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Chapter 399: Shu Jiao’s Tomb (4)_1

Chapter 399: Chapter 399: Shu Jiao’s Tomb (4)_1

"What on earth is wrong with her mother? It’s been a year..." the Ruanlin Family covered her face and wept again, unable to hold back her tears. In her heart, all these ailments of Ruan Jiaojiao were brought by Shu Jiao.

She actually still resented Shu Jiao.

But such words couldn’t be said in front of Ruan Jianguo, nor in front of anyone from the Ruan Family, and especially not in front of Ruan Jiaojiao.

Shu Jiao had gone to look for her relatives, which is a natural response. Her parents were unwell, and she had to attend to them, which was only right.

But people, oh, they are all selfish.

The Ruanlin Family was no exception.

Her selfishness was centered on Ruan Jiaojiao.

Ever since that serious illness, Ruan Jiaojiao had forgotten everything about Shu Jiao, and the Ruanlin Family was convinced that it was Shu Jiao who had caused it.

Sometimes she hoped Shu Jiao would come back soon to fundamentally solve the problem, yet at other times she feared her return, as if everything would change with her arrival — she couldn’t clearly describe that feeling; it was merely an intuition.

Zhao Li did not speak and listened quietly throughout the whole conversation, listening to the Ruanlin Family’s grievances as a bystander.

It wasn’t until the Ruanlin Family had finished speaking that she said, "Auntie, although I really don’t know what’s going on, I believe you. I’ll ask around to see if there is a sage who can help."

For such matters, it essentially boiled down to belief: if you believe, it exists; if you don’t, it doesn’t.

Zhao Li used to be a true skeptic, but because of the Ruan Family, she had started to believe.

Since many things indeed cannot be explained by common sense or science.

"Zhao Li, Jiaojiao finding you as her godmother is truly her good fortune," the Ruanlin Family said with eyes brimming with emotion.

Zhao Li patted her hand and sighed, "Auntie, don’t be so formal; it makes us seem like strangers. Don’t worry, Jiaojiao will definitely get better. So many of us love her and protect her. Even if the heavens want to take her, they are dreaming!"

The Ruanlin Family nodded repeatedly, agreeing that even if the heavens tried to take her away, she would risk her old life to fight for Jiaojiao.

Ruan Jiaojiao stayed in the shop until after three in the afternoon.

By four o’clock, the shop closed for the day. The group Lu Zhiwei had brought left a little after two, and when it was time to settle the bill, Ruan Jianguo instructed Ruan Jianmin not to charge them.

Upon hearing this, Lu Zhiwei became unhappy and said indignantly, "You’re celebrating your opening day, do you think you’re some kind of philanthropist? Not charging money! You really consider yourself a big boss, huh? If you keep this up, I won’t come again in the future."

With that said, what else could Ruan Jianguo do but reluctantly accept the money? However, he gave a discount, finally charging eighteen yuan.

The other three tables and individual customers brought in a little over six yuan. Even after factoring in costs, the noon business was quite good.

Wu Le was watching all this and his mouth watered with envy, thinking if every day were like this, wouldn’t they make hundreds a month? Even after expenses, that was still a hundred times better than working a day job.

Not to mention, this was only lunch; there was still dinner to look forward to.

No matter how you calculated, it was profitable.

Wu Le’s scheming mind began to stir.

However, because of Ruan Jiaojiao’s issues, the Ruanlin Family, despite seeing the restaurant making money, could not feel happy.

Fearing that it would be too dark to travel safely at night, she left early in Zhao Li’s car. The boys, though reluctant to leave, had no choice but to go with Ruan Jiandang as they couldn’t all fit in Ruan Jianguo’s tricycle later on.

The third and fourth branches stayed on to help until the restaurant closed for the night, and then they headed straight back to town.

Back at the Ruan Family home, Zhao Li consoled Ruan Jiaojiao for a while. Seeing that it was getting late, she reluctantly departed.