Rebirth: Starting from a Trainee Teacher

Chapter 681 The trouble of being trusted too much

Seeing that Gu Jia did not show any suspicion towards Chen Jiaqian and did not ask about the source of the money Chen Jiaqian used to open the law firm, Zhou Jing was not happy but felt upset.

Sometimes being trusted too much is not a good thing. Zhou Jing wanted Gu Jia to know about himself and Chen Jiaqian but he didn't know how to say it.

"Besides Bai Xiyao and the one studying law, do you have any other beauties?"

Gu Jia looked at Zhou Jing and said with a smile.

"No more." Zhou Jing said thoughtfully, "That's the only one I interacted with the most in college."

“Do you have a photo of the girl who studied law?”

Gu Jia was quite curious about what the girl looked like after returning from studying abroad for three years.

Zhou Jing found a photo of Chen Jiaqian in Chen Jiaqian's space album and showed it to Gu Jia. This album contained photos of Chen Jiaqian and her bestie. There was an album in Chen Jiaqian's space specifically for photos with Zhou Jing. Originally, it was only visible to Chen Jiaqian and Zhou Jing, but it was set to be visible to only herself some time ago.

"quite pretty."

Gu Jia knew without guessing that the girl had liked Zhou Jing before, and as expected, she still liked him. It would be a lie to say that Gu Jia had no sense of crisis at all.

"It's quite different from you."

Zhou Jing forced himself to smile calmly.

“Younger than me.”

Gu Jia sighed, a woman’s youth is her biggest advantage.

“Everyone will grow old one day, and life is only about the first thirty years of life.”

Zhou Jing picked up a small piece of vegetable and handed it to the child who had just finished feeding.

Gu Jia smiled and said, "Are you so pessimistic?"

“It doesn’t matter if you are optimistic or pessimistic. After you turn 30, no matter how well you are doing, you will be content with reality.”

Zhou Jing doesn't think he is pessimistic, on the contrary he is optimistic. Being content with the reality in life is the greatest optimism. It is abnormal to wander around and look for 18 or 19-year-olds to play with after the age of 30.

"really."

Gu Jia has already realized that after she turned 30, she no longer has any pursuits and only wants a peaceful life.

Gu Jia continued with a smile: "Does this mean that you are not satisfied with reality now?"

“Now is the time to fight.”

Zhou Jing said with some guilt.

After dinner, Zhou Jing took the children to the green belt fence in the backyard to see the rabbits and ducks. A rabbit and two ducks lying on the grass looked very comfortable.

"Bunny~Duck~Have you had your meal yet?"

The little girl squatted on the grass, stretched out her little hands and touched the duck, trying to communicate with the animal.

The rabbit was indifferent, and the duck rubbed its neck against the little girl's hand.

"Touch their bellies. If they are bulging, they have eaten. If they are flat, they haven't eaten."

Zhou Jing touched the rabbit's belly.

The little girl also put her hand on the rabbit's belly, rubbed it and said, "It's time for dinner, rabbit."

"Don't disturb their rest."

Zhou Jing carried the child out. There were children's toys in the yard. Zhou Jing picked up a water gun, filled it with water and sprayed it in the garden.

"Dad~"

The little girl also wanted to play, so she staggered over to Zhou Jing.

After playing with the child for a while, Zhou Jing took the child inside to wash his hands. Gu Jia was practicing the piano in the piano corner. The melody of "Sunny Day" echoed in the room. Zhou Jing went over and pressed the piano keyboard. Zhou Jing, who liked listening to piano music, wanted to learn to play the piano, but was discouraged by the densely packed tadpole-like music score.

“Have I made significant progress?”

Gu Jia flipped through the music score and smiled.

Zhou Jing said: "You have artistic talent."

"I think so, too. Maybe I was impatient when I was little. What do you want to hear?"

When Gu Jia was a child, she could not remember the notes when playing the piano, and her fingers could not play blindly. Last year, she bought a piano and became interested and tried to learn it. She taught herself by following the tutorial and now she can play some simple songs.

“This one.”

Zhou Jing pointed to the music score of "Meeting" and said.

