The Kitty Became a Cutie and Was Pampered in the 80s
Chapter 273: Changchong (5)_1

Chapter 273: Chapter 273: Changchong (5)_1

After so much sweating, if she didn’t clean up properly, with Ruan Jiaojiao’s weak constitution she was very susceptible to getting a fever.

Ruan Jiaojiao actually hadn’t fallen asleep; she simply couldn’t sleep at all now, with her mind fully occupied by the dream she just had. She hoped that she had seen it wrong, misunderstood it, and did not want it to be the original Ruan Jiaojiao.

If that were the case...

Ruan Jiaojiao’s gaze darkened, and she took the opportunity when the Ruanlin Family was turning her over to clean her body to wrap her small hand around her neck and mumbled in a tiny voice, "Nanny, Jiaojiao will protect you."

The Ruanlin Family was surprised and paused, looking down at the darling in her arms; seeing her squinting with deep sleep, she shook her head helplessly and continued with what she was doing.

The next day when Ruan Jiaojiao woke up, it was Xiu Xi who took care of her as usual, while the Ruanlin Family was making breakfast in the kitchen. She got up very early today and had Ruan Jianguo go to the town’s pharmacy first thing in the morning to buy some medical pearl powder.

Pearl powder can calm the spirit and relieve shock.

Ruan Jiaojiao had been having nightmares non-stop recently, and it was unknown if she had been scared by something again. She even went so far as to check the amulet given to her by Qian Xiabai, only relaxing when she saw it was intact.

She mixed the pearl powder into boiled sheep’s milk, so it was warm by the time Ruan Jiaojiao got up.

"Come on, Jiaojiao, drink this, and you’ll never have nightmares again." The Ruanlin Family said as she approached with the sheep’s milk.

"Did sister have a nightmare again?" Ruan Chi passed by and asked with concern.

"What nightmare? Did she dream about ghosts?" Ruan Qun asked, his eyes filled with curiosity.

"Don’t be scared, sis; your brothers will always protect you!" Little Fatty declared, patting his chubby chest with a forceful promise.

Xiu Xi didn’t speak, but his gaze towards Ruan Jiaojiao also contained concern.

Because he knew, what she had dreamed of — were not dreams at all.

He also knew that there would eventually come a day like this, but he hadn’t expected it to arrive so soon, before he had fully recovered to his former state.

Ruan Jiaojiao didn’t answer, but just gave them a sweet smile, holding the bowl handed to her by the Ruanlin Family and sipping the milk slowly, all the while thinking of something else.

And the few older brothers watching her just felt that even a gap-toothed sister was exceedingly beautiful, with her cheeks bulging adorably as she drank.

After Ruan Jiaojiao finished breakfast, the older brothers also left for school, comforting her before they left.

Because wiring was no small matter and they wanted to save money, most of the village’s labor force had gathered at the village entrance, including Ruan Jiaojiao’s rarely seen Third Uncle and Fourth Uncle, who had also taken leave to come back.

After tidying up the house, the Ruanlin Family instructed Ruan Jiaojiao and Xiu Xi, then hurried off as well.

Ruan Jiaojiao looked at the empty Ruan Family home and then at Xiu Xi, who was also looking at her. She gave him a pleasing smile.

"Brother Xi, let’s go into the front mountain. Shall we go look for that snake?"

"Did you dream about it last night?" Xiu Xi asked.

Ruan Jiaojiao thought for a moment, then didn’t hide the truth, because in the entire Ruan Family, only he could help her.

"Yeah, I dreamed about it," Ruan Jiaojiao said, pulling Xiu Xi to his feet. "Do we need to prepare anything?"

After the two wild beast incidents in the neighboring Xiu Family, people from the team stopped going even to the back mountain, shunning it just as they shunned the front mountain.

Ruan Jiaojiao followed Xiu Xi down a path he frequently used to enter the back mountain and then crawled through a hole in a barbed wire fence, evidently dug out by someone, to get to the front mountain.