Seeing her suddenly become so enthusiastic, Gu Zhihan couldn’t help but pause, “Didn’t you just say who would care for a tree?”
How could she slap her own face so quickly?
Mengmeng replied, “That’s because I just found out it can bear fruit to eat.”
In light of its edibility, she would reluctantly accept it!
At this moment, Gu Zhihan had no idea what kind of expression to make.
What a little foodie.
A hint of helplessness flashed in his eyes.
Since Mengmeng was the only one in the class who wanted a jujube tree, there was no need to fight for it—the tree was hers alone.
When school was out, Luo Mengmeng carried the tree home all by herself, not letting Gu Zhihan touch it, as if she was protecting her own child.
Following behind her, Gu Zhihan tugged at the strap of his backpack, thinking to himself, you won’t let me touch it, but I’m not exactly eager to touch it either.
Upon arriving home, when Mama Gu saw Luo Mengmeng carrying a tree, her eyes immediately lit up, “Hey hey hey, where did this jujube tree come from?”
Before the two kids could answer, she let her imagination run wild and asked peculiarly, “Could it be that the teacher discovered your secret romance and gave you two a jujube tree as a hint for you to ‘have children early’?”
Wow, I can’t believe there are such open-minded teachers nowadays!
Mama Gu immediately felt consoled, otherwise, she would be worried sick every day that her son and daughter-in-law would be called out under the flag for a critique session because of an early romance.
Gu Zhihan, with a full head of imaginary black lines, reminded her, “Please remember you’re a doctor.”
Not the author of a melodramatic novel, okay!
“What does me being a doctor have to do with it?” Mama Gu asked, puzzled.
“As a doctor, you should just be a good doctor, and not veer towards the path of a melodramatic author,” Gu Zhihan hinted that her wild guess was extremely melodramatic, incredibly so.
“Uh… so the jujube tree isn’t a gift from the teacher hinting for you to ‘have children early’?” Mama Gu was somewhat confused.
“Of course not!” Gu Zhihan, seeing she still looked skeptical, couldn’t help but grind his teeth and enunciated each word for her carefully, “It’s simply a tree that Mengmeng ended up with because it was left over from Arbor Day! That’s all!”
It had absolutely nothing to do with “having children early”!
“Yep, that’s right, Mama Gu, that’s exactly how it is… It’s not like what you just said.” Mengmeng also nodded, although she didn’t want to shatter Mama Gu’s fantasy, people still have to face reality.
So she told the whole truth!
Well, this is awkward…
“Oh, oh, I see,” Mama Gu felt embarrassed.
Mengmeng no longer paid attention to Mama Gu, but slightly anxiously tugged at Gu Zhihan’s sleeve, “Hubby, let’s quickly plant our baby, or it will die!”
Your eyes aren’t deceiving you.
Mengmeng herself didn’t know what she was thinking, but ever since she took the tree from the homeroom teacher’s hands, she had been considering herself the “tree mom”!
Gu Zhihan lightly nodded, having the tools in his hands, so he chose a good spot in the yard and started digging a hole.
The soil flew all around.
Before long, a pit for the tree was ready.
While filling the hole, Mengmeng stood by the edge, gently holding the jujube tree, while Gu Zhihan slightly bent down and used a shovel to fill it back in with the soil he had just dug out, little by little.