"I finally made this decision. I don't care what others say as long as you are equally sure. I am willing to follow you to the ends of the earth. I know everything is not easy. Mom, do you sing well?"

Gu Jia first familiarized herself with the music score, hummed a few lines, pinched her daughter's cheek and said.

"Hmm~"

The little girl stood beside the piano, raised her hands and pressed keys on the piano, making a ticking sound.

"Listen to mommy playing."

Gu Jia placed his hands on the keyboard, looking at the music score and talking. The notes danced between the strings, producing a beautiful melody.

"Sister-in-law is amazing. Will you let Zhou Zhou learn piano in the future?"

After Wu Yuan finished helping Wu Suqin with her work, she came to the piano corner and said.

"It depends on whether she likes to play the piano. Learning the piano is not an easy thing."

Gu Jia will not force her children to learn things they don’t like. Interest is the most important thing. Forcing children to learn something without them is a torture.

"I remember you played the guitar very well. You played a song in front of the class at the New Year's Eve party in 09."

Gu Jia looked up at Zhou Jing and said.

"I learned a little bit, but I've almost forgotten it."

Zhou Jing learned to play the guitar in his previous life, and only played it once for his students after his rebirth.

"Smart people learn things quickly, and I have been good at hands-on work since I was a child."

Wu Yuan remembers that when they were young, many of the toys they played with at their grandmother's house were made by Zhou Jing, including carving tops, slingshots, bows and arrows, ice sleds, origami windmills, and so on.

Zhou Jing smiled and said, "People who love to play are good at hands-on work."

"That's not necessarily true. My brother was also playful when he was young, but he was clumsy."

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After listening to Gu Jia playing two songs, Zhou Jing took the child back to the bedroom. When they reached the stairs on the first floor, the little girl raised her hands and asked for a hug. Zhou Jing held her hand and let her walk to practice her ability to climb stairs.

"eDaddy, hug me~"

The little girl didn't want to climb the stairs by herself, so she stopped in front of Zhou Jing, stomping her feet and babbling.

Zhou Jing had no choice but to hold her. The little girl contentedly lay on Zhou Jing's shoulder and cling to him.

Back in the bedroom, Zhou Jing turned on the computer in the study, used a baby carrier to hang the child on his body and played games on the computer. After playing a few games, he opened his email to check company information. There was a document issued by Ideal Technology's International Affairs Department, which was a report on cooperation with a Malaysian telecommunications operator.

As Ideal Technology's factory construction project in Malaysia was implemented, Malaysia actively sought deeper cooperation with Ideal Technology. The bargaining chip given by Malaysia was to support and purchase Ideal Technology's products and equipment. The demand was to jointly develop communication and artificial intelligence technologies with Ideal Technology. After the completion of Ideal Technology's Malaysia electronics factory, the production capacity will account for more than 50% of Ideal Technology's sales in Southeast Asia.

Zhou Jing took a rough look at the areas that could meet Malaysia's requirements. Southeast Asia is the region with the highest concentration of overseas Chinese. Having Malaysia as a bridgehead can greatly increase the output of ideal technology products and ensure a win-win situation.

After replying to the International Affairs Department of Ideal Technology, Zhou Jing sent out the email and opened his work account. His bestie Bai sent him the progress of Shengtang Semiconductor Technology Co., Ltd. Shengtang Semiconductor Technology Co., Ltd. was established by Zhou Jing specifically for chip design. The main construction of the company has been basically completed, and the next step is to start decoration. It is expected to be completed in the third quarter and put into use next spring.

The software companies invested by Zhou Jing in Shanghai, India and the United States have recently opened for business, symbolizing that Zhou Jing has completed his first expansion in the software field. The two new software companies focus on software services. The Shanghai software company provides software services to companies such as Ideal Technology, Chuangzhi Technology, and Zhirui Communications, while the software companies in India and the United States provide services for Ideal Technology's overseas business.

It was almost nine o'clock when Zhou Jing went to wash the child. When Zhou Jing was there, the child kept sticking to Zhou Jing so Gu Jia could relax a little. Zhou Jing washed the child's feet and face and handed it to Gu Jia to feed him bedtime milk.

