Capítulo 1282: Chapter 1282: I Only Have One Older Brother (5)
“Hmm, of course.” Ruan Hao nodded, glanced at the eight kids, and then frowned.
He had always felt something was missing. Only now did he realize it was Xiu Xi.
Thinking of how he went to the front mountain to find the Thousand-year-old Ginseng for Ruan Jiaojiao, Ruan Hao couldn’t help but feel anxious again, wondering if he could find it.
He turned and walked to his room. Once inside, he spent over an hour showering and freshening up. When he came out again, his beard was shaved, and he looked refreshed. Perhaps having studied abroad, the aura of dignity around him was even stronger than before.
Even Shu Jiao couldn’t help but stare at him in a daze.
As she came over with freshly made noodles, she smiled and said, “You haven’t been abroad for too long, but it seems you’ve grown taller again.”
Ruan Hao laughed helplessly, pulled out a chair, and started eating the noodles. Few people could eat with elegance, but Ruan Hao could. Just watching him made Shu Jiao feel it was a kind of enjoyment.
Ruan Hao hadn’t eaten properly for days. He had no appetite while catching a flight, and was too anxious to eat anything on the train. He quickly finished the bowl of noodles.
“Once you’re done eating, go and rest. You look exhausted,” Shu Jiao said, her heart aching for him.
Ruan Hao shook his head. His voice, as always, was cold and indifferent, but his gaze carried a sharpness that didn’t match his usual demeanor.
“Mom, I need to know everything about the Yuan Family.”
Confronted with his penetrating gaze, Shu Jiao hesitated for a moment but didn’t hide anything. She recounted all the entanglements with the Yuan Family word for word.
When she mentioned Ruan Jiaojiao coughing up blood due to a photo sent by the Yuan Family, Ruan Hao lowered his eyelids, masking the emotions in his eyes at that moment.
After Shu Jiao finished speaking, he didn’t respond for a long time. After a while, he lifted his head, speaking with a tone that was hard to decipher: “Dead? Does dying absolve her of all the wrongs she did?”
“Ahao…” Shu Jiao called his name, seeing the bone-chilling coldness in his eyes.
Ruan Hao stood up: “Mom, I can’t forgive this, and I can’t be magnanimous, even if she’s dead.”
Leaving those words, Ruan Hao stood up and returned to his room, leaving Shu Jiao in the living room in a daze.
Who would want to be so magnanimous?
But the old Mrs. Yuan had already died, and no matter how much resentment there was, nothing could be done about it. Except for the Yuan Hui couple who shielded Mrs. Yuan, the rest of the Yuan Family wasn’t aware of these matters.
She couldn’t possibly lay all this on the younger generation of the Yuan Family. If she did, how would she be any different from the old Mrs. Yuan?
The only regret was that old Mrs. Yuan was dead, and Nanny Liu was still detained. The Yuan Family was waiting for the case to be resolved.
As evening approached and the sky was about to darken, Rou Rou suddenly dashed back from outside.
The Ruan Family members were startled and immediately rushed forward.
Rou Rou spat out a ginseng it was holding in its mouth, barked twice at Shu Jiao, then turned to grab Ruan Jianguo’s pant leg, pulling him to run outside, growling urgently to urge him to follow.
“Is this the Thousand-year-old Ginseng?” Shu Jiao asked. Seeing it pulling Ruan Jianguo outside, she instantly guessed a possibility: “Is Xiaoxi injured?”
Rou Rou nodded, whining and pulling hard on Ruan Jianguo’s pant leg, stamping its four paws anxiously on the ground. Shu Jiao quickly said, “Jianguo, follow Rou Rou to bring Xiaoxi back,” then turned and said to Ruan Jie, “You go get a doctor.”