"What nonsense are you talking about!" As soon as she heard him bringing up Duan Xi, Ruan Jiaojiao got angry: "What does it have to do with Brother Xi? In my first year of high school, I got seriously ill and took a six-month break from school. Brother Xi also took a six-month break. Who would hide your letters."
Jiang Xun didnāt expect Ruan Jiaojiao to get so upset, his eyes darkened, and he didnāt speak for a moment.
Ruan Jiaojiao looked at him not speaking, and could only say, "I really donāt know that you wrote to me, and I havenāt seen them."
Just at that moment, Ruan Hao came out after changing clothes, and Ruan Jiaojiao didnāt want to deal with him, so she ran over immediately.
The pants Ruan Hao was wearing fit him well, making his long legs look even longer and straighter. Ruan Hao didnāt change out of them; he wore them straight out.
After buying the pants, the two of them left the department store. The watch was too expensive; in this era, you canāt use a card to buy things, and itās not appropriate to carry this much cash around, so earlier Ruan Hao had given the clerk his business card and asked her to deliver it directly to the hotel. Ruan Hao had already informed the hotelās finance department.
In the car, Ruan Jiaojiao complained to Ruan Hao about what Jiang Xun had just said.
"I donāt even know why he wrote to me out of the blue. I didnāt receive them, yet he suspects Brother Xi." Ruan Jiaojiao really felt that given their current relationship, it hadnāt reached the level of letter writing, right?
While Ruan Jiaojiao was complaining and venting, Ruan Hao stayed silent, just listening and occasionally responding with an "Mm" as a reply.
The little girl fell asleep after complaining for a while, and Ruan Hao draped his suit jacket over her and continued driving home.
When they got home, Duan Xi had already returned. As Ruan Haoās car entered the courtyard, seeing Ruan Jiaojiao sleeping in the passenger seat, he immediately came over to carefully carry her out.
Seeing him reach in and noticing how Ruan Jiaojiao instinctively snuggled into Duan Xiās arms, Ruan Hao said in a low voice: "Xiaoxi, come to the study later."
Duan Xi glanced at him and nodded.
Ruan Jiaojiao woke up after dinner. By the time she woke up, the watch theyād bought had already been delivered by the hotel. She inspected it happily, ensured everything was fine, and then put it in the drawer.
The next day.
Duan Xiās eighteenth birthday arrived as scheduled.
"Longevity noodles, may you live a long life, healthy and happy." Ruanlin got up early in the morning to prepare a bowl of longevity noodles for Duan Xi, placed it in front of him, and said with a warm smile.
"Thank you, Grandma." Duan Xi stood up to take the bowl of noodles, glanced at Ruan Jiaojiao, then picked up his chopsticks to serve some into her bowl.
"Thatās for you, thereās plenty more here." Ruan Lei came out from the back kitchen carrying a big bowl of noodles and quickly said when he saw the scene.
"Itās not the same," Duan Xi replied. Because it was his birthday today, the noodles were handmade by Ruanlin, while the others had store-bought noodles. Handmade noodles were chewier and tasted much better, not to mention his longevity he wanted to share with her.
The other members of the Ruan Family saw this and didnāt say anything, even Ruan Dakuan tacitly approved.
"..." Ruan Lei. Well, I guess he was being extra.
Ruan Jiaojiao didnāt refuse either, smiling as she ate the noodles that Duan Xi had given her. The family ate and chatted, the atmosphere was quite harmonious.
Since the dinner arranged with the Duan Family was in the evening, there was plenty of time. After breakfast, Ruan Jiaojiao remembered that the apartment near Qing University hadnāt been cleaned yet, and with only a few days before school started, she took Duan Xi, Ruan Lei, Lu Zishu, and Qin Yue along to clean up.