Chapter 923: Trip to Beidu (8)
After school... It wasn’t Xiu Xi accompanying her anymore; instead, it was Ruan Jianguo who came to pick her up.
Ruan Jiaojiao’s life felt empty, each day seeming utterly uninteresting.
Meanwhile, at the same time that Xiu Xi reached Beidu, the man he was searching for had also returned home to Xiahe Village.
He was a person with extreme germophobia; usually, the first thing he did upon returning home was to take a shower, but not today. Instead, he went straight to the study room’s door, knocked, and entered.
The old man in the study was playing chess with someone. Seeing the man coming in, the person immediately stood up: "Second Young Master."
The man referred to as the Second Young Master did not even glance at him but walked straight to the old man and bowed his head: "Dad, I’m back."
The old man was still looking down at the chessboard and didn’t lift his head upon hearing the words, casually asking: "Did you find her?"
The man nodded: "Yes, but the woman had died more than a decade ago, along with the unborn child." He paused: "That woman’s husband later remarried and had children of his own."
Upon hearing this, the old man seemed to either let out a sigh of relief or a sigh of resignation, put down the white jade chess piece, reached for his cane, and the person who just got up from playing chess with him quickly came forward to assist. With help, the old man stood up, turned around, and walked to the window behind him, silently gazing at the withered garden outside for a long while.
"Then let it be. You’ve worked hard; go rest for now."