Chapter 2173: The Truth Abroad (5)
Chapter 2173: Chapter 2173: The Truth Abroad (5)
However, what Ruan Jiaojiao didn’t know was that while you definitely couldn’t hear anything from the corner of the wall, her parents had lived through that age themselves; no one knew better than Ruan Jianguo and Shu Jiao what was going on in Duan Xi’s head! It was just that there were some things Shu Jiao didn’t want to do herself, so she had Ruan Jianguo do them.When Ruan Jiaojiao returned to the private room, Duan Xi still hadn’t come back.
Seeing that they were about to start eating, Ruan Jiaojiao ran over to call him. She had just raised her hand to knock when the door opened, and Duan Xi stood in the doorway, his expression looking a little ugly.
"Brother Xi?" Ruan Jiaojiao called out in surprise.
Duan Xi’s eyes were dark, but he quickly adjusted his expression, took the hand she’d lifted, and said softly, "Let’s go eat first."
"Oh, okay." Ruan Jiaojiao nodded, tilted her head to glance at Duan Qianyang inside the room, and only then followed Duan Xi away.
That evening at dinner, Ruan Jianguo pushed out a huge multi‑layered cake. Looking at the family crowding around her, Ruan Jiaojiao felt utterly satisfied, her smile brimming with happiness.
After they finished singing the birthday song, Ruan Jiaojiao and Little Potato cut the cake together. Once they’d served pieces to the elders in the family, their peers didn’t need her to fuss over them and just started helping themselves.
After the cake, the large group started heading toward the cinema.
In the movie theater, in the dark, enclosed space, Ruan Jiaojiao lowered her voice, a little nervous, and said to Duan Xi, "Brother Xi, my dad said we have to go home tonight. He said he’ll come pick us up as soon as the movie ends."
Ruan Jiaojiao understood what Duan Xi meant, and she was willing too, but she was still young after all. Just saying this made her little face burn fiery hot in the darkness.
She thought Duan Xi would at least be somewhat unhappy, or emotional, or try to come up with some other plan, but unexpectedly, he only reached out and pulled her shoulder into his arms, lowered his head to kiss her forehead, and answered, "Okay."