Chapter 1068: All About Sister Complex (3)

Zhao Hu was Ruan Jie’s classmate, also from Xiahe Village. Ruan Jiaojiao had some impression of him, remembering that he had gone with them to the back hills a few times in the past. Hearing that girl speak, Ruan Jiaojiao looked at him, only to see him staring shyly at the pretty girl.

"She’s Jiaojiao, the younger sister of Ruan Jie and Ruan Chi," Zhao Hu replied. His gaze, however, was fixed on Chen Tingting.

Chen Tingting was the school belle. When she transferred to their class, more than half the boys at school liked her, Zhao Hu included. But he knew she liked Ruan Jie. Even so, whenever he saw her, his eyes couldn’t help but be drawn to her.

"You’re Ajie’s sister?" Chen Tingting asked after hearing this, immediately turning her gaze to Ruan Jiaojiao. The previous emotion in her eyes was gone, replaced by a deliberate smile.

"..." Ruan Jiaojiao glanced at her but didn’t bother to respond. It had already been stated that she was his sister, so why ask again? Clearly, she hadn’t been friendly earlier.

Ruan Jiaojiao never let herself suffer.

For those who treat her well, she would repay them doubly. But for those who dislike her, she never tries to ingratiate herself. Upon hearing that, she merely gave the girl a look and then withdrew her gaze. Turning to Ruan Jie, who had just finished his match, she held out her hand: "Brother, I want to get down. I need to go to the restroom."

Ruan Jie immediately stepped forward and lifted her down. Ruan Jiaojiao casually handed him the unfinished soda: "I can’t finish it."

"Alright, I’ll drink it. Go quickly, the restroom’s over there," Ruan Jie said, and naturally took a sip from the soda bottle Ruan Jiaojiao handed him.

The Ruan Family had long been accustomed to this. Other boys, carefree as they were, didn’t think much of it. But in Chen Tingting’s eyes, it was an entirely different scene.

The forced smile on her face grew even more rigid.

She recalled back in school once, when she had sat across from him in the cafeteria, bringing along food sent from her home. To please him, she had deliberately offered him two ribs. In response, he told her he had a cleanliness obsession and gave her meal away before going to get his own.

Back then, she felt both upset and humiliated. But remembering his claim of having a cleanliness obsession, she gradually convinced herself to let it go.

But now...

Watching him unhesitatingly drink from the soda bottle Ruan Jiaojiao had already drunk from, lips directly touching the rim, she suddenly understood that his so-called ’cleanliness obsession’ had only ever been directed at her.

Upon realizing this, the smile on Chen Tingting’s face fell apart. Her expression twisted into one of embarrassment and anger. Perhaps not wanting others to notice, she tried hard to maintain her smile, but the effort only made her face look contorted.

Ugh...

Ruan Jiaojiao couldn’t help but silently smirk to herself. Was this girl into her brother? Didn’t she realize her brother was a steel-hearted straight man?

In fact, Ruan Jie and Ruan Jianguo were very similar—not just in appearance, but also in personality. Before meeting Shu Jiao, Ruan Jianguo was also a steel-hearted straight man. Even now, he remained one—but only toward other women, not Shu Jiao.

Sometimes, Ruan Jiaojiao felt envious of her mother. Her father might have plenty of flaws and couldn’t match up to her mother in terms of family background. But he had a heart that loved her mother deeply. Even as the Ruan Family’s fortunes grew over the years, he never once strayed. To him, other women were either family members or strangers.