Chapter 1951: Buying a Mountain and Opening a Zoo (2)
"I know, I won’t mess around anymore in the future, and I will take care of Jiaojiao."
Lu Xian sighed deeply and nodded.
Even though he knew Ruan Jiaojiao didn’t come to see him off, he couldn’t help but glance around. Finally, under the reluctant eyes of the Lu Family, he embarked on his journey to study abroad.
Ruan Jiaojiao stood behind a large pillar, watching Lu Xian’s figure disappear from view, her eyes red and swollen. Toward Lu Xian, even though she knew that matters of the heart shouldn’t be forced, she couldn’t help but carry a sense of guilt.
Duan Xi held her small hand on the side. Ruan Jiaojiao turned to look at him, blinking shyly, and asked, "Brother Xi, we won’t ever separate in the future, right?"
Duan Xi nodded and answered with unusual solemnity, "Right."
But even as he said that, their challenges came surprisingly quickly.
In the latter half of 1996, Ruan Wei and Yuan Xiaodong took their college entrance exams. Ruan Wei had always struggled with his studies, so his score just barely met the requirements for a vocational college. However, since all his brothers and Ruan Jiaojiao were in Beidu, he chose a vocational school there too.
Yuan Xiaodong scored much better than him and was admitted to an average university, also in Beidu.
Before the school started, Yuan Xiaodong followed Ruan Wei to visit the Ruan Family. As always, he followed Duan Xi around like a little sidekick.
Seeing him reminded Ruan Jiaojiao of when she used to tease him into calling her ’aunt,’ and she couldn’t stop laughing. She tried to make him call her ’aunt’ again, but he turned the tables, teasing her back, saying that she had planned long ago to make Duan Xi her target, calling Duan Xi ’uncle.’