Father Zhuang nodded and sighed. "Jingcheng and Tu Nan have brought glory to our ancestors. I realized long ago that going to university really is best. With you looking after Xiaoting and Pengfei, they're sure to get into university too. I'm not worried about them.
"But Zhendong and Zhenbei... your younger brother isn't well educated and can't help them with their studies. You're the eldest in the family. Surely you can't just stand by and watch your nephews fail to get into university?
"I think once Jingcheng and Tu Nan start university, we should have Zhendong and Zhenbei move in with you!"
Chapter 59: A miscalculation
The moment Father Zhuang spoke, Zhou Cheng felt a distinct sense of the other shoe dropping.
He had guessed something like this would happen as soon as the elderly couple offered to host a meal.
Last year, he had told Zhuang Hualin to have Xiang Pengfei come straight to his house instead of visiting his grandparents precisely to keep those old fossils from climbing the pole offered to them and taking a mile when given an inch.
Yet Zhuang Chaoying refused to learn his lesson and insisted on delivering himself to their doorstep.
Now the two old fossils had seized their opening.
By their rotten logic, if a sister's son could stay, then a brother's sons naturally could too.
They could dress it up as being for the children's education and university entrance exams, making their reasoning sound perfectly high-minded.
Huang Ling set her spoon down in her bowl, her expression darkening at once.
Zhuang Chaoying looked at Father Zhuang in astonishment, never expecting him to bring up that old issue again at a time like this.
He could not help glancing at Huang Ling, knowing his wife was particularly sensitive about this.
"Dad,