Chapter 380 Shu Jiao Almost Drowns (7)_1
Whenever he had free time, he would keep Ruan Jiaojiao company, writing her name on all her books and helping her cover the new ones with newspaper. His precision in handling the task was superb, and each book was wrapped incredibly beautifully.
After finishing with Ruan Jiaojiao’s books, he wanted to help Xiu Xi with hers, but Xiu Xi didn’t appreciate the gesture and took her backpack to another corner.
"..." Ruan Jiaojiao, who knew his stubborn nature only too well.
She could only continue to chat with Shu Lang with a smile, deftly changing the subject to dispel the awkwardness of the moment.
Time passed quickly in the afternoon, and by evening, after having her dinner, Ruan Jiaojiao lay on the bamboo bed in her yard while Shu Lang sat beside her, gently fanning her. The little antagonist had vanished somewhere after dinner.
"Jiaojiao, do you miss your brother? Is it not quite the same without him around?" Shu Lang asked.
Ruan Jiaojiao nodded, indeed it was so. Previously, when she lived in the old house, it didn’t seem obvious, given there were so many brothers around, and nobody seemed particularly special. But since moving here, Ruan Jie, her biological brother, had been the only one to spend a lot of time with her.
When he was around, she found him chattering nonstop and terribly noisy, but now that he had gone off to study and was no longer at her side, she felt the absence acutely, and it was disconcerting.