Reborn in the Eighties as a Housewife with a Space

Chapter 2082: Chapter 2076: Can’t Open It

”It’s nothing, uncle was just lost in thought. What’s the matter?” Gong Wuyou snapped back to reality and asked Cohen, who was looking at him questioningly.

”Uncle, could you help me with this?” Cohen handed the Nine-Linked Rings in his hand to Gong Wuyou. He had attempted it many times but still hadn’t solved it. Yu Ze refused to tell him how to do it, insisting that he figure it out himself. Having run out of solutions, he pinned his hopes on Gong Wuyou.

”Alright, let me take a look. But I have to tell you, uncle hasn’t played with this before, so I’m not sure I can solve it.” Gong Wuyou preemptively warned Cohen, in case he couldn’t solve it and ended up disappointing him.

”That’s fine, uncle, just try your best.” Cohen wasn’t dissatisfied; since he hadn’t been able to solve it after so long, he couldn’t demand that Gong Wuyou definitely solve it either.

”Uncle, did you go and eavesdrop on my mom and dad talking?” After Cohen left, Yu Ze slowly shifted to sit next to Gong Wuyou. With just one sentence, he almost made Gong Wuyou throw the Nine-Linked Rings away.

”Do you know what you’re saying?” Gong Wuyou paused what he was doing and looked at this child, who spoke so astonishingly. How did he know what he had done?

”Of course I know. You just left for a little while and came back, and the place you went was the kitchen where only my parents are, but you came back not long after. You must have overheard something, otherwise, you wouldn’t be spacing out like that.” Yu Ze didn’t know what the matter was, but the sadness he sensed on this uncle made him feel heavy-hearted. He didn’t want to see him like this.

Yu Ze didn’t want to see Gong Wuyou like this because, in his previous life, he was in such a state himself, so he risked exposing himself to speak with Gong Wuyou in this way.

Others might not understand what it’s like to have such feelings, but Yu Ze, having been through it, understood very well. This was why he spoke to Gong Wuyou in an adult-like manner.

”Do you understand the implication of what you’re saying?” Gong Wuyou looked at this child, wondering if he was too smart.

”Of course I do. My dad says adults shouldn’t show expressions like that. A man should act like a man, so Uncle, you are a man, and you should be strong and act like my dad says, like a man.” Upon hearing Gong Wuyou’s words, Yu Ze, who had been slightly lowering his head, lifted it. However, the expression in his eyes was different from when he was speaking just now.

Now he exhibited an innocent yet pretentiously mature demeanor, making Gong Wuyou feel a bit inadequate. Since when had he become not even as good as a child?

”Did your dad say all this?” The moment Gong Wuyou heard Yu Ze’s words, his mind, which had harbored different thoughts, breathed a sigh of relief. He figured that such a young child wouldn’t understand these things; he must have overheard his dad talking to others every time, and remembered it.

Right, if such a young child could think about these things, he would be too clever, and those who are too clever tend to fall quickly. There’s truth to the saying that extreme intelligence invites harm.

And this child is Chu Molin’s son, so Gong Wuyou didn’t want anything to happen to him. It was better for him to be a normal child.

”Yes, Uncle Xiao, Uncle Li, Uncle Wind, they all talk to dad when they come over, and I overhear while playing beside them. So uncle, you must have also gone to listen to dad and the others talking, right?” Yu Ze thought it would be easier to pass as a child.