Chapter 954: Only I Can Guard It (1)
Xiu Xi was wearing a long down jacket on the day he left, though he wasn’t actually afraid of the cold at all. But Ruan Jiaojiao insisted that Beidu was much colder than where they were, so she forcefully demanded he wear it. The boots he wore on his feet were fleece-lined and mid-calf in length. When he departed, he was full of spirit, young and exquisitely handsome.
But upon his return...
Almost everyone from the Ruan Family hardly dared to recognize this version of Xiu Xi. His down jacket was torn early on, full of holes as if scratched by something, and the shoes on his feet had lost their original color, completely covered in mud.
It seemed he had not slept for several days and nights, with a somber complexion and thick bloodshot eyes. As soon as the door opened, his gaze locked onto Ruan Jiaojiao and never shifted away.
In the silence, the Ruanlin Family’s cry broke through first: "Xiaoxi!"
Ruan Jiaojiao was still holding the phone, on which Grandpa Shu was anxiously calling out her name, tears on the verge of spilling from her eyes. Feeling wronged and unsure of what to do, she abruptly saw the missing person appear at the door, truly stunned into stillness.
Then in the blink of an eye, tears surged forth.
During the two days Ruan Jiaojiao was injured, except for when the pain was unbearable and she cried out, she hadn’t shed tears at other times, because she knew that if she cried, the Ruan Family would worry even more. So even though she felt very uneasy, she never revealed the slightest bit of it.
Even just now, she was both anxious and worried, but her tears only welled up in her eyes, never falling.
But now.
Seeing Xiu Xi standing outside so disheveled, it was just a glance into his eyes, and all the grievances of the past few days overwhelmed her, almost drowning her entirely.