"I won't let you eat milk anymore. You can't eat it from now on."

Gu Jia tried not to breastfeed the child.

"ehehe~Momnn~"

The little girl whimpered and tears quickly came out of her eyes.

"You still need your mother's milk at this age. Can you sleep well after drinking milk?"

Gu Jia didn’t want to feed the child with formula and she had no idea what to do with him.

"Sleep~" In order to get milk, the little girl obeyed everything. She wiped her tears and snuggled into Gu Jia's arms.

"Feed with formula milk from now on!"

Zhou Jing pinched the child's face and said.

"She wants to eat mine even if she's fed with formula."

Gu Jia said with a wry smile.

"It's comfortable to suck on. Even if you run out of milk, your baby might pester you for food."

Zhou Jing was like this when he was a child.

"Buy another can of milk powder over the weekend and wean yourself off slowly."

The child had to be weaned. He was already two and a half years old, so Gu Jia had to start preparing for the second child.

After feeding, the child started to act naughty again, rolling around on the bed. Gu Jia couldn't hold him down when she changed his pajamas. Zhou Jing held the child's shoulders with both hands and asked Gu Jia to change him.

"Dad, save me~"

The little girl's chubby little legs kicked like a whirlwind of fire wheels.

"If you don't listen, mom won't feed you anymore."

Zhou Jing gently pinched his daughter's nose and said.

"You little rascal, you just said you'd drink your milk and sleep well. If you don't keep your word, mom will really beat you."

Gu Jia patted the child's bare butt twice and said.

"woooooo"

The little girl covered her eyes, pretended to cry, and threw herself into Zhou Jing's arms.

"Kids, you must keep your word. If you don't keep your word, your dad will be angry with you, understand?"

Zhou Jing rubbed the child's head and said.

After some effort to coax the child to sleep, Zhou Jing and Gu Jia went to take a shower. Not wanting to soak in the bath, the two rinsed in the shower area, under the warm water. Gu Jia rubbed Zhou Jing's back first. The shower area was well designed, with one able to sit or lie down. Zhou Jing sat on a special chair in the bathroom and enjoyed Gu Jia rubbing his back while washing his hair.

"I want to see if you have any gray hair."

Gu Jia sat behind Zhou Jing and looked at Zhou Jing's hair carefully.

"I shouldn't have that since I'm in such good health."

Although Zhou Jing uses his brain a lot, he is full of energy.

"No, see if I have any."

When chatting with her best friend, she told her that she had more and more white hair and wanted to dye her hair. Gu Jia couldn't help but worry that she would also start to have white hair. People after the age of 30 are very sensitive to white hair.

"No, the most beautiful young woman."

Zhou Jing grabbed Gu Jia's long hair and looked her over and said.

Gu Jia touched Zhou Jing's head with a smile, picked up the towel and continued to wipe Zhou Jing's back. Then Zhou Jing wiped Gu Jia. Gu Jia's long hair looked even darker and shinier when wet, her shoulders and back were white and delicate, and her skin seemed to be without any flaws. Zhou Jing didn't dare to wipe her back too hard for fear of rubbing her skin.

"It's better for a child to have brothers or sisters. I saw in the news that a woman gave birth to three or four children. Do you think she will suffer from nutritional deficiencies if she carries so many children in her belly at once?"

Gu Jia looked in the mirror and sighed. Her body recovered very well after giving birth to a child last year. She didn't expect a complete recovery after having a second child, but she would be satisfied if she could recover 80% of the way to now.

"It'll be fine if you pay attention to your nutrition. Carrying twins is exhausting enough. Do you want to have three or four at once?"

Zhou Jing doesn't like triplets or quadruplets. Twins, one boy and one girl, are just right. It is sometimes inconvenient if the children look too similar.

"If you want to have twins, you better work harder when you're doing it."

Gu Jia said with a smile.

"You have to work harder, I will definitely take care of it."

After wiping Gu Jia's back, Zhou Jing wiped the front.

After taking a shower, Zhou Jing went back to the bedroom to check on the child. The little girl was sleeping soundly with her hands outside the quilt. Zhou Jing gently put the two little hands inside the quilt, kissed the child on the cheek, and lay down to sleep.

