Chapter 709 - 709 709 Snatch (1)_1

Chapter 709: Chapter 709: Snatch (1)_1 Chapter 709: Chapter 709: Snatch (1)_1 “Mmm, she said she’d make me something tasty next time and visit me three times a week,” Ruan Wei said, still somewhat expectant.

Ruan Jiaojiao nodded, perhaps her prejudices against Liao Zhaoji were too deep, she always felt her motives weren’t that pure.

After returning home, Ruan Wei didn’t dare to face the Ruanlin Family, so he went back first. The Ruanlin Family asked Ruan Jiaojiao, “Did you see her?”

Ruan Jiaojiao nodded, then gave an account of the situation, and finally said, “Granny, she really has gained a lot, a lot of weight, she’s this, this fat.” Ruan Jiaojiao stretched her little arms wide as she gestured, and added, “Jiaojiao always feels she’s not that kind-hearted.”

“It would be strange if she were that kind-hearted, befuddled for over a decade, could she suddenly turn good?” the Ruanlin Family scoffed coldly, her eyes filled with sarcasm, but for the moment, she wasn’t certain why Liao Zhaoji was acting this way.

In the evening, when Shu Jiao came back, Ruan Jiaojiao squeezed into her room, “Mom, did you tell my brothers about the thing I mentioned on Sunday?”

“Not yet, what’s up?”

“Today she came to find Brother Wei again, but it’s strange, she didn’t ask for money, she just said she missed Brother Wei, said that from now on she wants to see Brother Wei three times every week, and make him tasty food, don’t you think that’s odd?”

Upon hearing this, Shu Jiao remained unperturbed and said, “She wants your Brother Wei.”

Although she hadn’t yet told Ruan Jun and Ruan Chi, she had already had someone inquire about it in the village where she married.

It was much as the Ruan Family had predicted; she wasn’t living well. The man had married her just to have a son, but they ended up having a daughter instead. The daughter didn’t have any serious illnesses, just malnutrition, which made her head look a bit large, appearing as if she was severely sick.

After having this daughter, the man pressured her for a second child, but Liao Zhaoji was already of a certain age, and having just given birth, she wasn’t in good physical condition. She tried for over half a year but didn’t get pregnant. Eventually, she listened to someone’s advice that getting fatter would make it easier to conceive, so she ate a lot of antibiotics and ended up in her current state.

Having a son was out of the question now, but her current husband wanted a son, and he himself was getting older, unable to wait much longer. That’s why she turned her attention to Ruan Wei.

Ruan Wei was the youngest and not as clear-headed as Ruan Jun and Ruan Chi, which made it likely for the second branch of the family to really have a struggle on their hands.

“Jiaojiao, Mom can’t interfere in this matter. It’s up to your second uncle and the others to solve on their own.” Custody fights like this one, it wasn’t proper for her, a sister-in-law, to get involved between an ex-husband and wife.

“Moreover, Mom hopes that Jiaojiao won’t get too involved either, okay?”

“Why?” Ruan Jiaojiao pouted, somewhat displeased. She didn’t want Liao Zhaoji to take Ruan Wei away. She was sure she wouldn’t be good to her brother, and Liao Zhaoji hadn’t been much of a mother to begin with, let alone with a stepfather to come. She hardly dared to imagine what kind of life Ruan Wei would have,

“Silly child, this kind of thing has to be decided by the people involved. You can’t influence your brother’s decision. Otherwise, in the future, your Brother Wei might have regrets, or even blame you. So, Mom hopes you won’t intervene either. Let your Brother Wei decide on his own, whether to go or stay, it’s up to him.”

“Of course, if he wants to stay with the Ruan Family, Mom promises that absolutely no one can take him away, okay?”