Chapter 1123: Chapter 1123 Conjoined Twins (1)
She suddenly thought about a popular drama from some country ten years ago, where the heroine suffers from a terminal illness and the family’s reactions started her imagination running wild. Could she have a terminal illness too?
She withdrew her gaze from Shu Jiao and their room, mysteriously approached Xiu Xi, turned to look at him, only to meet his eyes watching her intently. He really did look like someone watching a terminally ill person—they might not be able to look at them much longer.
“Brother Xiu, I have a question for you, please don’t lie to me, okay?”
Xiu Xi looked at her, waiting for her to ask.
Ruan Jiaojiao tugged at her clothes, nervously: “Do I have a terminal illness or something, the kind that can’t be cured?” She didn’t expect to have the fate of a heroine, but she ended up with the heroine’s illness. How tragic.
“…” Xiu Xi.
“…” Rou Rou scooted its big butt away in distaste, shifting to the side a little.
“What nonsense, terminal illness or not, quick, spit it out!” Ruanlin Family brought a plate of fruit from the kitchen, heard this, and immediately poked Ruan Jiaojiao’s little head in annoyance.
The force was gentle, but Ruan Jiaojiao deliberately leaned forward a bit, stretched out her little arms, hugged Ruanlin Family’s waist, and coquettishly said, “Grandma, are you hiding something from me?”
“No.” Ruanlin Family tousled her little head, stuffed a small apple into her hand, “What wild thoughts, terminal illness or not, you’re young but think too much.”
Ruan Jiaojiao pouted, it wasn’t her fault for thinking too much, their behavior was just too strange, she’s not dumb, of course, she could sense it.
However, through this probing, she realized that they were indeed hiding something, but they also truly didn’t want her to know.
And judging by their reactions, it seemed she did not have some ridiculous terminal illness, and that was a relief.
Ruan Jiaojiao felt at ease and stopped dwelling on it. After watching TV for a while and feeling sleepy, she lay on Xiu Xi’s back and went upstairs to sleep.
She fell asleep quickly, so she didn’t know that after she fell asleep, Xiaobai, who was never allowed on the bed, lay down next to her. However, because her body couldn’t stand the cold now, it didn’t touch her but just lay beside her. On the other side lay Rou Rou. The two of them were like two guardians, just lying on her sides.
Xiu Xi, on the other hand, returned to Xiahe Village stealthily under the cover of night, entering the mountain at the front, which he hadn’t entered for a long time.
The next day.
Ruan Jiaojiao woke up early. When she got up, Rou Rou and Xiaobai had already left. Only Xiu Xi was sitting at her desk, with his back to her, his head low as if doing something very seriously.
Ruan Jiaojiao yawned, turned over to the side, and with a movement that pulled at her calf, she couldn’t help letting out a short cry of pain.
Xiu Xi, who had been earnestly working on something with his back to her, immediately turned to look over.
Seeing she was awake, he put the item in his hand into his pocket, stood up, walked over, adjusted the pillow under her knee, and inspected her wound. Seeing it hadn’t reopened, he then looked at her face.
Ruan Jiaojiao rubbed her eyes, her voice hoarse from just waking up, sounding almost like she was sulking. “Brother Xiu, what time is it?”
“Six o’clock,” Xiu Xi replied, bending down to help her sit up.
“So early.” Ruan Jiaojiao stretched lazily, having been used to a relaxed lifestyle, she found this kind of routine a bit hard to get used to.