The Kitty Became a Cutie and Was Pampered in the 80s
Chapter 404: Shu Jiao (5)_1

Chapter 404: Chapter 404: Shu Jiao (5)_1

Ruan Jiaojiao died.

Ruan Jiaojiao truly died.

But Fat Meow had not died.

He had expended his entire cultivation and spiritual power to let her be reborn to the beginning, for her to find herself again, to take back everything that belonged to her! How could he just let her die like this, and besides... he was still here, where could she go?

He nestled against her ear, his voice carrying a certain penetrative and seductive power, over and over, as if piercing through her body, her soul.

"Don’t go... don’t go..."

"This body was originally yours."

"All of this is yours."

"You are not an outsider, come back... come back..."

And Fat Meow, whose consciousness was slowly fading away, heard this voice, it still hurt, but she thought of many things, she thought of the life she had spent with the Ruan Family, she thought of the kindness the Ruan Family had shown her, she thought of the affection from the Ruanlin Family, she thought of her brothers’ indulgence, and of her father, her aunt...

She thought of Shu Jiao.

She felt a heart-wrenching pain again.

Those scenes she had hidden deep in her memory and had never recollected, finally strung together, were played out like a movie.

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Ruan Jiaojiao was born in October when the weather was still very hot. Shu Jiao went into labor on the way back from school and was rushed to the hospital. Within minutes, Ruan Jiaojiao was born.

It was a girl.

And she was such a considerate girl that she became synonymous with being a considerate little cotton-padded jacket.

That’s what Ruan Jianguo said, because when Shu Jiao previously gave birth to Ruan Hao and Ruan Jie, she had suffered a lot, especially with Ruan Jie. She was in pain for a day and a night before Ruan Jie came into the world.

But Ruan Jiaojiao was born quickly and hardly troubled Shu Jiao during the birth.

After having nine sons in a row, giving birth to such a daughter brought immense joy not just to Ruan Jianguo, but also to the Ruanlin Family who held her and was reluctant to put her down, cuddling her for an entire day.

When Shu Jiao was recuperating postpartum, she was lavished with delicacies: brown sugar water with eggs every day without limit, and chicken soup every other two or three days. When they ran out at home, they would go and buy some, simply to ensure that Shu Jiao had enough food and could nourish Ruan Jiaojiao well with her milk, making Liao Zhaoji green with envy and jealousy.

She could never understand why having given birth to three boys, which would be applauded as a great accomplishment in other families, was considered so trivial in the Ruan Family.

Now they were treating a little girl like a treasure; wasn’t that foolish?

Ruan Jiaojiao’s arrival brought a lot of joy to the entire Ruan Family. The little brothers, who used to fight a lot, started to quarrel less after they had this little sister. They spent more time vying for her affection and competing for the favored spot by her side.

Shu Jiao didn’t believe in discriminating between sons and daughters and at first worried that the Ruanlin Family might not be fond of a girl, but seeing her affection, Shu Jiao felt assured.

She poured even more love into this daughter.

She couldn’t quite explain the feeling, as if she had naturally owed her a lot and needed to give her a lot and a lot of love to make up for it.

So Ruan Jiaojiao grew up pampered and adored in every possible way.

Later on, Shu Jiao learned about her family’s situation; during the turbulent years, she was sent down to the countryside, ending up in this village for over a decade, during which she was completely cut off from her family. Normally, it didn’t seem like much, but in the quiet of the night, her concerns gnawed at her heart.

Finally, when Ruan Jiaojiao was five years old and Shu Jiao felt that she could be away from people, didn’t need to be by her side all the time, she told Ruan Jianguo about it.