"You are growing up so fast. I don't need you to warm my bed for me in the winter anymore. Zhou Zhou will warm the bed for me."

Gu Jia went to bed and played with the child, then said while lying in Zhou Jing's arms.

"Zhou Zhou prefers to warm my bed, so don't compete with me."

Zhou Jing hugged Gu Jia with one arm and patted her butt with the other arm.

"Be stricter in the future and let me play the role of the good guy."

Gu Jia also felt that her daughter was more willing to give Zhou Jingnuan her bed. Being a mother is always disliked by the children and is a thankless job.

They went to bed early at night, and Zhou Jing and Gu Jia woke up early the next day. Zhou Jing opened his eyes and looked up at the child over there by Gu Jia. The little girl, who had just woken up, was looking around with her watery eyes, without focus. After meeting Zhou Jing's gaze, the little girl's eyes seemed to have found focus, and she smiled at Zhou Jing, calling "Dad" in a baby voice.

The little girl crawled out of her own bed and got into the adult bed. The first thing she did was to squeeze into Gu Jia's arms to feed. While she was feeding, Zhou Jing changed her diaper in the bed. The diaper that had been used all night was heavy and smelly. Zhou Jing rolled up the diaper and threw it on the ground, then used a wet wipe to wipe her butt.

"It's not easy for your parents to raise you. When you grow up, you should give them less trouble and be more filial to them. Do you understand?"

Gu Jia said while looking at the child in her arms.

"Tell me I know, mom. I will be a good baby."

Zhou Jing held the child's chubby feet in both hands and taught him.

After feeding, Gu Jia got up. The child got into Zhou Jing's arms and moved around. Zhou Jing picked up a picture book, turned to the character section, pointed to the words next to the character, and asked the child: "Who is this?"

"Dad~"

"this."

"elder brother."

"this."

"younger sister."

"How clever! Do you want a brother and sister?"

Gu Jia, who was combing the child's hair, said as she combed the child's hair.

"think."

The child is still young and may not have any concept of younger brothers and sisters, so when adults ask, it means they want them.

"You will be the older sister once you have a younger brother or sister. You must take good care of them. Mom will give birth to a younger brother or sister for you the year after next. Zhou Zhou will be four years old the year after next. I'm too busy. Otherwise, I should have had a second baby sooner."

Many of Gu Jia’s classmates who have multiple children have children whose ages are about two years apart. A two-year age difference between children is also good.

"That would be too harmful to the body."

Zhou Jing felt nervous, fearing that Gu Jia would consider having a second child right now.

“Is having a sibling more or less stressful in the average family?

Some people prefer single-child families, while others prefer having brothers and sisters. Gu Jia cannot think about this issue from the child's perspective.

Zhou Jing said, "It will be less stressful. Even if you can't help your brothers and sisters financially, they can have a helper when things happen at home. A couple with only one child supporting four elderly people will have a lot of time pressure, not to mention the financial pressure. For an ordinary family, one son and one daughter is the best, but in modern society, two daughters are also good."

"It's different. Ask your mother whether she feels the same about her son and son-in-law. If your parents are sick or old and can't move around easily, they won't feel embarrassed in front of their sons, but they will definitely feel embarrassed in front of their sons-in-law."

Gu Jia originally thought that sons and daughters are the same in modern society, but after listening to her mother's feelings some time ago, she changed her mind.

"Their generation has old-fashioned ideas. Some of them are sympathetic to strangers, while others despise their own parents."

"Yes, the quality education of children is the most important. Traditional virtues should not be lost. Buy a set of Twenty-Four Filial Exemplars and tell them to Zhou Zhou more often."

Gu Jia thought about it and realized that this was the truth.

"The best way to educate is for adults to lead by example. Children have a strong ability to imitate the people and things around them when they are young."

Zhou Jing doesn't want to just preach to his children when educating them.

"It seems you have to be more careful about your behavior in the future." Gu Jia kissed the child and said, "Mom will be a good mom, and Zhou Zhou must be a good child!"

(End of this chapter)