Old Master Gong again. Then by then, Zhong Anjia would also know that he was not in a position to quarrel with Old Master Gong and could only hold back his anger.
They were arguing and angry, but Gong Wangheng felt that it was unnecessary: "He just said a few words to me, nothing more than the same words he said before, I didn't listen carefully."