Chapter 744 - 744 744 Price Hike upon Seating (6)_1

Chapter 744: Chapter 744: Price Hike upon Seating (6)_1 Chapter 744: Chapter 744: Price Hike upon Seating (6)_1 The two brothers had barely processed the events of the morning, only to be blindsided by such explosive news that afternoon.

Ruan Jun, being slightly older, managed to retain some composure, while Ruan Chi burst out shouting, “Good if he’s smashed, it’s completely over if he’s dead!”

“Ruan Chi.” Shu Jiao’s tone was stern.

Ruan Chi’s eyes reddened, but he stubbornly refused to speak, instead turning his head away and clamping his lips tightly shut.

“Do you want to go to the hospital to see for yourselves?” Shu Jiao gently touched the young man’s head and sighed as she asked.

“No!” Ruan Chi immediately responded. Ruan Jun tugged at him, only to be met with a glare as Ruan Chi shouted, “What, you want to go? Then go, but don’t drag me along! I have to attend class!” With that, he turned and ran off in the direction of his classroom.

“Auntie, I’ll have a good talk with him,” Ruan Jun apologized to Shu Jiao, then hurried after Ruan Chi.

He knew that the incident with their father smashing the stool and ending up in the hospital wouldn’t end well, and they had to go to the hospital to help deal with it. It was their family’s responsibility and should not have pulled their uncle’s family into it. Their father might be thoughtless, but they had to be grateful.

Despite Ruan Chi’s strong reluctance, he ultimately left the school gates, pulled along by Ruan Jun.

In a small car at the restaurant, Shu Jiao had asked a former factory colleague of Ruan Jianguo’s, who now drove trucks at their store, to take them to the hospital.

Actually, this matter could have been easily resolved.

Liao Zhaoji indeed had custody rights over the three children, but she lacked the means to provide for them. Additionally, with her attempt to kidnap the children from the village, she had no leg to stand on legally, and it would have been easy to dismiss her, simply by intimidating or tempting her.

But with Ruan Jiandang’s act of violence, the nature of the incident had completely changed.

What was once a defensible position had turned indefensible.

Shu Jiao pinched the bridge of her nose, feeling a headache wash over her. She really did not want to get involved with the messes of the second household. Not only was it dirty work, but because of the connection with Ruan Jiaojiao, she couldn’t just avoid lending a hand. It was frustrating, to say the least.

Upon arriving at the hospital, Shu Jiao sent the two boys to find Ruan Jiandang, while she took Ruan Jianguo aside in a corner to ask in detail about the events that had transpired.

After Ruan Jianguo finished explaining and saw Shu Jiao’s furrowed brow, he knew she disliked dealing with the second household’s issues and said, “My dear, I’ll handle this incident. Don’t you worry about it.”

Shu Jiao snorted with a laugh and turned to glare at him, “You’ll handle it? Is this how you’ve been handling it?”

Ruan Jianguo knew he was in the wrong and did not argue.

“Fine, don’t you deal with this either. Let them sort it out themselves. If they can’t, then we’ll think of something,” Shu Jiao thought that Ruan Jun, who was also in his senior year of high school and seventeen years old, should start taking charge.

“Okay,” Ruan Jianguo agreed, dutifully this time.

In the evening, Ruan Jiaojiao came with the Ruanlin family to deliver food. Ruan Jianguo and Shu Jiao had no intention to stay overnight at the hospital, so after giving some instructions to Ruan Jun and Ruan Chi, they went back home together.

However, as soon as they arrived home, they noticed a small car parked at their doorstep. From a distance, they had assumed it belonged to the Yuan Family, but as they drew closer, they realized it was not.

Ruan Jianguo got out of the car, looking puzzled.

Ruan Jiaojiao also looked confused. Upon entering the courtyard and seeing the person standing there, she was surprised—what was their tall uncle doing at their house?